Guarding the Stone Pillars, the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage's Eight Directions Thunderclap!

Still holding his heaven-supporting stance, Xu Taiping let out a long breath, then replied:

"You flatter me, Great Sage."

Although he had successfully executed it just now, Xu Taiping could actually sense that this Heaven-Supporting Form he had performed had tremendous flaws.

The reason he had managed to break that sword strike.

Was most likely due in large part to this Sea Swallowing Buddha Seal.

"Rumble...!"

But as the two spoke, the entire mountain valley suddenly began to tremble.

Immediately afterward, the several Calamity Baleful Intent-rank Blightbones Xu Taiping and the others had seen at the outset all charged up to the front of the stone platform.

The first to strike.

Was the Buddha-Corpse Blightbone shaped like an enormous Buddha statue.

The Buddha-Corpse Blightbone abruptly raised its gigantic foot and stamped heavily on the ground.

"Boom!!!"

Amid the tremendous crash, a gigantic karmic fire red lotus actually appeared out of thin air beneath the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage's feet.

In an instant, scarlet karmic fire surged from the red lotus, enveloping the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage completely.

Sensing that the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage behind him was in danger, Xu Taiping immediately asked without looking back, still maintaining his heaven-supporting stance:

"Great Sage, are you unharmed?"

The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage answered almost at once:

"Don't worry about this old man! This little bit of karmic fire can't even burn my clothes!"

As he spoke, a fearsome fist intent suddenly spread outward from the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage like the rushing waters of a mighty river.

Then, with a tremendous boom, towering fist force shot skyward from the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage.

And this fist force.

Was like a fierce beast, swallowing all the karmic fire enveloping the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage.

Just then, the two Talisman-Bone Blightbones that had been attacking the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage all