Meanwhile.
Within the ruins of the Nine Tribulations Sect.
Bang! Bang, bang!!...
Amid deafening collisions, a Blightbone whose body looked as though it had been built by the Rock God repeatedly rammed its small-mountain-sized bulk against a barrier.
Viewed from high above.
The golden halo radiating from the barrier resembled an enormous transparent golden net, enveloping an entire dilapidated two-story pavilion.
The dilapidated little pavilion looked as though a giant sword had cleaved it down the middle, dividing it neatly into two halves.
Except.
One half still stood.
The other half had already collapsed into rubble.
Sheer cliffs surrounded the dilapidated little pavilion.
Just then, accompanied by a hawklike cry, an enormous griffin suddenly spread its skeletal claws, which were covered in green crystal, and slashed down at the dilapidated little pavilion below.
Bang...! ...
Amid the thunderous impact, the golden light radiating from the pavilion's barrier abruptly scattered.
Before the golden light could solidify, another hawklike cry suddenly exploded across the sky.
Rumble!...
Immediately afterward, amid shrill whistles of displaced air, three Griffin Blightbones at the calamity baleful intent level descended from the sky in succession.
Bang! Bang, bang!
Amid the thunderous impacts, the barrier below still withstood the blow.
But under the successive impacts, the golden light it radiated abruptly contracted, barely enclosing the remaining half of the pavilion.
Meanwhile, a Blightbone with long golden hair, a woman's figure, and skin like white porcelain hovered in the air, watching the dilapidated little pavilion below with indifference.
Bang! Bang, bang!
Then several more powerful Blightbones rammed into the barrier one after another.
Just then, an aged, furious roar suddenly rang out from the little pavilion inside the barrier:
**"Come on, you Blightbones! Even if I, Bai Cao Xuan of Taisu Valley, must burn through my lifelong cultivation, burn