"Bang...!"
Within the inner court's magic formation barrier, Bai Yue and Xiahou You both felt their hearts shudder as they watched the longsword in the Golden Child Blightbone's hand slash heavily against the magic formation once more.
Fortunately, the radiance of the magic formation's barrier merely scattered violently before immediately returning to normal.
At the same time, amid rumbling thunder, lashes of the power of thunder suddenly whipped out from the magic formation's surface, striking the gathered Blightbones, including the Jade Maiden Golden Boy Blightbone, like long whips.
For a moment, all the Blightbones were driven back.
Seeing this, Bai Yue let out a long breath and said:
"It looks like this magic formation can still hold out for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea."
Xiahou You beside him, however, was not so optimistic.
After drinking a bottle of Spirit Marrow Liquid, she stared gravely at the enormous bodies of the Jade Maiden and Golden Boy Blightbones and murmured:
"A counterattack like that only happens after a formation node is damaged."
She paused, drew a deep breath, and said:
"So, barring anything unexpected, this magic formation can withstand at most five more attacks of that strength."
As she spoke, amid violent tremors that shook the ground, the Blightbones driven back by the magic formation all charged into it again.
"Rumble...!"
For a moment, the radiance of the magic formation's runes lit up again.
The Golden Child Blightbone raised the arm supporting a seal, then abruptly turned his wrist and smashed the enormous seal down heavily against the magic formation.
"Bang-!"
Amid the deafening collision, the magic formation's radiance scattered once more.
This time, however, although the magic formation quickly recovered, one of its formation nodes suddenly dimmed.
"Bang!!"
With a tremendous crash, that formation node abruptly