"Don't rush to act. Wait for my message!"
Xu Taiping glanced down at Qiu Qianche, then reminded Xiaohei with a solemn expression.
"Yes, my lord!"
After answering, Xiaohei suddenly plunged straight down.
"Boom!"
In the blink of an eye, Xiaohei charged above Qiu Qianche's head like a mass of black shadow.
Less than a hundred-odd zhang separated them.
At that point, Xiaohei stopped descending and merely looked back up at Xu Taiping.
A distance of a hundred zhang was relatively safe for the Blade of Guicang to conceal his aura.
Seeing this, Xu Taiping pressed a hand to the long saber at his waist and spoke to Old Daoist Huang beside him without turning his head.
"Elder Huang, same as before. Xiaohei and I will deal with the cultivators guarding the formation in the open, while you break the formation from the shadows."
Aside from Qiu Qianche, eight other cultivators stood around the grand formation below.
Old Daoist Huang said thoughtfully,
"Xu Taiping, there should be another grand formation hidden around these Eight People. That formation should be intended to deal with cultivators coming to rescue Xiahou You and the others."
Having already guessed as much, Xu Taiping said in a low voice,
"I'll open the blade domain."
Whatever the formation or trap, once he opened his blade domain, he would certainly be able to hold out for a while.
Old Daoist Huang nodded.
"I'll sever both grand formations as quickly as possible."
Old Daoist Huang's Qi-Slaying Art might suffer some delay when used against cultivators, but against formation barriers, its effects were almost immediate.
Once their allotted qi ran out, the formation barriers would naturally break.
Xu Taiping nodded, then gripped his long saber and sent a voice transmission to Xiaohei below.
"Attack!"
At the command, Xiaohei no longer