Boom-!!
Amid the Mad Monk's ear-splitting roar, the entire Stored Swords Hall collapsed with a crash under the impact of the battle intent.
And the instant the Scripture Repository collapsed.
The Mad Monk caught sight of Xu Taiping and Ping'an leading over a thousand Clay Effigies in a charge toward him.
With no hope of merging with the Yama Edict, the Mad Monk immediately dropped into a cross-legged seat and pressed his palms together, then opened his mouth and roared:
"Get! Out...!"
Amid his furious roar, waves of sound carrying black flames surged toward Xu Taiping and the military formation ahead like churning, raging breakers.
Boom-!!
Amid the thunderous crash, the ape phantom image formed from the military formation's battle intent shattered almost at once.
Seeing that the military formation's battle intent was about to shatter, Xu Taiping abruptly planted the Thunder Sound Banner in the ground, then unleashed a roar of his own with Overlord's Breath:
"Generals, heed my command! Follow me in a Formation Charge!"
The instant his roar rang out, the battle intent of the formation of over a thousand Clay Effigies not only gathered anew but also transformed into a giant shield, slamming into place before the formation with a bang.
"Boom...!"
In an instant, every black-flamed sound wave in the Mad Monk's roar was blocked.
Ping'an, beside him, seized the opening. Raising the Human Sovereign North Wind Spear in his hands, he leaped up, gripped the shaft with both hands, and brought it smashing down toward the Mad Monk ahead with all his strength.
"Boom!"
At the last possible moment, two more arms suddenly sprouted from the Mad Monk's back, their palms thrusting skyward.
In a flash, a gigantic black phantom image abruptly enveloped him.
"Clang...!"
"Bang!!"
Amid a collision mingled with the sound of