"Evil Spirit Protection!" Faced with Xiao Yan's onslaught, Long Nixian gritted his teeth and rapidly changed his hand seals. His Spiritual Power, at the peak of Lower-Rank Earth Supreme, immediately gathered together, while the blood-colored halo in his hands swiftly expanded. In the end, it transformed into an enormous blood-colored sphere of light that enveloped him.
Clearly, even he had sensed danger in Xiao Yan's attacks, which was why he had drawn upon the Sacred Artifact's power to erect the strongest defense he could muster in his current state. Yet his defensive sphere had barely taken shape when a somewhat illusory lotus suddenly wrapped around it. It was none other than Xiao Yan's Demonic Lotus Formation.
However, this formation, which Xiao Yan had created on the Dou Qi Continent, was no longer merely an earth-grade Spiritual Array. Through his tireless efforts and modifications, its power now qualified it as a true grandmaster-grade Spiritual Array, no weaker than the Five Saints Demon-Sealing Formation. It was also the crucial step in this encirclement and extermination by Spiritual Arrays.
"Universe Ancient Formation, reverse!" As the Demonic Lotus Formation enveloped Long Nixian's protective barrier, an array of light that seemed almost solid suddenly emerged into the air. A grayish-white beam no thicker than a thumb then shone down from its very center, landing on the barrier.
The Universe Ancient Formation was a formation created by the Symbol Ancestor. Although the Symbol Ancestor had only been a Supreme at most, and any formation he created could only have been a human-grade Spiritual Array at best, the Universe Ancient Formation itself had an array disc to support it. That disc was likewise one of the divine treasures of heaven and earth. Having previously been strengthened with artifact-forging divine stone, it had also become a Sacred Artifact.