After unleashing Firmament Transformation, Xiao Yan summoned his two clones again and sent them lunging at Zhou Yuan and Li Luo, who stood closest to him. Before either could react, a Spatial Rift tore open behind them, and the two clones seized them and plunged straight into it.
The amplification from Firmament Transformation also affected his two clones. Although they were not as powerful as his true body, they could still hold their opponents back if they gave it their all. Thus, Xiao Yan had summoned them at the first opportunity and randomly picked two fellows to throw into another space. Otherwise, if all five attacked together, even Xiao Yan with Firmament Transformation active would have been utterly unable to withstand them.
The first to reach Xiao Yan was Liu Feng, the man the World Will had called the Sword Saint. Clearly, he was considerably faster than the other two, so he launched his attack before Lin Dong and the others could make their moves. At the sight of Liu Feng attacking, Xiao Yan's expression tightened slightly. Of all these men, Liu Feng posed a far greater threat to him than the others!
Like Xiao Yan, Liu Feng wore black robes. Yet, for some reason, Xiao Yan actually felt a sense of kinship emanating from him, as though some deeply hidden, unknown connection existed between them.
But Xiao Yan quickly forced that strange feeling down, for he saw Liu Feng gripping an unusual longsword and bringing it down toward his head.
Faced with such a formidable attack, Xiao Yan naturally dared not take it lightly. With a thought, he immediately strengthened the Xuan Heavy Ruler into its Heavenly Flames Eternal Ancient Ruler form. Then he swept the Heavy Ruler outward, swiftly unleashing Six Harmonies Wandering Ruler. Endless ruler afterimages spread