The Li Clan, one of the Four Great Ancient Era Families, had been founded by a divine spirit. It had endured from the distant Ancient Era to the present, weathering countless storms without ever declining.
Only when Shi Yi burst onto the scene had this ancient clan sensed a crisis. From top to bottom, the entire clan resolved to nip him in the bud.
This time, the Li Clan's King Marquis had brought an edict left behind by an Ancient Era deity, retrieved from their ancestral temple, expressly to slay Xuan Yi.
Unfortunately, Shi Yi's Sword Formation caught them off guard and inflicted devastating casualties. Only the Li Clan's King Marquis activating the divine edict in time had saved the remaining clansmen.
It was an intact sheet of ocher-yellow paper, an edict left behind by the Li Clan's deity. Perfectly preserved and boundlessly powerful, it contained a deity's might and was one of the Ancient Era Families' Li Clan's hidden reserves. They would not use it lightly; only when the clan faced a crisis of life and death would it be brought out.
But now, the Li clansmen could no longer afford such considerations. Xuan Yi's overwhelming strength frightened them. If they did not kill him now, disaster would surely befall the Li Clan in time.
At that moment, the Li clansmen sheltered beneath the edict were still shaken, and most bore wounds inflicted by sword qi.
Shi Yi's Sword Formation was terrifying beyond compare. Had it not targeted everyone, greatly dispersing its power, it would have killed them instantly and riddled them with holes.
Crack!
A cracking sound rang in the Li clansmen's ears. Instantly, every expert, including their King Marquis, paled.
That sound came from none other than the divine barrier raised by the divine edict as it