"Hahaha!" Tu Hong sat in a chair within the mountain cave, laughing more joyfully than he had at any point since the battle began. "Heaven truly blesses our Dao Sect! Heaven truly protects Quanjin Mountain!"
"Exactly, we struck the mark by accident!" Lan Qin said with a beaming smile. "Those spirit insects seem to be earth attribute, don't they? Since the Earth Solid Talismans work on the earth layer, they will surely work even better on these spirit insects! Great General, there is nothing to worry about in this battle!"
"Precisely!" Tu Hong said with a smile, waving his hand as he sat in the chair. "Let the sword cultivators attack the earth layer like mad. Once their strength is exhausted, we shall charge out and kill them..."
"Great General, your calculations leave nothing out. This old man truly admires you!" Lan Qin was utterly convinced.
"Quick, quick!" Zhan Jian could not help flying closer above the earth layer, urgently directing the disciples to gather the Earth Devouring Worms and evade the Earth Solid Talismans. Then killing intent surged within him, and he slew several Quanjin Mountain Disciples nearest to him! Yet even before they were killed, those Quanjin Mountain Disciples had activated every Earth Solid Talisman they possessed. They paid no heed to life or death, truly regarding death as home!
"Alas..." Watching the Quanjin Mountain Disciples fall one after another, while the radiance in midair gradually faded away, Zhan Jian saw that only a few Earth Devouring Worms remained. He sighed and looked toward Yuan Qing.
Yuan Qing was also dumbfounded. He had never expected such a turn of events. The delight with which he had previously mocked a Nascent Soul cultivator had long since vanished.
"Fellow sword cultivators... I fear there is no way to break through