"True Person Xiangtian..." Xiao Hua swung the As-You-Wish Staff, anger rising on his face as he shouted sternly, "Didn't you see? Every time you fight someone, it causes changes in the imperial formation, and each change is more severe than the last. You have already dragged more than a dozen Golden Core cultivators to their deaths in this formation. Do you intend to drag us down with you as well?"
Xiao Hua's voice was thunderous, like a clap of lightning within the imperial formation. True Person Yuanqing heard it and could not help but feel his heart and spirit quake. He was instantly stunned. "Th-this... How can Xiao Hua speak within the imperial formation?"
"True Person Xiao..." True Person Yuanqing hurriedly opened his mouth, but just as he had expected, even though his voice contained magical power, it still could not carry far.
At that moment, the flute music within the imperial formation suddenly sharpened and soared. The faint wind that had arisen earlier violently intensified. This faint wind was more formidable than any magical treasure. As it blew over True Person Yuanqing, the golden light protecting his body visibly dimmed! Not only that, even the radiance around the Minghao Halberd flickered rapidly. A sensation of suddenly increased weight and sand grinding against it traveled from the Minghao Halberd. The faint wind of the imperial formation could even overwhelm magical treasures.
"Not good..." True Person Yuanqing's expression changed. He opened his mouth, and an azure-blue bead shot into the air. A misty watery radiance descended, just enough to completely envelop him. Amid the faint wind, strings of tiny bubbles surfaced across that radiance. The bubbles burst with crackling pops, like boiling water.
Although that water bead could not completely ward off the weak water, True Person Yuanqing still let out