The Immortal Palace's defensive weapon, Imperial Shield Defense, was certainly formidable, but the price of using it was clearly no small matter. Even a cultivator as powerful as Kong Hongwu, at the fifth-rank upper-stage Yuan Force, would not deploy it lightly.
"Whooo..." Just as Kong Hongwu's Imperial Shield Defense formed, the Primordial Qi behind him, likewise condensed into fine crystal threads, formed a terrifying vortex. Needless to say, green-robed Xiao Hua was also going all out at this moment! Moreover, as the Kunlun Mirror condensed magical power, hundreds of enormous thunderbolts came crashing down with surging force! Alas, beneath the thunderclaps, hundreds of strands of student's Qi were blasted apart, yet more crystal threads swiftly poured forth, and more resolute students took shape once again...
"Keep hitting..." Xiao Hua had already drawn near. The As-You-Wish Staff had grown several hundred zhang long, and boundless Vast Righteous Qi poured down along with it, carrying the majesty of ten thousand storms!
"All useless..." Kong Hongwu smiled faintly, repeating those same words, looking utterly confident and composed.
"Namo Maitreya Buddha!" Puti proclaimed a Buddhist invocation. Innate True Water crashed into the Imperial Shield Defense, swallowing layer after layer of defenses. Immediately afterward, the power of Puti's Buddhist seal descended. Boom! Under that deafening blast, the Imperial Shield Defense, which Kong Hongwu believed nothing could breach, was actually blasted into a collapse at one corner!
Kong Hongwu's expression changed slightly!
Dong... Like a knock upon a door, the As-You-Wish Staff fell. One corner of the Imperial Shield Defense shook violently, and Vast crystal threads turned to ash and smoke. Before fresh crystal threads could surge forth from the Imperial Shield Defense, an immense force of Divine Thought, like a hammer, suddenly appeared from nowhere and smashed down upon that shaking corner! Swish... Even more