Xiao Hua was greatly alarmed. He abruptly activated the Heaven and Earth Manifestation, and the power of stars and moon crashed down. "Roar!" Xiao Hua bellowed in fury, struggling with all his might against that colossal force, as though heaven and earth themselves were bearing down on him. At the same time, lightning flickered over his body as dozens of scattered Nascent Souls flew from his lower dantian. The moment they reached midair, they immediately used teleportation techniques to break free of the confinement!
"Eh? This is..." The Confucian cultivator was briefly stunned at the sight of so many Nascent Souls. Then, a violent gale swept through the space, instantly ensnaring one of the Nascent Souls that had just teleported away.
"Chirp, chirp..." Panic appeared on the Nascent Soul's face. Its hands formed seals, sending out streams of spell formulas to contend with the Confucian cultivator's confinement. "Crack..." With a cold sneer from the Confucian cultivator, the Nascent Soul was crushed alive until it exploded. A powerful force burst forth and charged toward Xiao Hua's Dharma Body!
"Boom..." Although Xiao Hua's Dharma Body merely swayed slightly under the force of the Nascent Soul's explosion and suffered no injury, his expression turned even uglier.
"Hahaha..." Seeing that the Nascent Soul possessed no particularly remarkable divine abilities, the Confucian cultivator burst into laughter. Yet before his laughter could fade, "Rumble..." a crash of thunder sounded from high in the sky. Within a thousand li, crimson clouds churned like flowing blood. Looking again, the dozens of Nascent Souls that had teleported out from Xiao Hua's lower dantian were now seated cross-legged around Xiao Hua and the Confucian cultivator, forming a simple Duotian Star Array that enclosed them both.
"Eh? What is this for?" Strange fluctuations flickered around the dozens of Nascent Souls, while