"Lei Potian, don't even think about it!"
Ye Xingchen roared, his Greatsword turning into a streak of silver silk as it slashed toward Lei Potian's back.
Murong Xue struck at the same time, thrusting her Ice Crystal Longsword, its tip radiating a bone-piercing chill.
The people of the Five-Sect Alliance lunged from every direction as well.
In an instant, everyone attacked Lei Potian.
Yet Lei Potian neither dodged nor retreated. He pressed his palms together and chanted the Buddha's name.
The Golden Buddha Phantom behind him spread its arms, blocking every attack.
Rumble...
Deafening booms echoed above the Magma Lake. The Buddhist light shook violently but never shattered.
Lei Potian's hand had almost closed around the demon seed.
Just then, the golden patterns on the demon seed's surface abruptly lit up, and a vast aura surged from it in raging waves.
Like a mountain flood bursting forth, it swept in every direction.
"Not good! It's getting away..."
Lei Potian's expression changed drastically, but it was already too late to retreat.
That aura was so terrifying that it sent his entire body flying.
Ye Xingchen, Murong Xue, Gu Mengli, and the others were not spared either, driven back step after step by the aura.
Several disciples with slightly weaker cultivation even spat blood and passed out on the spot.
The demon seed hovered quietly in the center of the Magma Lake, emitting a light that made their hearts tremble.
That terrifying aura vanished as quickly as it had come, dissipating without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Whoosh, whoosh... hiss, hiss...
When they looked again, the demon seed was billowing out towering waves of demonic qi.
Everyone froze, including the elite disciples of the Eight Sects, Lin Shisan in hiding, and even the Immortal Alliance's Demon-Slaying Squad lurking in