"Oh no!"
"We can't hold on!"
On the battlefield in the void, Jiang Yin and Xie Guhong finally reached their limits.
The power they poured into the Heaven-Mixing Shield was driven back into their bodies by the savage onslaught.
Boom!
After a deafening crash, both men were sent tumbling backward with the shield, their defenses utterly shattered.
"Hmph, die!"
Fan Yue's expression was icy. Showing not the slightest mercy, he swept his saber across.
The murderous blade aura surged like a tidal wave, rolling in to engulf them.
But just then.
The crimson sphere of light enveloping Gu Chenfeng, which was flying backward along with Jiang Yin and Xie Guhong, suddenly blazed brighter.
A powerful surge of heaven and earth origin power shot out and poured into the dimmed Heaven-Mixing Shield as it tumbled amid the waves.
Humm...!
The Heaven-Mixing Shield shook violently, rolling scarlet flames instantly blazing across it.
The shield expanded rapidly, transforming into an enormous wall of fire dozens of zhang tall that met Fan Yue's killing slash head-on.
Rumble...!
As that terrifying blade aura swept over it, the shield seemed to have been struck by a mountain hurtling sideways at high speed.
The shield shuddered violently, its sea of flames churning as its enormous body hurtled hundreds of zhang backward.
Bang!
At last, a large hand wreathed in flames abruptly braced against the shield, bringing its backward flight to a sudden halt.
"Hmm...?"
The sight greatly astonished Fan Yue, Jiang Yin, and Xie Guhong alike.
As the Heaven-Mixing Shield returned to its original size, a figure enveloped in scarlet-gold flames appeared before them once more.
The flames seeped into his body, revealing Gu Chenfeng.
At that moment, Gu Chenfeng did not seem to have changed in any obvious way.
Yet all three men present keenly sensed