Although the Righteous Qi Sect's Protective Grand Formation was powerful, its spirit stones were being consumed so quickly under the relentless waves of attacks that they could not be replenished in time.
Zhou Tianlong saw that, at this rate, the Protective Grand Formation would soon be breached. He immediately directed some disciples to fly into the sky and attack the Dao Alliance disciples from inside the formation's perimeter.
Whether in numbers or overall strength, these few Righteous Qi Sect disciples could inflict only negligible damage on the Dao Alliance. Besides, the Dao Alliance disciples were not standing still and letting themselves be attacked.
Soon, the Protective Grand Formation dimmed and teetered on the verge of collapse. Feeling helpless, Zhou Tianlong recalled the disciples in the sky and ordered them to form a battle formation. Once the sect's formation was breached, they would fight the Dao Alliance invaders to the death.
At the same time, he sent his mother a voice transmission, telling her to enter the Creation Cultivation Tower immediately for shelter, while ordering Zhou Xue not to leave the tower. He himself remained outside to command the elders and disciples in battle.
When Yun Yao heard that Zhou Tianlong would remain outside, she did not want to leave either. She wanted to stay and watch over her son. Seeing that his mother refused to leave, Zhou Tianlong had no choice but to call his older sister, Zhou Xue, out and tell her to hurry and take their mother back into the Creation Cultivation Tower.
He knew that the safest place in the Righteous Qi Sect for his mother was the Creation Cultivation Tower. No matter what, he could not let anything happen to his mother or sister. It was his martial uncle's Immortal Artifact, bearing his martial uncle Li