Just then,
"Crash—"
The golden shield shattered with a thunderous blast, turning into streaks of golden light that scattered across the sky.
After breaking through the golden shield, the giant bone claw lost none of its remaining force and continued smashing straight toward the golden barrier below.
At this sight, Prefect Qingyang was utterly horrified. He shouted sharply,
"Do not spare your magic power! Maintain the formation with all your strength! Once the formation breaks, none of us may escape alive!"
As soon as those words fell,
The dozen or so Nascent Soul cultivators all spurred their magic power. Some unleashed magical treasures, while others activated talismans, sending attack after attack toward the bone claw.
They hoped to weaken its assault and lessen the pressure on the golden barrier!
However, the combined strike of the Five Hearts As One Demon was simply too terrifying. Even with the golden barrier and the aid of numerous magical treasures and talismans, the bone claw still swept forward like bamboo splitting beneath a knife, bearing down upon the barrier.
Those attacks were like mantises trying to stop a chariot—utterly incapable of blocking it.
Immediately after,
"Boom!"
The bone claw smashed viciously into the golden barrier, erupting with a deafening roar.
The barrier shook violently. The phantoms of nine blazing suns dimmed beneath that strike, as though they might collapse at any moment.
"Crack—"
Another fissure appeared on the barrier. It rapidly spread, and fine cracks began to form across the golden barrier as well.
"We can't hold it!" one cultivator cried in terror.
Prefect Qingyang gritted his teeth. "Hold on! The Second Elder and the others will be here soon!"
Yet before his words had even faded, the Five Hearts As One Demon launched another attack.
The five skeletons raised their arms at once,