In the valley.
Qin Xin sat cross-legged before the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Sword, his breathing steady. His dantian was constantly circulating, driving the flow of Qi in his eye. The surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth slowly gathered towards his dantian, and through the transformation of martial spirit, it was continuously converted into pure true qi. Furthermore, under the refinement of the eye of Qi, the impurities in the true qi slowly turned into turbid qi, which Qin Xin exhaled and then transformed into pure true liquid, which flowed into his dantian.
Suddenly, Qin Xin opened his pair of black eyes.
A slight smile played on his lips. "They've finally arrived!"
As Qin Xin gently tapped the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Sword with his fingertip, the sword instantly transformed into the core of the sword array, and everything around it underwent a tremendous change.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth instantly became chaotic, and the entire valley was sealed off. Purple lightning and cyan flames surged continuously in the air, containing extremely violent energy.
At this moment, Jia Yan and the others, who were rushing towards Qin Xin's location, were stopped in their tracks by a sudden bolt of lightning that descended from the sky.
The sudden change in his surroundings made Jia Yan frown.
As soon as Jia Yan swung his sword, several cyan flame swords shot towards the group.
"Oh no! It's a sword formation!"
After shouting, Jia Yan stepped off the ground and rose into the air, seemingly wanting to escape the valley immediately.
Xia Qi and the others hurriedly activated their true qi armor and stood back to back, all mobilizing their martial spirits to confront the incoming flaming longsword.
After Jia Yan took to the air, his face became even uglier. As a result, everything in front of him was foggy, and he could not make out any direction. The rumbling sound in the air made him feel uneasy.
"Stay put and don't wander off. I'll go break the formation first!" Jia Yan said to the people below, and his Martial Spirit Mad Iron Fire Nether Sword appeared behind him, shattering a flaming longsword in front of him.
They then headed deeper into the valley.
After Jia Yan left, Xia Qi and the other three stood in place, keeping watch over their surroundings. Because this place was at the outermost edge of the sword formation, the formation's attacks would be weaker and wouldn't cause them much harm.
At this moment, Qin Xin, who was hiding to the side, also showed some joy after seeing Jia Yan leave.
He also wanted to wait until the group entered the sword formation deeper before activating it, but with a strong expert like Jia Yan present, he was worried that the sword formation would be discovered prematurely, which would render all his efforts futile and even put him in danger. Therefore, Qin Xin chose the safest approach and activated the formation the moment the group stepped into it.
"Second Prince, what do we do now!" Yun Yi's expression was also somewhat grim as he faced the incoming cyan flame sword.
Although these cyan flame swords could not harm them, it took a lot of true energy to disperse them each time.
However, several more flaming swords soon charged in, accompanied by occasional bolts of lightning. Moreover, the sword formation completely isolated them from the spiritual energy of the outside world, making it impossible to recover their depleted true energy. If this continued, they would likely be worn down to death by the sword formation.
Xia Qi was aware of Yun Yi's worries. Faced with this situation, he also felt some fear and even regretted following Jia Yan to watch the excitement. However, he still forced down his fear and said, "With Dean Jia here, I think everything will be fine. I'll just wait here."
Qin Xin, who was hiding nearby, overheard their conversation clearly.
Although the sword formation obstructs the view, it has no effect on Qin Xin. He possesses spiritual awareness and can perceive everything around him very clearly. However, even though he is the one casting the sword formation, he still needs to be wary of the lightning and fire attacks from the sky. After all, this sword formation does not distinguish between friend and foe, and everything within it is a target for attack.
It would be safer to stay near the core of the formation, and the core of the Nine Heavens Thunderfire Sword Formation is the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Sword, which is currently in Qin Xin's hands.
As Qin Xin approached the group, Yun Yi sensed that the impact of the surrounding lightning and fire swords seemed to have disappeared, and a look of joy appeared on his face. "The attack of this formation has disappeared. It seems that Dean Jia has broken the formation."
No sooner had the words left his mouth than a cry of pain rang out.
A long sword pierced through Ruan Yuan's chest. Qin Xin had originally intended to kill Xia Qi by controlling the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Sword with his spiritual sense.
However, just as the longsword approached, Xia Qi seemed to sense something was wrong and quickly dodged, leaving Ruan Yuan behind him completely unprepared and causing him to perish instantly.
"Qin Xin! It's you!"
Xia Qi was surprised, but he also saw a misty figure and immediately exclaimed in surprise.
After Qin Xin beckoned, the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Sword flew back into his hand at lightning speed, and then his figure quickly disappeared.
Just as Qin Xin left, Jia Yan arrived quickly. His clothes were somewhat torn and slightly blackened, seemingly due to the impact of the lightning and fire.
Looking at Ruan Yuan lying on the ground, Jia Yan's expression turned grim.
After some investigation, he discovered that the sword formation was quite special, with its core constantly shifting. When he sensed it, he found that Qin Xin had directly killed Ruan Yuan.
When they tried to catch up, they suddenly discovered that Qin Xin's aura was completely hidden by the sword formation.
Then, several bolts of lightning and azure flame swords continued to crash down from the sky.
A series of booming sounds echoed all around. Ruan Yuan's body exploded under the impact, and fragments of his corpse were scattered all over the ground.
At this moment, the group couldn't care less about feeling nauseous. They were doing their best to resist the impact of the lightning and flaming swords, because if they were careless, they would suffer the same fate as Ruan Yuan.
After successfully launching the sneak attack, Qin Xin concealed himself once again. However, the operation of the sword formation had consumed a lot of his true energy. In addition, the constant attacks from Jia Yan, a Yuanfu Realm expert, made it even more difficult for Qin Xin to maintain the operation of the formation.
With a flick of his finger, a low-grade spirit stone appeared in Qin Xin's hand. He then placed the spirit stone directly into the sword formation on the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Sword. In an instant, the spiritual power within the spirit stone was completely absorbed by the sword formation, turning into a wisp of powder.
With the infusion of energy, the power of the sword formation immediately rose to another level.
Jia Yan and his group were completely enveloped by the impact of the flaming sword and lightning, while Qin Xin waited on the side, not daring to launch another sneak attack.
After the previous sneak attack, the group was already on guard, and if they were to strike again, it wouldn't be so simple.
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