In this boundless darkness, not only Luo Jianqing, who was in the Tribulation Crossing stage, but even Gui Qin and the other six, who were in the Great Perfection stage, could not see a thing. They maintained the Illusion Sky Formation, almost concealing their figures in the illusion, and cautiously approached the collapsed hill.
Guiqin raised his hand and sucked up a lot of gravel from the mountain. He studied it carefully for a moment and suddenly said, "This was chopped into pieces by someone with a sword!"
Upon hearing this, the second sea lord of the demon clan also attacked with a piece of broken stone. He touched it lightly with his hand, frowned and said, "Is there someone here? This was definitely not broken by the beast we just saw, but by a person with a sword."
Gui Qin was shocked and asked, "Could it be Xuan Lingzi and that little beast?"
The Second Sea Lord remained silent.
Among these six people, the one with the highest cultivation level was not the elder of the Bai family, nor was it Gui Qin of the Broken Soul Sect, but the Second Sea Lord. This Second Sea Lord had reached the late Mahayana stage more than a thousand years ago, and was now infinitely close to the Great Perfection.
Among the six, the lowest cultivation level was Jiandian of the Divine Sword Sect, who was only at the mid-stage Mahayana stage, while the highest was the Second Sea Lord. Yin Ji had safely allowed these six to enter the ninth level of danger because she had calculated that Xuan Lingzi's injuries were definitely not healed, and any one of the six could easily capture Luo Jianqing.
"Don't be afraid," the Second Sea Lord said calmly. "Even with the six of us working together, even the injured Xuan Lingzi is no match for us. Even if that monster's strength increases, I'm afraid it won't be able to withstand even a single one of our attacks."
Gui Qin laughed heartily and nodded, "That's right." He turned to look at Jiandian of the Divine Sword Sect and said, "Even if a loser like you goes up there, I'm afraid you can easily kill that little beast, right? Oh, that's not right. You're Taihua Mountain's running dog, their senior disciple. How dare you kill him?"
Jiandian's face flushed red as he angrily said, "Guiqin, do you, the Broken Soul Sect, want to start a war with my Divine Sword Sect?"
Gui Qin sneered, "Back in the Far North, weren't you a fence-sitter, heedless of Mount Taihua's orders? And in all the major battles of all those years, when has your Divine Sword Sect ever asserted its own ideas? If it weren't for Mount Taihua protecting you, would you have truly believed you could be considered one of the Four Great Sects alongside my Broken Soul Sect?"
Jiandian shouted angrily, "If you leave here today, I will fight you to the death!"
Guiqin sneered, glanced at Jiandian, and said nothing more.
The six of them carefully explored every area around the hill, but found nothing. They became alert and began to fly more carefully among the mountains. Finally, they arrived in front of the towering tree and looked up.
"This tree is the biggest tree I have ever seen!"
"What kind of tree is this?"
"This tree must be a treasure!"
As soon as the words fell, Bai Zhou and the Second Sea Lord attacked the giant tree together. Unexpectedly, as their attacks rushed forward, a fiery red barrier appeared around the giant tree, absorbing all their attacks and swallowing them up.
The six people were all shocked when they saw this.
Next, they tried every possible means, but the red barrier blocked all their attacks. Not only could they not take away the giant tree, they couldn't even hurt it.
"What kind of barrier is this that is so powerful?"
They naturally didn't know that this barrier was a protective barrier that had been with the Wutong tree for 80,000 years. The Wutong tree had no offensive power, but as the natal tree of every phoenix, they had to at least protect their own safety, hence this protective barrier.
Wutong hadn't previously activated the barrier against Luo Jianqing because Chiyun had already taught him the Phoenix Secret Technique, and Wutong considered Luo Jianqing his own. However, these venerables didn't have that privilege, so naturally, they gained nothing.
Seeing this, the six people hiding in the Fantasy Sky Formation all changed their expressions.
Atop the branches of the sycamore tree, Luo Jianqing hid himself in the shadows of the leaves and calmly watched their attack. He stroked the soft, broad leaves of the sycamore tree, frowning as he calculated, "There are at least five of them, probably six or seven, and their cultivation is definitely above the Tribulation Crossing Stage."
Luo Jianqing had just used 60% of his strength, leaving behind on the crumbling hill the spiritual pressure of a late-stage Tribulation Crossing Great Perfection cultivator. However, this group had already explored the hill and hadn't retreated at all, indicating that their cultivation was at least above the Tribulation Crossing stage.
There were about six people who attacked Wutong just now, using different weapons.
The ones Luo Jianqing recognized alone were the Ten Thousand Ghosts of the Broken Soul Sect, the Bai family's spearmanship, and the work of some demon lords.
"To be able to hide in the light of the Wutong tree, and even with spiritual awareness, it cannot be detected, it must be some kind of treasure or formation. To be able to conceal the auras of more than five venerables, if it is a treasure, then it must be at least a top-grade treasure of the heavenly rank. It is definitely not a treasure, but a formation!"
Luo Jianqing thought for a moment, lowered his head, and whispered something on the branch of the paulownia tree.
The next moment, Gui Qin of the Broken Soul Sect, unwilling to believe in evil, took out his Hundred Ghosts Facing Evil Cymbals, slammed them loudly, and shouted angrily, "I don't believe it. I can't break your barrier!"
As he finished speaking, a terrifying sound wave emanated from the golden cymbal, striking Wutong. This sound wave was mingled with the presence of countless evil spirits, and after exiting the Illusion Sky Formation, the dark ripples were exposed in the air.
The strange thing is that this time, the sound wave actually caused the red barrier to vibrate, the phoenix tree trembled, and thousands of leaves fell!
The ghost looked on in disbelief. Not only him, but even the Second Sea Lord and the others stared at him in amazement. Then, the other five used their own methods, but they still couldn't shake the red barrier even a little. Only the ghost could make the leaves fall from the sycamore trees with every attack!
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