Hearing this, the scarred man slowly turned around, raised one hand, and immediately ordered,
"Get into formation, attack!"
"Yes!" The few people behind him responded at the same time and flew away.
After a while, dozens of Spirit Boats that were originally suspended in the dark clouds suddenly rushed down from the clouds. Some moved forward a hundred feet, some retreated a hundred feet, some flew to the left, and some moved horizontally to the right, as if they were lining up a formation.
Soon, these spirit boats formed a ring-shaped formation high in the sky.
Accompanied by a chanting sound that sounded like a great bell, dozens of black high platforms built on those Spirit Boats trembled at the same time. The golden patterns engraved on them also began to shine brightly, emitting strong fluctuations.
With a "boom" sound, all the Spirit Boats' high platforms shook violently at the same time, and dozens of golden light pillars rose from them, shooting straight into the dark sea of clouds in the sky.
Suddenly, there were wisps of golden light in the sea of clouds, surging violently. Then, a huge circular shadow with a radius of a thousand feet emerged from it. It was covered with strange patterns, emitting bursts of dazzling golden light.
Then, there was a series of thunderous loud noises.
The whole sea of clouds seemed to be boiling, and the thick fog was tumbling violently. Groups of huge fireballs the size of millstones flew out from the circular shadow. The surface was burning with raging golden flames, and they smashed down towards the main island where the Sacred Puppet Sect was located and the eight Formation Islands.
Hundreds of thousands of golden fireballs, dragging long tails of flames, smashed down one after another, like a meteor shower, and the momentum was extremely shocking.
The whole sky seemed to be burning, and it was dyed with a layer of dazzling golden light. Even the dark clouds seemed to be inlaid with a layer of gold.
However, when these fireballs fell in the Void nearly ten thousand feet above the main island, they suddenly seemed to hit an invisible wall, and directly exploded, making bursts of roaring sounds, and sputtering countless golden sparks.
Along with the sound of explosions in the air, a layer of almost transparent hemispherical light curtain began to show its true appearance. The surface flashed with green light, and an incomparably dense wave-like pattern appeared, constantly spreading from the point of impact of the fireballs, like ripples.
On the light curtain, huge pits were continuously dented inwards, but the green light kept bouncing back and returning to its original state, stubbornly blocking the impact of the fireballs.
On the square of the main island of the Sacred Plume Sect, the crowd looked up at the sky with solemn and nervous expressions.
"This kind of attack won't last for too long. How long can your great defensive formation last?" Yun Ni and Bai Fengyi stood shoulder to shoulder at the forefront, looking at the spirit ships in the distance and asked.
"If it's just this level of attack, it shouldn't be a problem, but I'm afraid …" Bai Fengyi said after thinking for a moment.
Just as he finished speaking, he saw the spiritual inscriptions on the disk in the dark clouds in the sky spin. The momentum suddenly stopped and it actually stopped.
How could it be so brief?
A trace of doubt arose in everyone's heart.
But immediately after, the golden disc phantom began to spin again. Golden flames surged on it, and even larger golden fireballs flew down from it. They were twice as fast as before, and the power of the impact was even more terrifying.
"Boom!" A loud sound was heard!
The first golden fireball smashed down heavily, and the light curtain of the great defensive formation shook violently. An incomparably huge pit was formed, and the ripples on it were no longer slight, but surging waves.
Before the great defensive formation could recover, hundreds of golden fireballs smashed down one after another. The entire great defensive formation had been completely deformed, and it looked like it was about to collapse.
"It seems like we won't be able to hold them off for long. When we engage in close combat, I can at most block one of the two Golden Immortals on the other side. As for the other one …" Yun Ni's eyes narrowed as she spoke.
"I'll think of a way to block the other one.
Our cultivators and puppets outnumber them. As long as we can kill as many cultivators of the Realm of True Immortals on the other side, we can greatly reduce their morale, "Bai Fengyi said.
"That's right.
These people are like a pack of wolves when the situation is favorable, but once the situation is reversed, they are like a plate of loose sand.
So, don't hold back at the beginning of the battle. Only by suppressing the opponent's morale from the beginning can we have a chance of winning, "Yun Ni warned.
After Bai Fengyi nodded, he waved his hands and took out a formation plate. His ten fingers pressed on it for a while, then his lips moved, and he issued the battle instructions one by one.
On the battleship high up in the sky, the scar-faced man looked down at the great formation on the island, and said with some surprise, "I didn't expect the defensive formation of the Sacred Puppet Sect to be a bit stronger than I expected … Fellow Lu Ji, why don't we trouble you to break it as soon as possible?"
The man with the sword did not speak, but just nodded silently. Then, his figure turned blurry, and flew out of the range of the spirit boat, and stood in the air.
He reached out his hand and took the silver long sword from his waist. He held the scabbard with one hand, and the other hand, put his finger together and gently drew a line on the hilt of the sword.
"Clang!" A sharp sound was heard.
The silver long sword suddenly came out of its scabbard, flew up, and went straight into the dark clouds high up in the sky.
A circle of snow-white Sword Qi, which was visible to the naked eye, was like a snowstorm that was blown by a strong wind. It revolved around the sword in a frenzy, and in an instant, it pierced a huge hole with a radius of a few hundred feet in the dark clouds high up in the sky.
A bright ray of sunlight shone down from the hole, shining on the area around the man, making him look like a sword immortal descending to the mortal world. His indescribably elegant and romantic attitude attracted almost everyone's attention to him.
Somewhere near the main island, Han Li was not far away from the giant samurai-looking puppet, and he looked at the huge hole in the sky.
He saw the sword rise, but it did not fall for a long time.
The power behind this strike wasn't all that astonishing, but Han Li's flying swords were his bonded treasures, so he was naturally able to tell that there was something different about this strike.
The Sword Qi around the flying sword was condensed, and the sharpness was something he had never seen before. In his heart, he even faintly felt that when the sword fell, it would definitely change the color of the surrounding heaven and earth.
Sure enough, after a moment, the silver light in the dark clouds shone brightly, and a thunderous but somewhat different loud sound came out from it. A terrifying atmosphere suddenly spread out from the clouds.
The blue light in Han Li's eyes surged, and he looked up into the sky.
He saw a snow-white sword light more than a thousand feet long, like a huge snow mountain standing in the dark clouds, the Sword Qi crazily tumbling, like an avalanche, the momentum was great, making bursts of roars.
The next moment, the snow-white sword light fell down, like the collapse of the whole snow mountain, pressing down on the dark sea of clouds.
As soon as the layers of dark clouds met the sword light, they melted like ice and snow, and a huge hole more than ten thousand feet wide was opened in the middle.
The snow-white sword light seemed to cut this side of the world, unstoppable toward the light curtain that had been seriously deformed by the pressure of the fireball, chopping down.
"Boom!"
An earth-shattering roar resounded, and a huge ravine immediately appeared on the defensive formation. It was several thousand feet deep, but it still didn't stop and continued to charge downwards.
The light curtain, which was already an arrow at the end of its flight, was surging violently, but it could no longer be restored to its original state. Finally, with a "bang", it exploded, turning into specks of starlight and dissipating.
However, the snow-white sword light that had broken the formation was still unwilling to stop and continued to chop down.
Above the island, a dazzling white light silently rose into the sky, and a huge white snow lotus emerged from it, facing the sword light head on. They collided thousands of feet high in the sky, and at the same time exploded.
An incomparably violent wave of air immediately swept out in all directions. Within a radius of a thousand miles, a series of violent waves were set off, and the momentum was even greater than landslides and tsunamis.
On the dozens of spirit boats in the dark clouds high up in the sky, the people of Shifang Tower cheered excitedly when they saw that the defensive formation had been broken. Their eyes shone with a fiery light, as if there was a pile of dazzling Spiritual Stones in front of them, waiting for them to plunder to their heart's content.
"Hehe, the Sacred Plume Gate's Sect-Protecting Formation has been broken. How many benefits you can obtain now depends on your own abilities!" The scar-faced man laughed dryly and shouted loudly.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud roar from the black spirit boat. Then, figures leaped down from the spirit boat, like a flock of hungry black crows, and swooped down toward the main island below.
However, when the thousands of cultivators approached the sky above the main island, the spiritual inscriptions on the eight giant puppets scattered around the main island suddenly lit up and shone brightly.
Beams of light of various colors, each several hundred feet thick, surged out from the round tower above the puppet's head and gathered at the center of the main island. After colliding with each other, they turned into a colorful light curtain again, enveloping only the area where the main island was located.
Nearly a hundred Shifang Tower cultivators who rushed to the front quickly stopped their bodies, but they could not stop in time and crashed into the light curtain.
Apart from a few Genuine Immortals who hurriedly released their protective magic treasures and were sent flying, the rest of the cultivators were instantly turned into ashes, leaving only black smoke with a burnt smell in the air.
The sudden appearance of the second layer of protective shield immediately stopped the aggressive Shifang Tower cultivators, and they scattered in all directions with vigilance.
At this moment, Bai Fengyi's expression was grim as he ordered:
"Meet the enemy!"
On the island, there were lights everywhere, and countless figures flew up from the island, flying close to the sea surface and flying out from the colorful light curtain, rushing toward the people of Shifang Tower.
Immediately after, hundreds of mechanical flying boats also flew out of the island with a whistling sound, heading straight for the black spirit boat above. Some cultivators and strange puppets were left in some important places on the island, guarding closely to prevent people from sneaking onto the island.
"I'll go first." Yun Ni looked at Bai Fengyi and said, then floated up and flew out of the island.
"You guys guard here, don't go out …" Bai Fengyi looked back and glanced at Bai Suyuan and the others with a complicated expression, then turned and flew up, chasing after Yun Ni.
In mid-air, Lu Ji's eyes twitched slightly. He looked down at the void below, and a huge snow lotus shadow appeared, rushing towards him at high speed.
His expression did not change. He raised one hand high and waved in the Void. A loud whistling sound came from the huge hole in the dark clouds, and a silver long sword flew out from it and landed firmly in his palm.