Chapter 408: Escaping
Although the grand array was not yet complete, within it a vast, desolate aura had been brewing.
The raging wind sea was forced back by the array, revealing a huge opening.
This aura was beyond what the black tortoise bloodline could possess, and it made one wonder whether the array's final shape might evolve into the legendary divine beast, Xuanwu[1].
The Lightning-Devouring Falcon, having sensed danger, grew even more frenzied. The lightning on its body, intermingled with a faint trace of blood and qi, burned its vital blood and essence.
It spread its wings wide, its entire plumage bristling as it bathed in lightning, and transformed into a lightning bird. With its wings controlling lightning, it even managed to move the boundless Malevolent Frost Wind.
As the Malevolent Frost Wind and lightning merged in an unpredictable, ever-changing display, countless slicing gusts and lightning blasts rained down like wind knives and tempest storms, pelting the two cultivators.
The man in the black robe had expended all his strength preparing the array and was left utterly immobile.
Unable to evade the assault, the Wuji Sect's leader raised his sword across his chest, and his sword qi formed a gigantic wall to block the onslaught.
Yet that barrier held only for a brief moment before it was blasted apart; although he continued to gather new layers of sword qi, they grew increasingly thin and could not endure for long.
Fortunately, the black-robed man’s grand array was nearing completion.
The battle had spread over a vast area, and the full-force clash of the Spiritual Infant cultivators was terrifying.