He was fighting seven enemies on his own, and he had to gain the upper hand. While the bombs of spiritual energy were detonated, raising an ocean of fire, the golden brilliance turned into seven entirely different images. Xiao Xuance had boosted his spiritual energy into different forms according to the different features of the seven experts!
Li Yao immediately sensed overwhelming pressure. He felt that every pore on his body was being invaded by the brilliance of golden needles!
Thankfully, Xiao Xuance mistook him for Bai Xinghe and launched a mental attack on him. Therefore, he was able to resist the attack without unleashing his real capability. Ding!
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
Their sabers collided brutally. In the blink of an eye, they had crossed over a thousand times, as if thousands of golden lines were crisscrossing in midair. Thousands of deep cracks appeared on the edges of the sabers. Thousands of vibrations overlapped, and the two sabers collapsed with a loud bang!
The sabers that had been broken were still in the form of sabers and swords under the restraint of their surging spiritual energy. They were even more ostentatious and domineering than before. They were still entangled with each other like two dragons that were devouring each other. One was in the other, and the other was in the other.
The spiritual energy of the two parties continued surging out, forming a dazzling blast. All the metal scraps were reduced to powder, which then condensed into tiny silver pearls under the extremely high temperature and pressure. The silver pearls darted out like hidden weapons, piercing through dozens of Grand Illusionary Soldiers and quite a few Cultivators!
In the meantime, a mental attack that was even sharper than the edge of the saber slashed into Li Yao's brain brutally.
Although Li Yao's soul was extremely solid, he intended to mislead Xiao Xuance one more time. Therefore, after a miserable scream, he was blown backward and crashed into a bunch of Grand Illusionary Soldiers.
Black Wing, on the back of the Crystal Suit, was eager to have a try. Once Xiao Xuance followed up with another attack, Black Wing would trigger enormous wings immediately. Together with the Feathered Dragon Saber, he would be able to launch the most violent counterattack!
Xiao Xuance, however, did not pursue him further. The seven streaks of golden brilliance retreated and condensed into a glittering, dominating body again.
However, the Crystal Suit was on the brink of destruction. His body was riddled with wounds, as if he had just gone through a bloody battle.
The Crystal Suit of the six Yuanying experts was not much better than his. It was also full of shocking scars, as if it would suddenly collapse at the slightest touch.
"Xiao Xuance, you're too arrogant!"
Luoxingzi struggled to smile. "We are all Yuanying, even if you are the best expert of the Flying Star Sector. He can't possibly defeat all seven of us at the same time! "
"You will definitely lose this battle!"
Xiao Xuance sneered. His aura kept increasing, and the golden flames around him burned more and more fiercely. In the end, he seemed to have melted into the spiritual fire.
The Crystal Suit, muscles, bones, and internal organs all seemed to have turned into translucent crystals. But in the deepest part of his body, there was a crystal of spiritual energy that looked like a baby. It was clearly visible and dazzling!
This was Yuanying!
The Refinement Stage, the Building Foundation Stage, and the Core Formation Stage had enabled the spiritual energy to walk the path of gas, liquid, and solid. In terms of strength, it had reached the peak of each stage!
In the next stage of training … The goal was to combine the spiritual energy in the universe with one's own spirit and will and polish one's own will into the purest, truest, and most original will. Then, it would be projected into the spiritual energy and build a self in the state of pure energy.
The self in the state of pure energy would be the 'true self'. It was the 'true self' that Cultivators were focusing on!
Xiao Xuance had unleashed his most original strength. His will that had been condensed for hundreds of years was completely unleashed in the blink of an eye. It was obvious that he was going to risk his life!
BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM!
The six Yuanying Cultivators unleashed their most powerful spiritual waves, too. Their bodies turned into translucent crystals.
The strong will of different postures but equally resolute popped up from the depths of their bodies in the form of Yuanying!
"Xiao Xuance, we are from the same sect. I know exactly what you are capable of!"
Luoxingzi was almost crazy. Both he and Xiao Xuance were from the Feathered Snakes Brotherhood. After Xiao Xuance's rebellion, the Feathered Snakes Brotherhood would certainly suffer heavy losses, if not irrecoverable.
How could Luoxingzi, as an elder of the Feathered Snakes Brotherhood, feel?
Therefore, he had made up his mind!
"You are the strongest Cultivator of the Flying Star Sector. I'm no match for you. But today, I'm going to stall you even at the cost of my life. One minute!
"Fellow Cultivators, leave Xiao Xuance to me. Break the crystal wall and destroy the star brain as soon as possible!"
Luoxingzi burst into laughter. His strongest will turned into a cluster of brilliance and swallowed his body from inside to outside!
When the brilliance expanded to the maximum, a shadow more than three meters tall, surrounded by infinite stars, suddenly jumped out of the brilliance!
It was an Ares Extension!
Generally speaking, Yuanying Cultivators rarely used one-time magical equipment such as an Ares Extension at the beginning of a battle.
It was because the speed, strength, and intensity of spiritual energy of the Yuanying Cultivators were too high. If they put on an Ares Extension in advance, it was very likely that the Ares Extension would be consumed instantly.
When a Yuanying Cultivator put on an Ares Extension, it was a sign that he was really going to fight with his life!
Xiao Xuance sniffed and raised his right hand. Nine spiritual shields that looked like transparent glass immediately appeared in front of him.
Luoxingzi, who was rushing close, was slowed down after every shield that he passed through.
Xiao Xuance took the opportunity to retrieve an Ares Extension from his Cosmos Ring and fix it around himself with the magnetic field!
His Ares Extension was quite unique. It was like the purest crystal. Outside of the Crystal Suit, there seemed to be nothing except for the glittering spiritual stripes.
However, under the refraction, diffraction, and reflection of the crystal, the glittering Crystal Suit looked even more luxurious!
The two Yuanying Cultivators, who had put on their Ares Extensions and maximized their combat ability, crashed into each other brutally. However, the powerful blast that everybody had imagined did not burst out. Instead, a fatal attraction force was generated like the collision of two black holes.
The scraps, debris, and even the Grand Illusionary Soldiers nearby were attracted to them beyond their control.
Anything that was absorbed within three meters of them would be blown into smithereens under the high-frequency vibrations!
Luoxingzi's roar came over in the communication channel. "Hurry up and attack the crystal wall!"
The other five Yuanying Cultivators gritted their teeth and bypassed the two of them, bombarding the crystal wall crazily.
Xiao Xuance's shrieks were almost twisted. His body turned into dozens of streaks of gold brilliance. They dashed in all directions, ready to attack the other five Yuanying Cultivators, only to be intercepted by Luoxingzi one after another.
Li Yao rolled his eyes again and again. He felt that something was not right, but the battle was too fierce for him to be distracted.
He did not join the attack on the crystal wall. Instead, he stayed behind everybody and dealt with the incessant Grand Illusionary Soldiers together with the Core Formation Stage Cultivators.
They had destroyed thousands of Grand Illusionary Soldiers in one minute, but there were more than ten thousand Grand Illusionary Soldiers deployed on Heavenly Phantom.
Countless Grand Illusionary Soldiers flooded in from the pathways, the damages, and the cracks in the starship like incessant iron tides!
Under the bombardment of the iron tides, the fire of life of many Core Formation Stage Cultivators was running dry. Quite a few Cultivators even burned furiously in midair and turned into gray statues before they perished quietly!
Li Yao shouted in the private channel, "Professor, how long will it take to activate the virus and paralyze the star brain?"
Professor Mo Xuan was shouting desperately, too. "Two minutes and thirty seconds!"
Right at this moment, a loud crash came from behind Li Yao.
Under the joint attack of the five Yuanying Cultivators, the crystal wall was finally blown up!
In the communication channel … All the Cultivators were exclaiming in joy.
However, behind the crystal wall that had completely shattered and collapsed with a loud bang. What was revealed was not the star brain that they had seen a moment ago but a wall.
Almost ten thousand high-frequency broadcast rune arrays had been installed on the wall, which looked like thousands of swirls. In the deepest part of every swirl, a weird blue crystal was glittering.
They looked like thousands of deep eyes that were staring at them without blinking.
Li Yao was greatly alarmed.
They had all been fooled!
They had thought that the crystal wall was transparent. After the crystal wall was blown up, they would be able to see the star brain.
But the fact was that the crystal wall was not transparent at all. Instead, it was an enormous illusionary array that made them see an illusion!
What was it exactly?
Hum! Hum! Hum!
Li Yao had no time to sort through his messy thoughts. The ten thousand broadcast rune arrays began to vibrate violently. High-frequency waves that were indiscernible to human ears swept across the entire bridge like a tornado. Countless tiny bubbles immediately appeared in the air, colliding, tearing apart, and merging with each other like thousands of tiny swirls!
"What the hell?"
Li Yao was greatly shocked. The unexpected changes must have been Xiao Xuance's arrangement. It was a very impressive backup plan!
The problem was that, other than the outstanding sound and visual effects, he did not feel any harm at all. On the contrary, he felt refreshed and energetic!
But grunts and screams were echoing nonstop inside the communication channel. All the six Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators, including Luo Xingzi, seemed to have suffered a critical strike. Their aura immediately plummeted to the lowest point.
Their previously glittering Yuanying was like a candle in the wind. It shivered and shrank until it disappeared into their bodies.
"Our Yuanying has been suppressed!"
"I can't activate the Yuanying state!"
"What — what kind of array is this?"
Under the suppression of the ultrasonic waves, Xiao Xuance's Yuanying was suppressed just like everybody else.
However, he laughed out loud with an arrogant attitude.
"Luoxingzi, and the rest of you brainless brutes, you didn't see this coming, did you?
"I've spent decades devising the 'New Era Plan'. Of course, I took into account that several, if not more, Yuanying experts might attack me together at the last moment!
"Although I am the best expert of the Flying Star Sector, I've never overestimated my combat ability. I was scared that I would be stalled by you. Very scared!
"Not just six or seven Yuanying, even three or four Yuanying experts would be a nuisance to me!
"That's why I've carefully designed this trap to entertain all of you!
"This' Great Empyrean Soul Stirring Array 'was developed by the Imperium of True Human Beings over decades. It is specifically designed to deal with the Yuanying experts!
"There are almost ten thousand broadcasting rune arrays here. At the center of every array is a 'Dragon Demon Crystal'.
"I've mobilized almost half of the spiritual energy in the main crystal reactor of Heavenly Phantom to shock them. The ultrasonic waves that are triggered are enough to suppress Yuanying. Everybody within the range of the sound waves will be suppressed to below the level of Yuanying!
"Before the Dragon Demon Crystal completely breaks apart, the suppression effect will last for at least one minute. During the one minute, nobody, including you and me, can advance into the Yuanying state. The best we can do is to stay at the peak of the Core Formation Stage!
"Hehe. You are trying to decapitate me because you think that the Immortal Cultivators are short of peak warriors and have too few Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators. The common Grand Illusionary Soldiers are not enough to stop you!
"Right now, there is no Yuanying on either side, but I have thousands of Grand Illusionary Soldiers. How are you going to fight me?"
Luoxingzi and the other five Yuanying experts were as pale as ash. "… We've been tricked!"
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