Even though my cultivation was far inferior to Lu Zhenyang's, the Xuan Yuan Sword wasn't an ordinary weapon. Its speed was extremely fast, like a shooting star, as it chased after Lu Zhenyang. Finally, just as he was about to reach the bronze statue, I stabbed towards his back.
I didn't know if Lu Zhenyang didn't care about me or if he knew that the situation was critical, but he focused all his attention on the fatty and didn't care about my attack. Thus, the Xuan Yuan Sword wasn't obstructed at all and directly stabbed his body.
After receiving the Xuan Yuan Sword's attack, even iron bones would shatter, not to mention Lu Zhenyang's broken body.
Following a scream, Lu Zhenyang's flying movements slowed down and his body fell from the sky.
After my attack succeeded, I finally relaxed a little. However, I didn't dare to slack off. I exerted strength in my legs and dashed towards Lu Zhenyang, blocking his body.
On the way there, I guessed that Lu Zhenyang might have been heavily injured by that sword strike. However, when I arrived in front of him, I discovered that this fellow's body was made of some unknown material. That sword strike didn't even leave a wound on his body. It only left a large hole in the clothes on his back.
Of course, not having a wound didn't mean that he wasn't injured. When I arrived in front of him, Lu Zhenyang was still sitting on the ground. When I extended my hand to retrieve the Xuan Yuan Sword and looked at his body, Lu Zhenyang angrily stood up. I didn't know how injured he was, but he angrily roared at me and sent a palm strike.
Lu Zhenyang was anxious, but I was even more anxious than him. Whether or not I could keep Lu Zhenyang here wasn't only related to my safety, it was also related to the survival of the fatty and Wuyue. Thus, when facing Lu Zhenyang's attack, I didn't retreat and used my True Essence to receive it.
Lu Zhenyang's attack didn't have any extra movements. He just waved his hand and sent a palm strike. However, this simple palm strike contained an earth-shaking aura.
A ball of pitch-black True Essence shot out from his withered palm. It was like a demonic palm that came from the netherworld as it charged towards me.
I didn't dare to be careless. I used the Heavenly Dipper Nine Steps and used the Heavenly Dipper Nine Steps to raise a barrier. At the same time, with the buff from the Heavenly Dipper Nine Steps, I brandished the Xuan Yuan Sword in my hand and used the Emotionless Sword Path.
Lu Zhenyang's attack came like the wind. Using the power of the Seal Heavenly Master to resist the attack of the Sun God Heavenly Master, the result could be imagined.
When the Astral Step Barrier came into contact with Lu Zhenyang's demonic palm, it instantly let out a crisp sound and shattered like an eggshell.
My defense was broken, and my blood throbbed in my meridians, shaking me so much that I couldn't even hold the Xuan-Yuan Sword steadily.
However, Lu Zhenyang's attacks didn't stop. Quite the contrary, they became even fiercer. He separated his hands and summoned a gust of cold wind to attack me.
Without the protection of the Astral Step Barrier, the moment Lu Zhenyang raised his hand, I felt a cold wind sweep past my face, burning with pain. However, I couldn't care about that right now. I clenched my teeth and steadied my mind, suppressing my restless Zhen Yuan. I raised the Xuan Yuan Sword once again. I didn't choose to dodge, instead, I directly attacked Lu Zhenyang.
Lu Zhenyang's attack was ferocious and my speed was also very fast. Just as the Xuan Yuan Sword was sent out, it collided with that enormous palm.
Shortly after, a vast power surged through my arm, causing my blood to boil.
Right at that moment, I twisted my wrist and the sword energy gathered on the Xuan Yuan Sword exploded. The sharp sword energy shuttled back and forth in Lu Zhenyang's demonic palm. At the start, it couldn't enter, but in the end, under the stimulation of the sword energy, his demonic palm couldn't block the power of the god artifact and was shattered into pieces.
With Lu Zhenyang's strength, he shouldn't have been like this when fighting me. From this, one could see that the Xuan Yuan Sword's attack had caused him quite a bit of injury.
Seeing that his attack had been nullified, Lu Zhenyang finally stopped charging forward and stood still in front of me.
The black Zhen Yuan around his body surged. Behind the silver mask, a pair of sinister eyes stared at me and said angrily, "Very good … Zhou Yi, since you're asking for death, then I'll fulfill your wish!"
After saying that, his hands formed claws in the air and like an eagle, he pounced at me once more.
After that strike, I was heavily injured, but fortunately, I still had enough Zhen Yuan. The Xuan Yuan Sword danced in my hand and the power of the Feeling Sword Path was unleashed once more.
After taking two of his attacks, I thought that with the support of the Nine Star Heavenly Dipper and the Xuan Yuan Sword, I would be able to fight against the injured Lu Zhenyang. But this time, after the sword energy clashed with his claws, I knew that I was wrong.
I didn't know if Lu Zhenyang had recovered from his injuries or something, but this time, he just casually swiped with his claws and the sword energy from the Xuan Yuan Sword was shattered and dissipated to the side.
With the power of the Xuan Yuan Sword and the power of the Feeling Sword Path, the sword energy that I had used all of my cultivation, it disappeared just like that.
Lu Zhenyang's claws didn't seem to have any injuries at all. It was just that his speed was slightly slower, but he still pounced at me.
I quickly retracted the Xuan Yuan Sword and used the Feeling Sword Path to meet Lu Zhenyang's claws.
However, the amount of Zhen Yuan that I used to activate the Xuan Yuan Sword was far less than before. I knew that I definitely wouldn't be able to stop Lu Zhenyang.
So, I shook my left hand and took out the Armor Removing Sword. I used my Zhen Yuan to activate it and chased after the Xuan Yuan Sword.
With the two swords as one, I had almost used up the last bit of Zhen Yuan in my body. Fortunately, Lu Zhenyang's attack was once again blocked by me. His forward momentum was completely stopped. He stood a few meters in front of me and continuously waved his claws, fighting against the two swords.
His attacks were very ferocious. Every move he made seemed to be casual, but it was filled with killing intent.
It was fortunate that the two swords in my hands, no matter if it was the Armor Removing Sword or the Xuan Yuan Sword, were extraordinary. It was also because of the two swords that the pressure on me gradually eased.
Lu Zhenyang and I fought back and forth. Although it was dangerous, it wasn't completely ineffective. At the very least, Lu Zhenyang was temporarily restrained by me and couldn't pose a threat to the fatty.
At the same time, the fatty's side was also reporting success. After completing the seventh formation, the eighth formation was also completed. He only needed two more to complete it.
With the coordination of the eight Nine Palaces Great Formations, the power of the Ten Absolute Ancient Formations was starting to show. The eight Nine Palaces Great Formations were interlinked. The moment they were activated, the formation's power became several times denser. The aura around the fatty also became much sharper.
However, compared to the fatty's success, Wuyue's side was in danger again. Not long after I started fighting with Lu Zhenyang, the Daozi that had been watching the battle seemed to have become impatient. He handed the zither case to Li Chunxu and personally joined the battle.
Wuyue originally didn't have any advantage against the others. His own power was completely restrained by the Fuxi Zither and the zither case. It wasn't easy for him to persevere for so long. After the Daozi joined the battle, the situation was completely tilted to the side of Dragon Tiger Mountain.
After several dangerous escapes, Wuyue finally couldn't hold on anymore. His body shook and he was sucked in by the huge suction force from the zither case.
"You're still worried about others? Worry about yourself first!"
While I was distracted to observe Wuyue, Lu Zhenyang suddenly shouted. He raised his hands high and created thousands of black clouds above his head. It was as if he was holding boiling water and splashed it towards me.
I had never seen Lu Zhenyang's divine power before. However, just the aura that it revealed at the beginning made me feel a huge pressure.
I looked at Lu Zhenyang and finally retracted my gaze from Wuyue. Wuyue knew our plan, so she definitely wouldn't give up so easily. Moreover, Daozi was still waiting for her in front. If she surrendered now, she wouldn't be the Wuyue that had waited for Daozi for a hundred years.
So, my top priority was to stall Lu Zhenyang and continue to buy time for the fatty.
Right at that moment, there was another movement from the bronze statue behind me. With this movement, the ninth Nine Palaces Great Formation was completed. There was only one step left before the completion of the Ten Extremes Great Formation!
Feeling the aura of the Ten Absolute Formation, I was instantly excited. I crossed the Armor Removing Sword and Xuanyuan Sword in front of my chest and focused on dealing with Lu Zhenyang's attack.
The completion rate of the Ten Absolute Ancient Formation was getting higher and higher. Lu Zhenyang became more and more anxious. His eyes revealed an ominous glint as he released another attack.
This attack was extremely fast. Once it left Lu Zhenyang's control, it converged on the previous attack like a sharp arrow.