At this moment, Ziling's eyes were blood-red, and a scarlet aura blazed around her body.
Her cultivation had reached the peak of the ninth rank Half God level.
"That aura — her true cultivation is at least seventh rank Half God."
"Zhao Gongyi, didn't you say there were no Half Gods here?"
"How did one suddenly appear who can raise their cultivation to the pinnacle of the Half God realm?"
The genius of the Rock Hammer Monster Clan cursed furiously.
But even as he spoke, his body underwent a transformation, growing even larger. When the palm of his hand split open, a fissure appeared within it.
From that fissure extended a massive stone hammer, one that radiated the same aura as him.
It was a part of his own body.
After unleashing a series of techniques in succession— His aura, originally at the sixth rank Half God level, surged upward by three consecutive ranks, bringing his cultivation to the ninth rank Half God stage.
Once his cultivation rose, he leaped high into the air and swung that enormous hammer down toward Ziling.
He had always been a towering figure, and the hammer in his hand was even larger than himself.
With this hammer striking downward, it was like a mountain peak plummeting from the heavens.
But Ziling did not dodge. Instead, she raised her palm and struck upward.
Martial power surged outward, forming a colossal martial power palm that extended skyward.
The palm and hammer collided. Though the martial power palm shattered, the Rock Hammer Monster Clan's young master, the one gripping the hammer, was forced back several steps by the impact.
But just as that colossal figure was driven back, another attack descended from the sky — a whip wreathed in scarlet aura.
Ziling dodged just in time.
That single whip strike split the earth open, carving out a chasm of unfathomable depth.
The whip's power was formidable.
It came from the woman of the Blood Phoenix Royal Clan. Her appearance had changed, and her cultivation too had risen by three consecutive ranks to the ninth rank Half God level.
It wasn't just these three.
Among the juniors of the other three Ancient Heavenly Clans, one from each had also raised their cultivation to the ninth rank Half God stage.
In total, six of them launched a coordinated assault on Ziling.
Moreover, they all wielded divine weapons, their combat power was immense.
Under these circumstances, Ziling quickly fell on the defensive and could do nothing but evade repeatedly.
But after dodging an attack and landing on the ground, she felt the force of a barrier pulse beneath her feet.
Almost instantly, it transformed into a barrier formation that sealed Ziling within.
It was the formation that Zhao Gongyi had set up.
Though his own cultivation was only at the Venerable Dragon God Robe level, this formation was comparable to one at the Saint Dragon God Robe level, with combat power rivaling a ninth rank Half God.
"Got you."
"Now let's see how you dodge."
Seeing this, the woman of the Blood Phoenix Royal Clan's eyes gleamed with killing intent as she prepared to launch another attack.
But then Ziling formed a set of hand seals, and the scarlet aura around her body grew even more powerful.
"What is that?"
In that instant, every junior present saw a blood-red ancient pagoda materialize behind Ziling — a tower that seemed to connect heaven and earth, brimming with supreme might.
But that blood-red pagoda flashed and vanished in an instant.
So the juniors of the ancient clans all assumed they had merely seen things.
Swoosh— At that very moment, six blood-red chains erupted from within Ziling's body, hurtling outward at blinding speed.
They pierced straight through the barrier formation Zhao Gongyi had set up and raced toward the six top geniuses of the ancient clans.
All five who were engaged in combat with Ziling, aside from Zhao Gongyi himself, failed to evade.
Yet those bound by the blood-red chains showed no signs of pain.
When they attempted to sever the chains, they discovered that their attacks simply passed right through them — they couldn't touch the blood-red chains at all.
Seeing this, Zhao Gongyi quickly set up another formation. Five massive barrier blades materialized and slashed toward the blood-red chains binding the five.
This was no ordinary barrier blade — it was designed to break formations.
But his barrier blades proved equally ineffective.
"What the hell is this thing?"
Zhao Gongyi's eyes filled with unease, for the chain he had dodged was still relentlessly pursuing him.
Though it moved slower than its first strike, seeing how bizarre these red chains were, he was deeply afraid of being ensnared.
Meanwhile, the other five continued to attack Ziling relentlessly.
They too quickly discovered the truth.
"Don't worry. The chains haven't harmed us — they've only weakened our combat power."
"Let's join forces and kill her," the woman said.
"So that's how it is?"
"Heh, then this should be easy."
Hearing this, Zhao Gongyi continued to evade while simultaneously launching attacks at Ziling.
But with the other five weakened, they lost their initial advantage. They could only trade blows with Ziling, unable to suppress her — even though Ziling didn't even have a divine weapon in hand.
"You all — go find the formation eye," Zhao Gongyi transmitted secretly to the others.
By the time Ziling realized what was happening, they had already moved to search for the formation eye.
Ziling tried to stop them, but Zhao Gongyi and the others held her back.
…
Meanwhile, Chu Feng was still within the formation world that the Martial Cultivator's Commerce had prepared for him, drawing upon the power inside to open Legacy Formations.
Finally, the thirtieth Legacy Formation was completed.
As for his own, of course — there was no rush. He figured he would help the Martial Cultivator's Commerce finish first, and then he would be able to leave this place.