One person: Orochi, starting with Feng Baobao's Eight Heroes.

Master Hutu threw the prayer wheel into the air.

"Om Mani Pai Mi Hum!"

The prayer wheel swelled in the wind, growing to a size of about ten feet and hanging above everyone's heads.

Seeing this, Zhang Shoucheng gritted his teeth and shouted.

"withdraw!"

The barrier shattered instantly!

Almost simultaneously, the forty-meter-long Heavenly Blade slashed down again! Lü Ren roared, his eighteen-foot-long spear meeting the attack head-on.

clang--"

The deafening roar caused Lü Ren's feet to sink half a foot into the snow, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

Shuten-dōji clapped his hands excitedly.

"Alright! Take another punch from me!"

It flashed and was already in front of Lü Ren, its crimson fist aimed straight for his face!

Chapter 252 The Eight Trigrams Formation

At the critical moment, a golden light pierced through.

The Gao family patriarch's spirit reappeared, and he thrust out with both palms.

"Fire engulfs the heavens!"

"boom!"

The fire wave collided with the demonic energy, and the shockwave evaporated all the surrounding snow.

Shuten-dōji took three steps back, surprised.

"The spirit leaving the body? Interesting!"

The Gao family patriarch's spirit dimmed slightly, and he spoke in a low voice.

"Old Lu, step back!"

Lu Ren remained motionless, his spear pointing diagonally.

"If you want to back down, then back down. I'm going to stab this monster to pieces today!"

Shuten-dōji laughed heartily.

"Have some backbone!"

It suddenly swayed and split into three clones, which pounced from different angles!

"careful!"

Zhou Sheng tossed out eight copper coins, which formed a Bagua formation in the air.

Shuten-dōji's clone crashed into the copper coin array, and with a scream, turned into a wisp of green smoke.

The remaining two clones continued their offensive.

Lu Ren's spear moved like a dragon, piercing through one of the clones, but the last clone's claws grazed his shoulder, causing blood to gush out like a fountain.

"Old Lu!"

The head of the Gao family was furious, and his Yang spirit lunged out once more.

Shuten-dōji's true form suddenly appeared behind the head of the Taka family.

"caught you!"

Its sharp claws went straight for his back!

"boom!"

A golden light flashed, and Shuten-dōji was forced back several steps.

Zhang Shoucheng held a peach wood sword in front of the Gao family head, the sword itself already broken.

"The Taoist priest of Longhu Mountain?"

Shuten-dōji licked his paws.

"What a lively day!"

Suddenly, a rumbling thunderclap came from afar.

Everyone turned around and saw that the dark clouds on Zhenweiqi Mountain had turned into a vortex, with streaks of lightning moving within it.

Zhou Sheng's expression changed drastically.

"Lei Bing is going to succeed!"

Master Hutu said urgently.

"We must break this deadlock immediately!"

Shuten-dōji tilted his head and looked at Kiyama, then suddenly gave a sly smile.

"Looks like I won't have to lift a finger."

With a flicker, it turned into a wisp of green smoke and vanished.

Lu Ren leaned on his gun, panting.

"What...what's going on with this monster?"

Zhang Shoucheng did some quick calculations and his expression changed drastically.

"Oh no! It went to find Chen Qi!"

The Gao family patriarch's Yang spirit returned to its place, weakened by the Dao.

"What do we do now? We're surrounded by Lei Bing in front and pursuers behind..."

Zhou Sheng looked towards Qishan and said resolutely.

"Let's split up! Master Hutu and I will go break the Qi formation, you guys hold off Lei Bing!"

Before the words were finished, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the thunderclouds on Qishan Mountain, landing and transforming into a soldier clad in lightning armor, wielding a spear of lightning!

Then, the second and third...

In the blink of an eye, ten thunder soldiers stood in formation, their eyes flashing with lightning.

Lu Ren wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and held his spear horizontally.

"Looks like there's no other choice."

Zhang Shoucheng took out the last purple talisman from his bosom.

"I'll lend you a hand!"

The head of the Gao family managed to stand up.

"Old Lu, you better not die this time."

Lü Ren laughed loudly.

"Don't worry, I'm tough as nails!"

Ten lightning soldiers simultaneously raised their spears, and lightning converged into a net, enveloping the crowd...

Meanwhile, the northwest Qian position.

The purple-gold compass beneath Shanqi's feet had expanded to a radius of three zhang, and the purple aura of the canopy was becoming increasingly dense.

The boy said anxiously.

"Father, Lei Bing is ready. We should go!"

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Shanqi closed his eyes and remained motionless.

"Wait a little longer... until the seismic zone is fully activated."

Suddenly, the compass needle in his arms began to spin wildly.

Shanqi opened his eyes and gave a cold smile.

"coming."

At the edge of the snowfield, a figure in blue robes walked through the snow, freezing all the Eight Banners soldiers into ice sculptures wherever he went.

The boy retreated in fear.

"It's Chen Qi!"

Shanqi, however, remained calm and unhurried.

"It's alright, Shuten-dōji will hold him off."

He looked in the direction of the earthquake and murmured.

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"It'll be soon...it'll be soon..."

At the summit of Qishan Mountain, in the center of a vortex of thunderclouds, a thick bolt of lightning was gathering...

Inside the golden barrier of the Zhen position, Lü Ren suddenly felt a sharp pain in his arm.

He looked down and noticed that fine "burrs" had appeared on the cuffs of his Taoist robe. The burrs trembled and generated tiny static sparks in the air.

"Something's wrong..."

Lu Ren picked up a burr with his fingertip, and the thing turned into a wisp of golden lightning between his fingers and disappeared.

Just then, the Eight Banners soldiers who were charging at the barrier suddenly froze, and blinding lightning burst from the gaps in their decaying armor.

The lead cavalryman raised his long sword high, the blade crackling with blue-white arcs of electricity.

"careful!"

Zhang Shoucheng roared and drew a crimson talisman with his peach wood sword.

But it was too late. As if pushed by an invisible hand, the Eight Banners soldiers transformed into dozens of streaks of light and rushed towards the barrier.

The moment the three soldiers in the front row crashed into the pale gold barrier, the electricity on their bodies drilled into the surface of the barrier, creating ripples that trembled violently.

Chapter 253 Enhancing the Power of the Qi Formation

"Click——"

A faint cracking sound came from the top of the barrier.

Lu Ren looked up and saw that cracks had appeared in the dome, and the pale golden barrier energy was thinning at a visible speed.

"Even the Heavenly Blade and the Heavenly Dog have changed!"

The head of the Gao family gave a stern reminder.

Sure enough, the surface of the bronze celestial sword, which was suspended in mid-air, was covered with blue-purple electric patterns, and the blade hummed as it vibrated.

The three-eyed tengu was even more exaggerated; its fur stood on end, with sparks flying from the tips of each hair, and its body visibly swelled up.

"607!" "Boom!"

The tengu pounced first, crashing into the barrier with the force of thunder.

This impact was several times more violent than before, causing the entire barrier to shake violently and the ground to tremble.

Zhang Shoucheng's face turned ashen, and the compass needle in his hand spun wildly.

"Someone is enhancing the power of the Qi formation!"

Master Hutu sat cross-legged on the ground, his ten fingers making hand seals with lightning speed, and fine beads of sweat seeped from his forehead.

"This old monk is about to find the blockage point in the Qi channels. Please give this old monk another half an incense stick's time!"

Upon hearing this, the head of the Gao family drew his soft sword from his waist. The sword trembled in the wind and emitted a clear, melodious dragon's roar.

"Everyone, the barrier won't hold for much longer! Instead of waiting to die, let's fight our way out and buy the master some time!"