All nine disciples sent by the Beiming family to the battle possessed Ice Spiritual Roots. At the heart of the "Nine-Nine Return-to-One Formation" stood Beiming Qing—the cool-tempered female immortal who had not fawned over their Third Elder. Her cultivation was at the middle stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, making her one of the family's most capable disciples among the twenty-one, second only to Beiming Zhi. Maintaining absolute calm, she waved the ice thorns in her hand. Instantly, countless transparent ice thorns materialized in the air, meeting the sword shadows cast by the sword formation. The attacks of both sides canceled each other out before they even truly made contact. A dense white mist scattered across the arena as the ice-formed thorns dissolved directly into a chilling fog after neutralizing the sword light.
"Change formation!" Beiming Qing ordered immediately.
She intended to use the cover of the fog to exploit the weak points of the sword formation. Their previous major move had been a probing attack—and naturally, the opponents were probing them as well—which was why she chose to shift formations now.
Chapter 1943