Under Li Qi's assault, the combined forces of the Plane Lords from multiple regions outside the barrier were shattered in moments, utterly incapable of retaliation.
Witnessing this, the Plane Lords of the Xiao Yan region were reminded of the portion of Heavenly Dao Will that had been allocated to Li Qi.
Now, it seemed that allocation was incredibly worthwhile.
If a cultivator at the Hedao stage were to take action, the Plane Lords of the Xiao Yan region would find themselves incredibly safe if they encountered danger and simply retreated to their foothold.
It was at this very moment that Li Qi's voice suddenly rang out.
"What are you all waiting for? They're escaping, aren't you going to pursue them? Do you expect me, someone of low combat power, to do it?"
Upon hearing this, many of the Plane Lords in the Xiao Yan region snapped back to attention.
They found that the Plane Lords outside the barrier, already at their wit's end from Li Qi's repeated bombardments, had long since lost their will to remain.
Each one, dragging their bloodied and injured bodies, fled towards the distance.
The eyes of the Plane Lords of the Xiao Yan region immediately lit up.
The roles had reversed far too quickly.
Gu Mengping, who was in the top tier of strength, waved his hand grandly.
"Fellow Daoists, let's go together and slaughter these scoundrels."
With that, his spiritual energy erupted, and he charged forward.
With the Plane Lords of the Xiao Yan region joining the pursuit, the external Plane Lords, many of whom were already heavily wounded, suffered even greater losses.
But at this moment.
Li Qi, who was controlling the formation, seemed to sense something.
His eyes instantly narrowed.
An aura exceeding the Void Returning stage surged towards the foothold.
All the Plane Lords of the Xiao Yan region felt their minds tremble under the pressure of this aura.
This was because it was not Xu Tianzong, the Hedao stage cultivator from their own Xiao Yan region.
At the same time, a look of elation spread across the faces of some of the fleeing Plane Lords.
"Lord Zhang has arrived! We are saved!"
A figure radiating the aura of the Hedao stage appeared not far away.
His eyes were cold as he looked at the extremely disheveled Plane Lords being pursued by those of the Xiao Yan region.
"Hmph."
With a cold snort, he casually raised his hand.
Terrifying pressure erupted, and the aura emanating from it made even peak Void Returning cultivators like Gu Mengping feel suffocated.
In the next moment, that massive palm slammed down, causing space itself in the void to tremble.
This colossal palm also covered all the Plane Lords of the Xiao Yan region within its reach.
This sudden turn of events plunged the Plane Lords of the Xiao Yan region into despair.
Li Qi's eyes flickered. As the security of the foothold, having received a considerable portion of Heavenly Dao Will, he naturally could not stand idly by.
With a thought, the formation he had set up was pushed to its absolute limit, preparing to withstand the blow on behalf of these Xiao Yan region Plane Lords.
But before Li Qi could act.
Xu Tianzong's voice echoed from afar.
"Zhang Chengfeng, do you have no shame attacking Void Returning cultivators? I'll fight you."
In the next instant, Xu Tianzong appeared directly above the heads of the Xiao Yan region Plane Lords.
With a wave of his hand, imbued with terrifying pressure, it collided head-on with the palm descending from above.
"Bang bang bang!"
After a series of explosive roars, both attacks dissipated.
Following this, Xu Tianzong did not linger. He swiftly closed the distance to the external Hedao stage cultivator.
The battle between the two instantly became fierce, with neither able to gain the upper hand in a short period.
With the Hedao stage cultivator no longer interfering, and with Li Qi's assistance, the Xiao Yan region maintained its advantage.
But in the next moment, before the Plane Lords of the Xiao Yan region could breathe a sigh of relief.
A third Hedao stage aura instantly swept over.
Xu Tianzong, who was engaged in battle, couldn't help but change his expression, attempting to retreat to offer aid.
But Zhang Chengfeng, the Hedao stage cultivator entangled with him, let out a cold laugh.
"Fellow Daoist Xu, you should focus on yourself first."
With that, Zhang Chengfeng increased the force of his grip, forcefully detaining Xu Tianzong.
Xu Tianzong's face became extremely grim, and he looked coldly at Zhang Chengfeng and the newly arrived Hedao stage cultivator.
"Another encirclement and suppression. Can't you guys do anything besides gang up on people?"
"There's no other way. After all, with your Hedao sixth heaven strength, you are quite renowned in many regions around here. If not for your previous injuries still healing, my Hedao fifth heaven cultivation might not have been able to contend with you for so long. So don't blame me for finding some helpers."
Hearing this, Zhang Chengfeng showed no shame. Instead, a faint smile appeared on his face as he turned to the newly arrived Hedao stage cultivator.
"Fellow Daoist Fang, I'll keep him occupied here. Please handle the other side."
"That is only natural."
Fang Yan nodded slightly and then looked at the group of Plane Lords from the Xiao Yan region, sending a palm strike directly down.
With an additional Hedao stage enemy.
But this time, there was no second Xu Tianzong to intervene.
Despair once again surfaced on the faces of the numerous Plane Lords of the Xiao Yan region.
And just as Fang Yan's palm was about to descend.
An attack that could barely rival the Hedao stage erupted, colliding with it and forcefully shattering the strike.
Fang Yan couldn't help but be slightly stunned upon seeing this.
He turned his head and found that the source of this attack was the formation, which Li Qi was operating at extreme overload.
"Interesting."
At this moment, a Plane Lord beside Fang Yan shouted.
"Lord Fang, deal with the formation first! It was that formation master controlling the formation earlier that caused us heavy losses!"
"Oh? Is that so?"
Fang Yan wore an expression of amusement, as the formation that could withstand his attack was indeed rather interesting.
"Then let's deal with this formation first."
With that, Fang Yan unleashed a palm strike towards the formation set up by Li Qi.
"Rumble."
The thunderous roar shook the heavens, and even the continent of the foothold, protected by the barrier, seemed on the verge of collapse.
Simultaneously, cracks began to appear on the formation.
Fang Yan did not stop and unleashed another palm strike.
The formation, already overloaded by Li Qi's operation, finally reached its limit and shattered instantly.
Without the cover of the formation's barrier, Li Qi was directly exposed to the void, met by the hateful gazes of countless external Plane Lords.
Loud laughter erupted from these external Plane Lords.
"Hahaha, the formation master's formation is broken."
"Damn it, you killed so many of our fellow Daoists. Formation master, now that you've lost the protection of your formation, I'd like to see what kind of waves your seventh heaven Void Returning strength can stir up."