In the vast mountain range, the disciples of the eight lineages gathered. The disciples under each lineage looked solemn as they scanned their surroundings.

There seemed to be countless marrow beasts in the surrounding area.

Although they had been baptized time and time again, many of them were much stronger than before.

However, the number of marrow beasts was a little too much. Moreover, there were even more terrifying existences among the marrow beasts than those they had encountered in the past.

However, at this moment, the disciples of the various lineages finally had a way to deal with the situation.

Since they were all bronze plate disciples, they were not fools. Therefore, when they heard the instructions, how could they not understand that the various lineages had reached a cooperative relationship?

Since it was a cooperative relationship between the eight lineages, they naturally had no doubts and immediately acted according to the instructions.

Suddenly, many disciples of the Sky Array Lineage flew out.

At the same time, many disciples of the eight lineages flew out to protect them.

In the beginning, this situation did not cause any commotion among the marrow beasts. However, when the disciples of the Sky Array Lineage arrived, they began to work together to form the Chaos Origin Sky Lock Array.

The seemingly endless marrow beasts around them had clearly sensed the danger. Therefore, in the next moment, their ferocious eyes continuously passed through the crowd and finally locked onto the disciples of the Sky Array Lineage.

However, every disciple had already expected this.

After all, even if the marrow beasts did not have intelligence, they would still instinctively seek luck and avoid danger.

Therefore, how could they just watch as the danger continued to take shape?

"Roar …!"

In front of the crowd, the marrow beasts at the fifth level of the Heaven Palace stage also roared in unison. A powerful aura swept out and headed straight for the crowd.

"Do it!"

At this moment, it was unknown who shouted, but soon after, many disciples began to circulate their Spiritual Energy to block the incoming aura.

However, even if they managed to block it, no one would relax in the slightest. After all, they were only building the foundation of the great array.

If they could not even block it now, then there was no need to set up the Chaos Origin Sky Lock Array. It would be a waste of effort.

As the foundation of the great array continued to be built, the impact of the marrow beasts also became more and more violent.

Fortunately, there were quite a number of disciples from the eight lineages. As long as they defended, they were able to block the continuous attacks again and again.

However, in this kind of resistance, when more fifth-level Heaven Palace Realm marrow beasts with fleshy wings appeared from the depths of the mountain range, the pressure became even greater.

This was because there were probably more than a dozen marrow beasts at the fifth level of the Heaven Palace Realm.

If they were to allow it to come at them, it would be hard to say whether they could completely block it.

Therefore, at this time, even though Yan Chutian knew that he would have to deal with the final Marrow Beast King, he still didn't dare to do so.

There was no way he could hide it anymore.

After all, if they couldn't even successfully set up the Primordial Heaven Lock Array, then their so-called preservation of strength would be meaningless.

Powerful auras appeared one after another. Even if all the disciples of the Heavenly Array Branch had to control the Primordial Chaos Heaven Lock Matrix.

In total, there were close to thirty people from the seven branches.

There were nearly thirty people, all of whom were the top disciples of their respective factions.

If they were to ask them to instantly kill more than ten fifth level Heaven Palace Realm marrow beasts, there would be some difficulty.

However, if it was just blocking, the difficulty would be reduced by a lot.

Moreover, apart from them, there were still some disciples who could free up their hands. Even if their strength was slightly inferior to the former, it wasn't a problem to use them to block.

Many disciples worked together to block, in addition to the support of a large number of disciples behind them.

Under the lead of the dozen fifth level Heaven Palace Realm marrow beasts, the beast horde's attack was terrifying, but it was still blocked in the end.

And if there was one, there would be two, three, and even more.

Time and time again, the beast horde's violent attacks were blocked by the combined efforts of everyone.

In such a short period of time, every disciple of the Heavenly Array Branch who was being protected did their best to build the foundation of the Primordial Chaos Heaven Lock Matrix that covered the sky and earth.

Not long after, the foundation was finally completed. However, this was still not the time to relax.

Although the foundation was completed, only by connecting the meridians could a powerful Primordial Chaos Heaven Lock Matrix truly appear.

Therefore, they still needed time.

However, at this time, the marrow beasts seemed to have clearly sensed the extremely dangerous aura between heaven and earth.

Even though the marrow beast king still hadn't appeared, from the depths of the mountain range, there were flapping wings again, and a loud sound that was enough to shatter space rang out.

Everyone looked over and saw several fifth level Heaven Palace Realm marrow beasts with wings on their backs appear between heaven and earth.

At this moment, not to mention the ordinary disciples, even the disciples of the various branches felt extremely pressured.

This was because they could completely imagine if they didn't work together like before and instead advanced together like before.

One could imagine how flustered they would be when faced with such a situation.

However, even if the eight branches were working together, no one dared to relax in the slightest.

If they couldn't block the attack of the marrow beast horde and cause the Primordial Chaos Heaven Lock Matrix to fail, all of their efforts would be wasted.

In that case, who knew how many disciples and even disciples of the various seats would be killed in the process!

"Roar …!"

The arrival of many fifth level Heaven Palace Realm marrow beasts seemed to have given the marrow beasts a great deal of confidence, causing them to roar in unison like a huge wave that swept across heaven and earth as they charged towards the crowd.

A powerful force rumbled through heaven and earth, tearing apart the space in the sky. The ground was also in a terrible state as it shook violently.

In the next instant, when the marrow beast tide collided with the eight branches guarding it.

When the Lineage disciples collided with each other, a huge shockwave spread out and lingered for a long time.

Fortunately, the eight branches seemed to have withstood the first wave of impact.

The first time they resisted, it seemed to have raised the crowd's spirits by a lot.

Because just like before, if there was one, there could be two.

As long as the number of fifth level Heaven Palace Realm marrow beasts didn't increase, then even if the marrow beast tide charged a few more times, they should be able to withstand it.

And as if to prove this conjecture, the next two waves of marrow beasts charged again, but they didn't make any progress each time.

This made everyone breathe a sigh of relief because it seemed that as long as they continued to delay like this, it would be fine until the Primordial Chaos Heaven Lock Matrix was truly formed.

However, at this time, many disciples could vaguely sense the outline of the great array that was becoming clearer and clearer around them.

The marrow beast tide charged once again, but it caused a series of horrified cries to ring out somewhere. Then, the originally complete outline of the great array trembled violently at this moment and disappeared in an instant.

This caused the expressions of the disciples from the eight branches to change, and they hurriedly looked in the direction of the commotion.

Looking from afar, it was obvious that the marrow beast tide had torn a hole in the area guarded by the blood spirit lineage, allowing several ferocious marrow beasts to charge straight in.

Although the hole was quickly filled, as long as one had some eyesight, one would be able to see that the originally perfectly round aura of the great array in the direction of the blood spirit lineage was no longer complete.

If one were to pay more attention, one would be able to see that the marrow beasts that had taken advantage of the situation to wreak havoc had already seriously injured a disciple of the Heavenly Array Faction who was concentrating on constructing the great array, causing him to faint.

With regards to this point, the disciples of the Heavenly Array Faction naturally wouldn't hide it. After all, no one wanted the responsibility to fall on themselves.

In other words, the Chaos Yuan Heaven Lock Formation was no longer complete, and it was very difficult to predict what the outcome would be if it was continued.

If they were to start repairing it now, it would take a huge amount of time. In other words, the time needed to set up the formation would be extended by many times.

However, even if there were two choices, both of them were extremely terrible.

There was no need to talk about the former. Although the latter only extended the time needed to set up the formation on the surface, who knew what would happen during this extended time?

What should they do if an even worse situation occurred?

Because of this, many gazes were filled with dissatisfaction and resentment as they looked at the blood spirit lineage. Even some of the seated disciples were no exception.

From their point of view, if the blood spirit lineage had not failed to defend, how could such a situation have occurred?

Faced with so many surrounding gazes, the blood spirit lineage disciples felt as if there was a sharp blade on their backs, and it was difficult for them to raise their heads.

This was especially so for the disciple who had been guarding the torn hole. Even though he was already seriously injured, he couldn't care less about his injuries. Instead, his face was flushed red and filled with shame.

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