Chapter 2069: Disdain Disappears, The Cottage Erupts!
Chapter 2069: Chapter 2069: Disdain Disappears, The Cottage Erupts!
This is the gift?
Netherworld King, Xi Yue, Han Shouyi and the others watched this scene, their expressions extremely grim.
The gray-robed old man stepped forward, blocking in front of Chu Ran, and said in a deep voice, "Second young master, this old slave fears I can only guarantee your safety."
"That dark red heart, is it the core of the formation?" Xi Yue pointed at the beating heart floating at the center of the altar.
"No matter what, we’ll shatter that heart first!" Qin Zhao drew the Longsword in his hand; sword qi erupted in an instant!
Han Shouyi twisted his neck, making cracking sounds. "Twelve skeleton puppets of the Formless Realm... the Holy Sect really spared no cost." He stepped forward, green qi surging wildly around him as he alone greeted five of the skeletons. "These five are mine, the rest you can split."
Before his words finished, he had already turned into a streak of green afterimage.
The eye sockets of those five skeletons flared with crimson flames, decayed weapons hacking down in unison, evil aura soaring to the heavens! Han Shouyi only chuckled lightly, his right hand pinched into a sword, slicing through the air—
"Qingcheng Sword Seal, Suppress!"
Hum!
Five green sword seals condensed out of thin air, precisely stamping onto the forehead bones of the five skeletons.
At the instant the sword seals fell, the skeletons’ movements all paused, and the evil aura around them was forcibly suppressed by thirty percent!
Ning Chenxin froze. "Senior Brother Han is that strong?"
Lu Mingyuan smiled. "Senior Brother Han’s strength ranks within the top five of Qingcheng Mountain. What do you think?"
"What are you standing there for?" Han Shouyi didn’t even turn his head. "The remaining seven, figure it out yourselves."
Jiang Yi snorted coldly, blood-colored saber whipping up a foul wind as he fiercely cleaved towards two skeletons. "Guardians, follow me and slay evil!"
The gray-robed old man swept his sleeve; gray airflow coiled like a python around another skeleton, as he shouted low to Chu Ran at the same time, "Second young master, fall back. This thing is filth; don’t get tainted by it."
The Mystic Armor General swept his Battle Spear in an arc; the killing intent of the army turned into a silver torrent as he alone intercepted one.
Lu Mingyuan stepped forward, chanting True Words, green Dao runes turning into chains that temporarily bound the remaining three skeletons. "Junior Brother Ning, go help them break the formation!"
Ning Chenxin nodded, his figure already darting towards the altar.
At this moment, Netherworld King, Hong Ying, Xu Yeming, Xi Yue, Yang Shao, Qin Zhao and Chu Ran had arrived three zhang away from the altar.
"Doesn’t matter whether that heart is the eye of the array or not!" Cold light flashed in Xi Yue’s eyes. "Destroy it!"
Yet just as the seven were about to move—
The dark red heart on the altar suddenly throbbed violently!
Thump! Thump! Thump!
With each beat, countless dark red phantoms gushed out from the heart!
Those phantoms twisted and howled; they were precisely the hundreds of wronged souls previously devoured by the Blood Refining Soul Stealing Array!
Now they were controlled by the Evil Technique, transformed into an army of resentful spirits, surging down to engulf the six of them!
"Careful!" Yang Shao drew his Longsword; sword qi arced like a rainbow, slaying more than ten resentful spirits in an instant.
But there were too many resentful spirits. As soon as one batch was cut down, another batch surged out from the heart, endless!
Qin Zhao glanced at Netherworld King and the other two while gripping his sword, frowning. "You’re too weak right now. Fall back, don’t get in the way!"
Chu Ran sneered. "For once you’re right. Don’t come dragging us down."
After all, Yang Shao and the others had already reached the Creation Realm.
By contrast, Netherworld King and his companions were still stuck at the Boundary God Realm.
Hong Ying snorted coldly, emperor’s intent roaring out!
Scarlet-gold light surged like a tide; wherever it passed, resentful spirits melted away like snow.
Seeing this, Qin Zhao’s brows lifted slightly.
Yang Shao laughed. "Qin Zhao, don’t underestimate them..."
Qin Zhao had never seen Netherworld King and the others fight; Yang Shao, however, had.
Back then, Ning Chenxin was able to assist the First Elder in Breaking Formation; Netherworld King and his companions hadn’t revealed their true strength, yet still handled everything with ease.
Besides... they were monsters with ten full layers of Golden Light!
However, after those resentful spirits were crushed by emperor’s intent, they turned into even finer blood threads, drilling back into the heart—then, in the next instant, even more poured out!
"It’s recycling the resentful spirits!" Xi Yue’s pupils contracted. "We must destroy the heart in one blow, or the resentful spirits will be endless!"
But right at that moment—
Dozens of beast roars resounded throughout the sealed dark chamber!
A vast surge of Primordial Bloodline Power actually suppressed this monstrous evil aura all at once!
Xi Yue, Chu Ran, Qin Zhao, Yang Shao and the others all suddenly turned their heads, eyes filled with shock as they looked towards the source of the erupting aura.
There, they saw Xu Yeming holding a scroll in one hand and a brush in the other, constantly sketching as he shouted, "In the Mountains and Seas there are names; from the northeastern corner where thunder shakes and the wind rages—Yinglong, descend upon the world and execute evil, suppress all wickedness!"
"Auspicious Beast Qilin... Divine Phoenix... Dragon Gluttony Cauldron, all of you come out!"
And it wasn’t just several ancient divine beasts.
There were more than ten massive sand worms, and White Tiger as well!
This... were they all summoned by him?
"Beast Taming Technique?!"
At the rear, Jiang Yi’s face changed drastically.
Han Shouyi’s mouth also opened slightly. "Hah... didn’t expect little junior’s friends to be this fierce too?"
Qin Zhao looked to Yang Shao. "...He isn’t Golden Light?"
Yang Shao gave a bitter smile. He didn’t know either!
On this group of people, Yang Shao had already witnessed far too many unbelievable things.
Xu Yeming lightly tapped with the brush in his hand.
At once, dozens of Four Beasts and vicious beasts charged straight towards those wronged souls!
Meanwhile—
Ning Chenxin held the Dao Law, unleashing the Nine Words Mantra all at once!
As the divine general descended, righteousness surged down in force!
It further restrained that endless tide of wronged souls!
"Most of the wronged souls will be held back by the two of us. Use this chance to shatter the heart!"
Netherworld King smiled. "About time. Leave it to me."
In the instant his voice fell—
Netherworld King had already reached the edge of the altar.
The Yuncang Sword was sheathed; the Green Cloud Sword had somehow slipped into Netherworld King’s hand!
Sword intent was extremely restrained, yet it caused the space around to warp slightly. Just as he thrust one sword towards the heart—
The surface of the heart suddenly split open, and a giant hand entirely condensed from dark red blood shot out, five fingers like hooks, grabbing straight for Netherworld King’s face!
Netherworld King’s brows furrowed.
Just then!
Qin Zhao’s figure flashed like lightning; his three-foot-long blade arrived first, slicing down at the wrist of the blood hand with one strike!
Clang——!!
The screech of metal rang out! The blood hand was hard as divine iron; Qin Zhao’s sword only cut in half an inch before being wedged fast!
At the same time, more blood hands stretched out from the heart—eight in total—flailing wildly like demonic tentacles, sealing the altar up tight!
"Troublesome." Netherworld King frowned, but his figure did not retreat in the slightest.
His Sword Momentum shifted, changing from a thrust to an upward sweep; the sword tip traced a subtle arc, and his single strike split into three!
They actually slipped past two of the blood hands, pointing straight at the heart’s core!
Primordial Sword Scripture, Sixth Sword.
Tri-element Purifying Sword!
This sword looked bland and unremarkable, yet it made the dark red heart tremble violently, fine cracks appearing on its surface!
Qin Zhao and Netherworld King locked eyes for a moment.
In that instant, the scorn in Qin Zhao’s gaze vanished.
The hostility in Netherworld King’s eyes also dispersed completely.
Qin Zhao’s support.
Netherworld King seized the chance to launch another attack.
In that brief instant of cooperation, the two finally cut open a fissure in the heart!
But...
As the core of the formation, could such a high-level Evil Formation really develop cracks that easily...