Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation

A crescent-shaped ruler qi, tinged with cyan and gold, collided with the black spear qi.

"BOOM!"

"Holy shit, a Primordial Wilderness version of Crescent Moon Sky Charge!!"

Qing Xuan watched the two great powers clash, feeling that his own methods were still far too shallow.

While Hongjun and Luohu were locked in struggle, the others didn't idle either, unleashing all kinds of divine abilities at Luohu.

"BOOM!"

All the divine abilities struck Luohu, kicking up a cloud of smoke and dust.

"Holy shit, finishing moves! Don't they know the rule of smoke means no damage?" Qing Xuan screamed in his heart, watching Hongjun and the others stop and stare, so excited he wanted to jump in himself.

Sure enough, a gust of wind passed, and a black lotus platform appeared beneath Luohu's feet.

"Hehehehehe, with this World-Destroying Black Lotus, you can't harm me!"

Luohu laughed arrogantly.

"Holy shit, my spirit treasure!!!" Qing Xuan stared at the World-Destroying Black Lotus, sensing a kindred, same-origin aura.

Luohu glanced at Hongjun and the others, his expression shifting, then fled toward the west.

"Hongjun, with so many of you today, This Seat won't keep you company. Another day, I'll visit each of you in turn!"

Hongjun and the others' faces changed drastically. If Luohu escaped, they would never know peace.

"After him!"

Yang Mei roared, unleashing the Space Law at full power, leading the group in pursuit.

Though Hongjun felt some unease, thinking of his own trump cards, he steadied himself a little.

"Holy shit, why is he running?" Qing Xuan was stunned. This wasn't the script—shouldn't Luohu be showing off his might?

Then Qing Xuan began to wrestle with himself.

"To be or not to be? That is the question?"

Go? Qing Xuan was afraid of being caught in the crossfire and dying. Not go? It itched at him like a cat scratching his heart—like on the way to work, running into two aunties cursing each other out. Watch or not?

In moments like this, a deep family background really paid off. Qing Xuan pulled out all his defensive spirit treasures, and his sense of safety skyrocketed.

"Watch! Screw the fear!!!"

Qing Xuan followed.

"Hehehe, Hongjun, oh Hongjun, today you all die without a doubt!"

Luohu turned to face the pursuing Hongjun and the others, laughing uproariously, looking utterly confident.

"Hmph, Luohu, you seem to forget—you were the one running."

Ancestor Qian Kun snorted coldly, then the group spread out to surround Luohu.

"Hehehehe, at death's door and still unaware. How pitiful."

"Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation! Rise!!!"

Four spirit swords guarded the four gates, the Immortal-Slaying Array Diagram at the center. The sword formation enveloped Hongjun and the others, drawing in the boundless Sha Qi of the Primordial Wilderness. Its aura was vast, heaven and earth dimmed, and with a flash of sword light, it was dazzling—truly:

The Immortal-Slaying Sword sharp, the Slaughtering Immortal Sword bright, Where the Trapping Immortal Sword passes, red light ignites, The Absolute Immortal Sword's changes, infinite in might.

"Holy shit, the legendary Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation!!!" Qing Xuan hid in the void, shouting in his heart. This trip was totally worth it.

"Fellow Daoists, don't panic. Gather together and resist as one," Hongjun called out.

The formation shocked everyone. Even with their cultivation, Hongjun and the others felt the breath of death within it.

Boundless Sha Qi transformed into all kinds of sword qi, attacking Hongjun and the others. They used every trick they had, barely holding on.

"ROAR!"

The worst off in the formation was Ancestral Dragon. His massive body took the most sword qi, and his mind wasn't sharp enough to learn from Yuan Feng and take human form.

Even in human form, Yuan Feng struggled hard, since unlike Hongjun and the others, she didn't have the cultivation of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin.

As a mere Quasi-Saint Peak, in the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation where even Sages could fall, she was truly helpless.

Hongjun observed carefully for a while, then spoke.

"I see that the formation's eyes are these four spirit swords. Four swords guard four gates. To break the formation, we must break these four gates."

"Now there are exactly four of us. One enters each gate. What do you all think?"

Hongjun looked at the other three. He knew that once they entered, one of them would surely fall. But there was no other choice—delay too long, and the result would be the same.

"Fine!"

The three understood this logic. Then Hongjun entered the east gate, the Immortal-Slaying Sword; Yang Mei entered the west gate, the Trapping Immortal Sword; Qian Kun entered the north gate, the Slaughtering Immortal Sword; and Zaohua entered the south gate, the Absolute Immortal Sword.

"Hmph! Trying to break the formation!"

Luohu watched the four men's movements with disdain; only he understood just how terrifying the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation truly was.

Hongjun and the others thought correctly that breaking the formation required breaching the four gates, but these four gates were both gates of life and gates of death—it all depended on the skill of those who attempted to break them.

In the later Battle of the Gods, Laozi and the others broke the formation with four Sages and suffered no casualties because the one presiding over the sword formation was Daoist Duobao, not Sect Master Tongtian. Otherwise, Laozi and his companions could not have escaped unscathed.

But now, with Luohu presiding over the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, Hongjun might be safe, but the other three—that was another matter.

Hongjun entered the East Gate and saw the Immortal-Slaying Sword suspended high above, along with millions of Sha Qi transformed into longswords.

A spiritual treasure appeared in Hongjun's hand. With a flick of his wrist, he tossed it out. A diagram slowly unfurled in the air, black and white distinct yet merging together. This treasure was none other than the "Taiji Diagram," one of the Three Treasures of Sky-Opening transformed from the Great God Pangu's Sky-Opening Divine Axe!

The Taiji Diagram was formed from the back of the Sky-Opening Divine Axe. It possessed the power to pacify Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind, to transform the forces of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, and could neutralize all attacks while ignoring any defense.

Together with the Pangu Banner, formed from the axe blade, and the Chaos Bell, formed from the axe handle, they were called the 'Three Treasures of Sky-Opening.' All three were Innate Supreme Treasures, wielding supreme divine power.

As soon as the Taiji Diagram appeared, the surrounding Sha Qi instantly dissipated. Hongjun, with the fragments of the Jade Disc of Creation above his head, flew toward the Immortal-Slaying Sword.

Although the Jade Disc of Creation was in fragments, as the Chaos Supreme Treasure of the Great God Pangu, even its fragments were no match for the Immortal-Slaying Sword. The sword resisted only briefly before Hongjun claimed it.

"The rest is up to them."

Just as Hongjun was thinking this, a sound came from the North Gate.

"Luohu! Even if I perish here today, body and Dao, I will still break your sword formation!!!"

"BOOM!"

Hearing this, Hongjun's face changed drastically. The North Gate suddenly exploded with a thunderous roar.

"Daoist Qian Kun!"

Hongjun rushed to the North Gate, where Ancestor Qian Kun lay on the ground. The Slaughtering Immortal Sword and the Qian Kun Cauldron sat nearby, their spiritual light already extinguished. Hongjun went to check on him.

"Cough, cough, cough... Daoist Hongjun, This Seat's cultivation was still lacking. I had no choice but to self-detonate my Law power, using the Law Force to break through this formation and aid you. You must slay Luohu!"

Ancestor Qian Kun spoke weakly. Having self-detonated his Law cultivation, Ancestor Qian Kun was surely doomed.

"Rest assured. I, Hongjun, swear I will slay Luohu and avenge you!"

Hongjun's fury blazed to the heavens. With Ancestor Qian Kun's cultivation, he could have found a place to hide and avoided participating in this tribulation. But out of friendship, he still came out of seclusion to help Hongjun.

This showed just how close their bond was. In the endless years of cultivation, Hongjun had only a handful of people he could truly call friends.

Now, one fewer remained. Hongjun raised his head to the sky and roared.

"Luohu! Come out and fight!"