"This formation cannot be broken even if all Twelve Golden Immortals come together."
Lin Feng's calm voice passed through the formation's light barrier and rang clearly in the ears of Guang Chengzi and the other three.
Every word was like a resounding slap, viciously striking the faces of the four Grand Unity Golden Immortals.
Especially Guang Chengzi.
The head of the Twelve Golden Immortals!
What glory, what pride!
But now, that pride, along with the Sect of Elucidation's dignity, had been pressed to the ground and ground beneath the feet of the man before him.
"Arrogant!"
Guang Chengzi's eyes turned bloodshot, nearly spitting fire as his furious roar shook the skies.
Humiliation, rage, and a trace of fear that even he refused to acknowledge completely shattered his reason.
He refused to believe it!
He refused to believe that in this Primordial World, aside from Saints, anyone could hold the Sect of Elucidation in such contempt!
"Brat, you forced my hand!"
Guang Chengzi's face twisted hideously. He bit down hard on the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of Dao blood containing pure mana and primordial spirit essence.
The golden Dao blood did not scatter through the air. Instead, it rapidly condensed into an incomparably profound blood-red rune, radiating a heart-palpitating aura.
"Senior Brother, don't!" Chi Jingzi cried out in horror.
He was burning his origin!
But Guang Chengzi turned a deaf ear, his hands rapidly forming seals as he chanted in an ancient, obscure voice.
"I respectfully summon the Saint's treasure!"
As his final word fell, the blood-red rune suddenly blazed with light and shot into his brow.
Boom!
A terrifying aura far surpassing that of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal erupted from Guang Chengzi's body, carrying a trace of indestructible, eternal, supreme pressure!
Behind him, an Illusionary Image slowly emerged: a majestic figure seated Above the Nine Heavens, its features blurred as it overlooked the heavens throughout the ages.
Yuanshi Tianzun!
"Not good!" Taiyi Zhenren's expression changed drastically as he grabbed Huanglong Zhenren and retreated frantically.
This was a life-saving trump card bestowed by their master: an imitation treasure forged from scraps of the true Fan Tian Seal, personally imbued with a trace of Saintly power by their master!
Once this treasure was unleashed, its might was boundless, enough to suppress mountains and rivers and shake heaven and earth!
But its cost was just as immense. Every use inflicted tremendous damage upon the caster's origin.
Clearly, Guang Chengzi had been driven into a corner.
Guang Chengzi shut his eyes tightly and raised both hands high, as though he were lifting an entire world.
A palm-sized gray seal, ancient and unadorned, slowly rose from the crown of his head.
It looked utterly ordinary, without even a flicker of spiritual light.
Yet the instant it appeared, the surrounding void could no longer withstand its crushing pressure. It began to crack apart inch by inch, turning into black chaos.
"Die!"
Guang Chengzi suddenly opened his eyes, shooting out two terrifying beams of divine light. With every ounce of strength in his body, he hurled the gray seal viciously at the Mountain Protecting Great Formation of Three Immortal Islands!
The imitation Fan Tian Seal!
The instant it left Guang Chengzi's palm, it swelled in the wind!
One zhang, ten zhang, a hundred zhang, a thousand zhang!
In what seemed like an instant, it transformed into a terrifying divine mountain that blotted out the sky and sun, countless times more solid than the Fan Tian Seal Illusionary Image condensed from mana before!
Great Dao Runes flowed across the divine mountain, while the aura of a Saint permeated the air. As though it bore the weight of the entire Primordial World, it descended with supreme divine might capable of crushing all things and destroying all techniques!
This strike could sink not merely an island, but even an entire true continent, reducing it to dust!
Chi Jingzi and Taiyi Zhenren held their breath, unprecedented hope bursting from their eyes.
It worked!
This was an attack containing the power of a Saint. Even a Quasi-Saint would have to avoid its edge!
No matter how profound the formation was, it had ultimately been arranged after the fact. How could it contend with the power of a Saint?
Yet inside the formation, Lin Feng could not even be bothered to turn his head.
He still held the beauty in his arms with one hand, her delicate body burning hot as shame nearly made her faint. With his other hand, he idly played with a lock of Bi Xiao's hair, as though the world-ending scene outside were nothing more than a dull fireworks display.
The next moment.
The imitation Fan Tian Seal, enough to make heaven and earth change color and make ghosts and gods howl, finally struck the thin, translucent barrier.
There was no earth-shattering crash.
There was no world-destroying explosion.
There was not even the slightest ripple.
The terrifying divine mountain, heavy as countless billions of jun, was like snow meeting the blazing sun the instant it touched the barrier, like wood chips thrown into lava.
It melted away soundlessly.
Yes, it melted away.
Starting from the bottom, it gradually broke apart and dissipated, turning into the purest chaotic primal energy before being completely swallowed and absorbed by the barrier.
The entire process took no more than a single breath.
The ultimate strike containing all of Guang Chengzi's origin and a trace of Saintly power simply... vanished without a trace.
As though it had never existed.
Heaven and earth fell into dead silence.
The hope on Chi Jingzi and Taiyi Zhenren's faces instantly froze, turning into endless shock and bewilderment.
Huanglong Zhenren's legs gave out, and he collapsed directly into the void, his eyes vacant as though his soul had been ripped away.
"Pfft—"
Guang Chengzi suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. His body fell straight from the sky like a kite with a broken string, his face turning pale as paper.
The imitation Fan Tian Seal was a treasure he had refined with his life-bound primordial spirit.
With the treasure destroyed, his primordial spirit suffered a devastating backlash!
He stared blankly at the formation's light barrier, which still shimmered without the slightest damage. The last trace of light in his eyes dimmed completely.
It was over.
Everything was over.
Even the treasure bestowed by his master could do nothing to the other side. How could they continue fighting?
What exactly was that thing?
"Impossible... This is impossible!"
Taiyi Zhenren was the first to snap out of his stupor. He let out a hysterical scream, his voice shrill and grating with extreme terror.
"This is a Saint-level grand formation! It is absolutely a Saint-level grand formation! Who is he? Who is he?!"
That scream also brought a trace of clarity to Guang Chengzi's chaotic mind.
Yes, who was he?
A storm of unprecedented turmoil rose within Guang Chengzi's heart.
A thought crazily took root in his mind, making his entire body go cold.
This man could casually erase a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
He could make Words Manifest as Law, obliterating their combined attack with a single finger.
With a wave of his hand, he could set up a terrifying grand formation capable of swallowing even a Saint's treasure.
Most terrifying of all, from the moment this man appeared until now, the Heavenly Secrets had been utterly muddled. He could not deduce any part of the man's origins!
This could no longer be described by the word "powerful."
This was an existence that had completely exceeded the limits of his understanding!
A Saint?
He had been fortunate enough to behold all six Saints of the Primordial World, yet none of them were like this.
Besides, what Saint would be so bored as to serve as backing for Jie Sect Disciples and even take one of them as a maid?
Then...
An ancient legend, so old it had nearly been forgotten, suddenly flashed through Guang Chengzi's mind.
Before the Great Tribulation of Heaven Opening, there had been three thousand demon gods within chaos...
Could he... be a Chaos Demon God who had survived the Great Tribulation of Heaven Opening, remained hidden from the world, and only awakened today?
The instant that thought surfaced, it was like a bucket of icy water poured over Guang Chengzi from head to toe. Even his primordial spirit trembled.
If that was true, then this was a grave matter indeed!
That was an ancient monster from the same era as Pangu! His strength had likely long surpassed ordinary Saints and reached an unimaginable realm!
Having provoked such an existence, let alone him, the Head Disciple of the Sect of Elucidation—even if his master Yuanshi Tianzun came in person, perhaps...
Guang Chengzi did not dare think further.
Endless terror finally overwhelmed all his anger and resentment.
As long as the green hills remained, there would be no shortage of firewood!
If he stayed any longer, he would not merely suffer further humiliation. He might truly be annihilated in body and soul!
Guang Chengzi struggled to rise from the void, forcibly suppressing the surging blood in his chest. Facing the grand formation that filled him with despair, he used the last of his strength to roar fiercely despite his inward weakness:
"Your Excellency! We acted under a Saint's decree. My Sect of Elucidation will remember what happened today! You may protect them for a time, but you cannot protect them forever!"
Rather than a threat, those words were more like an excuse to give himself a way out.
After saying that, he did not even glance at Chi Jingzi and the others. He did not dare wait for any response from the person inside the formation, instead transforming directly into a miserable streak of light and fleeing frantically toward Kunlun Mountain without looking back.
He was more than ten times faster than when he had arrived.
Chi Jingzi, Taiyi Zhenren, and Huanglong Zhenren snapped awake as though from a dream. How could they dare linger another moment?
The three exchanged a glance and saw in each other's eyes both the relief of surviving a calamity and boundless terror. Without another word, they transformed into three streaks of light and followed behind Guang Chengzi, vanishing miserably beyond the horizon.
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