Li Qingyun had just flashed into the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation carrying Akshobhya Buddha when he heard a cracking sound resembling a breakthrough echo from the field at Old Cliff Peak above. Immediately after, a force even more terrifying than Jia You's previous one permeated downward, attempting to shake the sword formation.
Yet he remained unhurried, commanding, "Rise!"
Sword light soared into the sky, carrying the array-covered ruined void along with it as it fearlessly slashed upward in reverse.
Boom!
The void shook violently, heaven and earth splitting apart. The array trembled a few times, yet its foundation remained unharmed.
"To think an incomplete Primordial can also give birth to such a figure! I shall spare you for now. Once I reclaim more mighty power, not only you, Daoist Qingyun, but even the entire ruins shall enter my belly..."
Shi Ji Buddha, who had pursued them to the edge of the array, narrowed his eyes and scanned the formation for a moment before launching no further attacks, turning away with indifference to walk far into the distance.
With current strength, whether the array could be broken was naturally clear to him after a single test.
Upon the green cliff, Li Qingyun stood beneath an ancient pine facing the sea of clouds, dark hair and green robes making him look like an eternal Dao Ancestor standing atop another ancient spacetime.
Behind him, Akshobhya Buddha sat cross-legged with lowered head, withered and dejected like a frost-bitten eggplant, remaining silent.
A faint sound of the Dao drifted from the cliffhead.
"If you seek death wholeheartedly, or wish for reincarnation, this poor Daoist can grant it.
Yet if there is still unwillingness deep within your heart, remaining fury, and a resolute spirit of defiance, then this poor Daoist shall give you three days. Three