Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation

Time passed, little by little.

Mount Sumeru gradually fell into utter stillness, devoid of any movement.

In the blink of an eye, three years had gone by.

In these three years, the Mystic Gate had already used this great calamity to unify the entire Eastern lands.

The Mystic Gate was now in full ascendancy.

With hundreds of millions of followers under its command.

And finally, after three years, it began to step beyond the East, pressing westward!

Hongjun raised high the banner of the Heavenly Dao, vowing to utterly eradicate the evil Demon Cult!

Li Xuan, for his part, simply waited calmly.

Three years—barely worth mentioning.

On this day, the sky was overcast, dark clouds blotting out the heavens, as if a torrential storm was about to break.

Then, on the eastern horizon, a boundless black line suddenly appeared.

It rapidly expanded, turning into an ocean of black.

Spreading toward Mount Sumeru!

An ocean formed by billions of living beings!

The Eastern Mystic Gate had finally come to attack!

Li Xuan opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing within them.

They're here!

Boom, boom, boom!

As if making a declaration, the dark clouds let out a thunderous roar, followed by a downpour of rain cascading down.

There stood Hongjun, treading on an Auspicious Cloud, robes of white fluttering, a jade disc in his hand radiating flowing light, revealing infinite mysteries.

Now at the forefront of the Mystic Gate army, he gazed ahead at Mount Sumeru and spoke slowly: "Demon Cult! You defy Heaven! You slaughter the Primordial Wilderness! Your sins are grievous! Today, I act on behalf of the Heavenly Dao! I shall destroy the Demon Cult... blah, blah, blah..."

And Mount Sumeru suddenly stirred to life.

The Mountain-Protecting Formation blazed to life, and hundreds of high-ranking Demon Cult beings appeared in unison.

All stood within the mountain, staring coldly at the Mystic Gate beings outside the formation.

After Hongjun finished his righteous speech.

He looked down and said slowly: "If any of you Demon Cult followers now see the light and leave Luohu, the benevolent Heavenly Dao will only cripple your cultivation, not take your lives! In a few years, you may yet be able to cultivate the Great Dao anew!"

Hongjun's nonsense, of course, could not convince the several Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals and over a hundred Primordial Unity Golden Immortals to give up resistance.

Not take our lives? Only cripple our cultivation?

Isn't that the same as killing us!?

And after our cultivation is crippled.

We'd be left to be humiliated and killed by those ants!

At once, the Mountain-Protecting Formation blazed even brighter, Mount Sumeru's will to resist utterly unyielding!

And Hongjun?

He was only speaking empty pleasantries anyway.

Because the Demon Cult must be destroyed!

The Demon Cult followers must all be slaughtered!

"Since that is the case, then you have brought destruction upon yourselves. Today! The Demon Cult shall be annihilated."

Hongjun's expression was calm as he simply waved his hand.

"Destroy the Demon Cult!!"

The billions of beings who had long hated the Demon Cult roared in unison.

Then the boundless black clouds, along with the pouring rain, turned into an ocean and crashed against Mount Sumeru's Mountain-Protecting Formation!

The final battle had begun!

The formation, reinforced by Wufawutian, Formless and Emotionless, along with eight Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals, one hundred and thirty-one Primordial Unity Golden Immortals, and several hundred Golden Immortals, stood like a reef, unmoving and majestic!

Though the billions of Mystic Gate beings included many Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals and Primordial Unity Golden Immortals, they could not break through Mount Sumeru's Mountain-Protecting Formation anytime soon!

Light burst in all directions, various spells clashing without cease.

The entire Mount Sumeru was illuminated like a colossal firework, dazzling beyond compare!

Yet within this brilliance lay the death of countless living beings!

How could the Demon Cult's Mountain-Protecting Formation lack means of counterattack?

Countless corpses, blood, and shredded flesh began to pile up at the base of Mount Sumeru.

Li Xuan clicked his tongue in silent awe.

This Hongjun was truly ruthless.

He could have personally struck, using his Quasi-Saint peak, or even half-Dao, cultivation to shatter Mount Sumeru's formation.

But he deliberately refrained.

He let the living beings of Mystic Gate waste away in attrition.

Wasn't this preserving his strength far too obvious?

Sure enough, after about half a day of fighting.

Over a million Mystic Gate beings had perished.

Yet Mount Sumeru's formation remained steadfast.

Finally, someone could no longer bear to watch.

Willow, riding an Auspicious Cloud, slowly flew to Hongjun's side.

He asked calmly, "Daoist friend, why not strike and break this formation? Why let innocent lives be wasted in vain?"

Hongjun shook his head and said bluntly, "This formation is no ordinary one. If This Poor Daoist were to act, it would consume a great deal of magical power. You and I must maintain our peak condition, or we may struggle to overcome Luohu. Look, Daoist brother, has Luohu not made a move either?"

Willow was momentarily speechless.

Hongjun's words, though seemingly heartless, held reason.

If they exhausted their magical power and ended up unable to defeat Luohu, then these billions of beings would all be buried on Mount Sumeru!

For no one could stand against Luohu!

Another half day passed.

The massive death toll finally slowed Mystic Gate's assault.

And with millions of beings dead, though Hongjun remained indifferent, Willow could no longer stand it!

"How much magical power could breaking this formation consume? If you won't move, This Poor Daoist will!"

With a sharp cry, Willow suddenly stepped forward!

In an instant, a colossal willow tree ten thousand zhang tall appeared above his head!

Surrounded by endless Chaos energy, countless willow branches cascaded down!

"Break!"

With a great shout, tens of thousands of willow branches converged into a single branch like a ten-thousand-zhang spear.

As the void trembled and split into countless black lines of immense power, the branch slammed directly into Mount Sumeru's Mountain-Protecting Formation!

Boom!

The entire formation of Mount Sumeru shuddered, then exploded with a thunderous roar into a sky-filling wave of energy!

Mount Sumeru had lost its protection!

This instantly roused the billions of Mystic Gate beings to unprecedented fervor.

Each one surged with two hundred percent battle intent, howling as they charged toward Mount Sumeru!

With the formation gone, the Demon Cult followers within had no other choice.

They could only roar in response and meet the charge.

In an instant, waves of blood surged, and the most brutal close-quarters combat truly began!

Willow's face paled slightly for a moment before returning to normal.

Then he calmly flew back to Hongjun's side and said, "Just a bit of magical power, nothing worth mentioning."

Hongjun chuckled lightly and replied, "Daoist brother is truly righteous."

With that, he looked straight at Mount Sumeru and sneered coldly, "Daoist friend Luohu! Will you not come out yet!? Your demonic path, your Demon Cult, are finished today!"

"With just you lot!?"

In response to Hongjun's words, a thunderous roar erupted from within Mount Sumeru: "You think you can destroy my Demon Cult!?"

"Clang!!"

A sword cry rang out, shaking heaven and earth, as boundless killing intent exploded from the belly of Mount Sumeru!

Li Xuan finally felt a surge of excitement at this sight!

The Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation was about to emerge!

Sure enough, accompanied by that sword cry brimming with boundless Killing Qi.

In an instant, the entire hundred-mile radius of Mount Sumeru transformed into an ocean of sword intent!

Endless white mist billowed up, and above the sky, four Voids materialized, each spewing forth countless streams of white mist!

This white mist was no ordinary fog!

Rather, it was strand after strand, wisp after wisp, streak after streak—Killing Intent and sword intent capable of annihilating all things!

In that single moment, over ten million Mystic Gate beings who had intruded into Mount Sumeru instantly turned into blood mist, then were ground to nothingness, not even a speck of ash left behind!

The Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation!