Such terrifying power.
In an instant, it made the Mystic Gate beings who had yet to charge in stop dead in their tracks!
That killing intent, that sword intent—
It roared through the air, filling the world with boundless terror!
Forget going inside—even from dozens or hundreds of miles away,
the Mystic Gate beings were trembling all over with fear, too weak even to flee!
"Ha ha ha ha! Ah ha ha ha ha!"
Luohu's booming laughter echoed through heaven and earth.
He sat cross-legged atop the Twelve Grade World Destroying Black Lotus Platform.
Slowly, he rose until he reached the very top of the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
Four voids flickered slowly behind him, exhaling white mist.
That terrifying killing aura made heaven and earth lose all their color, turning everything into an endless sea of blood!
"Hongjun! Willow! And you two fence-sitters, Yin Yang and Qiankun! You're all going to die!"
Luohu's face twisted with malice as he raised a hand and pointed toward Hongjun.
His voice boomed like thunder, venting the madness and fury in his heart!
After three years, he had finally comprehended a formation that could fully unleash all the killing intent and sword intent of the Four Swords of Zhu Xian!
He had named it the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation!
With this formation, the power of all four swords could be fully unleashed!
Its destructive power rivaled that of the Earth-Splitting Chisel!
That Primordial Supreme Treasure!
The Earth-Splitting Chisel!
How could Hongjun and the others possibly stand against it?
Meanwhile, Hongjun and Willow stared at the astonishing formation, their eyes filled with solemnity!
The killing intent and power radiating from this formation were truly terrifying!
"Fellow Daoist Hongjun, what kind of formation is this? Such immense killing intent, such murderous force!"
Willow studied it carefully for a while, but still couldn't make sense of it.
He had no choice but to turn and ask Hongjun.
The Jade Disk spun incessantly in Hongjun's hand as he clearly performed calculations and deductions.
A moment later, Hongjun's face turned pale.
He suddenly staggered back a step, then hurriedly formed a hand seal, steadying himself at last.
"Fellow Daoist!?"
Willow was startled.
But Hongjun raised a hand and waved it dismissively, then said slowly, "Rest assured, Daoist Brother. I'm fine. I merely suffered a backlash from the killing intent when I forcibly tried to deduce this formation."
"Did you figure out its mysteries?"
Willow nodded, then asked.
Hongjun nodded gravely.
Looking at the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, he said word by word, "This formation is called the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. It uses the four killing swords once held by Luohu as its formation cores. It is the greatest killing formation of this age!"
"The greatest of this age..."
Willow's pupils contracted slightly. He said slowly, "Do you know... how to break it?"
Hongjun exhaled. The Jade Plate of Creation continued to spin in his hand.
He said slowly, "The Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation has four formation cores. They are those four voids we see. With these four cores in place, the killing intent and sword intent will flow endlessly, without ever ceasing! So if we enter the formation, we'll eventually be ground down and killed by the sword intent. And since the four sword cores can shift freely, we can't destroy them one by one. The key to breaking this formation is to suppress and destroy all four cores at once, and take the four swords. Then the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation will be broken."
After hearing Hongjun's explanation,
Willow looked up at the four voids behind Luohu—the formation's cores.
After a moment, he said slowly, "It seems we'll have to ask Yin Yang and Qiankun to join us."
"Indeed!"
Hongjun said solemnly, "The four of us must join forces and break this formation today! We must destroy Luohu! Otherwise, once his formation is perfected and he evolves it into the Immortal-Slaying Formation Diagram, he'll be able to set up the formation anywhere, at any time. Then the four of us will be picked off one by one, with no chance of survival!"
"Indeed..."
Willow nodded and said, "I'll go north and bring the two of them here."
With that, Willow took a single step and vanished without a trace.
Hongjun watched the place where Willow had disappeared, his eyes flickering for a moment.
Then he looked toward Mount Sumeru and called out, "Luohu! Do you think you can defy the Heavenly Mandate by relying on this formation!? Dream on!"
"Then come inside! And bring Willow, Yin Yang, and Qiankun, you three wretches! Bring them all!"
Luohu suddenly formed a hand seal and roared.
In an instant, the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation expanded by a thousand miles.
The beings who had been trembling with fear from the killing intent, unable even to flee, were instantly turned into blood mist!
"Hmph..."
Hongjun naturally wasn't foolish enough to go inside.
He merely snorted and muttered, "Enjoy your arrogance while it lasts..."
Watching from afar, Li Xuan could only shake his head.
"Luohu, you big fool, what are you waiting for? Willow has gone to bring reinforcements. That leaves Hongjun alone. Why not grab the Four Swords of Zhu Xian and charge down to hack him to death? Instead, you're staying inside the formation and trading insults with him? You really have no brains..."
This was Luohu's last chance.
But relying on the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, Luohu failed to see it.
He was still arrogantly waiting for all four of them to gather before challenging them to break his formation...
Li Xuan sighed and continued watching.
It took Willow only two hours to bring reinforcements.
Then Yin Yang and Qiankun came flying over alongside Willow, all in streaks of light.
"Fellow Daoist."
Yin Yang and Qiankun asked Hongjun, "Is that sword formation truly so terrifying?"
Hongjun nodded. "Fellow Daoists, do not underestimate this formation."
Yin Yang and Qiankun nodded slightly.
They, too, looked toward the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation atop Mount Sumeru.
Seeing that all four of them had finally gathered, Luohu let out a wild laugh.
"You four mangy dogs! All here at last, are you? Then come! Enter my formation! Fight me to the death!"
Qiankun had a fiery temper. At those words, he immediately shouted furiously, "You wretched scoundrel! Why should I fear you!?"
He was about to enter the formation,
but Hongjun hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Fellow Daoist, you mustn't charge in like that. The four of us need to discuss this first and work together! Otherwise, the devil will pick us off one by one!"
Stopped by Hongjun, Qiankun had no choice but to look at him and ask, "Then what's your plan, Fellow Daoist? Tell us."
Hongjun nodded. "Fellow Daoists, here is how we should break this Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation..."
Murmuring and muttering...
Li Xuan hid far away. Even with his exceptionally sharp hearing,
he still couldn't make out what Hongjun and the others were discussing.
But soon, the four of them finished their discussion.
Yin Yang, Qiankun, and Willow all nodded at once. "Good! We'll do as you say, Fellow Daoist!"
Hongjun nodded and smiled as well. "If we stand united, this formation will surely fall! Fellow Daoist Brothers, let's enter together and face the devil!"
"Let's go!"
Qiankun shouted, then immediately turned into a streak of light and shot forward.
Hongjun and the other two followed, entering the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation in the blink of an eye!
Luohu burst into wild laughter. "Just in time! Just in time!"
He formed a hand seal, and the white mist pouring from the four voids instantly surged several times over!
Boundless killing intent roared straight toward the four of them!
But the four of them—
Hongjun had the Jade Plate of Creation above his head.
Willow had the Chaos Great Willow Tree above his head.
Qiankun had the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Cauldron above his head.
Yin Yang had the Yin Yang Taiji Diagram above his head.
They charged straight through the killing intent and sword intent, diving into the four voids at the same time in the blink of an eye!
They—
Were heading straight for the formation cores!
Luohu was stunned!
He hadn't expected these four to understand the one and only weakness of his Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation!
But then he sneered.
Closing his eyes, he formed a hand seal.
He began to summon the full power of the formation—
to fight back against the enemies inside the four cores!
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