Life-and-Death Victory or Defeat, Decided in This One Move!

"Rumble—!"

The pitch-black waters of Dragon-Locking Pool suddenly began to boil!

Even denser sinister death qi shot skyward like wolf smoke, pouring into the formation model overhead!

The model blazed brightly and spun faster, its connection with the Capital City's other nodes instantly strengthening!

At the same time, an invisible force of suction and surveying aimed at souls abruptly spread outward from Dragon-Locking Pool, its range expanding at breakneck speed!

Within the Capital City, those marked living beings who had yet to faint immediately felt an inexplicable dizziness and heart palpitations, as though something were peering into their hearts.

Recent victims such as Merchant Li, meanwhile, clutched their heads in agony.

The Ghost Envoy was forcibly accelerating the formation's operation to complete the "surveying" ahead of time!

Clearly, Lu Chen's arrival and Zhao Tieying's escape with the other man had prompted it to stop hiding and launch the plan early!

"Can't let it finish!" Lu Chen's heart tightened.

If this formation fully activated, who knew how many Capital City citizens would suffer—and the enemy might even gain control of every secret in the city!

With a fierce punch, he forced Ye Qingxuan back. His figure shot away, while his hands rapidly formed seals!

"Nine Heavens Thunder Command · Heavenly Thunder Prison · Suppress!"

He no longer held back his true essence, drawing upon the thunder filling the skies with all his might!

Above Dragon-Locking Pool, dark clouds gathered in an instant. Countless thick violet-gold bolts of lightning cascaded down like waterfalls—not at the Ghost Envoy or Ye Qingxuan, but at the formation model above the pool and the boiling waters themselves!

He intended to use the most violent, purely yang lightning to disrupt—or even destroy—the energy gathering at this formation node!

"Crackle, crackle, crackle—!!!"

Lightning and sinister death qi collided