Wen Zhong Was Supposed to Die Here, but Not Today

The second Formation Lock needed only one final blow.

The third had already been completely exposed.

Yet Lin Yuan did not charge straight at Scarlet Cloud.

Because the system's warning of a death tribulation had suddenly begun to surge.

Something had happened to Wen Zhong!

Lin Yuan whipped his head around.

At the center of Dragon-Severing Ridge.

That full-force divine lightning strike had just helped him blast open the second Formation Lock, but it had also left Wen Zhong with a brief gap in his mana.

The eight Heaven-Reaching Divine Fire Pillars had been waiting for this very instant!

Boom!

The three fire pillars that had dimmed after the first node shattered suddenly lit up again.

The remaining five blazed even more fiercely.

All the Earthfire's power was forcibly drained dry in an instant.

The beast heads atop all eight Divine Fire Pillars opened their mouths at once.

The eight streams of flame no longer spread apart.

They all converged on a single point beneath Wen Zhong's feet!

That was the true death center the formation had prepared.

Wen Zhong had just unleashed his strongest divine lightning.

He had no time to escape completely.

The fire patterns beneath his feet had already closed.

Rumble—!

A sea of fire rose into the air.

Like a massive crimson prison, it completely enclosed Wen Zhong.

The warning deep within Lin Yuan's consciousness instantly rose to its highest level.

[Target Wen Zhong's Death Node has fully opened!]

He could not delay any longer.

"Mo Liqing!"

Lin Yuan roared.

Mo Liqing, who was fighting several Qi Practitioners on the outskirts, immediately turned at the sound.

"Fellow Daoist Lin!"

"Take the other three and blast open the northwest exit!"

"What about Grand Preceptor Wen?"

"I'll go!"

Mo Liqing did not hesitate.

The four brothers