Welcome Back Victorious, Your Imperial Majesty! (4K) (Continued)

Before his words had even faded, the Lingbao Formation Diagram transformed into a streak of light on its own, instantly crossing the vast sea of lightning to appear above Li Qingjue's head, casting down strands of immortal killing light that were somewhat weaker than before, yet still unyielding.

Whoosh...

At that very moment, the All Causes Barrier that had originally enveloped Li Qingjue shattered away.

This was because a sliver of Tan Lin's consciousness had sensed an obscure aura through the Inverted All-Causes Vision. It seemed to be tracing this unknowable, unsearchable "trail" in reverse, so he decisively chose to withdraw it.

However,

Without the protection of the formation diagram, he was truly exposed to both the Heavenly Tribulation and the encirclement of enemies, drawing most of the attackers' attention.

"Good, good, good. We were just worried that you would keep hiding inside that 'turtle shell.' Who knew how great a price we would have to pay to activate the Ancient Emperor Weapon and take you down..."

At the sight, Chujie was greatly invigorated. Even as his body was blasted apart by the phantom of an ancient Celestial Venerable, he activated the heavy weapon in his hand and began preparing his next killing strike.

Though he was undergoing tribulation, he did not fear Li Qingjue, who wielded the Lingbao Formation Diagram, coming after him.

The diagram's power had clearly weakened, and the killing formation required time to evolve and arrange itself. It could not reproduce its previous divine might in such a short time. Besides, did he not now possess the Extreme-Path Ancient Emperor Weapon that had returned to his hands?

No matter how powerful the diagram was, without the four killing swords and with the killing formation unable to unfold, its offensive power was ordinary. It could not possibly