Break the Immortal-Slaying Formation, Leaving Hongjun Dumbfounded
At the eastern eye of the sword formation, a green sword hung in the air.
Li Yi's figure flickered as he arrived. Looking up at the sword, he started forward to claim it.
But the sword seemed to sense an outsider at the formation's eye. The Immortal-Slaying Sword instantly transformed into a streak of green light and shot toward Li Yi.
Li Yi reached out with interest. The next moment, a sharp gash suddenly appeared on his finger.
Seeing that the Immortal-Slaying Sword had pierced his Quasi-Saint body, Li Yi's eyes filled with admiration.
The Immortal-Slaying Sword is sharp, the Immortal-Exterminating Sword brings death; wherever the Trapping Immortal Sword goes, red light rises. The Absolute Immortal Sword's transformations are boundless and wondrous; even Great Firmament immortals will have their robes stained with blood.
Of the four swords, the Immortal-Slaying Sword was the sharpest. Even without anyone presiding over the formation, its power could still pierce the flesh of any Quasi-Saint! Not even a Demon God's body was an exception!
After this test, Li Yi immediately brought out the Cosmos Cauldron. The Heaven-Earth Dao Cauldron expanded in midair. As the Immortal-Slaying Sword was about to shift and dodge according to the Formation Dao, Li Yi seemed to know in advance where it would appear. The Dao Cauldron materialized right where the sword was about to flash.
In an instant, Li Yi used the Cosmos Cauldron to firmly suppress the Immortal-Slaying Sword. No matter how sharp it was, it couldn't pierce an Innate Supreme Treasure!
After taking the Immortal-Slaying Sword, Li Yi didn't linger. He turned and headed south, following the Formation Dao.
Not long after Li Yi left, a streak of Spirit Treasure light suddenly flew over. When it arrived, it transformed into a White-Robed Daoist who looked exactly like Hongjun. It was none other than the Kind Corpse he had severed.
Hongjun's Kind Corpse stared at the empty formation eye, confusion rising in his eyes.
Had he come to the wrong place!?
That couldn't be right!
The Creation Jade Disc's deductions couldn't be wrong!
But the formation eye was right here. Where was the Immortal-Slaying Sword that should have been guarding it!? Where had that enormous sword gone!?
At the same time, within the Twenty-Four Star Lodge Killing Formation, Luohou's expression also changed dramatically.
He'd lost his connection to the Immortal-Slaying Sword. Had someone taken it?
The thought flashed through his mind, and panic seized Luohou. He wanted to get out as soon as possible, but the killing formation laid down by the Heaven-Earth Daoist was formidable. Even he couldn't break it in a short time!
If he could find the Array Eye, that would be one thing. But now he couldn't locate it, and his God-Slaying Spear was useless.
Unless he was willing to expend the God-Slaying Spear's source power to forcibly activate its ability to pierce anything, ignore the Array Eye, and destroy the treasure sustaining the formation!
He'd held back because another tough battle awaited him, and he didn't want to drain the spear's source power. But now he couldn't afford to worry about that.
Just as he raised the God-Slaying Spear with immense Magic Power, intending to destroy the Blood-colored Stars sustaining the formation by expending the spear's source power, the stars in the air suddenly descended. They shrank into the Star Bead and flew toward the distant Array Diagram. With the Star Bead that formed the array gone, the Twenty-Four Star Lodge Killing Formation dissolved on its own.
Seeing the formation vanish by itself, Luohou stared in astonishment. He had no time to think about it and immediately flew toward the western location of the Immortal-Exterminating Sword.
The Heaven-Earth Daoist had too many Spirit Treasures. He was not someone to provoke. Besides, the Immortal-Slaying Sword had already been taken, so there was no point in seeking him out! The priority was to kill someone first, before all four swords were broken!
Yang Mei's Magic Power was profound, and the old Hongjun was too skilled at calculating Karma. Neither would be easy to kill! The simplest target was the Yin-Yang Daoist!
In the west, the Yin-Yang Daoist had an Array Diagram above his head. The diagram hovered over him, surrounded by colorful radiance. For ten li in every direction, Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire, along with countless sword qi, were fixed in midair, unable to advance an inch.
Feeling the Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire held motionless around him, the Yin-Yang Daoist could barely hide his delight.
This Taiji Diagram was a treasure from the creation of the world, perfectly suited to the Yin-Yang Dao he cultivated.
Unfortunately, his fortune was meager, and he hadn't obtained this treasure from the creation of the world. The finest treasures he possessed were the Innate Five Direction Flags.
When Hongjun had come to him earlier, he'd used this very item to persuade him to help.
At first, he'd feared Luohou's power and didn't want to get involved in this web of Karma. But when he saw the Array Diagram Hongjun had produced, he instantly lost all his usual good sense.
At a glance, he knew it was the treasure with which he would Prove the Dao—the treasure of a Sage! Given time to master the Yin-Yang Law contained within, he would surely Prove the Dao through the Yin-Yang Law!
This battle was dangerous, but compared with the Taiji Diagram, so perfectly suited to his Dao, it was nothing!
As these thoughts crossed his mind, the Yin-Yang Daoist looked around. His smile faded slightly, replaced by a trace of irritation.
He wasn't skilled in Formation Dao. Though he could make deductions, he couldn't work out where the Array Eye was. He'd already wasted a great deal of time inside this formation. Luohou had gone to find the Heaven-Earth Daoist earlier, and then there'd been no news. He didn't know whether the Heaven-Earth Daoist was alive or dead.
If he was dead, the Yin-Yang Daoist could only hope Luohou had gone after the other Daoists first...
Just as he was thinking this, a streak of light suddenly flew toward him. Before the black light even reached him, its terrifying Fierce Fiendish Qi had already surged over the Yin-Yang Daoist.
The Yin-Yang Daoist's expression changed drastically. He channeled his Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Dao Seal, and hurled it at the attacker, hoping to stop him. But the black light didn't slow down at all. A cold gleam flashed, and a spear wrapped in boundless Fiendish Qi thrust forward. The Dao Seal, a High-grade Innate Spirit Treasure, shattered in midair!
Pfft!
With his life-bound Spirit Treasure broken, the Yin-Yang Daoist immediately spat out a mouthful of Essence Blood!
He had no time to think. The Yin-Yang Daoist channeled all his Magic Power and cast out the Five Direction Dao Flags, sending them down to envelop Luohou.
Luohou stared at the formation closing in around him, his eyes bloodshot.
This trick again!?
He'd been trapped for a while by the Heaven-Earth Daoist's formation because he'd been reluctant to expend the God-Slaying Spear's source power! He wouldn't make the same mistake again!
Meanwhile, seeing Luohou caught within his Innate Five Direction Formation, the Yin-Yang Daoist let out a small sigh of relief.
"This Innate Five Direction Formation should be able to hold that fiend up for a while..."
He had barely finished thinking this when a streak of black spear light pierced one corner of the formation. The Plain-Colored Cloud-Realm Flag at the formation's western point let out a mournful cry. A hole had been pierced through it, and its rank instantly fell from High-grade Innate Spirit Treasure to Mid-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure!
With one Array Banner gone, the Innate Five Direction Formation instantly broke!
Luohou wielded the God-Slaying Spear and shattered the formation to emerge. If one looked closely, the origin qi of the spear's shaft was a fraction weaker than before.
Of course, Yin-Yang Daoist had no mind to analyze this at the moment. As he watched Luohou break through the formation, terror gripped his heart and instinctively twisted into rage.
Luohou had come over, so Qiankun was dead, right? He had originally expected him to consume some of Luohou's methods, but look how that turned out—did he consume anything at all? He truly was an utter trash-heap! They shouldn't have let this mid-stage Quasi-Saint trash come in today. Now he had needlessly implicated him.
Anger surged to his head, and Yin-Yang Daoist could not help cursing furiously.
"What a utterly useless Qiankun Daoist! He didn't exhaust a single method before this fiend cut him down inside the formation!"
It would have been fine if he hadn't said that, but Luohou, who had just been nauseated by Li Yi moments ago, grew even angrier upon hearing these words.
This Daoist was cursing Qiankun as trash, so what did that make him—the Demon Ancestor who had been trapped by Qiankun's formation for ages and had one of his immortal swords plucked before he even laid eyes on the man?
Thinking this in his mind, Luohou had already raised his spear and rushed into the Yin-Yang Space unfolded by the Taiji Diagram. The Taiji Diagram did not possess the effect of immunity to all laws!
"That Qiankun fought me to a standstill and only fled after losing a single move! You call him trash—what a big mouth you have!"
Naturally, he felt too ashamed to say that he hadn't even touched a hair of Li Yi before being trapped by Li Yi's formation, so he could only use the excuse that the two of them had fought a protracted battle.
Hearing these words, Yin-Yang Daoist's expression froze for a moment.
Qiankun had fought this Demon Ancestor to a standstill? And even escaped? Was he really that pathetic? Suddenly, he felt the Demon Ancestor might not be as terrifying as he had imagined...
As this thought flashed through his mind, Yin-Yang Daoist's heart steadied, and his hunched body slowly straightened up.
If Qiankun could fight a mere Demon Ancestor, why couldn't he?
"Good! Today, I, Yin-Yang Daoist, shall act on behalf of the heavens and eliminate you fiend!"