Desperate Hongjun, the Old Daoist's Merit!

Yin-Yang Daoist had already been injured. After being ambushed just now, he was even less of a match for Luohou before him. Naturally, Luohou showed no mercy, thrusting the God-Slaying Spear into Yin-Yang Daoist twice in succession and completely extinguishing his life force!

Struck by the God-Slaying Spear, Yin-Yang Daoist's primordial spirit was damaged, and his life force had already been severed. Yet at this moment, he bore little hatred toward Luohou before him. Instead, he wished he could eat the flesh of Hongjun, who had betrayed him moments ago, alive!

Looking at the lifeless Yin-Yang Daoist before him, Luohou felt no joy. In his senses, the Immortal Trapping Sword had also fallen silent just now, clearly having been taken away.

Now, only one part of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation remained. After killing Yin-Yang Daoist, he would have to face the other three Sages head-on...

Having just settled on this thought, Luohou frowned slightly and looked in one direction.

Whoosh!

A streak of azure light flashed past. Li Yi sat atop the Pure World White Lotus, quietly watching the scene.

Yin-Yang Daoist had already given up struggling and was waiting to die. Yet he saw Luohou before him acting as though he faced a great enemy. Looking into the distance, he saw a Daoist in azure robes appearing a thousand li away.

Looking at Li Yi in the distance, then at Luohou, who had previously regarded him with utter disdain but now treated him so seriously, Yin-Yang Daoist revealed a bitter smile.

He had previously looked down on Heaven-Earth Daoist's Mid-stage Quasi-Saint cultivation, yet he himself was the first to perish...

The thought flashed through his mind. Yin-Yang Daoist gritted his teeth, circulated the last of his mana, and flashed before Li Yi.

Luohou did not stop him. Yin-Yang Daoist's life force was extinguished, and less than one percent of his strength remained. In Luohou's eyes, he was no different from a corpse.

If Heaven-Earth Daoist truly intended to save him, it would instead give Luohou an opening!

Arriving before Li Yi, Yin-Yang Daoist gritted his teeth and placed all his Spirit Treasures into the Taiji Diagram, using his last reserves of mana to send it before Li Yi.

"Heaven-Earth Daoist, the one who killed me was Hongjun! You must also beware that old Daoist. He sees all of us as mere chess pieces!"

"My Chaos Demon God body and treasures, I give them all to you, Daoist!"

"If you have the chance in the future, kill that old Daoist Hongjun for me. If you do not have the chance, I will not force you!"

"Haha, hahaha..."

As he spoke, Yin-Yang Daoist refused to cling to life and dispersed his shattered primordial spirit himself.

He did not know whether Li Yi would agree. After all, he no longer had the power to demand anything.

Yet at the very last moment before his primordial spirit dissipated, he vaguely heard Li Yi's calm voice before him.

"Rest assured. Hongjun and I will inevitably contend for the Dao in the future. Even if you had not asked, he and I would still be fated enemies!"

Hearing this, a smile appeared on the face of Yin-Yang Daoist's final wisp of remnant soul. With no more regrets, he completely dissipated between heaven and earth in the Primordial World.

A five-colored pillar of light spanning hundreds of millions of kilometers shot into the sky. Every living being across the Primordial World felt a trace of sorrow. A Chaos Demon God had fallen, and heaven and earth wailed in grief!

Li Yi was unaffected by this mournful cry. He put away Yin-Yang Daoist's Demon God body and treasures, then looked toward Luohou before him.

Of the four Immortal Slaughtering Swords, he had taken three. There was no longer any need to take the last one!

Whoever killed Luohou would obtain the greatest Merit from the Dao-Devil War!

Luohou clearly shared Li Yi's thoughts. Knowing that the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation was bound to be broken, a bloodthirsty smile appeared on his face as he tightened his grip on the God-Slaying Spear.

Boom!

In an instant, Luohou closed in. Li Yi remained seated atop the World-Destroying White Lotus, circulating its protective immortal light around himself to resist the God-Slaying Spear's assault.

At the same time, he threw out the Twenty-Four Star Beads and summoned the Twenty-Four Star Lodge Killing Formation, using the power of the star lodges to trap and kill Luohou!

The God-Slaying Spear left countless afterimages in the air, striking the World-Destroying White Lotus's protective immortal light hundreds and thousands of times in an instant. Yet the World-Destroying White Lotus was impervious to all techniques, and as it was of the same grade as the God-Slaying Spear, it was entirely unaffected by its ability to pierce anything!

As for Luohou, though killing Yin-Yang Daoist had been easy, it had consumed considerable mana. Now, not only had the God-Slaying Spear encountered a naturally restraining treasure like the World-Destroying White Lotus, but he was also trapped within a peerless killing formation like the Twenty-Four Star Beads!

Sensing the power of the star lodges merging with karmic flames and waves of vicious baleful force, Luohou's eyes filled with admiration.

"What is this formation called?"

Though the two were opponents, he truly felt a measure of mutual appreciation for Li Yi at this moment.

His realm was lower than Luohou's, yet he possessed an Innate Supreme Treasure like the Pure World White Lotus, as well as such a peerless killing formation! Clearly, this formation had been personally refined by Heaven-Earth Daoist. He was also a grandmaster in the Formation Dao.

His Immortal-Slaying Formation Diagram had come from an innate formation diagram obtained in chaos; it had not been refined by him. In terms of formation attainments alone, he truly fell far short of Heaven-Earth Daoist before him.

Li Yi had no intention of concealing it.

"This is the Twenty-Four Star Lodge Killing Formation. Though it cannot compare to your Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, it can still be called invincible among those of the same realm. None below a Sage can break it..."

Though Luohou possessed the God-Slaying Spear, said to pierce anything, he still had to find the formation core. With Li Yi personally controlling the formation, the core constantly shifted. Unless Luohou's formation attainments surpassed Li Yi's, he had no hope of breaking it!

Luohou raised a brow, and the God-Slaying Spear in his hand danced even faster.

He believed seventy percent of what Heaven-Earth Daoist had said. Since breaking the formation was hopeless, he could only clash through mana, attempting to exhaust Heaven-Earth Daoist's Mid-stage Quasi-Saint mana with his own peak Quasi-God mana!

His thoughts were certainly fine, but Li Yi remained seated upon the World-Destroying White Lotus. Sensing that Li Yi's mana showed no signs of weakening, Luohou finally could not resist asking.

"You are only Mid-stage Quasi-Saint. How is your mana even more abundant than mine?"

Li Yi saw that Luohou before him was already at the end of his strength, so he grinned and explained.

"I incorporated an Innate Spiritual Vein into this formation diagram. The one controlling the formation can continuously draw the Spiritual Vein's power from the star lodges..."

When he had refined the formation diagram, he had thought of everything. Since he dared claim that none below a Sage could break it, he naturally had his reasons!

Hearing Li Yi's words, Luohou's face darkened. Had he known, he would not have tried to exhaust mana with this Daoist...

Meanwhile, outside Li Yi's Twenty-Four Star Lodge Killing Formation, Hongjun had already taken the final Immortal Extinction Sword.

As the Immortal Extinction Sword was taken, the entire Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation was completely broken. The land of earth, wind, water, and fire slowly withdrew into the formation diagram, and this stretch of heaven and earth returned to clarity.

Though he had taken the Immortal Extinction Sword, Hongjun showed no joy. Instead, his face was as dark as water!

This was completely different from the result he had previously calculated!

According to his earlier calculations, he would take all four swords himself and claim all the credit for breaking the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation!

But now, he had only taken one sword!

His calculations had not never been wrong before, but they had never been this wildly wrong either...

Amid his frustration, Hongjun could only comfort himself inwardly.

It is fine! Breaking the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation is certainly a great Merit, but the greatest Merit lies in killing Demon Ancestor Luohou!

Once I kill Luohou, the greatest Merit of the Dao-Devil War will still be mine...

Just as Hongjun comforted himself like this, the next moment...

"Well done, Heaven-Earth Daoist! I have lost, but even if I self-destruct, I will never submit to my fate and await execution..."

Hongjun felt as though he had been struck by lightning!

Was that Luohou's voice? What did he mean, he was going to self-destruct?

No, Hongjun had not even made a move yet. Why was he self-destructing!?

Hongjun had not even made a move yet!!! Bastard!!!

Before he could think further, a world-shaking wave of energy exploded across the Primordial World!