Starsea Bewildering Fox, Feinting to the East and Attacking the West

"Whoosh!"

Among them, six elders of the Core Formation Realm, including Li Buhuan, escaped especially fast.

This is Mo Lingyuan, an expert at the Fourth Layer of the Nascent Soul Realm. Even our ancestor is no match for him. If we don't run, are we waiting to die?

They thought this in their hearts.

"Bang!"

Yet barely had the six, including Li Buhuan, escaped five paces when they exploded into a mist of blood, together with their Source Cores.

"Squeak!"

The crowd of Starsea Sect disciples behind them vanished into ashes even more directly, without pain, without screams!

All of this happened in the blink of an eye, catching even Shen Xinghu off guard.

When he finally recovered his senses, he discovered that he was the only one left in the Starsea Sect!

"Mo... Mo Lingyuan?!"

His figure trembled, his pupils shook violently, and he asked in unbelievable, startled tones, "Why... why are you at the sixth layer of the Nascent Soul Realm?"

"The sixth layer of the Nascent Soul Realm?"

The members of the Azure Feather Sect looked at each other in dismay upon hearing this, and a moment later, they grew even more joyful.

When the ancestor left, he said he had been enlightened by an immortal. It seems to be true!

Jin Pingqi, along with Yun Shengya and ten other elders who knew the reason for Mo Lingyuan's departure from the sect, thought secretly to themselves.

Except for another elder—Huang Guchen. A trace of imperceptible strangeness flashed in his eyes, and like Shen Xinghu, he found it impossible to believe.

Clearly, Mo Lingyuan was at the Fourth Layer of the Nascent Soul Realm when he left the Sect. Why did it become the sixth layer after only a month?

The shackles that plagued him for three thousand years were actually broken? Could it be that he truly obtained the enlightenment of an immortal?

Thousands of miles away, Shen Xinghu's heart stirred with all sorts of questions, utterly unable to make sense of it.

"Shen Xinghu, you slaughtered members of my Sect and tortured the Supreme Elder of my Sect. You deserve to die without a reprieve!"

Amidst his confusion, Mo Lingyuan said coldly.

"Boom!"

Before his voice had even faded, an overwhelming pressure crashed down.

"What?!"

Shen Xinghu's expression changed abruptly. Urging his Source Power, his figure retreated hastily.

"Starsea Bewildering Fox!"

At the same time, his Source Power surged to the extreme, massive Source Qi spewed forth, and his ultimate technique, Starsea Bewildering Fox, was unleashed.

"Boom!"

In a flash, a vast sea of stars appeared over the land spanning ten thousand miles, breathtakingly beautiful yet filled with boundless pressure!

"Awoo!"

Countless purple foxes leaped out from the sea of stars, carrying fierce pressure as they killed toward Mo Lingyuan.

"Squeak!"

Under the pressure of these two illusions, all things within a radius of ten thousand miles were reduced to ashes!

"Bang!"

Countless Azure Feather Sect disciples exploded directly into blood mists.

"Quick, protect the disciples!"

Seeing this, Jin Pingqi exclaimed.

"Yes, Sect Master!"

The elders of the Azure Feather Sect jointly formed a protective barrier, barely managing to withstand the terrifying pressure of the sea of stars and the purple foxes.

Yet they had only resisted for a single instant before they were already bathed in sweat, their bodies on the verge of tearing apart!

"As expected of Shen Xinghu's ultimate technique. With our combined strength, it is still so hard to resist!"

Jin Pingqi and the others marveled, driving their Source Power even harder.

"Starsea Bewildering Fox?" Mo Lingyuan looked at the strange phenomena filling the sky and smiled faintly. "Nothing special!"

He drove his Source Power wildly, and a wave of pressure crashed toward the purple foxes and the sea of stars.

"Awoo!" "Bang!"

In an instant, the purple foxes wailed and the sea of stars sank!

The Starsea Bewildering Fox—shatter!

"Puff!"

With his ultimate technique shattered, Shen Xinghu vomited a mouthful of blood, his body swaying violently. His face turned pale, and he nearly failed to maintain his footing in the air.

Mo Lingyuan didn't even make a move, yet he broke the 'Starsea Bewildering Fox' that I gathered with all my might using sheer pressure alone, and he even gravely injured me to this extent?

Even a difference of two realms shouldn't lead to this. What is going on here?

Shen Xinghu was deeply shocked, unable to understand what had happened and scarcely able to believe it!

"Boom!"

While he was pondering, Mo Lingyuan's pressure rose once again.

"Damn it, I have no choice but to fight a desperate battle!"

Seeing this, Shen Xinghu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his gaze resolute. He drove his Source Power to the limit, condensed it into a palm strike, and slammed it directly against the incoming pressure.

"Whoosh!"

The moment the palm's might arose, Shen Xinghu detached his Nascent Soul, transforming it into a white stream of light as he fled.

This was precisely Shen Xinghu's feint of attacking the west while heading east: using a resolute attitude and a desperate palm strike to attract Mo Lingyuan's attention, thereby trading it for the escape of his Nascent Soul!

That body is already gravely injured. Keeping it will only drag the Nascent Soul down to perish together. I have no choice but to discard it!

As long as the green hills remain, there's no need to worry about firewood!

Shen Xinghu's Nascent Soul flew swiftly, pondering inwardly.

"Bang!"

In a flash, Shen Xinghu's abandoned body was blasted to pieces by the pressure.

Seeing this, Shen Xinghu's Nascent Soul urgently drove its Source Power, flying even faster.

"Boom!"

Unexpectedly, a deep abyss suddenly barred his path. It was ten thousand miles wide and a million zhang deep, secluded and pitch-black, enough to fill one with despair!

"How can this be?"

Shen Xinghu's Nascent Soul was terrified, feeling as though he were trapped in a cage where the abyss was impossible to cross!

It was precisely Mo Lingyuan's ultimate technique, the Earth-Tier Upper Grade cultivation method—Lingtian Qiuyuan!

With a single technique, a ten-thousand-zhang abyss appeared, and boundless terror was born!

The Azure Feather Sect members looked at the abyss, and their hearts trembled as well.

When did the ancestor acquire such a Cultivation Art? It looks extraordinary!

They thought strangely in their hearts.

"Run, I must run!"

Shen Xinghu's Nascent Soul darted about frantically within the pitch-black abyss, yet it was all to no avail.

"Die!"

Suddenly, a cold voice came from above the abyss, and Mo Lingyuan's figure appeared in its wake.

Shen Xinghu's Nascent Soul looked upon him as if seeing a heavenly deity, filled with terror and awe.

"No! You cannot kill me!"

"If you kill me, Yun Shengya will also die completely. The restrictive pressure in his Source Core can only be undone by me!"

Shen Xinghu's Nascent Soul trembled in terror, threatening him while urging its Source Power to make the restrictive pressure within Yun Shengya's Source Core flare up violently.

"Ah!"

Instantly, the Source Core of Yun Shengya in Mo Lingyuan's palm shook incessantly, and Yun Shengya endured agonizing pain.

"Hm?"

Mo Lingyuan furrowed his brows slightly.

"Ancestor, pay no heed to me! Quickly, destroy Shen Xinghu's Nascent Soul. You must never let him have a chance at survival again!"

Enduring the pain, Yun Shengya urged him with resolute determination.

"Yun Shengya, you..."

Shen Xinghu's Nascent Soul could not help growing furious, urging a few more shares of Source Power.

"Hiss!"

Yun Shengya drew in a sharp breath, yet he emitted no further sounds of pain, instead pleading, "Ancestor, kill me and let me die a swift death!"

Hearing this, Mo Lingyuan was startled. He looked at the Source Core in his palm, filled with reluctance and sorrow.

"Sigh..." After a few breaths, he finally let out a sigh and said softly, "Very well."

As he spoke, Mo Lingyuan drove his Source Power, and Yun Shengya's Source Core shattered!

"Many thanks to the ancestor for fulfilling this..."

Yun Shengya's words of gratitude drifted in the air, but they had already turned to smoke and clouds.

"Supreme Elder!"

Seeing this, the members of the Azure Feather Sect cried out in sorrow, weeping uncontrollably.

"Shen Xinghu, even ten thousand deaths for you could not repay your crimes!"

Frigid qi surged over Mo Lingyuan's body, his anger soaring to the heavens. His right hand slammed shut, and Source Qi condensed into a palm, clawing toward Shen Xinghu's Nascent Soul.

"No, don't!"

Looking at the incoming palm, Shen Xinghu's Nascent Soul was filled with extreme terror, scurrying away wildly.

Yet with a ten-thousand-zhang abyss before him, where else could he escape?

In the blink of an eye, he had already fallen into Mo Lingyuan's palm!

"Mo Lingyuan, what... what are you going to do?"

Shen Xinghu's Nascent Soul gazed at Mo Lingyuan's icy-frost expression and asked with a tremor.

"Whoosh!"

Mo Lingyuan did not answer. He dispelled the illusion of the abyss, landed on the ground, grabbed Shen Xinghu's head, and transformed into a ray of light heading south.

"Shen Xinghu, I want you to watch with your own eyes as the Starsea Sect is utterly annihilated!"

He said coldly in his heart.

"No!"

Clearly, Shen Xinghu's Nascent Soul also realized what was happening, and he begged with grief: "Mo Lingyuan, let me die!"

Earlier, he had abandoned his body wishing to live, but now he sought only death.

Yet having fallen into Mo Lingyuan's palm, he could neither live nor die, just as he had once tortured Yun Shengya's Source Core!