As he watched Qin Wuyou head toward the third trial, a sudden, ominous premonition rose in the Seven Kills Hall Deputy Hall Master's heart.
"Shit! This guy means to wipe them all out!"
"If I really let him break through one trial after another, all these Seven Kills Hall disciples will have died for nothing!"
In an instant, he came to his senses.
The terrifying strength Qin Wuyou had just displayed had utterly stunned him.
That palm strike descending from the heavens, in particular, had been even more terrifying than a full-force blow from a Primordial Spirit Realm expert like himself.
At that moment, he knew the Seven Kills Hall's Killing Formations could not possibly stop Qin Wuyou.
"Fuck, I'm a stupid pig! Setting up a Ninefold Killing Array? I was serving their heads up to him!"
Against someone as powerful as Qin Wuyou, gathering all their strength together might offer their only sliver of a chance.
Yet, to show off the Seven Kills Hall's strength, he had split those Elite Assassins up to form nine killing arrays.
Originally, he had been quite proud of that arrangement.
Now, however, he only felt he had been a complete fucking idiot.
If he had gathered all the assassins together sooner, perhaps those Elite Disciples would not have had to die.
As powerful as Qin Wuyou's palm strike was, its might was only comparable to the Primordial Spirit Realm.
Moreover, by his estimate, Qin Wuyou, who was at the Foundation Establishment Realm, could not possibly keep unleashing the power of that last palm strike.
In other words, as long as they gathered everyone together and blocked Qin Wuyou's killing move, the Seven Kills Hall would hold the field afterward.
Seeing Qin Wuyou already heading toward the third Killing Formation, the Seven Kills Hall Deputy Hall Master immediately sent a voice transmission to the Elite Disciples. "Everyone, fall back! Fall back and gather at the final Killing Formation!"
As his voice rang out, all the Elite Disciples manning the Killing Formations swiftly retreated.
The Elite Assassins manning the third trial's Killing Formation, in particular, had been trembling with terror at the sight of Qin Wuyou approaching.
Their trial was scarcely any stronger than the second.
If Qin Wuyou struck them with his palm as well, they would likely meet the same end.
Thus, upon hearing the Deputy Hall Master's voice, every Elite Assassin at that trial breathed a sigh of relief.
They ran faster than rabbits, afraid that falling even half a step behind would leave them dead at Qin Wuyou's hands.
"Gasp! What's the Seven Kills Hall doing? Didn't they set up nine killing arrays? Why are they all pulling back?"
"Holy shit, did Qin Wuyou scare them all into running away?"
"Isn't it fucking obvious? Of course they're running!"
"Anyone who doesn't run from a monster like Qin Wuyou is an idiot! He can destroy a Killing Formation with one palm strike. If those Seven Kills Hall guys don't run, are they supposed to wait for him to slap them to death?"
"Scaring off the Seven Kills Hall's assassins single-handedly—Qin Wuyou is fucking incredible!"
Seeing all these Seven Kills Hall assassins actually frightened into fleeing, every cultivator was utterly shaken.
This was surely the most extraordinary sight they had witnessed in their lives.
The Seven Kills Hall's assassins, who killed for a living, had actually been scared into running away!
And the one who had frightened them off was merely a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator!
Had they not personally witnessed Qin Wuyou break through two Killing Formations in succession, none of them would have believed the scene before their eyes.
"Holy shit, hadn't Qin Wuyou become a cripple? If this fucking counts as a cripple, then what the hell are we?"
Those from the Xuantian Holy Land were all dumbfounded as well.
They even suspected their eyes were playing tricks on them.
Every disciple of the Xuantian Holy Land knew Qin Wuyou had been crippled three months ago.
Yet that cripple had effortlessly broken through two of the Seven Kills Hall's Killing Formations.
Furthermore, among the thousands of cultivators present, probably not a single one could match the terrifying strength of Qin Wuyou's palm strike that had just shattered the Killing Formation.
Even Fang Han, the strongest person here, might not have been able to break the Seven Kills Hall's Killing Formation as simply, decisively, and brutally as Qin Wuyou had!
"Gasp! Can someone at the Foundation Establishment Realm really be this powerful? Qin Wuyou, it seems this is your true strength!"
Even Fang Han sucked in a sharp breath at the sight.
"I thought your strength would fall far short of what it once was after you replaced your Dantian. I never imagined you'd become even stronger instead! If Lin Qingxue saw this, she'd probably regret her decision, wouldn't she?"
As the foremost True Disciple of the Xuantian Holy Land, Fang Han might not have been especially gifted, but he possessed a keen eye.
He could tell at a glance that Qin Wuyou had changed.
After having his Dantian gouged out and suffering his fiancée's betrayal, he had not fallen into ruin. Instead, he had grown even stronger!
Although Qin Wuyou's strength had only recovered to the Foundation Establishment Realm for now, Fang Han believed he would soon return to his peak!
When the disciples' tournament began in half a month, he would surely appear in an entirely new light and make everyone who had looked down on him regret it!
Although he was full of confidence in Qin Wuyou, Fang Han's eyelid still twitched sharply as he watched the Seven Kills Hall assassins regroup.
"Gasp! Those guys have actually combined their Killing Formations!"
The elite Seven Kills Hall assassins who had retreated had all gathered at the ninth trial.
In an instant, more than a hundred Elite Assassins of the Foundation Establishment Realm had assembled at the ninth trial.
Besides those Elite Assassins of the Foundation Establishment Realm, there were also ten Seven Kills Hall Elders and guardians whose strength had reached the Purple Mansion Realm.
Only now had the ninth trial become a truly impassable chasm!
Given the strength of these Seven Kills Hall assassins, gathering them together was already terrifying enough.
Not to mention that they had activated their Killing Formations, combining no fewer than seven into one to form an exceptionally terrifying grand Killing Formation!
Even a Primordial Spirit Realm cultivator might not emerge alive after entering such a grand Killing Formation!
Even Fang Han's expression changed drastically at the sight of this terrifying, massive Killing Formation.
He himself had no confidence that he could successfully pass through a Killing Formation of this caliber.
Much less Qin Wuyou, who was only at the Foundation Establishment Realm!
Any ordinary person would surely retreat at once upon seeing the Seven Kills Hall set up such a powerful Killing Formation.
But Qin Wuyou continued along the mountain path as though he had not seen it at all.
He actually intended to face the Seven Kills Hall's Killing Formation head-on!
"Qin Wuyou, stop! Don't go any farther!"
"This is the Seven Kills Hall's signature trump card. With all seven killing arrays combined, it has become an Earth-Rank Killing Array. Even if I entered it now, I'd lose a layer of skin if I didn't die!"
"Your strength hasn't fully recovered yet. If you charge inside, you'll have ten chances to die and none to live!"
Seeing Qin Wuyou's choice, even Fang Han could not help worrying about him and took the initiative to advise him through a voice transmission.
"What you've shown today is already enough to shock the world! Everyone knows your name now. No one will mock you if you retreat."
"If you keep going and die in this Killing Formation, it won't be worth it."
He meant well and wanted to persuade Qin Wuyou to turn back rather than stubbornly fight the Seven Kills Hall to the bitter end.
Just as he had said, Qin Wuyou's performance today was already enough to make his name known throughout the world.
There was no need to continue.
Besides, now that the Seven Kills Hall had set up a Killing Formation of this caliber, continuing to charge recklessly ahead would only lead Qin Wuyou to his death.
As he had said before, heroes cherished heroes.
He did not wish to watch an unparalleled prodigy like Qin Wuyou fall here either.
Yet Qin Wuyou merely smiled faintly at his advice and paid it no heed.
Just as Fang Han finished speaking, Qin Wuyou had already appeared before the Seven Kills Hall disciples.
Facing the Killing Formation formed by more than a hundred Seven Kills Hall assassins, Qin Wuyou remained perfectly composed, gazing calmly at it.
"Is this the foundation of your Seven Kills Hall's strength? Even with the Seven Great Killing Arrays combined, it's merely an earth-rank array. You actually have the nerve to bring this out?"
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