Whoosh! Whoosh, whoosh!
In the flash of lightning striking flint, accompanied by several shrill sounds of air being cleaved, Xu Taiping, the Old Daoist, and Lady Jade Mother streaked like lightning to a clearing amid the ruins.
Here, just as the Lotus Eye Divination had shown, no power of heavenly punishment appeared.
Clearly, the second formation node the Lotus Eye had found was also correct.
This time, however, the instant Xu Taiping landed, he summoned a Demon-Sealing Sword and "nailed" it into the formation node.
Beside him, the Old Daoist asked in bewilderment:
"Taiping, why aren't you looking for the next life gate? What are you trying to do by nailing this flying sword here?"
Almost simultaneously, a hand-shaped black shadow appeared beneath their feet, seemingly about to seize them all in its palm.
Just as Heavenly Venerable Yuqiu had said, the life gates and death gates within this Tianxing Magic Formation were not fixed; they could change into one another in an instant.
"Taiping, you..."
Clang...!!
Just as the Old Daoist was about to remind Xu Taiping to find the next formation node, the Demon-Sealing Sword embedded in the ground abruptly blazed with light ten thousand zhang high, its sword cries ringing out.
Boom...!
In a single instant, the black palm shadow was torn apart by sword light.
This formation node immediately became a life gate again.
At the same time, a tremendous surge of vitality spread outward from the Demon-Sealing Sword.
Seeing this, realization suddenly dawned on the Old Daoist's face.
"Taiping, you're using the Spring Character Edict to seal this death gate!"
Lady Jade Mother, however, frowned at the sight.
"The price is rather steep."
She had already seen that what Xu Taiping had used to seal the death gate at this formation node was his life-bound