Suppression

Hum-

The Xuanhuang Divine Furnace blazed with light, blocking the attack hurtling toward him from behind.

As Jin Ming's body slowly dissipated in midair, heaven and earth fell silent.

The cultivators who had come to watch, thinking this was merely a contest between juniors, stared blankly as Demon Spirit Lake's prodigy perished.

Their eyes brimmed with terror.

"Someone's died! This has blown up!"

"Hah, he was the one who pulled out a Soul-Eradicating Needle first. He'd already escalated things!"

"Now they really won't rest until one side is dead!"

"I never expected even Demon Spirit Lake's elders to show up. Damn You, Daoist is in trouble now!"

The War Goddess's beautiful eyes were full of delighted surprise. When Jin Ming had drawn the Soul-Eradicating Needle, she had briefly worried for Li Dao.

Now, seeing Li Dao kill Jin Ming in the blink of an eye with thunderous force, her eyes shone with admiration.

Li Dao ignored the distant cultivators' shock. He flicked the blood droplets off the Evil Dragon Spear and pointed its tip straight at the elders in the air.

"Kill him! Otherwise, we won't escape blame!"

"Damn brat, why couldn't you just obediently await your punishment? Why did you have to fight back!"

"Destroy his primordial spirit and sever his flesh to atone for our failure!"

The golden markings on Li Dao's body grew ever more dazzling, like tiny golden dragons writhing beneath his skin.

Seeing the elders charge at him, he raised his spear and rushed straight toward them.

With over a hundred thousand jin of strength coursing through him, he leaped high and struck with the force to cleave Mount Hua, tearing straight through the barrier of the man at the front.

The blow's force did not diminish, slicing the man in two. With the Black-and-Yellow Furnace protecting him, no one in the Cave Heaven Realm could breach his defenses.

A sudden backward thrust pierced straight through the body of a man behind him.

Their exchange had barely begun before two bodies plummeted from the air and slammed into the ground.

Yet Li Dao's slaughter had not stopped. Though he possessed only four Cave Heavens in the Cave Heaven Realm, his strength already far surpassed that of others at his level.

His spear whirled with the ferocity of a tiger, every movement carrying the great momentum of heaven and earth.

He crushed his enemies beneath that momentum and pierced their bodies with his spear's keen blade.

After exchanging blows for a short while, the people from Demon Spirit Lake sensed something wrong. An unseen pressure firmly suppressed their strength.

Panic stirred in their hearts. At this rate, forget capturing and suppressing Li Dao-they were all going to fall here!

"Fellow Daoists, what are you waiting for!"

"Hurry and subdue this villain!"

As the Demon Spirit Lake elder who had spoken was hoisted high on the Mysterious Black Spear, the members of the other factions who had been hesitating among the crowd finally moved.

Killing intent burst from their eyes, and they immediately charged at Li Dao.

Even the weakest had seven Cave Heavens behind them, with immortal birds and exotic beasts dwelling within.

Terrifying creatures nurtured within those Cave Heavens rushed toward Li Dao.

In the blink of an eye, lightning flickered beneath dark clouds, and ferocious beasts constructed from runes radiated savage power.

Before these colossal creatures, Li Dao resembled an ant that could be swallowed at any moment.

"Just in time!"

Li Dao roared. He stood in midair with his spear in his right hand, while his left formed a seal before his chest.

He formed more and more Dao seals, and profound ripples began radiating from within his body.

The lotus mark between his brows burst with flawless white light, and a terrifying stone stele rapidly took shape in the void.

The Hexagonal Prism Stele bore the character for "suppress" on one face and "law" on another.

Some elders who knew the might of this divine ability immediately roared at those around them:

"Don't let him finish! Attack now!"

As those words fell, the Thunder-Horned Kui Ox behind them charged at Li Dao, its footfalls booming like thunder.

The others responded in turn. In an instant, the ferocious beasts filling the sky all rushed at Li Dao.

Yet Li Dao's expression did not change in the heart of that storm. He calmly formed the final Dao seal.

Hum-

Just as the Kui Ox leaped high to blast Li Dao apart, the Law-Suppressing Stele in the void finished taking shape!

It towered like a mountain, heavy as divine iron, glazed light flowing across it as chaos energy spread around it.

The characters for "suppress" and "law" shone brilliantly upon it, and the ripples it released instantly swept across the entire Myriad Beasts Mountain Range.

Boom-crack!

At the very instant the Law-Suppressing Stele appeared, the Yin-Yang Flood Dragon unleashed its divine might and blasted the Golden Spider apart in midair.

Pfft, pfft, pfft-

The Demon Spirit Lake disciples sustaining the formation spat blood repeatedly and fell from the sky.

The formation shattered inch by inch, its colorful fragments raining down.

Li Dao reached out and pointed a finger into the void before him.

Whoosh-

The Law-Suppressing Stele suspended in the void erupted with countless layers of divine light. Its ripples swept outward, and everything seemed to sink into a mire.

The exotic beasts charging so ferociously froze in midair as the ripples brushed past them.

Pfft, pfft, pfft-

Like balloons losing their air, they burst apart in an instant, scattering fragments of golden runes through the sky.

The entire Myriad Beasts Mountain Range sank slightly, and cracked ravines rapidly spread across the earth beneath them.

The elders who had stood so high above everyone fell from the air, smashing deep craters into the ground.

Even the cultivators watching from the outskirts of the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range felt their bodies grow heavy, the divine power within them no longer circulating smoothly.

Even cultivators whose strength had reached the Array Formation Realm sensed a trace of danger from the Law-Suppressing Stele.

Though faint, that was already terrifying enough!

"Roooar-"

The Yin-Yang Flood Dragon appeared behind Li Dao, making him seem like a heavenly god.

He stood atop the pitch-black flood dragon's head, his bloodstained robes snapping in the wind.

He was clearly no more than a child, yet the might radiating from him was even more terrifying than that of a so-called war god.

Li Dao's gaze was cold and sharp as a blade as he stared at the figures below.

They might be arrogant clan elders or rulers of sects, but once they entered his domain, they were all prisoners beneath his feet!

"I am an elder of Demon Spirit Lake! Brat, you've already killed Jin Ming. If you attack us as well, do you intend to fight us to the death!"

"That's right! If you dare touch us, not only you, but even the clan behind you will be burned to ashes!"

"Brat, withdraw your divine ability at once and return to our clan to confess your crimes! Our clan chief is magnanimous. He might still give you a chance to live!"

"..."

Even the cultivators watching the battle, seeing these fellows back down, felt the same.

They thought Li Dao had already done remarkably well to come this far.

If he released these fellows now and gave both sides a way to step down, another slaughter could be avoided.

Afterward, they only needed to turn a major matter into a minor one, then let that minor matter fade away. Escalating things further would do Li Dao no good.

Chu Yang, who had long been waiting among the crowd, watched Li Dao standing atop the dragon's head and looking down upon everyone. Only one word echoed in his mind: Invincible!

His emotions surged, and his eyes already held the adoring look of a young fan.

The War Goddess stood valiant and poised atop the Azure Sparrow, her beautiful eyes fixed unblinkingly on Li Dao.

Though stopping now would be the best choice, she felt Li Dao would choose differently.