The Killer Was None Other Than Qin Tian!

"Rumble!"

The entire Source Vein ignited, and endless, dazzling divine light shot into the heavens. The space around the formation shattered with a thunderous crash, dissolving completely. Its brilliance was like a shaft of immortal light, a bridge leading to the Immortal Realm.

Yet any cultivator could sense the murderous intent hidden within that beautiful sight.

When heaven unleashed its killing intent, the stars shifted in their courses; when earth unleashed its killing intent, dragons and serpents rose from the land; when man unleashed his killing intent, heaven and earth overturned!

The earth's vital essence boiled and burned, hurtling toward collapse and shaking the foundations of the Sacred Formation.

Qin Tian had inscribed Array Marks of different elements at all four corners of the Sacred Formation. Their power was modest, but as a trigger, they were enough.

As the earth vein boiled, the element of earth ran wild, sending faint tremors through the laws that formed the Material Realm. Wind, water, and fire emerged in turn, their terrifying divine might carrying wisps of the Saint Dao's aura.

They evolved into the killing power of the Four Symbols. It was truly terrifying.

"Rumble!"

Beams of divine light shot skyward as the Sacred Formation plunged further toward destruction, tearing apart the earth and splitting the heavens. Endless Dao Patterns intertwined as though opening heaven and earth anew, becoming a terrifying, deafening roar of the Great Dao.

Faced with a Sacred Formation, even Qin Tian struggled to seize control. His cultivation was simply too weak.

So Qin Tian had decided to alter the Sacred Formation at random, letting his imagination run wild without caring whether it could function.

The only outcome of a formation failing to operate was destruction.

And that utter destruction was precisely what he wanted!

Thus, the Sacred Formation originally meant to seal and restrain had changed, becoming a crippled formation that would explode the moment it activated.

Everything unfolded just as Qin Tian had anticipated. The mine had now become a three-dimensional Chaos Void, with earth, wind, water, and fire surging above, below, and in every direction.

"Rumble!"

The power of the Four Symbols spread outward. Earth, water, fire, and wind rampaged, destroying mountains and rivers and turning dozens of miles of land into a vast desert devoid of life.

"Sacred Formation, suppress it!"

The Yaoguang Great Power retrieved an object from his Bitter Sea. It was the token that controlled the Sacred Formation.

Although Qin Tian had spent a great deal of time laying formations and altering Array Marks, the Sacred Formation was far too intricate, and its core lay where the mine owner resided.

That was somewhere Qin Tian could not reach, so naturally, he had been unable to alter it. He could only change the Sacred Formation's four corners.

Thus, the Yaoguang Great Power still had a considerable portion of the Sacred Formation's power at his disposal.

The Yaoguang Great Power enveloped himself in the Primordial Unity Yaoguang Art. Divine light shrouded his entire body, every strand of his hair becoming crystalline. He roared, pouring all his divine power into the token.

"Suppress it, I said!"

Blood seeped from the corners of the Yaoguang Great Power's mouth as he raised the Sacred Formation's foundation high. A vast, ancient, primordial aura surged outward.

With his immense magical power, he drew upon the Sacred Dao Formation's might. The entire mining district shook, and the earth split as it battled the surging earth, wind, water, and fire.

"Rumble!"

For a moment, the entire mining district seemed to have reached the end of the world. Heaven and earth lost their color, and the sun and moon went dark.

"What's going on?!"

"What happened?!"

"Are we going to die?!"

A clamor of frightened voices rose from the crowd.

The site overseer said, "Don't worry. My teacher is a Great Power!"

"A man who stands at the pinnacle of the Eastern Wasteland!"

"Just a little problem, a little problem. No need to panic!" the mine owner said confidently.

"You want to activate the Sacred Formation?" Hidden in the shadows, Qin Tian sneered.

"If I really let you activate it, the little earth-vein energy left might genuinely be insufficient to kill you."

"Unfortunately, I won't give you that chance!"

"Since the remaining earth-vein energy isn't enough to shake the Sacred Formation, I'll ignite the entire earth vein and utterly destroy this mining district!" Madness filled Qin Tian's eyes. Azure blue and pure silver intertwined within them, producing an indescribable color.

He pushed Future Sight to its limits, constantly capturing fragments of time so he could grasp the threads of the future and find the Yaoguang Great Power's weakness.

"Rumble!"

Four rays of light burst from the Sacred Formation. The instant they appeared, they disturbed space and brought unprecedented destruction. Towering pressure radiated in every direction-absolute violence, absolute annihilation.

"Who is it? Who's behind this?!" The backlash made the Yaoguang Great Power vomit blood. The Sacred Formation's four corners were utterly destroyed, leaving only its central section.

The entire Sacred Formation could now be considered broken, and naturally, it could no longer unleash much power.

"You damned wretch, come out!"

"Someone laid Array Marks in the Source Mine and changed the Sacred Formation's structure, turning a stable formation meant to intercept and contain into one of destruction."

The Yaoguang Great Power roared, his voice shaking the nine heavens. The people in the mine could not withstand it and fell to their knees, vomiting blood.

"It's a Mine Slave! There's an infiltrator among the Mine Slaves!"

"Go! Find him!"

At his command, the knights who had guarded the vein began slaughtering indiscriminately, hoping to force Qin Tian out.

Compared with a few mere Mine Slaves, the Source Vein was clearly more important.

"As expected of a Great Power, an old monster who's lived for centuries. He noticed my presence so quickly." Qin Tian smiled coldly.

He cared nothing for the Mine Slaves caught up in this because of him.

In the entire mining vein, the only person he had liked was that old man who had already died. Whether anyone else lived or died had nothing to do with him.

Though that was what he thought, Qin Tian still acted. Perhaps it was a trace of kindness in his heart, or perhaps it was because this had been his plan all along.

Qin Tian stepped out of his own accord and shouted, "You won't have the chance!"

Qin Tian pressed his palms together, commanding part of the Sacred Formation's power. He also pushed the faint Laws of Time and Space residing in his eyes to their limits, merging the power of time and space with that of earth, wind, water, and fire.

A strange, invisible energy spread across hundreds of miles. The entire world seemed to freeze. Space was bound and twisted, and even the flow of time seemed to change!

A vast expanse of blazing light erupted from beneath the ground, carrying wisps of sacred might capable of cleaving mountains and leveling seas. Its power seemed poised to divide every world in two, to cut the Yaoguang Great Power in half.

"No, no!" Before the light reached him, the Yaoguang Great Power let out a despairing wail.

Even at the very end, an indelible bewilderment lingered in his eyes.

Why???

How had things turned out like this?!

Hadn't I just come to seal a Source Vein?

How had it become a fight to the death?

And cost me my life?!

What had I done wrong? Why was I so unlucky?!

Across the boundless heavens and earth, four rays of sacred light joined into an unprecedented radiance. Its blazing brilliance was like a vast ocean, dividing heaven and earth, cleaving eternity, and shattering the shackles of time!

"The Great Power... is dead?!"

Everyone stared blankly at the Great Power on the horizon, cleaved in half by that dazzling radiance. His Immortal Platform had also been severed in two, and his primordial spirit had been pulverized outright. Not a trace of life remained.

Drops of blood fell from the sky, gouging deep craters into the earth.

This was the power of formations. Even an ant like Qin Tian could defy the heavens, slaying a Great Power with nothing more than Divine Bridge cultivation.

Qin Tian watched the scene coldly and shouted, "The killer was none other than Qin Tian!"