Chapter 248: Chapter 168: Termination Array_3
Translator: 549690339
Still as calm as ever, without a single ripple!
The four entered the Formation, like clay oxen into the sea, completely without trace or news.
The crowd outside the Formation had been waiting for a long time, yet saw no sign of a response.
“This…”
“Could it be an Illusion Array?”
“How can there be no reaction whatsoever?”
“Could it be that…”
As they looked upon the unchanged Purple Cloud Mountain, the expressions of the crowd gradually grew more solemn, and the Pseudo Core cultivators were especially anxious and uneasy.
This was, after all, four Golden Core Cultivators who had entered the Formation, yet there was not the slightest response.
Were they trapped by the Illusion Array, or slain by a lethal Formation?
The crowd didn’t dare to think further, their only choice was to look to Old Ancestor Jingyue.
Jingyue remained silent, without a word for a long time.
The atmosphere was heavy, oppressing the hearts of those present.
After a long while, Jingyue finally broke the silence, “Let us enter the Formation together and break the four gates’ restrictions at once!”
“This…”
Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked, filled with panic and did not know what to do.
Only Zhang Zhiqi gritted his teeth, “I am willing to follow the Old Ancestor’s orders!”
Seeing him taking the lead, Li Longpeng and Chen Fenghua exchanged glances, and they too bowed their heads to accept the command.
If one’s lips are gone, the teeth will be cold!
His way of doing things was so reckless and unbridled. If today he could curse Zhang Zhiqi to death, tomorrow he could do the same to them.
Such a threat, if not eliminated, would leave them uneasy, even in sleep!
Just as the four of them were about to lead a group of Golden Core Cultivators into the Formation for a forceful attack…
Outside of Purple Cloud Mountain, tens of miles away, a youth lay on the mountain peak, watching from a distance.
“Wow, a Nascent Soul, a fully matured Golden Core, two late-stage Golden Cores, and twenty to thirty early and mid-stage, Pseudo Cores and True Cores, most of the Golden Core Cultivators from the Three Sects of Liang Country are all here, aren’t they?”
The person appeared young, with a handsome face, yet also had a broad, bear-like back and a strong physique, and there was a determined air between his eyebrows.
He lay prostrate on the peak, seamlessly blending with his surroundings; even from tens of miles away, he could clearly observe the battlefield situation and murmured to himself, “If they all die here, that would make things a lot easier for me.”
“You’re not wrong, it’s quite possible!”
Before he could finish his sentence, a voice resounded in his mind, “This person has an unclear origin, but he’s definitely a fourth-tier Formation Master. The way he has set up this Formation… is almost comparable to my younger days.”
“Really?”
The youth was startled, “Elder Zhen, were you that amazing back then?”
“Hmph, back then I was a sixth-tier Formation Master, revered as a Grandmaster. I’m not someone this individual can compare to today!”
The voice in his mind spoke coldly, “But for a fourth-tier Formation Master, this person’s prowess is indeed worthy of the title ‘Grandmaster’. Ordinary Formation Cultivators, without a thousand years of accumulation and refinement, would find it extremely difficult to reach such a level of cultivation… How did he get in here? Can’t the Three Sects even guard a gate properly?”
The voice ended with a tone full of surprise and suspicion.
The youth too was curious, “Yeah, where did he pop out from? Could someone else be helping him? Elder Zhen, do you have any brothers or disciples?”
“What nonsense are you spouting!”
The person in his mind scolded, “The assistance you’ve received from me is a unique and enormous stroke of luck. Others could not possibly have such fortune, talking about brothers and disciples… Back in the day, I was the number one Loose Cultivator in the Northern Domain, a solitary force capable of standing against Immortal Gates. Who would have been qualified to call me brother or peer?”
“Alright, alright, you’re mighty and impressive. We can talk about the past later, let’s focus on the present for now,”
The youth had grown accustomed to such conversations and pacified the other, then asked, “Do you think he can hold back the forces of the Three Sects?”
“That… is hard to say,”
The person in his mind hesitated, “Although this person’s Formation is powerful, the Three Sects have deep roots, and they must possess Magical Treasures capable of breaking his Formation. Once the Formation is broken, how can he, a single Golden Core cultivator, stand against the opposing Nascent Soul and the numerous troops?”
Hearing this, the youth immediately became anxious, “What should we do then, should we help him out?”
“Help him, what a joke! How can we help? Risk my life or yours?”
The person in his mind cursed angrily, “What cultivation do they have, and what’s yours? In such a grand battle, you’re in no position to meddle.”
The youth scratched his head, “I thought you had some tricks up your sleeve.”
“Tricks my ass!”
The person in his brain cursed again, then turned around and said, “But this formation of his…”
“Boom! Rumble!”
The words were not finished when thunder sounded.
Then, the weather changed suddenly, the wind rose, and clouds surged.
Yang Yun descended from the heavens, obscuring the sun, instilling panic in people’s hearts.
In broad daylight, thunder cracked, lightning flashed, and even ghosts and gods trembled in fear.
The great formation operated, the ground shook, mountains trembled, and flesh and blood were charred.
Shock! Shock! Shock! Change! Change! Change!
Jing Yue, Li Longpeng, Chen Fenghua, Zhang Zhiqi.
Each of them led five Golden Core disciples, attacking from all sides, breaking into the formation.
As soon as they entered the formation, heaven and earth transformed. Moments ago, Purple Cloud Mountain was calm, but now, winds howled, and thunder roared.
It became as dark as dusk, the sun and moon lost their light.
Grim and tragic, chaotic and bewildered.
Heavenly thunder ignited earthly fire, and spirits of ghosts and gods wept!
It was precisely — Extinguish Heaven and Annihilate Earth!
Hearing this formation’s name might sound unfamiliar, but another name would certainly ring a bell — the God Sealing Ten Extinguishing Arrays.
Although in the World of Dao and Law created by Laojun, there was no division between the Mysterious Gate and the Three Teachings, nor the calamity of gods being sealed during the era of Shang and Zhou, there were still “Ten Righteous Gods who hasten clouds and protect rain in the Department of Thunder.”
These Ten Gods also practiced array formation, known as the Ten Peerless Formations of the Thunder Department, which were simplified and left to the mortal realm.
What Xu Yang laid out now was the combination of the “Heaven Extinguishing Array” and the “Earth Annihilation Formation” — the Extinguish Heaven and Annihilate Earth Array.
What was the power of this formation like?
Let’s see what happened to everyone.
Old Ancestor Jingyue, with his Nascent Soul cultivation, stepped confidently into the formation.
But then, Yang Yun swirled about, and thunder struck from the heavens.
Above, deadly lightning descended; below, Earthfire surged.
The interaction of heavenly thunder with Earthfire formed an instant deadly attack.
Jingyue’s pupils constricted as he quickly activated his mana, conjuring a protective umbrella above his head to shield himself.
It turned out to be a high-grade magical treasure.
A high-grade magical treasure was extraordinary by itself, and with the boost of Nascent Soul mana, it revolved, emitting brilliant Spirit Light that unwound the mix of Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Fire. Not only did it protect Jingyue himself but also allowed those behind him to avoid the calamity.
However…
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
Explosions sounded from all directions; thunder and fire intertwined.
Without such a magical treasure or such mana, the result for others was different.
Aside from Zhang Zhiqi, Li Longpeng, and Chen Fenghua, three Great Golden Core Elders of the later stage, the accompanying Golden Core cultivators faced the calamity of lightning and fire and suffered misfortune, being blasted to pieces.
Indeed:
The Earth Annihilation Formation shaped the impure and heavy; above was merciless lightning, below was unforgiving fire.
Pity the cultivators who formed their Golden Cores, unable to escape the formation and perishing like evaporating smoke.