abnabooks Chapter 1994 Killing the Immortal
Chapter 1994 Killing the Immortal
Chapter 1994 Killing the Immortal
Chen Fei did not continue searching for the demonic cultivator, but stood still, sensing the changes in his own soul state after killing the demonic cultivator.
A sense of ease, like warm spring water, quietly permeated the very essence of his soul, and the heavy and viscous oppressive force from the rules of the Thousand-Petaled Demon Lotus Realm loosened slightly.
Chen Fei discovered that the reduction in soul suppression gained after killing demonic cultivators was more pronounced than that gained from obtaining the Origin Lotus Seed.
The Thousand Lotus Demon Realm is practically telling you that if you want to recover more power and gain a greater advantage in this realm, then go fight and kill.
The stronger and more numerous the beings you slay, the greater the reward the rules of this world will bestow upon you, and the more constraints will be removed from you.
"This is probably the root cause of why the demon who first triggered the Blood Fiend Reflection and has now killed forty people is killing faster and faster and more and more frantically."
Chen Fei raised his gaze slightly, looking at the largest and most ferocious blood-red demonic spot in the sky.
The constant killing brings greater power and less suppression.
Greater power enables more efficient killing, creating a positive cycle tailor-made for killers, until one side is completely wiped out.
Despite having seen through the essence of the rules and realizing that killing could unlock his own power more quickly, Chen Fei did not immediately turn around to find his next prey.
Sharpening the axe won't delay the work of chopping wood. After successively killing four fifteenth-level demonic cultivators, Chen Fei clearly felt that the divine soul power he could mobilize was enough to support him to nest a brand new array and integrate it into the existing composite system.
The interconnected array beneath our feet has reached its maximum power under the current rules of the Thousand Lotus Demon Realm after multiple optimizations and integrations.
To further enhance the power of the linked array and to deal with potentially more powerful enemies in the future, new forces must be added and new arrays must be nested within it.
With the decision made, the next question arose: what direction should the new formation take?
The options are actually very clear, with only two core directions: extreme attack or absolute defense.
As for illusion arrays? In today's environment where direct combat and quick victories are necessary, they are no longer of much significance.
As for teleportation formations, the existing Earth Vein Void Formation is already sophisticated enough, taking into account concealment, endurance, and short-range tactical mobility, so there is no need to add anything superfluous for the time being.
Chen Fei's fingertips unconsciously tapped lightly inside his sleeve as his mind raced through the different scenarios that the two choices might lead to.
Chen Fei's concerns mainly stemmed from his top-level enemies.
"With the current power of the Chain Formation, if I were to encounter a level 15 ultimate demonic cultivator who has forged the Earthly Dao Foundation, I could trap and kill him within the formation."
Chen Fei calmly assessed the situation: "But what if more than one level 15 ultimate demonic cultivator simultaneously breaks into the formation? For example, a Foundation Establishment Earth cultivator, along with one or two ordinary level 15 ultimate cultivators?"
"At that time, the pressure that the great formation will have to withstand will increase exponentially. Will our current strength still be enough to handle it? Can we defeat them one by one before they can break the formation together, or annihilate them all?"
Thinking of this, Chen Fei frowned slightly, a hint of caution flashing in his eyes.
The difficulty in judging lies in the inability to accurately estimate how much of the divine soul suppression those top demonic cultivators had relieved through slaughter, and to what extent their true strength had been restored.
The greatest risk lies in the unknown.
"If we choose to nest a large defensive formation at this time, then with the greatly enhanced defensive power of the formation, even when facing multiple powerful enemies at the same time, we can rely on the formation to sit back and relax."
Then, by utilizing the resilience of the formation, we can gradually wear down the enemy's strength and eventually kill them within the formation.
"And the safest option is..."
Chen Fei's eyes lit up slightly: "In case the worst-case scenario really happens, and the enemy is stronger than we can imagine, and even the enhanced defensive array can hardly withstand the combined attack, then the precious time gained by the sturdy barrier will be enough for me to calmly leave the array, escape thousands of miles away, and get out of danger."
Choosing a defensive strategy seems to imply a higher margin of error and a more secure escape route.
"but……"
Chen Fei's brows furrowed unconsciously, because of the fluctuations in the primordial lotus seed in his sleeve, and also because of the current situation in the Thousand-Petaled Demon Lotus Realm. The balance that had just tilted towards defense began to swing back again.
"Fighting in a fixed area for too long will inevitably cause a huge disturbance, attracting many demonic cultivators from the surrounding area. At that time, I'm afraid it won't be me who wears down the enemies inside the formation, but rather the ever-increasing number of demonic cultivators who arrive and slowly exhaust and break through my formation."
"At that time, even the chance of escaping will probably become slim."
On the ever-changing battlefield, speed and absolute power are often more important than sturdy shields. With overwhelming force, the threat within the formation is completely crushed before enemy reinforcements arrive.
"so……"
The hesitation in Chen Fei's eyes vanished: "We must choose to attack the main formation. Only with the ultimate attack can we control the rhythm of the battlefield and firmly grasp the initiative in our own hands."
Having made up his mind, Chen Fei no longer hesitated. His hands suddenly formed a complex and ancient hand seal in front of him, and he chanted deep and mysterious syllables, as if communicating with the will of the unseen.
"Buzz!"
As Chen Fei completed the hand seal, the Nine Luminaries Protective Spirit Array within the formation was activated first, emitting a dazzling starlight.
Immediately afterwards, countless star runes containing the rules of killing, war, and death were drawn from the void, like summoned stardust, flowing from Chen Fei's fingertips and hovering in mid-air.
These runes are no longer the gentle, protective starlight of the Nine Luminaries Array, but instead present a cold hue interwoven with dark red, blazing white, and ghostly blue, exuding a pure killing intent that makes one's soul tremble.
They intertwined and combined, gradually forming the prototype of a brand-new formation, the Zhou Tian Xing Chen Luo Xian Formation.
This formation is nested alongside the Nine Luminaries Protective Spirit Formation, originating from the same source, yet their functions are quite different.
The Nine Luminaries Array draws in gentle "protective spirit" star power, while the Celestial Star Slaughtering Immortal Array governs the "slaughtering immortal" star power rules of killing, war, and death.
Its attacks will be imbued with the pure power of stellar calamity, extremely yang and powerful, and have a devastating effect on all evil spirits, demons, ghost cultivators, and other such beings.
Its manifested starlight will be like billions of sword beams that slay immortals, invincible and unstoppable.
"go with!"
Chen Fei pointed forward with his fingers like a sword.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
In mid-air, the countless star runes radiating a chilling killing intent seemed to receive a final command, transforming into streaks of light that precisely entered and merged into the light barrier of the Nine Luminaries Protective Spirit Array.
"Boom! Buzzing!"
The two great arrays, which shared the same origin but had vastly different attributes, began to merge deeply. In an instant, the entire linked array experienced a violent energy surge.
The originally stable flow of five-colored radiance and starlight halo experienced a strong conflict and rejection.
The light on the array's light barrier flickered wildly, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, and even began to twist and wrinkle violently, just like when the earth vein void array was nested before. The forces of different attributes were colliding and grinding together, searching for a new balance point.
Chen Fei had anticipated this violent shock caused by the nesting of formations and the conflict of forces, and had prepared a way to deal with it.
Chen Fei's ten fingers danced rapidly like butterflies flitting among flowers, casting a series of profound hand seals that precisely penetrated several key nodes of the grand formation.
Under Chen Fei's precise control, the originally violent and conflicting power of the five elements, the earth vein energy, the guardian star radiance, and the newly injected power of the Immortal Slaughtering Star Tribulation began to be gradually guided and operated according to a completely new trajectory.
"Om..."
The amplitude of the array's vibrations began to decrease at a visible rate, and the flickering light gradually became stable and regular. After a while, the entire complex array finally calmed down completely.
Only deep within the shimmering array walls, occasionally a few dark red or blazing white points of cold starlight would flash by, emanating a chilling aura of slaughter.
Chen Fei slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, closed his eyes, and deeply integrated his mind with the completely renovated composite array, carefully sensing and assessing its ultimate power at this moment.
A powerful and sharp force, seemingly capable of severing all obstacles, filled Chen Fei's perception. Compared to before the new array was nested, the array's sharpness had increased by more than one level.
Whether he could contend with a fifteenth-tier ultimate demonic cultivator who had forged the Heavenly Origin Dao Foundation remained uncertain for Chen Fei after a moment's contemplation. The extent to which such a being had removed its suppression in this realm and the degree to which its strength had recovered were too many variables.
"But if two or three level 15 ultimate demonic cultivators were to break into the formation at this moment, even if one of them were a powerful expert who had forged the Earthly Origin Dao Foundation, it would be enough to capture them all and kill them one by one!"
The enhancement of the Zhou Tian Star Immortal Slaying Formation has brought the formation's instantaneous explosive power and penetrating power to a whole new level, enough to tear through their defenses and secure victory before the opponent can react and form an effective combined force.
With a thought, Chen Fei's figure suddenly blurred and disappeared from the spot.
The massive composite array flashed with light, rapidly contracted, and transformed back into the "Dragon Pearl" that shimmered with earthy yellow, silvery white, and specks of cold starlight, silently sinking into the earth.
Thousands of miles away, in a devastated, scorched valley.
Le Boyang knelt on one knee, breathing heavily, his face as pale as paper, large beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, mixing with blood and smearing onto the mud below, which was soaked in demonic blood.
His right arm had completely disappeared below the shoulder.
The severed area was a bloody mess, entwined with wisps of inky black, corrosive demonic energy that was constantly eroding his life force, preventing the wound from healing, and bringing excruciating pain.
Le Boyang's only remaining left arm held a luminous white ruler formed from his own pure Yuan energy, held horizontally in front of him. The ruler trembled slightly, emitting circles of defensive aura.
Le Boyang's gaze was fixed intently on what lay ahead.
There, the demonic cultivator Kuang Yingmo stood on a boulder, his demonic energy surging around him, his aura fierce, and a smile on his face like a cat playing with a mouse.
In his hands, he was playing with several pieces of bone that had just been removed from Le Boyang's right arm.
Both sides are at the mid-stage of the fifteenth level of cultivation, but the current situation is one-sided, with the former suppressing the latter.
In the Xuan Yu Realm, Le Boyang's cultivation technique is known for its illusionary arts, making him a first-rate practitioner within the Xuan Yu Realm.
However, once he arrived at the Primordial Continent, a place teeming with powerful individuals, especially when facing the Black Fiend City demonic cultivators with their incredibly rich combat experience, the power of his illusion techniques suddenly became insufficient to exert their true advantage.
Even more fatally, Kuang Yingmo had obtained significantly more Origin Lotus Seeds in this realm than he had. This meant that Kuang Yingmo experienced less suppression of his divine soul in this realm, allowing him to unleash greater true combat power.
With the balance of power shifting, the two sides exchanged blows for only a dozen breaths before Le Boyang's defenses were completely breached, costing him an arm in the process.
"Hey hey hey..."
Kuang Yingmo let out a low, smug laugh, his scarlet tongue licking his lips as his gaze greedily swept over Le Boyang: "Trash! With your paltry tricks, you dare to fight me?"
Kuang Yingmo took a step forward, his demonic power pressing down on Le Boyang like a heavy mountain: "Be smart, hand over the primordial lotus seed on your body, and kowtow to me a few times to beg for mercy and admit defeat."
"Maybe... if I'm in a good mood, I might take pity on you and spare your life, and let you get out of here, how about that?" Kuang Yingmo's voice was full of insult and mockery.
Le Boyang gritted his teeth and remained silent, simply pouring all his remaining Yuan energy into the luminous white ruler in his left hand without reservation.
"Buzz!"
The ruler emitted a soft hum, its body radiating light. Illusory ripples spread rapidly from the ruler's center, enveloping the surrounding space.
The surrounding scenery began to blur, overlap, and distort; the light became bizarre and surreal; the air seemed to turn into a viscous liquid; and Le Boyang's figure became indistinct and difficult to pinpoint amidst the ripples.
"Hmm? Still trying to put up a stubborn resistance?"
Kuang Yingmo's sneer deepened: "Don't want to beg for mercy? Then I'll personally crush your head, hold your neck down, and make you kowtow to your heart's content!"
Kuang Yingmo laughed wildly, his demonic energy surging around him. He was about to ignore the illusionary ripples and forcefully rush in with absolute power to completely tear Le Boyang apart.
However, just as Kuang Yingmo was about to take the first step...
"Buzz!"
A surge of primordial lotus seed energy unexpectedly rushed in from a certain direction. Its quantity far exceeded the meager harvest of just two seeds in his hand.
Kuang Yingmo abruptly stopped, his arrogant smile freezing instantly, replaced by a look of surprise and doubt.
He subconsciously turned his head, trying to sense the source and direction of the fluctuation. Before he could figure out the direction, a figure in a green robe appeared silently on the open ground in the distance, as if he had been standing there from the beginning.
The newcomer had a calm expression and a serene gaze, quietly watching him.
"You just said how to step on a head?"
A calm, undisturbed voice, yet seemingly imbued with some invisible pressure, slowly rose and clearly reached the ears of the two present, overpowering the wind and the howling of demonic energy in the valley.
"Chen Fei?"
Le Boyang turned his head sharply and saw that familiar figure. His pale face instantly lit up with an unbelievable look of surprise. The joy of escaping from a desperate situation surged into his heart.
When they discovered the late-stage 15th rank aura emanating from Chen Fei, they were momentarily stunned. They hadn't expected Chen Fei to have successfully broken through. The key question was, how did Chen Fei break through?
Could there really be a high-ranking spiritual talent within the Thousand-Petaled Demon Lotus Realm? And why would the demonic cultivators who control the Thousand-Petaled Demon Lotus Realm be so kind?
Completely different from Le Boyang's surprise and bewilderment, the demonic cultivator Kuang Yingmo did not hesitate at all after seeing the undisguised aura of the newcomer at the late stage of the fifteenth level. He didn't even dare to utter a harsh word.
Kuang Yingmo unleashed all his potential, his demonic energy burning wildly, transforming into a streak of black light, and at the fastest speed he had ever seen, he frantically shot away in the opposite direction from Chen Fei.
Le Boyang and Benyuan Lotus Seeds were completely forgotten at this moment.
When faced with an existence whose realm surpasses one's own, running away is the only option; if one is even a fraction slower, the fate of being annihilated, body and soul, is likely to be sealed.
"Oh? Such a rich aura of primordial lotus seeds! How many fellow cultivators from Black Fiend City have you killed to accumulate such an astonishing number?"
A voice, indifferent and aged, yet imbued with majesty and terrifying oppression, seemed to emanate from the depths of the netherworld, suddenly resounding throughout the entire valley.
Along with this sound, a domineering and powerful demonic pressure at the limit of the fifteenth level surged into the sky from behind a distant mountain range, instantly enveloping the area.
The sky suddenly darkened, and dark clouds rolled in.
Under this terrifying pressure, Kuang Yingmo, who was frantically fleeing, suddenly stopped, as if he had crashed into an invisible wall. But instead of being frightened, his face instantly revealed a look of wild joy.
"Hahaha, Heaven hasn't forsaken me! Heaven hasn't forsaken me!" Kuang Yingmo shouted wildly in his heart, his face filled with the joy of surviving a disaster.
"Chen Fei, run!"
On the other side, the moment Le Boyang sensed the terrifying demonic power of the fifteenth-level limit, his expression suddenly changed from astonishment to deathly terror, and his voice was distorted due to extreme fear.
Le Boyang never expected that the desperate situation would come so quickly and so suddenly.
Just moments ago, I was overjoyed by Chen Fei's appearance and breakthrough, but in the blink of an eye, a demon at the limit of the fifteenth level descended.
The syllable "run" in Le Boyang's altered tone had not yet completely faded.
"Run? Heh... Where can you run to within this Thousand-Petaled Demon Lotus Realm? Possessing so many Origin Lotus Seeds, yet your cultivation is only this level, your demise is only a matter of time!"
Another cold, sharp sound, like the scraping of metal, echoed from another direction in the valley.
"boom!"
Immediately afterwards, two terrifying demonic powers at the 15th-tier limit, no less powerful than the first and even more violent and bloodthirsty, erupted from that direction like two plumes of smoke, soaring straight into the sky.
Three streams of demonic pressure, reaching the limit of the fifteenth rank, rose from three different directions, like three towering pillars, firmly sealing the entire valley, along with Chen Fei, Le Boyang, and Kuang Yingmo, within it.
Le Boyang stood frozen in place, his body as cold as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and even his blood seemed to be frozen.
The terror, despair, and last struggle on his face vanished completely, leaving only a deathly gray.
Three... a total of three level 15 ultimate demonic cultivators, plus Kuang Yingmo, a level 15 mid-stage demonic cultivator.
Ten deaths and no life!
A complete and utter dead end!
There was no chance of survival, no way out, and even struggling seemed ridiculous and futile.
An immense despair, like the deepest darkness, slowly devoured Le Boyang's consciousness.
Facing the terrifying pressure from three level 15 ultimate demon cultivators, who were like three ancient demonic mountains pressing down from three directions, Chen Fei's face showed no despair or panic.
His eyes remained calm as still water, but a cold, sharp glint flashed within that calm depths.
Without a word, just as Le Boyang was filled with despair, Chen Fei took a step forward and appeared in front of Le Boyang in a blur.
Chen Fei reached out his right hand and grabbed Le Boyang's only remaining left arm.
"go!"
A low shout, like a thunderclap, exploded in Le Boyang's almost frozen mind.
The next moment, a flash of azure light appeared around Chen Fei, and a surge of powerful Yuan energy enveloped the two of them, transforming them into a streak of azure light that flew towards the gap with all its might.
"Ah……"
A light, disdainful laugh, seemingly tinged with boredom, slowly drifted through the air.
The demonic cultivator Ming Zeyang suddenly appeared behind Chen Fei and extended his palm forward.
As he extended his palm, the entire space in front of him seemed to instantly transform into viscous amber.
The air froze, the light distorted, and an invisible yet boundless force of confinement spread and enveloped Chen Fei and his companion at a speed exceeding that of escape light.
(End of this chapter)