parentshiftbook Chapter 1996 Blocking out the sky and the sun
Chapter 1996 Blocking out the sky and the sun
Chapter 1996 Blocking out the sky and the sun
On the mountain peaks outside the formation, the demonic cultivator Su Zelin sensed the terrifying aura containing the essence of the Earthly Dao Foundation and subconsciously turned around to look in the direction from which the aura came.
When he finally saw the figure that stepped from the distant horizon and solidified into a tangible form, the surprise on Su Zelin's face instantly turned into awe.
He immediately composed himself, bowed slightly, and said respectfully in a humble tone, "Lord Bing, you've arrived!"
The newcomer wore a dark black robe with dark gold patterns. He was not tall, and even somewhat thin, but standing there, he seemed like an unshakable ancient demonic mountain.
Bing Huiang glanced indifferently at Su Zelin and nodded slightly in response.
His gaze then passed over Su Zelin and landed on the shimmering, interconnected array below, which was suppressing Ming Zeyang and the other two into a perilous situation. His cold eyes were full of scrutiny.
Inside the great formation, Ming Zeyang, who was struggling to hold on and whose protective barrier was about to shatter completely, immediately sensed Bing Huiang's undisguised terrifying aura.
He looked up abruptly, and when he saw that the person was Bing Hui'ang, his face, which had been filled with despair and death, instantly blossomed with an almost manic joy.
It was as if, while falling into an endless abyss, one suddenly grasped an unbreakable lifeline.
"Lord Bing, please save us!"
Ming Zeyang used all his strength, his voice trembling violently with extreme excitement and anticipation:
"This child is incredibly strange. Despite only having the cultivation level of the late stage of the fifteenth rank, he somehow learned such a heaven-defying formation, whose power is terrifyingly unparalleled. If we do not eliminate him today and allow him to grow, he will surely become a major threat to our Black Fiend City in the future, causing endless harm! Lord Bing!"
When Su Zelin appeared just now, Ming Zeyang had a glimmer of hope, but more than that, he felt uncertain and uneasy.
He knew that Su Zelin was a cautious person and would not necessarily risk his life to save them.
However, Bing Hui'ang is different. Bing Hui'ang is a top expert who has forged the foundation of the Earthly Dao. His strength is far beyond that of ordinary fifteenth-level limit experts. Even if he is suppressed in this realm, the power he can unleash is still unfathomable.
Su Zelin was afraid of falling into this strange formation, worried that he might also be trapped inside, or even follow in their footsteps, but Bing Huiang had absolutely no such concerns.
The absolute difference in strength determines the fundamental difference in mindset and way of doing things.
In Bing Hui'ang's eyes, this formation might be exquisite and powerful, but the one who set it up was ultimately only at the late stage of the fifteenth level, with limited power foundation. With his absolute strength at the Earthly Origin Dao Foundation level, he could easily overpower all opponents and forcefully break the formation.
With Bing Hui'ang's help, they will surely be saved, and may even be able to kill that strange kid.
Upon hearing Ming Zeyang's shouts, Wang Hanxiu and Pang Licheng, who were standing nearby, also seemed to have grasped a last chance for survival and echoed him desperately.
"Lord Bing, it's not that we are weak, but this boy's formation is too strange and evil, its power far exceeding common sense. We must kill him to prevent future troubles!" Wang Hanxiu's voice was sharp, filled with fear and resentment.
"Please, Lord Bing, lend us your help! We will never forget your life-saving grace!" Pang Licheng's voice was distorted with urgency.
The three demonic cultivators, desperate to survive, no longer cared about face or dignity. They placed all their hopes on Bing Hui'ang.
At the edge of the formation, the slight sense of relief and joy that Le Boyang had just felt from Chen Fei's display of divine power vanished completely the moment he sensed Bing Hui'ang's overwhelming and heavy demonic power.
“The Earthly Dao Foundation…it was actually the demon who forged the Earthly Dao Foundation…” Le Boyang murmured to himself, his voice barely audible.
The oppressive and despairing feeling emanating from the newly appeared demonic cultivator in the distance was strikingly similar to the Destroyer Venerable in his memory, who had once swept across the Xuan Yu Realm, leaving all living beings in the Xuan Yu Realm helpless.
Back then, a single Destruction Venerable almost destroyed the Xuan Yu Realm.
Now, this terrifying being is actually joining forces with four other level 15 ultimate demon cultivators to besiege the great formation set up by Chen Fei.
This is simply... this is simply...
Le Boyang subconsciously looked at Chen Fei beside him. At this moment, Le Boyang no longer had any thought of burning himself to save Chen Fei's life.
It wasn't that he was afraid of death, but that in the face of such an absolute power disparity, his meager sacrifice was utterly meaningless, unable to even delay the inevitable for a moment, and would only become a laughable footnote.
He couldn't help at all; all hope, or rather... the final outcome, rested solely on Chen Fei's shoulders.
Outside the formation, Bing Huiang listened to the wails and pleas for help from Ming Zeyang and the other two, his face revealing an undisguised contempt and impatience.
"Humph!"
Bing Hui'ang let out a cold snort, the sound not loud, but like a biting winter wind, it swept through everyone's hearts:
“This boy must be killed, but you three… have also greatly disappointed me. You are at the peak of the fifteenth level of cultivation, yet you were forced to this point by a junior in the late stage using an array. You have utterly disgraced my Black Fiend City!”
Before he finished speaking, Bing Hui'ang's withered right hand suddenly shot out, and a giant black mace covered with jagged barbs, with an enormous head and exuding a savage and violent aura, appeared out of thin air in his hand.
"break!"
Bing Huiang made no fancy moves; he simply swung his spiked club and smashed it down on the dazzling array below.
"Boom!"
With a single blow, the world lost its color, as if the entire sky had collapsed with that blow.
A pure, domineering, and overwhelmingly terrifying power, like a dam bursting in the heavens, poured down upon the great formation, causing the space to groan under its unbearable weight and revealing spiderweb-like black cracks.
Seeing Bing Huiang make his move, Su Zelin, who was standing to the side, naturally dared not just stand by and watch. A white bone paper umbrella that looked fragile but actually emitted a strange suction force appeared in his hand.
The paper umbrella spun rapidly, and countless twisted, venomous black demonic rays shot into the sky like locusts, following closely behind Bing Hui'ang's world-destroying staff shadow, and swirling towards the linked array.
Faced with the combined onslaught of a powerful Earthly Foundation stage cultivator and a fifteenth-level ultimate demonic cultivator, Chen Fei, at the center of the formation, remained calm, but a hint of solemnity flickered in his eyes.
Chen Fei suddenly formed an extremely complex hand seal in front of him, so fast that it left behind many afterimages.
"Buzz!"
In the next instant, the entire massive interconnected array suddenly erupted with a dazzling, blinding light, and all the array patterns shone brightly at that moment.
Chen Fei's figure, amidst the intense light, suddenly blurred like a bubble, and in the next moment, completely vanished from the spot.
Almost at the same time, not far behind Bing Huiang and Su Zelin, Chen Fei's figure appeared out of thin air.
The moment Chen Fei appeared, the interconnected array behind him, which should have remained in place, instantly transformed from solid to ethereal, disintegrating into countless streams of light. These streams, carrying Ming Zeyang and the other two within, instantly coalesced and reconstructed around Chen Fei.
The initial form of the linked grand formation, with Chen Fei at its core, was about to unfold again, trapping Bing Huiang and Su Zelin within it.
"Ok?"
Having forged a foundation in the Dao of Earth and possessing extremely keen spiritual senses, Bing Hui'ang immediately sensed something was amiss the instant Chen Fei's figure disappeared and the space behind him began to fluctuate abnormally.
He felt a chill run down his spine. This exquisite use of spatial rules and the ability to instantly shift formations at will were completely beyond his expectations.
This kid is really weird!
Despite having absolute confidence in the strength of his Earthly Dao Foundation, Bing Hui'ang possessed the caution and suspicion characteristic of demonic cultivators. He would never risk venturing into a mysterious and unpredictable formation.
Without any hesitation, Bing Huiang easily stopped the follow-up force of the spiked club, and his figure retreated rapidly away from the nascent formation.
On the other side, Su Zelin reacted only half a beat slower than Bing Huiang.
He saw Bing Hui'ang retreat, and his trust in Bing Hui'ang led him to make the same choice without hesitation, immediately leaving the spot.
"Swish swish swish!"
However, just as Su Zelin moved, preparing to transform into a demonic shadow and escape, a vast, all-encompassing shadow, like a flock of crows returning to their nest, suddenly surged out from the void behind him without warning.
There were hundreds of talismans of various colors. These talismans were not random, but rather interconnected, forming a complex and dangerous talisman battle array that emitted a terrifying and destructive energy wave that swept towards him in an overwhelming manner.
Su Zelin's expression changed drastically, and alarm bells rang in his mind. Faced with this sudden and incredibly powerful array of talismans blocking his way, Su Zelin did not choose to stop and confront it head-on.
He suddenly channeled his demonic energy into the white bone paper umbrella in his hand.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
The paper umbrella emitted a shrill shriek, and its spinning speed increased dramatically in an instant.
On the umbrella, countless agonizing and twisted demonic shadows emerged, opening their maws and spewing out dense, dark demonic light to protect his body.
Su Zelin planned to withstand some of the damage from the talisman array and force his way through.
Bing Huiang, who was in front, naturally sensed the talisman array sweeping in from behind, but he did not slow down his retreat at all.
Bing Huiang didn't even turn his head. He simply swung his spiked club backward, and a condensed, pitch-black club shadow flew out of his hand, like a roaring demonic dragon, and slammed into the array of talismans.
"boom!"
Bing Hui'ang's staff shadow, powerful enough to shatter a plane, accurately struck the center of the talisman array.
However, the expected scene of the talisman array shattering did not occur. The talisman array was like a willow catkin without substance, or an incredibly resilient vine net. At the moment of contact with the shadow of the stick, it was not destroyed, but instead cleverly stuck, attracted, and bounced.
It actually borrowed part of the terrifying power of Bing Hui'ang's blow, and the speed of the entire talisman array suddenly increased, instantly crossing the last distance and enveloping Bing Hui'ang and Su Zelin before they could completely escape.
"Buzz!"
The next moment, all the talismans shone brightly, instantly disintegrating and reforming into countless rings of light shimmering with imprisoning runes, which layered upon each other and fit tightly around Bing Huiang and Su Zelin.
A powerful force of sealing and confinement erupted instantly.
Bing Huiang frowned. He hadn't expected that this seemingly offensive and interceptive array of talismans was actually designed to transform into this incredibly tough confinement ring.
As countless halos descended, a powerful and eerie sealing force instantly permeated his limbs and bones, directly imprisoning his movements.
"break!"
Bing Huiang was filled with shock and anger. His Earthly Dao Foundation shook violently, and the vast demonic energy surged like a burst dam, impacting the halo around him. The halo vibrated violently, emitting a piercing buzzing sound, and its light flickered erratically before it began to collapse.
Su Zelin also let out a fierce roar, and the white bone paper umbrella emitted a bright magical light.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, a spatial tremor, far more magnificent and deep than before, resounded from above their heads.
Bing Huiang and Su Zelin looked up and saw that the linked array, which had just begun to take shape behind them, had now crossed the distance and appeared around them again.
Five-colored light soared into the sky, the stars in the heavens slowly rotated, and the power of the earth's veins permeated all directions.
The enormous formation, like the inverted sky, enveloped the two of them instantly with irresistible force.
Of the hundreds of talismans Chen Fei had previously engraved, aside from those used for attack, the vast majority were special talismans that, while seemingly weak, were extremely adept at binding, trapping, and slowing down enemies.
These talismans, though individually limited in power, when combined into a talisman array, create an effect of confinement and entanglement that can buy Chen Fei that crucial moment at a critical juncture.
At this very moment, just like now, they successfully dragged the two demonic cultivators, Bing Huiang and Su Zelin, into the linked array.
"Youngster, how dare you play tricks on this old man like this!"
Trapped in the formation, surrounded by the shattered aura of talismans, Bing Huiang felt utterly humiliated.
He forged his Earthly Dao Foundation, making him virtually invincible within the fifteenth rank. He had never been led around like this by a junior in the late fifteenth rank during a battle.
"die!"
Bing Hui'ang let out a roar that shattered the void, ignoring the talismanic aura around his body, and poured all his power into the giant wolf-tooth club in his hand without reservation.
"Buzz!"
The spiked club emitted an extreme booming sound, its size growing wildly, transforming in the blink of an eye into a towering, earth-shattering, barbed, and ferocious world-destroying demonic pillar.
Bing Huiang gripped his spiked club, carrying a terrifying power capable of crushing stars and annihilating all laws. Ignoring the starlight that filled the space, he smashed the club down directly towards Chen Fei at the center of the formation.
This strike, unleashed in fury, was far more powerful than the previous attack on the array wall.
Before the staff even arrived, the sheer power and pressure caused the space around Chen Fei to begin to distort and collapse.
Seeing Bing Hui'ang erupt, Su Zelin on the other side did not dare to be negligent in the slightest. He let out a sharp shriek, and the white bone paper umbrella in his hand spun like lightning. The thousands of demonic shadows carved on the umbrella surface seemed to come alive and let out a mournful roar.
Ten thousand ghosts devour souls!
Dense, dark demonic energy surged from the umbrella, transforming into tens of millions of grotesque, toothless ghostly figures. Like a burst dam of the Styx, they emitted piercing screams and swarmed towards Chen Fei in an overwhelming manner.
These demonic shadows are formless and intangible, specializing in breaking magic arrays and attacking the soul; they are extremely vicious.
Ming Zeyang, Pang Licheng, and Wang Hanxiu, who were originally in dire straits inside the formation, were initially shocked to see Bing Huiang and Su Zelin also trapped inside. Then, they all breathed a sigh of relief and even felt a secret joy.
Now Bing Hui'ang could no longer stand idly by and had to do everything in his power to break the formation, greatly increasing their chances of survival.
The three exchanged a glance, then without hesitation removed the crumbling primordial shield, transforming all their remaining demonic energy, along with the last bit of power gained from burning their divine souls, into their strongest attack.
The Mingzeyang Blood Tower reappeared and crashed down with a deafening roar.
Pang Licheng's demonic halberd tore through the sky, while Wang Hanxiu's battle axe unleashed a heaven-splitting force.
In an instant, five level 15 ultimate demon cultivators, one of whom was even a full-force attack from the Earth Origin Dao Foundation, came from different directions like five destructive apocalyptic meteors, carrying the will to crush everything, and locked onto the lonely figure in the green robe at the center of the array.
The energy within the entire linked array instantly went berserk, and a destructive tidal wave engulfed every inch of space. Chen Fei was like a small boat in a raging sea, at risk of being torn to pieces at any moment.
Faced with this deadly situation that could instantly annihilate any fifteenth-level peak cultivator, Chen Fei's solemn face showed no sign of panic. His hands suddenly drew an unfathomable trajectory in front of his chest, forming a completely different hand seal.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The entire Zhou Tian Star Slaughtering Immortal Array suddenly emitted a deafening roar, and the starlight rain that had been pouring down inside the array earlier instantly surged to a new level in power.
Every raindrop transformed into a condensed, supremely powerful sword aura, its intent soaring to the heavens. Countless sword auras converged into a destructive galaxy, pouring down upon the land.
Only now has Chen Fei fully unleashed the true power of this attack formation, which is centered on killing and destruction.
In the next instant, the destructive galaxy composed of billions of Immortal Slaughtering Sword Qi collided with the devastating attack launched by the five demonic cultivators without any fancy moves.
"Boom!"
A deafening roar, beyond description, suddenly erupted, a sound that transcended the limits of hearing and directly shook the very soul of every being.
At the center of the collision, space rippled violently, revealing the pitch-black void behind it. A terrifying energy storm raged wildly in all directions, crashing fiercely against the light walls surrounding the linked array.
"Buzz buzz!"
The entire massive, seemingly solid array suddenly trembled violently, its five-colored light flashing wildly, and massive ripples like a tsunami spreading across its walls.
Despite their fierce resistance, Ming Zeyang, Pang Licheng, Wang Hanxiu, and Su Zelin's attacks were ultimately defeated by the destructive force of the starry river.
However, Bing Hui'ang's massive, devastating wolf-tooth club displayed absolute and overwhelming power.
The sword energy of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword struck the club, producing a dense clang of metal against metal, scattering sparks and demonic energy everywhere, but it was still unable to break through the thick layer of earth elemental foundation power on the surface of the spiked club, which was like the membrane of the earth.
The giant club, unstoppable, slowly but firmly tore through the galaxy, relentlessly crushing towards Chen Fei.
The absolute difference in their levels of understanding was now laid bare.
"Humph!"
Bing Huiang let out a cold sneer, his eyes filled with disdain and killing intent: "Is this all the confidence you had in scheming to trap me in this formation? If that's all, then you can... die in peace!"
The mace's power intensified, pressing down with increased speed. The terrifying pressure caused Chen Fei's robes to flutter wildly and his hair to dance wildly.
At the heart of the formation, Chen Fei remained silent. He calmly raised his eyes to meet Bing Hui'ang's murderous gaze.
"Boom..."
"Boom..."
"Boom..."
A series of low, slow footsteps suddenly and clearly reached the ears of everyone present from around the great formation.
The footsteps weren't loud, but they carried a strange penetrating power, overpowering the sound of the energy explosion and resonating deep within everyone's hearts.
Bing Hui'ang's cold smile involuntarily faded.
(End of this chapter)