The human heart harbors great desire.
The filth of great evil hatches from the desires within the human heart, breeding in the depths of the Sea of Consciousness, blending seamlessly with the heart and mind, like a poppy flower blooming, continuously spreading. Protected by the Divine Lordâs Divine Skills, it can remain unnoticed, even concealing itself from the Heaven Void.
Originally, everything was foolproof...
If it werenât for that damned brat Mo Hua from Taixu Gate, who transformed Divine Thought into a sword, cutting open the Sea of Consciousness with one stroke, these toxic desires would never have emerged and fallen into these ancestorsâ eyes.
"That damned kid truly deserves a thousand cuts!"
Elder Shen gritted his teeth immediately, "Things are exposed, we canât wait any longer..."
His right hand, hidden within his sleeve, suddenly turned pale, transforming into a demon claw, which directly snapped off his own left arm, tearing skin and flesh, and extracted a segment of White Bone from the gory mess.
Elder Shen muttered a sinister mantra.
On the White Bone, red light flickered faintly, as if Formation Patterns were being activated.
But in the next instant, a sword light suddenly slashed over, directly severing Elder Shenâs right arm, blood splattering, interrupting his mantra recitation.
Elder Shen suffered backlash, spitting blood, turning his head to see Elder Shen of Qian Taoist Sect in the Feather Transformation Realm, pointing a sword at him.
Surrounding him, Elder of Formation Arts from Qian Taoist Sect had set up a Formation, sealing off all perimeters.
Several other Feather Transformation Realm Sword Cultivation Elders from Shen Family also pointed their swords at Elder Shen, encircling him completely.
Elder Shen said indifferently, "Regarding the matter of Solitary Mountain City, my Shen Family has thoroughly investigated and discovered traces of you, Elder Shen, behind it."
"On orders from the Old Ancestor, Iâve specially kept my eyes on you. Youâd better not make any reckless moves; I can leave you a life to answer the Old Ancestorâs questions."
"If you dare make any unrestrained move, youâll be dismembered by ten thousand swords on the spot. Be wise with yourself."
Elder Shen grinned, blood in his mouth, tongue moving.
"Courting death!"
Elder Shenâs gaze sharpened, immediately thrusting a sword, cold light flashing, its tip pierced through Elder Shenâs tongue, exiting from the back of his head, sinister blood dripping along the sword tip, corroding the ground like poison.
Yet, even so, Elder Shenâs tongue kept moving, emitting obscure and ancient tones.
Elder Shenâs pupils shrank, quickly said:
"Join forces! Annihilate him completely!"
The surrounding elders of Qian Taoist Sect dared not hold back, unleashing sword and Taoist skills collectively, aiming to kill Elder Shen where he stood.
Drenched in blood, tongue pierced by a longsword, Elder Shen sinisterly smiled, tongue still moving, uttering two words.
These two words were rather indistinct but echoed eerily in the hearts of all present:
"Too late..."
The White Bone of Elder Shenâs left arm suddenly cracked, with red light glaring, and the Formation Patterns above merged into the void, functioning as a "key" to connect to the Large Formation.
Then, a blue light flashed, and Elder Shen instantly vanished.
The killing moves of the Qian Taoist Sect elders all struck empty space, failing to obliterate Elder Shen.
Elder Shen was enraged yet powerless.
But just when Elder Shen, utilizing the fifth-grade Large Formation, was about to transmit away.
Above the Sword Observation Tower, Old Ancestor of Shen Familyâs expression cooled, with a swipe of hand, a Sword Qi merged into the void, reappearing over Mount of Tao, severed space mid-air, slicing Elder Shen, who was about to escape but not completely gone, directly in half.
Elder Shenâs Escape Skill was forcibly disrupted.
His body, severed in two halves, was further grotesquely twisted by the spatial fracture and turbulence, becoming a bloody, distorted, and ugly mess.
But even so, Elder Shen seemingly wasnât dead yet.
His two halves of flesh remained vital, wriggling as if to remerge and continue their escape.
In Dongxu Hall, the one-eyed Old Ancestor instantly shouted:
"Damn mongrel!"
He grasped with bare hand, the void trembled, a large Bronze-colored hand materialized around Elder Shen.
With a squeeze, the void shattered, along with Elder Shenâs two lumps of flesh and blood, crushed to pieces, bones and flesh breaking, even the sinister filthy blood evaporated by the Void Power.
The Feather Transformation Realm "Elder Shen" thus died, truly leaving no corpses or bones behind, not a single drop of blood remained in the world.
Yet after obliterating Elder Shen, the one-eyed Old Ancestorâs demeanor wasnât relaxed.
He didnât feel like having "killed" something, but more like having crushed a bloody maggot.
And just as Elder Shen, when all flesh and blood perished.
A loud "buzzing" sound resonated between heaven and earth.
This is Spirit Roar.
Generated during the operation of a Large Formation, when vast Spirit Stones are consumed and transformed into Spiritual Power torrents, akin to the roaring sea waves.
This means the fifth-grade Mount of Tao Large Formation has started operating again.
Moreover, this timeâs Spirit Roar, as before, was immensely loud, shaking the hearts as it signifies the Mount of Tao Large Formation is operating at full force.
The sky flashed once more, covering heaven and earth.
The vast Void Power cycled in the sky, awe-inspiring and fear-inducing.
However, this time, the light differed from before.
The Formation was merely circulating, showing no sign of murder intent.
The spectators, the cultivators, all showed confusion at this unknown occurrence.
While the numerous Heaven Void Ancestorsâ expressions changed drastically, sensing major calamity.
Previously, the Formationâs operation was to counter the Heaven Void Dharma Phase, to protect disciples of sword discussionâmainly the little monster Mo Hua of Taixu Gate.
Also to shield all spectators on Mount of Tao from being affected by the terrifying Spirit Tide during Heaven Void confrontations.
Though protecting Mo Hua displeased these ancestors, it was the normal rule of the Formationâs operation, and they couldnât object to it.