Vibrant spiritual energy gathered as the aura around Tai Lingxuan surged layer by layer.
The unique Law pressure belonging to the Great Ascension Realm swept out in all directions without reservation.
Tai Lingxuan had broken through!
Feeling that sudden explosion of power—an aura that made his very soul tremble—Long Zhizheng was completely stunned.
A Great Ascension Realm cultivator before the age of 50!
Such talent… it was simply unheard of!
In this moment, Long Zhizheng truly felt the touch of something called death.
“Wait, wait a minute!”
Long Zhizheng panicked and hurriedly shouted at Tai Lingxuan, “Sect Master Tai! I think there might be some misunderstanding between us… That, back then, it was I who pleaded for mercy on your behalf. That is why you are where you are today, and why the Acacia Sect still exists… I—I am the Great Elder of the Qiankun Sect! You cannot kill me! Can we… can we make peace?”
Tai Lingxuan remained deaf to Long Zhizheng’s pleas for mercy.
Her expression was cold, and her eyes looked down at him with disdain.
Within those beautiful eyes, now frosted over, she made no effort to hide her bone-chilling killing intent.
The spiritual energy around the woman began to surge violently like boiling water.
At this moment, her aura had soared countless times higher than before.
Above in the sky, the wind and clouds changed color as tribulation clouds began to roll and gather.
“Long Zhizheng, you deserve to die!” she whispered.
‘Long Zhizheng, you deserve to die!’ That was the only thought in Tai Lingxuan’s mind.
What Great Elder of the Qiankun Sect?
She no longer cared at all.
The Starry Billow Silk floating around Tai Lingxuan flickered with spots of piercing, star-like brilliance.
The silk began to entwine and transform automatically, turning into a long spear covered in a layer of biting frost and golden Law patterns in the blink of an eye.
With a light flick of her finger, the spear vanished from before her!
When it reappeared, the tip of the spear had silently crossed a distance of 100 feet and was right before Long Zhizheng’s eyes.
Long Zhizheng gritted his teeth hard.
Feeling the threat of the spear, a flash of madness crossed his eyes.
He immediately roared, “Stop it for me!”
The God Puppets connected by purple threads moved instantly.
Figures that were incredibly familiar to Tai Lingxuan stepped forward without hesitation to block the spear that carried endless killing intent.
Tai Lingxuan bit her lip so hard that blood seeped out.
Tears fell from her eyes like rain, blurring her vision, but the intensity of her attack did not diminish in the slightest!
At the same time, her left hand quickly drew out three talismans that flickered with golden light.
Spiritual energy surged from her fingertips, and the three talismans shattered simultaneously.
The runes upon them flowed out, transforming into three thumb-sized, gold-shining dragon scales.
With the scales as the center, three True Dragon Phantoms, each 10 feet long, emerged.
The True Dragon Phantoms let out a roar that shook the world.
Then, rippling through space, they transformed into three golden arrows and shot toward Long Zhizheng together!
Although Long Zhizheng defended with all his might, he was still struck by the three dragons, causing him to spray out a large mouthful of blood.
On the other side, Tai Lingxuan’s mind connected with the Silent Annihilation Array, and the vast spiritual energy of the Great Ascension Realm began to pour into it frantically!
Inside the array, the Law blades that were already powerful enough became even more condensed and terrifying.
Shimmering with a heart-palpitating golden luster, they began to madly shred toward Long Zhizheng and those God Puppets!
The frost spear formed by the Starry Billow Silk mercilessly pierced through the first few God Puppets.
Those figures were impaled, frozen, and then shattered by the erupting spiritual energy, turning into dust.
But immediately, more God Puppets rushed forward, using their mindless bodies to buy Long Zhizheng a moment to breathe.
Seeing the array’s execution becoming more intense and Tai Lingxuan’s attacks turning even more lethal, a look of resolve and madness flashed in Long Zhizheng’s eyes.
“Since you insist on forcing me, Tai Lingxuan, I shall fight you to the death today!”
Roaring, Long Zhizheng suddenly bit the tip of his tongue and sprayed a mouthful of essence blood into his palm.
Then, his hands formed a strange and complex hand seal, and a dense blood-red glow surged around him.
[Qiankun Formula — Forbidden Reversal!]
A sharp hiss escaped Long Zhizheng’s mouth, sounding like a scream of agony.
But after the sound subsided, an aura far exceeding his previous state exploded forth.
Long Zhizheng’s spiritual energy, which had been suppressed and nearly exhausted from defending, began to surge wildly, taking on a sinister blood-red hue.
However, as his blood-red spiritual energy soared, the skin on his body rapidly shriveled, and his hair turned white in an instant.
What he was performing was the forbidden secret technique of the Qiankun Sect—a killing method paid for by burning one’s own essence blood and lifespan.
Long Zhizheng slammed his fists forward.
The blood-red spiritual energy transformed into two giant hands that grabbed the foundation of the Silent Annihilation Array—specifically, two of the flags within it.
…
Roaring, Long Zhizheng unleashed his full power, forcibly shifting those two flags and tearing a hole in the Silent Annihilation Array.
This opening was not enough to lift the suppression on his spiritual energy, but it caused the Law blades within the array to flicker and dim, losing their offensive momentum.
And he could take this opportunity to launch an attack!
He opened his mouth, which was dripping with dark red essence blood.
At the same time, dozens of medicinal pills shimmering with various lights appeared before Long Zhizheng; he bit down, crushing them all.
Blood-red hands began appearing around Tai Lingxuan.
They were only the size of normal arms, but each hand held a spiritual tool.
The grades of these spiritual tools varied, but the lowest was no less than Rank 4, and their types were extremely diverse.
Furthermore, some hands were rapidly forming seals and incantations, manifesting other techniques.
Sabers, spears, swords, halberds, lightning, and thunder.
Although the various attacks were simple, they all carried the golden power of the Laws.
Like raindrops, Tai Lingxuan immediately recalled the Starry Billow Silk for defense.
But under this continuous barrage of attacks, she was forced back step by step, finding it difficult to hold her ground.
“Kill!”
Inside the array, Long Zhizheng looked like a mad demon.
His hair stood on end, and in his hand appeared a blood-red longsword emitting a foul, wicked aura.
This blade was an Eighth-rank malicious weapon he had obtained while crusading against a demonic sect.
This weapon had slaughtered millions and sacrificed countless living beings.
Although the weapon was an evil object, its power was undeniably immense.
Though it was technically forbidden, Long Zhizheng had secretly refined it as one of his trump cards.
At this moment, he couldn’t care about anything else.
If Tai Lingxuan didn’t die, he would.
A massive blade qi condensed, transforming into a giant weapon 100 feet long.
As if it intended to split the world in two, it carried an indomitable power, shattering the space along its path as it slashed down toward Tai Lingxuan, who was currently preoccupied with the onslaught of blood-red hands.
On the blade, a terrifyingly malevolent intent born from the blood of countless lives slammed into Tai Lingxuan’s soul.
The resentment and wails of those thousands of beings caused a sharp, stabbing pain.
“Ah…”
Tai Lingxuan’s mind shuddered, and she lost her focus for a moment.
Seeing this, a fierce light flashed in Long Zhizheng’s eyes, and he immediately exerted his strength.
Countless blood-red hands reached out from all directions, instantly seizing Tai Lingxuan’s limbs, waist, and legs in a death grip.
Despite her sudden realization of the danger, she was unable to break free for a time!
“Die!”
Long Zhizheng grinned hideously.
He raised the longsword high above his head, pouring all the remaining spiritual energy in his body into it.
With a momentum that seemed capable of destroying heaven and earth, he slashed down at the bound Tai Lingxuan!
Tai Lingxuan’s heart trembled.
She wanted to flee, but there was nowhere to go.
Watching the blade shadow fall, she felt a clear sense of impending death.
‘Am I really going to die here?’
‘In the end, I still can’t avenge Master, Senior Sister, and my Junior Sisters…’
‘Absolutely not!’
Tai Lingxuan gritted her teeth.
The forbidden technique from the Acacia Formula that involved burning one’s life force surfaced in her mind.
But just as she intended to activate and circulate it, five talismans emitting a soft glow flew out automatically, beyond her control.
Before she could react, the five talismans shattered simultaneously!
Tai Lingxuan was stunned.
‘Is this… automatic protection? Do these talismans actually possess their own intelligence?’
Boom!
The massive blood-red blade shadow collided violently with the Law barrier formed by the talismans, producing a deafening explosion!
The blade shadow shattered inch by inch, and a violent energy shockwave expanded outward.
Before Tai Lingxuan, a faint golden Law shield flickered.
Though its light was dim, it had ultimately blocked the strike.
Seeing this, Long Zhizheng’s eyes bulged.
He felt a sweetness in his throat and suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood, his face full of disbelief.
“How! What on earth are those talismans! My desperate final strike… was actually… actually neutralized!”
Long Zhizheng found it impossible to accept.
As a cultivator at the third level of the Great Ascension Realm, he had burned his essence blood and lifespan, exhausted his spiritual energy, and even used a malicious weapon for a supreme strike, yet he couldn’t even kill someone who had just broken through.
In fact, the strike hadn’t even injured her.
At this moment, although Tai Lingxuan’s heart was filled with surprise and confusion, now was clearly not the time to investigate!
Her gaze turned sharp, and the spiritual energy within her body erupted without reservation, shaking her surroundings!
The shockwave of spiritual energy shattered the blood-red hands that were still gripping her!
The instant she broke free, Tai Lingxuan did not hesitate.
Using her divine sense to control the Silent Annihilation Array, she barked, “Now… die!”
With the infusion of her spiritual energy, the space within the array began to twist violently.
Hundreds of Law blades condensed by the array appeared.
No longer a chaotic mess, they launched a frenzied assault toward Long Zhizheng!
Blades clashed and Laws roared.
The space within the entire array continued to collapse and reconstruct incessantly!