mtl008 Chapter 1712
Chapter 1712
The lotus flowers on the ground slowly rose upwards, their petals swirling with a crushing force that seemed to tear the heavens and earth apart; the lotus flowers above spun rapidly, like an inverted dome descending upon them.
These two lotus flowers of the Great Dao, after nearly seventy years of enlightenment and refinement by Chen Xuan, have long been transformed. The killing power they unleash at this moment far surpasses any of his previous attacks.
They moved up and down, like two millstones grinding against each other, instantly trapping the massive body of the Nine Nether Hound in the center.
Such a perilous turn of events caused the expressions of Jin Hu, Yin Long, and the others in the main formation to change drastically. Jin Hu shouted sharply, "Everyone, pour all your magic power into this spell! Watch me break it!"
Jin Hu shouted urgently, his hands forming hand seals with lightning speed, creating afterimages as his fingers moved in and out of place.
As he channeled his spiritual power, the Nine Nether Hound roared fiercely, its roar shaking the void. Its two giant claws, covered in dark scales, lashed out with the power to tear through the wind and waves, fiercely clawing and scratching at the water and fire lotus that was being lifted up below.
However, despite the flying claws and splashing winds, the water and fire lotus that slowly rose to the top remained completely still.
The flames and water on the petals intertwined and flowed, as if transforming into an unbreakable barrier that deflected all attacks.
In battles between cultivators, victory or defeat is often decided in the blink of an eye. The time Chen Xuan gave them to react was merely the time it took for his two claws to rise and fall.
The attack failed to break the lotus. While everyone in the formation was still shocked by the lotus's resilience, it was too late for the Nine Nether Hound to gather more spiritual power and unleash an even stronger divine ability.
“Puff—”
"Buzz buzz buzz ——"
“Puff, puff, puff—”
The water-fire lotus suddenly expanded, instantly engulfing the massive phantom of the Nine Nether Hound. The petals intertwined and spun, as if countless invisible strangling forces were spreading outwards. The Hound's originally solid, mountain-like outer skin shattered in response, and the black mist dissipated in all directions, revealing the dense array base points inside, shimmering with spiritual light, like a honeycomb with its outer shell peeled off.
Chen Xuan had no intention of killing anyone—his real purpose in setting up the formation was to find the lurking Nalan Qingtian. However, he did not expect that these people would activate the formation to break it without asking any questions, so he thought of teaching them a lesson.
The two lotus flowers, imbued with the ultimate power of the Taiyin and Taiyang realms, represent his profound understanding of the Great Dao accumulated over nearly seventy years. He is only a hair's breadth away from fully mastering them, and their power is already comparable to the Dao techniques of a True Immortal.
Using a True Immortal-level technique at the Anti-Void Realm level is undoubtedly a dimensional reduction attack on these hundreds of thousands of Yuan Divine Realm and Anti-Void Realm cultivators.
"How can this be?!"
Jin Hu, Yin Long, the girl in the black dress, and the others watched helplessly as the array patterns on the Nine Nether Hound's skin shattered and disintegrated inch by inch, and its control over the sacred array rapidly diminished like a tidal wave.
A backlash, seemingly overwhelming, surged through their spiritual energy channels and rushed to their throats. They forced back the blood that welled up in their mouths, barely managing to prevent the battle formation from collapsing instantly.
But defeat was inevitable – they knew better than anyone that if Chen Xuanzhen wanted to kill them, the combined formation would have already been reduced to dust by the lotus flowers.
"How can you be so strong?!" Jin Hu's voice trembled uncontrollably as he looked in terror at the white-haired, straw-hatted figure on the Chaos Pass. "How could you break through the super combined formation set up by hundreds of thousands of cultivators with just two lotus flowers? Who exactly are you?!"
Chen Xuan sneered and remained silent. With a slight movement of his fingertips, he manipulated the lotus to continue erasing the remaining outer skin patterns of the Nine Nether Hound.
Only after completely tearing apart the enormous phantom, revealing the thousands of panicked and chaotic cultivators inside, did the lotus slowly wave its hand to dissipate its power.
Countless cultivators coughed up blood, plummeting to the ground like kites with broken strings. Gazing at the young man standing with his hands behind his back above the pass, their eyes held no trace of their previous arrogance, only utter terror.
Only now did they truly understand that the person before them was someone they could not afford to provoke.