Cultivation starts from simplifying the exercises

Chapter 1997 Locking in the Universe
Bing Huiang never expected that this chain formation, after already demonstrating the terrifying killing power of the Zhou Tian Star Immortal Slaughtering Formation, would have a hidden trump card.

In that instant, Bing Hui'ang recalled Ming Zeyang and the others' desperate cries, "If this kid isn't eliminated, he'll become a great threat." At the time, he hadn't taken it seriously and even scoffed at their incompetence, but now, Bing Hui'ang suddenly understood.

They were five level 15 ultimate demonic cultivators. Even if the rules of this world suppressed them and gave the formation an advantage, the power limit of a formation set up by a level 15 late-stage cultivator should never have reached such a heaven-defying level.

The complexity, energy levels, and endless variations exhibited by this interconnected array were simply beyond the control of a late-stage fifteenth-level cultivator.

Just who is this kid?
On the other side, when Ming Zeyang and the other three heard the muffled footsteps, they instinctively looked in the direction of the sound, trying to see through the fog of the formation to understand this sudden change.

Just now, when the Zhou Tian Starry Sky Immortal Slaying Formation unleashed its full power, the billions of Immortal Slaying Sword Qi surged like a reversed galaxy, instantly shattering the three of them's desperate attacks, leaving them terrified.

I thought that with Bing Hui'ang's absolute strength as a Di Yuan Dao Foundation cultivator, breaking the formation, even if it required some effort, would not be difficult.

But they never expected that the formation had other hidden tricks up its sleeve.

Of the four demonic cultivators, the one with the most complex, bitter, and even regretful feelings was Su Zelin.

He originally had the opportunity to leave; when he first noticed the strangeness of the formation, he had already considered retreating.

If it weren't for the arrival of Bing Hui'ang, a powerful expert at the Earthly Origin Foundation stage, he would have already fled thousands of miles away. Why would he be in this desperate situation where he has a slim chance of survival?

Now, Bing Hui'ang has been dragged into this mess, but they are now completely trapped.

Despite the overwhelming sense of unease in his heart, Su Zelin dared not show the slightest abnormality on his face. He forcibly suppressed his panic and kept his eyes fixed on Bing Huiang's direction.

At this moment, Bing Huiang still exuded overwhelming power, and the demonic might of his spiked club remained undiminished. Clearly, he was far from being at his wit's end, which was the last glimmer of hope in Su Zelin's heart.

If Bing Hui'ang can break through the formation barrier and kill the formation master as soon as possible, then this crisis can be easily resolved.

At the edge of the great formation, Le Boyang stared blankly at the ever-changing situation in the center of the battlefield, feeling as if his mind had been tossed about wildly on the edge of a precipice, experiencing several great ups and downs.

Every time he thought he was in dire straits with no way out, Chen Fei would always manage to pull him back from the brink of despair in a way he could not understand.

Le Boyang knew that this was not because his mental state was insufficient, but because... everything happening before his eyes was too beyond the realm of common sense.

In his understanding, nothing like this had ever happened in the Xuan Yu Realm since ancient times.

It should be noted that the power of the Destroyer Venerable, who swept across the Xuan Yu Realm and was invincible back then, was remarkably similar to that of the demonic cultivator before him.

Back then, all the powerful figures in the Xuan Yu Realm joined forces, yet they couldn't do anything to the Destruction Venerable. Even the Heavenly Profound Venerable was initially forced to retreat. But now, Chen Fei not only withstood a being similar to the Destruction Venerable, but also four other level 15 limit experts.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The heavy footsteps, like the heartbeat of a giant, grew closer and louder until finally, six towering figures broke through the energy mist and spatial folds that permeated the center of the formation, clearly appearing before everyone.

Those were six giants, each about ten feet tall, carved from divine stones covered with natural Dao patterns.

They are ancient in form and have blurred faces, as if they have undergone the baptism of endless years, but each one exudes a majestic aura as heavy as a mountain and as vast as the sea.

Its energy fluctuations were so strong that they reached the peak of the fifteenth level.

They stood silently in the formation, their invisible pressure forming a continuous mass, as if suppressing and solidifying the entire space.

The moment Bing Huiang sensed the aura of the six Chaos Stone Men, his expression turned extremely gloomy, even carrying a hint of barely perceptible solemnity.

He sensed more clearly than Ming Zeyang and the others that these stone figures were not simple energy puppets; their cores were perfectly integrated with the great formation, as if they were part of the formation itself.

"We must kill this child first before we can break the formation!"

A thought exploded in Bing Hui'ang's mind: once the array master dies, no matter how exquisite the array or how powerful the stone figures are, they will become rootless and their power will be greatly reduced.

"Break it for me!"

Bing Huiang held nothing back any longer. His Earthly Dao Foundation was running wildly, and demonic flames soared into the sky around him. The giant wolf-tooth club in his hand expanded once more, and the demonic patterns on the club moved like venomous snakes that had come to life.

Bing Huiang's arm muscles bulged, unleashing a terrifying power that seemed to split the heavens and earth, and his spiked club slammed down fiercely towards the array wall in front of Chen Fei with an even more ferocious momentum.

"Shh! Shh! Shh!"

Just as the spiked club was about to crash down with earth-shattering force, three Chaos Stone Men that were closest to it instantly teleported over with an astonishing speed completely disproportionate to their massive bodies, forming a triangular shape and firmly blocking the spiked club and Chen Fei.

At the same time, the endless sword energy of the Immortal Slaying Sword in the surrounding space was summoned by an invisible force and rapidly converged in front of the three stone figures, condensing into a giant sword shield with starlight and Immortal Slaying runes flowing on its surface.

"boom!!!"

Bing Hui'ang's mace, swung in fury, slammed solidly into the Star Sword Shield, which combined the power of the three stone men with a portion of the power of the Zhou Tian Star Immortal Slaughtering Array.

A deafening explosion, louder and more muffled than any previous collision, suddenly erupted, and a terrifying sonic wave visibly swept outwards.

The three chaotic stone figures trembled violently, their chaotic light flashing rapidly. Their feet seemed rooted to the spot, forcefully stopping the spiked clubs that seemed capable of shattering stars in mid-air, preventing them from advancing an inch.

Meanwhile, the other three Chaos Stone Men simultaneously locked onto Ming Zeyang, Pang Licheng, Wang Hanxiu, and Su Zelin.

They slowly raised their giant arms made of chaotic divine stones, and the Immortal Slaying Sword Qi from the surrounding space once again swarmed in, condensing and compressing in their palms, transforming into three giant Immortal Slaying Light Swords that were as solid as a substance and whose killing intent soared to the sky.

On the sword's blade, stars swirled and immortal-slaying runes shone, emanating a terrifying aura that annihilated all life.

The next moment, the three stone figures simultaneously wielded the Immortal Slayer Sword.

There were no fancy moves, only the simplest, most direct, and most violent slashes. Three destructive sword beams that traversed the sky tore through the void and slashed directly at the four demonic cultivators.

Wherever the sword energy passed, a dark gap silently appeared in the space behind it.

Ming Zeyang, Pang Licheng, and Wang Hanxiu felt the extreme killing intent and destructive power contained in the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Qi, which far surpassed the previous Immortal Slaughtering Sword Qi. Their faces instantly turned ashen, devoid of any color.

They instinctively looked in Bing Hui'ang's direction, but to their despair, they saw that Bing Hui'ang was currently being held tightly by the other three stone figures. Although the spiked club was incredibly powerful, it was impossible for him to break through the combined defense of the stone figures and the sword and shield in the short term, and he had no way of being able to spare any effort to save them.

Self-preservation was their only option.

But... how can we save ourselves?
In order to withstand the previous Star-Slaying Immortal Sword Qi, they had already burned almost all of their own essence at any cost.

That attack just now was the strongest power they had ever exerted by squeezing out their potential. They were already at their limit, and even if they forced themselves to exert their strength, the attacks they could unleash would not be stronger than the one before.

Now, facing the Immortal-Slaying Slash of the Chaos Stone Golem, what can they use to resist it, and what can they use to save themselves?

As for Su Zelin, although he had not burned his source energy before and still retained most of his strength, he was still filled with a sense of powerlessness and fear when asked to directly confront the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Qi unleashed by one or even more stone men.

"Roar! Let's fight them!"

"I'm not reconciled!"

Despair reached its extreme, which instead aroused the ferocity and madness in Ming Zeyang and his companions' bones. The three of them let out hysterical roars, their eyes filled with bloodshot veins and madness.

They relentlessly squeezed out the last bit of demonic energy from their bodies, even burning the remaining fragments of their divine souls, and held the already dimmed demonic weapons—the Blood Tower, the Demon Halberd, and the Battle Axe—firmly in front of them.

They attempted a last-ditch effort, hoping for a miracle.

Spurred by the life-or-death crisis, Su Zelin dared not hold back in the slightest. He let out a sharp cry and ignited the primordial demonic energy he had been cultivating without hesitation.

"Buzz!"

The white paper umbrella in his hand instantly turned from white to red, becoming a deep, glistening crimson.

An intensely dense, bloody aura surged into the sky, and countless wailing phantoms of blood souls appeared on the umbrella's surface. Su Zelin held the Blood Soul Demon Umbrella, strengthened by burning his own essence, firmly in front of him, pouring in his demonic energy without reservation, and erecting a thick layer of blood-red light shield.

Faced with dire circumstances, the four demonic cultivators made their final struggles.

And those three immortal-slaying giant swords that decide life and death have already descended.

"boom!"

Ming Zeyang's already dim blood tower, Pang Licheng's battle halberd with broken magic patterns, and Wang Hanxiu's giant axe with chipped edges were as fragile as children's toys in front of the magnificent and unstoppable blade of the Immortal Slaughtering Greatsword.

"Crack!"

A series of ear-piercing cracking sounds rang out. Almost the instant the three demonic weapons touched the sword's edge, they were shattered and disintegrated by the power of the star-like killing force contained within the sword and the immense power of the stone golem, turning into demonic energy that filled the sky.

The thick blood soul shield that Su Zelin had painstakingly built up by burning his very essence only lasted for less than a breath before it shattered under the relentless impact and erosion of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Qi, letting out a mournful cry of despair.

With their weapons destroyed and their protective shields broken, the four demonic cultivators were completely exposed to the deadly blades.

"Pfft!"

The sword's edge sliced ​​through Ming Zeyang and the others' demonic bodies without any resistance. Those demonic bodies, which had been tempered and should have been incredibly tough, were easily cut and torn apart by the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Qi, just like a hot knife cutting through oil.

Immediately afterwards, countless tiny fragments of Immortal Slaying Sword Qi surged from mid-air, instantly engulfing their remains.

In the blink of an eye, the four demonic cultivators, whose cultivation had reached the limit of the fifteenth level, had their physical bodies and demonic souls completely wiped out of this world by the destructive sword aura storm.

Both body and spirit perish; with death comes the dissipation of the Dao!
"boom!"

On the other side of the battle, Bing Huiang roared repeatedly, his black wolf-tooth mace radiating immense demonic power. He seized an opportunity and slammed the mace hard into the shoulder of a Chaos Stone Golem that was facing him head-on.

"Crack! Bang!"

The stone figure's incredibly hard, chaotic divine stone body was actually smashed into pieces by this blow containing the power of the Earthly Dao Foundation, and half of its body collapsed.

The chaotic light on the stone man's surface flickered rapidly, dimmed considerably, and his movements became noticeably sluggish.

Bing Hui'ang's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he was about to press his advantage and completely shatter the damaged stone statue.

However, at that very moment, Bing Huiang clearly sensed the energy fluctuations in the distant battle group suddenly subsided, as well as the complete disappearance of life force from Ming Zeyang and the other three.

Bing Huiang's expression suddenly changed, transforming from his previous rage and ferocity into a solemnity that even he himself was unwilling to admit.

died?

How could those four guys not even last that long?

Although Bing Huiang looked down on the strength of Ming Zeyang and his companions from the bottom of his heart, at this moment, when he truly felt the complete annihilation of those four auras, a chilling coldness still involuntarily crept up his spine.

Previously, the attack power of this chain formation needed to deal with the five demonic cultivators at the same time. Although the main pressure was on him, Ming Zeyang and the other three undoubtedly shared a considerable portion of the formation's power, especially the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Qi derived from the Zhou Tian Xing Chen Immortal Slaughtering Formation.

Now that all four have been wiped out, it means that all the attack power of the entire formation can be concentrated on him without any further dispersion.

Even though Bing Hui'ang had forged the Earthly Dao Foundation and his strength far exceeded ordinary limits, he was still no match for the all-out attack of such a top-tier, ever-changing, and powerful linked array...

"Damn it!" Bing Huiang cursed inwardly, a wave of regret and frustration washing over him.

He had to admit that he had really misjudged the situation this time.

He severely underestimated this array cultivator with only the late stage of the fifteenth level of cultivation, and severely underestimated this seemingly insignificant interconnected array.

The power and difficulty of this formation have completely exceeded his initial expectations.

To leave oneself alone inside such a mysterious and unpredictable formation was undoubtedly the biggest and most fatal mistake in this battle.

A sense of crisis washed over Bing Hui'ang like an icy tide, instantly engulfing him. He knew he could no longer remain trapped in the formation and had to rush out immediately.

"break!"

Bing Hui'ang let out a deafening roar, a ruthless and resolute glint flashing in his eyes. He held nothing back and unhesitatingly ignited the Earthly Origin Dao Fundamental Source that he had painstakingly cultivated within his body.

"Boom!"

A dark, demonic flame, far more violent and profound than before, surged from his body. The giant mace in his hand, infused with this primordial demonic flame, became even darker, as if it had transformed into pure darkness that devoured all light.

On the shaft of the staff, those ferocious barbs grew wildly, emanating a terrifying aura that sent shivers down one's spine.

"die!"

Bing Huiang's arm muscles bulged as if about to burst, pouring all the immense power he gained from burning his own essence into his spiked club, and then swept it out horizontally.

"Oh!"

The first to be hit was the chaotic stone golem whose body had already been half smashed by him.

The stone figure was already severely damaged, and it was completely unable to withstand this suddenly powerful and furious attack. The massive stone body let out a mournful cry and exploded, turning into countless chaotic-colored fragments that scattered in all directions.

The spiked club continued its relentless advance, like a black storm of destruction, before crashing down on the second Chaos Stone Golem.

The stone figure roared, crossed its arms, and held the Immortal Slaughtering Sword and Shield in front of it, its chaotic light shining brightly as it attempted to withstand the attack.

"Crack! Boom!"

However, in the face of an absolute power disparity, all resistance is futile.

This intact stone figure only lasted a moment longer than the first one before following in its footsteps, being smashed into pieces by a single blow.

The spiked club, carrying the residual force of shattering two stone figures, crashed violently into the third chaotic stone figure that was trying to stop it.

"Boom!"

With a deep, resounding boom like a giant drum, the third stone figure was clearly prepared, concentrating its power into a single point and bracing its arms tightly against the spiked club.

However, it was still shaken by the terrifying force transmitted from the staff, causing its massive body to violently tilt backward, staggering and sliding backward, carving two deep furrows in the ground, and the light on the surface of the stone body flickered rapidly.

The three stone figures' blockade was forcibly torn open by Bing Hui'ang's explosive power, which burned his very essence.

"It's now!"

Bing Huiang's eyes flashed with a sharp light. Without hesitation, he instantly broke free from the entanglement of the remaining stone figure and appeared in front of the array light barrier that was flowing with five-colored light closest to him.

Bing Huiang gripped the black spiked club tightly with both hands, pouring all his strength, including the terrifying energy gained from burning his own essence, into it without reservation, and then slammed the club down hard on the seemingly indestructible array wall.

At this moment, Bing Hui'ang's goal is very clear.

Kill that cultivator? He had temporarily suppressed this thought.

This guy's formation is unpredictable, and he has a lot of hidden cards up his sleeve. It would be too difficult to kill him in a short time, especially since he is on the opponent's home turf. There are too many variables.

The most urgent task is to get out of this damned formation.

Once outside the formation, with his absolute strength and speed advantage from his Earthly Dao Foundation, he will have complete control of the situation.

Whether to continue seeking opportunities to break through enemy lines and kill them, or to flee far away when things look bad, will be up to him to decide.

"boom!!"

A deafening roar suddenly erupted, causing the entire chain formation to tremble violently, as if the sky itself was about to be pierced by this blow.

The section of the array wall that was hit instantly dimmed to its lowest point, and its surface twisted and dented violently.

"Crack!"

Immediately afterwards, a crisp cracking sound clearly reached Bing Hui'ang's ears.

A fine, spiderweb-like crack appeared on the array wall and was rapidly spreading and expanding.

"It's done!"

Bing Huiang's eyes instantly lit up with joy. However, just as he was overjoyed, a series of incredibly loud flapping sounds suddenly rang out from inside the array.

"Buzz buzz!"

The next moment, in Bing Huiang's eyes, countless strange beetles, each the size of a fingernail and entirely green, emerged from the cracks in the array wall.

The number of these beetles was as numerous as a green tide.

They pounced on the crack, opened their sharp mandibles, and bit directly into the gap in the wall, forcibly sewing the gap shut.

The barrier began to heal and repair itself at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"What the hell is that? Get the hell out of my way!"

Just as his hope of escape was within reach, it was blocked by a swarm of inexplicable insects. Bing Huiang was filled with shock and rage. He roared and was about to swing his spiked club again to smash these damned insects and the array wall to pieces.

But just as he raised his arm, before his power was fully gathered, a terrifying, overwhelming force, filled with destructive power, surged forth from the void behind him without warning, like a raging torrent bursting its banks.

It surged fiercely toward his back with an overwhelming force, as if locking the fate of the world and leaving no room for escape.

At that moment, the hairs on Bing Hui'ang's entire body stood on end.

(End of this chapter)