Cultivation starts from simplifying the exercises

Chapter 1998 Sweeping Through the Army
Bing Huiang subconsciously turned around and saw that the Chaos Stone Man, which he had smashed with tremendous force, was now standing perfectly intact in the same spot.

Their bodies were filled with chaotic light, forming a unified whole, as if they had never suffered any damage, and even their aura had not weakened in the slightest.

At this moment, six towering Chaos Stone Men had formed a battle formation and appeared behind him, raising their giant light swords, which were formed from the power of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, high once again.

On the sword's edge, stars swirled, and the aura of slaughter soared into the sky.

"Get out of my way!"

With his retreat blocked and surrounded by powerful enemies, Bing Huiang was filled with shock and anger, letting out a hysterical roar. He abandoned his plan to break through the wall immediately, because that would expose his defenseless back.

Bing Huiang suddenly twisted his body, pouring all his anger and power into the spiked club in his hand.

The spiked club flashed with dark light, its demonic flames burning fiercely. With a simple, sweeping strike, it met the six Immortal-Slaying Giant Swords that were slashing down from all directions.

This strike, unleashed in fury, embodies the supreme power of his Earthly Dao Foundation and the resolute will to burn his very essence.

"boom!!"

The six swords and the staff collided violently together without any fancy moves.

The sound of the collision was so sharp it pierced eardrums, and so muffled it shook the soul, as if two enormous stars were crashing together at extremely close range.

A devastating energy shockwave, centered on the point of impact, exploded wildly in all directions in a spherical shape. Wherever it passed, even the array space itself groaned and groaned under the immense strain.

Bing Hui'ang's ferocious face suddenly changed. An indescribable, terrifying force, like billions of ancient demonic mountains pressing down simultaneously, slammed into his body through the spiked club.

Bing Huiang let out a muffled groan, and for the first time, his powerful demonic body, which had been forged with the foundation of the Earthly Dao, was violently thrown back uncontrollably. His feet stomped backward repeatedly, and each step he took was like an earth dragon rolling.

Bing Hui'ang, who had been overwhelmingly powerful since the start of the war, has for the first time fallen into a disadvantageous position in a head-on confrontation.

Moreover, this was after he had already burned a portion of his essence to increase his power.

The six chaotic stone figures, shaken by the immense force, trembled in unison, and the downward momentum of their Immortal Slaying Greatswords was momentarily halted.

However, it was only for a moment. In the next instant, the entire linked array suddenly lit up, and the vast天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) and array energy surged into the six stone figures like rivers flowing into the sea.

The stone body shone brightly, instantly stabilizing its position.

"Buzz!"

The six Immortal-Slaying Swords once again unleashed a dazzling burst of killing starlight.

Before the sword even arrived, the invisible force field formed by the sword intent and power condensed to the extreme had already pressed down on Bing Hui'ang's body as if it were a tangible object.

Bing Huiang's face turned extremely gloomy at this moment, even slightly bluish. He gripped the spiked club tightly, his knuckles turning white from the excessive force.

Deep within his violent, demonic eyes, a trace of fear, which he himself was unwilling to admit but could not suppress, quietly emerged and quickly spread.

If he remained inside this bizarre and appalling array, facing the relentless onslaught of these six stone monsters, he would likely perish here.

Moreover, he perished at the hands of an "ant" whose cultivation level was only at the late stage of the fifteenth rank.

"untie!"

Bing Hui'ang suddenly spat out a cold character, and all the source energy in his body burned. The next moment, the pitch-black demonic flames that had shot up from his body suddenly surged back like a tide and were completely absorbed into his body.

Bing Hui'ang's unbridled and powerful aura suddenly dropped.

On the surface, Bing Huiang's power seemed to have diminished, but in reality, it was not because he was exhausted, but because he had perfectly compressed and controlled all the power he had unleashed and the source of his burning energy within his body, without revealing a single trace of it.

This ensures that every bit of power can unleash its strongest destructive force at the most crucial moment.

Bing Huiang gripped the increasingly dark and deep spiked club tightly with both hands, his eyes as cold as ancient ice. He slowly raised his arm, his movements as heavy as a mountain, and then poured all the power he had compressed into his body into the club.

"break!"

With a low growl, the spiked club was swung out silently. There was no earth-shattering force, no ear-ripping shriek, only an extreme, concentrated sense of destruction that chilled the heart.

Where the spiked club slashed, the space seemed to shatter like thin ice being crushed by an invisible force, revealing the dark, deathly void behind it.

"clang!"

The spiked club clashed with the six Immortal Slaying Greatswords once again, this time with an extremely muffled sound.

Suddenly, violent energy ripples spread across the massive bodies of the six chaotic stone figures, as if a giant stone had been thrown into a calm lake.

This was Bing Hui'ang's destructive power, condensed to its extreme, transmitted through the Immortal Slaughtering Sword.

However, just as the ripples were about to spread and destroy the internal structure of the stone figure, the light of the entire linked array surged once again.

Countless array runes lit up on the ground, and the stars in the sky spun wildly. A more powerful and purer energy instantly enveloped the six stone figures.

The violent ripples subsided quickly under the soothing and empowering force, and the power within the six stone figures instantly returned to calm and abundance.

On Bing Hui'ang's side, the situation was completely the opposite.

He didn't have an entire formation as a backup to channel and distribute the terrifying backlash.

The combined, ferocious power of the six stone figures' attack, without any fancy moves, slammed into his body through the spiked club.

Bing Huiang felt a sweet taste in his throat and forcibly swallowed the blood that was rising to his lips. However, the demonic energy within his body surged and vibrated wildly, like a boiling oil pot.

Bing Huiang had to divert a portion of his mind and demonic energy to forcibly suppress and channel this invading energy.

As a result, his ability to mobilize effective combat power for attack and defense inevitably decreases.

Bing Huiang glanced quickly at the repaired cracks in the array wall behind him, his heart filled with anxiety. He wanted to escape this damned place at all costs.

However, the six chaotic stone figures gave him no chance to catch his breath.

Just as they exchanged a blow, another wave of Immortal Slaughtering Sword Qi, like a raging storm, swept in again, its sharp sword light sealing off all possible angles from which he could dodge.

Bing Huiang dared not use his back to directly withstand the sword energy containing the power of star-like killing calamity. If he were seriously injured and his aura plummeted, he would truly be a fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of others.

"clang!"

Another straightforward, head-on clash, and this time, the outcome changed again.

Because he needed to focus on suppressing the boiling demonic energy within his body, Bing Hui'ang's strike was noticeably less powerful than the previous one.

At the moment of impact, Bing Huiang felt a sudden numbness in his arm, and he could no longer maintain his balance. With a "thud," he uncontrollably took a large step backward.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

The continuous crashing sounds, like the death knell, tolled urgently within the array space.

The six chaotic stone figures, tireless and emotionless, relentlessly wielded the Immortal Slayer Sword, launching a frenzied attack like mercury spilling across the ground, giving Bing Hui'ang no chance to adjust or catch his breath.

Bing Hui'ang, on the other hand, has fallen into a terrible vicious cycle.

Each collision sent a violent recoil force into his body, which he had to expend mental energy to suppress, resulting in his combat power becoming weaker and weaker.

The weaker the combat strength, the more difficult it is to withstand the next attack, and the stronger the recoil force it will bear.

This cycle, like a constantly tightening noose of death, dragged Bing Hui'ang step by step into an abyss from which there was no turning back.

Dark golden demonic blood began to continuously spill from the corners of Bing Hui'ang's mouth.

"puff!"

Finally, after countless violent collisions, Bing Huiang could no longer suppress the chaotic and uncontrollable demonic energy and injuries within his body.

A large mouthful of dark golden blood mist containing primordial essence gushed out of his mouth, his face instantly turning deathly pale, and the powerful aura around him plummeted like an avalanche.

Bing Huiang raised his head and stared intently at the six still radiant Chaos Stone Men with his bloodshot demonic eyes.

An emotion called fear could no longer be suppressed. Like wild grass, it grew and spread wildly from the bottom of his heart, filling his entire eye socket.

What kind of formation is this? What is its foundation?
Bing Huiang couldn't understand why, despite his best efforts, he couldn't even scratch this great formation.

If no other unforeseen circumstances occur, he may very well perish here today.

However, where are the variables?
Bing Huiang gave a bitter, miserable smile. The primordial demonic energy within his body had long been exhausted in the continuous burning and fighting.

At this moment, he was completely exhausted and had nothing left to hold back.

If you want to further enhance your power, then there is only one last path left.

To completely ignite one's own flesh and blood, soul, and even the foundation upon which one forges the Dao of the Earth, in exchange for a momentary burst of destructive energy that surpasses all limits.

Doing so might give us a chance to break through this great formation.

But the price is that even if he survives by chance, his cultivation will be completely destroyed, his foundation will be ruined, and he will only have a weak and feeble remnant soul left.

All his lifelong arduous practice and countless years of accumulation will be in vain, and he will be completely reduced to his original state.

This decision is too difficult!
"stop."

Bing Huiang gripped the dimly lit spiked club tightly, raised his head, and his demonic eyes passed over the six chaotic stone figures, locking onto the core of the array, at the figure in a green robe who remained calm and unsettling from beginning to end.

"Activate the great formation!"

Bing Hui'ang's voice was low and urgent, with a hint of barely perceptible hoarseness and weariness: "I am willing to leave behind all the primordial lotus seeds on my body and let me leave, otherwise..."

He took a deep breath, his eyes suddenly flashing with hysterical madness and determination, and growled, word by word:
"Today, I will fight you to the death! Even if it means my body and soul are destroyed, I will make you pay a price you will never forget!"

This is a threat, but also a compromise.

At the edge of the formation, Le Boyang's heart skipped a beat when he heard these words.

He subconsciously looked at Chen Fei. The terrifying extent of a dying counterattack by a powerful Earthly Foundation Establishment cultivator was beyond doubt.

However, at the heart of the formation, Chen Fei slowly raised his eyes, his gaze calmly meeting Bing Hui'ang's crazed yet expectant eyes, and the corners of his mouth slightly turned up.

"The fish will die!"

Chen Fei spoke, his voice not loud, but clearly reaching everyone's ears: "But the net won't break!"

Before the words were even finished, the six Chaos Stone Men, without the slightest hesitation, unleashed the dazzling starlight once more from the Immortal Slaying Greatswords in their hands, which were brimming with murderous intent.

Six terrifying sword beams tore through the sky, mercilessly slashing down towards Bing Hui'ang, whose aura was already unstable.

"You chose..."

Bing Huiang's last shred of hope and expectation was shattered by Chen Fei's cold words and the stone man's merciless sword energy.

An indescribable surge of rage, humiliation, despair, and madness erupted from the depths of his heart, completely consuming Bing Huiang's last shred of reason.

"Then let's die together!"

Bing Hui'ang let out an extremely shrill roar. His demonic eyes, which had previously retained a trace of clarity, turned pitch black in an instant, like two abysses that devoured all light.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The next moment, a destructive energy surge, far exceeding any previous one, erupted from Bing Hui'ang's shattered demonic body. But this power was no longer an outward burst; instead, it flowed inward, towards the deepest, most profound collapse and burning.

Bing Hui'ang's flesh and bones, the demonic essence and soul he cultivated for countless years, and even the Earthly Dao Foundation he painstakingly forged with endless effort.

Everything was ignited by him without hesitation at this moment.

This is not a power-boosting explosion, but a true, utterly annihilating technique that leaves no room for retreat.

"Crack!"

Bing Huiang's spiked club shattered instantly, and at the moment it broke, a thin, hair-like, three-foot-long beam of pitch-black light appeared.

This black light emitted no terrifying energy fluctuations; its silence was unsettling.

But the moment it appeared, the surrounding space, light, and sound began to collapse silently toward it.

It is like the primordial singularity before the creation of heaven and earth, a symbol of the end, the first and final force that splits open everything and annihilates everything.

Bing Hui'ang's lingering ghostly figure swayed behind the black light, a manic and tragic smile on his face. With his last strength, he gently pushed the black light towards Chen Fei and the six stone figures.

The black light glided silently through the void, leaving nothing but ruins in its wake.

Faced with this attack, Chen Fei, at the heart of the formation, showed a solemn expression for the first time.

His hands, which had been behind his back, flashed in front of him to form an extremely complex hand seal.

All the Immortal Slaying Sword Qi that were flying and weaving within the formation transformed into streams of light, surging wildly toward the six Chaos Stone Men.

Not only these wandering sword energies, but even the condensed, almost tangible, Immortal-Slaying Giant Swords in the hands of the six stone figures disintegrated at the same time, transforming into the purest Immortal-Slaying Sword Essence, which merged into the rapidly gathering sea of ​​sword energies.

In a fraction of a second, countless streams of Immortal Slaying Sword Qi transformed into an enormous Immortal Slaying Sword Shield, its surface adorned with patterns of celestial stars.

This sword and shield embodies all the killing power that the entire Zhou Tian Xing Chen Immortal Slaughtering Array can currently mobilize.

"Boom!"

The six chaotic stone figures stepped forward in unison, their footsteps making a dull sound like war drums.

They stretched out their arms, made of Chaos Divine Stone, and firmly supported the Starry Sky Immortal Slayer Sword and Shield from behind, unreservedly adding their boundless power and weight to the sword and shield.

"Buzz!"

There was no earth-shattering explosion as expected, no frenzied clash of energy.

The moment that slender, all-consuming black light of the Void touched the very center of the Starry Sky Immortal Slayer Sword and Shield, time seemed to freeze.

In the world, only this black light and this towering sword and shield remained.

The next instant, a sound as faint as snowflakes falling on a flame rang out.

At the point of contact, the shield, which had been imbued with billions of Immortal Slaughtering Sword Qi, began to melt away silently without emitting any resistance.

It's not shattering, it's not exploding, but the most complete decomposition and annihilation.

The stellar power and killing rules contained within the sword aura seemed to lose all meaning in the face of the black light of the void, and were directly reduced to the most primordial energy, which was then completely devoured by the black light.

The black light pierced through the Starry Sky Immortal Slayer Sword Shield, its speed seemingly undiminished, continuing to glide silently toward the six Chaos Stone Men behind it, and Chen Fei further away.

"Roar!"

The first chaotic stone golem let out a deafening roar. It took a step forward and, with its broad, mountain-like shoulders, resolutely rammed into the black light of death.

"laugh!"

Even a body made of Chaos Divine Stone is as fragile as sand before the power of the Void.

The moment they made contact, the massive stone body rapidly vaporized and dissolved, starting from its shoulders. In the blink of an eye, the entire ten-zhang-tall chaotic stone figure vanished completely, leaving no trace.

But, at the very moment the first stone figure melted away, the second stone figure, without the slightest hesitation, stepped over the void left behind by its companion's annihilation and charged forward with the same force of a shoulder charge.

The third... the fourth... the fifth!

One after another, the disappearance of each stone figure caused the light of the black light of the Ruins to dim almost imperceptibly.

The sixth and final Chaos Stone Golem unleashed its most ferocious roar.

It concentrated all its power into a single point, like a falling star, and crashed solidly into the already much fainter black light of the Void.

"Oh!"

With a muffled bang, both the black light and the stone figure shuddered violently.

The next moment, most of the chest of the sixth stone figure was instantly obliterated, but its remaining lower body remained firmly rooted to the spot.

The black light of the Void, which had devoured the five stone figures and pierced through the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Shield, finally let out a faint wail upon this final impact. Its light completely dissipated, transforming into wisps of pure energy that vanished into the air.
"Hehehe..."

At the edge of the formation, Bing Hui'ang's fading, almost transparent remnant soul stared blankly at the spot where the black light had dissipated, a complex expression on his face.

There was resentment and bitterness, but more than anything, there was a sense of bewilderment.

He gave it his all, burned everything he had, and paid a price that was almost complete annihilation, but even his strongest attack couldn't break through this damned formation.

What exactly is this formation?
"call!"

A not-so-strong aftershock of energy gently swept over Bing Huiang's fragile, remnant soul.

Like a gentle breeze scattering a wisp of smoke, Bing Hui'ang's lingering soul shattered and vanished without even uttering a final sigh.

A demonic cultivator who had forged the fifteenth level of the Earthly Dao Foundation was thus killed and his Dao vanished.

At the edge of the formation, Le Boyang stared blankly at the spot where Bing Hui'ang's remnant soul had dissipated, then slowly turned his somewhat stiff neck to look at Chen Fei at the center of the formation.

This terrifying demon, whose power was almost on par with the Destroyer he remembered, died just like that?
Did he die in Chen Fei's formation?

With Bing Hui'ang's complete demise, the violent energy within the entire linked array began to slowly subside.

The array's light flowed, beginning to autonomously repair the damage caused by the battle. The six previously annihilated Chaos Stone Men, nourished by the array's energy, also began to slowly reshape themselves on the spot.

Where Bing Hui'ang finally dissipated, fifteen primordial lotus seeds, radiating pure energy fluctuations, gently rose and fell and rotated as if they possessed life.

At the place where the four demonic cultivators, Ming Zeyang, Pang Licheng, Wang Hanxiu, and Su Zelin, perished, eleven primordial lotus seeds floated quietly, radiating an alluring glow.

At the same time, the rules of the Thousand Lotus Realm manifested once again, and five brand-new primordial lotus seeds condensed out of thin air.

In an instant, all thirty-one primordial lotus seeds, like thirty-one tiny stars, dotted the array space, illuminating the surroundings.

(End of this chapter)