Chapter 105: Slaying Xi Gongxun

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Three bolts of lightning as thick as an adult's arm descended first from the air, fiercely striking Xi Gongxun's protective spiritual light.

Moreover, three fireballs each about a zhang in size condensed out of thin air, carrying rolling waves of heat as they smashed toward Xi Gongxun.

Due to material issues with the formation implements, Tie Lanshan's formation could not hold for long.

Therefore, their goal was to seriously injure Xi Gongxun in the shortest time possible; killing him would of course be best.

But in fact, neither Tie Lanshan nor Wang Ping and the others held much hope for this.

How could a cultivator who has reached late Foundation Establishment have no trump cards?

In fact, as Wang Ping and company expected, at the moment the three large fireballs appeared, Xi Gongxun had already unleashed an azure-blue six-pattern scissors treasure.

In an instant, two huge blue snakes about a zhang long, exuding a fierce aura, appeared on the square, hissing as they attacked the three fireballs.

Entwined, the two snakes possessed an extremely powerful constricting force.

The three large fireballs were successively crushed into countless small fireballs; fireballs of this magnitude are equivalent to the power of a Qi Condensation mid-stage fireball technique, no longer threatening Xi Gongxun.

The corresponding blue great snake let out a mournful cry, transforming back into a blue great scissors, though its blade was no longer azure but speckled with large and small black spots, and the treasure patterns on the blade had almost vanished.

Seeing this, Xi Gongxun felt a pang of heartache.

Unfortunately, the formation's attack would not stop just because he felt pity.

Xi Gongxun had not yet retrieved the blue scissors treasure when the sky suddenly manifested hundreds of half-zhang-thick, zhang-long brown logs, which then descended with the momentum of Mount Tai pressing down, crashing down with a rumbling roar.

Xi Gongxun didn't even have time to change color; his body swayed continuously, dodging many logs, but the logs were too densely packed for him to possibly dodge them all.

Puchi!

Relying on his formidable cultivation, after withstanding thirty blows of the logs, Xi Gongxun could no longer hold back and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Even so, he remained utterly calm, having lived over 180 years and encountered every kind of perilous situation.

Almost the instant he spat out the blood, a gray-blue great fish suddenly appeared around him.

Wang Ping, hidden in the darkness, looked grave; he knew what it was—a natal treasure that resonated with Dao arts.

Looking at its patterns, it was clearly a seven-pattern high-grade treasure!

This was the worst-case scenario, but it was within their expectations.

After unleashing his natal treasure, Xi Gongxun's aura became arrogant for the first time since entering the formation:

"Hahaha! Want to kill me, Xi Gongxun? It's not that easy! You rats hiding in the dark, you only dare to use this method to secretly harm people; once I break this formation, I will surely grind your bones to ashes, refine your souls, and cut off your hope of reincarnation!"

"Rats in the dark, watch how I break your formation! Dao Art—Dragon-Shark Slash!"

Having said that, the great fish suddenly transformed into the shape of a large blade.

Xi Gongxun revealed a cold smile; he had spent over thirty years gathering materials, then commissioned someone to forge this high-grade treasure—the Dragon-Shark Blade.

With this high-grade Dragon-Shark Blade treasure, he could thus unleash the Dao Art—Dragon-Shark Slash!

This Dao Art is a type of god-form Dao Art; so-called god-form Dao Art is a Dao Art that imprints the true forms of ancient ferocious beasts and divine beasts' Dao traces.

These ferocious beasts and divine beasts, innately nurtured by heaven and earth, can themselves be considered carriers of the Dao; thus Dao Arts derived from their insights possess tremendous power—these are the primordial Dao Arts, whose power is also the greatest.

It is said that a Dao Art that manifests the true form of the top-tier divine beast, the True Dragon Vermilion Bird, can contend with immortal arts.

The Dao Art that Xi Gongxun employs, however, is based on the insights of their descendants, and thus its power is relatively weaker.

But even so weakened, Xi Gongxun can only unleash one percent of its power! Nevertheless, this is enough to deal with the present situation.

"Hahaha! Die!"

After unleashing the Dragon-Shark Slash, affected by the Dao Art, Xi Gongxun's state became somewhat bloodthirsty and frenzied.

Tie Lanshan also wore a cold expression, his hands constantly forming seals as he shot streams of spiritual power into every corner of the formation.

Arrogant!

Then let's give you something fierce!

A hint of madness suddenly appeared on Tie Lanshan's indifferent face.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

His voice suddenly rang out across the square; then, thousands of formation patterns suddenly lit up on the square, each glowing.

At the moment Xi Gongxun's Dragon-Shark Slash was unleashed, the formation suddenly shattered; in the next instant, Wang Ping and company fled for their lives.

Boom!

A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering sound rang out, and the gazes of all Foundation Establishment cultivators in the inner vicinity turned toward the mountain peak where the Black Great Hall stood.

There, it seemed, an astonishing surge of energy erupted; this phenomenon attracted many Foundation Establishment cultivators to gather there.

On the other side, having been reminded by Tie Lanshan, Wang Ping and company almost fled for their lives.

After the explosion sounded, they had already appeared at the foot of the mountain.

Wang Ping had not yet had time to adjust his breath when a streak of flowing light shooting from the mountaintop caught his peripheral vision.

Without hesitation, Wang Ping immediately followed up; none of the group expected that amidst such an explosion, Xi Gongxun could actually escape!

Wang Ping's movement immediately drew the attention of Tie Lanshan and the three others; soon they noticed Xi Gongxun's figure, and they too immediately gave chase.

Bang!

Xi Gongxun crashed heavily to the ground; the high-grade treasure he had been holding in his hand now had dimmed spiritual light, though it had not suffered major damage.

At that critical moment just now, Xi Gongxun employed a forbidden technique, pouring all his spiritual power into the Dragon-Shark, exceeding limits to unleash the Dao Art Dragon-Shark Slash, and escaped once more from what should have been a dead-end situation.

The first thing Xi Gongxun did after rising from the ground where he had fallen was to get up and leave this place; while fleeing, he also used his divine sense to examine the Dragon-Shark, finding that it merely had dimmed spiritual light, and his worried heart relaxed.

Good!

Apart from the dimmed spiritual light, there was no other damage; as long as it is nurtured within his body for a few years, it can fully recover.

"Swish!"

A streak of green sword light suddenly appeared; the seriously wounded Xi Gongxun, unable to dodge in time, had his arm sliced by that sword light.

Behind him, Wang Ping, adhering to the principle of being ruthless and sparing with words, combined streak after streak of green sword light, then he controlled the sword and fiercely slashed forward.

Xigong Xun's face changed drastically; it turned out to be that brat.

Damn it! He couldn't help but feel angry; he himself would actually be chased and killed by a junior at the early Foundation Establishment stage!

Wang Ping walked over with a calm expression, looking at the heavily wounded, mobility-impaired Xigong Xun, who was like a bereaved dog, and silently struck out another sword.

His sword light was extremely fast; at this moment Xigong Xun could not possibly dodge!

"Ah!"

A miserable cry rang out, and Xigong Xun clutched his left arm and hastily retreated.

"Lan Xiaoyou! I was the one who offended you earlier; I hope you will show mercy. I have spirit stones, magic treasures, Dao arts, secret techniques—I'll give them all to you. I can also swear an oath that in this life I will never seek revenge against you, how about that?"

Xigong Xun knew that today might not be resolved peacefully, but he was still trying to secure a way out for himself.

Whoosh!

The green sword light flashed again, this time heading straight for Xigong Xun's brow.

Looking at the silent Wang Ping, Xigong Xun revealed a hint of ruthlessness—hum! The top-grade magic treasure Dragon Shark appeared again.

"This is you forcing me!"

After saying that, he suddenly burst forth with countless blood mists, and then he actually escaped at an unimaginable speed; in just an instant, Xigong Xun appeared five li away!

Damn it! Despite being heavily wounded, the power of this blood escape technique is actually not as great as before; Xigong Xun ruefully thought.

At this moment, many Foundation Establishment cultivators drawn by the strange phenomenon had already approached this place.

One of them, whom Xigong Xun knew and had a good relationship with, exclaimed in delight: 'Fellow Daoist, save me! I am willing to gift you a magic treasure!'

Unfortunately! In the next moment, a brown giant wood that had appeared out of nowhere suddenly came crashing down on him!

Xigong Xun sensed it, turned his head to look, and his eyes almost popped out.

"No!"

"Stop!"

Bang!

The sharp giant wood directly pierced Xigong Xun, shattering him!

Wang Ping descended from the sky, his gaze calm as he looked at the Foundation Establishment cultivator who had just spoken!

"Sorry! You spoke too late!"