Chapter 120: Heavenly Thunder Earthly Fire Formation (2)

Whoosh!

The green sword light split the white mist before him and, at an astonishing speed, thrust toward one of the Soul Refining Hall's Foundation Establishment middle-stage cultivators.

How fast was Wang Ping's green sword light? Taken by surprise, there was no time to block, and he was beheaded with a single strike!

He hadn't even had a chance to use his abilities before falling, a truly unjust death!

"Second Younger Brother!"

"Second Elder Brother!"

Seeing his brother of over a hundred years fall here, the remaining four cultivators of the Soul Refining Hall were overcome with grief.

However, amidst the grief, one of them, his eyes flashing silver, unleashed a domineering spiritual sense that swept out and vanished into the vast white mist.

This supposedly invincible spiritual sense, which could go anywhere without obstruction, encountered resistance upon entering the white mist.

"Old Three! Old Four! Old Five!"

"Understood, Big Brother!"

The remaining three cultivators, upon Big Brother Li Hai speaking, each released their spiritual sense, four different spiritual senses enveloping a radius of a hundred zhang.

Big Brother Li Hai swiftly swept out a silver sphere with both hands, chanting: "Southeast, northwest, four extremes, conjoined spirit technique! Unite!"

As the sound faded, the mental energy released by Li Hai and the four was completely absorbed by the silver-white sphere.

Wang Ping, hidden in the shadows, frowned slightly, taking back the azure sword light he was about to unleash.

In the dark, he felt a hint of unease and swiftly retreated.

Just as his front foot left, a domineering spiritual sense comparable to a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection swept over this spot!

Wherever the spiritual sense passed, the vast white mist within the formation was continually forced apart!

Seeing this, Wang Ping rapidly retreated, his heart filled with shock; the Soul Refining Hall was indeed mysterious—four people's spiritual senses combined could actually erupt with power comparable to a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.

Wang Ping did not know that, had he not sneakily killed one, the force he now faced would not merely be comparable to a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection's spiritual sense, but to that of a Golden Core True Person.

The Soul Refining Hall's Li clan five brothers' Spiritual Sense Combined Attack Technique is famous within the Soul Refining Hall!

Even so, the strength of a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection spiritual sense, within this third-rank formation, upheld a region a thousand zhang square!

Li Hai's face was gloomy; he had thought it was just a lucrative errand, never expecting it to cause the death of one of his five brothers.

Gazing at the vast white mist five hundred zhang away, Li Hai's mood worsened; he couldn't help but turn and glare hatefully at the head of the Sima family.

But he immediately realized they were still trapped in the third-rank formation; now was not the time for internal strife, so he suppressed his anger.

"Big Brother! Within a thousand zhang, there's no one in sight; for now, we should first join forces to break this formation before anything else! This time we may have to use a forbidden technique, as a third-rank formation is not easy to break!" Li Shan, the third eldest among the four, turned to his eldest brother and said.

Li Hai understood the priorities, nodded, and said: "Taking advantage of the formation's power not yet at its peak, we will use the Four Extremes Conjoined Spirit Technique to unleash the hall's forbidden Soul Burning Technique! We should be able to briefly reach the spiritual sense power of a Golden Core True Person."

"Good! Listen to the eldest brother! We'll go out first, then later avenge the second brother!"

Crack!

Boom!

Several people were just preparing to unleash the forbidden technique to break this third-rank great formation when suddenly a bolt of lightning struck their spiritual sense shield; if not for the hall's treasure Conjoined Spirit Ball defending them, this strike would have injured them all.

"Quick! Quick! Quick!"

Eldest Li Hai shouted urgently, the formation recovered too quickly, exceeding their expectations; the five, being blood brothers who had fought side by side for years, needed no coordination—with a single thought, silver light surged in their eyes.

The spiritual sense extending a thousand zhang rapidly contracted; in a single breath, all spiritual sense was drawn back, and the spiritual sense energy on Li Hai and the four continually surged toward the Conjoined Spirit Ball.

The previously stationary Conjoined Spirit Ball, upon receiving the spiritual sense burst from Li Hai and the four's Soul Burning Technique, began to spin at high speed!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Purple lightning bolts issuing from the arms descended from the sky, yet were all blocked by the silver-white Conjoined Spirit Ball.

Wang Ping, watching from afar, fixed his gaze on that silver-white sphere, his heart somewhat shocked—what is this thing, actually able to block the lightning power of a third-rank formation?

However, the Heavenly Thunder Earthly Fire formation is not only about heavenly thunder; it also draws earthly fire power from underground via the formation's power.

Bang!

A fire pillar as thick as a person's waist rose from the ground; soon, another and another fire pillar shot up quickly from the ground, twelve pillars in total, completely encircling the six people of Sima Wuming.

Wang Ping in the distance, palms together, lowly shouted: "Unite!"

Those thirteen fire pillars, just like that silver-white sphere, spun at high speed and continually shrank!

Sima Wuming, having the lowest cultivation, was the first unable to withstand the earthly fire's scorching heat capable of melting metal.

"Sima Wuming! Block the earthly fire for us for three breaths!" Li Hai shouted loudly.

"Good!"

Sima Wuming gritted his teeth in agreement; the family's extraordinary treasure, the Ascending Spirit Pearl, hidden in his body, was infused with his spiritual power.

Instantly, mysterious auras streamed out from within the Ascending Spirit Pearl; these auras merged into his flesh, dantian, and sea of consciousness.

Sima Wuming's aura rose at a speed visible to the naked eye, almost in the blink of an eye reaching the peak of Foundation Establishment early stage; without pause, it swiftly broke through to Foundation Establishment middle stage, and its realm did not stop there, continuing to rise until it finally halted at the peak of Foundation Establishment middle stage.

And the time he took was no more than half a breath.

Sima Wuming's change astonished not only Li Hai and the others, but even Wang Ping in the distance widened his eyes, unable to help wondering, "What is going on?"

The Soul Refining Hall's four people's combined spiritual sense erupted with power comparable to a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection; the seemingly ordinary head of the Sima family, in less than half a breath, rose from Foundation Establishment early stage to the peak of Foundation Establishment middle stage.

Indeed, those who can step into Foundation Establishment are no ordinary folk.

Having thought it over, Wang Ping did not hesitate; he threw a azure light ring from his hand.

At a distance of a thousand zhang, the azure light ring merely flashed green; upon reappearing, it had already entered the fire pillars, but when it reached a point ten zhang before Li Hai and the others, the azure light ring abruptly appeared in midair.

Hum! Hum! Hum!

The azure light ring spun at high speed, yet did not advance an inch!

Within a radius of ten zhang, Li Hai and the others laid down a vast amount of spiritual sense, which directly condensed the void within ten zhang into something like refined steel!

Even if the azure light ring were extremely sharp, it could not instantly cleave that ten-zhang void!

"Hahaha! Lan Ming, you think your azure light ring is invincible at Foundation Establishment? Big Brother had already anticipated your next move, taking advantage of the Conjoined Spirit Ball to lay down a spiritual sense barrier stronger than Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, directly condensing that ten-zhang void into refined steel—how could your azure light ring, no matter how sharp, possibly fare?"

Li Shan saw the azure light ring halted ten zhang away, not advancing a single step, and immediately burst out laughing!

Li Hai also shouted loudly: "Lan Ming, the grudge of the second brother, we Li brothers have remembered it! When we get out, we will surely avenge this bloody sea of hatred!"

Wang Ping appeared a hundred zhang out, smiling hehe on his face: "Is that so? Too bad you don't have that chance! Split!"

As the word "Split" fell, the azure light ring suddenly disintegrated, transforming into nine sword lights that howled forth.

And at the moment it disintegrated, a drop of golden water was exposed in the air!