Chapter 175: If There Is a Connection, Must I Go?

"Beast! You beast!"

Inside the great formation, Lin Lao's hands trembled with rage; he never expected that he, an eight-hundred-year-old Foundation Establishment True Person, could be deceived by a young man!

Yet beyond his anger, his heart was full of confusion.

That was a First Grade True Qi! As far as he knew, it was enough to drive any Foundation Establishment True Person mad; why was Lu Yang not tempted? Did he not want it?

The truth was certainly not so.

Undeniably, regarding the so-called Mahayana First Grade True Qi, Lu Yang was truly tempted, after all, it concerned his future path and whether he could walk further.

Not to mention this was left by a Pre-Heaven True Person.

He held the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner of the Pre-Heaven True Person in his hand; he also possessed the Pre-Heaven Scripture; without doubt, he had a karmic connection with them, and it was highly possible to obtain the opportunities within.

'But even if there is a connection, even if I am tempted, does that mean I must go?'

Lu Yang's mind was incredibly clear; the lesson of the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han was still vivid before his eyes!

'One must be focused in action; one must not sacrifice the root for the branches, nor be too greedy; regarding the Mahayana First Grade True Qi, I can certainly dedicate a whole future life to planning for it.'

'As for now?'

'First, I should trap and kill this group of Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators of the Xian Alliance, then overthrow the Xian Alliance's rule, extract the Earth Qi of Wu, and break through to the Mid-Stage of Foundation Establishment!'

Therefore, from the very beginning, Lu Yang had no interest in Lin Lao's words, nor in the secrets behind the Pre-Heaven True Person; all his displays were merely methods to drag them out, to delay time, set up the great formation, trap everyone within the array, and finally wipe them all out in one stroke!

"Array rise!"

Lu Yang was seen forming hand seals to activate the array; in an instant, countless array lights rose up, gathering the boundless sea spirit qi from ten thousand li around into a vast ocean!

And beneath everyone's feet, the sea dried up and the stones rotted!

The underwater scenery of the past, once shrouded by seawater, floated up one by one, exposed to the daylight, while towering waves that reached the sky rolled up on all sides.

Looking up at the sky, the white day and blue sky were no longer visible.

What met the eyes was only a river and vast sea flowing in the sky, reflecting the heavenly light, getting closer and closer, crashing down heavily upon everyone's heads!

In an instant, the entire sea surface seemed to wail; due to the excessive evaporation of water vapor, brilliant rainbows rose up above the firmament.

"Heavens..." a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator could not help but wail softly.

This was no longer something human power could achieve.

This was the might of heaven and earth!

Lu Yang used the power of the great formation to roll up the ten-thousand-li ocean; billions of tons of seawater flipped and crashed down; so-called Foundation Establishment cultivators were no different from ants before it!

The next second, the seawater crashed down.

Everyone quickly raised treasure light, but not to resist; instead, they rotated their magic power to the extreme, communicating with the 【Imperial Mansion Golden Seal Doulu True Decree】 located within the Xian Alliance.

Human power cannot resist such natural might; to resist it, one can only elevate one's own status!

In an instant, treasure lights were seen floating up from the group of Foundation Establishment cultivators, enhancing their Foundation Establishment status; obviously, they intended to use status to withstand Lu Yang's ocean bombardment.

However, seeing this, Lu Yang revealed a smile.

Previously, he had sat in the Holy Sect for decades; besides outliving the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han, he also studied arrays and talismans, making rapid progress with the assistance of the Qiu Tian Yi.

Now, he was already a Sixth Grade Array Master!

And this array before them was one he had carefully deduced, a Sixth Grade array, equivalent to the "Foundation Establishment" of the array domain; how could he not handle status?

Thinking thus, Lu Yang immediately took out the 【A Bi Sword】.

"Go!"

With a hand seal formed, the 【A Bi Sword】 instantly fell into the center of the array; under the infiltration of sword light, the originally clear and azure seawater instantly turned into a towering crimson!

【Blood Sea Fills the Sky Sword Array Diagram】!

This array was further sublimated and deduced by Lu Yang based on the 【Blood Washes the River and Sky Sword Array Diagram】 he created during his Qi Refining stage!

Now, with the support of the 【A Bi Sword】, the azure ocean turned entirely into a blood sea; it even possessed the status of the Foundation Establishment stage; a single pressure instantly struck the first Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator in the path, breaking his tendons and bones, and his aura quickly withered amidst a series of crackling sounds.

Immediately after came the second, the third...

In the end, only Lin Lao, the oldest, with the highest cultivation and deepest foundation, was still struggling to hold on, yet he was already at the end of his tether.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The blood sea cycled endlessly, wave after wave attacking; Lin Lao resisted desperately, yet his face revealed a hint of indescribable helplessness and grievance.

Strictly speaking, the quality of Lu Yang's True Qi was actually inferior to his.

The "True Dragon Fiend" forged by the Nine Transformations Dragon Art was only Third Grade, while he, as a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator, had True Qi that could rank Second Grade in the inland regions.

But Lu Yang simply did not compare quality with him!

With the array's support, ten thousand acres of seawater carrying the spirit qi of heaven and earth, even if the quality was inferior, the despairing quantity was enough to easily crush him completely!

"Pfft!"

In the end, Lin Lao could only let out a miserable cry, and like the other Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators, was frozen like amber in the boundless blood sea.

Outside the 【Blood Sea Fills the Sky Sword Array Diagram】, Lu Yang stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at the sky.

"Still no appearance..."

To be honest, he had thought that after he suppressed so many Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators of the Xian Alliance in one stroke, Daoist Hong Yun Daoist would definitely sense it and appear to meet him.

This 【Blood Sea Fills the Sky Sword Array Diagram】 was also prepared for him.

However, the result was absolutely no abnormality.

"Ah, Master Chongguang is probably watching Daoist Hong Yun Daoist at all times; if he appears rashly and is discovered by Master Chongguang, that would be truly disastrous."

With this thought, Lu Yang immediately felt greatly reassured.

Since Daoist Hong Yun Daoist could not come, there was nothing to fear!

The next second, he took a small gourd from his waist, broke open the stopper, and a colorless and odorless ethereal smoke instantly floated out of the gourd.

【Three Nine Soul-Destroying Gourd】!

This item was a spiritual treasure paired with the A Bi Sword; it contained a 【Soul-Destroying Spirit-Stealing Cloud】; even a Foundation Establishment True Person struck by it would have their soul and spirit overturned.

At Lu Yang's thought, the smoke immediately fell into the formation.

He did not directly kill all the Path-Integration great cultivators; instead, he first used the Sea of Blood to suppress their Dharma Bodies, then used the Soul-Dispersing Smoke to suppress their souls.

"After all, I wasn't born a born killer."

Moreover, the true spirits of these people were not within their bodies, but entrusted within the Imperial Mansion Golden Seal Doushuai True Decree; killing them might actually let them escape.

"Almost forgot, there's still one more."

Lu Yang's gaze shifted, and he saw Guangming, who had just been at the edge of the sky, scrambling over on hands and knees, and without a word dropped into a mid-air sliding kneel:

"My lord's divine might is unfathomable, this little monk is in awe!"

"This little monk is very familiar with the Xian Alliance headquarters. If my lord wishes to go, this little monk is willing to lead the way! I won't hide it from my lord, I actually can't stand these overseas natives either."

Before Guangming could finish speaking, Lu Yang waved his hand and cut him off.

To be honest, regarding Guangming, the first time Lu Yang met him he paid him no mind, the second time he harbored thoughts of using him, but the third time he actually felt a few degrees of wariness.

Meeting once is coincidence, twice is accident.

Three times, that is deliberate; moreover, overseas is vast, and the fact that the other party could happen to bump into him—anyone could tell with their backside that there must be karmic ties at work.

Yet this person still has his uses.

"... Enough, come with me."

Lu Yang set aside his distracting thoughts, used a divine ability to sweep Guangming up, then packed the formation along with all the unconscious Path-Integration cultivators into the Three-Nine Soul-Dispersing Gourd.

Immediately after, he mounted a beam of escape light and, under Guangming's guidance, headed straight for the Xian Alliance.

At this moment, the Xian Alliance had long fallen into utter chaos.

After all, the soul lamps of all eleven Path-Integration great cultivators had dimmed, nearly extinguished—for the mid- and high-level cultivators of the Xian Alliance, this could truly be called the sky falling in.

Seeing the situation, Lu Yang landed above the Xian Alliance headquarters without a word.

His divine ability shrouded the entire island, sealing the void, forbidding entry and exit,

The reason he had hurried over was to seize control of the situation as quickly as possible; otherwise, once someone escaped, it would be hard to control things afterward.

"Next is harvesting Qi."

To harvest the Earth Soil Qi, one must destroy the old order, establish a brand-new order, and move aside the "great mountain" that the Xian Alliance sits upon atop the Biyang cultivation world.

For other cultivators, this step might be completely without a clue.

"Fortunately, I come from the Holy Sect."

As for how to quickly destroy a faction, render it harmless, and ultimately take complete control, the Holy Sect has a complete and proven method.

(End of chapter)