Chapter 617: Taboo Power

The Third Elder hesitated in his heart.

He had temporarily broken free from the encirclement; what should he do now? Was he truly to follow the instructions of this Great Venerable, sabotage the locking mechanisms of these Forbidden Weapons in the vicinity, and resolve the Great Venerable's predicament?

But did he really want to do this?

One must know that the current situation was perhaps the most probable chance to kill, or at the very least, the most probable chance to suppress this Great Venerable.

But once this situation was ruined by him, not only would the Multiverse Alliance fall into the hands of this Great Venerable, but that mysterious and unfathomable Alliance Leader would certainly kill him; no matter where he ran, he would not be able to escape.

So, was it truly necessary for him to take such a great risk?

He was merely a fence-sitter who did not lean too much with the wind.

Right now, he could completely remain an Outsider, acting as a fence-sitter, a neutral party, watching to see who would win and who would lose between the two sides. In any case, as long as he helped neither side, then regardless of who won or lost, it was unlikely he would face any threat to his life.

At most, he would just be sealed or have his cultivation crippled.

But this thought only flashed through his mind; he could not be too lucky.

If the Multiverse Alliance won, he might truly be spared. Relying on his connections within the Multiverse Alliance and his past utility, he was confident he could achieve this. But if that Great Venerable won, given that Great Venerable's temperament, if he did not do something, his Life and Death would truly be hard to say.

He decided: he would still sabotage a few Forbidden Weapons first.

In any case, there were over a hundred Forbidden Weapons around, and in a short time, with his cultivation, he could at most sabotage four or five, and that was assuming no one stopped him.

This was not slacking off; he had done his best.

Moreover, this shouldn't affect the overall situation, right?

Forbidden Weapons were called "Forbidden" precisely because they could utilize super-spec power.

These powers either came from the Great Void itself, or from outside the Great Void, or were even capable of utilizing a portion of the power of Calamity and monsters; they were extremely Terror-inducing and powerful.

According to the current data of the Multiverse Alliance, the lethality of a high-level Forbidden Weapon was on par with a Venerable and had a probability of killing a Venerable; if two joined forces and struck, even a Venerable would surely die without exception—at least, no exceptions had appeared in the data.

And now.

The Great Elder and the others had deployed as many as one hundred Forbidden Weapons! Two Forbidden Weapons could kill a Venerable with 100% certainty; with one hundred such Forbidden Weapons, plus the combined strength of so many Sacred Venerables, killing one Great Venerable shouldn't be a problem, right?

This was the reason they had such confidence in their hearts.

So what if he was a Great Venerable? Although he was above a Venerable, he had not truly exceeded the Great Void in any meaningful sense; he was still bound by the Causality of the Great Void, merely a prisoner or an Outsider.

But when the Great Elder decided to begin firing the Forbidden Weapons, he realized that four Forbidden Weapons had already been sabotaged by that damned Taiyuan Laodao.

He would definitely Town-kill that traitorous fellow afterward.

He cursed angrily in his heart.

The situation was urgent, and he could not care about so much; he had to resolve this Li Daoren first. Although he could use ninety-six Forbidden Weapons, being short by four wouldn't have much of an impact, right?

And so, whether it was Corrosion of Time and Space, or Concept Locking, Causal Erasure, Dusk of Destiny, Five Decays of Heaven and Man, Unknown Infection, Monster Alienation, Cursed Grudge...

A series of Inauspiciousness, Great Terror, and super-spec powers were fired from those Forbidden Weapons, each following its own trajectory, tearing through time and space, tracing Causality, and striking Li Heng accurately and fiercely, without the slightest hesitation or obstruction.

The Great Elder and the others were overjoyed, but they dared not be careless and celebrate prematurely; they also successively used their strongest means to bombard Li Heng, providing follow-up attacks for the Forbidden Weapons.

The Terror-inducing power turned into an ocean that completely submerged Li Heng, and it even swept across the surrounding Void and the Great Dao Ark, causing it to sway; the surrounding deck cracked a little, but it did not shatter or explode directly, which finally made the Sacred Venerables heave a sigh of relief.

If they destroyed the Great Dao Ark just to kill one Great Venerable, they would be unable to shirk the blame for their ten thousand deaths, and they would have no way to answer to the Alliance Leader when he returned.

"You actually dare to damage this Alliance Leader's things?"

An unkind voice came from the ocean of Terror-inducing power that had submerged Li Heng. Afterward, that ocean of power dissipated under an even more Terror-inducing Great power, revealing Li Heng's figure once again.

And he was untainted by the ten thousand calamities, without a single hair harmed.

The Great Elder and the Sacred ones were astonished; how could this be?

Before they could think it through, he ordered the Forbidden Weapons and the many Venerables and Sacred ones around him to launch an attack again; they had been too careless just now and should have outputted continuously.

Following their attacks, Li Heng's figure began to slowly become faint. They were happy in their hearts; it finally had an effect. Such Terror-inducing power had finally influenced this Great Venerable.

But at the same time.

This Li Daoren was also forcefully enduring their attacks, walking forward step by step, about to arrive before them to completely crush them to death.

The Great Elder and the Sacred ones exerted themselves even more, even burning their origin.

Under their attacks, Li Heng's figure gradually became transparent, and his aura became even more ethereal and uncertain, as if he would disappear at any moment. Finally, as Li Heng was about to arrive before them, everything entered a critical point.

Under their final strike.

Li Heng's figure finally disappeared, turning into Emptiness.

They were pleasantly surprised in their hearts; they had finally won!

The physical form had vanished, the aura had dissipated, even the Causality had turned into Emptiness, and the traces of time and space no longer existed. This Great Venerable should be dead; who could survive in such a situation? They had actually really killed a Great Venerable?

"Tell me, Taiyuan Laodao, what are they happy about?"

Li Heng spoke with a smile.

Cold sweat broke out on the Third Elder's forehead. Looking at the Great Venerable who was chatting and laughing with him, he hurriedly spoke, "Perhaps because they think they have defeated the Great Venerable's phantom and believe they have achieved Victory? They have no idea of the Great Venerable's divine might."

"Then are you happy?"

"Not happy, I am absolutely not happy."

Taiyuan Daoren shook his head like a rattle-drum, being very "obedient to his heart."

A fence-sitter was indeed hateful, but as long as one could live, that was enough.

At this moment.

The Great Elder and the Sacred Venerables came to their senses and looked at Taiyuan Daoren, who had been watching the show from the sidelines, wanting to turn around and deal with the fellow who had betrayed the Multiverse Alliance, but they were all stunned in an instant.

What was going on? Wasn't that Li Daoren dead!?

"It seems they have reacted; they still want to watch the show a bit more." Li Heng sighed and shook his head, appearing before the Great Venerable and the Sacred ones in an instant like a ghost, leaving everyone unable to react in time.

"Before you die, I want to ask you one thing: why did your former Alliance Leader call you over so actively to throw your lives away? What exactly is his plan? You didn't let me see the truth just now; I am very disappointed."

Li Heng said with a light laugh.