Chapter 109: Eye-catching

Let them be caught off guard!

The Honorary Senior Brother thought he could soon snatch Su Chen's inheritance into his hands, and unconsciously, he cracked a smile.

The disciples of the Azure Mist Divine Sect heard the transmitted order and all readied themselves.

Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—

Getting closer,

Su Chen led hundreds of Martial Kings, and Hei Gou and others piloted the Spirit Boat as they approached.

Watching Su Chen's Spirit Boat draw nearer to the Killing Formation, now less than three li away, and relying on the Turtle Breath Grand Technique, the Azure Mist Divine Sect cultivators hidden outside the formation all had their hearts leap to their throats.

They were just waiting for Su Chen and company to barge into the Killing Formation and trigger the flying swords within!

However,

Just then,

"Stop!"

"Throw it for me!"

Accompanying this sudden voice, it spewed from Su Chen's mouth.

The Honorary Senior Brother hadn't yet reacted, wondering what was happening; the words 'All disciples, unleash your natal magic weapons and kill Su Chen!' had not even left his throat before the scene before him left him utterly stunned.

From the Honorary Senior Brother's eyes to those of all the Azure Mist Sect disciples...

Clearly reflected were countless talisman papers and mystic arms, forming an arc that was hurled toward the other side of the formation, then with a booming crash.

Honorary Senior Brother: "?"

All disciples of the Azure Mist Divine Sect: "?"

What madness has Su Chen taken?

What on earth is he doing?

"Honorary Senior Brother, these are talismans and mystic arms..."

"Boom!!"

Heavenly Thunder and Earthly Fire intertwined; in an instant, firelight shot up to the heavens, and waves of thunder roared.

A world-destroying might swept across heaven and earth.

Endless thunderbolt aura spread forth.

"Boom!!!"

"Bang!!!"

Thunderfire talismans summoned heavenly thunder; the inscriptions etched within the mystic arms exploded, and the piercing cries that echoed across the heavens rang out one after another: "Ah! Ah ah!!"

Right under the Honorary Senior Brother's eyelids, as he watched, forming hand seals, tribulation clouds blanketed the heavens; cultivators who had not yet reacted were blasted to ash by a bolt of heavenly thunder, and a dense thunderbolt aura permeated...

On the ground, heavenly thunder carrying destructive force blasted out one huge pit after another.

Some had their hands and feet shattered by exploding inscriptions within the mystic arms; some were torn limb from limb, their bodies wrapped in electric arcs.

Some were completely charred black, their faces unrecognizable.

How gruesome; the scene was simply too horrific to behold.

The Honorary Senior Brother, at the peak of the Martial Ancestor Realm, was the most promising disciple of the Azure Mist Divine Sect.

Since his debut, he had never even imagined that a lost talisman master could be this terrifying, having never witnessed such a scene.

"No! This is impossible! I don't believe it."

"Even high-grade imperial artifacts are being sacrificed to trigger the explosion? And these talismans—Young Master Ye Xuan said there were no talismans capable of sensing human aura, but this..."

Suddenly,

The Honorary Senior Brother recalled the content of the jade slip transmission; there was one more important piece of information: Su Chen might very well break through to the Martial Venerable Realm.

Back then he thought it was an exaggeration, or perhaps the Young Master's perception was mistaken; in the Eastern Wasteland Region, where spiritual qi is so barren, it was utterly impossible for anyone's cultivation to surpass the Martial Venerable Realm.

Hum……

The Honorary Senior Brother collapsed onto the ground.

"Rumble——"

"Ah! My senior brother, I don't want to die yet!"

"Heavenly punishment strikes again; I haven't committed any killing deeds, so why am I not breaking through yet still being struck by heavenly thunder as punishment from the Dao?"

Amid the roaring explosions echoing in his ears, the cultivators of the Qingming Sect panicked and fled in all directions; a blinding white flash brought the Honorary Senior Brother on the ground back to his senses, and he hastily raised his defensive spirit treasure aloft, shouting: "Don't panic! Keep the previous formation!"

"We have three thousand cultivators, while Su Chen only has three hundred disciples—don't run!"

"Give it one strong push, force them into the formation! Use the might of the Killing Formation to slay them!"

"These talisman papers and mystic arms are consumables, surely limited; Su Chen is squandering them recklessly, so he surely has few left. All of you, young master, unleash your natal magic weapons and prepare your defenses!"

The Honorary Senior Brother unleashed his magic weapon, slicing down a panicked disciple in an attempt to boost morale.

Su Chen had used only forty talisman papers.

He then used heavenly thunder to slay over a hundred Martial Emperor Realm cultivators.

And thus greatly diminished the enemy's momentum.

Soon,

Under the Honorary Senior Brother's threats and inducements, the Qingming Sect disciples finally mustered the courage to unleash their natal magic treasures, emerging from the formation and encircling Su Chen's group.

"Don't panic, you have the Azure Mist Divine Sect's seventh-rank artifact refining master, who has crafted high-grade defensive spirit treasures."

"We have king-tier mystic arms and spirit-rank armor for protection!"

"With the Azure Mist Divine Sect backing you, mystic arms and spirit treasures are limitless—could you really not withstand a single Eastern Wasteland native? It's just a few talisman papers; it's nothing special."

"As the young master, I don't believe that Su Chen's rebellious inheritance can pierce defensive spirit treasures and spirit shields! Kill him, capture Su Chen alive, and seize the inheritance!"

The Honorary Elder stood before the disciples, their voices ringing high, urging the cultivators to pilot their flying swords.

Those who saw Su Chen stopped forming hand seals and threw no more talismans.

And the honorary senior brother was still so confident.

The cultivators who had not been affected by the heavenly thunder instantly regained confidence, suppressed their inner fear, and unleashed their defensive spiritual treasures, forming an absolute barrier.

The cultivators all took out their spiritual-rank shields and rushed to attack Su Chen.

The senior brother was right……

It was just a few talismans that could summon a few heavenly punishments; it wasn't a heavenly dao formation. They held spiritual artifacts specially refined by artifact-refining masters, with defensive inscriptions etched into their mystic weapons, yet they couldn't even block a few measly talismans.

"Boom—"

Accompanied by the ringing in their ears.

What the hell?

"Crack!"

"Ah!!"

The incessant screams answered the cultivators' doubts.

The cultivator holding the spiritual shield at the front suddenly spat blood from his chest; his eyes bulged like copper bells as he stared at his shattered shield, then glanced down at the electric arc still lingering on his skin.

He lay in a pool of blood, face filled with disbelief.

At this moment……

The air had solidified.

"Boom boom!!"

"Boom boom boom!!"

Su Chen and his companions nearby gave them no chance to react, pinching talismans and hurling mystic weapons while throwing them at the shield-bearing cultivators.

Heavenly thunderbolts struck down one after another, and the screams continued without cease.

Meanwhile, Su Chen drew an Ultimate Dao Emperor Sword from his storage ring.

As the sword appeared, a surge of heaven-earth sword intent stirred, slashing toward the cultivator at the front who had unleashed his spiritual shield.

What? The top-tier defensive spiritual treasure refined by a seventh-rank grandmaster artifact refiner was sliced in half like paper.

Endless sword intent pierced the spiritual shield that the honorary senior brother boasted about.

It directly struck the physical body of a disciple of the Qingming Divine Sect behind him.

The honorary senior brother hiding in the rear had his eyes nearly bursting, almost suffocating: "!!!"

"How, how could this be…… That is a top-tier Wood Spiritual Shield refined by a seventh-rank artifact master; not even a king-tier artifact could damage it in the slightest! I don't believe it! I refuse to believe this is real!"

"That sword intent just now was clearly the ultimate strike that only a sword dao expert who has reached the pinnacle of the sword dao could unleash; I don't believe…"

Beside him, a core disciple of the Qingming Sect felt his heart tighten and his whole body tremble.