Chapter 2045: Old Three's Tactics!

The Gu Clan set up this gu formation; as long as we control the central formation lines, we control the entrance to the entire Blood River Star Region.

Yang Jian nodded, "What the senior brother said is correct."

The two had already arrived at a place near the center of the gu formation.

They saw that there were dozens of Gu Clan powerhouses stationed here.

All are High Star Dao Birth Realm, and even Dao Extinction Realm!

But this is understandable.

After all, this is the core of the gu formation!

Chen Zhangsheng said, "Feel the vibration on your wrist, then try to circulate the Great Dao Classic, and you'll know this hidden trick."

Yang Jian suddenly realized, and while moving began to comprehend the unity of body and Dao.

Soon!

The two arrived at the first central node.

All they saw was a middle-aged man with white-streaked temples sitting cross-legged, his eyes fixed intently ahead.

As Chen Zhangsheng raised his hand, strands of blood-red formation lines flowed.

It seemed like a fluctuation of the gu formation, but in fact it was rewriting the pattern of this central node.

The Gu Clan middle-aged man actually noticed nothing!

"What's going on? Why do I feel somewhat irritable?"

The middle-aged man unconsciously frowned, vaguely feeling something was wrong.

Clearly the formation lines before him were unchanged, yet he always felt a sense of unfamiliarity.

He was about to rise.

Suddenly!

An almost instinctive intuition made him feel as if icy water were poured over his body.

His hairs stood on end!

Wrong!

What's wrong!

The middle-aged man rose and began to probe his surroundings.

But there was nothing.

"Wait, could it be Yang Jian?"

The middle-aged man had just hesitated when, in a flash, Chen Zhangsheng moved.

"Damn! Is it you, Yang Jian?"

He only saw a blurry silhouette, not even seeing Chen Zhangsheng's face clearly.

"Hiss hiss hiss!"

Streaks of blood-red lines burst out from the node space like a downpour, turning the middle-aged man into a sieve.

The gu creature's Dao Resonance on him was completely plundered, becoming part of the gu formation.

The middle-aged man died.

He died silently.

From when he noticed something amiss to his complete demise, it took only a breath.

Yang Jian was somewhat shocked.

Is this the strength of the third senior brother?

Actually, he could have done without concealing his aura!

On the surface, Chen Zhangsheng appears to be a Nine-Star Dao King Realm.

But he simply cannot believe it!

At that moment.

Chen Zhangsheng activated a spirit technique with his hand, gazing at where the middle-aged man vanished, and spoke quite familiarly.

"Old Master Heavenly Dao, dust to dust, earth to earth. This cultivator harbored killing intent toward me; I did not strike him down—he was slain by the power of karma! Now his soul returns to the star region, his cultivation returns to heaven and earth. Karma thus dissipates!"

Yang Jian was left dumbfounded.

What the heck is this?

He had never seen anyone perform such a ritual before.

"Senior brother, what are you doing?"

Yang Jian asked curiously.

Chen Zhangsheng said, "Killing is not the end; the dissipation of karma is the end. Look carefully—do I have any karmic power on me?"

Yang Jian investigated a bit, slightly frowning.

How to put it.

Chen Zhangsheng sensed it, like a blank slate.

Nothing at all.

Very strange.

Like a being without a soul.

Yang Jian sensed himself again and realized that, compared to Chen Zhangsheng, his own body was entwined with much karmic power.

Here, most of the karma comes from the Strange Clan he once slaughtered.

He sneered, "Heh. You're all dead already, still want to affect me?"

He felt somewhat contemptuous.

"Senior brother, these karmic ties shouldn't be a big problem, right?"

Chen Zhangsheng had a solemn expression, "Junior brother, as the saying goes, 'caution makes for a ten-thousand-year voyage.' In this world, there exist some powerful cultivators who have mastered the Dao of karma; they can follow the karmic threads to the source."

Yang Jian suddenly realized, "No wonder senior brother is so cautious. The stronger senior brother gets, the more he reveres karma. But what if even senior brother cannot sever karma?"

Chen Zhangsheng's face twitched, "We can only go find the master."

Yang Jian: "……"

Chen Zhangsheng said, "When I kill someone, I'll demonstrate it for you."

Yang Jian was somewhat curious.

A moment later.

Chen Zhangsheng and the two arrived at another hub node.

Guarding this place is an eight-star Dao Birth realm expert, his expression solemn, focused, observing the fluctuations around him.

Unbeknownst to him, Chen Zhangsheng was secretly altering the hub's formation patterns.

The bloody Dao Resonance circulated, everything as usual.

Suddenly!

He saw two figures appear before him.

"Holy shit! Saw a ghost!"

The Gu Clan expert rubbed his eyes.

He couldn't believe it!

After all, this is the hub of the Gu formation!

Even if the Kuangyan Elder, who controls the core, walks within the formation, it will cause minute fluctuations in the patterns.

Even a mosquito flying can disturb the patterns!

But these two people appeared abruptly, without any omen.

"Yang Jian!"

The Gu Clan expert finally saw Yang Jian clearly.

Yang Jian's mouth curled slightly, "By the time you see me, you're already dead."

The Gu Clan expert blinked in surprise, then shockingly discovered a large hole had suddenly appeared on his body.

The Gu Clan's Dao Resonance is draining away!

Yet he is powerless to stop it!

He choked up, only able to watch helplessly as the Gu creature's Dao Resonance within his body was entirely injected into the formation.

In his inner world, a multitude of Gu creatures burst out, then fell into silence.

He died.

But a faint karmic thread wound around Chen Zhangsheng.

"Yang Jian, watch closely."

In Chen Zhangsheng's hand, the spiritual seal shifted.

"Hiss!"

This thread began to float upward, shooting off into the distance.

"Where did this karma go?"

Chen Zhangsheng said, "It went to find the master."

Yang Jian: "……"

Only then did he understand senior brother's meaning.

In other words, let the master bear the karma!

Meanwhile, in the Dachang Star Region, Lu Xuan lay on the recliner, suddenly sneezing.

A strand of karma had appeared on his body.

Extremely faint.

"Damn it!"

Lu Xuan immediately sensed that this karma came from Chen Zhangsheng.

Even Old Three sent a voice transmission, "Master, I'm just demonstrating the wonderful use of karma to Yang Jian."

Lu Xuan was somewhat speechless.

Actually, his body was already entwined with countless karmic threads.

Not to mention these dozen or so disciples.

Even the Ruthless Empress, the World Tree, Dieyue, plus Wang Lin, Dayu... these are all massive karmic forces!

"You brat."

Lu Xuan couldn't help but complain about Chen Zhangsheng.

Chen Zhangsheng gave a dry cough.

Yang Jian seemed to have an insight, "I've learned it."

Next.

Chen Zhangsheng and Yang Jian followed the same method.

Next, Chen Zhangsheng had Yang Jian make a move.

"Sizzle!"

A high-star Dao Birth realm Gu Clan expert died within the formation.

But Yang Jian didn't want to perform Chen Zhangsheng's strange ritual; he felt a bit uncomfortable.

Do as you like.

Chen Zhangsheng did not insist.

Boom!

Another Gu Clan cultivator of the High-Star Dao Sheng Realm died silently.

One day later.

All the guardians of the formation's core, except for the Crazy Rock Elder, died violently; their Dao Resonance became part of the formation's patterns.

What's more!

Chen Zhangsheng and Yang Jian also altered the formation's core patterns.

Within the formation's core, the Crazy Rock Elder ultimately felt a strange sensation.

Moreover, he had already sensed via the formation that the Ruthless Woman Emperor's army was approaching, but the other elders had not reported it; he grew somewhat angry, 'What the hell is going on?'