Chapter 861

With the strength Luo Fu has displayed, he must know many of the Saints' secrets.

The strength of the Saints lies in their ability to communicate with the Three Thousand Great Dao.

As long as they can mobilize the Three Thousand Great Dao, protected by the Three Thousand Great Dao, the Saints become immortal and indestructible.

To kill a Saint, the first step is to sever the connection between the Saint and the Heavenly Dao—this not only greatly weakens the Saint's power but also strips them of their immortality.

Luo Fu moved Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin into the depths of Chaos precisely to accomplish this.

Most importantly, Luo Fu truly possesses the ability to kill a Saint.

Suppressing their inner panic, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin opened their spirits, relying on the faint connection to attempt communication with the Heavenly Dao.

If they could mobilize the power of the Heavenly Dao, they would be invincible.

Unfortunately, how would Luo Fu give them such an opportunity?

Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin's suspicions were correct—Luo Fu moved them here solely to kill the Saints.

This place is far enough from the Primordial World to drastically weaken the connection between the Saints and the Heavenly Dao.

Hum!

The three thousand Great Dao swords trembled in unison; an invisible sealing force enveloped the entire array space.

This sealing force directly severed the connection between Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin and the Heavenly Dao.

"Brother, it seems Luo Fu truly wants our lives."

The instant they lost contact with the Heavenly Dao, Saint Zhunti understood Luo Fu's intent.

Yet, there was no fear in Saint Zhunti's eyes.

"Yes, it seems Luo Fu has long intended to target us. The Journey to the West wager was merely a trap he set for us—a trap to provoke us into attacking him."

Realizing his connection to the Heavenly Dao still existed, though his intent to commune with it was blocked by the array, Saint Jieyin became utterly rational, piecing together every detail of the Journey to the West.

Severing the connection to the Heavenly Dao unilaterally, yet not completely cutting it.

The sealing force Luo Fu unleashed was clearly crafted specifically for the Saints.

Completely severing Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin's connection to the Heavenly Dao, especially within Chaos, would almost certainly draw Ancestor Hongjun's gaze.

The Chaos Void is no benevolent place.

Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin could encounter any danger in the Chaos Void; Ancestor Hongjun does not care about their life or death.

Ancestor Hongjun cares only whether the danger they encounter might spill over into the Primordial World.

Should any Saint die in the Chaos Void, Ancestor Hongjun will surely turn his gaze upon it.

As long as Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin are not dead, Ancestor Hongjun will certainly intervene to save them.

And Ancestor Hongjun's gaze will directly fall upon him.

Though the curtain is about to rise, before killing Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin, Luo Fu does not intend to wage direct war against Ancestor Hongjun.

Reversing the Journey to the West calamity, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin are absolutely essential to the plan.

Luo Fu has no confidence he can suppress Ancestor Hongjun.

Within the Primordial World, if he cannot suppress Ancestor Hongjun, then should Ancestor Hongjun stubbornly protect Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin, even Luo Fu has no good solution.

That is why Luo Fu specially created this sealing force to unilaterally block the Saints' connection to the Heavenly Dao.

But Luo Fu did not anticipate that Saint Jieyin, through the sealing force, had seen through his entire Journey to the West scheme.

"One who spends his life hunting geese is eventually pecked by one. Who would have thought we too would one day be outmaneuvered? Brother, what do we do now?"

At Saint Jieyin's reminder, Saint Zhunti understood the full truth of the Journey to the West; a bitter smile crept onto his lips.

He never imagined that they, who had always excelled at scheming, would one day be outwitted—by a mere Semi-Saint.

"Fight to the death! If we can break the Great Dao Sword Array's seal, we can escape alive—no matter the cost, we must shatter the Great Dao Sword Array's seal!"

Saint Jieyin declared with iron resolve.

"Yes, brother, we must fight to the death!"

Suppressing the bitter smile, Saint Zhunti's gaze gradually hardened.

Fighting to the death—this was not something they had never done before.

Unlike the Three Pure Ones, before becoming Saints, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin had always struggled to survive in the Primordial World.

Only after Ancestor Hongjun transmitted the Dao in the Purple Cloud Palace did their circumstances begin to improve.

Boom!

With their resolve, the Buddha light condensed around the Ten Thousand Buddhas Array erupted all at once.

Vast amounts of Buddha light transformed into an invisible force, reinforcing the Jieyin Banner.

Swish!

With the full power of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Array behind it, the Jieyin Banner shot like a spear straight toward one of the three thousand Great Dao Swords.

Attacking all ten fingers is not as effective as breaking one.

Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin planned to target one Great Dao Sword, creating a crack in the array.

Unfortunately, their plan would ultimately fail—the three thousand Great Dao Swords were one unified whole; attacking any single sword was attacking the entire array.

Boom!

Facing Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin's assault, the entire array fully awakened.

Rustle!

Terrifying devouring power surged forth from the Great Dao Sword Array.