Chapter 1023: Slaying Immortals to Break the Array

Haotian had actually arrived first!

Everyone was shocked and furious, eager to rush into Yingzhou Island, fearing they would be left behind.

Tongtian Jiaozhu suddenly shouted: "Fellow Daoists, please listen to a word from this poor Daoist. Haotian has already arrived first, and the Haotian Mirror is best at breaking arrays; if we follow him now, we will certainly not be as fast as Haotian.

Since that is the case, we might as well join forces and break the array by force!

I ask all fellow Daoists to assist me in activating the Immortal Execution Sword."

As for who can obtain the Hongmeng Purple Qi next, we shall each rely on our own abilities and destiny."

As the words fell, the Immortal Execution Four Swords floated in the air.

"Good!"

Hearing this, everyone nodded one after another.

Thus, they all took action, pouring their vast magic power into Tongtian Jiaozhu, and then, through Tongtian Jiaozhu's circulation, it was injected surgingly into the Immortal Execution Four Swords.

Thirty or forty Quasi-Saints joining forces, among whom were more than a dozen Peak Quasi-Saints—how terrifying that was!

Instantly, the Immortal Execution Four Swords rang out.

Endless sword Qi burst forth, shredding the surrounding void to pieces; following a sharp shout from Tongtian Jiaozhu, the Immortal Execution Four Swords each slashed out a streak of sword Qi, bombarding Yingzhou Island.

Boom—!

Yingzhou Island shook violently, and the monstrous waves that had not yet ceased became even more turbulent.

The Innate Great Array emerged, with countless runes flowing.

But in the end, it could not withstand the attack of the Immortal Execution Four Swords, and the Innate Great Array collapsed with a roar.

As the Innate Great Array disintegrated with a crash, the full view of Yingzhou Island came into everyone's sight, and they saw Haotian in the center of Yingzhou Island, suddenly looking up with a look of shock and anger flashing across his face.

Beside Haotian was a large, deep pit.

In the deep pit, there were still remnants of the Dao rhyme of an Innate Spiritual Root, but the Five-Needle Pine was gone.

Along with the Hongmeng Purple Qi, it had also disappeared.

The Five-Needle Pine, along with the Hongmeng Purple Qi, had been obtained by Haotian!

This was the only thought in everyone's mind!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Everyone spread out with tacit understanding, surrounding Yingzhou Island while sealing off the surrounding space.

Yuanshi Tianzun jumped out first, stern and severe: "Haotian, you are merely a boy beside the Dao Ancestor; what right do you have to possess the Hongmeng Purple Qi? If you are sensible, hand over the Hongmeng Purple Qi, otherwise today will be the day of your fall."

Zhunti Daoren also said coldly: "Haotian, you do have great ability to have actually found Yingzhou Island. Fortunately, we broke the Innate Great Array by force, otherwise this Hongmeng Purple Qi would have truly belonged to you."

Tongtian likewise said coldly: "Haotian, hand over the Hongmeng Purple Qi."

The others all stared coldly at Haotian, with the posture that if he dared not to hand it over, they would beat him to death.

Yin Qi chuckled inwardly and also put on a cold and stern appearance.

Haotian was distraught; he could not understand why, in just a moment's time, the Five-Needle Pine and the Hongmeng Purple Qi had been snatched by someone else!

Five thousand years—he had searched for five thousand years.

The key was that it was one thing for the Five-Needle Pine and the Hongmeng Purple Qi to be snatched, but the other party had even dug a pit for him.

Facing everyone's cold gazes, Haotian was both shocked and angry.

He roared in a low voice: "It was not this poor Daoist; someone else arrived first."

"Arrived first?"

Yuanshi Tianzun sneered: "Haotian, it seems you will not shed tears until you see the coffin. Since that is the case, we will kill you first, and when the time comes, we will have our own ways to find the Hongmeng Purple Qi."

Everyone remained silent.

But the faintly erupting momentum clearly expressed their thoughts.

Haotian's whole body tightened, and he hurriedly said loudly: "This poor Daoist swears to Heaven, if the Hongmeng Purple Qi was truly obtained by this poor Daoist, may this poor Daoist suffer the three disasters and nine calamities, and die a miserable death."

Everyone was stunned, and then their expressions changed abruptly.

When a practitioner of the Dao takes an oath, it cannot be done casually; there is the sensing of the Heavenly Dao.

Haotian dared to make such a poisonous oath, which showed that he was not lying; the Hongmeng Purple Qi had truly been snatched by someone else.

"How could it not be you!"

Yuanshi Tianzun could not accept it, staring fixedly at Haotian.

At this point, Haotian did not hide it either, and said in a flustered and exasperated manner: "Five thousand years ago, this poor Daoist entered Zixiao Palace to seek an audience with the Master, and the Master told this poor Daoist that the Hongmeng Purple Qi was on Yingzhou Island. The Master even told me the general range of Yingzhou Island's movement.

For this, this poor Daoist concealed his tracks and circled around this East Sea for five thousand years, and only after much difficulty did I capture the traces of Yingzhou Island, landing on the island and breaking the array at the first opportunity.

But who would have known, as soon as this poor Daoist arrived here, I only saw this deep pit.

The Hongmeng Purple Qi and the Five-Needle Pine were both gone."

Speaking to this point, he looked at Yuanshi Tianzun and roared: "You ask this poor Daoist who it is; this poor Daoist also wants to know. The Hongmeng Purple Qi, it should have belonged to this poor Daoist."

Hearing this, everyone could not help but ponder.

At the same time, everyone looked at each other, thinking about who that person who arrived first could possibly be.

Lu Ya suddenly sneered: "Those of us present basically know each other's roots and foundations; no one has the ability to know about the matter of Yingzhou Island in advance. If there is someone most likely, then it must be Di Qi."

Swish! Swish!

Pairs of eyes looked in unison at Yin Qi.

Everyone had strange expressions; it was clear that they all felt Lu Ya's words made sense.

Please... you... bookmark 6... 9... shu... ba...!

Just like the matter of the Donghuang Bell back then.

In the center of the Sun Star, where even Saints should not be able to set foot, why was Di Qi able to!

This time, Di Qi being able to arrive first, while it seems impossible, is not entirely impossible.

Yin Qi narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced at Lu Ya, then scanned the crowd and said indifferently, "That's right, the Hongmeng Purple Qi is on me. What can you do about it? Why don't we all have a go at it?"

Lu Ya's smug expression suddenly froze.

It was not just Lu Ya; Laozi, Yuanshi, and the others also had ugly expressions.

Do not be fooled by the fact that Yin Qi's side only had six people, but all six were Peak Quasi-Saints, especially Di Qi, who held the Three Innate Supreme Treasures—the Donghuang Bell, the Taiji Diagram, and the Pangu Banner—enough to contend against Tongtian Jiaozhu plus three or four other Peak Quasi-Saints.

And they, all added together, only numbered seven.

As for the others.

Facing Peak Quasi-Saints, no matter how many people there were, it was useless.

Originally, they had Minghe Laozu and Kunpeng as allies, but they were both trapped on the Primordial Continent.

Even if Haotian defected, they would not gain any advantage.

A cold glint flashed in Chiyou's eyes, and he shouted, "Di Qi, if it is not you, then you should swear an oath just like Haotian."

Yin Qi sneered, "Chiyou, I think you of the Wu Clan only grow muscles, not brains. I have already admitted that the Hongmeng Purple Qi is on me; what else do I need to swear?"

"Di Qi, you are courting death!"

Chiyou roared angrily.

Xingtian and the others glared in fury, their auras surging as they prepared to charge forward.

"Enough!"

Houtu shouted coldly, blocking the path in front of Chiyou and the others: "The Hongmeng Purple Qi is of no use to our Wu Clan; why are you working so hard for it?"

Scolded by Houtu, Chiyou and the others slowly calmed down.

Including Houtu, they had ten Ancestral Witches.

But if they really were to fight, they would likely only be slaughtered by Di Qi and his six companions.

They were merely impulsive, not brainless.

Sharp lights flickered in everyone's eyes as they stared fixedly at Yin Qi.

They wanted to find a flaw in Yin Qi's expression, wanting to know whether Yin Qi's previous words were the truth or sarcasm.

For a time, the scene was silent, the atmosphere oppressive.

It is unknown how much time passed when Qing suddenly said, "Eh, where is Yaochi?"

Only then did everyone realize that Yaochi had not appeared the entire time.

Just then, everyone's expressions changed one after another, and they turned to look toward the southeast, where, over a trillion miles away, endless rays of light shot into the sky, and the aura of Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures and Spiritual Roots swept toward them. (End of chapter)