NABC Chapter 1982 Dominating Gods
Chapter 1982 Dominating Gods
Chapter 1982 Dominating Gods
Inside the Five Elements Formation, Chen Fei slowly raised his eyelids.
His gaze, calm as a deep well, pierced through layers of array light barriers and landed on the dark, demonic figure Tan Anyu who was rushing towards him.
Faced with the combined pressure from two late-stage level 15 demonic cultivators, Chen Fei showed no sign of panic or fear.
Instead, a barely perceptible smile appeared on Chen Fei's lips.
With a slight thought, Chen Fei quietly formed an ancient and profound hand seal with his left hand hanging at his side.
In the next instant, the majestic Five Elements Array, which covered an area of several miles, suddenly emitted a deep rumble, and the five-colored light shield that had been expanded to its limit began to collapse inward at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In the blink of an eye, the area covered by the great formation shrank from several miles to less than a mile.
As the range of the formation rapidly contracted, the aura emanating from the entire formation not only did not weaken, but instead, like a spring being forcibly compressed, it suddenly rose to a new height.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
A more condensed and heavier overwhelming pressure descended like a tangible mountain, causing the space around the array to distort slightly.
The five-colored light within the formation flowed more rapidly, and the light became even more dazzling.
Outside the formation, Tan Anyu, who had stabilized his position, naturally noticed the changes in the formation immediately.
His crimson eyes, hidden in the demonic energy, narrowed slightly, but the arrow was already on the bowstring and had to be released, especially since he had Gu Heze, a powerful ally of the same level, by his side.
"Hmph, bluff!"
Tan Anyu let out a low, sinister laugh. He suddenly raised his right arm, and a torrent of dark demonic energy surged out of his body like a burst dam, rapidly converging towards his right palm.
In the blink of an eye, a giant scythe made entirely of pure demonic energy appeared in his palm.
The scythe was entirely black, but its blade gleamed with a chilling, dark, blood-red light, emanating a terrifying aura capable of slicing through the soul.
"die!"
Tan Anyu let out a roar, and swung his arm violently, slashing the huge demonic scythe down fiercely at the large array in front of him that had already shrunk and solidified.
"Tear it!"
A colossal, jet-black, crescent-shaped blade of light tore through the sky, carrying a violent aura capable of destroying everything, and crashed into the light shield of the great formation like a deathly impact from the deepest abyss.
Almost at the same time that Tan Anyu made his move, Gu Heze, who was standing next to him, also moved.
Gu Heze let out a hoarse and unpleasant laugh, and suddenly raised both palms upwards.
"Gululu!"
A strange sound, seemingly emanating from the depths of hell, suddenly rang out. The next moment, a massive coffin, its entire surface carved with countless twisted, painful, ghostly runes, appeared out of thin air above Gu Heze's head.
The coffin exuded an aura of deathly stillness and ominousness so thick it seemed impossible to dispel. The lid was not completely closed, leaving a gap from which wisps of pitch-black smoke continuously escaped.
"open!"
Gu Heze's eyes flashed with bloodlust, and he formed a strange hand seal, then suddenly pointed at the coffin.
"Boom!"
The lid of the enormous, pitch-black coffin suddenly swung open, creating an even larger gap.
A dark wave, seemingly gathering all the filth, resentment, and death in the world, surged wildly from the cracks in the coffin like the floodwaters of the Styx bursting its banks.
Wherever this dark wave passed, space seemed to be corroded, light was completely swallowed up, leaving only a despairing, pure darkness.
It followed closely behind Tan Anyu's dark blade light, sweeping towards the great formation like a destructive torrent.
Despite having their cultivation power suppressed, the all-out attack of a late-stage fifteenth-level demonic cultivator was still terrifying. At this moment, two demonic cultivators of the same level simultaneously unleashed their killing moves.
"boom!"
When the pitch-black blade of light that tore through the sky and the dark, corrosive tide of darkness crashed one after the other against the light shield of the great formation, a deafening roar that could shatter eardrums suddenly erupted.
Words cannot describe the scene at that moment; it was as if two enormous stars had collided violently in this place, and terrifying energy shockwaves swept wildly in all directions from the point of collision.
"Clatter!"
Wherever the shockwave passed, all the towering ancient trees, hundreds of feet tall, within a radius of dozens of miles were uprooted like fragile straws, and then torn into countless fragments in mid-air by that terrifying force.
The earth churned and collapsed violently, as if it had been plowed, revealing the dark soil and rocks beneath.
Even the clouds in the sky were cleared away in an instant, revealing the crimson sun behind them, which was transformed from Kuang Yezhou.
This is the power of a combined attack from two late-stage level 15 demonic cultivators. Even though their power was severely suppressed by the rules of this world, the destructive force they unleashed was still terrifying.
"Click...click...click..."
Under the watchful eyes of Tan Anyu and Gu Heze, after enduring this terrifying double blow, countless dense cracks, like a spider web, suddenly appeared on the surface of the incredibly solid light shield of the great formation.
The cracks spread and expanded rapidly, covering the entire light shield in an instant.
"Oh!"
Finally, with a deafening roar as it could no longer withstand the pressure, the seemingly invincible array of light shields shattered.
It transformed into countless brilliant fragments of light, like starlight, which then rapidly scattered in all directions along with the raging energy shockwave.
"Hahaha!"
"As expected, they're utterly vulnerable!"
Seeing that the great formation was broken so easily, Tan Anyu and Gu Heze immediately revealed disdainful smiles.
With a swift movement, they transformed into two sharp beams of demonic light, intending to seize the opportunity presented by the broken formation to rush directly into the formation and kill the formation cultivator.
However, just as they passed the original location of the array's light barrier, a clearer and more resonant array hum suddenly rang out from all around them.
The brilliant spiritual light that had been flying everywhere after the great formation shattered seemed to be summoned by some invisible force, and suddenly rolled back at an incredible speed.
Furthermore, during the reversal process, these spiritual lights rapidly reorganized, linked, and condensed. In the blink of an eye, a brand-new array light shield, more solid than before and emanating a more terrifying pressure, was formed.
Like a giant, inverted glass bowl, it firmly enveloped Tan Anyu and Gu Heze, who had just rushed in, along with the space within a radius of several hundred feet around them.
The sudden change before their eyes caused the smiles on Tan Anyu and Gu Heze's faces to freeze instantly.
They didn't have time to make any effective response because it all happened so fast.
From the moment the great formation shattered, to the reversal of spiritual light, and then to the instant formation of a new great formation, the entire process was so fast that it caught everyone off guard.
"retreat!"
Tan Anyu let out a roar of shock and anger, and he and Gu Heze almost instinctively wanted to retreat.
But, it's too late.
The newly formed array of light shields appeared as thin as a cicada's wing, but the power contained within it was as heavy as a towering mountain.
Gu Heze and Tan Anyu looked solemn; this was not their first time fighting against array cultivators.
Generally speaking, the safest and most effective way to deal with array cultivators is to rely on absolute power or clever long-range attacks to grind away and break through their array formations from outside the array.
Once the formation is broken, the threat level of the formation cultivator who has lost the protection of the formation will drop sharply, and they may even be less than ordinary cultivators of the same level.
This is common knowledge in the cultivation world, and it is also the fundamental reason why Tan Anyu and Gu Heze chose to launch a full-scale attack from the outside.
They had no idea that this seemingly mid-stage 15th-level array cultivator could set up such an exquisite and unpredictable array.
"It's careless!"
Tan Anyu's face was so gloomy it seemed like it was about to drip water. He stared intently at the figure sitting cross-legged in the center of the formation, his heart filled with regret and anger.
Although they did not completely underestimate each other, deep down, the natural sense of superiority stemming from their realm was unavoidable when two late-stage 15th-level demonic cultivators faced a mid-stage 15th-level cultivator.
This subconscious contempt is even more pronounced when they still have an absolute advantage of two against one.
It is precisely this mentality of viewing the other party as a fish on a chopping board that makes them less cautious in their actions.
Instead of thoroughly investigating the area immediately after the formation shattered, they rashly rushed in.
As a result, this has directly led to the extremely passive situation we are in now.
"What should we do now?"
Gu Heze suppressed his shock and anger and asked in a hoarse voice. The black coffin above his head once again emitted a dense demonic aura, firmly protecting his body.
"How to do?"
A fierce glint flashed in Tan Anyu's eyes.
"Since it's not an easy way out, let's just charge in and kill him."
"As long as we kill the person in charge of this formation, no matter how ingenious it is, it will be nothing but a rootless duckweed!"
"Yes, kill!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Heze immediately perked up. Before the words were even finished, Gu Heze had already taken the initiative to move.
The black coffin above his head flew to his front with a "whoosh" and transformed into a huge shield, with himself following closely behind.
Like a savage beast enraged, it charged straight at Chen Fei, who was located at the center of the formation, with an unstoppable momentum.
Tan Anyu was also a ruthless and decisive person. Seeing that Gu Heze had already rushed out, he no longer hesitated.
"Roar!"
A roar like metal scraping against metal erupted from the depths of his throat, and the next moment, the dark demonic energy around him suddenly and frantically contracted inward.
It began to rapidly merge with the huge demonic scythe in his hand, and in the blink of an eye, Tan Anyu's figure completely disappeared.
Only a huge, jet-black scythe, radiating overwhelming killing intent and extreme sharpness, remained on the spot. The scythe trembled slightly and then transformed into a black lightning bolt that tore through the void.
With a speed and ferocity even greater than Gu Heze's, it slashed towards Chen Fei.
After being trapped in the formation, the two late-stage level 15 demonic cultivators unanimously chose the most direct and dangerous close-quarters combat.
Looking ahead, Chen Fei, at the center of the formation, remained terrifyingly calm.
Chen Fei's right hand, which had been hanging by his side, finally moved. He formed a heavy, mountain-like hand seal with one hand and then gently tapped the ground beneath his feet.
"Boom!"
A deep, resounding roar, seemingly emanating from the depths of the earth, suddenly echoed throughout the entire formation.
The next moment, the Houtu Carrying and Generating Array, which represents the Earth element in the entire Five Elements Array, suddenly burst forth with an unprecedentedly brilliant earth-yellow light.
An indescribable, terrifying gravity, as if a real, towering mountain had descended from nowhere, slammed down on Tan Anyu and Gu Heze, who were rushing forward at high speed.
The two demonic cultivators felt a sudden heaviness around them, as if they had instantly fallen into an abyss. The omnipresent, heavy pressure not only affected their physical bodies but also directly impacted their souls and spiritual energy.
Their speed, which had originally been tearing through the void, plummeted under the sudden and terrifying gravitational pressure.
And this was just the beginning. Almost at the same time that Houtu's gravity descended, another completely different force also erupted.
Suddenly, the Xuanming Weak Water Imprisoning Heaven Formation, representing the water element, rippled with layers of pitch-black water.
Countless streams of weak water, exuding an extremely cold and viscous aura, surged out of thin air as if they were alive, and quickly wrapped around Tan Anyu and Gu Heze's limbs and bones.
This Weak Water is not only incredibly heavy, but it also carries a strange force of erosion and stagnation.
Gu Heze let out a roar of shock and anger. He felt that the originally surging demonic energy in his body had become solidified and difficult to mobilize.
Even the operation of divine sense was greatly interfered with, becoming extremely sluggish.
The pitch-black scythe that Tan Anyu had transformed into also flashed brightly, its speed plummeted again, and the state of man and blade as one suddenly dissipated.
Under the double constraints of gravity and the entangling water, the two late-stage fifteenth-level demonic cultivators were struggling to move, like insects trapped in amber.
At this moment, the arrogance and ruthlessness on Tan Anyu and Gu Heze's faces finally disappeared completely, replaced by unparalleled shock and horror.
They finally realized that the power of the great formation before them far exceeded their initial expectations.
Both of them had their cultivation and power suppressed by the Thousand Lotus Demon Realm, so why is his formation still so strong?
A chilling coldness mixed with an unbelievable fear began to spread uncontrollably from the depths of Tan Anyu and Gu Heze's hearts.
This is nothing like the kind of formation that a mid-stage 15th-level formation cultivator could set up.
Could it be that this young man had been hiding his cultivation level, or that his mastery of formations had reached some unbelievable level?
Either way, it means a huge crisis for Tan Anyu and Gu Heze.
"open!"
Gu Heze let out a hoarse roar, a mad, resolute glint in his eyes.
He slammed his hand on the black coffin that had always protected him.
"Boom!"
The pitch-black coffin, formed from his very essence, was detonated by Gu Heze without hesitation.
"Oh!"
A pitch-black storm of destruction suddenly exploded outwards from Gu Heze, instantly dispelling the terrifying gravity that had enveloped him and Tan Anyu, as well as the Xuanming Weak Water that was binding them.
On the other side, Tan Anyu also knew that this was a life-or-death situation, and he no longer held back.
"puff!"
He suddenly opened his mouth, and a stream of primordial blood, crimson with wisps of dark demonic energy, shot out like an arrow onto the black scythe he had transformed into.
"Buzz!"
Nourished by the primordial essence, the jet-black scythe suddenly unleashed an extremely sharp aura that seemed capable of splitting the heavens and earth.
"break!"
Tan Anyu let out a frenzied roar, recklessly burning another portion of his essence and pouring all his power into the scythe.
Tan Anyu wielded the terrifying scythe, no longer aiming it at Chen Fei, but instead changed direction and fiercely slashed at the newly formed array barrier behind him.
He wanted to forcefully break through the formation and escape first.
Clearly, the terrifying power displayed by the formation at this moment had frightened this late-stage fifteenth-level demonic cultivator.
"boom!"
Tan Anyu's self-sacrificing attack, fueled by the burning of his very essence, struck the light barrier of the Five Elements Array with a brutal, unadorned strike.
However, what left Tan Anyu and Gu Heze, who had just broken free of their restraints, dumbfounded happened: the formation barrier they had anticipated shattered did not appear.
The jet-black blade light, which contained a portion of Tan Anyu's essence, was swallowed up by the five-colored, flowing light shield the moment it touched the array barrier, as if it had been swallowed up by a mud ox entering the sea.
It was as if the light shield was not a solid barrier, but a bottomless vortex.
"This is impossible!" Tan Anyu roared frantically.
What filled them with despair was that, almost at the same moment the blade's light was swallowed up, that familiar, terrifying gravity pressed down like a mountain once more.
"Crash!"
Countless jet-black Xuanming Weak Waters surged forth from the void once more, entangling the area.
A bone-chilling cold, mixed with an indescribable sense of horror and absurdity, swept over Tan Anyu and Gu Heze like a sudden ice storm.
They had repeatedly overestimated the great formation before them, from initial disdain to cautious probing, and then to all-out attack, even at the cost of burning their own life force.
They believed they had placed this formation in a very high position.
But what they were witnessing was unacceptable to them.
It should be noted that all cultivators and demonic practitioners who enter this Thousand Lotus Realm, no matter how precious their spiritual treasures or how many rare and precious materials they possess in the outside world, cannot retrieve them here.
These are the ironclad rules of this world.
In other words, the materials used to construct the core of this incredibly powerful array are at most ordinary spiritual objects that can be found anywhere in this world, and could never be some rare and precious divine materials or immortal gold.
The material of the base determines the upper limit of the formation's capacity; this is the most basic common sense in the art of formations.
However, at this moment, this great array, whose core was constructed from ordinary spiritual objects, not only perfectly withstood their frenzied attack of burning their source energy, but also appeared to be completely unharmed, without even the slightest violent fluctuation.
This is completely against common sense; this should never happen!
"Materials are merely the carrier; what truly determines the power of an array is its rules, its structure, and the way energy circulates!"
At the core of the formation, Chen Fei seemed to understand the shock and confusion in the hearts of the two demonic cultivators, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.
Unfortunately, such profound mysteries are beyond the comprehension of demonic cultivators like Tan Anyu and He Ze, who only know how to destroy with brute force.
"kill!"
"Burn!"
Two roars, like those of dying beasts, erupted simultaneously from the depths of the two demonic cultivators' throats.
The next moment, two terrifying auras, even more violent and reckless than before, exploded from Tan Anyu and Gu Heze's bodies like stars exploding.
They once again, without hesitation, frantically burned their own demonic essence.
This time, the burning was much deeper, reaching the very foundation of their lives, and a destructive force swept over their entire bodies like a tidal wave.
The demonic energy around them surged and churned like boiling magma, and hideous blood-red demonic patterns began to appear on their skin. Their auras became extremely unstable, filled with a tragic sense of mutual destruction.
They knew perfectly well that if they burned their very essence so frantically, even if they managed to escape today, they would inevitably suffer a severe blow and damage to their foundation afterward.
It will take a huge amount of resources and time to slowly repair.
But faced with this almost hopeless predicament, they had no other choice.
The only option is to fight to the death!
Gu Heze took the initiative, pushing his hands forward with a sudden force. The black coffin that had just exploded condensed again, transforming into a black stream of light emanating an ominous aura of death.
Like a falling star of death, it crashed violently into the array barrier behind it.
Tan Anyu once again became one with his blade. With the support of the burning source, the black scythe expanded in size again, and the sharp aura emanating from its blade almost cut through space itself.
At the core of the formation, Chen Fei sat quietly in the center, surrounded by nine towering ancient trees.
His gaze calmly fixed on the two demonic figures frantically battering the array barrier like trapped beasts in the distance.
Throughout the entire process, Chen Fei only used the power of three formations: the Houtu Carrying Things and Transforming Formation, the Xuanming Weak Water Imprisoning Heaven Formation, and the Nine Heavens Wood Element Formation.
The other two formations, the Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire Burning Formation and the Golden Spirit Returning to Origin Formation, have remained in a state of being held back.
Chen Fei was testing, testing the upper limit of the Five Elements Formation's defense under the current suppressed conditions.
And some minor weaknesses that may appear inside the formation when subjected to high-intensity attacks.
In Chen Fei's past cultivation and combat career, he did not use formations very frequently.
Therefore, even though Chen Fei has mastered the strongest array formation inheritance of the Tianxuan Sect, he still needs to go through a real battle to truly understand many things.
Just now, as Tan Anyu and Gu Heze launched their frenzied attacks time and time again, the energy flow of the entire Five Elements Formation and the limits of its structural resilience were clearly presented to Chen Fei's perception like the most detailed map.
Countless minor flaws and areas for improvement were captured, analyzed, and understood.
In just a few breaths, Chen Fei had already completed another ultimate optimization and improvement of the Five Elements Formation in his mind based on the information fed back from these actual battles.
Since that's the case, there's no need for these two demonic cultivators to stay any longer.
Chen Fei suddenly formed an extremely complex hand seal in front of him, and as he did so, the entire Five Elements Formation seemed to be infused with a soul.
"Qiang!"
A sharp sound, like ten thousand swords ringing out in unison, soared into the sky from within the Golden Spirit Returning Origin Formation.
Countless sharp, incomparably white-gold killing intents surged wildly toward the Xuanming Weak Water Imprisoning Heaven Formation beside it, as if summoned by a monarch.
The Xuanming Weak Water Imprisoning Heaven Array, infused with the power of the Metal element, instantly transformed into a surging Milky Way, emitting a deafening roar of the celestial river pouring down.
The pitch-black Weak Water became even deeper and heavier, and the power of confinement it contained surged.
Then, this immense water-based power surged relentlessly towards the Nine Heavens Wood Element Array.
The Nine Heavens Wood Element Array shone brightly, and an intensely rich life force, like a spring breeze, brought everything back to life.
The nine towering ancient trees in the formation, which served as the core of the formation, seemed to be instantly infused with boundless vitality. Their branches and leaves grew wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye, radiating a dazzling emerald green light.
This immense life force then surged towards the Red Lotus Karmic Fire Burning Formation.
"boom!"
The Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire Burning Array erupted completely, with one after another bewitching crimson fire lotus soaring into the sky, as if it wanted to set the heavens ablaze. The intense heat scorched and distorted the surrounding void.
That flame was no ordinary fire, but rather a karmic fire containing the power to burn away all the evil and sins of the world.
Ultimately, this earth-shattering fire power surged like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, heading towards the final Houtu Carrying Life and Transforming Array.
"Boom!"
The Houtu Carrying and Transforming Formation emitted a deep, resounding roar, seemingly emanating from the core of the earth. At this moment, the power of the entire formation was pushed to an unprecedented extreme.
The five elements cycle endlessly, generating one another!
A force far more terrifying and vast than before was frantically gathering, compressing, and undergoing a qualitative change at the center of the five great formations!
Finally, a wisp of chaos quietly emerged.
As that wisp of chaotic color appeared, the entire Five Elements Formation trembled violently. The next moment, under the horrified gazes of Tan Anyu and Gu Heze, a figure stepped out from the chaotic center where the power of the five elements converged.
It was a stone figure, its entire body displaying a chaotic color as if the world had never been created.
Its height is not particularly tall, only nine zhang and nine chi.
But the moment it appeared there, Tan Anyu and Gu Heze felt as if the entire world had vanished.
In their eyes and in their perception, there was only this stone figure emanating a suffocating aura of chaos.
It is as if it is the ruling deity of the small world evolved from this Five Elements Grand Array.
(End of this chapter)