An elderly magician pressed his palm against the ground; the formation he had prepared earlier unfolded in an instant. Golden patterns spread outward from the elder as the center, expanding in a flash. This was the source of the disaster of witchcraft from the Red Emperor lineage centuries ago.
For the bloodline of the Red Emperor lineage, it possessed a highly specific restraint. The intricate golden patterns dispersed, transforming into Yin Yang and the Eight Trigrams, composing a complex array of formations that continued to evolve from one thousand and eighty variations, ultimately culminating in four thousand three hundred and twenty strategic alterations.
The golden formation covered the entire mountain range and then shifted in layers at different angles and positions, stirring the Primordial Qi.
Whale Hunter sat up slightly, examining the formation, and declared:
"Excellent Formation Path!"
"Such profound hatred!"
In his heart, he admired, "It’s a formation specifically targeting Ji Chengfeng. Just looking at the performance of this one formation, it has surpassed me and is enough to make one proud." The elderly magician’s white hair flew about, and the foremost of the four thousand three hundred and twenty formations of Qimen Dunjia firmly locked onto one direction.
A man in a blue robe paced at the far end, walking over calmly, step by step.
Li Guanyi felt an instinctive terror arise within him, as if all the blood in his body was about to flow backward, a stark contrast to his first encounter with Ji Chengfeng. At that moment, he was without the Sword Madman Murong Longtu by his side, whereas Ji Chengfeng was already poised to strike.
At that moment, Ximen Hengrong had already lunged forward, attacking Li Guanyi, who gripped his Battle Halberd tightly to fend off this Grandmaster. The Qilin roared, about to spew flames, as both unleashed their ultimate skills...
But at that moment, a hand reached out from behind Li Guanyi.
Li Guanyi had never noticed the owner of this palm before.
The owner of the palm directly grabbed Li Guanyi’s wrist, while the other hand grabbed Ximen Hengrong’s hand. The explosive power of both men was swallowed up in an instant like being engulfed in the ocean, and then, with a light touch, he pulled both Li Guanyi and Ximen Hengrong apart.
"Quarreling , what a sight!"
The voice was rough, and there stood a big man almost two meters tall in Li Guanyi’s eyes, shaggy-bearded and unkempt, who without using any Martial Arts or Absolute Skills, casually pulled apart the two men fully using their utmost techniques.
Li Guanyi said, "Senior, you are..."
The big man laughed, "I’m from the Mo School."
With a flick of his wrist, Ximen Hengrong’s Inner Strength of 60 years was shattered. He reached out, touched the center of Ximen Hengrong’s brow, and a gleam of light dispersed and slid downward, thereby interrupting the suppression by the Eternal Blood on Ximen Hengrong’s body.
Ximen Hengrong’s consciousness was revived, and clarity returned to his eyes.
In just an instant, he recognized the situation and said, "Master Mo Xie!"
Ximen Hengrong seemed to retain a slight impression, and in the moment he regained his senses, he urgently asked, "I had a disciple who came here, Li Guanyi, how is he now?"
Without an answer, Ximen Hengrong, gaping, let out a bitter laugh:
This Grandmaster of Chen Country’s Northern Domain’s hands trembled, "He was of common birth, from a family of farmers, he joined my Martial Arts Hall, more diligent than any son of an aristocratic family. This was the first time I took him out, but he, he’s dead..."
Ximen Hengrong’s eyes reddened, and Mo Xie said, "Maintain your spirit!"
"Or else you’ll still be influenced by Ji Chengfeng."
Ximen Hengrong looked at Master Mo, suddenly letting go and kneeling heavily, his forehead hitting the ground, the old man’s hoarse voice said: "As a teacher, I couldn’t avenge my disciple, and instead, my disciple perished because of me."
"I accepted his tuition, ten pieces of cured meat.
"Please senior, kill Ji Chengfeng, I..."
Ximen Hengrong’s face strained with bulging veins, his rich Inner Qi burst open, distorting the air around, clearly showing that even Master Mo was struggling to overcome Ji Chengfeng’s control. A distorted expression appeared on Ximen Hengrong’s face.
Ximen Hengrong stood up, and in his last lucid state, he rushed toward a cliff at the edge, cried out :
"We martial artists, life or death, should be in our own hands. I lack the courage to take my life, yet I refuse to drag down my senior!" He gathered his Inner Qi, and just like that, he charged out of the cliff, letting himself fall.
The Sky-climbing Eagle from the Sky-reaching Sect dived down, its claws grasping at Ximen Hengrong’s shoulders, attempting to lift him, but Ximen Hengrong, unable to dispel it, grimly hugged the eagle, gathered his Inner Qi inside like a stubborn stone, and plummeted down the thousand-foot cliff.
A beam of Buddhist light then supported his fall onto a side ledge.
A short monk with a white beard moved slowly.
Whale Hunter slightly lifted his gaze: "Central Earth’s monk, Mo School’s Mo Xie, it’s rare to see these figures take action; it seems that Ji Chengfeng’s deeds have even driven the typically neutral Academy to intervene."
Mo Xie wielded an unusually heavy sword, seemingly just taken from the forge, unformed and oppressive. He said to Li Guanyi, "So you are Guan Yi. My disciple from the Mo School has also mentioned some of your thoughts to me."
"I’d like to have a longer chat with you later."
"But now, this is no longer your battlefield."
He reached out, grabbed Li Guanyi, and with a single motion, flung Li Guanyi up into the air. In the face of this man, who appeared to be in his forties, Li Guanyi’s physique and Martial Arts skills were as useless as a child’s.
Then the Qilin was picked up and thrown back.
Mo Xie, holding a sword in his right hand, looked at the Qingpao Changsheng and declared, "Ji Chengfeng, a legend in the Martial Arts world, I’m very curious to see if the so-called invincible Martial Arts Legend is as formidable as the legends say."