The torn sky dome meandered and twisted, black fissures spreading to the horizon, violent tremors resonating throughout every corner of the battlefield.
Combatants on both Righteous and Evil sides couldn't help but look up, just to hear the thunderous sound of the sky tearing apart, as a colossal crack appeared in the sky, with countless bolts of lightning dancing wildly within it.
From within the crack, a heart-palpitating aura drifted out.
Through the rift, one could faintly make out streams and strands of primordial chaos, twinkling with variegated radiant light.
This was the real Tao River, it was just not truly open, otherwise, dare to gaze directly at the Tao River, who knew how many cultivators' eyeballs and heads would explode.
Layer upon layer of blue runes appeared densely around the fissure, eventually constructing an Array Map vast like a star-studded sky, covering the sky dome.
"Hundred Rivers Covering Sea Array, to die beneath a Tao Formation is your honor."
Zhuang Liangru, looking at the activated Hundred Rivers Covering Sea Array, a trace of pain flickered in his eyes.
If it weren't for preserving the survival rate of Righteous Disciples and unwillingness to bear heavy casualties, he would not have wanted to activate the Hundred Rivers Covering Sea Array.
Because the cost of activating such a Tao Formation was excessively high.
Even Guan Chao Pavilion, as Qingzhou's number one Sect, felt immense heartache.
Especially since the Hundred Rivers Covering Sea Array had been damaged before, and repairing it had already cost Guan Chao Pavilion a large portion of their foundation.
But the turn of events forced Zhuang Liangru to play this final card unless he wanted a pyrrhic victory, by which even if they won, there was no telling how many disciples and elders would perish.
"To think you could rebuild the Hundred Rivers Covering Sea Array in such a short time after it was damaged."
Zhang Junwei's face was ashen, watching the slowly forming Hundred Rivers Covering Sea Array above the Sky Dome, feeling the unique aura of a Tao Level Array, he was completely stiff.
"Hehe, how would the Demon Path, which is like a frog in a well, understand the foundation of our Guan Chao Pavilion; just because you can't construct a Tao Formation doesn't mean we can't."
Although Zhuang Liangru's heart ached, because the activation of a Taoist Skill Array was valued in billions, he maintained a carefree demeanor in front of Zhang Junwei, as if money was like dung to him.
One could say that even if Ghost Ridge Palace were annihilated, the gains would not be enough to offset the consumption of the Tao Formation, and this Sect war would be a huge loss.
But now, Guan Chao Pavilion was also stuck in a dilemma; to uphold their reputation as Qingzhou's number one Sect, they had no choice but to increase their investment.
"Amitabha, good deeds bring good returns, and evil deeds bring evil consequences. Ghost Ridge Palace and Heavenly Soul Sect have harmed the common people and brought disorder to the world; they deserve this calamity."
Guan Yan'an from Lingfa Temple clasped his hands together, already beginning to pray the Sutra of Salvation, ready to deliver those Demon Path Dead Souls filled with malevolent energy.
"To possess such a hidden card."
With a trace of despair in his eyes, Lu Jingshi, Sect Leader of Heavenly Soul Sect, knew the battle was decisively set once the Hundred Rivers Covering Sea Array, a Tao Level Array, was successfully activated.
"Now to send the little devils down below on their way."
Zhuang Liangru, seeing that the Hundred Rivers Covering Sea Array was fully formed, waved his hand grandly.
In an instant, heaven and earth overturned, and from the fissure, the Hundred Rivers Covering Sea Array unleashed its Attack Technique.
Meanwhile, as Su Jie was entangled with Huiji Monk in battle, he sensed the changes occurring above the sky dome, especially the aura of the Hundred Rivers Covering Sea Array. Su Jie was no stranger to it, and a smile instantly crept onto his face.
"Haha, hahaha, hahahaha! Finally, I've been waiting for you, finally, you've come!"
Su Jie, with one hand on his forehead, laughed maniacally toward the heavens, causing the Huiji Monk opposite him to be utterly confused, clueless about what was getting into Su Jie.
"Have you been driven mad by the desperate Taoist Formation? If only you knew what today would bring, why did you do it in the past? But fortunately, the heavens are merciful; saving one life supersedes creating a seven-level pagoda. Now I give you another chance, surrender and be captured, and maybe you'll have a chance to live."
However, it quickly dawned on Huiji Monk, that it was likely Su Jie had seen their inevitable defeat and was now going mad under the immense pressure.
Su Jie's smile remained undiminished, staring at Huiji Monk with eyes filled with three parts scorn and seven parts mockery.
"How ridiculous! You still want me to surrender at this point? Haha, it's you who are unable to save yourselves!"
"What are you talking about? It seems you truly have gone mad. Do you not know what kind of power a Tao Formation represents?"
Huiji Monk laughed with rage; he pointed to the cracking Array in the Sky Dome, where waves of blue halo's Taoist aura were already seeping out, and said coldly, "Since you are so obstinately misguided, then along with your Ghost Ridge Palace, sink in the boundless waves as well. It will give me a good opportunity to witness Guan Chao Pavilion's divine might."
In the heavens, the drifting blue runes gradually dissipated, and from the vast crack above, the sound of surging waves echoed.
In the sight of tens of thousands of Righteous and Evil cultivators, the rift cracked with a sound as if it had completely shattered.
Streams of tumultuous blue tides descended from the sky, resembling waterfalls falling from the Ninth Heaven, or like an inverted blue sky.
Countless wide torrents, hundreds of meters across, meandered across the sky dome, like a cerulean tsunami covering hundreds of square kilometers overhead, billions of tons of sea water flowing in it.
And every cultivator who saw this contracted their pupils, their bodies violently shook, instinctively feeling an inner terror in the face of such a natural disaster.
But the most terrified were Ghost Ridge Palace and Heavenly Soul Sect of the Demon Path, because everyone understood for whom the Sky Dome Sea was intended.