Translator: CinderTL
Mi He appeared at the summit of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain with over twenty Golden Core cultivators.
Just moments ago, she had led her disciples to sever the earth veins and had just returned.
Seeing that the Formation controlled by Yan Yuyan and Li Yue had failed to trap Blood Sui as planned, Mi He immediately led her disciples to activate another Primordial Dragon-Trapping Array.
Meanwhile, Lan Chen was independently activating her own Primordial Dragon-Trapping Array.
In an instant, two Formations were activated on the south and north sides of Sui Peak, each extending nine golden chains.
The Formation controlled by Yan Yuyan and Li Yue also conjured golden chains once more.
Thirty-six golden chains, originating from four different directions, coiled toward the tentacles flailing wildly in midair.
This time, the number of golden chains was twice that of the tentacles, a two-to-one advantage.
As a tentacle shattered one chain, another seized the opportunity to wrap around it.
The eighteen tentacles writhed frantically, struggling to break free from the chains' grasp.
However, the chains shimmered with golden light, intricate rune patterns flowing across their surface, making it difficult for the tentacles to sever them.
At that moment, the eighteen chains that had been shattered materialized once more.
Instantly, each tentacle was bound by two chains, making it even harder to break free.
From a distance, Sui Peak appeared to have grown eighteen tentacles, each shackled by two chains.
It seemed that Blood Sui had been suppressed, its resistance broken.
Song Wen and Mo Yexue emerged from the Blood Shadow Formless Formation.
Mo Yexue formed a Sword Incantation with her hands, and her natal flying sword transformed into a streak of light. Its dark golden blade pulsed with an unceasing glow as it plunged toward the base of one of the tentacles.
Pfft!
The flying sword pierced seven inches deep into the flesh before its progress stalled.
Even at that depth, it had failed to pierce Blood Sui's outer layer.
"Ji Yin, help me!" Mo Yexue roared.
She gritted her teeth, channeling every ounce of her Spiritual Power, yet she couldn't force the flying sword any deeper.
Instead, the tentacle writhed violently, threatening to expel the sword entirely.
Unnoticed, Song Wen had arrived beside the tentacle.
He transformed into a three-zhang Giant Corpse, clenched his right fist, and unleashed a thunderous punch against the sword's hilt.
The immense force drove the flying sword through the tentacle like a hot knife through butter, burying it completely except for half the hilt.
Mo Yexue's face lit up with joy. She poured all her energy into the flying sword, unleashing a torrent of Sword Qi that tore through the tentacle's interior, aiming to destroy it from within.
The tentacle seemed to be suffering immense damage, thrashing wildly. The two chains binding it groaned with a teeth-grinding screech, threatening to snap at any moment.
Suddenly, a pair of pitch-black, claw-like hands appeared on the hilt of the sword.
Song Wen gripped the hilt with both hands, summoning all his strength to push the flying sword horizontally.
Screech!
The razor-sharp blade began to slice through the tentacle's outer layer.
Even after activating the Undying True Corpse Transformation, Song Wen's physical strength had increased dramatically, but pushing the flying sword still felt strenuous.
Mo Yexue, who was controlling the flying sword, immediately understood Song Wen's intention. She coordinated with him, guiding the sword in a horizontal arc.
With their combined efforts, the speed at which the flying sword sliced through the tentacle's outer layer increased significantly.
Soon, Song Wen had circled the entire tentacle, completing a full rotation with the flying sword.
The tentacle's outer layer had also been encircled.
Without the support of its toughest outer layer and with Mo Yexue continuously channeling Sword Qi to shred the flesh within, the entire tentacle suddenly snapped.
The tentacle, which could stretch and contract at will, reverted to its original form, transforming into a blood-red pillar of flesh dozens of feet in diameter and hundreds of feet long. It crashed heavily to the ground.
No blood gushed from the severed end of the tentacle. The flesh within resembled countless blood-red fibers intertwined and matted together.
Boom!
A thunderous explosion suddenly erupted from beneath the ground.
The mountain peak abruptly burst open, and a tentacle erupted through the rock. Like a massive blood-red pillar rising from the earth, it lunged toward Song Wen.
The Mount Tai Ring hovered above Song Wen's head, forming a bronze-colored shield around him.
The tentacle slammed into the azure shield, sending Song Wen and his shield hurtling into the sky.
Boom, boom, boom...
The sound of rock shattering continued to echo.
One after another, tentacles burst from the earth.
In an instant, the entire Sui Peak collapsed with a deafening roar, and the ground for miles around sank into the abyss.
A colossal meatball, like a monstrous behemoth, slowly emerged from the ground.
Including the tentacle severed by Song Wen and Mo Yexue's combined attack, the meatball possessed a total of forty-nine tentacles. Four of these tentacles supported its mountain-like body, lifting it about thirty meters off the ground.
The remaining tentacles lashed out at the chains that bound it.
The chains shattered one after another, and the eighteen trapped tentacles were freed one by one.
Faced with this sudden shift, Lan Chen, Mi He, Yan Yuyan, and Li Yue, who were controlling the Formation, immediately adapted.
The Primordial Dragon-Trapping Array underwent an instant transformation. The nine chains formed by the Formation abruptly vanished, replaced by a single, thicker chain.
Four massive golden chains shot out simultaneously from the east, south, west, and north, converging on the meatball.
Tentacle after tentacle struck the chains, attempting to shatter them.
However, the combined chain proved far more resilient, withstanding the initial blows. But under the relentless barrage of tentacles, it eventually dissolved into nothingness.
As soon as an old chain shattered, a new one materialized, relentlessly coiling around the meatball.
For a moment, both sides reached an impasse.
Yet this stalemate perfectly suited Song Wen and the others' plan.
After all, from the start, their sole objective had been to use the Formation to drain Blood Sui's Spiritual Qi.
Some tentacles bypassed the four thick chains, attempting to attack the Formation itself.
Each strike from the tentacles caused the golden barrier of the Primordial Dragon-Trapping Array to violently shake, yet it remained unbroken.
This was the unique characteristic of the Primordial Dragon-Trapping Array. Its operation didn't rely on the Spiritual Power of Lan Chen and the others, but rather on the six hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones hidden within its formation nodes.
If they couldn't shatter the Primordial Dragon-Trapping Array with a single, thunderous blow, they could only slowly deplete the Spiritual Qi within the Spirit Stones. Once the Spiritual Qi was exhausted, the formation would naturally collapse.
This was the primary reason Lan Chen, Mo Yexue, and Song Wen had chosen this formation to deal with Blood Sui.
Each Primordial Dragon-Trapping Array was incredibly costly, with the materials used in its construction alone worth nearly a thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones.
Meanwhile, after Song Wen and Mo Yexue had worked together to sever a tentacle, Mo Yexue urged her flying sword to pierce into Blood Sui's body through the severed end.
The blood-red fibers at the wound intertwined and coiled like countless strands of steel wire, but they ultimately couldn't withstand the flying sword's sharpness. The sword easily pierced through them and plunged deep within.
However, Mo Yexue suddenly realized that as the flying sword penetrated deeper, her connection with it was gradually weakening.
After plunging several dozen feet, even controlling the flying sword became difficult.
To avoid completely losing contact with her flying sword, Mo Yexue reluctantly controlled it to retreat from Blood Sui's body.
Meanwhile, Song Wen had retreated far away to avoid Blood Sui's attacks.
Mo Yexue and Song Wen watched from a distance as Lan Chen and the others continued their assault on Blood Sui with the formation.
(End of the Chapter)