The ground turned like water, and after the graphics and text faded, the originally transformed ground runes were temporarily pushed away, creating a huge hole in the ground. At the same time, countless runes, carrying the power of the Void Rending Finger, formed a terrifying rebounding force, rushing over.
Ding Yan waved his sleeve, five fingers flipped, and pressed onto the formation he had previously set up.
Radiant light flowed.
A swallowing force appeared around the huge hole, and a massive vortex formed instantly.
Almost at the same time, the terrifying force in the sky fell to the ground. under the traction of the vortex, the terrifying force was directly swallowed, along with a large number of runes, and disappeared...
After swallowing this force, the formation that Ding Yan had set up exploded, and the two central runes were directly crushed into debris.
All of this, it seemed slow, but in reality, it was just a blink of an eye.
After the central runes were crushed, the formation Ding Yan had set up lost all its effect, and many useless runes floated in the air.
"After extracting a large number of low-level runes, and ten fourth-level runes, even the fifth kind of rune was extracted..." Ding Yan raised his head and looked into the void, silently calculating.
The ground formation was a method that Ding Yan had thought about for a long time, using the formation to break the formation, with the foundation of the original runes. Because there was no one controlling this expert-level formation, Ding Yan set up a formation in it, using the original runes as the foundation. In this way, the uncontrolled formation naturally could not feel any other aura. After the formation was completed, the runes within it would temporarily push away the original ground runes. The principle was similar to putting an ice funnel into a water tank, where the ice would actively push away the water. After that, using the rebounding force of the formation, Ding Yan would determine the effect of the runes before exerting full force under this circumstance, achieving the purpose of breaking the formation with a formation.
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A quiet wilderness.
A gray-robed old man held a tattered map and carefully headed forward following the instructions in the map. Behind him, a cultivator in a brown robe followed closely. If Ding Yan were here, he would recognize that this person was the one who fought against Duānmù Lǎoguǐ at the Luànshí Gǎng not long ago.
"Senior Fivesource, are you sure this map is genuine?" Huángfǔ Míng asked.
"Whether it’s real or fake, it doesn’t matter to this old man. Just follow me, and when we get there, I'll let you use the Soul Extraction Technique," the old man said without turning his head.
Huángfǔ Míng repeatedly nodded in agreement.
Being a clandestine immortal himself, in front of this person, Huángfǔ Míng seemed like a careful little junior, showing the terror the gray-robed old man commanded.
"It's really unlucky to fall into the hands of this old guy..." Huángfǔ Míng felt bitter in his heart.
Perhaps others were not aware, but Huángfǔ Míng knew very well. The inconspicuous gray-robed old man in front of him was the person who had transcended the three great heavenly tribulations, known as the Fivesource Hermit. When faced with a master of this level who had transcended the heavenly tribulations, even Huángfǔ Míng, who had Dao techniques, didn't dare to resist.
Because a transcendent being who has surpassed the celestial tribulations and one who hasn’t are two different levels of existence.
After a cultivator transcends the mortal tribulations, they are honored as a clandestine immortal. To ordinary cultivators, this realm is lofty, but for true clandestine immortals, they have just started because they don’t even have the qualification to enter the Nine Heavens Illusory Realm.
The Illusory Nine Heavens is a place that only Thunder Tribulation Pantheons can enter. Unless they experience the First Mortal Tribulation, the laws of heaven and earth will reward them with an opportunity to enter it. Afterwards, they must rely on their own strength to enter again. Thunder Tribulation is the way to confirm this strength. Each time a Thunder Tribulation is passed, the Pantheon will gain a deeper understanding, and with this understanding, they can break open the gates of the Illusory Nine Heavens and enter it. Ordinary pantheons can only cultivate on the outskirts of the Illusory Nine Heavens and cannot enter it at all.
"Hmm?" While walking, the Wanderer of the Five Sources suddenly stopped and looked into the void. "What's wrong, senior?" Huangfu Ming's expression tightened, and the elemental force on his right hand involuntarily activated. Although he was not the match of the Wanderer of the Five Sources, Huangfu Ming was not willing to sit idly by, especially since he possessed daoist skills and still had a chance in a fight. It seemed that the Wanderer of the Five Sources also understood this, hence he did not forcefully probe Huangfu Ming's soul.
"Step back!" The Wanderer of the Five Sources barked.
Five ghostly shadows revolved around him, like sinister specters.
These five ghostly shadows were the supernatural powers that the Wanderer of the Five Sources had cultivated throughout his life, mysterious and eerie.
As the ghostly shadows emerged, a terrifying force erupted from the Wanderer of the Five Sources' body, and faint flashes of lightning could be seen. Without Huangfu Ming noticing, he was pushed back several steps.
"He possesses the lightning, the symbol of a Thunder Tribulation Pantheon!" Huangfu Ming was horrified.
Although he already thought highly of the Wanderer of the Five Sources' strength, it seemed that he had still underestimated the opponent.
Just as the Wanderer of the Five Sources' momentum exploded, a crack appeared in the void, and countless runes fell from it...
"Five Ghosts Soul Lock!" The Wanderer of the Five Sources bellowed.
The five ghostly shadows circled around him and flew towards the runes. However, what the Wanderer of the Five Sources did not expect was that the power contained within the runes exceeded his imagination, and the power of the five ghosts was unable to resist.
"These are master-level runes..." The Wanderer of the Five Sources' pupils contracted.
However, as a Thunder Tribulation Pantheon, he transcended ordinary strength. After a brief surprise, he cast another seal.
"Malevolence!"
With a pointed finger, the leftmost ghost suddenly enlarged, and a terrifying malevolent force erupted from it.
The ghost howled and flew upwards, and with unparalleled divine power, the runes were forcefully knocked back and disappeared into the distant sky. After dispersing the runes, the Wanderer of the Five Sources remained composed, waved his sleeves, and recalled the five ghosts.
Just as he was about to leave, a bloody aura emerged from the ground.
Crack, crack, crack...
A skeleton holding a broken sword slowly crawled out from the ground.
Seeing this, the Wanderer of the Five Sources' face changed.
"This is bad, the commotion just now attracted this creature..."
The city of untimely death was filled with countless demons, such as the headless ancient corpses, iron coffin zombies, and withered wood forests. These demons lacked awareness and could only instinctively sense the presence of humans. The fluctuation caused by the Wanderer of the Five Sources deflecting the runes had inadvertently drawn out the skeleton.
Far away, Huangfu Ming's face turned pale, and he turned to flee.
The Wanderer of the Five Sources also turned pale, and disregarding Huangfu Ming, summoned the five ghosts and closely watched the skeleton. He could clearly feel that this monster had completely locked onto him—if he ran, he would surely die.
"Damn those runes!!"
Little did Ding Yan know that the runes he cast inadvertently saved Huangfu Ming from danger and drove the Wanderer of the Five Sources into a corner. At that moment, he was sitting on the ground, embarking on a new round of comprehension of this master-level formation...