Chapter 464: Chapter 257: Profound Darkness Sect Leader’s Defeat and Breaking Out of the Formation

After the Nine Nether Mysterious Killing Array was activated, the strong members of the Profound Darkness Sect knew what had happened, and knew they had been abandoned.

The one who abandoned them was none other than their highly respected Sect Leader.

“I never thought that after dedicating my life to the Profound Darkness Sect, I’d end up like this. It’s too hard to accept.”

Under the siege of over a dozen monstrous beasts, a Gold Body Realm steward was completely engulfed in dense Evil Qi.

“I regret joining the Profound Darkness Sect in this life, and vow not to become a sect member in my next life.”

With a terrifying explosion of power, a Rune Seed Realm powerhouse of the Profound Darkness Sect let out their final words before dying in their self­detonation.

“Elder.”

“Elder Dongfang.”

The other Profound Darkness Sect disciples who were fighting the monsters’ death, their faces changed dramatically after witnessing this scene.

They wanted to come forward and stop it, but had no strength left to do so.

Looking around the field, there were only about a dozen Rune Seed Realm members left from the Profound Darkness Sect, and each of them was fighting fiercely against powerful monsters to protect the younger generation of their sect.

As they watched a Rune Seed Realm Elder self-detonate, the Profound Darkness Sect disciples felt their spirits sink completely.

Death was not terrifying, but once the convictions and faith in one’s heart collapsed, everything lost its meaning.

On the other side, the situation for the Demon Suppression Army was not much better.

Even if Zhuang Ziyuan’s Law River was blocking many monsters, it couldn’t hold out for much longer.

Finally, a gap was torn open in the golden wall formed by the Law River, and powerful monsters charged in with their teeth and claws bared.

After a fierce battle, the weak died while the strong survived. The weakest monsters that survived were much stronger than Transforming Origin Realm martial artists. And among the Demon Suppression Army, those weak Demon Extermination Guards simply couldn’t stop them.

Just in one charge, hundreds of Demon Extermination Guards were killed by the monsters that burst in.

“When will they be able to break the Nine Nether Profound Slaughter Life and Death Array? I can’t hold out much longer.”

Zhuang Ziyuan, watching the unending stream of monsters rushing in from outside, felt his scalp go numb.

Maintaining the golden wall formed by the Law River consumed a great deal of his energy. He could only hold out for around eighteen breaths at most.

After those eighteen breaths, all the monsters would surge forward.

At that time, the destruction of the Far Suppression Legion would be imminent.

He could only hope that Lu Yun and the others would be able to dismantle the array and return to their aid in time.

In the high-altitude battlefield, a fierce battle was raging. Master Changkong and Linghu Dao were fighting together against the Two Elders of Profound Darkness, unable to offer any aid to the trapped Far Suppression Legion.

In fact, the Two Elders of Profound Darkness also wanted to end the battle and deal with their comrades from the Profound Darkness Sect who were trapped in the array.

However, they knew that once the Nine Nether Profound Slaughter Life and Death Array was activated, it would require at least the power of a Heavenly Human Realm to break it from the outside.

Not to mention that they couldn’t do it, even the Sect Leader who activated the array couldn’t do it.

At this moment, a terrifying backlash erupted from the deepest part of the void.

Then.

In the shocked gaze of several Golden Core Realm powerhouses, a boundless golden rain of light fell from the sky.

“That’s the fall of a Golden Core Realm powerhouse.”

The Two Elders of Profound Darkness, Linghu Dao, and Master Changkong all looked up to see the Sect Leader of the Profound Darkness Sect’s body explode, and the condensed laws and Golden Core essence transformed into countless meteoric light rains that filled the sky.

“Not good, the Sect Leader has fallen.”

“We have no chance. Flee quickly!”

Seeing the Sect Leader’s fall, the Two Elders of Profound Darkness’s faces changed and they immediately fled without thinking.

The Sect Leader of the Profound Darkness Sect, a peak Golden Core Realm powerhouse, had fallen. They could imagine how terrifying his opponent was without even thinking.

At this moment, a terrifying suppression force crashed down from the void, causing the fleeing souls of the Two Elders of Profound Darkness to nearly evaporate with fear.

However, after all, they were Golden Core Realm mid-stage powerhouses and not so easily suppressed. With a full burst of strength, they managed to free themselves from the suppression and continued their escape.

But then, a massive, overwhelming hand seemed to have anticipated their escape route, and suddenly compressed them down without warning.

“Another Golden Core Realm peak powerhouse!”

As they were suddenly caught by that giant hand, the Two Elders of Profound Darkness felt like they were being wrapped up in endless mountains and rivers, unable to escape.

At this point, they finally realized that a second Golden Core Realm peak powerhouse had appeared on the battlefield.

At the same time, they finally understood why their Sect Leader had fallen so quickly.

“That’s- – Mountains and Rivers in the Palm, Fu Qingshan!”

Linghu Dao, who had been upset about the escape of the Two Elders of Profound Darkness, couldn’t help but show excitement on his face when he saw this scene.

Mountains and Rivers in the Palm, like Wei Tianlun’s Stars in the Palm, were both top-tier Golden Core divine abilities.

He immediately recognized it once he saw this divine ability.

Under their watchful eyes, the Two Elders of Profound Darkness were trapped by the Mountains and Rivers in the Palm, and the giant hand suddenly contracted.

And then, the Two Elders of Profound Darkness, these mid-stage Golden Core Realm powerhouses, the Supreme Elders of the Profound Darkness Sect, had their bodies burst apart.

As their bodies shattered, their divine souls tried to escape, fleeing towards the distance.

But before they could get far, they saw a huge aqua-colored cauldron fall, and the two divine souls vanished in an instant.

After the fall of the Two Elders of Profound Darkness, Fu Qingshan and Wei Tianlun quietly appeared in the sky.

“General Fu, General Wei.”

Seeing the two, they felt a sense of relief in their hearts.

Fu Qingshan and Wei Tianlun both possessed peak Golden Core Realm strength, and combined with those two mid-stage Golden Core Realm powerhouses, they had the chance to forcefully break the array from the outside, dealing with the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Far Suppression Legion.

“There’s still one more Golden Core Realm powerhouse from the Profound Darkness Sect. Kill him first before discussing further.”

Fu Qingshan glanced at the one fighting fiercely with Dugu Yuan, a Golden Core Realm martial artist from the Profound Darkness Sect.

He stretched out his hand and a fierce wind arose, causing a golden giant hand to emerge from the void.

Its five fingers were like colossal mountain peaks, and the lines in its palm resembled intersecting mountain ranges, crashing down thunderously.

“Retreat.”

The Golden Core Realm powerhouse of the Profound Darkness Sect, Chang Fei, sensed a strong crisis and chose to retreat right away.

However, Fu Qingshan’s displayed strength was too overwhelming, and all his Golden Core Realm companions had perished in battle, leaving only the weakest him who couldn’t contend with the opponent at all.

Even so, the current situation wasn’t one where he could easily retreat.

Not to mention Dugu Yuan, whose strength was not weaker than his and who didn’t let him go, there were also two mid-Golden Core Realm and the unfathomably powerful Wei Tianlun who were watching him closely.

Moreover, he couldn’t even escape from this palm that pierced the void and suppressed the heavens and earth. Mountains and Rivers in the Palm, when used against martial artists with lesser strength, was an utterly lethal blow.

Rumble.

A vast expanse of the sky was engulfed, and the sealing power combined, leaving Chang Fei with no way to fly out.

The destructive fluctuations erupted, causing the void to tremble slightly and making Chang Fei’s protective golden light completely shatter, followed by cracking noises from his physical body.

After not resisting for long, both his flesh and divine soul ultimately didn’t survive under this force.

As soon as the divine ability dissipated and he saw the Law and the Golden Core turn into a rain of light scattering and completely collapsing in the Mountains and Rivers in the Palm, Linghu Dao couldn’t help but shiver in his heart.

Chang Fei, who had fought him for such a long time, didn’t even last one round in Fu Qingshan’s hands.

However, after slaughtering the Two Elders of Profound Darkness and the early Golden Core Realm Chang Fei in succession, a trace of cold sweat appeared on Fu Qingshan’s face.

Outwardly, he didn’t show anything.

But in fact, consecutively using Mountains and Rivers in the Palm several times to kill three Golden Core Realm experts, even for him, had caused quite a substantial consumption.

After all, divine abilities were indeed powerful, but their consumption was extremely terrifying.

If they didn’t use divine abilities, it wouldn’t be easy to keep Golden Core Realm experts from escaping.

Only Wei Tianlun knew about this.

Dugu Yuan, Master Changkong, and Linghu Dao were unaware of the inside story.

The three of them knew nothing about the subtleties of Golden Core’s divine abilities, and only saw Fu Qingshan effortlessly slaughter the Two Elders of Profound Darkness and Chang Fei, who had been fighting fiercely with them for quite a while.

The Far Suppression Legion was Wei Tianlun’s painstaking effort, and he had put so much energy into it. If the damage was too severe, it would have a significant impact on him.

Seeing Fu Qingshan making a slight recovery, Wei Tianlun promptly said, “Alright, let’s hurry up and break the Nine Nether Profound Slaughter Life and Death Array. We’ve lost too much time. I’m afraid they won’t be able to hold on much longer.”

“Alright.”

Fu Qingshan, Linghu Dao, Master Changkong, and Dugu Yuan nodded, and then they flew downward and landed above the black light curtain.

“To break the large array, the power of the Heavenly Human Realm is required. Therefore, our five attacks must be combined and strike at one point.”

“Brother Wei, you just tell us where to hit, and we’ll follow your command,” Fu Qingshan said after slight recuperation, his vitality and spirit restored to their peak.

Wei Tianlun’s gaze fell on the center of the black light curtain, analyzing, “Regarding the Nine Nether Profound Slaughter Life and Death Array, I have some knowledge about it. If we want to break it from the outside, other than possessing the power of the Heavenly Human Realm, we also need to strike its weak points.

The weak point of the Nine Nether Profound Slaughter Life and Death Array is right at the central position. This is where the death qi and evil qi are the most concentrated, so our power can play its greatest effect here.”

“Alright, let’s start right away.”

Once they finished speaking, the five of them simultaneously gathered powerful attacks and bombarded the array that enveloped the sky above the Black Silence Plain.

Rumble.

The destructive power exploded, shaking the heavens and earth.

Two peak Golden Core Realm experts, two mid-Golden Core Realm experts, and one early Golden Core Realm expert unleashed their attacks together. The resulting power was almost on the verge of breaking the Golden Core Realm’s limit, comparable to the power of an early Heavenly Human Realm expert.

Such a formidable attack fell on the black light curtain, causing the void within tens of thousands of miles to be violently shaken in an instant.

However, the black light curtain was not broken open.

“It didn’t work,” Fu Qingshan’s eyes narrowed slightly as the other people’s faces darkened as well.

The burst of power just now was almost their strongest.

Yet, it still couldn’t break the array. They didn’t need to think to know the fate of the Far Suppression Legion inside.

Wei Tianlun’s confidence was severely impacted, but he was not prepared to give up.

This was an entire legion, a Demon Suppression Army of hundreds of thousands. If they all perished here, he would never have a chance to enter the Heavenly Human Realm in his lifetime.

Moreover, there were many brothers who had been following him in battles for years inside. Under no circumstances could he give up on them.

“Let’s try again,” Wei Tianlun said solemnly.

“Alright, but let’s recover for a while first and let our energy and spirits return to their peak before we proceed.”

After a dozen or so breaths, their condition was restored.

Just as they were about to unleash another powerful attack, a sudden change occurred.

Hum.

The black light curtain that enveloped the sky above the Silent Plain suddenly trembled violently.

Then, as if something had broken it open from below, a crack was revealed.

A dazzling radiance suddenly burst forth from the crack, soaring into the sky.

This beam of light contained an extreme scorching aura, devouring the death qi and evil qi that enveloped the void.

“Huh, the array’s broken?”