Chapter 30: The Peak Master of Heaven-Mending Peak

The grand formation Lu Yang had painstakingly researched in his previous life and finally inscribed on the [Blood Sun] Sword Pellet was a Sword Formation named the “[Heavenly River Massacre Sword Formation Diagram].”

The formation was divided according to the Three Powers and Nine Palaces. It primarily utilized the river of Sword Qi unleashed by the [Blood Sun] Sword Pellet, supplemented by the [Heavenly Demon Blood-Dissolving Divine Light]. Lu Yang had also specifically designed three hundred and sixty formation eyes. according to his vision, as long as he found three hundred and sixty cultivators to occupy them, he could unleash the formation’s power to its peak.

He had already planned this out.

Once he reclaimed his [Primordial One-Qi Myriad Spirits Banner] from Liu Xin, he would let the Banner Spirits occupy the formation eyes. Not only was it effortless and convenient, but it could also be carried with him everywhere.

But for now, he had to preside over the formation personally.

“Open!” Lu Yang formed hand seals. The [Blood Sun] Sword Pellet hummed, and a Heavenly River surged from south to north within the formation, encompassing the sky, stretching endlessly beyond sight.

Lu Yuanchun, Zhao Xuhe, and the rest of the group all fell into the Heavenly River at this moment. The river surged violently, equivalent to endless Sword Qi slashing at them every second and minute. Several cultivators with slightly weaker cultivation only had time to let out a scream before turning into a spray of blood within the Heavenly River.

Lu Yuanchun’s expression changed drastically upon seeing this.

“This is impossible. Although Master explained earlier that this person understands formations, I didn’t give him any time to set up the formation at all. Why did we still fall into it?”

Lu Yuanchun naturally couldn’t understand.

Because the [Blood Sun] Sword Pellet was not an ordinary Artifact, but a Formation-Artifact. A so-called Formation-Artifact used the formation as the treasure; with a single thought, the formation was complete. There was absolutely no need to set it up!

Falling into the formation at this moment had already exceeded Lu Yuanchun’s expectations.

After all, formations borrow the wonders and power of heaven and earth, reputed to be invincible within the same realm. Although he prided himself on his uncommon strength, falling into the formation made him lose his confidence.

Could it be that today he would truly capsize in a gutter?

Thinking of this, Lu Yuanchun’s expression became increasingly ugly, no longer holding the certainty of victory he had before. Even Zhao Xuhe beside him became uneasy:

“Senior Brother, this formation…”

“Junior Brother, be careful. I fear there are other variables in today’s matter.” Lu Yuanchun instructed in a low voice while sacrificing the golden light treasure mirror into the air to protect himself.

At this moment, Lu Yuanchun still harbored hope in his heart. In his view, Lu Yang was just an ordinary disciple who had obtained an opportunity. Although he knew quite a few things, he had only entered the sect for a short time. Even if he understood formations, how much could he have mastered? As for the formation before his eyes, perhaps it was a legacy left by a predecessor?

However, in the next second, Lu Yang shattered his fantasy.

Lu Yang’s expression was cold. With a thought, he pointed a finger, and the originally clear river of Sword Qi instantly rippled with a piercing scarlet hue.

[Heavenly Demon Blood-Dissolving Divine Light]!

Although this Divine Ability was miraculously powerful, known for “injuring upon grazing and killing upon touching,” this also implied that it could only display its might if it hit the target.

If it missed, it achieved nothing.

However, within the [Heavenly River Massacre Sword Formation Diagram], Lu Yang solved this flaw. As long as one was within the formation, it was equivalent to being soaked in the Divine Light!

In other words, simply unleashing it guaranteed a hit!

Instantly, Lu Yuanchun felt the earth shake and mountains tremble. The remaining Junior Brothers screamed one after another, then turned into human skins in an instant!

“Not good!”

Lu Yuanchun’s face changed drastically. He gritted his teeth, changing the hand seals in his hands. The aura of the golden light treasure mirror above his head instantly became chaotic and violent.

Lu Yang reacted instantly with just one glance.

“Self-destructing an Artifact? Naive!”

The golden light treasure mirror was clearly a high-grade Artifact. If Lu Yuanchun detonated it, there was indeed hope of tearing the Formation Diagram apart and blasting open a path of survival.

But that was assuming Lu Yang didn’t understand formations.

Ordinary formations, even with someone presiding over them, could only operate according to established rules— they were dead formations. However, with a Formation Master presiding, it was completely different.

Because a qualified Formation Master could adjust the formation temporarily based on changes in the battle situation. In this way, a dead formation became a living formation, and its power naturally couldn’t be mentioned in the same breath. Not to mention the [Heavenly River Massacre Sword Formation Diagram] was created by Lu Yang’s own hands— using it was as easy as moving his own arm.

Therefore, the moment Lu Yuanchun detonated the Artifact, Lu Yang moved.

With one hand performing calculations on his fingers and the other manipulating the Formation Patterns, he instantly dispersed the explosive power that was originally focused on a single point to all corners of the formation.

Once the explosion was dispersed, its power decreased sharply by several times.

The formation that would have been broken remained safe and sound. It even seized the opening created by the shattering of the golden light treasure mirror to swallow Lu Yuanchun and Zhao Xuhe in one gulp.

Zhao Xuhe didn’t even have time to scream before instantly turning into a dried corpse.

“Impossible! This thief is actually a Formation Master!?”

Lu Yuanchun’s face was deathly pale. He felt his flesh and blood pouring out like a flood breaking a dam. He was about to follow in Zhao Xuhe’s footsteps and die a violent death.

“[Blood-Dissolving Divine Light]…”

At the critical juncture of life and death, intense fear quickly extinguished his anger. Lu Yuanchun’s eyes split with rage, yet he was helpless. Finally, he lowered his head as if resigning to fate.

BOOM!

In the next second, a jade pendant at Lu Yuanchun’s waist quietly shattered. Immediately, it burst forth with infinite brilliance, actually breaking open Lu Yang’s grand formation in a single instant!

Seeing this, Lu Yang’s pupils contracted, and he looked up at the sky.

Following his gaze, the brilliance outlined a shape. Above his head, in the ten thousand zhang high dome of the sky, it transformed into a gigantic face—calm, solemn, and radiating power without anger!

That face showed no emotion whatsoever. Its pair of eyes were as bright as the sun and moon. Even though Lu Yang only met its gaze for an instant, tears flowed from his eyes due to the stinging pain. His body’s True Qi was weakened by seventy to eighty percent out of thin air, almost making him unable to maintain his flight and fall from the sky.

The face looked down from above, its voice rumbling like thunder exiting a mountain:

“Presumptuous!”

The voice wasn’t loud, yet it seemed to carry the constitution of heaven, making Lu Yang an existence loathed by heaven and earth. The surrounding spiritual energy even fled far away as if avoiding a plague.

The invisible gaze pressed onto Lu Yang’s body as if it truly carried the weight of Mount Tai.

Even the surrounding ground cracked inch by inch because of it.

Such a scene naturally alarmed the entire [Heaven-Mending Peak].

For a time, up and down [Heaven-Mending Peak], countless disciples in secluded cultivation were startled awake. Walking out of their Cave Abodes and seeing the gigantic face in the sky, they revealed expressions of horror.

“Greetings, Peak Master!”

“Greetings, Peak Master!”

Old disciples of [Heaven-Mending Peak] recognized the face’s appearance. Feeling their scalps go numb, they knelt on the ground without a second word, kowtowing continuously.

The Peak Master of [Heaven-Mending Peak]!

Lu Yang finally knew the identity of the mysterious Master behind Zhao Xuhe. The Peak Master of [Heaven-Mending Peak], a Foundation Establishment Perfected One of the Primordial Saint Sect who controlled one of the Four Inner Peaks!

Rumble!

As the voice fell, the Formation Diagram Lu Yang had painstakingly refined in his previous life immediately began to collapse and disintegrate. Large patches of Formation Patterns even exploded on the spot.

Seeing this scene, Lu Yang couldn’t help but reveal a trace of helplessness.

The gap between Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment completely exceeded his imagination. The fruit of his twenty years of painstaking effort couldn’t even withstand two words from a Foundation Establishment Perfected One!

A single light rebuke, and it came to this?

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