Volume 1, Chapter 305 – Counterattack

Shi Lan’s attainments in formations were not especially high. At most, she could only set up some low-level formations.

Low-tier killing formations posed little threat even to Myriad Phenomena Realm martial artists, much less to great cultivators of the Nascent Soul Realm.

But the formation she was setting up now had never been meant for killing in the first place.

After carving out a protective formation, Shi Lan inscribed concealment array patterns as well, then buried all the single-use items she had obtained from the lottery earlier, such as the Heavenly Thunder Beads, beneath the formation.

Once that was done, Shi Lan erected a wooden stake at the center of the formation, soaked it with her own blood to simulate her aura, and then activated the formation.

A thin mist rose up, covering several hundred zhang around it. The bloodstained stake was swallowed by the fog and slowly disappeared.

Shi Lan withdrew nearly twenty li, activated the Myriad Transformation Sacred Robe, suppressed her aura, then inscribed several more aura-concealing formations to block divine sense. Like a piece of deadwood, she crouched in a patch of forest.

She had not withdrawn too far. She wanted to use this chance to see whether these people could pinpoint her position precisely.

An hour later, the void split apart, and a group stepped out in long strides.

Of the original five, one more was now missing, and his fate went without saying. The four who remained all had bloodstains on their robes and chaotic auras. Clearly, they had already gone through more than one battle.

The middle-aged man stood in the void holding a golden compass, and in the center of the compass were several strands of pale violet spiritual blood.

“It’s nearby.”

The middle-aged man put away the compass and sent his divine sense sweeping out in all directions. Very quickly, he discovered the formation, and a trace of disdain flashed through his eyes.

“A trivial trick. Unworthy of the grand stage.”

“Set the formation. Don’t let her run again.”

The old man raised a hand and gave the order. The four of them held formation flags and completely sealed off the several li around that formation.

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Shi Lan watched silently, and her mind eased slightly. At the very least, she had gotten one piece of good news: these people could not determine her exact position.

“The commotion is getting bigger and bigger. We need to return to the Vast Land of Shenzhou as soon as possible, or great disaster may follow.”

The old man activated the formation. A white curtain of light, like an inverted jade bowl, completely covered the formation at the center.

After the formation was activated, even the old man could not help but let out a breath of relief. His expression eased slightly, and he said,

“This monster’s bloodline is extremely noble. Once we kill her in a moment and refine her essence blood, perhaps we can make another furnace of treasure medicine.”

One Myriad Phenomena Realm martial artist stepped forward holding a green spear and thrust it toward the center of the formation.

Bang!

The fragile formation was instantly torn apart, revealing the bloodstained wooden stake within. Beneath the stake, a blinding light flared.

“Not good!”

“Take down the formation!”

The faces of both the old man and the middle-aged man changed, and they shouted in low voices.

Boom boom boom!

Before their words had even fully fallen, they were swallowed by a wave of earthshaking explosions.

All the aftershocks of the explosions were locked inside by the formation they had just laid down, causing the power of the blasts to multiply.

The Myriad Phenomena Realm martial artist who had attacked first exploded on the spot into a cloud of blood mist, his body shattered apart instantly. The remaining Myriad Phenomena Realm martial artist was also heavily wounded and nearly killed.

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Even the two great cultivators of the Nascent Soul Realm felt their blood and qi surge as they suffered some internal injuries.

The formation was then torn apart by the vast energy fluctuations, and the remaining three were all blasted backward.

Not far away, Shi Lan suddenly sprang up and shot toward the heavily wounded Myriad Phenomena Realm martial artist, her gaze icy.

“Bitch, how dare you!”

The middle-aged man was slightly closer to that martial artist and recovered first. Killing intent exploded in his eyes as he immediately moved to intercept and kill her.

Among the four Myriad Phenomena Realm martial artists sent out this time, two were his own sons and nephews, and they had already all met disaster. At this moment, he wanted nothing more than to skin Shi Lan alive and tear her bones apart.

Shi Lan rushed into midair, then abruptly stopped in place. Her gaze swept toward the middle-aged man, a cold smile on her lips as she flipped her palm and took out a sword talisman.

Her true target had never been that Myriad Phenomena Realm martial artist. The compass that could locate her was on this middle-aged man. He had been Shi Lan’s target from the start.

With a flick of her finger, Shi Lan activated the sword talisman. A heaven-cleaving sword light slashed out of the void, its sword qi grim and biting, stirring up an entire stretch of sky.

The cold sword qi stabbed painfully into skin and bone. The middle-aged man’s expression changed drastically, and unconcealable shock flashed through his eyes.

The middle-aged man retreated at top speed. Light flashed from his brow, and he sacrificed a jade shield. The jade shield swelled in the wind, its rosy light dazzling as it turned into a giant shield over ten zhang tall, blocking in front of him.

Crack!

Before the middle-aged man could even breathe a sigh of relief, a crisp sound came from the giant shield, and then it collapsed in an instant, fragments flying everywhere.

The Heaven-Sundering Talisman Sword was ranked as high as six-star and was the strongest killing weapon in Shi Lan’s hands at this moment. Naturally, it was not something a mere jade shield could block.

The razor-sharp sword qi, enough to split the heavens, chopped straight down and ripped him apart instantly, spraying blood across the sky.

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A point of spiritual light leaped out from the shattered flesh and blood. The middle-aged man’s body was destroyed in an instant. Although his nascent soul suffered heavy damage, it still barely escaped with its life.

Buzz.

The void trembled lightly, and a pitch-black wooden nail suddenly shot out and pierced into the middle-aged man’s damaged nascent soul.

“Ah…”

A shrill scream rang through the nine heavens, and in the end, the damaged nascent soul split apart and was shredded by the Soul-Extinguishing Nail.

In the span of a few breaths, a great cultivator of the Nascent Soul Realm died on the spot!

A rumble sounded through the void, and a section of space collapsed. A Nascent Soul Realm cultivator could already open up a small independent space on his own.

That small space would not ordinarily self-destruct, so it was obvious that before dying, the middle-aged man had destroyed it himself in order to conceal something. Everything inside had been banished into the endless chaotic currents of the void.

“You deserve to die! This old man will cut you into a thousand pieces!”

The old man in the distance roared, his eyes bloodshot. True qi erupted around his body, shaking the void until it split apart. It was horrifying to behold.

Shi Lan acted as though she had heard nothing. She stepped forward, captured the heavily wounded Myriad Phenomena Realm martial artist, activated the Divine Movement Talisman, now covered in cracks, once again, and fled into the distance.

The old man no longer concealed himself. He strode forward and traveled by tearing through the void. To increase his speed, he even began burning his own blood and qi.

No matter what price he had to pay, he had to cut Shi Lan down here. As long as he captured her remnant soul, this trip would still be worth it.

A strange blue light rose in the old man’s eyes as he locked onto Shi Lan’s figure and pursued her relentlessly. He had no compass on him. If he lost track of her, the consequences would be unbearable.

Along the way, they ran into several great demons, but none of them were able to stop the old man’s advance.

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When a great cultivator at Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm fought for his life, no one short of a Heaven Demon could stop him!

He was nearly insane now, trading injury for injury and life for life, pursuing Shi Lan at any cost.

Shi Lan carried that Myriad Phenomena Realm martial artist in one hand, trying to force out their origins.

Yet no matter what methods she used, the Myriad Phenomena Realm martial artist kept his mouth shut and said nothing at all.

Shi Lan casually twisted the man’s neck, tossed the corpse aside, and her speed increased by another notch.

Several hours later, Shi Lan had crossed more than seven hundred thousand li and gone deep into the Boundless Demon Domain.

Crack.

At last, the Divine Movement Talisman had reached its limit and shattered apart. Without the Divine Movement Talisman’s boost, Shi Lan’s speed plummeted. In the end, she slowly came to a halt and went no farther. She was already all but at the end of her strength.

The old man following closely behind was panting heavily. When he saw Shi Lan stop, the smile on his face became more and more savage.

Before he could step forward, a giant silver wolf strode out of the void. The wolf stood nearly a thousand zhang tall, and on its forehead was the mark of an ancient green lotus. Like a silver-white mountain, its whole body flowed with silver divine radiance, making it incomparably wondrous.

Behind the silver wolf followed more than ten shape-shifted Demon Kings. Their heaven-reaching demonic qi condensed into a pitch-black demon cloud that covered the sky.

The smile on the old man’s face froze, and his pupils contracted.

“We greet Your Excellency.”

Those ten-odd great demons gathered around Shi Lan protectively and bowed in solemn salute, as though worshipping a demon immortal.