Chapter 190 - 189: Meeting Chu Kuang (2)
Shatter Illusion, See Truth!
Wooooom!
To the terrified, bound soul of the Soul Transformation expert powering the array, the sudden influx of Lin Yuan’s piercing gaze felt like a burning sun expanding inside its mind.
Lin Yuan’s eyes saw past the violet fog, past the intricate, million-layered rune arrays, and directly into the absolute truth of the formation’s core.
"Shatter," Lin Yuan whispered.
CRACK-BOOOOM!
The sound was deafening, sharp and unnatural, like a gigantic pane of glass being struck by a heavenly hammer. The instant the sound rang out, the massive dome of the illusion formation froze in place.
The churning violet fog, which had concealed the entire crater for so long, suddenly stopped moving. Every strand of fog became completely still, as though time itself had been frozen. Then, fine cracks began spreading across the surface of the formation.
Crack!
Crack! Crack!
Within the span of a single breath, the once-mysterious violet fog turned brittle, its countless layers of illusion crystallizing into translucent purple glass. The cracks rapidly spread across the entire dome, covering it from top to bottom like a spiderweb.
Then the entire formation exploded.
Boom!
The massive violet dome shattered into a trillion fragments of harmless light. They scattered across the sky like countless purple stars before gradually fading into nothingness. The oppressive spiritual pressure that had filled the surrounding region vanished in an instant, leaving behind nothing but the cold silence of the battlefield.
At the same moment, the ethereal, screaming face of the Soul Transformation formation spirit was violently expelled from its agonizing prison.
The translucent figure emerged from the shattered formation, its distorted features filled with shock and disbelief. For countless years, its soul had been bound to the formation, forced to endure endless torment while serving as nothing more than a source of power.
Now, for the first time, its shackles had been broken.
A final, mournful wail echoed across the silver sky.
Then the soul slowly dissipated, filled with a strange sense of relief.
Perhaps after enduring countless years of suffering, oblivion was the greatest mercy it could receive.
The final traces of the Soul Transformation spirit faded into the sky, and the entire crater was instantly laid bare.
The enormous battlefield that had previously been hidden beneath the violet illusion appeared before everyone’s eyes. Countless tents, temporary formations, spiritual treasures, and Chu Province cultivators were exposed beneath the open heavens.
But none of them moved.
Every cultivator within the crater stared upward in stunned silence.
Meanwhile, several miles away, Chu Hua collapsed heavily onto her knees atop the ridge.
Her hands instinctively grasped the sides of her head, her fingers trembling violently. Her eyes were stretched wide, pupils shrinking as her mind desperately tried to comprehend what she had just witnessed.
She could not understand it.
She simply could not.
An Early Stage Spirit Severing cultivator had just shattered an illusion formation powered by the soul of a genuine Soul Transformation expert.
Not with brute force.
Not with a terrifying divine treasure.
Not after a prolonged battle.
But with a single glance!
Chu Hua’s breathing became rapid and chaotic.
"This... this is impossible..."
Her voice trembled.
She had personally experienced Lin Yuan’s terrifying strength before, but even then, she had never imagined something like this was possible.
The formation before them had once represented an absolute barrier.
A formation that even Ninth-Step Spirit Severing cultivators would have been reluctant to challenge.
Yet Lin Yuan had looked at it once...
And destroyed it.
At that moment, Chu Hua finally understood something that terrified her far more than Lin Yuan’s strength.
The difference between them was not merely cultivation.
It was understanding!!
Her entire cultivation path, everything she had ever learned about formations, divine abilities, and the hierarchy of realms, suddenly seemed like a joke.
She stared at the man standing calmly at the edge of the ridge.
Lin Yuan’s robes fluttered gently in the wind.His expression remained completely indifferent, as though shattering a formation powered by a Soul Transformation spirit had been nothing more than brushing away a speck of dust.
Chu Hua’s lips trembled, and for the first time since entering this battlefield, she felt genuine fear toward another cultivator that wasn’t one of the six peerless geniuses.
Lin Yuan did not look back at her. He immediately utilized his Immortal Cloud Step. His robes dissolved into mist, and he instantly teleported across the vast expanse of the crater, materializing directly in the absolute center of the Chu camp, only a hundred yards away from Chu Kuang.
The sudden, explosive shattering of their defense had left the dozens of Chu cultivators in a state of paralyzed shock. They stood frozen, their weapons half-drawn, staring in bewilderment at the empty sky where the violet fog had been.
When Lin Yuan materialized in their midst, the shock morphed into frantic, panicked aggression.
"Intruder!" Chu Feng roared, raising his blade. "Protect the Young Master!"
Over fifty elite cultivators—ranging from Late Stage Nascent Soul to the Adept Stage of Spirit Severing—drew their weapons simultaneously, a terrifying wave of killing intent converging on the lone figure in black and white.
Lin Yuan did not flinch. He slowly reached out his right hand.
With a flash of blinding light, the Emperor’sPrimordial Sovereign Sword materialized in his grasp. The blade hummed with an ancient thirst, the runes along its fuller flaring to life.
Within his spiritual sea, the voice of Ling Xi echoed, practically vibrating with excitement.
"Finally!" the nine-tailed sword spirit cheered, her nine tails lashing excitedly behind her. "I was beginning to think I was nothing more than a decorative ornament! Oh, look at all these arrogant little snacks. Please tell me I can eat their swords. Can I break them?"
Sever them all, Lin Yuan replied coldly.
"With absolute pleasure!"
Lin Yuan gripped the hilt of the Sword and activated one of his most devastating, large-scale offensive techniques, Army-Breaking Art!
This was not a technique designed for elegant, one-on-one duels. It was an extremely aggressive, and overwhelmingly art designed specifically to counter armies, shatter formations, and slaughter legions. When unleashed, the momentum of the user became absolute, allowing a single cultivator to face thousands of soldiers head-on. It was the ultimate killing weapon on a crowded battlefield.
Lin Yuan stepped forward, swinging the sword in a massive, horizontal arc.
The air within the crater was completely annihilated. Thousands of massive sword Qis erupted from the blade. They swept outward in a 360 degree tidal wave of pure destruction.
"Form the Iron Tortoise Array!" Chu Feng screamed, desperately trying to rally them into a defensive formation.
It was utterly useless.