"Boom." "Boom."
Nine earth-shattering explosions resounded in the sky. The sound was no weaker than the raging thunder. The space was completely shattered by the nine sword steles, and nine huge black holes appeared.
Everyone looked up at the nine black holes. In the center of the black holes, there were many miserable figures.
They were all from the major forces, and they were prepared to deal a fatal blow to Longhu. However, before they could attack, they were blasted out by the sword steles.
These people were blasted out of the black holes by the sword steles. Violent energy raged around them, and many of them had their robes ripped apart. They looked miserable.
After they appeared, they became flustered and exasperated. Just a moment ago, they recalled the name Zi Chen. Zi Chen had disappeared for a thousand years, but now his sword steles appeared. Obviously, it meant that he had returned.
By now, all the Earth Prime Stage experts who were hiding in the dark had appeared. The number of them shocked the Earth Prime Stage experts who were watching from afar.
The Earth Prime Stage experts of the Wuji Sect were extremely excited. Obviously, the appearance of the sword steles meant that Sect Leader Zi Chen had returned.
After a thousand years, Zi Chen's name had been forgotten by the outside world. However, as members of the Wuji Sect, they would never forget him.
"It's him. It's really him. He's back." Su Mengyao's beautiful eyes sparkled. She was excited as she looked at the place where Zi Chen was hiding.
The Demon Ape held the black rod in his hand tightly. He looked into the distance with his Delusion-breaker Eyes and nodded.
Zhang Haotian appeared from his hiding place and took the life of an Earth Prime Stage expert. He didn't see Zi Chen and couldn't sense Zi Chen, but he knew that Zi Chen was back.
Wang Shan, Wang Qiong, and the others looked at the nine sword steles. They could sense Zi Chen's aura on them.
"Sister, it's Zi Chen. He's back."
"He's really back."
In another direction, Wang Xian 'er, Lin Xue, and Shangguan Yue' er were together. They were extremely excited when they saw the sword steles.
Lu Peng, who was in charge of the formation, turned his head and glanced at Wang Qiong when he saw the sword stele blasting everyone out. Wang Qiong nodded heavily. When Lu Peng turned his head again, his eyes were filled with killing intent. He shouted at the last group that appeared, "Since you're here, don't think of leaving."
With that said, Lv Peng formed a seal with both hands and began to lay out the array.
A large cluster of light spots appeared between his hands. As the final seal fell, the light spots separated and merged into the formation around the Tribulation Stage.
The defensive formation that had been prepared to protect Longhu and assist him in his tribulation instantly turned into an offensive formation. Streaks of light appeared from the Tribulation Platform and scattered in all directions, leaving the area where Longhu was undergoing his tribulation and sealing off the area.
"Clang." "Clang."
Within the formation, a clanging sound rang out. Then, a crazy killing intent surged out. A world-destroying aura spread out from the formation.
After trapping the group of Earth Prime cultivators with the formation, Lv Peng's voice rang out in Di Yuan's mind. "The formation won't last long. End this quickly."
As Lv Peng finished speaking, rays of light lit up on Di Yuan's body. This was a protective light that was integrated with the formation. It ensured that they wouldn't be attacked once they entered the formation.
They rushed into the formation and began to kill.
At the same time, Lv Peng flew into the air and scanned the formation coldly. Whenever there was a difficult opponent, he would use the formation to kill them first.
An extremely powerful assassin had already killed four Earth Prime cultivators of the Wuji Sect. His combat strength was very strong, and his concealment skills were even better. However, he was invisible in the formation. Lv Peng stared at him, formed a seal, and pointed his finger.
A destructive aura descended and landed on the hidden assassin. The assassin's body instantly shattered and turned into a bloody mist.
The killing in the formation was extremely cruel. Earth Prime cultivators were dying every second.
Zi Chen stood outside the formation and watched the scene indifferently.
The Wuji Sect currently had the upper hand, but Zi Chen knew that this situation wouldn't last long. He saw Lv Peng and the others' expressions and guessed that this matter had exceeded their expectations.
The miscalculation of the tribulation today wasn't because they didn't plan it well, but because Longhu's tribulation had deviated.
If it was a normal tribulation with nine bolts of lightning, Longhu would've been able to pass it quickly and then kill these people. However, there were already seventeen bolts of lightning in the sky. This was completely unexpected.
If this continued, the formation would soon be broken by the Earth Prime cultivators. Then, they would continue to interfere with Longhu's breakthrough from afar.
If Zi Chen entered the formation, he would also be attacked by the formation. Therefore, after pondering for a moment, Zi Chen decided to stay outside the formation.
"Why aren't you helping?" The princess looked at Zi Chen.
Zi Chen turned his head to look at the princess and said: "Longhu is my brother. If something happens to him, I will use my life to seek justice for him."
The princess sneered. "Is this a warning or a threat?"
"Both."
With that, Zi Chen looked at Old Ox.
Zi Chen didn't say anything, but Old Ox understood Zi Chen's meaning. He roared at the sky and a soul shadow rushed out from between his eyebrows.
Then, one of his horns detached from his body and turned into a flaming saber in the air. His soul shadow rushed into the saber, and a powerful aura belonging to an Earth Spirit Weapon was released from the saber.
Zi Chen wasn't an Earth Prime cultivator, so he naturally didn't have an Earth Spirit Weapon. However, with Old Ox here, he merged his soul into the weapon and it became an Earth Spirit Weapon.
It was originally a defensive formation, but it was forcefully turned into an offensive formation. After a short while, Lv Peng's face turned pale because of the exhaustion.
Zi Chen appeared with the Earth Spirit weapon and flashed to the outside of the formation, saying, "Open an opening."
Lv Peng looked at Zi Chen and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Killing, of course."
With that, a powerful aura rose from Zi Chen's body.
Zi Chen's appearance naturally attracted the attention of many people. Moreover, they quickly found information about this person in the depths of their memories. Their expressions immediately changed.
"Zi Chen, that's Zi Chen."
"He has already disappeared for a thousand years. Since he appeared again, could he have broken through?"
"Look, he's holding an Earth Spirit Weapon in his hand. There's also the power of rules surging around him. He must have broken through."
"Oh my god, a thousand years ago, Zi Chen was invincible among those of the same level. After a thousand years, Zi Chen has become an Earth Prime cultivator. Doesn't that mean he's invincible among Earth Primes?"
Seeing Zi Chen, all the Earth Primes lost their composure and became absent-minded.
After that, they witnessed Zi Chen's massacre after a thousand years of silence.
Lv Peng understood Zi Chen's meaning and didn't ask further. He immediately opened up a hole in the formation.
At this moment, the massacre in the formation was very crazy. All the major Earth Primes were attacking the formation.
"This place has been broken open."
"There's a hole in the formation. Let's rush out."
Seeing the hole in the formation, all the Earth Primes became excited. Their bodies flashed, and they rushed out of the hole.
The first Earth Prime cultivator had just rushed out of the formation. Before he could see his surroundings clearly, he felt a gust of scorching heat coming at him. Then, he saw a streak of saber light rushing towards him like a waterfall.
The Earth Primes shouted and mobilized the power of rules around him to resist. Even if he was injured, he couldn't retreat. He had to rush out.
Puff.
The saber light flashed, and the power of rules around the Earth Primes was instantly cut open. The Earth Primes' body was split into two, and his soul consciousness was also destroyed.
The first Earth Primes died.
Then, the second one rushed out.
Zi Chen held the flaming saber in his hand and infused the mysterious power of rules into the saber. He could clearly feel the old bull in the saber trembling. The trembling contained the excitement of killing, but also a trace of fear.
Puff.
Zi Chen held the saber and slashed again. The saber light flashed, and the second Earth Primes' rules were broken. His head separated from his body.
The headless corpse spurted blood and fell to the ground. The head that flew high immediately exploded. Then, the Earth Spirit Weapon in the opponent's hand also exploded automatically. The soul was extinguished.
The second person died.
Then, the third person, and the fourth person rushed out …
Zi Chen stood outside the gap, waving his saber and slashing. His movements were casual and natural.
As the Earth Primes fell one by one, Zi Chen had an illusion that he was on the battlefield between the Qin and Tang Empire again. He was riding on the back of the old bull again, and then he slashed the enemy's head again and again. One head after another left the body.
The only difference was that the old bull became an Earth Spirit Weapon. Zi Chen had power, and he was no longer killing ordinary people, but the powerful Earth Primes.
The venue was different, and the power was different, but the effect was the same. It was to chop off a head.
Looking at Zi Chen, who was killing Earth Primes like cutting melons and grass, the Earth Primes in the distance were deeply shocked. A chill appeared from the soles of their feet and rushed straight to their heads. Their bodies and minds trembled in fear.
How was this a battle? It was clearly a massacre. And it was a massacre without any suspense and resistance.
In the gap, no matter how many Earth Primes rushed out at once, they couldn't escape Zi Chen's saber light. Their heads would immediately leave their bodies, and then their souls would be extinguished.
There were more and more corpses on the ground, and as time passed, the dark clouds in the sky became thicker and more oppressive. The pressure from the sky became stronger and stronger.
They originally came to see Longhu's tribulation, but they didn't expect to see such a scene. They watched Zi Chen kill the enemy from afar. His movements were so natural, so casual, so harmonious, and even so beautiful.
The nine divine lightning dragons and tigers had passed, but divine lightning appeared again in the sky and fell again. The power was still very terrifying.
However, no one paid attention to Longhu anymore. Or rather, their attention was attracted by Zi Chen, who was holding a saber. They couldn't move their eyes away from Longhu.
It was even to the extent that their bodies had become sluggish at this moment. They were unable to control their bodies and were unable to move in the slightest. This also caused them to only be able to sense a terrifying pressure in the surroundings, yet were unable to see where this pressure was coming from.
Looking at Zi Chen killing so easily, the Princess's expression became unnatural. She muttered, "It's really unpleasant to be your opponent."