Chapter 71: The Five Sources Scatter

  The ground was like water, and after the graphics and text faded away, the original illusory runes on the ground were temporarily squeezed open. A huge pit appeared on the surface of the earth. At the same time, countless runes carrying the power of the void-pointing finger formed a terrifying recoil force that howled in.

  Ding Yan waved his sleeve with one hand and flipped his five fingers, pressing them onto the formation he had previously set up.

  Splendid light revolves.

  A massive vortex suddenly formed around the gigantic void, with a devouring force emerging from it.

  Almost at the same time, the terrifying force in the sky fell to the ground, and under the traction of the vortex, the terrifying force was directly swallowed into it, taking a large number of runes with it, disappearing without a trace...

  After swallowing this force, the formation set up by Ding Yan earlier suddenly exploded, and the two symbols in the middle were directly crushed into debris.

  All of this, when said slowly, is actually just a blink of an eye.

  The runes in the middle were suppressed violently, and the formation set up by Ding Yan before had completely lost its effect, with one useless rune floating in mid-air.

  "A large number of low-level runes were drawn, along with ten fourth-level runes. Even a fifth-level rune was drawn... one..." Ding Yan raised his head, looking into the void, silently calculating in his mind.

  The formation on the ground was a method that Ding had thought about for a long time. The formation was set up with symbols to break through other symbols.

  Because there is no one controlling the formation within this grandmaster-level formation, Ding Yan set up a formation inside it, still using its original talisman as the foundation. This way, the uncontrolled formation naturally cannot feel any other aura. After the formation was completed, the talismans inside would temporarily squeeze out the original talismans belonging to the ground. The principle is like putting an ice block into a water bucket, which will actively squeeze out the water. Afterwards, it's just using the rebounding force of the formation to confirm the effect of the talisman, and only then would Ding Yan go all out in this situation, achieving the goal of breaking one formation with another.

  ......

  A quiet wilderness.

  An old man in a gray robe held a residual map, carefully following the route recorded on it. Behind him, a monk wearing a brown robe followed closely, and if Ding Yan were here, he would recognize at a glance that this was Huangfu Ming, who had just fought with Duanmu Old Ghost at Luanshi Gang.

  "Wuyuan, are you certain this map is real?" Huangfu Ming asked.

  "Whether it's true or false, it doesn't have much of an impact on me. Just follow me and after we arrive at that place later, I'll borrow your Soul Extraction Technique for a use." The old man said without turning his head back.

  Huangfu Ming nodded repeatedly in agreement.

  As Huangfu Ming's junior, he was extremely cautious in front of this person, which showed how terrifying the old man in gray was.

  "What bad luck, it actually fell into this old guy's hands......" Huangfu Ming sighed in his heart.

  Others may not be aware, but Huangfu Ming clearly knew that the unremarkable old man in grey robes before him was actually one of the three major Thunder Tribulation scattered immortals who had entered Wudou City this time, known as the Wu Yuan Scattered Immortal. For an expert of this level, even someone with magical abilities like Huangfu Ming did not dare to resist.

  Because the free immortal who has passed through the thunder tribulation and the free immortal who has not passed through the thunder tribulation are two different levels of existence.

  After passing through the mortal tribulation, a cultivator will be revered as a loose immortal. This realm is high above in the eyes of ordinary cultivators, but for true loose immortals, they are just getting started, because they don't even have the qualifications to enter the Illusory Ninth Heaven.

  Illusory Nine Heavens is a place where only scattered immortals who have survived the Thunder Tribulation can enter.

  Except for the first time experiencing the mortal tribulation, the Heavenly Dao will reward an opportunity to enter it once. Afterwards, if one wants to enter again, they must rely on their own strength.

  And Lei Jie is precisely the means of confirming this kind of strength.

  Each time they pass through the thunder tribulation, the scattered immortal's heart will gain a deeper understanding. With this newfound understanding, they can break open the illusory Nine Heavens' gate and enter within. Ordinary scattered immortals can only cultivate at the edge of the Illusory Nine Heavens and are fundamentally unable to enter within.

  "Huh?" Just as he was walking, Wu Yuan San Ren suddenly stopped in his tracks and stared into empty space.

  "What's wrong? Senior." Huangfu Ming's expression tightened, and the yuan force on his right hand began to circulate unconsciously.

  Although he was not a match for the Five Source Scattered People, Huangfu Ming did not want to wait for death either. Moreover, with his mastery of Taoist techniques, he still had a chance of survival in a fight. It seemed that the Five Source Scattered People also understood this point, which was why they didn't force him to surrender his soul.

  "Back off!" Wu Yuan San Ren suddenly shouted loudly.

  Five dark silhouettes revolved around him like specters.

  These five ghostly shadows are the Five Elemental Wanderers' lifelong cultivation of their divine abilities, unpredictable and extremely bizarre.

  A ghostly shadow emerged, and a burst of ominous energy shot out from Wu Yuan's body, accompanied by flashes of lightning. Unbeknownst to him, Huangfu Ming was knocked back dozens of steps.

  "With a body of lightning, the sign of dispersing the immortal with thunderbolts!" Huangfu Ming was shocked.

  Although I had thought that the strength of the Five Sources Scattered People was formidable enough, it seems that I have still underestimated them.

  At the moment when Wu Yuan's aura burst open, a crack appeared in the void above, and countless runes fell from it...

  "Wu Gui Zhen Hun!" Wu Yuan San Ren suddenly shouted loudly.

  The five ghostly shadows surrounding his body rose up and flew towards the talisman. However, what the Five Sources Scatterperson did not expect was that the power contained within the talisman far exceeded his imagination, and the power of the five ghosts was unable to withstand it.

  "This is a Grandmaster-level rune......" Wu Yuan's pupils constricted.

  However, he was after all a Thunderbolt Scattered Immortal, with strength beyond the ordinary. After a brief moment of astonishment, he once again struck out with an imprint technique.

  "Ah!"

  At this point, among the five ghosts falling down, the ghost on the far left suddenly enlarged, and a terrifying aura burst out from it.

  The ghost let out a loud howl and flew upwards against the wind.

  His entire body shone with a grayish-white glow. It turned out that he had used his unparalleled divine power to knock those talismans flying, disappearing into the distant sky. After knocking the talismans away, Wu Yuan San Ren's expression remained unchanged, and with a wave of his sleeve, he put away the five ghosts.

  Just as he was about to leave, a blood-red aura burst out of the ground.

  Hehehe...

  A skull with a broken sword in its hand slowly crawled out from under the ground.

  Wuyuan Sanren's expression changed upon seeing this.

  "Oh no, I made too much noise just now and attracted this monster..."

  In the city of wronged death, there were countless demons and monsters, everywhere was a killing intent, such as headless ancient corpses, iron coffin corpse demons, withered forest and so on. These demons did not have spiritual awareness, they could only sense human existence by instinct, just when Wu Yuan San Ren's flying talisman brought out the fluctuations, it happened to bring out this skull.

  Huangfu Ming's face changed drastically in the distance, and he turned around and escaped.

  Wu Yuan San Ren's face was also pale, and he couldn't care about Huang Fu Ming anymore. He summoned the five ghosts and stared tightly at the skull. He could clearly feel that this demon had completely locked onto him, and if he tried to escape, he would definitely die a terrible death.

  "Those damned runes!!"

  Ding Yan didn't know that the talisman he casually drew had resolved Huangfu Ming's crisis and pushed Wu Yuan Sanren into a desperate situation. At this time, he was sitting cross-legged on the ground, starting a new round of comprehension of this Zongshi-level formation...