Chapter 102: Wrong Direction Lost Life

  After Wang Guang trapped the old woman with the Wan Gui Da Zhen, an area of three to five miles around was filled with thick black smoke. The foul-smelling black smoke gathered together to form a column that reached the sky, and the Taoist stood on top of it, constantly manipulating the formation to attack the old woman.

  On the first day, the old woman sat cross-legged in the array, carefree and unaware. On the second day, the old woman felt the pressure in the array growing stronger and wanted to leave. But Wang Guang was not willing to let her go. Every time the old woman tried to leave, he would use various methods to desperately block her, even spitting out his own blood to increase the power of the array to stop her.

  By the third day, the old woman was desperate. The seven or eight zhang-sized lotus flower had shrunk to a diameter of one zhang, and countless illusory lotus flowers were constantly emerging and disappearing within a radius of about two zhang around her. Endless filthy energy transformed into thousands of pythons entwining and colliding with each other, while red copper sand merged into a massive grasping fist that frantically pounded away. The old woman was trapped in the midst of this turmoil, struggling to hold on - what remained of her original appearance?

  On the fourth day, the old woman sat down on a lotus flower that had shrunk to three feet in diameter. The illusory shadow of the lotus flower could only barely protect an area of seven or eight feet around her body. A dark thundercloud with lightning attached itself to the illusory shadow of the lotus flower, but it was unable to unleash its power and was instead enveloped by endless black smoke.

  "Fellow Taoist, three days have passed, I think it's better for us to part ways here!" On the fourth day, the old woman was really unable to hold on any longer. No matter how many secret techniques she used, she couldn't escape the entanglement of the Great Profane Array. In her terror, she spoke these words.

  "Boundless Heaven Venerable! Old fellow, your idea isn't bad. Three days have passed, if you want to leave, just leave. Why bother telling me? Someone as virtuous as you shouldn't deign to explain the situation to someone like me. You should know that I couldn't stop you even if I wanted to, it's actually you who's stopping me! If you want to leave, I can only watch as you depart." Wang Guang coldly smiled and continued to sit cross-legged on the black pillar, silently manipulating the law gates to maintain the operation of the grand array. He didn't put the old woman's words in his heart at all. This guy had been thinking of not letting the old woman leave the array alive since he set up the Myriad Filth Grand Array.

  "Fellow Taoist, you and I have no grudges or grievances. Why must you waste your magical powers to trap me here? I think it would be better for you to dispel the formation and rest with me in the cave for a while. It's much stronger than being stuck here." The old woman heard Wang Guang's words, her chest tight with anger, almost bursting into a loud scolding. Unfortunately, she was at a disadvantage, originally intending to block him, but unexpectedly got trapped instead, making her somewhat regretful. However, in order to survive today, she had no choice but to humble herself and speak these flattering words.

  "Haha! Old fellow, are you regretting now? Where's the determination you had when you blocked my way a few days ago?" Wang Guang cackled with glee, having already seen that the old woman was at her last gasp. He was busy recovering his magical powers and preparing to finish her off in one swift move, so he didn't mind exchanging some idle chatter with her.

  The old woman's face turned red with shame as Wang Guang spoke. Just then, Wang Guang let out a strange laugh and said, "If you don't have the ability, then don't come out and pretend to be something you're not, blocking my way of revenge. You'll end up dead." As soon as he finished speaking, he secretly activated his magic, and a surge of dark energy shot into the formation like a burst dam. The black smoke surged violently, filling the air with an even more pungent smell. Dozens of thick black smoke columns, each several meters in diameter, struck the old woman's lotus flower shadow from all sides, slowly eroding her magic treasure.

  Just as the old woman thought she couldn't escape, three sword lights flew from afar, breaking through the air. The sword lights were exceptionally pure and upright, not evil, clearly belonging to a renowned orthodox sect.

  As expected, three sword lights appeared here with rolling black smoke, and a black pillar shot up into the sky. It was clear that there were evil spirits gathering here. One by one, they rose with a sense of justice, their moral integrity attached to them, and shouted sternly: "Halt! What kind of evil spirit are you? How dare you cast your evil spells in our Righteous Unity Sect? Surrender quickly, lest we have to trouble ourselves."

  Inside the array, both people heard this, but their emotions were different. The old woman inside the array was delighted when she heard it, as she had some connections with the practitioners of Zhengyi Sect and knew that they would not tolerate evil spirits like Wang Guang, and would definitely charge forward without hesitation.

  "Outside, isn't that a cultivator of the Righteous Path? I am the Lotus Maiden from the Lotus Peak and Lotus Pond. This demon is bloodthirsty by nature, and I had intended to subdue him, but he turned out to be more powerful than expected and trapped me in his formation. Quickly go back and gather reinforcements, three or five people are no match for him." The old woman couldn't help but pour all her energy into maintaining the magic treasure, took a deep breath, and loudly shouted, hoping to remind the cultivators of the Righteous Path outside not to fall into a trap.

  But Wang Guang was slightly surprised in his heart, however this guy was a killer by nature and didn't fear someone taking advantage of the situation, on the contrary he let out a strange laugh. He saw this guy spit out a mouthful of cyan smoke to maintain the formation, while he retrieved the red copper sand, pinched the magic seal and transformed the red copper sand into two double-edged battle axes held in his hands.

  A black smoke column supported him, and the three sword lights rushed forward: "You are the Emperor of Morality, quickly abandon your magical treasures and weapons, let me slaughter you, and also fulfill my killing habit."

  Those three were originally good cultivators of the sect, spending their days discussing what a cultivator should and shouldn't do with their fellow disciples. Occasionally feeling stifled, they would go down to the mortal world to help an old lady carry water or assist a young girl with her bath, doing some good deeds that matched their sect's identity.

  These past few days, they felt suffocated in their hearts and after discussing it with each other, decided to go into the secular world to help those widows solve their physiological needs for free and also impart some physiological knowledge to the little girls. Therefore, they set out together. Unexpectedly, just over ten days' journey from the sect, they saw black smoke billowing and a foul odor filling the air, suddenly realizing that there were evil spirits setting up an array here.

  The three of them hastily discussed and decided to destroy the evil spirits, then return to their sect to proclaim their achievements, making themselves appear even more as good people and men of virtue.

  They thought that after the three of them shouted out the sect's name, the evil spirit would run away with its tail between its legs. But unexpectedly, not only did it not run away, but instead came forward to kill these virtuous scholars, causing each and every one of them to become extremely enraged, and they all drew their flying swords to attack Wang Guang.

  "You demon, how can you say such things to us virtuous gentlemen? Now put down your butcher's knife and sincerely repent for your family's sins. We will ask the sect to spare your life...” A cultivator shook his head and muttered to himself, not putting Wang Guang in his heart at all.

  Unfortunately, he didn't finish speaking before Wang Guang rushed forward and split the sword light with a single axe, beheading him in an instant. Another practitioner let out a cry of surprise, swiftly swinging his flying sword to engage Wang Guang in battle.

  This cultivator was originally a bookish young master from a secular family, who spent his days reciting poetry and composing couplets. He had never been to the battlefield, nor had he ever taken a life. After entering Zhengyi Sect, apart from practicing the art of transportation to increase his magical powers, he only engaged in internal sect competitions during major events. At that time, the competition was limited to just touching each other's points, without any murderous intent or mortal combat. It could be said that they were competing, but in reality, it was nothing more than a playful exchange.

  Today, if he were to encounter other sect's Qi practitioners, they might have fought for dozens of rounds, but coincidentally, he encountered Wang Guang, a Qi practitioner from the One Qi Sect. It is worth noting that most of the One Qi Sect's Qi practitioners are formed through killing and slaughter, and even within the sect, mutual killings are not uncommon. Each one has exceptionally rich combat experience, and when dealing with those Qi practitioners who cannot fully utilize their skills due to moral constraints, it is truly a pleasure to kill them.

  Only to see the cultivator had just activated his sword technique, and the sword shadow wrapped around Wang Guang heavily. But Wang Guang didn't dodge or evade, instead he swung his axe down fiercely. With a loud "ka cha" sound, the flying sword was broken, and the person was chopped in half by Wang Guang's axe. Before the soul could even escape the body, it was swallowed up along with the physical form by the dark smoke under the Taoist's feet.

  The last cultivator was also clever and saw that the situation was not good, so he ran away immediately. Wang Guang laughed strangely and wanted to put down his axe to chase after him, but unexpectedly, the old woman in the formation saw that Wang Guang did not suppress the formation, and she desperately started to struggle free.

  "Old fellow, even if you escape, I'll still have to kill you." Wang Guang turned his head and slightly furrowed his brow, tossing the pair of axes that had transformed from red copper sand back. The red copper sand transformed into two grinding discs, one above and one below, instantly clamping down on the old woman's lotus flower. The upper disc rotated left, while the lower disc rotated right, causing the ground lotus to tremble violently. The old woman was once again forced to support herself in a painful crouch, lamenting sorrowfully.

  After losing the weapon in his hand, Wang Guang did not let go of the escaping Zhēn Yī Mén Qi Gong practitioner, but instead abandoned the black smoke under his feet and sprayed a mouthful of cyan smoke to wrap himself up. In several breaths, he caught up with the escaping Qi Gong practitioner.

  "Little brother, where are you going? Can you take me along for a bit?" Wang Guang appeared behind the Qi Practitioner, his face twisted in a strange smile.

  When his two companions were killed, the Qi Gong master was already frightened to death, his soul left his body. In his life, he had followed the teachings of his sect, never killing small animals or taking human lives. Although he had cultivated himself for a long time, could he still maintain his composure when faced with such ferocious and evil Qi Gong practitioners?

  "As long as Master Dao doesn't kill me, I'm willing to accompany Master Dao for a while." This Qi cultivator's soul was not attached to his body, and he spoke nonsense as soon as he opened his mouth, having no idea what he had just said.

  "Great!" Wang Guang was delighted with this answer. "I'll grab your head, and you take me flying, how's that?"

  "Good! Good! Good!"

  As soon as the words fell, Wang Guang's face twisted in a fierce scowl and his palm shot up to viciously stab into the Qi cultivator's head. With a loud crack, his three- to five-inch long fingernails pierced through the skull, and his entire palm sank into the brain. The Qi cultivator looked around in confusion, unable to comprehend why Wang Guang still wanted to kill him.

  "I've already taken you this far." The cultivator said dazedly.

  "Infinite Heaven's Respect! Fellow Daoist, you've gone the wrong way. You should have followed my humble guidance and walked in that direction to be correct." Wang Guang sneered, then grabbed the corpse of this Qi-refining cultivator and directly returned to the front of the grand formation.