"Descend!"
As soon as the words fell, four giant swords descended from the sky across the entire battlefield, and in the middle of the battlefield, a massive array diagram flew out from the earth, rapidly forming a grand formation.
"Not good!"
Tang San, who had the fastest reaction, was immediately shocked upon seeing this!
The Asura Sword in his hand fiercely slashed out, transforming into countless blood lights and sky-filling sword shadows. Like auroras descending, it dazzled the eyes while enveloping the four Immortal-Slaying Swords. Accompanied by a massive roar, the large patches of blood-colored aurora almost simultaneously exploded, covering the four divine swords like mercury pouring onto the ground.
But before Tang San's attack could hit the swords, Chen Junting gently raised his hand. The four divine swords erupted with powerful sword qi, and the sharp offensive was dismantled one by one under the collision of the sword qi.
The moment the swords and the diagram merged, four sounds of tearing through the air suddenly rang out. Beside the four divine swords, four gods appeared. Though each was different, their auras were connected to Chen Junting. Although their momentum was slightly weaker, they still had the level of First-Class Gods.
These four gods were none other than the Snow Empress and the other three.
The speed of the formation was so fast that Tang San and the others could no longer stop it. In addition, the moment the grand formation took shape, the killing aura produced by the divine beasts that had died from the beast tide in the distance also rapidly gathered around the four swords under the operation of the sword formation. It was completely devoured by the sword formation, and its might became even more astonishing at this moment.
Even Tang San, as a God King who controlled slaughter, felt the power of this sword formation constantly stimulating his divine sense.
At this moment, alarm bells instantly rang in Tang San's heart!
"Everyone, be careful!"
But just as he opened his mouth to warn them, the Snow Empress and the others each manipulated a divine sword connected to their auras. Under the operation of the sword formation, the sword gates in the east, west, south, and north directions burst with divine light. Four bursts of sword qi slashed out with full force, easily dividing the battlefield.
To be precise, it rescued the captured gods.
"Make your move! First, find a way to break the sword formation!"
Feeling the suppression of the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation on them, as well as the layers of crisis contained within the formation, Tang San, knowing things were bad, immediately made a decision. As for the seven Gods of Original Sin and the God of Emotions who had been separated, he couldn't care about them right now.
Seven blue-glowing vines shot out from behind Tang San, wrapping around the waists of the other five Shrek Devils and the Strength God.
Ning Rongrong, as the Nine-Color Goddess, was the first to act. Her graceful figure floated in mid-air, but she bloomed with magnificent nine-colored light, transforming into a nine-story pagoda that steadily landed in the right palm of the God of Food. Rays of colorful light bloomed from the nine-story pagoda.
Immediately after, a moving voice echoed in the sword formation, "Nine treasures turn out with glazed tile. First: Strength! Second: Speed! Third: Spirit! Fourth: Defense! Fifth: Attack! Sixth: Amplification!"
Six different colors of light, under the effect of her clear and melodious voice, fluttered out from the bottom six floors of the nine-story Glazed Tile Pagoda. Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, and blue—six different lights, each divided into six streams, injecting into every god in Tang San's camp.
Instantly, including Tang San, the halos behind the heads of every god in his camp all became stronger, and their six aspects of attributes were temporarily amplified by more than double.
With Ning Rongrong's amplification, Tang San, who had transformed into the Asura God, had his already strong killing intent become even sharper. Even the four types of sword intent and sword qi of the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, in the face of the sharp Asura God's killing intent, surprisingly felt unable to condense.
Truly worthy of being the Asura God!
Facing Tang San, who had inherited one of the five God Kings and was the god with the strongest attack in the God Realm, Chen Junting didn't look down on him in the slightest.
The moment the Heavenly Eye on his glabella opened, the power of time and space around his body faintly flickered. Just as Tang San and the others approached one of the sword gates, the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation operated again. The Snow Empress, who was in charge of guarding the Northern Annihilating Immortal Sword Gate, immediately disappeared from the spot.
In the next second after the Snow Empress disappeared, a shocking red light instantly flashed. The shocking red light rose from behind Tang San, filling the sky with red. In an instant, it dyed a patch of the sky red, and a solemn killing aura like mountains of corpses and seas of blood suddenly erupted.
Ignoring the disappeared sword gate, facing the formation barrier, Tang San let out a long howl to the sky, the howl sharp and domineering. He suddenly leaped up from the Nether White Tiger's back, his entire body transforming into a blood-colored ray, merging into the shocking red light in the air, and then turning into a giant sword that descended from the sky, slashing straight down towards the formation wall.
But right at the moment he erupted, the Heavenly Eye that had locked onto Tang San immediately flickered! The power of time and space enveloped Tang San, directly severing the vines that bound the other six Shrek Devils and the Strength God to him, and he himself similarly disappeared.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Wu and the others were immediately terrified!
"Where did Brother San go?"
Before they could dwell on their doubts, the sword formation operated again. This made Xiao Wu, who was the strongest among the remaining people, have no time to worry too much. She raised the Golden Trident in her hand, and circles of golden halos materialized, drifting in all directions.
Even so, it was difficult to stop the battlefield from being divided.
Outside the sword formation at this time, Tang San had been directly teleported out of the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation by Chen Junting. Because if Tang San's sword strike really landed solidly, although the formation wouldn't be broken, it would definitely be damaged.
Keeping him inside would do more harm than good. It would be better to transfer him out of the formation and deal with him alone.
When Tang San was transferred out of the formation by the power of time and space, he himself realized this. But the Asura Blood Sword had already thoroughly erupted, and he had no way to pull back. The might of this slash was as if it wanted to cleave heaven and earth apart. The earth was directly plowed into two, and a bottomless trench appeared. The entire God Realm seemed to tremble slightly under the power of this sword.
All the gods present outside the formation, at this moment, seemed to have fallen into a slaughter hell, unable to extricate themselves. Even just looking at the sword's gleam, they had a terrifying sensation of being unable to control themselves, as if their divine souls were about to be devoured by mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
The four God Kings, including the God of Destruction, felt bewildered upon seeing this. What exactly had happened inside that made Tang San go all out like he was fighting for his life from the very beginning?
While his thoughts raced, the God of Destruction spoke up.
"God of Order, let's join forces and capture him."
"It's fine."
Chen Junting stopped the God of Destruction and the others. "We still have some personal grudges. It's best we settle them ourselves one by one."
We?
Where were the other gods?
Just as the gods' hearts filled with doubt, Chen Junting said to the God of Emotions, Rong Nianbing, and the God of Fire, "Everyone, my companions have more or less reached your requirements. Please bestow the final divine trial to help them become gods."
Hearing this, the eyes of the God of Fire and the others instantly lit up!
"Good!"
Immediately after, Chen Junting turned around and delivered a sword strike towards Tang San.
At this time, Tang San was chewing on something in his mouth. Seeing Chen Junting slash over, the Asura Sword fiercely crossed the air, and with a sudden slash, it violently collided with Chen Junting's sword qi!
"Not letting Destruction and the others make a move is your biggest mistake! That sword missed, so take another strike from me!"
Tang San raised the Asura Sword high over his head. Amidst the gods' shock and suspicion, a strong blood light surprisingly erupted for a second time. A terrifying aura of slaughter, like mountains of corpses and seas of blood, rose once again.
Chen Junting immediately discerned that it was because Tang San had eaten Oscar's sausage that he was able to recover so quickly.
Thus, his mind quickly retracted, and his divine sense suddenly erupted.
In the next second, a strong negative emotion suddenly rose up, condensing onto the blade of the Sword of Order, the "Seven Kill Sword."
Heaven's Dao Kill Character!
Six bursts of sword qi fiercely slashed out, and a "Kill" character instantly took shape! As the strongest single-target attack developed by Chen Junting, these six bursts of sword qi used negative emotions to influence the rules of heaven and earth, causing heaven to abandon it, earth to reject it, humans to loathe it, beasts to hate it, gods to detest it, and ghosts to despise it. Once locked on, it would be rejected by all living beings in heaven and earth.
The moment the Asura Blood Sword collided with the Heaven's Dao Kill Character, a massive roar, ten times stronger than before, instantly erupted!
For a time, heaven and earth violently shook.
The entire sky seemed to have been torn open with a crack.
The negative rules of heaven and earth contained within the Heaven's Dao Kill Character layered and separated, constantly destroying the intense killing aura attached to the Asura Sword. The unparalleled destructive power continuously pressed forward, using its own supreme sharpness to destroy the Asura Blood Sword.
Under the Sword of Order, the Seven Kill Sword, which was also the strongest in attack, and under the influence of the negative rules of heaven and earth from the "Heaven's Dao Kill Character," the blood light on the Asura Blood Sword gradually cracked and shattered, and the Asura Sword constantly retreated. Clearly, Tang San was at a disadvantage at this moment.
At the same time, inside the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, the other five Shrek Devils and the Strength God had been separated one by one by the Snow Empress and the others.
Because Zhu Zhuqing was the God of Speed, even though everyone was about to be split apart, she relied on her own speed to reach Dai Mubai's side a second before the battlefield was divided. Now, they were in a world that seemed to be destroyed, without the slightest vitality.
The Immortal-Slaying sword intent around them made them feel a sharp edge on their backs. Even with Ning Rongrong's amplification and Oscar's sausages, they still felt a burst of scalp-numbing fear.
Just then, in the sky, it was as if a purple ball of light had appeared. Accompanied by a violent roar, the light ball mobilized the surrounding Immortal-Slaying sword qi, instantly enveloping the area around Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, reflecting them both in purple.
Seeing this scene, the two didn't dare slack off in the slightest. Zhu Zhuqing nimbly turned around, like a lithe kitten, nestling into Dai Mubai's embrace. Immediately after, a white light full of a desolate aura burst out from them. Their aura instantly strengthened, and the two also fused into one.
Immediately after, a giant white tiger appeared out of thin air in mid-air. It had six wings on its back, and its massive body was without a single flaw. Its pair of eyes were as black as ink and as deep as an abyss.
The six wings flapped, tearing apart the surrounding sword qi. A giant tiger paw fiercely slapped out, brutally shattering the incoming light ball. Although the tiger claws and wings were charred in patches, the incoming attacks were all shattered by them.
But just at this moment, "Roar—"
A violent dragon roar suddenly vented out!
The next second, a giant purple dragon came speeding in from beneath the Immortal-Slaying Sword Gate. While the Immortal-Slaying Sword trembled slightly, the Tyrant, facing the Nether White Tiger, spewed out a breath of dragon fire carrying the Immortal-Slaying sword intent!
The power was so great that it immediately made the Nether White Tiger feel like it was facing a great enemy.
If they took it head-on, they would definitely be heavily injured!
From the very beginning, they had fallen into a disadvantage.
At the same time, at the location of the Slaughter Immortal Sword Gate.
A giant hammer fell into Zhou Weiqing's grasp. When he let out a wild shout, the effect of his "Hating That Heaven Has No Handle, Hating That Earth Has No Ring" suit erupted. His entire aura instantly transformed into a towering mountain. The giant hammer in his hand swung upwards, heading straight for Mad King's bear paw.
The two sides almost instantly collided. A violent roar violently exploded with their collision point as the center.
Boom—
Zhou Weiqing only felt his blood essence surge up all over his body. The heavy force was only slightly inferior to his, the Hercules.
Seemingly seeing that fighting in his main body didn't give him an advantage,
"Roar—"
Mad King let out a roar, and the Slaughter Immortal Sword above his head immediately fell, merging into Mad King's body. The moment his terror claws popped out, the original dark gold was replaced by the appearance of the Slaughter Immortal Sword.
Then, Mad King fiercely swung a claw down!
Whoosh—
At this moment, space itself seemed to be torn apart!
In this instant, the Strength God, Zhou Weiqing, suddenly had a feeling that his soul had been locked onto, and a sense of crisis instantly came.
Zhou Weiqing had a premonition that if this claw landed solidly on him, even the "Hating That Heaven Has No Handle" suit might not be able to block it.
Thus, layer upon layer of light shields erupted from Zhou Weiqing's body. Body beads condensed, intent beads imprinted. After becoming a god, his intent beads had also completed a metamorphosis, becoming pure attribute defenses. Multiple attributes overlapped, forming a solid shield.
But the terror of this Slaughter Immortal Claw was also truly alarming!
Protective shields shattered one after another, stopping at the very last layer.
Zhou Weiqing seized the opportunity. The ground beneath his feet exploded with a boom, kicking up a strong shockwave that forced Mad King to retreat. At the same time, Zhou Weiqing almost as fast as lightning released his war bow. Without even using his eyes to look, he shot out an arrow.
An ear-piercing shriek turned into a roar in the air. Mad King could only swing a claw, blocking the arrow with the formation's enhancement.
And this also caused the battle at the Slaughter Immortal Sword Gate to fall into a stalemate.
As for the other two battlefields inside the formation...
At the Trap Immortal Sword Gate, the Evil Emperor, relying on the myriad illusions of the sword gate and his advantage in divine sense, once again separated Ma Hongjun and the other two, then defeated them one by one. Ning Rongrong, who excelled in support, was the first to fall. Even if the Phoenix God erupted, he was no match for the Evil Emperor at all. Only Oscar, who had used a sausage to transform into the Asura God, entered a stalemate with the Evil Emperor. If the stalemate continued, Oscar's defeat was only a matter of time.
In contrast, at the Annihilating Immortal Sword Gate, the Snow Empress, holding the Annihilating Immortal Sword, relied on the "Snow Empress's Three Absolutes" to fight Xiao Wu. With palms and swords striking in succession, plus the formation's enhancement, even though Xiao Wu held the Sea God's divine throne and wielded the super divine weapon Golden Trident, she found it difficult to gain the upper hand.
For a time, the other five Shrek Devils and the Strength God were all trapped by Chen Junting in the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, too busy to attend to anything else.
Of course, Tang San at this moment was similarly so.
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