This time, there was not even the sound of collective sharp intakes of breath.
Everyone’s throats seemed gripped by an invisible hand, unable to produce any sound.
Only their hearts pounded madly in their chests, almost bursting.
Fear, like the coldest tide, completely engulfed the camps of the demonic sect and fused beast allied forces.
Many low-tier disciples had their legs go weak. They collapsed to the ground, soiling themselves in terror.
Even some Heavenly Immortal realm elders turned ashen-faced. Their bodies trembled uncontrollably.
This was no longer something that could be described as merely “strong”.
This was complete, despair-inducing domination.
It was the judgement of a deity upon mortals.
Hun Sha and Zhan Gu, at this moment, were finally thoroughly panicked.
They finally realised that the Chen Ping before them was no longer the somewhat strangely capable Human Immortal realm junior in their cognition.
This was clearly an awakened ancient ferocious god.
An unstoppable monster.
“No… impossible… this is absolutely impossible!”
Hun Sha murmured in a daze. His eyes filled with madness and disbelief.
Zhan Gu’s eyes nearly split from rage. Among those slain fused beast leaders were many of his trusted confidants and beloved generals.
“Everyone attack together! All elders, attack together for this sect master! Kill him! At any cost, kill him!!!”
Zhan Gu completely lost his reason, emitting a beast-like roar.
Hun Sha’s eyes also reddened. He shouted sternly, “Elders of the demonic sect, hear my command! Form the ‘Ten Thousand Souls God-Slaying Array’. Cooperate with the fused beast friends. Execute this scoundrel! Those who retreat will be dealt with according to sect rules!”
At this point, they had no path of retreat.
If they were frightened off by Chen Ping alone, the Ten Thousand Souls Demonic Sect and the Beast Fusion Holy Sect would thoroughly become laughingstocks, with no possibility of standing in the Tenth Heaven again.
They could only spare no cost, pile up lives, probe Chen Ping’s limits. Perhaps there was still a slim chance of survival.
With the orders issued, despite extreme fear in their hearts, under the sect rules and the accumulated authority of their leaders, over a dozen Heavenly Immortal realm elders from the Ten Thousand Souls Demonic Sect instantly flew out. Their cultivations ranged from fifth to sixth grade. They rapidly formed in the air a sinister array filled with chilling yin energy and the wailing of ten thousand souls.
From the Beast Fusion Holy Sect side, nearly ten Heavenly Immortal realm fifth and sixth grade fused beast elders roared madly, partially revealing their true bodies. Some transformed into flaming giant bears, others into steel rhinoceroses, or unfolded bone-winged bats. They soared from the ground, coordinating with the demonic sect array. From all directions, they fiercely charged at Chen Ping.
Nearly thirty Heavenly Immortal realm powerhouses joining forces, including several sixth-grade experts, forming battle arrays. The might was enough to shake late-stage Heavenly Immortal realm cultivators.
This was the strongest force Hun Sha and Zhan Gu could currently muster, aside from themselves.
They refused to believe Chen Ping could still handle it as easily as before.
Facing this overwhelming, aggressive joint siege, a trace of extremely faint emotion, almost boredom, finally flickered in Chen Ping’s eyes.
“Mantises trying to topple a tree. Merely adding to the ridicule.”
He murmured to himself. The Dragon Slaying Sword in his hand lifted once more.
This time, he did not swing out sword qi.
Instead, he gently thrust the sword body forward.
“Buzz!”
The Dragon Slaying Sword emitted a low, prolonged hum. At the sword tip, a point of chaotic light suddenly brightened, then expanded infinitely.
That was not light, but a rapidly rotating, devouring-everything miniature chaos vortex.
The instant the vortex appeared, the entire space of the battlefield seemed to slightly concave inward, collapsing.
Light distorted. Sound vanished. Even the flow of time seemed to slow.
The joint assault from those nearly thirty Heavenly Immortal realm elders.
Whether the soul-devouring demonic dragons and bone-eroding yin winds condensed by the demonic sect elders, or the blazing giant claws and mountain-crushing iron hooves unleashed by the fused beast elders.
When approaching within a hundred zhang of the chaos vortex, they vanished silently like clay oxen entering the sea. Swallowed, decomposed, reduced to the most primitive energy particles, absorbed into the vortex without causing the slightest ripple.
And Chen Ping merely shook his wrist, extremely lightly.
“Chi!”
A chaos sword thread, so fine it was almost invisible, flashed from the vortex centre, instantly piercing the void.
The next moment.
“Puff!” “Puff!” “Puff!” “Puff!”…
A series of muffled sounds like sharp blades cutting through rotten leather rang out almost simultaneously.
In the air, those nearly thirty Heavenly Immortal realm elders who were fully maintaining the array and attacking frantically, whether from the demonic sect or fused beasts, froze in unison.
Their facial expressions solidified. The light in their eyes rapidly dimmed and extinguished.
Immediately after, at vital points like their foreheads, throats, and hearts, small holes appeared simultaneously, piercing clean through front to back.
The edges of the holes were smooth as mirrors. No blood flowed out, only wisps of chaotic aura lingering, rapidly eroding their vitality and divine souls.
Like puppets strung together by invisible threads, these nearly thirty elders, each of high status and great strength in their respective sects.
Without even uttering a scream, they plummeted from the sky like dumplings into a pot.
Before hitting the ground, the vitality and souls within their bodies had been completely annihilated by the chaotic sword qi, turning into cold corpses.
Only their storage bags, storage rings, and other items seemed pulled by an invisible hand. They detached one after another, turning into streams of light that flew into Chen Ping’s wide sleeves and vanished.
The entire field fell into absolute, deathly silence for the third time.
This time, even Hun Sha and Zhan Gu were completely stupefied.
Their mouths gaped wide. Their eyes vacant, as if their souls had been extracted from their bodies.
Nearly thirty Heavenly Immortal realm elders… including several sixth-grade ones… having formed battle arrays… just like that… gone?
Like stepping on a group of ants, just like that… gone?
They had not even fully seen how the opponent struck?!
This had already surpassed the category of strength disparity. This was dimensional crushing.
An absolute chasm in the hierarchy of life.
