The moment the Water Mist Serpent Curse appeared, it swiftly followed the five cultivators’ breaths and burrowed into their internal organs, launching frenzied attacks.
“Ah…!!”
Screams soon rang out. The Three Talents Sword Formation collapsed without being struck.
With the formation gone, those three cultivators lost all ability to resist the Water God Seal. Amid a thunderous boom, one of them was directly crushed to death by the seal in mid-air!
The remaining two Core Formation cultivators shrank in horror. They immediately fled in different directions, trying to escape the domain, only to tragically discover that they could not get out. The entire space was sealed solid with thick ice!
This was no ordinary ice. It had been formed by the Ice Toad Pearl, and even they would need considerable time and effort to break it.
“There is something wrong with this mist! Quickly form protective shields to isolate it! Use your core fire to purge the mist serpents that have entered your bodies!”
The Second Elder reacted first. In a short while, he completely eradicated the mist serpents inside him.
The other three followed his example, but before one of them could finish cleansing himself, Bai Tian Tian struck with a palm and killed him outright. His corpse plummeted from the sky.
In the blink of an eye, only three of the five Core Formation cultivators remained. The Second Elder’s face turned exceedingly grim.
“Unleash your core power! Use your core fire to burn away all the mist in this space!”
The Second Elder roared. He sacrificed his golden core first, instantly erupting with boundless core fire.
Wherever the core fire passed, the mist serpents vanished, and vast swathes of mist disappeared with them.
Seeing this, the other two hurriedly sacrificed their own core fire as well.
With the combined efforts of the three Core Formation cultivators, Bai Tian Tian’s divine ability was soon broken.
Bai Tian Tian could only sigh helplessly.
If the environment had not restricted her, she could have wiped out all five with this single ability alone. Unfortunately, the sealed space and limited water prevented her from unleashing its full potential.
“You beast, die!”
At that moment, the Second Elder’s fully powered Thousand Blades Sword Formation finally arrived. Bai Tian Tian could only defend with the Water God Seal, and for a time neither side could gain the upper hand.
Although the Second Elder’s cultivation was only one minor realm higher than hers, his sword formation was extraordinarily terrifying. It was one of the Wang Family’s clan-protecting ultimate arts. Without the Water God Seal to block it, any ordinary mid-stage king-realm demon king would likely have been shredded instantly.
Sword cultivators already possessed the strongest offensive power among all cultivators.
Those who mastered sword formations were even more fearsome, often capable of defeating stronger opponents through their formations!
The combination of higher cultivation and the terrifying might of the sword formation made things extremely difficult for Bai Tian Tian.
Most crucially, the majority of her divine abilities required water as a medium, and she did not wish to use her greatest trump card here. She was saving that for the one from the Su Family.
Her constant evasion only convinced the Second Elder that she was at the end of her rope. Joy appeared on his face as he shouted to the Fourth Elder, “Old Fourth, now fully activate your Ice Toad Pearl! Seal this beast bit by bit! It would be best if we could freeze her into an ice statue!”
The Wang Family Fourth Elder nodded without wasting words. He immediately poured all his power into the Ice Toad Pearl and began completely cutting off Bai Tian Tian’s escape routes.
On the other side, the Seventh Elder wore a sinister expression as he repeatedly bombarded Bai Tian Tian with his own treasure.
His treasure was unusual: three seven-coloured stones, each no larger than a fingernail. Yet the power they unleashed rivalled single-use treasures, and their speed was astonishingly fast, making them almost impossible to guard against.
Thanks to the protection of the Water God Seal, however, Bai Tian Tian did not fear the seven-coloured stones. They could not even approach her body, but they did seal off her paths of retreat.
“You beast, although my seven-coloured stones cannot injure you, they prevent you from escaping all the same. Now you can only sit and await your doom!”
“Once Fourth Brother’s Ice Toad Pearl completely freezes you, you will not escape even if you sprout wings!”
“By then, you will have no choice but to obediently return with us to the Three Holy Islands and await the ancestor’s judgement!”
The Seventh Elder sneered repeatedly.
Just as Bai Tian Tian’s situation grew increasingly perilous, a massive explosion suddenly came from the frozen space.
All three cultivators looked up at once. They saw the ice wall above pierced clean through by a gigantic fist. Two figures appeared outside the hole.
Through the opening, they saw a white-clothed young girl hugging an enormous scythe-like weapon and an ordinarily featured youth dressed in black robes.
Yet when the three sensed the auras of the two figures outside the hole, their expressions changed slightly.
Two king-realm great demons!
Still, they felt a slight relief. Both demon kings were only at the initial stage, whereas among the three of them, one was late-stage Core Formation, one mid-stage, and even the weakest, Old Seventh, at early-stage Core Formation, far surpassed ordinary cultivators of his level. Especially with those three seven-coloured stones, he could often instantly kill opponents of the same realm!
“Hey! Still holding on alright?”
Mo Fan stepped into the cavern with a single stride, not even glancing at the three men. Instead, he looked at the struggling Bai Tian Tian with a cheerful grin.
Bai Tian Tian rolled her eyes and snapped irritably, “Stop gloating and hurry up and help!”
“Heh! Roger that!”
Mo Fan grinned widely, revealing a brilliant smile, then vanished in a flash of lightning.
When he reappeared, he was directly in front of the Wang Family Fourth Elder.
“Nice pearl. It’s mine now!”
Mo Fan glanced at the Ice Toad Pearl, opened his mouth, and swallowed it straight into his inner space.
“You…!”
The moment the Ice Toad Pearl vanished, the Fourth Elder instantly lost his connection to it and stared with wide eyes.
“You what?”
“You came to my territory without paying a proper toll? Have you no shame?”
Mo Fan cursed, then backhanded the Fourth Elder across the face. The slap split the man’s mouth open and sent him flying like a cannonball, smashing violently into the ground below!
“Die!”
At that moment, the Seventh Elder snapped out of his shock. Furious, he controlled the three seven-coloured stones and sent them hurtling towards the uninvited guest.
“Not bad. At least you understand the rules and know to offer tribute if you want to live.”
Mo Fan laughed. His right hand suddenly grew enormous, instantly sprouting countless fine dragon scales while dark-red crystals covered the entire arm.
In a fraction of a second, he had layered two defences upon himself.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Three sharp whistling sounds rang out. Mo Fan caught all three seven-coloured stones in his hand.
“Arrogant fool! My Seven-Coloured God-Smiting Stones are the hardest mid-grade treasures. They can even shatter ordinary low-grade treasures. You actually dared to catch them with your bare flesh?
You’re courting death!”
The Seventh Elder sneered, already picturing Mo Fan’s body being blown apart by his stones.
Yet after waiting a long while, nothing happened. His face stiffened. He instinctively tried to recall his treasures, but no matter how he urged them, they did not move an inch.
“God-Smiting Stones?
What a boastful name!”
Mo Fan laughed coldly. No matter how the three stones struggled in his palm, they could not break free.
The next moment, he simply opened his mouth and swallowed all three Seven-Coloured God-Smiting Stones into his inner space as well.
“Pfft!”
The instant he lost connection with his treasures, the Seventh Elder suffered backlash. He spat out a large mouthful of blood and roared in disbelief and grief, “Give me back my God-Smiting Stones!!”
“Alright, here you go!”
A flash of lightning. Mo Fan appeared behind the Seventh Elder, raised his right palm, and smirked, “Catch!”
Boom!
One slap sent the Seventh Elder flying after the Fourth Elder, crashing into the earth below like a cannonball. Whether he still lived was unknown!
Watching Mo Fan dispatch a Core Formation cultivator with each casual slap, even the Second Elder could not help swallowing hard. Panic flickered in his eyes. He had never expected this great demon to be so ferocious.
Yet he was still the Wang Family’s Second Elder. The panic lasted only an instant before ruthless determination filled his gaze.
“Monster, did you really think I cannot deal with you?
Behold the decree of our ancestor!”
The Second Elder raised his hand and sacrificed a painted scroll.
In the next instant, the scroll burst with golden light. It slowly unfurled in mid-air, revealing the portrait of an old man dressed in magnificent purple robes, his face cold and stern.
Originally just a painting, the figure now seemed to come alive. His indifferent gaze instantly locked onto Mo Fan.
“Insolent wretch! You dare harm members of my Wang Family!
Die!”
The old man in the painting roared in fury. He fully stepped out of the scroll and reached down towards Mo Fan with a heaven-covering palm.
Facing that colossal hand which blotted out the sky, Mo Fan narrowed his eyes. With a casual grab, lightning condensed in his palm and instantly formed a divine spear wreathed in crackling thunder.
“Just a single drop of Nascent Soul true blood, barely preserving a peak Core Formation strike through a secret method. Who are you trying to scare with this act!”
