“You little beast, what exactly did you do?”
“Why is your control over this grand formation greater than mine?”
The guest elder roared hysterically in a weak voice.
His old eyes bulged wide, filled with confusion.
“Still don’t understand?”
“In that case, I’ll let you die with your eyes closed.”
As Chu Maple spoke, his mind shifted again.
A peculiar aura emerged from the body of the formation dragon.
That aura was Chu Maple’s unique boundary bloodline.
The power of the boundary bloodline permeated the entire formation dragon, like its soul, now inseparable from it.
“You… you… you…”
The guest elder could no longer speak.
He had actually guessed this long ago, but he refused to believe it.
Yet when he saw it with his own eyes, he had to accept the truth.
Chu Maple had used his boundary bloodline to manipulate the power of the main formation.
He had completely seized control of the main formation.
Though he had known Chu Maple’s boundary bloodline was extraordinary.
Without seeing it himself, he would never have believed someone could forcibly take control of a grand formation using only their boundary bloodline.
Especially since this grand formation was the work of the Flying Flower Sect leader!!!
“I know I won’t survive, and I won’t shamelessly beg for mercy.”
“But I hope, for the sake of us both being spiritists, you can tell me one thing, to truly let me die in peace.”
The guest elder said.
“What is it?”
Chu Maple asked.
“Who exactly are you?”
“Where do you come from?”
As the guest elder asked this, his old eyes stared fixedly at Chu Maple.
He genuinely wanted to know what power could grant this young brat such a formidable boundary bloodline.
“Heh…”
But upon hearing the question, Chu Maple did not answer. Instead, he smiled.
“What does your laughter mean?”
The guest elder’s brows furrowed tightly. He sensed something ominous in Chu Maple’s smile.
“What am I laughing at?”
“I’m laughing at a despicable person like you.”
“You don’t deserve to know where I’m from.”
After saying this, Chu Maple swept his sleeve.
Swish, swish, swish—
The guest elder’s cosmos sack and all his treasures were seized by Chu Maple.
Roar—
Immediately after, the power of the main formation changed again.
The sharp claws of the formation dragon descended from the sky, piercing directly into the guest elder’s body.
Not only did it destroy his dantian, the formation dragon’s power also infiltrated his soul, obliterating his spiritual force.
“Ah—”
The guest elder let out a heart-wrenching scream.
He knew that not only was his cultivation being erased by Chu Maple, but his boundary power was being erased too.
Though he had long known death was inevitable, when it arrived, he still feared it. He lost his earlier resolve and began begging Chu Maple for mercy.
“Young hero, spare me, give me a way to live.”
“We had no prior grudge. You came for the heavenly treasure, and you’ve already obtained it. Why pursue me to the death?”
“Spare me. My cultivation has been crippled by you. Leave me alive, and I will give you all the treasures I’ve accumulated in my life.”
The guest elder’s pleas echoed continuously, but Chu Maple seemed deaf to them.
For Chu Maple, sparing this guest elder was impossible.
After all, this old fellow had intended to refine him alive earlier.
“Why are you screaming so miserably? This is just the beginning.”
“Don’t rush, save your strength. You’ll have plenty to scream about soon.”
After saying this, Chu Maple raised his hand.
The guest elder’s body floated up with his movement.
Then, Chu Maple threw the guest elder into the bronze cauldron and began refining him.
But this time, the bronze cauldron had been tampered with by Chu Maple.
Chu Maple would not let the guest elder die easily.
He would return the pain he had suffered a hundredfold, a thousandfold.
He would slowly torture this guest elder to death.
“Argh—”
“You little beast, you will come to a bad end. Even as a ghost, I won’t let you go.”
“Ah, ah, argh, kill me, just kill me!!!”
Once inside the bronze cauldron, the guest elder’s screams became even more wretched.
Knowing death was inescapable, he began cursing viciously, hurling every malicious insult at Chu Maple.
But hearing these curses, Chu Maple felt not anger, but amusement.
Cultivators always spoke with strength. When one could only respond to pain with insults, it only highlighted their powerlessness.
Chu Maple glanced at the various beings sprawled across the ground.
Hum—
Suddenly, with a thought, a massive boundary gate piercing the heavens appeared in this mountain range.
It was a boundary gate opened by Chu Maple using the power of the main formation.
This gate led directly outside the mountain range.
After opening it, Chu Maple freed all the surviving beings.
“Thank you, my lord.”
These beings included not only heavenly treasures but also demonic beasts from various powers.
These demonic beasts were no different from ordinary cultivators.
They understood everything and knew Chu Maple had saved them. They all knelt on the ground, performing grand kowtows to him.
They knew that without Chu Maple’s arrival today, they would have ended up like the other beings.
Refined alive by this guest elder.
“Go quickly. After leaving here, stay as far away as possible. Don’t get caught again.”
Chu Maple said.
As his words fell, the earth shook. The beings frantically rushed towards the boundary gate.
But not all beings fled in panic.
A slender beam of light paused beside Chu Maple as it flew past and asked him.
“My lord, you… aren’t leaving?”
The beam emitted a gentle voice.
It was a heavenly treasure, not yet fully formed, but it had already developed life and intelligence.
“I still have things to do.”
After saying this, Chu Maple leapt away, leaving the main formation.
But he did not leave the mountain range.
…
Because Chu Maple had used the main formation to create illusions.
Almost everyone connected to the formation had been deceived by him.
Everyone in the formation eyes believed the heavenly treasure was about to be successfully refined.
So at present, not only the supreme elder, but everyone in the formation eyes was fully channeling the formation power, hoping to complete the refinement soon.
After all, successfully refining the heavenly treasure would be a great achievement for them.
However, some people were exceptions, those not in the formation eyes.
For example, Ma Chengying and the other disciples.
They were still in their previous resting area.
Though these people usually acted pompously, like lofty immortals.
In reality, they were a bunch of vile scoundrels who had committed countless evils.
When resting, they engaged in all sorts of activities, most too shameful to mention.
But there was a group gathered around Li Rui, the disciple of the supreme elder.
They were all flattering Li Rui.
After all, Li Rui was the supreme elder’s personal disciple. Not only was his cultivation above theirs, but his status in the sect was too.
They all wanted to curry favour with him.
As for Li Rui, he gladly accepted their flattery.
A smug smile always hung on his face.
“Hey, you lot haven’t escaped?”
But suddenly, a voice shattered the peace of the area.
