Primordial Era: Exceptional Comprehension, Destroying Buzhou Mountain at the Start

Chapter 21 Luo Hou's Schemes, the Core of the Opportunity, the Ferocious Beast's Self-Destruction, Severely Injuring the Ancestors

Countless demon cultivators perished, as did countless members of the scaled and avian races, and many patriarchs also fell. Such a large number of deaths was enough to demonstrate Luo Hou's immense power.

But at this moment, Luo Lian seemed to have been driven to the brink of despair. His body, stained with blood and sculpted by demonic energy, now bore numerous cracks, a testament to the fusion of destruction. "Cough cough… I am ultimately unwilling. However, things have not gone as planned. This place of opportunity for enlightenment is yours to take. But remember, one day I will make you pay the price."

"The price? Whether you can even escape this place right now is another matter. You still dare to utter such threats. Fellow Daoists, let us unite and kill him!" Ancestor Cangmang roared, shaking the Pangu Banner, a supreme innate treasure in his hand, and was about to attack Luo Lian.

Luo Hou's God-Slaying Spear deflected the chaotic sword energy unleashed, and with a threatening gaze upon the numerous ancestors who were attacking him, he coldly snorted, "Hmph... If I, Luo Hou, want to leave, who can stop me?"

With a low shout, Luo Lian instantly transformed into demonic light and flew away. Many cultivators wanted to give chase, but the demonic cultivators who charged towards him bought Luo Lian time.

Numerous demonic cultivators charged forward relentlessly, fearless of death. Even the many patriarchs were helpless.

For a long time, they could only watch Luo Hou's figure disappear, unable to catch up with him any longer.

Luo Lian left just like that. The remaining elders looked at each other, their expressions a mixture of resentment and murderous intent.

"One day, we will kill Luo Lian. But for now, let's explore this opportunity to achieve enlightenment," the Yin Yang Ancestor murmured.

The cultivators all looked toward the core of the land of opportunity, toward the place that was frozen in endless ice.

However, at this moment in Buzhou Land, Di Qing saw Luo Lian fleeing and looked at the many ancestors preparing to excavate a place with the opportunity to achieve enlightenment.

Di Qing instinctively sensed something was wrong, then his eyes widened: "This is bad..."

"What's wrong?" Houtu asked.

"By my command, all Ancestral Witches, go all out and head to the far north. I have a premonition that many of the Ancestors will suffer a great loss this time." Di Qing suddenly understood everything, especially after seeing Luo Lian's figure after his escape, many of his doubts were answered.

The expressions of the many ancestral witches changed, and doubt arose in their eyes. They looked at Di Qing, seeking answers. But Di Qing did not give them time, and immediately led them to the far north.

Di Qing rushed to the far north, while the many ancestors in the far north also looked toward the core of the land of opportunity.

This is a special kind of grand formation, interwoven with profound Dao principles and flowing with many mysterious auras. Breaking it will not be easy.

Many of the venerable ancestors had cultivated for many years and had some understanding of the Dao of Formations. They observed each other but could not find a way to break the formation.

"Now that we've found a way to break the formation, let's break it with force!" The Cangmang Ancestor, who cultivated with a domineering style and was naturally impatient, raised the Pangu Banner and charged towards the great formation.

Seeing this, the other patriarchs all nodded in agreement, choosing to break the formation by force. Speaking of which, the great formations in the primordial world are divided into innate and acquired formations. Innate formations are those formed naturally by all things after the birth of heaven and earth, protecting spiritual treasures, spiritual roots, or other precious objects.

A postnatal grand formation is a grand formation that a cultivator develops after comprehending the Dao of Formations. However, in terms of power, grand formations are not divided into innate and acquired types, and there is no such thing as a perfect grand formation.

Therefore, no matter how grand the formation, there are two ways to break it. One is to find the formation's weakness and then break it with skill. The other is to find no weakness and break the formation directly with brute force.

Nowadays, many patriarchs, unable to find a way to break the great formation, resort to brute force.

Numerous patriarchs attacked, unleashing a variety of supernatural powers, and landed one after another on this great formation.

With numerous patriarchs besieging it, no matter how mysterious this great formation was, it was difficult to maintain.

"Crunch, crunch..."

The great formation emitted a sound of shattering, and upon hearing this, many of the elders' eyes gleamed with a special anticipation. They longed to see the method of attaining enlightenment, to witness the opportunity to achieve it.

As the great formation shattered, countless gazes fell upon it. But the many ancestors who should have been expectant and happy instantly sensed something was amiss.

Many of the patriarchs instinctively sensed danger and an ominous sign. Especially when they saw that the area enveloped by the great array contained peculiar altars. Within these altars slumbered numerous mindless ferocious beasts and spiritual treasures… As the array patterns within the altars intertwined, enveloping the bodies of these beasts, they triggered their physical self-destruction.

Those are ferocious beasts. Although they lack sentience and many ancestors could slay them, no one dared doubt the sheer strength of their physical bodies. Legend has it that these beasts were formed from the flesh and blood of the Chaos God, and their physical strength was even comparable to that of the current Witch Clan.

Their innately powerful physical bodies exploded as the altar's branding array was detonated. Especially considering the tens of thousands of ferocious beasts sacrificed here.

"Oh no, this is a trap!"

"Oh no, we've fallen for their trap."

The shouts were so powerful that many of the elders suddenly understood many things and were about to fly backwards.

But the roar had already begun, the surging roar instantly engulfing countless ancestors.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The earth-shattering roar tore apart the universe, shattered wisdom, and shook the vast northern lands, causing countless glaciers to collapse. Amidst the earth-shaking tremors, the sky itself seemed to be torn apart, and endless ice and snow turned to nothingness.

That roar seemed to sweep through the past and present, into the flow of time, directly into the ruins and end of time.

The numerous ancestors caught in the roaring waves also unleashed their own life-saving techniques, sparing no effort to protect themselves.

But the beast's self-destruction came too quickly and too violently. If it were an ordinary beast self-destructing, with the cultivation levels of these ancestors, they would have disappeared in an instant, completely unaffected. But this time was different; they had been tricked and had no time to dodge.

All they could do was fight back with all their might—what Tai Chi diagram, what wondrous methods, what supernatural powers…

After a long time, the roar that shocked all living beings and horrified the entire prehistoric world finally dissipated.

As the roar subsided, the figures of the many ancestors who had been swept up in it finally emerged.

Of the more than two thousand ancestors who had previously existed, only two thousand remained, with hundreds having perished. Of course, most of the surviving ancestors were among the top-ranking ones, possessing considerable strength. Even so, they were severely injured, coughing up blood one after another, clearly having paid a heavy price and exhausted their trump cards to withstand the self-destruction of the ferocious beast.

The many ancestors who have cultivated to their current level have naturally accumulated countless trump cards. It's not surprising that some of them possess trump cards capable of withstanding the roar and crisis here.

The Ancestral Dragon and the Phoenix Ancestor have also survived, and haven't suffered too many serious injuries. However, the scaled and avian tribes who came with them suffered heavy losses. Clearly, they couldn't withstand the self-destruction.

Putting all that aside, most of the rogue cultivators who came to join the fun and seek opportunities perished in it.

(End of this chapter)