Apocalypse: The Primordial Pearl Recognizes Its Master, Starting with Infinite Space

During the match, Li Zu was unable to break through Lin Chen's defenses and was forced to retreat step by step.

He didn't try to hold on; instead, he used the force of the collision to retreat, while simultaneously sending a telepathic message to the other ancestors: "Gather together, form the battle!"

Upon hearing this, the other ancestors immediately abandoned their opponents and gathered towards the direction of the Power Ancestor.

Two figures of elderly gods emerged from beside the Power Ancestor, their strength merely at the peak of the ninth rank.

Lin Chen glanced at the two figures, asked no questions, and immediately made his move.

Before the fist could land in front of the old man, Li Zu had already closed in, forcing him back half a step.

That half step wasn't long, but it was just enough for the others to finish closing in.

Eleven figures landed one after another behind Li Zu, and together with two replacements, they formed an irregular circle.

Without hesitation, Li Zu raised his hand and drew an arc in front of him: "Activate the formation."

The array patterns spread out from beneath his feet, and dark golden light rapidly spread along the circular path.

As the light passed beneath the feet of the two old men, it dimmed slightly compared to other areas, but the circular outline had already closed and no longer dispersed.

The moment the formation was activated, a force rose from the formation surface, pushing Lin Chen back several steps.

He stopped the pursuit, withdrew his clone, and focused his gaze on the array pattern that was in operation.

Li Zu stood at the center of the circle, and his aura suddenly surged, increasing by nearly three times.

However, upon closer inspection, one could discern that the underlying power of that formation was somewhat ethereal. Lin Chen surmised that if the Primordial Ancestor of Wisdom and the Primordial Ancestor of Life were present, the power of this formation would undoubtedly be even more complete.

Li Zu did not rush to make a move, but looked at Lin Chen and said, "Boy, this is a combined attack formation that we comprehended when we were born. It is called the Twelve Constellations Formation. We have never used it before. You are the first person to see it."

Lin Chen didn't reply. He took a step forward, stepped on the edge of the array pattern, and threw a punch.

A seven-colored divine light surged from the formation, deflecting the force of the punches into a circular path, dispersing to both sides.

His second punch landed on the same spot immediately afterward, causing the formation to tremble slightly, the amplitude of which was so small as to be almost imperceptible.

He didn't throw a third punch. He withdrew his hand, took a half step back, and slowly moved his gaze along the pattern of the array, as if searching for a flaw.

Seeing that he was actually looking for weaknesses, Li Zu said in a deep voice, "It's useless. The greatest function of this formation is to link the power of the twelve of us together. I am at least three times stronger than you now!"

Before he finished speaking, he had already thrown a punch, much faster than before.

Lin Chen had no time to dodge and raised his arm to block.

With a "crack," the arm broke off.

Lin Chen was sent flying by the punch, tumbling through the air before finally using his air step to return to his original position.

When he returned, his severed arm had healed, but there was a thin trail of blood at the corner of his mouth.

Upon seeing this, the Demon Ancestor and the Dragon Ancestor exchanged a glance, their hearts filled with horror. This formation had inflicted minor injuries on Lin Chen with just one strike.

Lin Chen wiped away the blood and looked at Li Zu, utterly puzzled: "Why didn't you use such a powerful formation sooner?"

Li Zu did not answer, his gaze shifting for a moment before landing on the two old men.

At this moment, the two people were enveloped in a burst of light, their bodies swelled up like balls, their meridians bulging, as if they had been forcibly injected with too much energy, far exceeding their limits.

Even if Lin Chen stops and leaves now, they will completely collapse the moment the formation is dismantled.

As long as the formation continues to operate, they can barely sustain their lives with the help of its power.

The Demon Ancestor approached Lin Chen and lowered his voice: "What should we do?"

Lin Chen paused for a moment, then looked away: "We've achieved our goal this time. We've seen their trump card."

Looking up towards the distant ancestral star, he thought, "Most importantly, the World Tree hasn't made a move, so it's highly likely that it won't intervene."

He narrowed his eyes: "However, they have their moments, and so do I."

He withdrew his gaze, and nine clones simultaneously materialized from the void, instantly flying in all directions.

Ten figures stood still at the same time, surrounding the dark gold array of the Power Ancestor in the center.

The patterns of the Dark Divine Thunder Array rose from beneath their feet, and the Five Elements Thunder Lightning appeared from the void, crashing down on the Twelve Constellation Array in the center.

The moment it came into contact with the dark gold array circle, it emitted a low friction sound, and the array surface seemed to dim slightly, but it quickly regained its brightness.

The lightning continued to press down, and bolts of Five Elements Divine Lightning fell from the void, striking the very center of the Power Ancestor's formation.

Ripples spread across the array, diverting the lightning force into the circular track, and the two old men at the edge swayed simultaneously.

Li Zu frowned and increased his divine power output again to fight against the Five Elements Divine Thunder.

Lin Chen also became more determined and increased his divine power output once again, causing the Five Elements Divine Thunder in the void to surge.

The ancestors' expressions changed slightly, and they had no choice but to increase their divine power output while taking out pills to swallow.

Lin Chen also took out some pills and swallowed them, which were stolen from the gods.

Seeing this from the shadows, Cangming's lips curled into a smile: "Is it finally about to give way?"

The two sides reached a stalemate.

At this moment, Li Zu finally realized one thing: Lin Chen, who was going all out, was no longer someone he could fight.

He simply couldn't understand how a human from the remote borderlands could trample over their billions of years of cultivation in less than ten years.

He must be hiding some great secret!

Thinking about Cangming on this level, his eyes turned red. He also realized something even deeper: Lin Chen's current strength was definitely related to his acquisition of Blue Star's spatial abilities!

The lightning continued to fall, and the frequency did not slow down.

Both sides were expending energy at an accelerated pace, consuming more and more pills, and everyone began to sweat, their movements becoming faster.

The two ninth-level elders were the ones who couldn't hold on the longest. Their bodies had stopped expanding and instead visibly deflated. They stuffed handfuls of pills into their mouths, but the rate at which they could recover could never keep up with the rate at which the formation was drawing them away.

The elders' gazes began to unfocus, and Li Zu saw this as well. His heart sank. Was their twelve-person formation going to be the first to crumble?

Just as Lin Chen was focused on maintaining the Dark Divine Thunder Array, Cangming moved a distance from the shadows at the edge of the battlefield.

The Demon Ancestor and the Dragon Ancestor were focused on the formation, and Lin Chen and the Power Ancestor were also fighting desperately against each other, so no one noticed his actions.

Cangming passed through the boundary between lightning and bursts of light, like a rift forgotten by the light, slowly approaching Lin Chen along the blind spot of sight.

He didn't dare to get too close too quickly, nor did he stop at a fixed spot and wait for too long. He simply used magic to conceal his figure and kept getting closer.

In the distance, Lin Chen's face paled even more, and large beads of sweat dripped down his face.

But he did not stop; the Dark Divine Lightning Array was still operating, and lightning continued to fall.

At this moment, the two elders of the divine race in the formation finally could not hold on any longer, and their bodies were completely drained, and the Twelve Star Formation was broken!

"Boom!"

The formation erupted with a tremendous roar, and Lin Chen's pale face finally showed a look of joy, which also relaxed his mind for a moment.

Just then, Cangming made his move, a long sword appearing in his hand, and he thrust it straight at Lin Chen's back.

Lin Chen felt a chill run down his spine, a sense of alarm rising in his mind, and his body instinctively shifted to the left.

The sound of a longsword piercing flesh rang out. Lin Chen turned his head and saw Cang Ming's excited and ferocious face.