Chapter 886: Heavenly Court Blood Slaughter
"What?!" All the great enemies cried out in shock. The aura of an ancient great emperor permeated the air—this was a human emperor's slaughter formation, terrifying everyone present to the bone.
Everyone present sensed something ominous, their souls trembling in fear. Catastrophic annihilation might be imminent, and there was no retreat now. The formation had sealed the eight desolates and four directions.
White, boundless killing energy surged, pillars of qi piercing heaven and earth, transforming into a chaotic sea of slaughter. No one could cross it; breaking through was impossible.
"No need to worry. Since ancient times, no one except the human emperor himself has ever been able to lay down a flawless emperor-level formation. This is only a fragment—it can't kill us!" an elderly cultivator shouted, calming the crowd.
He was right. Throughout history, who had ever laid down a perfect emperor slaughter formation? No one. As long as it was incomplete, there was a chance to break out.
Ye Fan gave a cold snort. A flash of icy light flickered in his eyes as he pointed a finger. A strand of killing qi flew out from the Wu Shi formation and, with a *pfft*, split the old cultivator in two.
"So many of us are here. If we activate a legendary saint weapon, even the most formidable formation patterns can be ground to dust. Let's focus our strength, kill the Sacred Body, and this place will naturally be unsealed," another man shouted.
After a great emperor's death, a flawless emperor slaughter formation could not appear in the world. Understanding this, everyone's fear lessened.
"I'll kill!"
The Dao protectors of the Hell Divine Maiden and the Mortal World Divine Son together urged forward a five-layered bone pagoda, pressing down to annihilate Ye Fan and his group in one blow.
This pagoda was lustrous and pure white. This type of bone was the most precious—after dao dissolution, all other bone matter turned to ash, leaving only the hardest Dao sacred bone behind.
The pagoda combined the essence of five slaughter saints' Dao bones, refined through countless hammerings and tempered by ancient saints over endless years before finally taking shape. It became the Hell Soul-Suppressing Pagoda, a rare divine treasure in the world.
It spewed forth Netherworld killing qi, cascading down from its five layers to resist the Wu Shi slaughter formation. It transformed into an immortal deity diving downward, its killing power unimaginably great, covering Ye Fan and his group beneath it.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a golden scepter shot up into the sky, embodying the will of heaven and earth. Rolling killing qi boiled like a tsunami, causing the myriad heavens to tremble.
"What is that...?" Everyone present felt their hearts leap into their throats. This divine scepter carried an extremely terrifying killing intent, making even the many assassins quake in fear.
This was the Heavenly Court's scepter, unleashing its supreme saintly might for the first time. Driven by the Wu Shi slaughter formation, it fully awakened!
Ordinarily, no one could activate it because its rank was too high. Unlike other weapons, without corresponding strength, it was impossible to stir any life within it.
But now, things were completely different. The Wu Shi slaughter formation shocked the world. Under the stimulation and operation of its world-shaking killing intent, this scepter blazed with dazzling radiance. It appeared in the world as if carrying a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, chilling the souls of all living beings.
"After so many years, I finally see the Heavenly Court's supreme divine artifact shine with brilliance, soaring through the world..." Qi Luo trembled with excitement.
"This is... the Heavenly Court's supreme scepter from ancient times?!" The people of the two assassin divine dynasties felt their hair stand on end, recalling those terrible eras.
"That's right. This is the Heavenly Court's scepter, and now it will punish you!" Ye Fan shouted, driving the Wu Shi slaughter formation, controlling the golden scepter to press down on the ancient pagoda.
In the distant past, the Heavenly Court had suppressed the other two assassin divine dynasties. It was the true number one assassin hall under heaven, forcing Mortal World and Hell to bow in submission for who knows how many tens of thousands of years.
"You... how did you obtain it?" The people of the two assassin divine dynasties stammered. Their involvement in the Heavenly Court's downfall back then was significant.
"It flew into my hands on its own." Ye Fan drove the supreme scepter, sweeping it down. Countless assassins instantly turned into bloody mist. Even the ancient pagoda could not withstand it, rumbling and trembling slightly.
"He has already established a sect, but only himself—a one-man Heavenly Court?!" Many people recalled this matter and shuddered with a chill.
"That's right. I have established a sect and am the Lord of the Heavenly Court!" Ye Fan shouted, then added, "But it's different from the past. This will be a divine court, not an assassin divine dynasty, but a true Heavenly Court."
Once the Heavenly Court scepter revived, its killing power shocked the nine heavens and ten lands. Vast killing energy surged like rivers and seas, turning all powerful enemies it passed into bloody mud, entwined with strands of chaotic qi.
"Clang!"
It collided with the Hell Soul-Suppressing Pagoda. The white Dao bones rumbled like thunder, and streaks of blood light burst forth. The most essential laws of the five slaughter saints manifested, transforming into five patches of orderly divine radiance that slashed forward.
"What a fine treasure! It can be called a slaughter saint's greatest love—we must seize it!" Qi Luo's voice trembled as he earnestly instructed Ye Fan.
Driven by the Wu Shi slaughter formation, the Heavenly Court scepter was unstoppable, possessing its own life. It devoured the essence of heaven and earth, churning through chaos. Several times it struck down the Hell Soul-Suppressing Pagoda, splitting heaven and earth, trying to destroy it.
"This won't do! This is the Heavenly Court's number one killing weapon! The scepter is naturally imprinted with divine Dao patterns, born of heaven itself. Then it was nourished for a lifetime by a quasi-emperor's blood and heart, and further refined by generations of slaughter saints. It's far too powerful." The people of the assassin divine dynasties could not withstand it.
"Boom!"
The Heavenly Court scepter flashed, drawing out tens of thousands of golden beams that swept down, overturning the Hell Soul-Suppressing Pagoda and severing its connection to those people.
"Fellow Daoists, if you don't act now, when will you? Join forces to kill him and break out of this place, or there's no hope of survival!" a Mortal World realm master shouted.
"Kill!"
In an instant, the place erupted with battle cries shaking the heavens. Various weapons and Dao principles emerged together, jointly resisting the Wu Shi slaughter formation. But it was like marching to death—rows upon rows of cultivators turned into corpses and bones, becoming bursts of blood light.
"Ah..."
Within the nine slaughter formations, screams rose and fell without end.
"Boom!"
The Eight Tribes Demon Tablet descended. Eight large characters on it flashed with radiance, emitting astonishing divine energy. This was a forbidden artifact personally refined by two ancestral kings, its power extraordinarily great.
Void trembled violently. Even the Wu Shi killing qi failed to shatter it immediately. The heavenly tablet was inscribed with eight ancient symbols of the Immortal Emperor, created to commemorate the fallen Eight Tribes. It possessed a mysterious Dao force that could draw upon the natural power of heaven and earth.
"Woo..."
Yin winds howled. The eight symbols on the massive black tablet connected to the underworld, borrowing some unknown power. The entire tablet was pitch black, Dao patterns interwoven, shattering the vacuum.
"This is a powerful forbidden artifact. Destroy it with a legendary saint weapon!" the Big Black Dog said from the shadows. Li Tian and Yan Yixi jointly activated the Divine Maiden Furnace, placing it within the emperor's forbidden formation to revive it.
The Divine Maiden Furnace shot up into the sky, transforming into a streak of light that rapidly expanded. Empowered by the Wu Shi slaughter formation, it reached its peak strength and collided with the Eight Tribes Demon Tablet.
"Boom!"
The tablet shattered on the spot, rubble flying everywhere. The eight ancient symbols annihilated, piercing through eight black holes that turned into a chaotic black energy current before disappearing completely.
Ye Fan pointed a finger. The Divine Maiden Furnace soared, flames raging within it. It instantly burned a group of powerful cultivators controlling the Eight Tribes Demon Tablet to ashes. Only two survived, their strength terrifyingly high, but they could not evade the formation's killing qi. With *pfft pfft* sounds, they were cut into bloody mist.
A single fragment of the Wu Shi slaughter formation might not trap so many people, but with all nine formations deployed together, it moved heaven and earth to weeping and gods to wailing. The entire universe trembled, slaughtering in all ten directions!
Rows of assassins died unnatural deaths. Countless powerful cultivators vanished into thin air. Within the Heaven-Breaking Mountain Range, survival was impossible. They fell like wheat before a scythe, continuously toppling, blood drenching everything. Mountains of corpses and seas of blood—every second, a massive number of lives were extinguished.
Having lost the Hell Soul-Suppressing Pagoda, the two divine dynasties were like eagles with broken wings within the nine formations. They could barely move an inch, facing a tremendous crisis.
A cold smile curled at the corner of Ye Fan's mouth. He took out the Ten Thousand Sorrow Bow and began selectively shooting. His physical body was unmatched, and the moment he drew the divine bow, the power of the Wu Shi slaughter formation surged in, adding to the bowstring, multiplying its terror many times over.
"Pfft!"
An arrow struck an old assassin between the eyebrows. He screamed, turning into a shower of blood rain, dying unnaturally.
"Hurry! Let each of us offer up our divine principles, using orderly divine chains to obliterate him!" a Dao-cutting cultivator shouted. They acted together, launching a frenzied assault.
Ye Fan spotted the Hell Divine Maiden. She was covered in blood, hair disheveled, protected at the center of a group, charging left and right in an attempt to break out.
"You! After this battle, Hell will have no Divine Maiden!" Ye Fan said coldly. The Ten Thousand Sorrow Bow in his hand blazed with light, a radiant arrow forming on the string.
"Woo..."
A long cry pierced the heavens, illuminating the entire Heaven-Breaking Mountain Range like a comet streaking across the sky. This arrow was too dazzling, condensing the power of the Wu Shi slaughter formation!
One of the Hell Divine Maiden's Dao protectors stepped forward, exhausting all his strength to deflect it. His divine shield shattered, his Dao principles extinguished—nothing could stop it. His body was pierced through and exploded instantly, becoming a ball of bloody mist.
"No, Elder!" the Hell Divine Maiden screamed, her eyes filled with boundless hatred. She shot a glance at Ye Fan and desperately tried to break out.
"Still trying to escape!" Ye Fan continued to draw the bow, gathering the formation's power. His entire body emitted ten thousand golden rays, shining like a sun over the Heaven-Breaking Mountain Range.
"Vroom!"
The second divine arrow shot out, carrying sky-shaking killing qi, producing sounds like crashing waves against the shore. The momentum was immense—even the distant clouds scattered, and the heavens split apart.
"Ah..."
Another Dao protector of the Hell Divine Maiden tried to block, but met the same fate of shattered bones and flesh. The divine arrow's power was limitless. As long as the Wu Shi formation stood, it could kill gods and slay Buddhas.
"If I survive today, I will make you pay a bloody price, repay you tenfold! I will never rest under the same sky as you!" the Hell Divine Maiden swore a heavy oath. Her beautiful face was twisted with venom, killing qi swirling around her.
"You have no hope of survival. Today, you will be forever erased from the world!" Ye Fan drew the bow repeatedly. Beams of divine light pierced the heavens, shooting down all the Dao protectors beside her.
"Ah... no!" the Hell Divine Maiden screamed, her hair in disarray, but she could change nothing.
Ye Fan drew the bow and fired the ultimate nine arrows!
At this moment, his body devoured a sea of killing qi, condensing it into arrow light. His body seemed forged from gold, his killing intent world-shaking!
"Pfft!"
The Hell Divine Maiden screamed. Nine arrows shot in almost simultaneously, piercing her body. They shattered her on the spot, white bones and chunks of flesh splattering everywhere.
All around, battle cries shook the heavens as life-and-death combat raged, but even so, people were stunned by this scene. Everyone froze for a moment.
"And you!" Ye Fan found the Mortal World Divine Son among the sea of assassins. His gaze was icy cold, killing intent blooming as he drew the bow again.
"No!" many people shouted, but they could not stop him.
Bright blood splattered. The Mortal World Divine Son's Dao protectors were shot down one after another, all dying, none surviving. He howled like a wounded lone wolf, his eyes filled with cold venom.
The divine sons and divine maidens of the two divine dynasties were born to kill kings, inherently powerful and unmatched. But within the Wu Shi slaughter formation, they became lambs waiting for slaughter.
"You should also be on your way!" Ye Fan struck mercilessly.
"Pfft!"
The Mortal World Divine Son's face twisted with ferocity, filled with unwillingness. Killing intent filled the Heaven-Breaking Mountain Range, but he could not change the outcome. A blood flower bloomed between his eyebrows—a light arrow had pierced through, exiting from the back of his head, carrying a splash of blood and brain matter.
Red and white mixed together, like a brilliant peach blossom in bloom, but it was filled with the stench of blood.
"Ah..."
He let out one final, piercing howl, and then his entire body exploded, body and soul utterly destroyed!
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