Chapter 145: Stowing Away!
“Boom!”
On this day, in the Inner Sect of the Sect of All Under Heaven, a tremendous crash suddenly erupted from the core region of the Li Family’s Formation Hall. Immediately after, a black mist shot into the sky.
“What’s going on? Did the Formation Hall catch fire?”
“I don’t know, look quickly! Why has the Heaven-Reaching Formation gone dark!”
“Huh…”
“…”
Within Li Family Great City, countless people raised their heads to look toward the city center. There, the pillar of light that had originally seemed to connect heaven and earth was slowly dissipating.
Watching this scene, everyone was astonished.
After all, this Heaven-Reaching Formation had not been shut off for hundreds of thousands of years.
Yet today, it had actually gone out!
At the same time, in the Inner Sect of the Sect of All Under Heaven, the Heaven-Reaching Formations of all the great clans were extinguished at the exact same moment!
Subsequently, countless Pseudo-Immortal powerhouses tore off their family attire, changed into uniform blood-red robes, and began their rebellion.
A Pseudo-Immortal of the Li Family’s main clan was currently watching his family’s vital gate — the Heaven-Reaching Formation — with an extremely ugly expression.
His face was incomparably gloomy as he roared furiously.
“Just which bastard did this!”
“Our Li Family’s Heaven-Reaching Formation was actually broken by someone!”
“This is a provocation against the Li Family’s prestige!”
“I don’t care what your identity is. To dare lay hands on the Heaven-Reaching Formation, I will make sure you die a horrible death!”
At those words, the Li Family clansmen present also began cursing, some even striking and berating the household slaves beside them.
“Someone, call out all those Great Vehicle cultivators, Supreme Great Vehicle cultivators, and Pseudo-Immortal slaves! Investigate for me!”
“Yes!”
A Li Family clansman acknowledged the order and swiftly departed.
But shortly after, that Li Family clansman actually flew back with a face full of terror.
“Elder!”
“Elder, something terrible has happened!”
The clansman’s face was panicked, cold sweat pouring down his forehead, his whole body trembling, as if he had seen something that terrified him.
“What is it? Out with it!”
The Li Family Elder’s face was ashen as he snorted coldly.
“A great disaster! Those Pseudo-Immortal slaves within the clan are currently charging here to kill!”
The clansman spoke, his whole body shuddering.
“What?”
Hearing this, the Li Family Elder’s expression immediately turned ugly.
“Are you certain you’re not mistaken?”
The clansman hastily nodded.
“No, absolutely no mistake!”
“Good. Very good! To actually dare betray my Li Family!”
“Everyone, guard the Heaven-Reaching Formation! Repair it at once!”
“The rest of you, follow me into battle!”
The Li Family Elder roared, leading a group of Li Family members charging out in a mighty surge.
Perhaps in his heart, today was nothing more than a trivial matter of servants acting treasonously.
But he never imagined the situation would far exceed his expectations.
It also exceeded everyone’s expectations.
“Boom!”
“Boom boom boom!”
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”
“Crack crack crack!”
“…”
Li Family Great City was filled with a murderous air.
The entire city resounded with the roaring of spells and the clashing of Dharma Artifacts.
These sounds converged together, plunging the entire Li Family Great City into chaos.
However, the ones taking action were at minimum Great Vehicle cultivators, so there were no screams to speak of.
Only the Li Family clansmen endlessly howled and groaned in madness.
The former household slaves now seemed to have transformed into savage beasts, madly tearing at the Li Family clansmen, devouring them like food.
Every Great Vehicle or Pseudo-Immortal powerhouse attacked the Li Family clansmen without reserve.
As if wanting to unleash years of resentment and fury in this moment.
Within just a few breaths, the Li Family clansmen had lost over sixty to seventy percent.
The rest were all Great Vehicle stage or Pseudo-Immortal.
As for Lu Qingyang, after destroying the Heaven-Reaching Formation as agreed, he did not join in this slaughterous feast.
Instead, he found a deserted place and quietly hid.
There was no other reason — this kind of occasion was when things were most likely to go wrong.
The Li Family had such deep foundations; there were bound to be several trump cards.
He did not want to suddenly Return to True and end things.
At the same time, beyond that, there was an even more important reason.
That was that he wanted to use the Li Family’s foundations to forge a miniature version of the Heaven-Reaching Formation!
To smuggle himself into the Upper Realm!
“As long as I can find the Li Family treasury, this matter will have a seventy percent chance of success!”
Lu Qingyang’s eyes flickered with brilliance as he murmured to himself.
He originally had not had this plan.
The original plan was simply to destroy the Heaven-Reaching Formation, annihilate the Li Family, and then, together with the group of Pseudo-Immortals, dominate the Sect of All Under Heaven alone.
But after he broke through to the Great Vehicle, he actually gained a new understanding of the Heaven-Reaching Formation.
Although the Heaven-Reaching Formation was a two-way formation, if he could forge a miniature version of the Heaven-Reaching Formation without reserve.
Then he could detonate the formation core to achieve the effect of a one-time one-way formation.
At that point, he could randomly teleport to the Immortal Realm!
To that end, after cracking the Heaven-Reaching Formation as agreed, Lu Qingyang quickly concealed himself, in order to search for the Li Family treasury.
And this chaos was far more intense than he had imagined.
In just half a day, the Li Family Great City floating in mid-air had half of it destroyed.
The remaining half could no longer float and crashed toward the ground.
By this point, ruins and collapsed walls were everywhere.
And the Li Family, relying on ancestral legacies and a host of Pseudo-Immortals, was actually fighting back and forth.
But who would have thought that the one known as the Sect of All Under Heaven’s First Pseudo-Immortal suddenly appeared, sweeping through the entire Li Family single-handedly.
With that, the entire Li Family Great City was destroyed like rotten wood, and in an instant.
As for Lu Qingyang, he had finally, with great difficulty, found a surviving Li Family treasury.
Then he immediately began forging the formation with intense urgency.
And as time gradually passed, the sounds within Li Family Great City also gradually subsided.
Until deep into the night, stars sparse.
A bright light abruptly appeared above the ruins of Li Family Great City!
“Done!”
Within the ruins, Lu Qingyang looked at the Heaven-Reaching Formation before him, revealing a joyful expression.
He never imagined he could actually accomplish, with his own strength, the complete annihilation of the Li Family!
And even forge a miniature version of the Heaven-Reaching Formation!
This was simply unbelievable!
“Boom!”
In the next moment, without a shred of hesitation, Lu Qingyang directly activated the formation.
Subsequently, a dazzling, brilliant silver-white radiance instantly shot forth.
The scene before his eyes instantly distorted.
As if he were about to leave this world at any moment.
“Hm…”
But suddenly, an intense sense of crisis surged through his mind.
This feeling was very familiar.
As if someone were spying on him!
“Who!”
Lu Qingyang suddenly raised his head, his gaze sweeping in all directions.
In the next moment, a figure silently floated before him.
“It’s you!”
Looking at that blood-soaked figure, Lu Qingyang’s eyes instantly widened.
This person was none other than the one known as the Sect of All Under Heaven’s First Pseudo-Immortal, Chang Tianfeng!
He had seen this person once before the battle even began, but never imagined this person had not died.
And at this moment, the other party could not be bothered to waste words with Lu Qingyang.
Looking at the formation before Lu Qingyang whose aura was extremely familiar, a fiery look also surfaced in his eyes!
“The Heaven-Reaching Formation! Good boy, you actually wanted to secretly ascend!”
“Truly heaven has not abandoned me!”
Chang Tianfeng laughed heartily, his eyes full of greed.
Then he stepped forward, stepping into the formation as well.
“Boy, consider your fate poor. When I reach the Immortal Realm and ascend again, I will certainly thank you!”
Though Chang Tianfeng spoke words of thanks, the movements of his hands were ruthless to the extreme.
A thick Pseudo-Immortal might erupted from within his body.
Lu Qingyang’s face instantly turned pale!
A might of this degree — he simply could not endure it!
“Boom!”
At that moment, a deafening roar of a spell suddenly exploded!
Lu Qingyang’s body was instantly struck as if by lightning.
He spat blood, his whole body thrown to the ground.
As for Chang Tianfeng, who should have ascended to the Immortal Realm, he also did not get his wish.
This miniature version of the Heaven-Reaching Formation, after flickering for a moment, actually instantly collapsed!
A terrifying spatial force crushed toward the two of them.
“No!”
Chang Tianfeng roared in terror.
And Lu Qingyang, his eyes ice-cold, watched the other with a face full of mockery.
He never imagined that this miniature Heaven-Reaching Formation he had forged would actually fail.
Only, looking at it now, it had failed just perfectly…