At this very moment, the planar lord in the long robe felt a frenzied surge of alarm in his heart.
Li Qi’s figure, without the slightest pause, vanished from his original position with terrifying speed.
The planar lord’s expression drastically changed, but by the time he reacted, Li Qi had already appeared before him, at an unknown time.
Such speed was difficult for even him, a cultivator at the sixth heaven of Void Returning, to match.
And at this moment, Li Qi threw a punch. Before the fist even arrived, a booming sound echoed from afar.
Instinctively, the planar lord’s spiritual energy was instantly mobilized, forming a thick spiritual energy barrier in front of him.
But it was of no use.
The instant Li Qi’s punch truly landed.
It was a complete and utter annihilation.
The planar lord’s defenses did not even last for a single breath before instantly shattering into dust.
Following this, the terrifying power carried by this punch was completely unleashed upon the planar lord.
Blood splattered everywhere in the void.
The sound of bones shattering echoed.
The planar lord’s body was completely stained red by his own blood.
Beneath this punch, the planar lord was already severely wounded, his breath faint, completely losing his combat ability.
This is… the first heaven of Void Returning!?
When the other four planar lords witnessed this scene, their faces were filled with utter horror.
But before they could ponder further.
Li Qi took the initiative, leaping out of the other end of the Sealing Array and charging towards the planar lord closest to him.
That planar lord, seeing himself targeted, immediately felt a sense of dread.
“Fellow daoists, come and help me!”
The other three planar lords were not idle.
Two of them instantly burst forth, rushing to support, forming a three-on-one situation against Li Qi.
Three cultivators at the sixth heaven of Void Returning ganging up on one at the first heaven of Void Returning would have been a huge joke to others.
The last one remaining did not go to support.
He was, naturally, Yang Cheng, who was proficient in formations.
“Hmph, you do have some strength. Fifty years ago, you used the formations of the Earth Void Realm to kill Qing Zhengyang. Today, I will also use formations to deal with you. Fellow daoists, hold him off.”
As his words fell, subtle formations, previously hidden, emerged in the void.
There were a total of twelve such formations.
Each formation exuded a terrifying aura, with killing intent overflowing.
As a master of formations, how could Yang Cheng only have set up the Sealing Array?
It was just that these extra killing formations were originally a precaution, and he hadn’t expected they would truly be used now.
Yang Cheng’s divine sense surged madly, and brilliant streams of light flowed through each of the twelve formations.
With the twelve formations stacked together, their terrifying level surged even further.
“Kill!”
Yang Cheng shouted.
The killing intent from the twelve formations was heightened to its extreme at this moment, sweeping towards Li Qi.
At this moment, Li Qi, facing three opponents, was not at a disadvantage at all, appearing completely at ease.
Slightly raising his head, Li Qi also noticed the twelve killing formations that Yang Cheng was using.
However, Li Qi’s face showed no panic at all; instead, a smile appeared.
“Using formations to kill me? Interesting.”
With a punch, he sent the planar lord who had rushed at him spitting blood.
Li Qi’s gaze turned towards the formations.
His passive talent, “Insight,” was activated.
With Li Qi’s current formation experience, coupled with the hundredfold analysis bonus of his talent.
In just a few breaths, everything about these twelve formations was completely analyzed by him.
This included their loopholes and the control authority of the formations.
Simultaneously, a wisp of Li Qi’s divine sense surged out, directly infiltrating the twelve killing formations.
The next moment, Yang Cheng’s face, which had been filled with killing intent, drastically changed.
He discovered that within the twelve killing formations he had set up, another divine sense was attempting to seize control.
If he didn’t stop it, in a few more breaths, the control of the formations would change hands.
With this thought, Yang Cheng controlled his divine sense, sketching subtle patterns within his twelve killing formations once more.
He attempted to construct new formations within the twelve killing formations to enhance his control over them.
But the next moment, disbelief appeared in his eyes.
It was that the invading divine sense was doing the exact same thing as he was.
And… the speed at which that divine sense sketched new formations was several times faster than his own.
Moreover, the control exerted by each new formation sketched was several times greater than that of his own.
Suddenly, Yang Cheng’s face turned ashen.
With a "poof," he spat out a mouthful of blood.
His formation control authority… had been completely seized.
And at this moment, Li Qi’s light laughter echoed.
“This is the extent of your formation skills? You still want to deal with me using formations? Although your twelve killing formations have many flaws, they do have some merit.”
“Unfortunately, now… they belong to me.”
Immediately after, with a thought from Li Qi, the attacks of the twelve killing formations, which were originally sweeping towards him, instantly changed direction and engulfed Yang Cheng, the old master who had set up the formations.
In just an instant, Yang Cheng’s aura completely vanished.
On the side, the three planar lords who were still besieging Li Qi saw this scene.
Terror and shock surged in their eyes.
“This… how is this possible.”
“Nothing is impossible.”
Li Qi’s finger flicked again, casually.
The twelve killing formations once again emanated their power, directed at these three planar lords, completely engulfing them.
Of course, the previously heavily wounded planar lord in the long robe was not spared either.
ps. The bad news is that yesterday my alarm clock didn't wake me up, and my boss was watching me at night. The good news is that I still found an opportunity to slack off. I wrote one chapter at work, two chapters after work, and published it before nine o’clock today.