So many high-level second-grade formations, buried in the dark, interconnected, exploding layer by layer. Even Xiao Zhen Hai, a Golden Core stage cultivator, was somewhat unable to withstand it for a time.

When the smoke dissipated, Xiao Zhen Hai, his skin torn and flesh blooming, his whole body in disarray, revealed his form. His injuries were clearly not light.

He was a Golden Core, even if his cultivation was suppressed, his foundation was still there.

If not for that, so many high-level second-grade formations would have been enough to kill him several times over.

Xiao Zhen Hai spat out a mouthful of blood, the skin on his face trembling.

“I fell into a trap…”

Someone with formations had ambushed and calculated him.

This was far beyond his expectations.

Studying formations was very difficult.

Even some talented array masters generally had their formation level lagging behind their cultivation realm.

To set up eighteen or even nineteen pattern formations, except for true formation prodigies, generally required at least a Golden Core cultivator, or an old array master who had been immersed in formations at the peak of Foundation Building for a hundred years.

Moreover, these formations were not there before, obviously just set up.

In this Dragon King Temple, who could have the ability, in such a short time, under everyone’s eyes, to set up so many high-level second-grade formations without a trace?

His thoughts raced, and he went through everyone once, but he simply couldn’t guess who the mastermind was.

Gu Chang Huai and Xia Dian Si had enough cultivation, but they had no time.

Xiao Tian Quan, his own good nephew, indeed had peak Foundation Building cultivation, but his formation attainment was far from this level.

As for the remaining few people, there was no need to mention them.

“Something’s not right!”

Xiao Zhen Hai suddenly remembered that there was one person who had always been hidden, not showing his form.

If someone was secretly causing trouble, it could only be…

“Mo Hua?!”

Xiao Zhen Hai’s pupils shook, somewhat unable to believe it.

That little brat, whose cultivation was only at the mid-stage of Foundation Building, and who had not yet reached twenty years of age in cultivation, how could it be possible to set up second-grade nineteen pattern formations, approaching the peak of Foundation Building?!

Not to mention the Twelve Streams and Eight Great Sects, even the Four Major Sects, it was feared that in nearly a thousand years, there had never been such a heaven-defying formation prodigy.

But eliminating all impossibilities, the only possibility was the truth.

Mo Hua’s appearance again floated in Xiao Zhen Hai’s mind.

Mo Hua waved his hands, saying “so-so, just making a living…” His casual posture at that time, now that Xiao Zhen Hai recalled it, he only felt a chill down his spine.

“What an insidious little boy, his methods are hidden so deep…”

Xiao Zhen Hai gritted his teeth.

Just at this time, Gu Chang Huai’s green wind blades and Xia Dian Si’s ice-blue sword light again intertwined and attacked.

Taking advantage of his illness, they wanted his life.

Xiao Zhen Hai was injured by the exploding formations at this time, and his energy was insufficient. It was a good opportunity to take his life.

Gu Chang Huai naturally would not miss this opportunity.

Xiao Zhen Hai’s face was ugly, and he cursed in a low voice. He only avoided one wind blade, raised the sword in his hand, stimulated his Gui Water sword energy, and fought another move with Xia Dian Si.

But he had injuries on his body. Before, he could still gain the upper hand by fighting hard, but now, fighting this move again, he only felt a burning pain in his internal organs, and his spiritual power also showed signs of insufficiency.

Xia Dian Si’s icy spiritual power was also eroding his meridians.

In just an instant, Xiao Zhen Hai judged that the situation was not good.

If he continued to consume himself like this, he would inevitably have more misfortune than fortune.

“I can’t hold back, I must fight a quick battle to a quick decision!”

Xiao Zhen Hai’s gaze was sinister.

Gu Chang Huai and Xia Dian Si also seemed to know that Xiao Zhen Hai was going to fight like a cornered beast, and their offensive was even more fierce, not giving Xiao Zhen Hai a chance to breathe.

But Xiao Zhen Hai had an advantage in the inheritance after all. After fighting more than ten rounds, he seized the opportunity to display the Water Shadow Step, confusing Gu Chang Huai and the other.

By the time Gu Chang Huai distinguished the true from the false of the water shadow, Xiao Zhen Hai had already retreated several zhang away.

After retreating several zhang, Xiao Zhen Hai first crushed a talisman, a group of golden light covering his body, and then the Gui Water spiritual power throughout his body surged, his momentum alarming, and strands of water-colored spiritual locks condensed around him.

With a golden body to protect his body, and a water prison to suppress the enemy.

Xiao Zhen Hai crushed the golden body talisman, wanting to use the protection of the golden body talisman to forcibly display the superior control technique, the Water Prison Technique.

The first time he displayed the Water Prison Technique, the emphasis was on surprise, so he did not do anything extra, like crushing the golden body talisman, to avoid Gu Chang Huai’s alertness.

But the Water Prison Technique, he had already displayed it once.

Gu Chang Huai, after being hit, would inevitably be on guard.

Therefore, if he wanted to display it again, he had to make full preparations and could not have a lucky mentality; the golden body was absolutely necessary.

And with the golden body holding, he only needed to withstand Gu Chang Huai and the other’s sword energy spells, display the Water Prison Technique, and then he could decide the victory in one fell swoop.

Golden light protected his body, spiritual power flowed, and the Water Prison Technique was condensing.

Xiao Zhen Hai’s whole body’s spiritual power surged, deep blue water energy turning into countless chains, layer upon layer, floating around his body one after another…

But Gu Chang Huai seemed to have anticipated it.

He did not retreat, but instead operated his spiritual power, urging finer wind blades, and attacked Xiao Zhen Hai with full force.

The wind blades eroded Xiao Zhen Hai’s golden body bit by bit.

Xiao Zhen Hai’s expression was indifferent.

Before Gu Chang Huai broke his golden body, he would be sufficient to condense the Water Prison Technique.

But just at this time, Xia Dian Si also took out a jade talisman. After her plain hand crushed it, she flicked her finger, and a dazzling red light went straight towards Xiao Zhen Hai.

It was this red light that made Xiao Zhen Hai’s expression suddenly change greatly.

“Precious grade break golden talisman?”

Before the words fell, the red light arrived. That golden body, which had been consumed by Gu Chang Huai’s wind blades, instantly shattered.

The golden body talisman was broken, and Gu Chang Huai’s eyes flashed with light, immediately turning into several more fierce wind blades, attacking Xiao Zhen Hai.

Xiao Zhen Hai’s golden body technique was broken, and the Water Prison Technique had only condensed to half. He had no time to dodge, and could only helplessly watch as Gu Chang Huai’s fierce wind blades directly broke through the air and chopped onto his shoulder.

The wind blades cut into his flesh, leaving a large wound, his flesh and blood mangled.

Xiao Zhen Hai hurriedly retreated, took out a pill to swallow, suppressed the injuries in his body, his face extremely ugly.

His formerly smiling face, full of hypocrisy, was covered with a thick layer of anger.

For nearly a hundred years, he had been hiding in the dark, preparing for a rainy day.

But he had only made one wrong step, looked wrong once, and then buried his life…

Killing intent surged in Xiao Zhen Hai’s heart.

“Good, you are all seeking death!”

His eyes were completely wide open, the bottom of his eyes full of blood red, no longer restraining his killing intent, releasing all the killing energy he had cultivated up to now, urging the Blood Prison Pupil Technique to the extreme.

Xiao Zhen Hai’s two eyes turned into an abyss of sins.

Countless cultivators who had been slaughtered by him struggled bitterly and begged within.

“Not good!”

Gu Chang Huai’s face sank, and he hurriedly turned his gaze away.

But this time’s Blood Prison Pupil Technique was different from the past; its power was more than one level stronger.

The killing intent was urged to the utmost.

These blood killing energies also seemed to have life, like poisonous snakes, winding and spreading everywhere, omnipresent.

Even though Gu Chang Huai turned his gaze away, the killing energy still drilled into his sea of consciousness along his eye orifices, causing his divine soul pain and instantly making him unable to move.

Xiao Zhen Hai seized the opportunity, his figure flashed, approaching Gu Chang Huai’s side, his long sword raised high.

“Gu Chang Huai!”

Xia Dian Si’s face was full of deadly pale, and she immediately condensed sword energy, wanting to stop Xiao Zhen Hai.

Xiao Zhen Hai suddenly turned his head, his gaze blood red.

Xia Dian Si’s care then turned to chaos. For a moment, she was not on guard, and this time she was directly hit by Xiao Zhen Hai’s pupil technique.

She only felt her sea of consciousness was yin cold, like a knife cutting pain, blood overflowing from the corner of her mouth, and her pupils also somewhat lost focus.

Xiao Zhen Hai sneered, “Don’t worry, I’ll kill you one by one…”

After he finished, he raised his sword, his Gui Water sword energy erupted, wanting to first chop off Gu Chang Huai’s neck.

Just at this time, he again heard a crisp voice.

Someone was calling his name:

“Xiao Zhen Hai!”

Xiao Zhen Hai originally did not want to pay attention; he could kill first, which was safer.

But this voice was very special.

It was that little brat who had always been stealthily, not showing himself.

It was also that little array master who didn’t show his mountains or reveal his waters, but whose formation attainment was extraordinary.

Moreover…

“He actually dares to call my name directly…”

Xiao Zhen Hai laughed coldly, his eyes blood red, turning his head to look at Mo Hua.

Then he discovered that Mo Hua was making indifferent eye contact with him.

Xiao Zhen Hai had an instant of astonishment, then laughed, a sarcastic smile on his face.

“A little brat who doesn’t know life or death, dares to make eye contact with me…”

But gradually, Xiao Zhen Hai’s smile stiffened on his face.

He discovered that in Mo Hua’s eyes, a wisp of golden light emerged, then gradually spread, extending outwards, becoming more and more dazzling.

“This is… pupil technique?!”

Xiao Zhen Hai instantly understood.

The Water Prison Forbidden Box was just in Mo Hua’s hand!

And before this, Mo Hua had already mastered the secret of this forbidden box.

He had learned the pupil technique of the forbidden box!

“Moreover, his pupil technique… is golden?!”

Golden pupil technique!

In that instant, Xiao Zhen Hai felt unprecedented pressure.

He was unclear, but he did not dare to have the slightest hesitation, much less the slightest neglect. He meditated the “Blood Color Dao Prison Diagram” he had forged with killing energy, condensed all the killing energy he had cultivated in his lifetime into his eyes, turning it into a blood sea hell, to contend with Mo Hua’s golden pupil technique.

Pupil technique contention was extremely dangerous.

One thought the soul is born, one thought the spirit perishes.

Xiao Zhen Hai went all out, making eye contact with Mo Hua.

In the void, the blood-colored pupil technique and the golden pupil technique collided, killing energy and golden light intertwined, mutually strangling.

But in just a moment, the divine sword was out of the body, and the golden light swept.

The blood energy was defeated, collapsing inch by inch.

Xiao Zhen Hai was then shocked.

Sword intent?

This is not a pupil technique! This is… a sword art?

Using pupil technique to display… divine sense sword?

He himself was contending hard with the other’s sword energy using his eyes?

Xiao Zhen Hai’s heart chilled. Just as he came back to his senses, he discovered that the golden sword intent had already passed through his eyes and seeped into his divine soul.

A golden prison woven purely by sword light suppressed him within.

The sword light was dazzling and sharp, slowly performing Ling Chi on his divine soul.

And he was like a sinner who had committed ten unforgivable evils, accepting the trial of sword punishment.

His divine soul was cut, the pain of being subjected to Ling Chi gradually spread, and in his pain, Xiao Zhen Hai suddenly realized.

Original torture, this is the taste…

He wanted to resist, but could not.

He wanted to struggle, but was powerless to struggle.

Under such fierce and oppressive sword intent, Xiao Zhen Hai’s divine soul trembled. He simply did not know how to contend.

He could only let his seven souls, his life soul, be gradually divided by the sword light…

Mo Hua’s eyes stared at Xiao Zhen Hai.

At the bottom of his eyes, golden light was dazzling, exuding majesty.

But from the corner of his eyes, blood flowed out.

Although his divine soul was strong and his divine sense was also thick, this body, after all, was only at the Foundation Building stage. Fighting against a Golden Core with Foundation Building cultivation, the load on his eyes was even greater than Mo Hua thought.

Just at this time, Gu Chang Huai recovered a trace of sanity.

He saw Mo Hua, who was bleeding from the corner of his eyes, and also saw Xiao Zhen Hai, who was losing his soul, his expression painful, as if suffering punishment, about to collapse. His heart immediately shook.

Gu Chang Huai endured the aftermath of the Blood Pupil Technique, and with great will, overcame the dizziness and pain, forcing himself to be sober.

After his divine sense retreated, Gu Chang Huai immediately bit his teeth tightly, went all out, and began to condense his spell.

His whole body’s spiritual power stirred, raising a surging gale. Above the gale, blades were dense like scales, dense like wings, flowing with colorful light, and again containing killing intent.

Wind Transformation Feather Art!

The Gu family’s superior Dao law.

The power of this wind-element spell was extremely great, but it required operating the spell and accumulating majestic spiritual power.

He had fought until now, and Gu Chang Huai had always had no opportunity to display it.

And now, Xiao Zhen Hai and Mo Hua’s pupil technique contention failed, his divine sense was damaged, his killing energy backfired, and he was on the verge of collapse. It was Gu Chang Huai’s only chance to display this Dao law.

Majestic wind-element spiritual power gathered.

After several breaths, the Gu family’s superior Dao law, Wind Transformation Feather Art, condensed.

Gu Chang Huai’s gaze was cold, and he pointed forward. The wind blades throughout his body then suddenly vibrated like the wings of a green phoenix, turning into a surging gale, sweeping towards Xiao Zhen Hai.

Xiao Zhen Hai’s divine soul was bearing sword punishment, on the verge of collapse, but he could still vaguely perceive that his life was in danger. Almost instinctively, he dodged to one side, wanting to dodge this fatal killing move.

And Xia Dian Si was also sober at this time. Seeing that Xiao Zhen Hai wanted to dodge, she also endured the severe pain of her divine sense, injected spiritual power into her short sword, and with the imperial sword method, condensed ice-colored sword light, attacking Xiao Zhen Hai.

Her sword art was originally known for its dangerous speed.

At this time, it arrived later but reached first, directly stabbing into Xiao Zhen Hai’s chest, and the ice-element spiritual power spread, instantly freezing Xiao Zhen Hai’s heart veins.

Xiao Zhen Hai’s actions were ice-sealed.

Then, almost at the same time, the powerful wind blades condensed by the Wind Transformation Feather Art, like a green phoenix vibrating its wings, howled and arrived.

Countless fine wind blades directly swallowed Xiao Zhen Hai, cutting his flesh bit by bit.

Fierce spiritual power fluctuations made Mo Hua and several others all have to retreat to avoid it.

When the dust settled.

Xiao Zhen Hai was like being skinned, his whole body’s flesh and blood blurred, his meridians broken inch by inch.

Before his death, the muddled Xiao Zhen Hai took a last breath, looked at Mo Hua again, wanting to speak but unable to.

His eyes were full of anger and unwillingness.

In his lifetime, he had been hiding in the dark, preparing for a rainy day.

But he had only taken one wrong step, looked wrong once, and then buried his life…

Xiao Zhen Hai’s heart was indignant, he spat blood, and then his breath was extinguished.

This time, he was thoroughly dead.

Almost all of them, who had fought until they were exhausted, breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Chang Huai’s spiritual power was almost exhausted, and Xia Dian Si was not much better.

But they still looked at Mo Hua first, their expressions worried.

Gu Chang Huai said, “Are you alright?”

Mo Hua wiped the blood from the corner of his eyes, shook his head, and said, “I’m fine.”

But when he said these words, Mo Hua’s face was somewhat pale.

He had fought hard against Xiao Zhen Hai’s pupil technique. Although he won, he still suffered a certain degree of backlash.

Divine soul methods originally injured the enemy a thousand while damaging oneself eight hundred.

Although Mo Hua’s divine soul was strong, his body was too weak.

Using pupil technique through his eye orifices to display the Shocking God Sword Art was usually fine, but once he battled a strong enemy and killed his divine soul, the load on his eyes was even greater than Mo Hua had thought.

Not only that, Mo Hua felt that his divine soul also seemed to have a certain degree of damage.

This injury was not purely because he had fought with Xiao Zhen Hai using pupil technique.

It was after fighting with the big white dog, he had not had sufficient recuperation. In the Dragon King Temple, he had used the Shocking God Sword twice continuously, which caused the damage on his divine soul to accumulate and worsen. When he fought hard against Xiao Zhen Hai of the Golden Core stage, it suddenly erupted…

Xia Dian Si, on the side, was breathing heavily at this time. After thinking for a moment, her doubts involuntarily grew heavier.

How did Xiao Zhen Hai’s pupil technique break?

Why did his sanity suddenly collapse, giving them an opportunity?

Why did blood flow from Mo Hua’s eyes?

What exactly did he do…

Xia Dian Si silently looked at Mo Hua, still wanting to ask again, “Mo Hua…”

Gu Chang Huai interrupted, “This place is not suitable to stay for long, let’s go out first.”

Xia Dian Si was silent for a moment, then nodded.

At this time, the situation was special, and it was indeed not the time to speak.

She could only suppress her doubts in her heart and temporarily not pursue them.

After successive bitter battles, not only Gu Chang Huai and Xia Dian Si, but even Ouyang Feng, Hua Qian Qian, and Xiao Tian Quan, their entire body’s spiritual power was almost completely depleted.

And in front of the gate, it was a mess.

Xiao Zhen Hai’s body was dead, blood and corpses were everywhere. In the white bone maze, there was a terrifying aura transmitting. The blood color around, for some reason, gradually became thicker again.

As if something was gradually awakening…

Gu Chang Huai’s eyelids suddenly jumped. He always felt as if something was about to happen, and hurriedly said, “Hurry up and leave.”

Everyone’s hearts also tightened. They collected Xiao Zhen Hai’s storage bag, checked their own belongings, and made sure nothing was left behind. Then they all seized the time to leave the white bone maze through the gap opened by the sheep horn gate one after another.

Just as they left the gate, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, then suddenly felt something was wrong.

The white bone token was still inside.

This token still needed to be used when leaving the Dragon King Temple, so it had to be pulled out and carried with them.

But once this token was pulled out, the maze gate would close.

Therefore, the person who pulled the token certainly needed to have extremely good movement techniques.

Before Gu Chang Huai could say anything, Mo Hua said:

“I’ll go!”

His movement techniques were good, and his figure was relatively thin and small, making him most suitable for this kind of thing.

Just as Gu Chang Huai wanted to refuse, he discovered that Mo Hua had already drilled back into the white bone maze along the gap in the door, and he was too late to stop him.

“Be careful!” Gu Chang Huai could only frown and admonish.

“Okay,” Mo Hua said.

After entering the white bone maze, Mo Hua did not dawdle, but went directly to the demon statue, examined it for a moment, and then pulled out the fish bone token embedded in the statue.

The maze gate slowly closed.

Mo Hua was also preparing to leave.

But just at this time, a chilling chewing sound rang out.

Everyone’s faces changed, and they looked at the sound. They saw that at some point, the “Mr. Wu” who had turned into a monster was趴on Xiao Zhen Hai’s corpse, gnawing on his flesh.

And nourished by Golden Core flesh, Mr. Wu’s aura was also slowly climbing.

Dense blood energy gradually wrapped around his body again, his scales were even more漆black and tough, his body was also larger and stronger, full of alarming power.

Gu Chang Huai was greatly shocked, and trembled, “Mo Hua, run!”

Mo Hua also seemed to be shocked, and hurriedly urged his movement technique, wanting to run outwards.

But in the next instant, a terrifying blood shadow appeared behind him. Its huge body cast a shadow, completely covering him.

Too fast!

Mr. Wu, who had swallowed Xiao Zhen Hai and turned into a Yaksha, was much stronger than before.

In just an instant, he appeared behind Mo Hua.

Mo Hua’s face gradually turned white. He seemed to know that he could not “escape.”

At the very last moment, he went all out and threw the fish bone token in his hand out through the gradually closing door gap.

His lips moved, and he seemed to be whispering to everyone:

Run quickly…

Gu Chang Huai and the others’ eyes were about to crack, their hearts twisted like a knife. They wanted to rush in to save Mo Hua, but it was already too late.

The slowly closing gate separated everyone.

They could only helplessly watch as Mr. Wu’s blood-fleshed and ferocious claws grabbed towards Mo Hua.

Boundless blood color completely swallowed Mo Hua’s thin body…