85: The source of water, the young girl Mu Yao

Elder Mu's angry roar echoed within the turbulent formation, filled with disbelief and monstrous rage.

She never imagined that her own daughter would turn against her at such a critical moment, helping a mortal enemy of the Sect!

"Mu Yao! You dare..." Elder Mu was trembling with rage, and the light of the vast sea mirror in her hand fluctuated for a moment due to her emotional volatility.

Mu Yao stepped back, frightened by her mother's murderous gaze.

Her face turned pale, but looking at the glaring red blood on Lin Yang's shoulder, she gathered her courage and argued, "Mother! Sneak attacks and underhanded methods are not the way of a gentleman! Our Misty Immortal Palace is a righteous Sect; how can we use such tactics?"

"Shut up! It is not your place to lecture me!" Elder Mu cut her off sharply, her eyes as cold as blades.

"I will settle this with you when we return! Now, get back to the Misty Immortal Palace starship immediately!"

However, thanks to Mu Yao's interruption, Lin Yang seized this fleeting opportunity!

Just as Elder Mu's focus wavered due to anger and the formation showed a slight inconsistency, Lin Yang moved!

He ignored the injury on his shoulder, and the chaos star core within his body spun frantically at an unprecedented speed!

The strands of cold water arrow energy that had invaded his body were instantly devoured and refined, becoming nourishment instead.

"Chaos Devours the Heavens, absorb for me!"

He no longer just passively defended and neutralized attacks; he actively opened every pore on his body.

Like a bottomless black hole, he forcibly devoured the vast and majestic water spiritual energy in the surroundings!

It was not just the attack energy from the water tornadoes and the formation; even the water spiritual Qi of the Azure Water Realm, gathered by the "Azure Sea Misty Formation," began to surge toward him uncontrollably!

Woo-woo-woo!

A massive energy vortex formed with Lin Yang at its center!

Seawater was pulled up into the sky, and the six water tornadoes dimmed and shrank at a visible speed!

The Misty Immortal Palace Disciples at the top were horrified to find that the true essence within their own bodies showed signs of uncontrollable leakage!

The formation's light barrier flickered violently, dimming and brightening as if it might collapse at any moment!

"No! He is forcibly devouring the Foundation of the formation!" Elder Mu's expression changed drastically, and she was terrified.

She had never seen such an overbearing and bizarre Cultivation Technique!

To be able to directly devour the formation and the heaven and earth energy for his own use? This was unheard of!

She hurriedly channeled the vast sea mirror with all her might, attempting to stabilize the formation and cut off the energy loss.

But Lin Yang's devouring power originated from the chaos star core, which was of too high a level; once it started, was it so easily stopped?

"Attack! Attack with everything you have! Interrupt him!" Elder Mu screamed orders.

The remaining five Disciples suppressed the churning true essence within them, frantically channeling the water tornadoes while casting various water-type Spells, bombarding Lin Yang, who was at the center of the energy vortex, with a deluge of attacks.

But at this moment, Lin Yang was frantically devouring energy while running the Star Moon Vein Nurturing Art and Clear Heart Art to stabilize his Meridians.

At the same time, the Chaos Gang Qi around him boiled, turning into layers of Protective Aura shields!

Boom boom boom!

Countless attacks landed on the Protective Aura shields, exploding into a sky full of water light and energy ripples, but they could hardly truly break through the defense.

Instead, most of the shattered energy was sucked away by the devouring vortex, becoming nourishment for Lin Yang!

With the ebb and flow, Lin Yang's aura climbed at a terrifying speed!

His newly achieved Early-stage Gang Qi Realm cultivation rapidly consolidated and headed toward the peak of the early stage!

More importantly, as massive amounts of pure water-type energy were devoured and refined by the chaos star core, his comprehension of the water-type Law of the Azure Water Realm deepened rapidly.

On the chaos star core within his Dantian, beside the crimson pattern representing the Blazing Fire Realm, a brand-new azure blue pattern was slowly condensing and forming!

He was using the opponent's formation and the power of this world to, in turn, devour the Origin of the Azure Water Realm!

"Madman! You are a madman!" Elder Mu finally felt fear.

She realized that the situation had completely spiraled out of control.

If this continued, not only would she fail to kill Lin Yang, but the entire formation might be drained dry by him, and even the Origin of the Azure Water Realm might be damaged!

Outside the formation, Mu Yao was already dumbfounded.

Watching the figure of the young man standing tall amidst the sky-filling attacks, growing stronger the more he fought, her maiden heart began to beat violently against her will.

Powerful, mysterious, overbearing, yet carrying an indescribable charm... This was completely different from all the Genius Disciples she had seen in the Immortal Palace since she was a child!

Seeing that her mother and fellow Disciples could not win despite attacking for so long, and that the situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable, Mu Yao bit her lip, a flash of determination in her eyes.

She secretly formed hand seals again. This time, her target was the key rune nodes that supported the formation—knowledge of the formation she had curiously pestered her mother to teach her in the past.

A few imperceptible rays of water-type spiritual light flickered from her fingertips, silently merging into the formation's light barrier.

Elder Mu, who was fully focused on maintaining the formation and contending with Lin Yang's devouring power, suddenly felt the energy output at several key points of the formation stall!

"Pfft!" Driven by the connection of Qi, she spat out a mouthful of blood, and the light of the vast sea mirror in her hand suddenly dimmed!

Now!

Divine light exploded in Lin Yang's eyes as he seized this fatal flaw!

"Break!"

He gathered all his strength and threw a punch!

The Chaos Gang Qi turned into a roaring Dragon, not attacking anyone, but directly smashing into a certain spot in the deep sea that had been exposed due to the Chaos in the formation—that was exactly where the heart of the Azure Water Realm was hidden, and also the core fulcrum of the entire formation's power!

Rumble!!!

The fist aura tore through the seawater and pierced straight into the deep sea!

The entire "Azure Sea Misty Formation" let out an unbearable wail.

Cracks covered the light barrier, and finally, it shattered with a boom!

The six water tornadoes also collapsed and dissipated.

The Disciples of the Immortal Palace at the top screamed as they were severely injured by the backlash and fell into the sea.

Elder Mu bore the brunt of it; her figure staggered backward, her face paper-white, and her aura withered, clearly having suffered significant internal injuries.

The formation was broken!

Lin Yang's figure stood like a god of war amidst the shattered energy turbulence, his aura surging.

He had reached the peak of the Early-stage Gang Qi Realm, just one step away from entering the middle stage!

The wound on his shoulder had long since healed under the immense energy.

His cold gaze swept over the disheveled Elder Mu and those Disciples of the Immortal Palace, and finally, it fell on the young girl outside the formation—Mu Yao, who was pale from her actions but looking at him with bright eyes.

Elder Mu followed his gaze and instantly understood the reason for the sudden collapse of the formation.

She pointed at Mu Yao, trembling with rage, and spat out another mouthful of blood: "Rebellious daughter! You... you rebellious daughter!! You actually helped him break the formation?!"

Mu Yao was frightened by her mother's blood-spitting appearance, but since things had come to this, she threw caution to the wind and said loudly: "I... I just didn't want to see you commit any more unjust killings! And... and he was very powerful to begin with!"

Lin Yang looked deeply at Mu Yao, keeping this slightly silly yet unexpectedly kind and brave girl in his heart.

Now was not the time to think too much.

He sensed that in the deep sea, the pure water-type Origin core was calling out to the chaos star core.

"starship, pick up the four of them. Wait for my return."

After giving the order to the starship, Lin Yang did not hesitate.

His figure moved, turning into a stream of light, and he rushed directly into the deep sea, which had begun to churn violently because the world heart had been triggered!

His target—the heart of the Azure Water Realm!

Elder Mu watched helplessly as Lin Yang escaped into the deep sea, unable to stop him.

She could only cast her endless rage and disappointment upon her own daughter.

Mu Yao gazed at the sea surface where Lin Yang had disappeared, her eyes complex, filled with worry, curiosity, and a hint of unexplained anticipation.

Beneath the deep sea, a new devouring was about to begin.

And above the sea, the Misty Immortal Palace's trap had failed, leaving behind a heavily injured team and a sudden, massive rift between a mother and daughter.