10: Last hope

The golden arc of electricity that flashed and vanished within the pill clouds made the blood in Lin Tianhong's entire body freeze.

That was not an ordinary manifestation of spiritual power; it was the embryonic form of a pill tribulation!

Only by refining a Medicinal Pill that defied the heavens and touched upon a trace of the rules of heaven and earth could such a thing be attracted!

All his previous judgments were shattered at this moment.

That old immortal from the Shen Family was not at all at the end of his rope.

What they were refining was definitely not some Medicinal Pill to extend life!

If Shen Zongdao were to consume this Medicinal Pill, the consequences would be unimaginable!

"No!"

Lin Tianhong's face twisted, no longer possessing a shred of composure.

"We absolutely cannot let them succeed!"

He abruptly pulled a Talisman from his Storage Pouch.

This Talisman was dark gold in color, with a ferocious battle axe rune drawn upon it; the moment it appeared, an incomparably sharp aura of destruction spread out, causing the surrounding Lin Family Cultivators to feel a stinging sensation on their skin.

Second-tier High Grade, Array-Breaking Talisman!

This was a trump card treasure he had spent half his net worth to obtain from the county city black market, originally intended to be kept for the Family as a foundation!

At this moment, he used it without the slightest hesitation.

"All Lin Family clan members, listen to my command!"

"Pour all of your magic power into this Array-Breaking Talisman!"

"I want this strike to completely shatter all the hopes of the Shen Family!"

The dark gold Talisman rose into the air, and Lin Tianhong took the lead, frantically pouring his own ninth-level Qi Refining magic power into it.

The remaining Lin Family Guest Elders, Elders, and stewards also reacted, not daring to be the slightest bit negligent; they each mobilized their full spiritual power, and beams of magic power shot into the sky, converging into that Array-Breaking Talisman.

The radiance of the Array-Breaking Talisman grew increasingly intense, and a destructive aura began to condense.

Above the Watchtower, the Shen Family clansmen watched that Talisman, and everyone felt the terror of that power.

They couldn't block it; relying on this Formation that had just been repaired and was still teetering, they absolutely could not block this strike!

Lin Tianhong Shen Qiming's eyes were splitting with rage; he looked at that Talisman, then glanced in the direction of the pill room, a look of determination surfacing on his face.

"All Shen Family clansmen!"

He roared with all his might.

"My Shen Family has no cowards!"

"Burn your blood essence to protect our Family Formation! Buy the final time for the Young Lord!"

As his voice fell, Shen Qiming was the first to force out a mouthful of heart blood essence, spraying it onto the Formation node beneath his feet.

Hum!

The light in the area he was responsible for surged, and the originally dim Formation patterns became stable once again.

"Willing to fight to the death for the Family!"

"Protect my Shen Family!"

One Shen Family Cultivator after another had their ferocity completely ignited; with blood-red eyes, they followed the Lin Tianhong's example, burning their own blood essence, transforming their life Origin into the purest energy, and injecting it into this precarious, storm-tossed protective Formation.

Streaks of blood-colored light merged into the Formation's light screen; on the crimson light barrier, countless profound blood-colored patterns emerged, and the entire Formation's aura became tragic yet resolute.

Just at this moment, from the direction of the pill room, an indescribable medicinal fragrance shot into the sky.

Boom!

The Pill Furnace lid was violently blown open by a massive medicinal force.

A Medicinal Pill transformed into a streak of crimson-gold light, shooting straight into the clouds, wanting to break through the air and escape.

The Medicinal Pill was crimson-gold all over, yet its surface flowed with a layer of glaze-like luster, and nine perfect pill patterns coiled like Dragons and snakes, containing a vast and pure aura of life and fire elements.

Second-tier High Grade, Crimson Sun foundation establishment pill!

Perfect quality!

Above the Watchtower, Shen Yuanmo raised his hand in a beckoning motion.

A gentle force from the Formation appeared out of thin air, transforming into an invisible large hand, steadily catching the Spirit Pill that wanted to escape, and delivering it to his palm.

The Medicinal Pill felt warm and smooth in his hand, and the vast yet gentle medicinal force within it caused the Crimson Sun Glazed magic power in his body to begin to leap with joy.

Success.

The gazes of all the Shen Family clansmen converged upon him, filled with excitement and anticipation.

"Young Lord! Hurry! Hurry and send it to the Old Ancestor!"

"Hurry! The Lin Family's attack is coming!"

However, Shen Yuanmo's next action left everyone stunned.

He did not rush toward the secret chamber in the back mountain where the Old Ancestor was in seclusion.

Holding this Medicinal Pill that condensed the hopes of the entire clan, he walked toward the true Formation core in the center of the Watchtower, which was closely connected to the underground Spiritual Vein.

This scene left the Shen Family clansmen filled with confusion.

"Yuan Mo? What are you doing?" Shen Qiming shouted anxiously.

Outside the Formation, Lin Tianhong, who was fully mobilizing the Array-Breaking Talisman, also saw this scene.

He was stunned at first, then erupted into wild, joyful laughter.

"Hahahaha! Crazy! Shen Yuanmo is crazy!"

"He actually wants to feed the Medicinal Pill to the Formation? He's at his wit's end! Truly at his wit's end!"

In his view, Shen Yuanmo's actions were undoubtedly a frantic move born of despair.

The Shen Family is completely finished!

Shen Yuanmo turned a deaf ear to everything around him; just before stepping onto the Formation core, he transmitted a Divine Thought to his father that only the two of them could hear.

"Father, believe in me."

"The hope of the Shen Family is not in the past, but in the future."

"Today, by my hand, I will destroy and then rebuild for the Family!"

These three short sentences exploded in Shen Qiming's mind like a thunderclap.

His body jolted violently, and looking at his son's back, which remained upright in the fierce wind, he instantly understood everything.

So that was it.

So, this Medicinal Pill was not prepared for the Old Ancestor at all!

The Old Ancestor was already at the end of his rope, and even with a Divine Pill, there was no way to save him.

His son's goal, from the very beginning, was not to extend that flickering candle flame.

But to ignite a new sun!

In Shen Qiming's tiger-like eyes, tears welled up; suppressing his excitement and worry, he used all his strength to issue the final order to all the still-confused clan members.

"Defend to the death!"

"Spare no cost, serve as a Protector for the Young Lord!"

"Boom!"

Before his voice had even faded, the Array-Breaking Talisman, which had gathered the full magic power of dozens of Lin Family Cultivators, was finally activated.

That gigantic battle axe formed from gathered energy, carrying the might to tear the sky apart, fiercely struck the light screen of the Crimson Sun Profound Water Formation.

Crack!

An unbearable wail resounded through heaven and earth.

The crimson light screen was forcefully split open, creating a huge tear.

A destructive torrent of energy, following the tear, was about to engulf the entire Shen Family residence.

Just at this critical moment.

Shen Yuanmo, sitting cross-legged on the Formation core, slammed both hands onto the ground.

"Rise!"

He crazily drew all the remaining Spiritual Qi from the Family's only second-tier Low Grade Spiritual Vein through the Formation and into himself!

In an instant, he became the center of the entire earth vein.

Endless, pure water-element Spiritual Qi poured into his body.

He glanced outside the light screen at Lin Tianhong's ferocious, wildly laughing face.

He then looked inside the light screen at the figures of those clan members who were burning their blood essence and guarding to the death.

Without the slightest hesitation, he swallowed that perfect Crimson Sun foundation establishment pill.

The Medicinal Pill dissolved the moment it entered his mouth.

An indescribable, massive, pure energy, like a volcanic eruption, combined with the already robust Crimson Sun Glazed magic power in his body, as well as the vast water-element Spiritual Qi drawn from the earth vein.

The three forces converged, rushing toward that unbreakable Bottleneck of the Qi Refinement Stage between Mortals and Cultivators.

At the same time, the torrent of energy that had torn through the Formation had already reached above his head.