458: The true intentions were revealed, and the deadly scheme was launched.

"Yes... yes! It must be so!"

"Forcibly devouring the Heavenly Tribulation's Origin... his dao foundation, his Divine Soul, and his Physical Body must be on the brink of collapse!"

"Right now... he's at the end of his rope! He's just a paper tiger!"

"This is my... last chance!"

Bloodshot veins filled Li Changfeng's eyes as his extreme fear, driven by his survival instinct, twisted into a final flicker of frantic hope.

"Listen up, everyone! This scoundrel is at his wit's end!"

"He possesses a world-shaking secret that could allow our Li Family to ascend to the heavens in a single bound! This is our only chance, and our last!"

"Kill him, and everything he has will be ours!"

The frenzied voice caused several Li Family Elders to show hesitation on their faces.

Looking at the man on the light screen who had devoured the Eye of Tribulation, they felt their very Divine Souls trembling.

Was charging in now really not just seeking death?

"Form the array! Sacrifice the treasures!"

Seeing this, Li Changfeng roared sharply, his voice carrying an unquestionable madness.

"Anyone who dares to retreat will be deemed a traitor to the clan!"

Before he even finished speaking, he bit his tongue, and a mouthful of essence blood containing his own Origin was violently sprayed onto the small black tower floating before him.

"Buzz—"

After absorbing Li Changfeng's essence blood, the palm-sized black tower emitted a hum and expanded rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a ten-thousand-foot-tall giant tower that blotted out the sun. Pitch black and exuding an aura of death and omen, it hovered directly above the Nine Heavens Pagoda.

A Seventh-Rank High Grade supreme treasure, soul suppressing tower!

Li Changfeng's face was deathly pale, yet he let out a twisted, maniacal laugh.

"Shen Mo! No matter how peerless a Prodigy you are, today you shall fall beneath my Li Family's soul suppressing tower!"

Along with his wild laughter, the bottom of the ten-thousand-foot giant tower crashed open.

Beams of grayish-black divine light, specifically targeting the Divine Soul and the Great Dao, surged out like chains from the Nine Netherworld, carrying a terrifying aura capable of suppressing, stripping, and obliterating all dao rhyme.

They swept down directly toward the ninth floor of the Nine Heavens Pagoda.

"Do it!"

Seeing this, the other Li Family Elders were also infected by Li Changfeng's madness and the soul suppressing tower's might.

At the thought of the temptation to ascend to the heavens in one step, greed suppressed the fear in their hearts. They gritted their teeth and channeled their lifelong magic power.

Boom!

A massive Law web, woven together by dozens of Void Returning and Hedao Realm experts, instantly took shape.

The web descended, completely sealing off the space for ten thousand miles around the Nine Heavens Pagoda, cutting off any possibility of teleportation or escape.

Ten thousand miles away.

The Old Woman of the Wang Family and the others felt the suppressive force specifically targeting the Divine Soul, and their expressions changed.

"He's insane, Li Changfeng has gone completely mad! He actually dared to strike!"

"This soul suppressing tower is an ancient evil treasure, specifically designed to harm a Cultivator's dao foundation and Divine Soul. It's incredibly vicious!"

"If that person Undergoing Tribulation is truly as weak as Li Changfeng thinks, there is no way he can survive this tribulation!"

Patriarch Zhang and the others also felt their hearts pounding. They stared intently at the light screen, even forgetting to breathe.

The daggers were drawn!

This was the Li Family's true killing trap!

However.

On the ninth floor of the Nine Heavens Pagoda, beneath the soul suppressing divine light that could freeze the Divine Soul of even a Hedao Realm Great Perfection expert...

The motionless Shen Yuanmo finally made a move.

He didn't summon any Magic Treasure, nor did he circulate any Cultivation Technique to resist.

He simply, slowly, raised his head.

Those eyes, as black as ink, ignored the physical barriers of the Nine Heavens Pagoda and the Law seal of the soul suppressing divine light. With pinpoint accuracy, they locked onto a target ten thousand miles away.

His gaze collided with the eyes of the laughing Li Changfeng.

"..."

Li Changfeng's frenzied laughter came to an abrupt halt.

He felt an indescribable chill rush up his spine to the crown of his head.

It felt as though everything about him—from his Physical Body to his Divine Soul, from his past to his future—had been completely seen through by that calm gaze.

There was no anger in that gaze, no killing intent.

There was only a cold indifference, like a Dragon looking down upon an ant, and a hint of amusement.

Li Changfeng's heart suddenly constricted. An absurd thought that made his Divine Soul tremble rose irrepressibly from the depths of his heart.

How could he still have such a look in his eyes?

At the moment Li Changfeng's Dao Heart wavered.

A calm voice rang out clearly in the ears of every Cultivator in South Heaven Immortal City.

"After waiting all this time, is this all you've got?"

Shen Yuanmo's voice was calm and composed, even carrying a hint of listless disappointment.

It was as if he were saying, "You've prepared for so long, and this is all you have to show me?"

The moment the words fell.

Boom—!"

The Mortal-like aura on Shen Yuanmo's body suddenly dissipated.

In its place, a terrifying dao rhyme, as deep as the sea and as vast as the Universe and the starry sky, soared into the heavens.

The descending soul suppressing divine light, when it reached three feet above his head, melted silently like snow meeting a blazing sun.

It didn't even have the qualification to make the corner of Shen Yuanmo's robe flutter.

The ten-thousand-foot soul suppressing tower, hanging high in the sky and acting all-mighty, shuddered violently the instant it came into contact with this dao rhyme.

Immediately after, it actually emitted an extremely shrill wail.

"Wooo—"

The sound was filled with fear and submission, as if a mouse had seen a cat, or a Mortal had seen a god.

The tower's body trembled violently, and the evil light flowing over it dimmed instantly. It actually tried to shrink and flee.

"Pfft—!"

His lifebound supreme treasure was damaged. Li Changfeng's face turned as white as paper, and he sprayed out a mouthful of blood. His aura instantly withered.

He screamed in horror, his voice becoming twisted and sharp due to extreme fear.

"No! Impossible! My soul suppressing tower... it... it's afraid!"

As soon as these words were spoken.

The entire city fell into a dead silence.

Nangong Bo's expression changed drastically. He murmured in shock, his voice filled with endless astonishment and regret.

"We were wrong... we were all wrong!"

"He wasn't at the end of his rope; he was stabilizing his Realm!"

"He was digesting the Great Dao Origin of that Chaos Eye of Tribulation he just swallowed!"

The Old Woman of the Wang Family, Patriarch Zhang, and the others felt a chill through their entire bodies. Cold sweat poured down as a sense of relief from having narrowly escaped death flooded their hearts.

Fortunately... fortunately, they hadn't been blinded by greed like Li Changfeng.

Otherwise, the ones facing that terrifying existence right now would have been them!

Meanwhile, in the Li Family's camp.

The Elders who were still pouring all their strength into the array were already stunned when they heard the soul suppressing tower's fearful wail.

Now, seeing Li Changfeng spitting blood and retreating in such a miserable state, their minds were shaken, and the circulation of their magic power stalled.

Li Changfeng stared fixedly at the figure on the light screen.

Under his strongest killing move, Shen Yuanmo was completely unharmed; even his robe hadn't stirred.

Instead, his Family's Seventh-Rank High Grade supreme treasure, the soul suppressing tower, was terrified into wailing for mercy.

The wild joy and greed on his face completely froze.

Then, it shattered inch by inch.

Turning into a boundless, bone-deep fear.

The absolute killing trap he had laid.

The gamble he had made with the entire Family's future.

At this moment, it seemed like nothing more than a colossal joke.