48: The formation is activated, revealing the true nature of the plan.

Shen Yuanmo also raised his wine cup, but did not drink.

“To let it go, of course, is possible,” he said calmly, looking at Chen Tianxiong.

“However, before I came, I heard that Patriarch Chen, in order to entertain me, not only invited so many helpers, but also set up some Heaven and Earth Net Formation, and even... invited friends from the Netherworld Path.”

“I am very curious, where are these things now?”

Boom!

As soon as these words were uttered, the entire hall fell into a deathly silence!

Chen Tianxiong’s face revealed a look of horror!

How could he know?!

This thought, like wildly growing vines, tightly wrapped around his heart!

This was the trump card for his decisive kill tonight!

To keep it secret, Chen Tianxiong hadn't even told most of the guests about the existence of the Ghost Envoys from the Netherworld Path!

But now, this prey, who should have been kept in the dark and walked step by step into a death trap, had exposed all their arrangements with a single sentence!

This... how is this possible?!

Could it be that there was an internal spy among them?

From the main seat, Chen Tianxiong stared intently at Shen Yuanmo, his feigned enthusiastic smile long gone.

He had imagined countless possibilities.

He thought the other party would be vigilant and refuse to attend the banquet.

He also thought the other party would be arrogant and walk straight into it.

But he had never imagined that the other party would, in such a manner, publicly reveal all his trump cards!

“You... how did you know?!” Chen Tianxiong’s voice became hoarse and dry, every word seemingly squeezed out from between his teeth.

“Want to know?”

Shen Yuanmo smiled and put down his wine cup.

He stood up and slowly walked to the center of the hall, where the trembling dancers had already collapsed in fear.

He ignored the dancers, merely extending his foot and gently stomping on the floor, which was as smooth as a mirror.

“Dong.”

A soft sound.

“Since everything is ready, why hide and play these boring acts?”

His voice remained calm.

“Activate it. Let me see how formidable your Heaven and Earth Net truly is.”

Arrogant!

Too arrogant!

Knowing full well there was an ambush and a deadly grand Formation, not only did he not fear, but he actively provoked and urged the other party to act!

What arrogance! What utter disregard for others!

All the Cultivators in the hall were completely enraged by Shen Yuanmo’s actions!

“Insolent brat!”

“On the verge of death, yet still so stubborn!”

“Brother Chen! Why waste words with him! Since he’s seeking death himself, let’s grant his wish!”

The black-clothed elder was the first to shout sternly.

Chen Tianxiong’s face alternated between green and white.

He knew that, at this point, continuing the pretense was meaningless.

The other party had already pressed his face to the ground and rubbed it repeatedly!

Since the dagger was revealed, there was nothing more to say!

Kill!

Only by brutally and bloodily slaughtering this brat could the humiliation of tonight be washed away!

“Good! Good! Good!”

Chen Tianxiong said

“Since you’re in such a hurry to reincarnate, this old man will send you on your way!”

He fiercely pulled out a black Formation Flag from his bosom and plunged it into the ground!

“Heaven and Earth Net, rise!”

He roared, frantically injecting all his magical power into the Formation Flag!

“Buzz—!”

An earth-shattering hum resounded from beneath the entire Chen Family Mansion!

The next moment, countless blood-red runes simultaneously lit up on the floor, walls, and ceiling of the entire hall!

These runes, as if alive, rapidly circulated and intertwined into an enormous blood-colored light net, completely enveloping the entire hall!

A terrifying aura, thick as blood, filled with the power of confinement and strangulation, instantly descended!

The space within the hall seemed to solidify.

Everyone felt their bodies become incredibly heavy, and even the circulation of their magical power became sluggish.

And Shen Yuanmo, at the center of the Formation, bore more than ten times the pressure!

The blood-colored light net, as if alive, squeezed in on him from all directions, threatening to crush him into a pulp!

“Hahahaha! Brat! Aren’t you arrogant?!”

Chen Tianxiong looked at Shen Yuanmo, trapped by the Formation, and burst into maniacal laughter.

“This is a Tier 3 Trapping and Killing Grand Formation that my Chen family spent a century of accumulation to invite a Formation Great Master to set up! Let alone a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator like you, even a Golden Core True Person would not be able to escape from it in a short while!”

“Today, you have no wings to fly!”

The other Cultivators also revealed cruel smiles.

In their eyes, trapped by the Heaven and Earth Net Formation, this brat was already a dead man.

“Everyone, what are you waiting for!” Chen Tianxiong shouted sternly.

“Join me in striking down this fiend and tearing him into ten thousand pieces!”

“Kill!”

The black-clothed elder was the first to respond!

He conjured a Ghost Head Broadsword, bringing with it gusts of cold wind (yin wind), and fiercely slashed at Shen Yuanmo!

The others also conjured their Magical Artifacts, with flashing blades and swords, and Spell lights, overwhelming like a torrential storm, pouring towards Shen Yuanmo at the center of the Formation!

However, at this critical moment.

Shen Yuanmo’s voice drifted out from the center of the Formation.

“Tier 3 Formation? Is that all?”

“Full of flaws, chaotic energy circuits, core nodes as fragile as a woman.”

“How dare you call such a trashy Formation the Heaven and Earth Net?”

“Truly... laughable.”

As his words fell, Shen Yuanmo, trapped at the center of the Formation, raised his right hand.

On his index finger, a golden glazed flame the size of a bean quietly bloomed once more.

Then, under everyone’s horrified gaze, he flicked his finger.

“Whoosh!”

That golden flame transformed into a streak of light, not blocking any attacks.

Instead, at an inconceivable angle, it shot directly towards a seemingly ordinary main pillar in the southeast corner of the hall.

“What is he trying to do?”

“Attacking that pillar? Is he mad?”

Looking at Shen Yuanmo’s unbelievable action, the same thought popped into everyone’s minds.

In their eyes, this was simply a death struggle, a meaningless act.

Although that main pillar was also part of the Formation, it was merely a most peripheral energy conduction point. Even if it were shattered, it would be harmless to the entire Heaven and Earth Net Formation.

Chen Tianxiong’s face even showed a disdainful sneer.

“Foolish! On the verge of death, yet still doing useless work!”

He seemed to have already seen that in the next second, that arrogant brat would be blasted into a pool of flesh by countless Spells and Magical Artifacts!

However, reality gave him a resounding slap in the face!

“Puff...”

A soft sound, almost inaudible.

The golden flame, upon touching the main pillar, disappeared as if a clay ox had entered the sea.

There was no explosion, no loud noise.

Everything seemed so unremarkable.

Just when everyone thought this attack had failed.

A sudden change occurred!

“Buzz—!”

Centered around that main pillar, the entire Heaven and Earth Net Formation, whose blood-red runes had been flowing smoothly, suddenly paused at this moment!

Immediately after, just like the first domino tile being pushed down.

“Crack! Snap! Crackle—!”

A series of teeth-gritting cracking sounds resounded wildly from all directions of the grand Formation!

That seemingly indestructible blood-colored light net, which enveloped the entire hall, actually developed spiderweb-like cracks at a visible speed!

Then, under everyone’s terrified gaze.

“Boom—!!!”

An earth-shattering roar!

The entire Heaven and Earth Net Formation exploded with a crash!

Transforming into countless red specks of light, it dissipated into the air!