147: Chapter 147 Formation Game, Hidden Edge

High in the sky, Lin Yue and White Bone Demon Venerable had already exchanged over a hundred moves.

The Late Nascent Soul Stage was, after all, the Late Nascent Soul Stage; even with the star dragon nascent soul, the fifth-rank starfall sword, and the star armor protecting him, Lin Yue was still at a disadvantage.

Every swing of the White Bone Scepter carried mountain-like force, causing Lin Yue's blood and qi to churn.

Even more terrifying was the skull atop the scepter—

Whenever Lin Yue's sword light was about to strike a vital point, a ghostly green flame would erupt from the skull's eyes, not only easily neutralizing the attack but also rebounding along the blade to sear his Divine Soul.

Had the star dragon nascent soul not possessed a natural restraint against filth and evil, Lin Yue would have been severely injured long ago.

"Boy, to withstand a hundred of my moves without defeat, you have reason to be proud."

White Bone Demon Venerable's offensive slowed slightly, but the killing intent in his eyes grew even more intense.

"But it ends here."

He raised the scepter high and chanted obscure incantations.

The skull atop the scepter suddenly opened its mouth wide, and a terrifying suction force erupted, actually beginning to devour the surrounding light, Spiritual Qi, and even... space!

"White Bone Void Devourer!"

White Bone Demon Venerable shouted fiercely.

Centered on the scepter, the space within a hundred-zhang radius began to warp and collapse.

Lin Yue felt an irresistible force pulling him toward the giant skull's mouth.

Even more terrifyingly, the true essence within him was rapidly draining away, as if it were about to be completely swallowed by that giant mouth.

"Not good!"

Lin Yue's expression changed.

This move had already touched the edge of the Law of Space, something definitely not masterable by an ordinary Late Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator.

White Bone Demon Venerable had indeed hidden a trump card!

"Master, this is the Spirit Devouring Clan's 'Devour' talent!"

Hao Tian urgently reminded him in his Sea of Consciousness:

"White Bone Demon Venerable has definitely been parasitized! And the degree of parasitism is deep; he can already partially utilize the Spirit Devouring Clan's abilities!"

"What should I do?"

"Resist it with the Star Dragon Origin! Combining the Power of the Stars with Dragon Qi can briefly isolate the devouring force!"

Lin Yue did not hesitate, pushing his star dragon nascent soul to its full capacity.

Stars in his left hand, a dragon silhouette in his right—the two forces of Origin converged within him, transforming into a silver-gold interwoven light shield that enveloped him.

When the devouring force touched the light shield, it was indeed blocked.

However, the consumption to maintain the shield was terrifying; Lin Yue's true essence drained like a bursting dam.

At this rate, in thirty breaths at most, his true essence would be exhausted!

"Oh? You can actually resist 'White Bone Void Devourer'?"

A hint of surprise flashed in White Bone Demon Venerable's eyes, which then turned into greed:

"Such pure Star and Dragon Qi Origins! By devouring you, my 'Spirit Devouring Seed' will surely advance further!"

He urged the scepter, and the devouring force increased by another thirty percent!

The light shield began to vibrate violently, with fine cracks appearing on its surface.

Twenty breaths!

Lin Yue calculated the time in his heart, his eyes exceptionally calm.

He was waiting.

Waiting for an opportunity... On the battlefield below.

Immortal Master Qing Luan led the Seven Star Alliance elites, who were locked in a bitter struggle with the Black Lotus Cult Cultivators guarding the altars.

Around the twelve white bone altars, a Peak Golden Core Stage Black Lotus Cult Elder was stationed at each, coordinating with dozens of Golden Core and Foundation Establishment Cultivators to set up a tight defensive Formation.

Although the Seven Star Alliance was elite, they found it difficult to break through in a short time.

"This can't go on!"

True Person Xuan Jian forced back three Golden Cores with a single sword strike and sent a transmission to Immortal Master Qing Luan:

"The sacrifices at these altars are still ongoing, and the pressure from the White Bone Demon God is constantly intensifying. If this drags on, the pressure on Sect Master Lin's side will be even greater!"

"I know!"

Immortal Master Qing Luan gritted her teeth, her Qingluan Sword erupting with a sky-piercing sword glow that forced back a Black Lotus Cult Elder:

"But their defense is too tight; a frontal assault would result in too many casualties..."

Before her words could finish.

A sudden change occurred!

Among the twelve altars, the one located in the southeast suddenly began to vibrate violently!

The bone fire atop the altar flickered uncertainly, and the Black Lotus Cult Cultivators maintaining the Formation all spat out blood, their auras withering.

"What's happening?!"

The Black Lotus Cult Elder guarding this altar was shocked.

He looked down and saw that the ground at the base of the altar had cracked open in several places at some point.

A faint golden light seeped from the cracks.

That was... the Power of Earthen Soil!

"A leyline attack?!"

The Elder's face changed drastically:

"The Luoxia Sect still has an expert proficient in leyline manipulation?!"

He was about to cast a spell to reinforce the altar's foundation, but it was already too late.

Boom—!

The ground completely shattered, and a thick, earthy-yellow pillar of light shot into the sky, flipping the entire altar over!

The bone fire on the altar was instantly extinguished, and the surrounding Black Lotus Cult Cultivators were sent flying in disarray.

"An opportunity!"

Immortal Master Qing Luan's eyes lit up:

"Everyone, concentrate your attacks on this altar!"

The Seven Star Alliance Cultivators surged toward the southeast like a tide.

Without the protection of the Formation, the altar only lasted three breaths under the combined assault of dozens of Golden Core and hundreds of Foundation Establishment Cultivators before it completely crumbled.

One of the Twelve White Bone Soul-Sacrificing Arrays was broken!

The Formation became unbalanced, and the phantom of the White Bone Demon God high in the sky shook violently, its pressure weakening by ten percent.

"Well done!"

Atop the city wall, a look of joy flashed in Star Radiance's eyes.

She knew that Lin Cang had made his move.

In the underground Evil Suppressing Secret Chamber, Lin Cang was pale and bleeding from the corner of his mouth.

Forcibly manipulating the leylines to strike the altar had caused significant backlash, but his eyes were filled with determination:

"One... eleven more to go..."

He once again circulated the Earthen Mountain Suppressing Art and pressed his hands against the ground... High in the sky.

The moment the white bone altar was destroyed, White Bone Demon Venerable's aura faltered slightly.

The devouring force also experienced a momentary loosening.

Now is the time!

A sharp light burst from Lin Yue's eyes.

"Star Evasion Technique—Nine Star Phantom Body!"

His body suddenly split into nine phantoms, breaking out in nine different directions simultaneously.

White Bone Demon Venerable's devouring force was primarily locked onto the main body, and he was half a beat slow to react to this sudden splitting technique.

Three of the phantoms were devoured, but the other six successfully escaped the devouring range and re-merged a hundred zhang away.

"Trying to run?"

White Bone Demon Venerable roared and swung his scepter again.

But Lin Yue gave him no chance at all.

"Star Radiance—activate the Star Track Shifting Array!"

He shouted toward the city wall.

"Understood!"

Star Radiance had been prepared for a long time; she formed hand seals, and the inner core formation eye operated at full power.

Buzz—!

On the outer layer of the City Protecting Great Formation, thirty-six key nodes simultaneously lit up with brilliant starlight.

The load on these nodes was instantly transferred to other nodes.

Several outer barriers that had been on the verge of shattering due to the White Bone Demon God's attacks saw their pressure drastically reduced, and the cracks began to slowly repair themselves.

"Now—Dragon Roar Thunder Domain, focus fire on the White Bone Demon God!"

Lin Yue's voice spread throughout the city via the Formation.

At the middle layer's 144 nodes, all the dragon roar cannons adjusted their angles, their muzzles pointing in unison at the phantom of the White Bone Demon God in the sky.

Boom boom boom boom—!

Four hundred and thirty-two crimson-gold light pillars converged into a single super-pillar ten zhang in diameter, like the spear of a Heavenly God, slamming ruthlessly into the White Bone Demon God!

This strike combined the full power of 432 dragon roar cannons, equivalent to a combined strike from 432 Early Golden Core Stage Cultivators!

Even the Late Nascent Soul Stage White Bone Demon God phantom dared not be careless; it manipulated its phantom arms to cross and condense a massive white bone shield in front of it.

Boom—!!!!

The super-pillar crashed violently into the white bone shield.

A terrifying energy storm swept across the sky, even tearing the space into countless fine black cracks.

The white bone shield shattered upon impact, its surface covered in dense cracks before finally... exploding!

The pillar's residual power remained unabated, piercing through the chest of the demon god phantom!

"Roar—!"

The demon god phantom let out a shrill roar, its form suddenly dimming by thirty percent, and two of its six arms directly crumbled.

The Twelve White Bone Soul-Sacrificing Array lost another arm!

"Damn it!"

White Bone Demon Venerable's face turned ashen.

He hadn't expected Lin Yue to not only possess formidable individual combat strength but also be so seasoned in commanding Formations.

Nor had he expected the Luoxia Sect to have an expert capable of manipulating leylines.

"It seems I have underestimated you."

He put away his scepter, the ghostly green flames in his eyes burning intensely.

"But... the game ends now."

He formed hand seals and chanted even more obscure incantations.

This time, the sound of the incantations actually triggered a resonance with heaven and earth.

Dark clouds gathered, and thunder flickered.

A terrifying pressure, far exceeding anything before, radiated from White Bone Demon Venerable.

"This is..."

Atop the city wall, Star Dust's expression changed drastically:

"He's summoning his true body's power! White Bone Demon Venerable's true body... has likely already stepped halfway into the Soul Transformation stage!"

"Soul Transformation?!"

Star Radiance's breath hitched.

If Soul Transformation-rank power truly descended, even with the Star Dragon Evil-Breaking Grand Array, they definitely wouldn't be able to stop it!

"We can't let him finish the summoning!"

A cold light flashed in Lin Yue's eyes.

He looked at the battlefield below, his mind calculating rapidly.

On Immortal Master Qing Luan's side, it would be difficult to destroy a second altar in a short time.

The Star Track Shifting Array had just been used once and needed time to cool down.

The dragon roar cannons had just delivered a full-power strike and also needed to recharge.

Meanwhile, White Bone Demon Venerable's summoning would be complete in ten breaths at most.

There... isn't enough time.

"It seems I have no choice but to use that."

Lin Yue took a deep breath, his Divine Sense connecting to the underground secret chamber:

"Lin Cang, get ready."

"Yes!"

Underground, Lin Cang pressed his hands against the leyline, pushing the Earthen Mountain Suppressing Art to its limit.

The entire leyline of the Luoxia Sect began to slowly shift.

Meanwhile, ten zhang beneath the ground in the east, west, and south outside the city, three Star Burst Formations simultaneously lit up with a faint glow.

Energy began to converge.

"Lin Yan."

Lin Yue's voice rang out in the youth's Sea of Consciousness:

"Await my command—triple array detonation!"

At the highest point of the Artifact Refining Hall, Lin Yan gripped the Formation Plate tightly, his palms drenched in sweat.

"This Disciple... understands!"

High in the sky, behind White Bone Demon Venerable, a thousand-zhang-tall dharma idol phantom slowly condensed.

The dharma idol had three heads and six arms, similar to the previous demon god phantom, but its aura was more than ten times stronger!

The dharma idol opened its eyes and swept its gaze across the land; all Cultivators touched by its gaze felt their Divine Souls tremble, as if being stared down by the God of Death.

"Lin Yue..."

White Bone Demon Venerable's voice sounded as if it came from the Nine Netherworld:

"To force me to use the 'White Bone Dharma Idol,' you can die without regrets."

He raised his hand, and the thousand-zhang dharma idol behind him did the same.

A giant white bone hand that blotted out the sun slowly pressed down toward Lin Yue.

Before the giant hand even arrived, the terrifying pressure caused the ground below to shatter and the mountains to collapse.

If this palm fell, not only Lin Yue, but the entire Luoxia Sect could be leveled to the ground!

"Now—detonate!"

Lin Yue shouted fiercely.

In the east, west, and south outside the city, the ground bulged simultaneously!

Three pillars of starlight, each over ten zhang in diameter, shot up from underground like three sky-propping pillars, slamming violently into that giant white bone hand!

Star Burst Formation—Triple Volley!

The power of each light pillar was comparable to the self-detonation of a Mid Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator.

Combined, the three pillars' power approached the full-strength strike of a Late Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator!

Boom—!!!!!!!!!

Heaven and earth lost their color; the sun and moon lost their light.

The terrifying explosive shockwave leveled everything within a hundred-mile radius.

Even the nine layers of light screens of the City Protecting Great Formation shook violently under the impact, with the outermost three layers shattering directly.

High in the sky, that giant white bone hand was blown to bits.

The thousand-zhang dharma idol phantom also shook violently, its form thinning by nearly half.

White Bone Demon Venerable's true body was even more so, sent flying a thousand zhang backward, with dark green blood leaking from the corner of his mouth.

"Pfft—!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with disbelief:

"This is... the Star Burst Formation?! Where did you get this from?!"

Lin Yue did not answer.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and raised the starfall sword once more.

Although the detonation of the three Star Burst Formations had also caused him significant backlash.

But it was worth it.

This strike severely wounded White Bone Demon Venerable and interrupted the summoning of the White Bone Dharma Idol.

More importantly—

"Immortal Master Qing Luan! Now—destroy all the altars!"

He shouted toward the ground below.

"Understood!"

A sharp light burst from Immortal Master Qing Luan's eyes as she led the Seven Star Alliance elites, charging toward the remaining eleven altars like tigers among a flock of sheep.

Without White Bone Demon Venerable's control, the altars' defenses were greatly reduced.

In just ten breaths, another three altars were destroyed.

Four of the Twelve White Bone Soul-Sacrificing Arrays were now broken!

The pressure from the White Bone Demon God phantom in the sky dropped by another thirty percent!

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

White Bone Demon Venerable was furious, the ghostly green flames in his eyes almost erupting.

He stared fixedly at Lin Yue, his voice like ice from the Nine Netherworld:

"Lin Yue... I will kill you!"

"Not only will I kill you, but I will also slaughter every member of the Luoxia Sect. I'll extract your Divine Soul and refine it into a 'White Bone Soul Lamp' to burn for eternity!"

"Is that so?"

Lin Yue smiled.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, the starfall sword pointing diagonally at the ground:

"Then we shall see..."

"If you still have the ability to do so."

As his words fell, the star dragon nascent soul within him began to circulate once more.

This time, the stars in his left hand and the dragon silhouette in his right began to slowly... fuse.

A terrifying aura, far exceeding anything before, radiated from him.

White Bone Demon Venerable's pupils constricted:

"You... what are you trying to do?!"

Lin Yue did not answer.

He simply looked up toward the horizon.

There, the dark clouds parted, revealing a corner of the starry sky.

Starlight cascaded down, bathing him in its glow.

Like a god descending upon the world.