225: Blood lines all over the sky

Lin Chuping flicked his fingertip imperceptibly, and a wisp of golden light disappeared into the swirling dark clouds.

Boom—Crack!!!

A bolt of purple-gold divine lightning, as thick as a bucket, carrying a destructive will that could tear the sky, struck the giant golden Formation at the center of the Ascension Platform without warning, yet with pinpoint accuracy!

Fast!

Too fast!

So fast that even the Old Ancestors seated on their lotus pedestals didn't have time to react!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The anticipated earth-shattering explosion did not occur.

The purple-gold divine lightning, imbued with the majesty of the Heavenly Dao, did not brutally destroy the Formation. Instead, the moment it touched the golden Formation patterns, it exploded like the most precise carving knife!

Buzz—!

A dull, Soul-shaking tremor resonated throughout heaven and earth.

The dazzling purple-gold lightning instantly engulfed the entire Formation!

Under the horrified gazes of countless Cultivators, the golden “Dao Heart Covenant” Formation, which symbolized supreme immortal fortune and was majestic and sacred, let out a piercing wail like an ice sculpture thrown into scorching magma!

The golden light was forcibly torn, dissolved, and evaporated!

And the truth hidden beneath the golden light, illuminated by the purple-gold divine lightning, could no longer hide!

“Ah—!! What is that?!”

“Ghosts! Ghost claws!!”

“Blood! So many bloodlines! They're moving!”

Terrified screams instantly drowned out the immortal music, and the entire Ascension Platform square plunged into panicked chaos.

Wherever the purple-gold lightning raged, the originally intricate and beautiful golden Formation patterns disintegrated inch by inch, replaced by countless wildly writhing, foul-smelling bloody threads!

These threads struggled painfully like living creatures. At the end of each thread, a twisted, hideous ghostly claw phantom clearly emerged. They were no longer vaguely visible but bared their fangs and claws, exposed in broad daylight, emitting silent, mournful shrieks!

The thick black mist in the center of the Formation, under the purification of the lightning, violently churned and contracted, and the vaguely visible struggling figures became clearer than ever before.

Faces contorted with pain and despair flashed and vanished within the black mist, emitting wails that only the Soul could perceive!

Those were the remnant Souls of countless “Ascension” victims, devoured and imprisoned!

“Devilish Qi! It's Devilish Qi!”

The composed Loose Cultivator named Zhang turned pale, his hand pointing at the high platform trembling uncontrollably. The envy in his eyes had long been replaced by boundless terror.

The portly Cultivator Wang beside him was so terrified that he slumped onto his cloud bed, his crotch soaked, his teeth chattering, unable to utter a single word.

“No... impossible! The Dao Heart Covenant... how could it be a devilish Formation?!”

On the high platform, the Earth Immortal Old Ancestors seated on their lotus pedestals could no longer maintain their rock-like composure.

The auspicious immortal light swirling around them fluctuated violently, and their faces showed shock, bewilderment, and a hint of unconcealed panic!

In the depths of several people's eyes, an extremely faint wisp of black Qi, originating from the same source as the bloody devilish Formation, seemed to flash and then was forcibly suppressed.

And Fairy Yunmiao, who was at the forefront, was even more severely struck!

“Pfft!”

Her delicate body trembled violently, and a mouthful of immortal blood containing specks of golden light gushed out, staining her plain white immortal robes.

The immortal light guiding the Formation at her fingertips instantly disintegrated.

On her cold and stunning face, all color drained, leaving only incredulous horror and bone-deep fear!

The core Formation of the “Dao Heart Covenant,” which she prided herself on and controlled with ease, was torn open like paper under this sudden divine lightning of supreme power, revealing its hideous and terrifying true nature!

The purple-gold lightning, which purified all, not only severely damaged the Formation but also seemed to follow her Divine Sense controlling the Formation, striking heavily at her Dao foundation!

The intense pain, accompanied by an instinctive tremor from the depths of her Soul in the face of a supreme existence, almost suffocated her.

Who is it?!

Who exactly is it?!

Fairy Yunmiao suddenly looked up, her beautiful eyes, now devoid of their former coolness and filled only with panic, frantically scanned the countless Cultivators below who had fallen into chaos, trying to find the instigator who had drawn the heavenly punishment. Her gaze, like tangible ice picks, swept across the entire scene with a mix of shock, anger, and oppressive power.

However, amidst the vast, chaotic crowd...

The figure who caused all this seemed to be just one of the most inconspicuous in the chaotic crowd.

Lin Chuping still sat steadily on the cloud bed at the edge, gently fanning himself with his jade-boned folding fan, his expression calm and unruffled, his eyes as deep as an abyss, meeting Fairy Yunmiao's gaze, which was filled with shock, anger, and frantic searching.

Their eyes met.

Fairy Yunmiao's pupils suddenly contracted!

That look... Is it him?!