Chapter 446 Breaking the Formation and Counterattacking, Dao Ancestor Injured

The moment the crystal core shattered, pure Chaos Dao Rhyme surged into Nightmare's limbs and bones like a river flowing backward.

The withered aura around him recovered and climbed at a speed visible to the naked eye. The wounds on his body quickly healed within the Demonic Flame, and even the Demonic Flame deep within his pitch-black eyes grew increasingly fierce and solid.

In the distance, the three Dao Ancestors—Flame Emperor, Ice Soul, and Thunder Marsh—had grim expressions.

They could clearly feel it—this boy had not only recovered, but his aura was even a notch stronger than before!

"We can't give him any more time," Ice Soul Dao Ancestor said coldly. "This boy is strange; delaying further might lead to unforeseen changes."

"Join forces and kill him quickly." Thunder Marsh Ancestor gripped his thunder halberd, electric snakes dancing wildly around him.

Flame Emperor's eyes were dark. He understood Nightmare's threat better than the other two—that black flame was practically the natural nemesis of his Yan Huang Burning Dao Technique!

"Form the second layer of the 'Three Tribes Chaos Execution Formation'," he barked. "Crush him directly!"

The three raised their hands simultaneously, and crimson flames, cold ice, and lightning intertwined once more!

But this time, it was no longer a simple torrent of energy. Instead, it transformed into a massive tri-colored Formation diagram covering a ten-mile radius, enveloping Nightmare along with all the elites behind him!

The Formation diagram rotated slowly. Every turn caused space to wail, and a terrifying suppressive force crashed down like an invisible mountain!

"Pfft!"

Behind Nightmare, several elites with weaker cultivation spat blood and knelt on the spot, their bones creaking and cracking!

Zuo Feng grit his teeth and roared, "Form the Formation! Protect the Lord!"

The hundred and fifty men barely managed to form a Formation. Their Nidao Demonic Flames merged into a single black light shield, struggling to hold on.

At the eye of the Formation, Nightmare slowly closed his eyes.

He was sensing.

Sensing the operational patterns of this tri-colored Formation, sensing the nodes where the three powers converged, sensing... that which was hidden beneath the perfect Fusion—

"Conflict."

He whispered to himself.

The blazing fire was violent, the cold ice was frozen solid, and the lightning was rampantly destructive.

The attributes of the three powers were diametrically opposed. Even if the three Dao Ancestors used their supreme cultivation to force a Fusion, there would inevitably be Origin conflicts that could not be fully reconciled.

And the place where the conflict was most intense was—

"The convergence point of the Formation eye."

Nightmare opened his eyes, his gaze like lightning, locking onto that single point in the very center of the Formation diagram—the place where the red-gold, ice-blue, and purple-black lights were frantically intertwining, tearing, and annihilating each other.

That was exactly the weakest point of the entire grand Formation!

"Found it."

He stepped out, his figure like black lightning, lunging straight for the Formation eye!

"Stop him!" Flame Emperor's expression changed. The three of them simultaneously activated the Formation, and countless tri-colored chains surged from the diagram, winding toward Nightmare!

"Begone!"

The Demonic Flame around Nightmare erupted! The pitch-black flames transformed into thousands of sharp blades, slicing all the encroaching chains to pieces!

His speed increased rather than decreased, reaching the convergence point of the Formation eye in the blink of an eye!

"Reverse Path Unity: Formation Break!"

He pressed his palms together and pushed forward!

A pillar of pitch-black light, condensed to the extreme, shot from his palms. Silent and invisible, it pierced straight into the Formation eye!

"Not good!" Ice Soul's pupils shrank. Being closest to the Formation eye, she could clearly feel the aura of destruction contained within that black light!

She wanted to retreat, but it was already too late.

The moment the black light struck the convergence point of the Formation eye—

Crack—!!

The crisp sound of shattering glass echoed throughout the field!

The tri-colored Formation diagram vibrated violently, countless cracks appearing on its surface as the red-gold, ice-blue, and purple-black lights went wild, crashing into one another!

Boom—!!!

The Formation exploded!

The terrifying shockwave of the explosion surged backward, with Flame Emperor, Ice Soul, and Thunder Marsh bearing the brunt of it!

"Pfft—!!"

The three of them spat blood simultaneously, their figures blasted backward! Ice Soul, being the closest, was the most severely injured—half of her body was ravaged by the backlash of the rampaging ice and lightning. Her ice-blue robes were shredded, revealing charred and cracked flesh beneath!

"Ice Soul!" Flame Emperor roared.

Ice Soul Dao Ancestor staggered to her feet, her face deathly pale. She could feel the Origin within her body draining away frantically. That backlash had not only heavily wounded her Physical Body, but had also damaged her dao foundation!

"Damn it..." She grit her teeth, her eyes filled with a chilling intent. "This boy... must die!"

But Nightmare would not give her a chance to breathe.

The moment the Formation broke, he appeared behind Ice Soul Dao Ancestor like a ghost.

"The first one."

His voice was cold, like the whisper of a death god.

Ice Soul Dao Ancestor turned in horror, her hands forming seals as extreme cold energy erupted:

"Ice Soul Frozen Dao Qi—!"

A cold mist capable of freezing Chaos swept toward him!

Nightmare didn't even dodge. He simply raised his hand, the pitch-black Demonic Flame flickering in his palm.

Sizzle, sizzle...

The moment the cold mist touched the Demonic Flame, it was like snow meeting fire, rapidly melting and evaporating!

"How is this possible?!" Ice Soul Dao Ancestor's pupils shook.

Nightmare's fingers hooked like claws, seizing her by the neck:

"Your ice is still Chaos at its essence."

"But my Reverse Path—"

The Demonic Flame surged along his arm and into her body!

"Specially devours Chaos!"

"Ah—!!" Ice Soul Dao Ancestor let out a shrill scream as her internal Origin was frantically devoured and torn apart! She could clearly feel her dao foundation collapsing!

"Flame Emperor! Thunder Marsh! Save me!!" she shrieked.

In the distance, Flame Emperor and Thunder Marsh had just stabilized themselves. Seeing this, their eyes nearly split with rage, and they lunged forward together!

"Let her go!"

"You're looking for death!"

Nightmare didn't even look at the two. He simply waved his left hand:

"Stop them."

"Yes!"

Zuo Feng, Right Wing, and Dark Blade led the hundred and fifty elites to charge out boldly, forming a battle Formation to stubbornly block Flame Emperor and Thunder Marsh!

Though they couldn't hold them for long—

It was enough for Nightmare to complete the kill.

His right hand suddenly exerted force.

Crack.

Her neck bone snapped.

The Demonic Flame drilled into Ice Soul Dao Ancestor's Sea of Consciousness like a venomous snake, incinerating her Divine Soul along with her dao foundation.

Her body slumped down, the light in her eyes completely fading.

One of the three great Dao Ancestors of the Chaos Domain—

Ice Soul Dao Ancestor, had fallen.

Nightmare shook the ice shards from his hand and looked up at Flame Emperor and Thunder Marsh, who were temporarily held back. The Demonic Flame in his eyes burned calmly:

"Now, it's two against one."