172: Chapter 172 Xiao Nianyin Regrets It: Xu Ruyu, such an ant, actually possesses an innate Dao body?

Lin Feng stood at the Formation Eye, his long sword held high, his voice booming like thunder:

"Xu Ruyu—die!"

"Six Harmonies Immortal Slaying—slash!"

"Boom—!!!"

The six-colored light wheel suddenly stopped rotating, transforming into a six-colored beam of light three zhang in diameter. Like a sword of Heavenly Dao punishment, it smashed down directly towards Xu Ruyu!

Wherever the beam passed, the air twisted, space vibrated, and a piercing shriek rang out!

Below the stage, everyone held their breath.

Zhao Yan closed his eyes.

Qingyan covered her mouth.

Ning Caihe's hand on his sword slowly loosened—he knew that he could not block this strike.

Xu Ruyu... could not block it either.

In the pavilion high above, a trace of almost imperceptible curvature finally appeared on Xiao Nianyin's cold face.

It was over.

Once Xu Ruyu died, the secret would disappear forever.

Leng Ningshuang? A waste with a broken Dao Heart; keeping her was useless.

As for the gossip within the Sect... time would dilute everything.

She picked up the tea that the maid had just served and took a gentle sip.

The tea was warm, just right.

However—

Just as the six-colored beam was about to strike Xu Ruyu!

Xu Ruyu moved.

He did not dodge, did not block, and did not even circulate his Taixu True Qi.

He merely slowly raised his right hand.

He brought his index and middle fingers together and tapped lightly at the world-destroying six-colored beam of light in the air.

The movement was very slow, very light.

But the next moment—

Where his fingertips tapped, the air suddenly collapsed.

It was not twisting, not vibrating, but a true collapse—as if an invisible black hole had suddenly appeared there, crazily devouring everything around it!

Light, sound, spiritual power, and even... space itself were collapsing toward that point!

The six-colored beam slammed into that collapsed area; there was no explosion, no impact, not even a sound, and just like that... it vanished without a trace.

Like a clay ox entering the sea.

The whole scene was deathly silent.

Lin Feng's pupils shrank, and for the first time, a look of disbelief appeared on his face.

"What... what is this?!"

Xu Ruyu slowly withdrew his finger, and the area where the air had collapsed leveled out.

He raised his head, looked at the six people in the air, and said calmly:

"Senior Brother Lin, fellow Senior Brothers. Did you know that air... actually has weight?"

He paused, then added:

"And when the air density at a single point is compressed to the limit, it forms something... similar to a spatial wrinkle. Any energy-based attack that enters this wrinkle will be infinitely dispersed, diluted, and eventually turned into nothingness."

His tone was calm, as if he were explaining a simple principle.

But below the stage, every Cultivator above the Golden Core Stage felt a chill rise up their spines.

Compressing air density?

Forming a spatial wrinkle?

This was no longer within the scope of a Cultivation Technique; this was... touching upon the level of Law!

A Qi Refinement Stage Cultivator touching upon Law?!

"Impossible..."

Lin Feng muttered to himself, his hand gripping the sword beginning to tremble.

But he was, after all, a veteran Golden Core Stage Cultivator with three hundred years of cultivation; his mental fortitude was far beyond that of ordinary people.

Three breaths later, a look of determination reignited in his eyes:

"This child must not be left alive! Junior Brothers, change the Formation! 'Six Harmonies Immortal Slaying—Second Transformation · Cage of Heaven and Earth'!"

"Yes!"

The six of them changed their hand seals in unison!

The six-colored light wheel in the air condensed again, but this time, it did not turn into an attacking beam. Instead, it scattered into countless six-colored rays of light, shrouding downward like a net of heaven and earth, intending to trap Xu Ruyu completely!

However—

Xu Ruyu looked at the six-colored light net slowly descending and suddenly sighed softly.

"Senior Brother Lin, you actually... didn't need to do this."

He paused, his voice tinged with a trace of exhaustion:

"I have no grudges with you, and no grudges with the Hehuan Sect. I am just an ordinary person who was summoned here and wants to survive."

"But since you insist on killing me..."

He slowly opened his arms, his moon-white robe fluttering without wind.

The Taixu True Qi of the twenty-third level of Qi Refining erupted once again!

But this time, the quality of the Qi had undergone a subtle change.

If the previous Qi was "inclusive of all things," then the current Qi was "evolving all things"!

Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth—the Five Elements Qi circulated around him!

Wind, Thunder, Ice, Darkness, Light—the five variant Qi leaped at his fingertips!

The ten attributes of Qi blended perfectly, transforming into a ten-colored halo three zhang in diameter, enveloping him within it!

The halo slowly rotated; with every rotation, the Qi became more refined, and the pressure surged!

After three rotations, the halo had solidified into substance, and the pressure it emitted actually faintly rivaled the six-colored light net in the air!

This was the result of him improving his Cultivation Technique with the Little Girl in the Ancient Hall of Love and Heaven, and it was also his source of confidence.

Before leaving the Ancient Hall of Love and Heaven, the Little Girl had left, saying she was going out to test her newly learned Cultivation Technique and find some old monsters to spar with.

She even told Xu Ruyu to feel free to cause trouble in the Hehuan Sect; if he poked a hole in the sky, she would cover for him.

Below the stage, everyone's eyes widened.

In the pavilion high above, the teacup in Xiao Nianyin's hand tightened and shattered once again.

She stared fixedly at the figure on the stage enveloped by the ten-colored halo, her ice-blue eyes churning with unprecedented shock and... greed.

Perfect fusion of ten attributes?

This was no longer a special Physique; this was...

"An Innate Physique?! An ant who transmigrated from another world is actually an Innate Physique? No wonder that old fox Qingli was so reluctant to part with him, and even brought the taihu tripod to protect Xu Ruyu. It is highly likely she even invited that Heavenly Fox expert from their Taihu Clan. Did that vixen see through his special nature long ago?"

She muttered to herself, her voice trembling.

It could be said that seeing this, Xiao Nianyin felt a bit of regret.

If, if she had truly been honest with Xu Ruyu about the matter as Lady Qingli had said before, would their Hehuan Sect have gained an extra Prodigy?

Based on Xu Ruyu's recent performance, he was already qualified to be her Personal Disciple.

But now, it was all too late.

Not only had she leaked the secret, but in order to seal this secret again, she had to take action against the people under her Sect...

And at this moment, on the stage.

Xu Ruyu raised his head and looked at the six people in the air, silver-white light flowing in his eyes like a galaxy.

"Senior Brother Lin, I originally didn't want to use this move."

"Because once used, there is truly no turning back."

He paused and formed a strange seal with his ten fingers in front of him—

It was not a cultivation hand seal, not a Formation rune, but a trajectory... as if outlining a cosmic star map in the Void Realm.

"But since you force me..."

"Then..."

The seal was complete.

The ten-colored halo suddenly contracted, turning into a point of extreme white light that submerged into the center of Xu Ruyu's forehead.

The next moment—

He opened his eyes.

In his eyes, there were no pupils, no whites, only a piece of pure, vast, like the beginning of the Universe...

Chaos.

"True Explanation of Taixu Source Energy—Volume Two · Five Elements Evolution Chapter · First Form."

He spoke slowly, his voice seeming to come from ancient times:

"Chaos opens, the Five Elements begin to grow."

"This form is named—"

"Opening Heaven."