"You …" When Guru Xing Chen heard Su Ming's soft whisper, his pupils shrank, but they only shrank for a moment before they became unfocused, as if he had lost his mind. Su Ming pressed his left hand against the center of his brow. The power of time reversal appeared for the first time in Ancient Zang, and it fused into Guru Xing Chen's soul.
At that instant, a picture swiftly appeared in Su Ming's head. In that picture was a man in black robes. That man's face was cold and stern, and he stood on a tall mountain. Before him was a gigantic door floating in the air.
At that moment, the door was open. The black-robed man seemed to have taken a step forward, intending to step through it, but he turned his head slightly, as if he wanted to cast a glance at the world before he stepped through.
There was a string of pearls on the man's right hand … and there was a red string that connected the nine pearls together. At the instant Su Ming saw the red string … he remembered the shadow of the Space Whip Guru Xing Chen had swung previously!
"Those who search for me, Xuan Zang … may summon the power I left in my homeland … during my journey of life and death in the Vast Expanse!"
As his voice echoed in the air, the picture disappeared from Su Ming's mind. At the same time, Guru Xing Chen let out a shrill scream of pain. His body trembled, and his voice was incredibly shrill.
It was also at that moment … that snow began falling from the sky above Seven Moons Sect, even though it was supposed to be the rainy season. There seemed to be no end to it, and as it floated down slowly, even the entire western side of Ancient Zang started snowing …
The east, north, south, and all the regions in Ancient Zang, including the seven sects and twelve clans, had snow fall from the sky at that instant, along with the capital of Ancient Zang and all the other parts of the world.
At first glance, the falling snow looked like snow, but if anyone took a closer look, they would find that it was like dust … Wherever it went, all the regions in Ancient Zang, be it the mountains or the rivers, the seven sects and twelve clans, or the royal city … seemed to have a decaying presence at that instant.
But that decaying presence only appeared for an instant before disappearing. Along with it was the snow that covered all of Ancient Zang …
Su Ming lifted his left hand. Old Xing Chen's eyes were wide with disbelief at that moment. He stared at Su Ming in a daze, and his body started trembling …
"You … You're … Master …" As he muttered, his body exploded into specks of crystalline light. The specks of crystalline light scattered until they turned black and shattered.
At the instant the old Xing Chen's body disappeared, Seven Moons Sect fell silent, but soon, the loudest buzzing sound ever since Su Ming cleared the Dao Divinity Shadow Descension Rune erupted.
It was especially so for the fourth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky. Su Ming's act of killing Guru Xing Chen had gained a large number of people's acknowledgment. At that moment, the buzz of discussion was mostly filled with anticipation. The third layer of Sky Beyond the Sky was also the same. Because of that, there were very few people who mocked or disagreed with Su Ming when he challenged the Rune. Instead, they accepted his actions and acknowledged him!
This acknowledgement turned into a voice at that instant, and it spoke of the twelfth formation. The waves of sound reverberated in the air, as if they were pushing Su Ming forward and expecting him to challenge the twelfth formation!
"Twelve formations!"
"Twelve formations! Wang Tao, challenge the twelfth formation! Go to your limit!"
"If you can reach the fourteenth formation, your second Dao Shadow will appear! Wang Tao, you have to clear the fourteenth formation!"
Such voices rose and fell. When they echoed in the air, Ye Long leaned against the wall of the mountain behind him with a pale face. He stared at Su Ming on the Feng Shui compass, and at that moment, he did not know how to express his complicated and anguished feelings.
In the midst of the cheers, Su Ming gradually caught the attention of more powerful warriors from the fourth summit, especially the head disciples from the thirteen mountain ranges. At that moment, seven of them opened their eyes, and their gazes landed on Su Ming. Solemn expressions appeared on their faces.
Su Ming had already become a slight threat to the seven of them.
Under their gazes, Su Ming stood on the Feng Shui compass and closed his eyes, hiding the contemplative light in his eyes due to the scene in his head.
Soon after, he opened his eyes. They were calm, and no one could tell whether he was happy or angry. Not a single hint of his emotions could be detected. When he lifted his right hand, he pushed down on the Feng Shui compass beneath him.
With it, the Feng Shui compass immediately roared. In the blink of an eye, it started rotating. As it did so, the Feng Shui compass immediately grew to nearly twice its original size. From the distance, it looked incredibly shocking.
It floated in midair above Seven Moons Sect. At the instant it rotated, countless runic symbols shone brilliantly on the Feng Shui compass. They instantly floated out and gathered in front of Su Ming to turn … into a figure that was thirty feet tall.
That figure was filled with explosive power. It was black, but in the blink of an eye, it gained corporeal form and turned into a man. His entire body was covered in scars. Once his body was completely revealed, he opened his eyes and let out a roar that shook the sky and earth.
"The great mourning of the Desolate Immortal who was killed and sealed eight thousand years ago!"
"That's right, it's his shadow. This is the shadow of the Rune that will most likely appear in the twelfth formation!"
"I've seen the other senior brothers challenge the twelfth formation before, and I've also seen the great mourning's shadow in two states. One of them is like this, and the other is when he goes mad. His power will increase exponentially, and he will reach a terrifying state!"
As the discussions went on, the thirty feet tall man let out an astonishing roar.
"I am the shadow of the twelfth formation. Unless you can defeat me, you will not be able to advance any further than the twelfth formation!" As he roared, the man charged towards Su Ming. When he lifted his right hand, the air rumbled, and he threw a punch at Su Ming, instantly closing in on him.
Su Ming's expression was calm. At the instant the man closed in on him, he did not move back, but moved forward. Once he took a step forward, he lifted his right hand, clenched his fist, and threw a punch at the incoming man.
"I've laid low for eight years. It's time for me to reveal some of my power." At the instant Su Ming said those words flatly, his fist crashed into the man's.
Booming sounds surged into the sky at that instant. They shook the ears of all the cultivators in the area, and the man shuddered. He let out a shrill scream of pain, and his right hand crumbled. When he staggered backwards, Su Ming took a step forward with a calm expression. Once he closed in on the man, his right hand turned from a fist to a palm … and he seized the man's neck. With a slight squeeze, the man's screams of pain came to an abrupt end. As he shuddered, veins popped up on his skin.
As veins popped up, the man let out a low growl. His body swiftly grew thicker at that instant. Veins filled his entire body, and his strength increased exponentially. His expression was ferocious, and madness appeared in his eyes. In the blink of an eye, he grew from thirty feet to nearly fifty feet tall, and he was still growing!
As his body grew larger, Su Ming looked as if he was floating on a Feng Shui compass, even though he had his hands around his neck.
"Get lost!" The man let out a shocking roar. He lifted his hands, intending to seize Su Ming, but before his hands could touch Su Ming, Su Ming's expression did not change. He only exerted force with his right hand, and the man, whose body was clearly still growing stronger, immediately shuddered.
Disbelief appeared in his eyes. When his lifted hands fell down, Su Ming also let go. At the instant his body landed lightly on the Feng Shui compass, the man's body fell with a bang.
All the life force in his body had been crushed by Su Ming's forceful squeeze.
This crushing did not happen when the man had reached the peak of his madness, but when he continued erupting with power. It might have seemed easier, but only the powerful warriors with extraordinary levels of cultivation could understand the logic behind it. Only then would they understand which was more difficult!
The power that caused the man's body to crumble even when he continued erupting with power surpassed that of the suppression after he swung his body to perfection.
"Thirteenth Formation." Su Ming watched the man's body gradually disappear from the Feng Shui compass. He did not die, but had returned to the Rune. He would wake up the next time someone challenged the Rune.
At that moment, excitement appeared on the faces of the Seven Moons Sect cultivators in the area. Before Su Ming challenged the Rune, they would never have thought that they would be able to see such a scene. In fact, even when Su Ming had just challenged the Rune, they had not expected … that he would be able to reach such a level!
The 13th formation was a checkpoint. It was a checkpoint for the disciples of the fourth layer of Sky Beyond Heavens. There weren't many disciples of the fourth layer who could pass this checkpoint. Only the head disciples of the Mountain Masters or the experts of their respective mountain ranges could do it.
To most of the disciples, clearing the twelfth formation was already their limit, because the guardian shadow of the thirteenth formation was an existence that most disciples could not clear.
Because of that, the inner sect disciples in Seven Moons Sect had a classification for the thirteenth formation that did not belong to the sect rules — the Carp Leaping Over Dragon's Gate!
Those who passed through the thirteenth formation would no longer be normal disciples, but powerful warriors. They were powerful warriors among the inner sect disciples in Seven Moons Sect. These sort of powerful warriors could occupy more resources in the sect, obtain better cultivation bases, and possess statuses that were even more eye-catching.
There were less than a hundred disciples in the entire fourth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky who had cleared the thirteenth formation!
And at that moment, Su Ming wanted to challenge the Carp Leaping Over Dragon's Gate Rune. As he spoke, the excited gazes of the cultivators in the area fell on him, and the Feng Shui compass rotated with loud bangs. At the instant its size increased exponentially … an ancient voice echoed in the Rune.
"The thirteenth formation has always been personally guarded by my shadow body … Sect Elder Wang, hello." When his voice echoed in the air, a black shadow appeared on the Feng Shui compass. It instantly became clear, and it turned into an old man dressed in a white robe.
Su Ming had seen the old man eight years ago. He was one of the thirteen sect elders who had come before him!
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