Wrinkles rapidly appeared on the faces of the four brothers at that moment. Although they originally possessed the appearance of old men, they had white hair and ruddy complexions before. They seemed to be in their sixties or seventies, but their skin was as white as a child's. However, as their life force was rapidly devoured, the four of them began to age as well. Even their silver-white hair had become grey. As their life force and vital energies flowed away, they became even thinner.
"Four swords as one!" The four brothers called out together. Their presences suddenly changed as well. Powerful sword Qi erupted from their bodies as the four metal swords in their hands shone with a deep, white light. As the light flickered, the four swords seemed to have fused together, erupting with supreme sword Qi that completely exceeded their own strength to resist the terrifying devouring power.
As the four brothers resisted with their full strength, the rate at which their life force flowed away immediately slowed down drastically. The sword formation the four of them cast together was far more powerful than the formation created by several dozen Holy Emperors.
Nearby, there was another group of Sainthood experts that had also been enveloped by the red mist. Although there were several hundred of them, most of them were Saint Rulers and Holy Emperors. The Holy Emperors did not possess a high level of cultivation, so even though they had cast down a formation together, they still struggled to endure the terrifying devouring power of the evil spirit. In just a few seconds, all the Saint Rulers in the group had died. Even more than half of the weaker Holy Emperors had their life force and vital energies sucked away. The few remaining Holy Emperors all reached the end of their lives. They all became extremely old as their presences rapidly weakened.
On the other hand, after the Evil Spirit absorbed the life force, its strength slowly recovered. This caused its aura to continue to strengthen.
High up in the sky, the space violently shook as a terrifying pressure crushed down. The two Origin realm experts charged down with the God-slaying Formation under their control. The God-slaying Formation shone with a hazy light, directly enveloping the evil spirit below.
At the same time, Shangguan Mu 'er sat in the air as she played her zither. She used her music to disturb the evil spirit. She was stern and focused. As her slender fingers gently plucked the strings, the music directly entered the evil spirit's soul with unstoppable might. The space behind her distorted violently as thirty-six spatial ripples appeared. Each ripple was ten thousand kilometers long.
Traversing the entire world, a total of thirty-six spatial ripples seemed to form a Zither of the Demonic Cry that was completely constructed from the void.
However, only twelve of the thirty-six strings were vibrating.
A powerful sword Qi expanded from outer space. The Spiritking hurried toward the Tian Yuan Continent with a pale face. Although he had paid an extremely heavy price to forcefully use the second move of A Will that Splits the Heavens, causing him to be extremely weak, the presence he gave off was still earth-shaking. It possessed the power to destroy the world.
Behind the evil spirit, a violet streak of light shot through the air at an unbelievable speed. It charged toward the evil spirit with surging killing intent. However, Jianchen was just too far away from the evil spirit, so even if Jianchen hurried over as quickly as he could, he would still need a few seconds to arrive.
However, a few seconds was enough for experts at their level to do many things. The evil spirit knew that once Jianchen and the Spiritking caught up to it, they would still be unable to kill it, but all the energy it had absorbed as it fled would be for naught. It immediately stopped hesitating and began to devour as quickly as it could. In just half a second, all the Sainthood experts had died aside from the four brothers. Even the Holy Emperor's energy had been devoured.
The four brothers used the sword formation to hold on, but they clearly could not last much longer. The evil spirit was just too powerful. Even with the extraordinary sword formation, they were unable to defy the heavens with their Holy Emperor's strength at the Ninth Heavenly Layer. They had already reached the end of their rope.
The four brothers had wanted to charge out of the red mist, but the mist was condensed from the evil spirit's body. Being enveloped by the mist was no different from entering the evil spirit's body. When Jianchen used the Linear Lightning Release in the past, he was unable to charge out even with the speed of the Linear Lightning Release, let alone the four brothers.
As a result, the four brothers could only passively resist the red mist. They were unable to escape at all.
The God-slaying Formation rapidly fell from above the evil spirit's head, but due to the distance between them, it still needed a few seconds before it could reach the evil spirit.
The evil spirit looked at the four brothers and laughed strangely. It said, "The four of you may be very weak, but my instincts tell me that you're very different from other food. It seems like devouring the four of you will benefit me tremendously. Hehe, those two food that can threaten me will still need some time to hurry over and save the four of you. This amount of time is enough for me to devour the four of you. I'm looking forward to seeing just what benefits I'll get from devouring you." The evil spirit's voice was filled with intense desire. Without any hesitation, it began to devour the four brothers with all its might. It could ignore the God-slaying Formation, but it needed to pay attention to Jianchen and the Spiritking. As a result, it needed to devour the four brothers before Jianchen and the Spiritking arrived.
The evil spirits began to target the four brothers with their full strength. Even though the four of them formed a powerful sword formation to block, they were unable to last for long. In just a few seconds, ninety-nine percent of their vitality and vital energies had been drained away. Their flames of life dimmed, as if they could be extinguished at any moment. Their sword formation collapsed by itself as well.
"Jianchen and the Spiritking are about to arrive. We can die without any regrets now that we've been able to keep you busy for so long." The four brothers smiled. They did not fear death. Instead, they faced it calmly.
Behind them, Jianchen's eyes suddenly narrowed as he hurried over. He suddenly stared at his right arm. When he had taken over the Anatta Tower, he had received assistance from the four strands of sword Qi on the top floor. It was exactly because of the four strands of sword Qi that he had been able to kill the spirit of the Anatta Tower and enter the ninth floor, where he obtained the treasures.
After using the four strands of sword Qi several times, their power had not completely dissipated. However, they could only be used against Receival experts. To Jianchen, the four strands of sword Qi that remained in his arm were no longer of any use. After all, with his current strength, any casual strike could reach the level of Reciprocity. If he used his full strength, his battle prowess would reach Godhood. The four strands of sword Qi could not compare to him, so he did not pay much attention to them.
However, at this moment, Jianchen clearly sensed that the four strands of sword Qi in his arm had suddenly begun to tremble. It was as if the four strands of sword Qi possessed a mind of their own, awakening from their slumber. Without giving Jianchen any time to think, the four strands of sword Qi all appeared from Jianchen's arm. They turned into white streaks of light and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Jianchen was immediately surprised by this. This was because he had failed to sense where the four strands of sword Qi had gone with his current strength. It was as if they had vanished into thin air, leaving no traces behind.
A ball of white light suddenly appeared before the four brothers trapped in the red mist. The four strands of sword Qi that had vanished earlier had silently entered the mist, appearing before the four brothers' foreheads as if they had teleported. Afterward, they turned into four streaks of light and shot into the foreheads of the four brothers without any hesitation.
The flames of life that were about to be extinguished all came to a halt when the four strands of sword Qi entered their foreheads. Not only did they slow down, but they even began to rapidly expand at an extremely terrifying rate. Their presences suddenly skyrocketed at that moment, reaching their peak condition in just a short moment. However, this did not stop. Their presences continued to skyrocket, far surpassing their peak condition. They had surpassed the level of the Holy Emperor and reached the Origin realm.
The four brothers opened their eyes again. There was no weakness in their eyes at all. Instead, they were brimming with vigor, as sharp as swords.
The four brothers had broken through the Ninth Heavenly Layer of the Holy Emperor in a single moment with the fusion of the four strands of sword Qi. They had officially reached the Origin realm, becoming Origin realm sovereigns.
"How is this possible? How is this possible? You're about to be devoured by me. You're about to run out of life, so how have you become so much more powerful?" The evil spirit's shocked mental pulses echoed through the red mist. He was just too surprised that the four brothers had actually reached the Origin realm under such circumstances. ,
"Even if you all have become stronger, so what? I can still devour you all. This time, even if my vitality is greatly damaged, I will still devour you all. My intuition is definitely not wrong. As long as I devour you all, I will be able to obtain enormous benefits," said the Evil Spirit, revealing a sense of determination.
The four brothers looked at each other and saw a smear of shock in each other's eyes. This was because several extremely unfamiliar sword techniques had appeared in their heads at this moment. Every single one of them possessed unfathomable power and was extremely powerful. Moreover, they were very compatible with the cultivation method they practised.
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