Qi Ping spent a considerable amount of time getting everything ready. Following the power flow routes he had observed in the Earth Lord and his Earth True Body, Qi Ping chose to use the Earth-Vein Ants to form an array for interception.
While Qi Ping was arranging these things, the atmosphere outside grew increasingly tense and uneasy.
The cultivators led by the Earth Lord huddled within the formation, watching the vanished Bee Daoist. Their expressions grew more anxious with each passing moment. They could clearly guess that this mysterious Bee Daoist now had a way to deal with them, but they couldn't pinpoint exactly what method he would use.
Thus, with every passing second, the unease and doubt in their expressions increased, and their resolve to fight to the death continued to dwindle.
In contrast, the brows of Meng Tianqi and Bai Liyun had already smoothed over. Their expressions became incredibly calm, and they stared at their prey like man-eating beasts.
Being stared at with such eyes, the Earth Lord became even more uncertain.
'What on earth did the Bee Daoist go to do?'
'Could he truly have a way to break my Earth True Body?'
However, he was the cultivator with the highest achievements in the path of the earth element on the Star-Sea Continent, and his affinity for the earth's power was the highest. Under these circumstances, no one should be able to break his Earth True Body...
Thinking of this, the Earth Lord straightened his back once more and declared firmly, "Fellow Daoists, do not believe these people who are just playing ghosts. If they had a way, they would have used it already. Why would they wait until now? They likely just want to put psychological pressure on us so we panic and collapse on our own!"
Hearing this, the cultivators behind him nodded repeatedly. Indeed, if there were a method, it would have been used already. Why the posturing?
In this moment, they also realized that they, once the roaring leaders of their regions, had become like birds startled by the mere twang of a bowstring under the pressure of the Bee Daoist's side. They were actually being affected by such minor signs. Truly, in the face of a genuine genius, even those who once swallowed mountains and rivers would expose their weaknesses when they encountered someone even stronger.
"Yes, yes, that must be it. I see they just want to attack our hearts!"
"I almost fell for their tricks..."
When Meng Tianqi and Bai Liyun saw this, a look of surprise appeared on their faces. This Earth Lord was quite interesting! Not only did he hide powerful divine techniques, but his temperament and strategic mind were also excellent. He had once again pulled his group back from the brink of doubt and fear.
Had he not been there, this group likely would have been wiped out by them already.
Unfortunately, it was of no use. For they weren't planning any psychological warfare—they were planning to crush them fair and square!
Just then, Qi Ping's voice echoed in their seas of consciousness.
'In ten breaths, strike with all your might to kill the Earth Lord!'
It was time!
Hearing Qi Ping's voice, Meng Tianqi and the others were overjoyed. They immediately entered a pre-strike preparation state. Terrifying spiritual pressure began to rise from around them. The Laws of Life and Death led by Meng Tianqi and the Demon Saber Intent led by Bai Liyun soared into the sky.
Faced with this, the Earth Lord and his group also hurriedly prepared themselves to prevent a sudden sneak attack.
However, at that very moment, the Earth Lord's expression changed drastically. An inexplicable power had suddenly appeared within his range of perception. Following that, the earth power he was mobilizing suddenly stalled, blocked by a vast number of nodes.
What made him most uncomfortable was not the strength of this power, but the fact that in this moment, he felt a rejection from the earth itself! Much of the power he could originally control had now gone out of control.
'How is this possible?' He had never encountered such a situation in all his years of cultivation!
But regardless, it was happening. Under the obstruction of this power, the amount of energy he could mobilize was drastically reduced! Furthermore, the power was gradually slipping from his grasp!
"It is the Bee Daoist! What did he do?" Terror now occupied the Earth Lord's heart.
This time, he was truly afraid. The earth's power was his reliance for fighting the enemy and the most important guarantee to make the enemy hesitate. But now, this protective charm was about to disappear.
Misfortune never comes alone. While the earth power was being obstructed and lost, spatial tunnels actually appeared out of thin air within the Star-Sea Alliance headquarters' formation!
"Spatial tunnels?"
"Not good! The Bee Daoist can truly control such high-level Void power!"
Seeing the spatial tunnels, all the cultivators, including the Earth Lord, turned pale with fright!
This was the terrifying aspect of the path of space. Formations that were normally difficult to break through could be bypassed by a spatial master who found the weak points. Unless the formation itself contained sophisticated or extremely powerful spatial arrays, it was basically impossible to stop a powerful spatial cultivator.
The Star-Sea Alliance's formation clearly did not possess such features. Their side couldn't even find a single Soul Transformation cultivator who practiced the spatial path, so how could they have arranged a formation that could block a powerful practitioner of the path?
Actually, there were many spatial path cultivators on the Star-Sea Continent, but almost all of them were stuck at low realms. The difficulty of this path was of a hellish grade.
After the spatial tunnels appeared, a massive army of spirit bees emerged from them!
When they saw this staggering number of bees, everyone's hearts couldn't help but tremble! It wasn't that they didn't have plans to deal with the Bee Daoist's swarm, but for them to appear directly inside the formation was completely beyond their expectations.
Even more startling was that after these swarms appeared, they formed a terrifying battle array in the blink of an eye. An ultimate spatial power permeated the air!
"Damn it! There are spirit bees with spatial attributes!"
"How can they radiate spatial power at the Void Refinement level?"
Once this aura appeared, an even more uncontrollable panic began to spread.
"What do we do? What do we do?" The Earth Lord was also in a panic now.
The earth power was blocked and out of control, the bee army had appeared inside the formation, and the power erupting from Meng Tianqi and Bai Liyun made him feel the aura of death!
Individually, he would have had enough confidence to handle any one of these, but with all of them exploding at once, he couldn't think of an appropriate way to deal with it.
And soon, he found that things were even worse, for the Bee Daoist's own power had also completely erupted!
Next to the Star-Sea Continent's formation, the Bee Daoist's black-robed figure emerged, surrounded by incredibly dense earth-attributed spiritual qi. A terrifying affinity for the earth exploded from him!
Under the joint enhancement of the Bee Daoist's spells and arrays, the already obstructed and out-of-control earth power of the Earth Lord dropped to freezing point. The terrestrial energy surrounding him grew weak to the extreme, even showing signs of slipping away entirely.
Normally, this wouldn't be fatal, but he was now facing the combined full-force attack of two Void Refinement cultivators!
The cultivators who were supposed to help and assist him were now engulfed by the invading bee army. Although these bees were at a disadvantage inside the formation and could only pose a lethal threat to Soul Transformation cultivators once dispersed—having limited threat to Void Refinement experts—the danger they brought was still impossible to ignore.
Coupled with the panic caused by the bee army's appearance, everyone was madly fighting for the power provided by the formation in order to stay alive. Everyone knew they should give the controlled power to the Earth Lord so they could have a slim chance of victory, but now that their own lives were at stake, who cared about winning in the end? They were all profit-seekers; who would be willing to sacrifice themselves?
Thus, at this moment, the great array of the Star-Sea Alliance headquarters fell into chaos. The power assisting the Earth Lord dropped to almost nothing!
"No! How could this be!" the Earth Lord let out a roar of despair.
Faced with such a situation, they simply could not organize an effective response in a short time. If they had known in advance, they might have been able to deal with it, but it was impossible now. The ending awaiting them seemed to be only one... death!
"I am not reconciled!"
Watching the terrifying palm surrounded by the Laws of Life and Death pressing down on him, and the Demon Saber that severed all things, the Earth Lord's heart was filled with endless resentment.
He had hidden his strength for the day he could find a chance to break through his limits. This time, as long as he successfully became a cultivator of the Heavenly Dragon Continent and spent some time developing in secret, he would have a chance to condense an even stronger Earth True Body. At that point, even cultivators far stronger than him might not be able to kill him—and those who could would likely not dare to bear the karma of destroying ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers.
With his talent and comprehension, how could he not flourish on the path of immortality?
But now, everything was about to vanish.
Looking at the approaching black-and-white giant palm and the Demon Saber, the Earth Lord madly absorbed earth power and mobilized every bit of energy he could use. He even set his flesh and blood on fire in hopes of surviving this ordeal.
But no matter how hard he struggled, even as he began to burn his own life force, it was all in vain.
In endless despair and resentment, the Demon Saber that annihilated all things split open his Earth God Armor, then proceeded to cleave more than half of his body. His entire frame was riddled with countless gashes from the impact of that power!
A single strike had heavily injured him!
Yet, it was not over. The black-and-white giant palm descended at that very moment!
The Earth Lord, whose defense had been completely shattered, was smashed into pieces by this single palm! Subsequently, an incredibly terrifying power of death and life-devouring energy erupted, instantly destroying every trace of the Earth Lord's vitality!
'I am not reconciled...'
With the Earth Lord's final thought, his life force and consciousness vanished completely. Because of the erasure by the Laws of Life and Death, he didn't even have a chance to reconstruct his body!
The Earth Lord was dead!
With his death, the cultivators at the Star-Sea Alliance headquarters fell into total panic.
"The Earth Lord is dead!"
"Even he is dead. How are we supposed to fight now?"
Knowing they were doomed, everyone began to use their methods to flee madly. The formation's power at the headquarters dropped once again, exposing numerous flaws.
Qi Ping immediately seized this opportunity and opened a massive spatial tunnel. In the next moment, Meng Tianqi and Bai Liyun took the chance to charge inside!
In an instant, the slaughter began!
The Laws of Life and Death roared madly, continuously reaping one life after another! These laws were truly the most suitable for such a large-scale battlefield. After successive battles, Meng Tianqi's momentum had not weakened in the slightest; instead, after absorbing a vast amount of life force and the intent of death, it became even more formidable! There was even a faint sign that he might break through his realm's limit!
The performance of the Demon Blade, Bai Liyun, was not much different. In the heart of the unrestrained battle, the demonic intent on him grew more intense, and the saber he swung grew sharper, with the will to sever the heavens becoming even more terrifying.
Under the slaughter of these two killing gods, the remaining cultivators could not organize any strong resistance. They were swiftly executed by the duo's combined efforts.
The people at the Star-Sea Alliance headquarters, including the two remaining Void Refinement cultivators, were completely terrified. They had no confidence in surviving under these two and could only flee blindly.
When Qi Ping saw the methods of these two, he couldn't help but feel some admiration. These two were truly worthy of standing at the top among countless beings. Their abilities were practically born for battle; their breakthrough speed in a bloody fight was much faster than normal closed-door cultivation. With these two around, the future battles would have the assistance of two super generals.
Qi Ping felt no jealousy about this. As long as it didn't interfere with his peaceful farming and cultivation, the more allies like this he had, the better.
While observing the two, Qi Ping did not remain idle. He used his spatial methods to continuously intercept the cultivators who were trying to escape.
After the battle continued for a while, all the remaining enemies were slain without any surprises! This included the two Void Refinement cultivators, who now lay on the ground in pieces.
Looking at the blood-stained Star-Sea Alliance headquarters and the lifeless corpses, the cultivators, including Qi Ping, let out a sigh of relief as if a heavy burden had been lifted. Simultaneously, a sense of irrepressible joy rose in their hearts.
"We won!"
"A great victory!"
Even Meng Tianqi and Bai Liyun hadn't expected to win this war to purge the traitors so beautifully. Before the war began, the overall strength of these traitors far exceeded their own side, but now, under Qi Ping's leadership, they had completely annihilated them!