Chapter 1859: 大阵破碎

"Senior Brother, don't pursue!" Hu Guang, who was actively suppressing the breach in the great formation, was startled to see Lionheart actually chasing Lu Ye. He immediately sent a voice transmission.

The onlookers were disappointed by Lu Ye's performance, seeing him as the foremost among Sun Glimmer cultivators, but Hu Guang felt something was amiss.

He had personally witnessed Lu Ye's strength. While Lionheart was formidable, he shouldn't have been able to inflict such a significant loss on Lu Ye in such a short time. Considering Lu Ye's previous instances of using clones, Hu Guang vaguely suspected that the Lu Ye who appeared this time might not be his true self, but very likely just a clone.

There must be a trick. The opponent's goal was surely to lure Lionheart away!

Although Hu Guang saw through the scheme and sent a voice transmission to warn him, Lionheart's fighting spirit was intense at that moment. Confident he could kill the enemy before him, he paid no heed and pursued him on his own.

Seeing this, Hu Guang was both angry and anxious. An inexplicable frustration, akin to despair over a lost cause, welled up in his heart. The flaw of demon cultivators being easily swayed by emotions was truly an intractable problem, unavoidable even for someone as powerful as Lionheart.

He quickly called out, "Junior Sister Bao, be vigilant!"

If he was correct, and the Lu Ye who appeared earlier was indeed just a clone, then after luring Lionheart away, Lu Ye's true self would certainly appear.

The question now was: where was Lu Ye's true self hiding? He should be nearby, very likely among the onlookers, perhaps using an art to conceal his form and approach stealthily.

He scanned his surroundings, and Junior Sister Bao also looked around, but neither found anything.

Instead, several streams of light from discarded artifacts flew towards them. These were the artifacts that Lu Ye had launched during his skirmish with Lionheart earlier.

Hu Guang glanced at them, paying them no mind, because such artifacts generally couldn't inflict significant damage. He even found it somewhat laughable that Lu Ye, already at the Moon Glimmer realm, was still using such artifacts in combat.

This was a tactic typically only used by cultivators in the lower four realms when fighting.

There were several artifacts, and one of them flew straight towards the breach. Junior Sister Bao darted out, blocking in front of Hu Guang, and reached out to grab the artifact.

Just then, something unexpected happened. The seemingly ordinary artifact suddenly underwent a change in its spiritual power, which then abruptly turned violent. A ghostly figure appeared there with incredible speed.

Junior Sister Bao's hand was already extended. The hand that was meant to grab the artifact now appeared as if it were reaching out to grab the suddenly appearing figure.

Hu Guang, who was still searching for Lu Ye's whereabouts, suddenly turned his head. He stared in utter astonishment at the mysteriously appearing figure, seeing a face that he both dreaded and resented: it was precisely the Lu Ye he had been searching for!

Their eyes met, and Hu Guang saw only boundless indifference.

"Be careful!" Hu Guang roared.

Junior Sister Bao also realized something was wrong. Her reaction was incredibly swift; almost the instant Lu Ye's true self appeared, her demonic energy surged fiercely. Sharp nails, like keen weapons, extended from her five fingers, and she clawed directly at Lu Ye's chest.

Such a sudden strike caught even Lu Ye off guard. He had directly teleported from beneath the Myriad Manifestations Sea, and while he caught his opponent by surprise, he also needed a moment to react himself.

Junior Sister Bao's nails pierced his protective spiritual power and dug into his flesh.

Junior Sister Bao's face lit up with joy; she had succeeded!

However, her expression quickly fell, because after her nails pierced two inches into Lu Ye's flesh, they could go no further. Her wrist suddenly tightened, as Lu Ye had raised his hand and firmly grasped it.

Junior Sister Bao struggled fiercely, her demonic energy surging, yet she couldn't break free, and her heart was greatly alarmed. The opponent's physical strength was immense!

In terms of pure physical strength, humans generally couldn't compare to demon cultivators, unless they were body cultivators specializing in physical prowess; only then could they compete with demon cultivators.

A blade cultivator absolutely had no such qualification. Yet, the current reality was that a human blade cultivator had locked her wrist, like a restraint, rendering her utterly unable to move.

Such pure power suppression, Junior Sister Bao had only experienced from Lionheart. Not even Hu Guang could suppress her in this manner.

The sound of a long blade being unsheathed was exceptionally clear, like the cry of a phoenix.

When the blade light flashed, Junior Sister Bao grunted, staggered back, and one of her arms was gone, blood flowing like a waterfall from the severed limb.

In fact, if her reaction hadn't been quick enough, shifting her body at the instant Lu Ye struck, that single blow would have done more than just sever her arm.

As Junior Sister Bao retreated, Lu Ye's gaze was already fixed on Hu Guang. With a squeeze of his hand, the severed arm he held turned into a cloud of blood mist.

He leaped, charging through the breach in the great formation into Violet Profundity. His Mountain-Shattering Blade chopped down towards Hu Guang. Where the blade passed, even the void was left with tiny cracks.

Hu Guang's heart was filled with bitterness. Facing such a terrifying strike, if he didn't dodge, his chances of survival were slim. But if he dodged, the Violet Profundity Grand Formation would be in jeopardy.

There was no choice. If he were killed by Lu Ye here, the formation would still collapse. So, Hu Guang retreated almost without hesitation as the blade descended.

The strike found nothing but air, but Lu Ye had already anticipated this. His figure was like a shadow, and his long blade spun like the moon, engulfing Hu Guang within his blade's momentum.

From the side, a figure lunged over, moving with such swiftness that it became a mere afterimage in Lu Ye's peripheral vision.

It was Junior Sister Bao, who had lost an arm.

This female demon was incredibly tenacious. Not only did she not utter a sound after losing an arm, but she quickly counterattacked.

At this moment, his entire focus was on Hu Guang, intending to swiftly kill him. He had no time to dodge Bao Youyou's sideways lunge and could only hastily construct defensive spiritual runes for protection.

A tremendous force struck. Lu Ye felt as if he had been hit by a mountain. His body flew uncontrollably to the side, and as the hastily constructed defensive spiritual runes shattered, even his protective spiritual power dispersed from the impact.

From afar, gasps of surprise immediately erupted.

The onlookers had personally witnessed Lionheart chasing Lu Ye away, and had been utterly disappointed by Lu Ye's performance. However, they never expected a series of unexpected events to occur at Violet Profundity Island.

First, Lu Ye, who was supposedly being pursued by Lionheart, somehow appeared like a ghost. He entered Violet Profundity through the breach in the great formation, severed Bao Youyou's arm with one strike, then launched a rapid series of attacks against Hu Guang. Bao Youyou seized the opportunity to lunge from the side, sending Lu Ye flying.

These sudden changes, happening in a flash of lightning, left everyone spellbound and their emotions fluctuating wildly.

A greater change occurred.

As Lu Ye's body flew outwards, the breach, which was originally only ten zhang wide, suddenly expanded. In the blink of an eye, it grew to twenty zhang, then fifty zhang, then over a hundred zhang…

Violet Profundity Island, a glowing hemisphere, seemed to be torn apart by an invisible force, ripped directly from one end to the other.

A crisp cracking sound echoed from the depths of every observing cultivator's mind. Bright lights danced across the sky, as if countless fireflies had gathered, showering down.

At the same time, humming sounds emanated from various crucial locations within Violet Profundity Island—these were the positions of the formation cores. The violent changes caused the entire spiritual island to begin to tremble.

The incredibly spectacular energy rain left every cultivator spellbound, because no one had ever witnessed such a scene before.

The light gradually faded. After a brief period of brilliance, the entirety of Violet Profundity was revealed in the cultivators' vision, making everyone realize something utterly terrifying.

The defensive grand formation of Violet Profundity Island, a top-tier spiritual island that had been maintained for tens of thousands of years — was shattered!

A commotion broke out all around.

The shattering of a top-tier spiritual island's defensive grand formation—how many years had it been since such a thing occurred? No one expected that simply coming to watch the excitement this time would allow them to witness such a historic moment.

While the shattered grand formation could certainly be re-established, the accumulation of tens of thousands of years was irrecoverable. How could a newly arranged formation compare to the previous one?

Inside Violet Profundity Island, thousands of demon cultivators stared blankly.

Even Hu Guang and Bao Youyou were in such pain they could barely breathe. The accumulation of generations of Violet Profundity demon cultivators, the efforts of countless ancestors, were now ruined in their generation.

For this alone, they were the sinners of Violet Profundity.

There was no time for grief, because an incredibly chilling killing intent had already enveloped them.

The two demon Moon Glimmer cultivators quickly looked to the side, only to see Lu Ye, who had been sent flying by Bao Youyou, already advancing towards them with his blade.

"Join forces and stop him!" Hu Guang roared. Although he had witnessed Lu Ye's strength and was filled with dread, at this moment, with the enemy having invaded their own spiritual island, Hu Guang had no reason to retreat.

With him and Bao Youyou joining forces, two against one, no matter how strong Lu Ye was, they could at least stall him.

Lionheart must have already seen the changes here and was surely on his way back to reinforce them. The shattering of the defensive grand formation was irreversible, but Lu Ye absolutely had to die here.

Hu Guang was certain that the Lu Ye before him was his true self, definitely not a clone!

Bao Youyou remained silent. The blood from her severed arm had stopped flowing. For someone at her late Moon Glimmer realm, while a severed arm was a serious injury, she could still regrow it if she survived this ordeal.

The two demon Moon Glimmer cultivators approached Lu Ye from left and right. Years of cooperation had given them excellent teamwork. Behind Hu Guang, the phantom of a Six-Tailed Demonic Fox appeared, its fluffy tails swaying continuously. His eyes became eerily strange, and incredibly mysterious soul power surged. Wherever it passed, everything began to distort; he had clearly activated a secret art of the Six-Tailed Demonic Fox clan.

This secret art could create incredibly realistic illusions, even affecting the real environment. If one's soul power was inferior to the opponent's, they wouldn't even know how they died.

"Lu Ye!" Hu Guang roared furiously, deliberately trying to attract Lu Ye's gaze to maximize the power of his secret art.

True to his expectations, Lu Ye indeed looked over. The moment their eyes met, Hu Guang was startled, because he suddenly noticed Lu Ye's eyes had turned blood-red. In those blood-red eyes, intricate and profound patterns rapidly took shape, and in the blink of an eye, those eyes transformed into incredibly bizarre, heterochromatic pupils.

Immediately after, the entire world turned crimson, as if blood flowed everywhere.

Lu Ye's figure inexplicably vanished, leaving only two blood moons shining overhead, their crimson light spreading in all directions, bringing boundless deterrence and fear.

In Hu Guang's vision, illusions proliferated!