Chapter 567: Ten Li Star Sand Calamity Formation

Qin Mu and Jiang Miao had just rushed into the canyon with the box when they suddenly saw light flowing within large runic imprints on the cliffs lining both sides. The next moment, all the yellow sand in the canyon lifted, as if a massive sandstorm had erupted.

"Don't breathe!" Qin Mu exclaimed.

Qin Mu shouted, "Seal all the pores on your body!" Jiang Miao immediately understood, quickly held his breath, and sealed all his pores.

The yellow sand in this canyon was not ordinary sand; it was made of spiritual weapons. Every grain could expand at any moment, transforming into a giant rock dozens of acres in size.

If one were to inhale many sand grains into their nostrils, throat, and lungs while breathing, and those grains expanded to dozens of acres in size, the consequences would be unimaginable. Likewise, if even a few grains entered the skin's pores and expanded, it would be catastrophic.

The instant the fierce sand arrived, Qin Mu immediately channeled his vital qi into the sword pellet. It expanded with a clanging sound, its flying swords flowing like water, forming a perfectly spherical metal orb that enclosed him.

Even the most exquisite sword techniques would struggle to withstand the fierce sand and couldn't guarantee blocking every single grain. Therefore, he simply allowed the sword pellet to form a perfect sphere for protection.

In Li City, he had already refined his flying swords to flow like water, able to transform into any shape he desired, just like the Dumb Sword Pellet. Reaching this level of artifact forging was akin to a divine crafting method.

The moment Qin Mu hid inside the sword pellet, the fierce sand enveloped it. In an instant, the spherical orb was bombarded by countless flying sand grains, creating dense, numerous small dents.

The materials Si Yunxiang had given him for refining swords were of the finest quality. Although Qin Mu had earlier found the swords too heavy and difficult to activate, he now felt fortunate that Si Yunxiang had provided him with the best materials, which prevented them from shattering in this initial impact.

Even so, the sword pellet was struck flying, bouncing and ricocheting through the canyon at a terrifying speed.

Inside the sword pellet, Qin Mu and Jiang Miao were severely shaken, nearly spitting blood from the discomfort. Though safe from direct attacks, the vibrations from the sand striking the pellet almost shattered them.

Qin Mu immediately activated the sword pellet with all his might, maximizing its water-like properties. No sooner had dents appeared on the sword pellet than it immediately flowed and self-repaired. However, Qin Mu's vital qi was often shattered by the flying sand, making it difficult to activate the sword pellet, which resulted in more and more dents appearing on its surface.

"This killing array is more terrifying than I imagined!" Qin Mu despaired.

The moment they stepped into the canyon, Xing An followed closely, reaching out to grab the sword pellet. Suddenly, the fierce sand flew towards him. Xing An's expression subtly changed; his fingers trembled, and divine abilities erupted, repelling the flying sand.

"These sands are not right; they are spiritual weapons, not mere flying sand! My body is that of a true god; what is there to fear from mere flying sand?" He immediately saw through the trick, and believing he had entered the divine realm, he instantly rushed into the canyon, pursuing the sword pellet where Qin Mu was.

His strength was greater than before, but even so, advancing in this canyon was arduous, each step difficult. The yellow sand flew up, swirling everywhere, attacking from all directions. Xing An's hands moved rapidly, unleashing various divine abilities to block the flying sand. Even if some unblockable sand landed on him, it only caused a faint pain in his body but could not injure him.

Suddenly, he felt his feet growing heavier as some sand had fallen into his shoes. Xing An stopped, lifted a foot to shake out the yellow sand, but more and more sand particles accumulated on his body. The sand seemingly came alive, flowing over him.

Cold sweat appeared on his forehead as he desperately tried to shake off the yellow sand from his body. Meanwhile, in the canyon, loud thumping sounds continuously echoed. Qin Mu's sword pellet was struck like a meteor, crashing around, its surface dented and uneven, seeming as though it could shatter at any moment.

Soon, Xing An's legs became stuck in the yellow sand, and he struggled increasingly to free himself. Meanwhile, Qin Mu's sword pellet was also flattened, clearly unable to hold out much longer.

"This kid is going to die; I don't need to die with him. I'll leave this place first! Human King Creation Technique!"

Xing An let out a low cry, and his body suddenly shrank drastically, becoming as small as a speck of dust, thus escaping the fate of being submerged by the yellow sand.

He had obtained his Creation Technique from Ban Gongcuo, who had also cultivated the Great Educational Heavenly Devil Scripture. However, Xing An's mastery of the Creation Technique far surpassed Ban Gongcuo's, even exceeding Qin Mu, the Heavenly Devil Cult Master.

No sooner had he shrunk his size than individual grains of yellow sand suddenly expanded dramatically. Xing An looked stunned, seeing countless spherical boulders the size of planets flying everywhere and colliding with him.

Large and small are relative terms. He had shrunk countless times, while the sand grains had expanded countless times, making these sand grains appear as giant planets.

He felt as if he had fallen into a vast, boundless galaxy, but this galaxy was incredibly terrifying and chaotic! "This is a god-slaying formation, designed to kill true gods!" he realized. "This transformation, where the star-sands become constellations, is a formation that changes with my own transformation!"

Xing An let out a muffled groan, caught between two planet-sized star-sands, and nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood. After these two planet-sized star-sands struck him, they immediately split apart, only for two more star-sands to come crashing in, trapping the unavoidable Xing An in the middle and colliding violently!

Boom, boom, boom— A series of collisions echoed. Xing An's face turned pale, and he finally couldn't help but vomit a mouthful of divine blood. These star-sands were not actual stars but spiritual weapons dozens of acres in size. Their impact force was not as terrifying as imagined, but their collision speed was astonishing, and a series of impacts severely wounded Xing An!

Xing An roared fiercely, activating his divine abilities with all his might to strike away the enormous star-sands. Suddenly, he let out a sharp shout, and vast water spread behind him, forming a long river that lifted his body.

The long river swirled, rapidly weaving through the planet-like star-sands, narrowly avoiding each planetary collision.

Xing An sighed in relief. Just then, individual star-sands suddenly became incredibly bright, even emitting starlight.

In the air, rays of starlight connected between countless star-sands. Tens of thousands of star-sands merged, forming an incredibly bizarre eye.

"This is bad..." As Xing An thought this, a beam of light shot out from the evil eye composed of countless stars, striking him.

The long river beneath his feet shattered, and he was sent flying backward, spitting blood. The power of individual star-sands was not strong, but when combined, they became extremely terrifying, powerful enough to injure him!

In the vast "starry sky," countless star-sands converged, transforming into floating eyes in the air. Buzzing, beams of starlight shot back and forth, aimed at Xing An.

Those were starlight sword qi, extremely sharp. Even though his body could be considered that of a true god, they were hard to resist!

"I've been forced into the array and can no longer escape this killing formation..." Xing An despaired and quickly looked towards Qin Mu. Qin Mu had also encountered a similar situation; his sword pellet had been shattered, but using the Devil Shadow Illusion Technique, he transformed into a black shadow to evade the star-sand collisions and escaped a catastrophe.

The box and the little dragon must have been stored in his Taotie pouch.

Now, almost all the star-sands had transformed into evil eyes, floating everywhere in the canyon, besieging the two with starlight sword qi.

Xing An did his best to evade the starlight sword qi, thinking to himself, "To have this kid buried with me is at least not a loss... No, wait, I just became a deity, and being dragged to my death by this kid is a huge loss!"

On the other side, Qin Mu suddenly froze, looking up at a star-sand evil eye, his gaze vacant, as if he had accepted his fate and was waiting to die.

After all, Xing An's cultivation was powerful, and his physical body was incredibly strong, so he could still hold on. As long as he could figure out the numerical changes of the star-sand killing array, he still had a chance to escape.

Just then, he saw Qin Mu's physical body suddenly return to normal. Qin Mu raised a hand in a seal, and a vast star array of Great Overarching Heavenly Stars formed behind him, colliding with the starlight sword qi aimed at him.

A strange thing happened: the celestial stars of the Great Overarching Heavenly Stars were immediately lit up by the starlight sword qi. The stars forming the Great Overarching Heavenly Stars became incredibly bright, and with a hum, an extremely thick beam of light shot out, shattering a star-sand evil eye!

Xing An was stunned. He recognized this hand seal technique of Qin Mu's; Li Tianxing had also used the same technique before, called the Great Overarching Heavenly Star Palm Force!

In the battle at Heavenly Saint Academy, Li Tianxing had used this divine ability to fight Xing An, but ultimately still died by Xing An's hand. It was undeniable that this was an extremely powerful divine ability; however, Li Tianxing's cultivation was insufficient and far inferior to Xing An's.

However, Qin Mu at this moment used this divine ability to withstand the starlight sword qi of the star-sand evil eyes, which was truly bizarre.

In the distance, Qin Mu unleashed the Great Overarching Heavenly Star Field and repeatedly unleashed Great Overarching Heavenly Star Palm Force, destroying one star-sand evil eye after another, as if walking on flat ground, proceeding deeper into the canyon.

Xing An watched him disappear and tried to unleash the Great Overarching Heavenly Star Palm Force himself. However, he had only learned the Creation Technique from the Great Educational Heavenly Devil Scripture, not the complete scripture.

"Why is this kid able to break this array that can slay true gods?" He was filled with confusion and doubt.

After a long time, Qin Mu walked out of the ten-li long canyon, emerging from the ten li of yellow sand, and released Jiang Miao and the box from his Taotie pouch.

Jiang Miao looked back, seeing star-sand evil eyes flying around in the canyon and starlight sword qi shooting back and forth. He couldn't help but feel astonished, wondering how Qin Mu had managed to get out.

Qin Mu silently surveyed his surroundings, seeing a stream of yellow sand floating in the air like a river, continuously flowing. Walking further, he saw that the source of the yellow sand was a large cauldron, filled with yellow sand.

These ten li of yellow sand must have all come from this large cauldron. Behind it was a magnificent palace with red pillars and green tiles, carved dragons and painted phoenixes, exuding extraordinary divinity. On its eaves sat ten divine beast sculptures, with a crane-riding figure at the very front.

However, chains extended from this grand hall, stretching in all directions deep into the canyon's cliffs. The chains occasionally rattled, sounding very heavy.

Jiang Miao became excited and whispered, "The divine dragon's call I heard came from here! I can hear it even more clearly now."

Qin Mu could not hear this sound; he was not of the dragon race, and only the dragon race should be able to hear this call.

"Don't go in yet," Qin Mu instructed. He walked towards the chains and examined them closely. He raised his hand and lightly brushed the chains, and immediately, intricate runic imprints emerged from them, with tiny sparks floating in the air then scattering with the wind.

He then went to the cliffside and examined the runes. These were divine script, while the ten li of yellow sand was a devil array, used to refine true gods to death. Even stranger was that the divine script activated and powered the devil array, showcasing an extremely ingenious use of both divine and demonic power.

"To act by one's nature, to be purely natural, is the Dao. So whether it's divine or demonic, what does it matter to me?" Qin Mu's expression was calm as an ancient well. He said, "Jiang Miao, this is the doctrine of the Heavenly Saint Cult. Extend your hand."

Jiang Miao extended his palm. Qin Mu used cinnabar to draw a rune on his palm, almost identical to the divine script on the cliff face, and said, "Let's go, we'll enter."

Jiang Miao didn't understand the meaning but quickly walked into the grand hall. Inside, a divine dragon was heavily bound by chains that passed through its body, imprisoning it there.

He was incredibly burly and sacred, exuding draconic energy and might that commanded reverence. The divine dragon opened its eyes, looked towards Qin Mu and Jiang Miao, and suddenly spoke, its voice rumbling, "My kinsman, you have finally arrived!"

Jiang Miao quickly said, "Cult Master, let's quickly rescue this divine dragon senior!"

Qin Mu shook his head, his eyes fixed on the bound dragon, and softly asked, "Divine Dragon Senior, there is something I don't understand. Why were you locked here by the founding patriarch of my Heavenly Saint Cult?"