The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 230 - 215: Destroy Your Foundation!_1

Chapter 230: Chapter 215: Destroy Your Foundation!_1

"Hu! Huhu!"

The walls of the Nine Suns Tripod shimmered with intense waves of light, resisting the Spiritual Power Blades that shot upward from below.

"Puchi!"

The brilliance from the Nine Suns Tripod was continuously shredded by those Spiritual Power Blades, causing Yang Rui’s robust frame to tremble repeatedly.

Yang Rui, as if facing a formidable enemy, broke out in a cold sweat and exclaimed, "The array is too ferocious!"

Previously, when the "Heavenly Killing Spirit Array" attacked the Ferocious Beasts of the Alien Tribes, it only presented a vast mesh that transformed into a colossal Firm Cover over the summit of Yuan Mang’s first peak, exacting a painful toll on all who attempted to cross it.

At that time, the "Heavenly Killing Spirit Array" felt to Yang Rui like merely an array, an inanimate object.

The interwoven meshes did not have any profound and unpredictable complex changes; they simply arose from the edges of the summit and did not penetrate to the people and objects within.

But this time was different.

The "Heavenly Killing Spirit Array" that re-emerged seemed alive!

Each burst of Spiritual Power Blade seemed like a living being, capable of appearing from any area of the summit and precisely locking onto its intended target.

Yang Rui felt each Spiritual Power Blade was being delicately manipulated by someone, approaching its target like a carving knife.

An array that could be refined to such a degree was a feat of artistry that had reached the realm of Dao.

"Cao Mang, to evolve this array to such a degree, truly a rare talent indeed," Wei Wenhan couldn’t help but marvel.

"Pang Jian..."

Yang Rui’s brows twitched as he looked toward the increasingly blurry figure beneath the Star-shattering Umbrella and said, "Cao Mang, in command of this fearsome great array, is undoubtedly invincible in Yuan Mang. Even if Pang Jian possesses unique abilities, it will be extremely difficult for him to escape from Cao Mang’s hands, doomed to die beneath the umbrella."

As he spoke, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

The thought of Pang Jian dying underneath the umbrella gave him an unexpected sense of relief, as if a problem that had troubled him for a long time had suddenly been solved.

"What a pity."

Wei Wenhan feigned a lament, shaking his head and sighing, "The Sword Tower must have valued him highly, I wonder what kind of astounding Spiritual Artifact they bestowed upon him to make him shine so brightly in the Yuan Mang Fragmented Lands."

"Yang Rui, you must not be discouraged. Pang Jian was able to kill Jiuyuan and Lou Yunming by relying on external objects, not his own strength!"

"In my eyes, you, Yang Rui, are the foremost among the Hollow Profound Realm cultivators of the Third Realm! Neither the Protectors of the five major Sects nor the outstanding Individual Cultivators can truly defeat you with their actual strength!"

With these words, Yang Rui, who had recently suffered successive blows, once again puffed out his chest a bit.

The Nine Suns Tripod they were riding also drifted a bit further from the first peak of Yuan Mang and proceeded slowly towards the direction of the second peak.

At this moment on the summit, everyone was retreating in various ways, either drifting down like Jiuyuan on clouds or flying away by controlling artifacts.

Those who had not cultivated to the Spirit Condensation Realm and had no peculiar Spiritual Artifacts available simply strode towards the foot of the mountain.

"Pang Jian..."

Huang Qi, an Individual Cultivator at the edge of the retreat, watched the blurred heavens and earth beneath the Star-shattering Umbrella, and saw strands of Spiritual Power Blades emerging.

He couldn’t help but sigh lightly, "With such a fierce array at hand, Cao Mang is bound to fight desperately. Even I may not be his opponent, unless he can leave the first peak."

After hesitating for a moment, Huang Qi was the last one to withdraw from the summit.

He feared that if he continued to linger, once Cao Mang dealt with Pang Jian and regained most of his combat strength, he would focus his forces on controlling the exalted "Heavenly Killing Spirit Array" to slay him on the summit.

He and Cao Mang were cultivators of the same realm, and while Cao Mang was injured and not fully recovered, if the battle did not occur on the first peak, he had some confidence.

But he just couldn’t let Cao Mang take control of the "Heavenly Killing Spirit Array."

So.

Within a short time, as the "Heavenly Killing Spirit Array" emerged suddenly and attacked everyone indiscriminately like driving away pesky flies, the great array expelled all the cultivators from the summit.

...

In the small world beneath the umbrella.

"Tss!"

A sharp Spiritual Power Blade snaked through the fingers of Pang Jian’s outstretched left hand, alive as a Spirit Snake.

The piercing thin blades skillfully avoided his flesh, as if communicating with his mind, and flew in a manner that Cao Mang couldn’t believe.

More Spiritual Power Blades from the "Heavenly Killing Spirit Array" also clustered around Pang Jian, like thorn bushes protecting him.

This scene left Cao Mang dumbfounded for a long moment, his eyes gradually filling with terror.

"It’s you!"

"Pang Jian, the one secretly controlling the Heavenly Killing Spirit Array is you!"

"I spent ten million Spirit Stones and a hundred years creating this Heavenly Killing Spirit Array, and it has fallen into your hands, Pang Jian!"

"Pang Jian, you’ve gone too far!"

"Pugh!"

Cao Mang spewed out another mouthful of fresh blood.

He was desperately trying to suppress his emotions, force himself to calm down, and prepare to face the difficult situation that followed.

But seeing "Heavenly Killing Spirit Array," linked to his glory and even his life, demonstrate even more intricate and sophisticated changes, the Spiritual Power Blades being delicately controlled by Pang Jian as if they were alive, he ultimately failed to contain the terror and frenzy in his heart.

"The great array’s first sudden malfunction was also due to your manipulation!"

"Jiuyuan—after escaping from the small world under the umbrella and regarding me as an archenemy—it was you who attacked him with the array!"

"It was you, Pang Jian, because of your distortion of my Heavenly Killing Spirit Array, that made me misunderstood by everyone!"

"Pang Jian!"

"..."

Cao Mang’s anguished roars reverberated within the small world under the umbrella, not a word spilling out.

Pang Jian stood with his spear, facing the raging Cao Mang with indifference, listening to his towering rage until he paused, then calmly said, "Not just that."

"Not just that?"

Pang Jian gasped for breath.

He felt the bursting of the wound in his chest and the spilling of blood, and roared angrily. "Pang Jian, what else have you done?"

"Just because I captured that woman named Luo Hongyan, you seek such revenge against me? My Yuan Mang Fragmented Lands, my First Peak, my... my wife!"

The short-statured Pang Jian, from a standing position, abruptly slumped and sat down on the floating head of Black Iron Mountain.

His pillar of spirit, the career he pursued all his life, his beloved, were successively destroyed before his eyes, making his small body unable to bear the weight any longer.

Supposed to be fighting to the death against Pang Jian, he suddenly felt weakness all over his body, and just like that, he sat down.

"Jade Lake, that Mirror Tunnel that led the Alien Tribes here, it was I who opened it for you."

Knowing that Pang Jian was destined to die and having firmly grasped the entire Fragmented Lands, Pang Jian’s awareness stretched up to the deep sky above and penetrated down to where the Mysterious Turtle resided.

"The Alien Tribes, the Ferocious Beasts, it was I who led them to Yuan Mang, all to destroy your grand ambition."

Pang Jian coldly revealed the cruel truth.

"Pfft!"

Blood spurted wildly from Pang Jian’s mouth and chest.

It was all beyond his control.

"Boom!"

The First Peak of Yuan Mang trembled violently.

The tremor spread rapidly outward, affecting all the towering mountains and rivers!

"Crack! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

From the furthest Ninth Peak to the Eighth, the Seventh, the Sixth Peak!

Pang Jian’s proud peaks disintegrated one after another, and thousands of huge rocks rolled down from the torn mountainside, smashing into the deep valleys and beside lakes with crystal-clear water.

The Third Realm, the most famous Yuan Mang Fragmented Lands, was visibly heading towards destruction!

"Pang Jian, you mongrel!"

"My Yuan Mang!"

"My grand ambition!"

Pang Jian, driving Black Iron Mountain, rushed madly within the small heaven and earth of the umbrella, his small body seemingly fused with Black Iron Mountain and ignited with pitch-black Demon Flame.

Ferocious Ice Rocs, Blood Pattern Pythons, and Armored Demon Beasts burst out from the black fire surrounding Black Iron Mountain, attempting to tear apart Pang Jian.

"Sizzle! Sizzle!"

Countless blades of Spiritual Power light emerged upon the mountain’s summit, instantly flooding into the small heavenly space of the umbrella, filling the space between Pang Jian and Black Iron Mountain.

Immediately, beams of brightly shining, razor-sharp light blades covered Black Iron Mountain like ivy.

Ferocious Beasts, Demon Flame, Pang Jian’s Qi and Blood within the Firm Cover, and a few Spiritual Treasures he had summoned.

All were engulfed by the dense Spiritual Power light blades!

As the Mysterious Turtle hidden underground tightly merged with the Spirit Vein below, Pang Jian’s control over the "Heavenly Killing Spirit Array" reached a level far beyond what Pang Jian could ever hope to achieve in this lifetime.

To kill an heavily wounded Pang Jian, for him now, was no different from squashing an ant.

...

Outer World.

"Pang Jian is done for."

"Pang Jian’s control over that array has reached a level almost akin to the Dao, just look at all those tiny blades of Spiritual Power light near his Black Iron Mountain."

"Pang Jian, even if he escapes the coverage of the Star-shattering Umbrella, is still within the coverage area of the Heavenly Killing Spirit Array."

"This kid is extraordinary, but it’s a pity he provoked the master of the Yuan Mang Fragmented Lands and was too arrogant and domineering, doomed to pay the price."

Atop the yet unbroken Second Peak, the sighs of onlookers could be heard from some items floating near the First Peak.

Midway up the Second Peak.

Fang Boxuan of Blood Moon and Xie Xiwen of the Star River Alliance, along with others, stood on a protruding stone platform, gazing towards the First Peak.

From the Cultivators who had escaped the mountaintop, they learned what had happened, knew Pang Jian controlled the "Heavenly Killing Spirit Array," and intended to slaughter all the powerful individuals on the mountaintops.

They also knew that Pang Jian had suddenly brought out the Star-shattering Umbrella and was now alone on the First Peak, resisting Pang Jian.

"Conspiring with Evil Demons and Alien Tribes, intending to strangle everyone with the great array, Pang Jian should be executed ten thousand times!"

Some young disciples of the Star River Alliance denounced Pang Jian’s actions.

Others sighed with regret:

"Pang Jian was actually a hero, what a shame..."

He felt that Pang Jian, who didn’t retreat from the mountaintop in time and chose to fight Pang Jian to the death, was unlikely to survive.

"If Pang Jian doesn’t die, I believe he has other tricks up his sleeve!"

Shen Lei frowned deeply and said to the Spirit Condensation Realm Great Cultivators floating around the First Peak, "Pang Jian dared to activate the Heavenly Killing Spirit Array, daring to strike at everyone, he must have great confidence, he has ways to continue pursuing those who leave the mountaintop afterward."

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The disintegration and collapse of the far-off Ninth, Eighth, and Seventh Peaks continued.

Shen Lei felt a chill in his heart and arrogantly said, "The unusual activity of those peaks in Yuan Mang clearly indicates that after Pang Jian deals with Pang Jian, there will definitely be stronger methods!"

Xie Xiwen and Fang Boxuan turned pale with shock.

Upon further reflection, they found it perfectly logical.

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