"Still talking tough even when death is at your door!"
One of the Great Dao Destiny Bearers stepped forward, snarling viciously, "That Primordial Pearl your Taixu Grotto obtained from an ancient ruin—did you really think no one would find out?
Hmph!
Old man!
If you know what's good for you, hand it over quietly. Otherwise, we'll slaughter every last one of you and wipe out your entire Taixu Grotto!"
Taixu Grotto obtained a Primordial Pearl from an ancient ruin?
Was such a thing true?
Elder Tongbei's thoughts raced like lightning. If this were true, it must have been done by other fellow disciples of Taixu Grotto.
Thinking this, Elder Tongbei felt both joy and worry.
The joy came from knowing that a Primordial Pearl was an extremely rare heaven-earth treasure, even more precious by far than a Great Dao innate treasure.
One must understand that a Primordial Pearl is condensed from primordial origin, containing a pure essence of heaven and earth, its value beyond estimation.
In Elder Tongbei's mind, if this were true, if their Taixu Grotto's fellow disciples had truly obtained a Primordial Pearl from an ancient ruin, then it wasn't impossible for their Taixu Grotto to rise again relying on this pearl.
An exaggeration?
Not at all.
The value of a Primordial Pearl was absolutely not limited to that.
However.
What worried Elder Tongbei was that if this matter hadn't spread, their Taixu Grotto might still be able to protect this Primordial Pearl. But once the news spread, given Taixu Grotto's current strength, they simply couldn't protect it. Not only could they not protect it, they would bring about their own destruction because of it.
What distressed Elder Tongbei was that he didn't even know where the other fellow disciples of Taixu Grotto were now, much less their current condition, whether they were alive or dead.
Now that even this group led by the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor knew the news, then most likely all the other beings who had entered the Primordial Black Hole knew as well.
Thinking of this, Elder Tongbei couldn't help but begin to worry, fearing that the others from Taixu Grotto might have already met with disaster.
"You!
Have!
No!
Idea!
What!
Death!
Means!"
The Heavenly Dragon True Emperor stared at Elder Tongbei inside the Taixu Sword Formation, each word spat out with sharp, piercing killing intent.
He was furious!
And he finally made his move.
Raising his arm, he struck the Taixu Sword Formation with a single palm.
This palm strike was like the roar of a dragon and the crash of thunder, as if heaven was collapsing and earth rending—utterly terrifying.
With a deafening boom, the Taixu Sword Formation, which resembled a sword-peak pagoda, instantly dimmed and trembled violently.
Inside the Taixu Sword Formation, Elder Tongbei grunted, his face turning deathly pale. He waved his arms, continuously forming hand seals to support the formation.
The sword was the Life-Transformation Sword, the formation was the Taixu Formation.
And both the Life-Transformation Sword and the Taixu Formation were creations of the legendary Taixu Sword Formation that once dominated the Primordial Age.
Though shocked in his heart, Elder Tongbei still believed that as long as he could hold the Taixu Sword Formation, the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor would be powerless against them.
"Today, this Emperor will see just how long you can hold out!"
As the words fell, a sinister, ghostly smile curled at the corner of the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor's mouth. As he withdrew his palm, a black radiance gradually suffused his body. This radiance burned fiercely like flames, followed by billowing black smoke.
Seeing this,
the two Great Dao Destiny Bearers, the three Great Dao Star Lords, and the twenty-odd Original Sin Manifestation Bodies beside him all showed fear, immediately retreating.
A roar—
A dragon's cry exploded forth, seeming to pierce through the entire void of Kan Palace.
A colossal entity coalesced into being.
A dragon—a black dragon!
This dragon possessed a pair of blood-red eyes, sharp fangs, and black scales that seemed to be burning all over, emitting rolling smoke.
This dragon looked utterly evil, like a wicked dragon from hell, containing a dark and sinister aura, and even more terrifying Original Sin power.
Roar!
The black Evil Dragon transformed, coiling around the Taixu Sword Formation and spiraling upward. Under the Evil Dragon's coils, the radiance of the Taixu Sword Formation grew increasingly faint. The profound runes on the sword body also began to twist and blur. With a series of crisp cracking sounds, the Taixu Sword Formation emitted successive explosive booms, trembling more and more violently.
The black Evil Dragon had already wrapped itself around the Taixu Sword Formation, looking like an evil dragon coiled around a mountain peak, the dragon's head exactly aligned with the tip of the Taixu Sword Formation.
Roar!
The black Evil Dragon shook its head, emitting roars of fury.
Waves of dark power, waves of Original Sin power, waves of Evil Dragon power surged against the Taixu Sword Formation like raging tides.
Bang!
Inside the Taixu Sword Formation, one of the Taixu Grotto seniors was instantly shaken until blood flowed from all seven orifices, falling unconscious.
Then another.
In less than a few breaths, all the original eight or nine Taixu Grotto seniors had been shaken by the terrifying power of the black Evil Dragon summoned by the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor until blood flowed from all seven orifices and they fell unconscious.
Only Elder Tongbei remained, gritting his teeth, holding his ground.
He knew the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor's strength was formidable.
Yes.
He knew.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have activated the Taixu Sword Formation to defend upon encountering the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor here.
However.
Only now, at this moment, did he realize the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor's power was far more terrifying than he had imagined.
The dark power contained within that black Evil Dragon, that Original Sin power, that Heavenly Dragon power—could only be described with the word 'terrifying'. He knew that if he weren't inside the Taixu Sword Formation, he would have died countless times over already.
Originally, he had been full of confidence in the Taixu Sword Formation. But now, as he felt the black Evil Dragon growing increasingly dreadful, his confidence was dissipating bit by bit.
What shocked and horrified him even more was that it was only when the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor made his move just now that he could see—the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor outside was actually an avatar!
That's right!
Merely an avatar of the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor.
If a single avatar was this terrifying, one couldn't imagine how powerful his true form must be!
He didn't dare think, nor could he imagine!
Another dragon's roar sounded—the black Evil Dragon roared, containing rolling dark, sinister Original Sin power.
The Taixu Sword Formation had stopped trembling. Under the coils of the dark Evil Dragon, it had become completely twisted and blurred. The Taixu radiance had long since dissipated. Even the profound runes on the Taixu Sword Formation were gradually dispersing.
With a retching sound, Elder Tongbei vomited blood from his mouth and nose.
He didn't know if he could hold the Taixu Sword Formation. He only knew that as long as he had a breath left, he could not give up!
"Supreme Taixu Nothingness, Great Dao Non-Action!"
Elder Tongbei shouted the eight profound syllables with all his might. As he formed hand seals, the Life-Transformation Sword before his chest began to rotate around him, faster and faster. Then, it merged with Elder Tongbei into one.
At this moment.
Elder Tongbei was no longer Elder Tongbei, but the Life-Transformation Sword.
At this moment.
The Life-Transformation Sword was no longer the Life-Transformation Sword, but Elder Tongbei!
Whether it was Elder Tongbei or the Life-Transformation Sword, no one could tell. It looked as if Elder Tongbei was still sitting there cross-legged, yet also as if the Life-Transformation Sword was standing there.