Life span plundered, I became a detective and achieved immortality

Chapter 1113 Nine Formations of Deadly Strike

A startled shout came from the mouth of the peak sixth-rank Golden Immortal, like a thunderclap from the heavens, shaking the entire temple. The 108 star crystals embedded in the ceiling trembled violently, and thousands of starlight burst forth, falling like a meteor shower and spreading a dazzling carpet of light on the temple floor.

"go!"

Before he finished speaking, the lightning chains binding his body suddenly taut, emitting a buzzing sound. Purple-gold lightning surged wildly on the chains, as if millions of lightning dragons were roaring within them.

next moment......

"boom......"

The immortal power within him surged forth like a burst dam, carrying the might to shatter stars, towards the ship beneath him.

In an instant, the entire thirty-six-story ship erupted with dazzling purple-gold lightning. The Dao patterns engraved on the ship's hull were fully activated by the power of lightning. The runes of "earth, fire, water, and wind" and the profound meaning of "time, space, cause and effect" intertwined to form a giant net of lightning. The speed of the ship suddenly increased by more than double, like a sharp arrow empowered by lightning, tearing through the chaos with even greater force, and the flames on the walls of the vacuum passage became even more intense.

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The Tomb of the Three Yang Immortals, the Azure Dragon Immortal Boat, and the Azure Dragon Immortal Palace.

"It's accelerated. It seems we've been discovered after all. Sure enough, it's not so easy to fool these ancient beings who have lived for countless eons."

Su Mo raised an eyebrow slightly, his fingertips lightly tapping the Yin-Yang Dao Platform before him. The crisp sound was exceptionally clear in the silent hall, like the rhythm of the Great Dao. However, he wasn't too disappointed. Although it was still about a trillion cosmic years away from the optimal location for his attack, this difference wouldn't significantly affect his subsequent plans; it would be enough to wipe them out in one fell swoop.

"Move! Take them down!"

Su Mo's voice, carrying an unquestionable majesty, was like a decree of the Great Dao, transcending the barriers of time and space and entering the consciousness seas of all the illusory spiritual bodies around the ship.

Almost simultaneously, a series of cold, emotionless voices, high and mighty, rolled from the depths of the void surrounding the chaos, like a judgment descended from the Great Dao, exploding in the ears of the six sixth-rank Golden Immortals and fifteen fifth-rank Golden Immortals. Especially the weaker fifth-rank Golden Immortals, whose cultivation was in the early to mid-stages, were so shaken by the voice containing the pressure of the array that their souls buzzed, their consciousness churned, and they nearly collapsed.

"Activate the Reincarnation Dream-Weaving Soul-Locking Array!"

"Time-Space Broken Halberd Imprisoning Shadow Formation, activate!"

"The Fate Net God-Binding Array, activate!"

"The Great Array of Karmic Bondage, Bind!"

"The Great Formation of Karmic Fire Burning the Heavens, Annihilate!"

"The Great Formation of Fate and Death, Annihilation! Kill!"

"The Samsara Shattering Shadow Annihilation Formation, Absolute!"

"Slaughtering Blood River Devouring Yuan Formation, Devour!"

"The Myriad Immortals Annihilation and God-Slaying Formation, Slay!"

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The moment the words fell, the nine immortal arrays that had been laid out beforehand awakened like ancient ferocious beasts that had been dormant for billions of years. Hundreds of millions of runes surged out of the void like a bursting dam, instantly illuminating the entire chaos and turning the gray turbulent currents into daylight.

The first thing to light up was the Reincarnation Dream-Weaving Soul-Locking Array. Hundreds of millions of gray runes surged out from the void, transforming into invisible nets covering hundreds of millions of miles, which entangled the ship like maggots clinging to its bones.

A clear phantom of reincarnation flowed across the net's threads—the regrets of the past life seared like branding marks, the obsessions of this life bound like shackles, and the illusions of the next life bewitched like a mist, layer upon layer, weaving together the most alluring yet deadly dream. This power could precisely target the most vulnerable parts of the soul, causing one to unknowingly sink into depravity, allowing the soul to be locked away, gradually losing the power to resist. In just a few breaths, many of the weaker fifth-rank Golden Immortals on the ship had glazed eyes, and even foolish smiles appeared on their lips, clearly already deeply trapped in the dream.

Immediately afterward, the Time-Space Shattering Shadow Array was activated, and the chaotic void surrounding the ship suddenly distorted, like a crumpled piece of paper by an invisible hand. The flow of time became bizarre and unpredictable; one moment billions of years were passing by rapidly, and the bodies of the Golden Immortals showed signs of aging instantly, while the next moment they suddenly returned to the origin, with even the movement of a single strand of hair perfectly synchronized. Space, on the other hand, was like a repeatedly folded sheet of paper, tightly gripping the ship's escape light, as if it were sinking into a sticky swamp.

Countless afterimages appeared around the ship, each one pinned to its spot by an invisible force of spacetime, as if even moving an inch would require breaking free from the constraints of the entire Star Abyss. The ship's rapid growth suddenly plummeted, as if it had been bound by invisible shackles.

The Destiny Net God-Binding Array followed closely behind, with pale golden threads of destiny extending from the depths of the primordial chaos, weaving together like silkworms spinning silk into a net covering billions of light-years.

The silk threads, though seemingly delicate, contained the mysterious power of destiny. Every direction the ship attempted to charge, every flaw in its defenses, was predicted in advance by the Net, as if manipulated by an invisible hand, forcibly leading it to a dead end. The lightning power driven by the peak sixth-rank Golden Immortal was clearly enough to tear through the void, but it deviated from its course the instant it touched the Net, slamming heavily into another void barrier and stirring up a storm of turbulent currents.

When the Karmic Threads Binding Fate Array was activated, countless translucent karmic threads descended from the void, like the strongest chains. One end tightly bound the hull of the ship, while the other end precisely connected to the various causes and effects of the Golden Immortals' cultivation to this day—the bonds with their clans turned into heavy shackles, the grudges with their enemies condensed into sharp barbs, and the connection with heaven and earth entangled into a complex knot... The threads tightened more and more, firmly binding their immortal power and soul fluctuations, as if a dam had been built over a surging river.

Each struggle brought an even stronger backlash of causal forces, causing fine bloodstains to appear on the bodies of the Golden Immortals, with stinging pain spreading like a tide.

Then, the Karmic Fire Burning Heaven Array erupted, and dark red flames ignited out of thin air. These flames did not burn the physical body, but only burned karma.

The causal connections between the ship and the various forces in the Void Star Abyss, as well as the good and evil karma accumulated by the Golden Immortals through their cultivation, all became fuel for the flames, burning the runes on the ship's hull until they were dim and lifeless. The Golden Immortals suffered a sharp pain in their souls, as if countless steel needles were piercing their souls, and even their cultivation levels experienced subtle fluctuations.

The Fate and Death Tribulation Grand Array is even more bizarre. Countless fragments of the future emerge within the array, each clearly reflecting the destruction of the ship and the fall of the Golden Immortals—some are crushed into ashes by the array's power, some are ambushed from behind by their companions, and some exhaust their strength and perish in the chaos... These fragments are like the most vicious curse, transforming into invisible pressure that constantly assaults their Dao hearts, causing the despair of "inescapable calamity" to entwine their hearts like vines. Their originally blazing fighting spirit immediately dissipates, and even their breathing becomes heavy.

The subsequent Reincarnation Shattering Shadow Annihilation Array was even more domineering. Hundreds of millions of black and white intertwined runes transformed into sharp fragments of reincarnation, cutting through the void like spinning blades, instantly enveloping the ship within. These fragments constantly shuttled and collided, emitting a piercing "hissing" sound. They could easily tear apart the physical defenses of a Golden Immortal, and even more accurately shred the reincarnation imprints hidden within the soul.

Once stained by the fragments, even the possibility of reincarnation will be severed. It is truly the power of "absolute life". Several fifth-grade golden immortals with slightly weaker cultivation were accidentally grazed by the fragments. Their immortal bodies immediately developed wounds that could not be healed, and their souls were filled with a bone-chilling cold, as if even the foundation of their souls was being eroded.

The ensuing Blood River Devouring Array directly drew upon the billions of killing energies hidden within the chaos, condensing them into a raging river of blood. Countless white bones floated in its waters, emanating a ferocious aura that devoured everything. Roaring and pounding against the ship, the chaotic golden crystals on its outer layer began to melt wherever it passed, like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun, dripping into the blood river and instantly being swallowed up. The immortal aura emanating from the ship was also frantically absorbed by the blood river, transforming into nourishment for the array, making the crimson river ever wider and its power ever stronger.

The final, most terrifying, Ten Thousand Immortals Annihilation and God-Slaying Array appeared within the array, with the phantoms of billions of fallen immortal souls emerging. Some wore tattered armor, others wielded broken immortal weapons, each with a ferocious expression, emitting deafening battle roars, charging towards the warship like a flood bursting its banks.

These illusory immortal souls, though without physical form, contained the most powerful killing force they possessed in their previous lives. The flashing swords and the roaring immortal artifacts intertwined to create a world-destroying storm. Billions of attacks converged into a pillar of light piercing through the chaos, slamming heavily onto the ship. The entire ship shook violently, and the Dao patterns on its thirty-six floors flickered like candles in the wind, as if it would collapse and disintegrate at any moment.

Even more terrifying was that these nine immortal arrays were layered upon each other, their auras intertwined and resonating, like nine invisible immortal golden immortals joining forces to lay a net of heaven and earth. They amplified each other, forming a terrifying combined force far exceeding simple superposition, accompanied by a terrifying pressure that would make even a sixth-grade perfect golden immortal change color. This trapped the thirty-six-story ship that was trying to tear through the void to escape in the center, unable to fly away and only able to passively endure the array's attack wave after wave.

The ship trembled violently, and the Dao patterns on its thirty-six stories flickered wildly, bursting forth with dazzling golden light, like a dying beast struggling to resist the erosion of the formations. But the nine great formations were like maggots clinging to bones, their runes seeping into every crack and node of the ship's hull, eroding its defenses like ants eating away at a dam, and firmly suppressing its power core. Its once lightning-fast speed gradually slowed, eventually coming to a complete standstill in the chaos, becoming a trapped turtle in a jar, unable to move an inch further.

"This... what a terrifying complex formation!"

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