"HURRY! HURRY! WE NEED TO HELP THE PATRIARCH!" The elders shouted frantically.
They were trying to activate the Ocean End Slaughter Formation array. It was the strongest array they had in their sect, and it needed the support of thousands of experts to activate. Even the elders alone could not activate it and needed the disciples to join in.
The advantage of this was that they didn't need any extra resources to activate the array, and it would activate as soon as everyone was in position. Unfortunately for them, Lin Mu was faster than them.
~POP~
Lin Mu clenched his fist and cocked it back.
Spirit Qi and vital essence swirled within his first, turning into a spiral. But during this more spirit Qi joined in, this time it was yellow colored metal spirit Qi!
Replacing the normal spirit Qi, it filled up and spun with the red vital essence. The two continued to spin until they touched and merged together!
The yellow color of the metal spirit Qi mixed with the red vital essence and turned into a new color.
~SHUA~
Lin Mu's golden first shone in a new light. It was as if a sun was being born!
Like the orange rays of light during a sunrise, Lin Mu's first glowed in bright orange light.
"Boulder Collapsing Fist: Third Form- Metal Devastator!" Lin Mu chanted.
An orange beam shot out of Lin Mu's fist, soaring through the air. It was bright and made it hard for everyone to look at it. Just the pressure exuding from it was enough to destabilize the runes of the formation array that were about to be formed.
The orange beam traveled at a great speed. One couldn't even tell when it had already traveled a hundred meters far.
Ma Yun who had been knocked away by Lin Mu's previous attack, was barely coming to control his body, when he felt danger.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"NO!" Sensing it with his spirit sense, Ma Yun tried to run.
~SPLAT~
But he was too late…
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
~GRIND~
~SLASH~
The orange beam pierced through the patriarch's back, grinding his skin, flesh, bones and organs into a paste. The energy from the orange beam invaded his body rapidly and swam through his meridians.
The spirit Qi within his meridian was like poor villagers whose village was caught in the middle of a flood.
It was overwhelmed and drowned out.
The meridians were slashed apart by the energy, turning into mere dregs.
"PATRIARCH!!!!!"
"NO!!!!"
"HEAVENS!"
Several elders and disciples cried out. The weaker disciples bursting out crying as they saw the gruesome scene.
The patriarch's chest was directly pierced through the orange beam and a large hole was left in it. The orange beam traveled far and struck the ocean in the distance, exploding and creating a spout of water that shot almost a kilometer in height.
Red color could be seen in the water along with small bits of flesh and organs in it. The beasts in the ocean that had unfortunately been in the strike zone had been reduced to mincemeat, the water tainted with their blood!
~HONG~
Just as Lin Mu was about to attack the Patriarch again, he was blown away.
~BOOM~
A huge tide hit him and swept him away.
"QUICK! GRAB THE PATRIARCH!" The elders ordered as they controlled the formation array.
The Ocean End Slaughter array had already been completed!
Two elders rushed at their greatest speed and grabbed the patriarch before bringing him into their safe area. There were elders surrounding them and thousands of disciples surrounding the elders.
This was the safest place the patriarch could be.
Ma Yun's bloodied eyes could barely see but he could still here.
Even with Lin Mu's attack, he had still survived. He was after all, a Dao Treading realm expert who had lived long and had a high cultivation base. Perhaps if he had gone all out from the start, releasing his Dao Shell and using his Dao Embryo, Lin Mu might not have been able to overwhelm him like this.
"Healing pills! Healing pills! FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE TAKE OUT THE HEALING PILLS!" The leading elder ordered.
He was controlling the array and couldn't move from his position. Seeing that the others were watching the patriarch in a frozen manner, he had to shout out at them.
"AH YES!" one of the elders took out several pill bottles and poured out as many pills as would fit in the patriarchs mouth.
The patriarch's mouth bulged like a squirrel stuffing its cheeks with nuts. The elder then took out a gourd. When its cap was opened, rich fragrance of wine could be smelled. He then poured the wine into the patriarch's bulging mouth, helping him melt the pills and making it easier to swallow.
~BOOM~ BOOM~ BOOM~
Meanwhile, the other elders used the Ocean End Slaughter Array to use large waves to keep on pushing Lin Mu back.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"How's the patriarch!?" The leading elder questioned.
"He… he's stabilizing. But the wound is not healing." The others informed.
Hearing this, the leading elder furrowed his brows. He was the supreme elder of the West Ocean sect and was at the Shell Expansion stage of the Dao Shell realm. He didn't know why the pills were not taking any effect, despite the fact that they were the best healing pills one could find.
~COUGH~ COUGH~
"Patriarch!" The elders exclaimed in shock.
Ma Yun coughed and looked around. His vision returned slightly.
"You will be fine patriarch, just focus on recovering. We'll hold the intruder back." The elders said.
"Y-you… You… you all… don't understand…" The patriarch tried hard to speak.
"Don't exert yourself, patriarch," they advised.
"N-no… run…" Ma Yun spoke.
"What?" the elders were confused.
~huu~
Taking a deep breath, Ma Yun gathered whatever energy was left in him and mustered his will.
"Run… away… leave this place…" He said.
"No patriarch, we can't leave you here. We have to stop the intruder!" they said.
"No… I… this is not stopping… I won't live…" Ma Yun said.
"Pat—" The elders wanted to say something but were interrupted.
~SHUA~
The patriarch's body suddenly glowed in an orange light!