128: Chapter 128 Now, the game begins.

That crack, which had originally shrunk to its limit, suddenly seemed to be gently pulled to both sides by an invisible giant hand.

A passage just wide enough for a person to pass through abruptly appeared right in front of him!

Li Jiuyou's movements suddenly stagnated.

He froze.

What… is going on here?

Has the energy of the Formation been exhausted and it finally couldn't hold on?

A trace of doubt flashed through his mind.

However, this thought was quickly replaced by immense ecstasy!

Who cares why!

As long as he could go in, that was enough!

He no longer had the time to ponder the oddities within. The secret art of burning one's Origin had a time limit; once the time was up, he would fall into an unprecedented period of weakness. By then, let alone seizing treasures, any random Foundation Establishment Cultivator could take his life.

"Heaven helps me!"

Li Jiuyou roared inwardly. Without any further hesitation, he transformed into a stream of blood-red light and darted into that crack with a 'whoosh'!

Behind him, two or three Blood Fiend Sect Disciples who had fortuitously survived the energy explosion just now, yet were equally heavily injured, saw the Young Sect Master go in and hurriedly forced themselves to follow inside.

They thought they were about to welcome a monumental Opportunity.

However, they did not know that what they had stepped into was by no means some blessed land.

Instead, it was a tomb carefully prepared for them!

At the exact moment the last Blood Fiend Sect Disciple entered—

"Hum—"

That crack abruptly closed and vanished without a trace.

The entire Nine Heavens Imperial Thunder Formation radiated brilliant light, restoring its indestructible form.

……

Within the immortal paradise.

Li Jiuyou stumbled and landed on the white jade plaza.

The side effects of the secret art began to manifest, and he felt waves of weakness surging over him like a tide.

Yet he could not care about this. For the first time, he swept his greedy yet vigilant gaze across this paradise.

When he saw that magnificent lightning palace, his breathing instantly became hurried!

"Tianlei Divine Palace! It truly is Master Tianlei's Immortal Cave!"

The few Disciples behind him also wore faces of shock and fanaticism.

"We've struck it rich! We've struck it rich!"

"The Young Sect Master is brilliant and mighty!"

The few people shouted excitedly.

However, Li Jiuyou was not as optimistic as them.

His pair of blood-red eyes stared fixedly at the steps in front of the palace.

There, a young figure dressed in a cyan long robe stood with hands behind his back, looking at them unhurriedly.

That person was very young, with a refined appearance and a hint of an elusive smile at the corners of his mouth.

Yet on his body, there were no spiritual power fluctuations whatsoever, just like an ordinary Mortal.

Yet the more it was like this, the louder the alarm bells rang in Li Jiuyou's heart!

How could someone who appeared here possibly be a Mortal!

This person gave him an extremely dangerous feeling!

"It's you?"

Li Jiuyou stared intently at Zhao Ruoan, asking with a hoarse voice.

"Was it you who ambushed this seat outside?"

He could almost be certain that the bizarre attack which ruined all his plans earlier was unleashed by the person before him!

"Ambush?"

Hearing this, Zhao Ruoan smiled.

"Young Sect Master Li, you can't put it that way. Your Blood Fiend Sect played the mantis stalking the cicada, and I merely played the role of the oriole behind. How can that be called an ambush? This is called strategy."

Hearing Zhao Ruoan admit it, Li Jiuyou's pupils abruptly constricted!

It really was him!

To think he still dared to appear before him!

Moreover, looking at his fearless appearance…

A terrifying thought surfaced in Li Jiuyou's mind.

"The Formation crack just now… was it intentionally opened by you?"

"Congratulations, you guessed right."

Zhao Ruoan snapped his fingers, and the smile on his face grew brilliant.

"If I didn't open the door, how could I properly welcome an 'honored guest' like you, Young Sect Master Li?"

"You…!"

Li Jiuyou was so enraged that a mouthful of counterflowing blood surged to his throat, which he forcefully swallowed back down.

He finally understood!

From beginning to end, he had been played!

The other party was by no means some oriole fortuitously picking up scraps, but a meticulous and terrifyingly powerful hunter!

He deliberately interrupted his ritual, deliberately detonated the energy, deliberately blew open the crack, deliberately entered a step ahead, and finally, deliberately opened the passage to lure him in!

Link after link!

He was just like a stupid ox being led by the nose, stepping step by step into the trap meticulously laid by the other party!

"Who on earth are you?! My Blood Fiend Sect has no enmity or grudge with you, why must you go against me?"

Li Jiuyou roared hoarsely.

"No enmity or grudge?"

The smile on Zhao Ruoan's face slowly faded, replaced by utter iciness.

"A few days ago, on the outskirts of the Black Wind Mountain Range, those three Qingxuan Sect Disciples whose vital blood was sucked dry by you using the Blood Scripture were my fellow sect members."

"You tell me, is there any grudge between us?"

"Qingxuan Sect?!"

Li Jiuyou's heart shook!

He remembered that a few days ago, he had indeed casually disposed of a few prying Qingxuan Sect Disciples.

At the time, he hadn't taken it to heart at all.

Never had he expected that it would consequently invite such a baleful star!

"Good! Very well, Qingxuan Sect! It seems I underestimated you hypocrites!"

Li Jiuyou's expression was ferocious; he knew that today there was no possibility of a peaceful resolution.

"Even if you lured me in, so what? Although my condition is not good right now, killing you is still as easy as turning over one's hand!"

He forcefully suppressed the feeling of weakness within his body. The domineering Physique of the Innate Demonic Body allowed him to still burst forth with the power for a final battle!

"Is that so?"

Zhao Ruoan looked at him, a trace of pity carrying within his gaze.

Just like looking at an ant that was about to be stepped to death.

"It seems you still haven't figured out your current predicament."

He slowly raised his hand and gently clenched it toward the sky.

"I forgot to tell you one thing."

"Right now, this Tianlei Cave Mansion bears the surname Zhao."

As soon as his voice fell—

"Rumble—!!!"

Above the entire immortal paradise, that originally calm lavender sky instantly changed in wind and clouds!

Endless thunder clouds gathered out of thin air!

Tens of thousands of bucket-thick purple divine thunders, like violent thunder Dragons, rolled and roared within the clouds!

A world-destroying heavenly might descended with a bang!

Under this heavenly might, those few Blood Fiend Sect Disciples could not even stand steady; their legs went soft and they directly knelt on the ground, their faces filled with fear and despair.

Li Jiuyou's face was also as pale as paper, looking at the sky in disbelief before looking at Zhao Ruoan.

"You… you have taken control of this Immortal Cave's Formation?!"

"That's impossible! How long has it even been! How could you possibly refine the Formation core of an ancient mighty figure!"

He could not understand! He could not accept this!

"Welcome to my world."

Zhao Ruoan looked at him, revealing a demonic smile.

"Now, the game begins."

His palm abruptly waved downward.

"Thunder strike."

"Boom crack!!!"

The thousands of thunder Dragons in the sky seemed to have received an emperor's command, emitting earth-shaking roars as they poured down wildly toward Li Jiuyou and the others!