Dragon-Marked War God

Wherever the mist passed, Jiang Chen felt a tremendous pulling force. It was as if he were stuck in a quagmire. The mist completely sealed off all the Origin Qi of heaven and earth around him.

“What a terrifying formation. It seems this Kouxiang Daqu wasn’t just exaggerating.”

Jiang Chen frowned deeply, his expression grim. The mist around him began to spread through the air, and it seemed to have solidified. The divine Origin Qi between heaven and earth was completely sealed off, and Jiang Chen couldn’t draw on it at all. The Cloud Mist Formation had almost cut off his way out. This guy really was determined to kill him. It seemed this was his last resort.

“This time, I refuse to believe you won’t die! Cloud Mist Formation, activate!”

Kouxiang Daqu used himself as the eye of the formation, because the energy the Cloud Mist Formation required was simply too enormous. It was equivalent to using the entire Immortal Island of Penglai as a cauldron in order to fully activate it. Once the Cloud Mist Formation was activated, the entire Immortal Island of Penglai would become a living hell. The Immortal Island of Penglai covered a vast area. Although it wasn’t the largest region in Penglai Boundary, once it was turned into the Cloud Mist Formation, the number of people who died would run into the millions. Those who lacked strength would perish because of it.

The Immortal Island of Penglai had a population of several hundred thousand, all of them true experts, the mainstay of Penglai Boundary. Even so, such a huge formation was very terrifying even for Kouxiang Daqu. Until the very last moment, he had never thought of using the Cloud Mist Formation, because once it was activated, hundreds of thousands, even a million people, would be reduced to dead souls. It was a deal where he killed eight hundred of the enemy at the cost of a thousand of his own. But Kouxiang Daqu no longer had any choice.

As soon as the formation took shape, the whole Cloud Mist Formation had become a living hell. There was no more divine Origin Qi. All the divine Origin Qi of the entire Immortal Island of Penglai had turned into solid clouds and mist that hung frozen in the void. Originally, even with Kouxiang Daqu’s strength, this was impossible. It was a great formation laid down by the ancestors of the Immortal Island of Penglai to protect Penglai Boundary, a supreme method of a Divine Emperor Realm expert. Kouxiang Daqu already felt that his strength wasn’t up to the task. Only by turning himself into the eye of the formation could he keep the Cloud Mist Formation running.

Jiang Chen was trapped in the Cloud Mist Formation. Even the divine Origin Qi in his body was constantly draining away. This Cloud Mist Formation, this Kouxiang Daqu, clearly intended to make the entire Immortal Island of Penglai be buried along with Jiang Chen.

“No, help——”

“No… my strength keeps regressing. Why, why is this happening!”

“I don’t believe it… What’s going on? I feel like I’m going to be steamed away into mist.”

Countless people were howling, and the entire Immortal Island of Penglai had turned into a hell. It looked calm and ordinary, but the Immortal Island of Penglai had gradually become a great formation that devoured divine Origin Qi. Those of low strength were gradually suffocating as the divine Origin Qi in their bodies was dissolved bit by bit. In the end, they became crippled, and then, as the divine Origin Qi turned to mist, they became statue after statue, turning into eternal stone.

“How could this be! The divine Origin Qi in our bodies is draining away too?”

Yan Qingcheng looked at Wu Ningzhu, who also nodded in shock. They had to admit that they could feel the breath of death too. Countless people on the Immortal Island of Penglai began to flee madly, but the ten-thousand-mile Immortal Island of Penglai had completely become a prison. Even Jiang Chen couldn’t escape, let alone them.

“If this goes on, we’ll probably die here. Even the divine Origin Qi inside the Ancestral Dragon Pagoda is constantly draining away. Little Chen must be extremely anxious.”

Wu Ningzhu frowned. The only person she was worried about was Jiang Chen, not herself. For herself alone, she didn’t care whether she lived or died. But Jiang Chen was the only one she had given her heart to, the person dearest to her. At this time, she would rather die first than watch with her own eyes as Jiang Chen was suppressed by this Cloud Mist Formation and finally turned into a stone statue.

“Don’t worry. Little Chen won’t fall that easily.”

Yan Qingcheng still had considerable faith in Jiang Chen, but she was also only comforting herself. If even Jiang Chen couldn’t find a way to escape, how could they possibly get out? Yan Qingcheng knew very well that Jiang Chen was their only chance and their only belief in survival. She wasn’t afraid of death, but if she had to die, she would die together with Jiang Chen.

“In life or death, far apart or together, I made a vow with you.”

“I will hold your hand and grow old with you.”

Wu Ningzhu and Yan Qingcheng held each other’s hands, silently cheering Jiang Chen on. Life and death didn’t matter much to them. What mattered was whether they could be with Jiang Chen. Watching Jiang Chen’s aura gradually wither, they were the ones whose hearts ached the most.

To avenge his son, Kouxiang Daqu had obviously gone mad. He wanted to use the entire Immortal Island of Penglai to suppress Jiang Chen, even at the cost of his own life.

The people of the Immortal Island of Penglai kept calling out, shouting, and begging for mercy, but Kouxiang Daqu remained unmoved. Since he had already decided on all of this, he would make everyone die along with him. That was his resolve, his original intention.

“Hahaha, Jiang Chen, let’s see how you break my formation. Do you see? Those people whose cultivation has been dissolved by the Cloud Mist Formation as they turn into mist have all become stone tablets one after another. And you’ll be next. Hahaha, accept your death. No one can escape this Cloud Mist Formation. This is the forbidden formation of death left behind by the ancestors of the Kouxiang Family. You can’t escape. No one can escape.”

Kouxiang Daqu said with a sinister smile. His eyes showed that he regarded death as going home. He was utterly determined.

At this moment, even he himself might not be able to escape the Cloud Mist Formation. By turning himself into the eye of the formation, he had already sealed off his own way back. To kill Jiang Chen, he had to keep the great formation running so that the Cloud Mist Formation could operate and dissolve Jiang Chen’s cultivation.

More than half of Jiang Chen’s divine Origin Qi had already been stripped away. More and more people had fallen and turned into stone, into eternal sculptures. Of the hundreds of thousands below the Heavenly God Realm, none were spared.

Jiang Chen’s heart shook violently and he kept retreating. But the Cloud Mist Formation, as it turned everything to mist, completely ignored Jiang Chen’s attacks and ignored his every change. No matter how Jiang Chen attacked, it seemed to be useless.

The dispersal of divine Origin Qi had almost sealed Jiang Chen onto a path of death. Their chances of survival grew slimmer and slimmer. With every second, his aura was weakening. The Cloud Mist Formation was invisible and formless, yet it was like the end of the world. The flowers, grass, and trees between heaven and earth kept withering. Forests became dead wood, waters dried up and marshes were drained, and beasts turned to ash. The spiritual aura of the Immortal Island of Penglai had completely turned into waves of death qi. The formation was boundless, and there was nowhere to start. Jiang Chen raised his head, and everything around him had long since changed beyond recognition. In less than a quarter of an hour, the Immortal Island of Penglai had already lost its immortal charm and seemed to be gradually becoming a barren wasteland.