Immortality Through Array Formations Chapter 2365 Chapter 1080: Maniacal Madness (Part 3)

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Previously on Immortality Through Array Formations...
The Evil God True Embryo continues its relentless assault on Mo Hua, growing stronger with each passing moment. Mo Hua struggles against the overwhelming power, while the Evil God reveals its understanding of the concept of 'Straw Dogs' and its path to divinity. As the Evil God unleashes a powerful 'Evil Thought' law to silence its surroundings and prepare a decisive blow, Mo Hua is pushed to his limit. However, a golden light emanates from Mo Hua as he prepares a devastating counterattack, revealing a technique known as the Godslaying Sword.

The Godslaying Sword!

A tremendous shock reverberated through True Man Situ's very being, his countenance a mask of utter disbelief:

"This brat... how could he possibly be familiar with the Godslaying Sword?!"

"Could he be the successor of Patriarch Dugu from the Taixu Gate?"

"No, that's also implausible..."

"He's so young, and his Realm is so low; how could he have learned the Tai Xu God-Slaying Sword, an art that even the genius Sword Cultivators of the Feather Transformation Realm within the Taixu Gate are only qualified to merely glimpse?!"

"Furthermore, this doesn't even resemble a typical Godslaying Sword; this blade is outrageously immense..."

"What in the heavens... is transpiring?"

True Man Situ found himself adrift, profoundly shaken, his thoughts in utter disarray.

Meanwhile, the Evil God True Embryo, whose expression had been dripping with scorn, saw its own complexion drastically alter.

From this manifested sword form, a sliver of fear began to creep into its essence.

This was a terrifying combat technique, forged at immense cost by peak human Cultivator powerhouses, specifically designed to annihilate Divine Thoughts, possessing enough might to even slay a deity.

"Vile heretic, you have meticulously orchestrated this for a considerable duration, intending to employ this very technique to assassinate me. All your prior actions were merely in pursuit of an opportune moment..."

A surge of fury ignited within the Evil God True Embryo's core, and then, fixing its gaze upon Mo Hua, it sneered with chilling disdain, "An Evil God knows no true death; you are incapable of extinguishing me."

"Should you fail to regard all living beings as mere straw dogs, you cannot forge a divine spark."

"Your deity Dao is fundamentally too shallow."

Mo Hua's brow furrowed slightly. After a moment of contemplation, a spark of profound understanding ignited; his mind became suddenly lucid, and he grasped the essence of his own "Dao."

He turned his gaze towards the Great Wilderness Evil God True Embryo, his eyes holding an unfathomable depth as he spoke with measured solemnity:

"Heaven and Earth are not benevolent; they treat myriad things as straw dogs."

"Deities, too, are counted among the ten thousand things; this implies you are also but a straw dog."

"If all of existence serves as your offering, then you, yourself... shall be my offering!"

As these words concluded, the Heavenly secrets quivered; within the unseen, a mysterious shift in the currents of karma began, and a faint, indistinct thread of Heavenly Dao Laws integrated itself into Mo Hua's entire being, imprinting itself irrevocably upon his Life Chart.

If deities regard all living beings as their sacrifices,

Then, he shall regard deities as his sacrifices.

The pupils of the Evil God True Embryo contracted violently. In the next instant, it erupted in unbridled rage, its countenance contorted with ferocity, yet the underlying panic was unmistakable in its eyes as it shrieked with all its might:

"Insolence! Arrogance! Ignorance! What manner of being are you?!"

Yet, within its core, a vast, nebulous dread and terror began to take root.

"This is unequivocally no ordinary heretic!"

"I must utterly obliterate this heretic here and now, to preempt any future calamities!"

At any conceivable cost!

The Great Wilderness Evil God True Embryo fixed its gaze with an utterly terrifying intensity, and even at the expense of depleting its Vital Energy, it commenced drawing upon its Origin Power.

A deeper, more potent form of Evil God Power suffused its twin horns; between them, the Divine Skill Evil Power intensified, growing darker still, even exhibiting a subtle flicker reminiscent of the void itself.

This escalating power drained the color from True Man Situ's face, rendering it utterly pallid.

Across the expanse, Mo Hua's expression mirrored the gravity of the situation, equally grave.

Yet, the arrow was already nocked, its release inevitable; his Godslaying Sword had achieved its full charge, its entire form resembling a sword piercing the heavens, immeasurably vast and boundless.

In terms of sheer momentum, Mo Hua and this juvenile Evil God stood on equal footing. However, in terms of Origin Power derived from Divine Thought, Mo Hua still held a slight disadvantage; if the confrontation were to escalate to an all-out battle, predicting the outcome of life and death would be exceedingly difficult.

Precisely as the killing moves of both combatants were on the verge of collision-

Mo Hua's features abruptly turned ashen, his pupils instantly darkening to an absolute pitch black. An ancient, sinister, demonic aura, one possessing the power to sever the self, sever emotions, and even obliterate all existence, swiftly permeated the Godslaying Sword.

This drastic alteration in Sword Dao Law occurred with such blinding speed that True Man Situ did not even register its occurrence.

The Evil God True Embryo, taken completely by surprise, then snapped its eyes wide open; within its cold, malevolent Evil God irises, there was naught but profound incredulity:

"The aura of a Heavenly Demon?!"

"How is such a thing possible?"

"This whelp... what in the blazes is he?!"

Before it could even fully process this revelation, in the very next instant, the "insidious and contemptible" Mo Hua let out a piercing, cold shout:

"Slash!"

Through pure gold Taoization, his Twenty Patterns Golden Core Divine Thought flawlessly integrated the Qianxue Five Elements Sword Formation, the Taixu origin-flow Sword Intent, and the terrifying Heavenly Demon Path. He condensed all these complex and profound Laws into a singular entity, forging the most colossal and potent "Taixu God-Slaying Giant Sword" Mo Hua had ever manifested.

With that singular command - "Slash."

The colossal sword descended like a celestial river, the very fabric of existence tearing as it met the Evil God's terrifying Divine Skill.

A maelstrom of five-colored light clashed with surging, dark-red malevolence, like deluges threatening to drown worlds.

The entirety of the Evil God's nightmare realm quaked and contorted.

True Man Situ, caught in the chaotic aftershocks, felt as though he were at the epicenter of an onslaught of Divine Thought, his Primordial Spirit flickering like a candle flame, on the brink of oblivion. Yet, time and again, a thread of life persisted, as if an unseen force purposefully shielded him from complete annihilation.

Still, within True Man Situ's heart, tumultuous emotions raged.

Never before in his existence had he witnessed a human's Divine Thought unleashed with such ferocity, akin to a tempest and a tidal wave.

After an extended period of disarray, the storm of Divine Thought finally began to abate.

As his shaken spirit gradually settled, True Man Situ slowly unsealed his eyes, only to perceive that the Evil God's nightmarish altar had been reduced to utter ruin.

Amidst the devastation, Mo Hua stood, the colossal sword still grasped in his hand.

Facing him, the Evil God's True Embryo had been brutally bifurcated, split from its shoulder all the way to its abdomen.

True Man Situ's expression faltered, disbelief clouding his features. "He actually... cleaved the Evil God in twain?"

But in the following instant, the Evil God's eyes shifted, and True Man Situ's heart constricted.

It was not defeated!

This Evil God—it was still alive!

Ultimately, Mo Hua's cultivation realm proved insufficient. While the Godslaying Sword had indeed sundered the Evil God, and the Heavenly Demon Path had stymied the regeneration of its Divine Body, he could not sever its very Origin.

With its Divine Body fractured and its Origin wounded, the Evil God True Embryo experienced, for the very first time since its genesis, the chilling sensation of "lingering dread."

That formidable Divine Thought manifested flesh-body.

That peerless Godslaying Swordsmanship. That ancient, enigmatic Heavenly Demon Path.

This "heretic" standing before it—whether man, deity, or Demon—was undeniably a being that commanded wariness even from the gods themselves.

However...

The Evil God True Embryo gazed upon Mo Hua and let out a chilling sneer, "An Evil God does not perish. I informed you, you are incapable of slaying me..."

Mo Hua's countenance was tinged with pallor, and he offered a nod. "I am aware. I cannot slay you."

Having spoken, Mo Hua's lips parted slightly.

The Evil God detected an imminent threat, its visage contorting. "You... what do you intend to do?"

Mo Hua remained silent. He raised the "colossal sword" forged from Divine Thought, charged forward, and with a decisive strike, tore the Evil God's True Embryo into countless fragments, its dark ichor splashing across the ground.

Then, Mo Hua opened his maw and inhaled with immense force, drawing both the Evil God's "blood" and "flesh" into his mouth before swallowing it whole.

Witnessing this horrifying spectacle, True Man Situ felt as though his very heart and soul were about to erupt.

He could never have conceived, not even in his wildest nightmares, that someone in this world would capture a newly formed Evil God, dismember it into eight pieces, and then proceed to...

Consume it alive?!

This utterly depraved and savagely terrifying scene struck True Man Situ's aged heart, sending shivers of cold dread down his entire body...