The Quest for Immortality Chapter 2240: Five Elements Source Armor 3

Yang Qianjun, Cheng Mo, and Ouyang Xuan, along with the other participants, experienced a sudden surges in strength thanks to the Five Elements Source Armor. They united in formation, unleashing a relentless and unstoppable offensive.

Despite the immense cultivation and power wielded by high-tier prodigies such as Shi Tiangang, Feng Zichen, Qin Cangliu, and Ye Zhiyuan of the Eight Gates, they could barely hold their ground against the pressure from Taixu Gate.

Those of lesser capability found themselves completely unable to mount an effective defense.

The common heavenly prodigies proved to be no match at all.

As soon as the Tai’a Five Brothers closed the distance, wielding their massive swords with devastating force, these opponents were swiftly executed.

Others were left dead or maimed by the relentless waves of Sword Qi emanating from Linghu Xiao.

In a single clash, the combined forces of the Four Sects and Seven Gates—who outnumbered the Taixu Gate disciples three-to-one—were utterly routed in open combat by the suddenly empowered Taixu Gate, falling one after another like grain before the scythe...

Outside the sword debate arena.

The witnessing cultivators were whipped into a frenzy of excitement.

Vociferous commotions swirled throughout the arena.

Only moments ago, they had been awestruck by the impossibly complex formations crafted by Mo Hua, yet now they were observing this stunning head-on engagement.

Could the hundred-plus elite prodigies from the Four Sects and Seven Gates, with their superior numbers and strength, really be so effortlessly decimated by a mere thirty members of Taixu Gate?

"What just happened?"

"Why would the Taixu Gate disciples experience such an explosive jump in power?"

"This is completely absurd!"

"Is it because of... the armor and robes they are equipped with?"

From the seating area reserved for the Ten Thousand Formations Sect.

Most of the formation disciples sat in shell-shocked bewilderment.

While they suspected the armor was embedded with some sort of power-enhancing formation, they were entirely ignorant of what specific arrangement could produce such results.

Only those with extensive experience and deep wisdom allowed a flicker of understanding to pass through their weary eyes.

High atop the Sword Observation Tower, several sect leaders from the Four Sects and Seven Gates slammed their fists against their tables in rage:

"How can this be?!"

"Are such armors even permitted within the rules of the sword discussion?"

"This is blatantly cheating."

"It is outrageous!"

"Will no one put a stop to this?"

"Is Mount of Tao really going to allow them to do whatever they please?"

The indignant leaders fumed as they watched their disciples fall, yet they dared not confront Mount of Tao directly.

The elders of Mount of Tao were known for their strict adherence to procedure, and every spiritual artifact allowed into the arena had been meticulously screened and verified.

Meanwhile, in the elders’ private chamber at Mount of Tao.

The elders sat calmly sipping tea, observing the chaos on the screens with faces that betrayed no surprise at all.

They had examined these armors and robes when Mo Hua first presented them to be checked into the venue, and their shock had long since passed.

At this stage, what they were witnessing was simply the natural course of events.

"The disciples of the Four Sects and Seven Gates truly earned this defeat..."

"That boy Mo Hua must be possessed by a spirit; he masters every formation he touches without letting a single whisper of it leak out..."

...

Far away, in the Dongxu Hall.

The agitation among the Heaven Void Ancestors continued to grow.

Those particularly well-versed in formations turned toward Elder Master Xun with shaken expressions, demanding: "Has your Taixu Gate secured the ancient Taoist inheritance of the Five Elements Sect?"

Elder Master Xun felt a prickle of unease on his scalp.

The Taoist inheritance of the Five Elements Sect was no trivial matter.

Possessing the legacy of such a legendary formation sect would incite envy throughout the cultivation world, a prize that even Heaven Void Ancestors would readily kill for.

This was doubly true for those in the Hollow Void Realm who dedicated themselves to the mastery of formations.

His Taixu Gate certainly possessed no such thing... truly, the depth of Mo Hua’s knowledge was an bottomless abyss.

Even he did not know when the boy had mastered the Ultimate Formation of the Five Elements Sect.

However, as the ancestor, he had to take responsibility for any trouble Mo Hua stirred up.

"It is hardly a proper 'Taoist inheritance'..." Elder Master Xun replied with a mild, steady tone. "He simply stumbled upon a small piece of it by chance, and the lad is merely having a bit of fun with it..."

The kids are just playing around with it...

The statement felt like a needle in the ears of his listeners.

The Taoist inheritance of the Five Elements Sect, representing the Ultimate Formation for augmenting spiritual power, was something countless people had died chasing. Was he characterizing that as child’s play?

How had this rigid, traditional old man from Taixu Gate learned to be such a provocateur after all these years?

The group of Heaven Void Ancestors fell into an awkward, stony silence.

Nevertheless, since he had admitted to the display, they concluded it surely could not be the complete Taoist inheritance.

The genuine inheritance of the Five Elements Sect was far too dangerous to ever fall into the hands of Taixu Gate.

While others might be ignorant, these ancestors knew the truth.

The Five Elements Sect had risen and fallen on the strength of that secret, eventually meeting its demise because of its own "Taoist inheritance."

That legacy, though superficially rooted in the five elements, contained a sinister nature that likely triggered some catastrophic disaster.

Elder Xun was likely not foolish enough to invite the source of the Five Elements Sect’s destruction into his own house.

In this world, some legacies seem glorious, attracting the blind greed of ordinary cultivators.

But those who have glimpsed the Great Dao, like these Hollow Void practitioners, know to steer clear of them.

The topic was set aside, and the ancestors did not broach it again.

Of course, this outward composure was but a veil; the secret machinations hidden in the minds of these ancestors remained unseen.

The only voice of mockery came from the ancestor of the Daluo Sect:

"From the Earth Sect to the Five Elements Sect..."

"How grand was Taixu Gate once upon a time? Now that your Sword Dao is fading, you have abandoned your ancestral roots entirely to feed on the formations of outsiders?"

The remark was biting.

Several Ancestors of the Sword Dao shifted their gaze toward Elder Master Xun with a look of undisguised contempt.

Elder Master Xun remained unfazed, offering no defense, though a trace of internal disbelief flickered in his eyes.

...

Back within the arena.

Fueled by the power surge from the Five Elements Source Armor, the Taixu Gate team tore through the defenses of the Four Sects and Seven Gates like a heated blade through wax.

They pressed their advantage, slaughtering nearly half of the enemy prodigies.

However, the remaining opponents were not amateurs; they shook off their initial terror and began to muster a defense.

With half their numbers neutralized, the valley felt strangely spacious.

This lack of congestion unexpectedly allowed them room to maneuver, and under the commands of Shi Tiangang, Qin Cangliu, and Feng Zichen, they managed to stabilize their defensive lines.

Knowing the Taixu Gate disciples were at the peak of their armor-boosted power, they avoided direct confrontation, opting instead to harass and wear their opponents down.

It is an ancient truth that no surge of power can remain at its peak indefinitely.

Though the Five Elements Source Armor was mighty, its drain on the user was severe. Once the initial surge began to wane, the tide could turn.

The situation evolved exactly as they had hoped.

A brief deadlock ensued as the skirmish paused.

But before they could truly catch their breath, a shiver raced down the spines of Shi Tiangang and his peers. Their skin grew cold.

They could feel the ominous aura of a formation being readied.

Mo Hua!

He was weaving another formation!

Shi Tiangang glimpsed the Spiritual Ink slithering like serpents across the ground, forming intricate patterns that caused the earth to erupt into prison-walls and vines to coil around their legs, trapping them one by one.

Linghu Xiao immediately unleashed a barrage of Chongxu Sword Qi to finish them off.

The Tai’a Five Brothers descended like vengeful deities, their giant blades carving through everything in their path.

Even Shi Tiangang, with his Vajra body, could not endure this combination of entrapment and assault.

He took a direct sword strike from Linghu Xiao, followed by the crushing hammers of the Tai’a brothers, which left deep fissures running through his impenetrable skin.

Ignoring his own agony, Shi Tiangang screamed at the top of his lungs: "Kill Mo Hua at any cost!"

"Stop him from completing that formation, or we are all finished!"

The command snapped the others back to reality.

Every remaining prodigy abandoned their caution, surging forward in a desperate, frantic charge toward Mo Hua...