Top enlightenment at 100 years old Chapter 649 - 632: Both Wiped Out, Forbidden Aura (Part 2)

A fearsome power surged forth, demolishing all obstacles in its wake.

Fairy Tianyan's form was instantly reduced to a spray of blood mist, her core essence completely eradicated.

Whoosh!

Senior Brother Hua Zhen showed zero delay.

He morphed into a golden beam and shot straight for the heart of the Divine Ruins.

Yet before he got too far, a gigantic hammer radiating boundless Dao charm crashed down from above.

Heaven-breaking Hammer.

Senior Brother Hua Zhen let out a furious bellow.

The golden pagoda hovering over his head shook wildly, seemingly struggling in vain against the hammer's blow.

But resistance proved utterly futile.

Amid the ceaseless thunderous booms.

Senior Brother Hua Zhen's body burst into blood mist right at the Divine Ruins' entrance.

This horrifying sight stunned every onlooker to their souls.

They could hardly trust what their eyes beheld.

Four Immortals plus a hundred cultivators had set up that array, but Ji Haoyuan effortlessly crushed them all in retaliation.

From whence came this monstrous powerhouse with such overwhelming might?

What's more,

Fairy Tianyan and Senior Brother Hua Zhen's cultivations were both suppressed by this realm's laws.

Yet how was he, surpassing them both, completely unaffected?

Countless doubts churned in the minds of myriad people.

Particularly among the cultivators inside the Divine Ruins.

Confusion and dread gripped them tightly.

Indisputably,

This was a man of true ruthlessness.

And no one questioned for a second

That Ji Haoyuan would stop his rampage anytime soon.

Events soon confirmed it.

Having dispatched Fairy Tianyan and Senior Brother Hua Zhen, Ji Haoyuan's eyes abruptly turned to the Divine Ruins' barrier wall.

He never forgot his main purpose here.

All that came before was just loosening up.

Now came the real clash with the Divine Ruins.

After all, their earlier actions had crossed his bottom line.

Besides, the Divine Ruins operated without restraint.

In bygone times, to usher Upper Realm Immortals into the Lower Realm, they sacrificed entire worlds in blood rituals to tear open the realm channel briefly, dooming innumerable innocents.

On top of that,

They unleashed heavenly chaos in this Lower Realm, warping heaven and earth's laws, blocking countless cultivators' paths forward.

Untold lives vanished unknowingly as a result.

To sum up, every calamity over the past centuries tied back to the Divine Ruins.

Hence,

As he moved to settle scores with the Divine Ruins now, his heart bore no guilt.

He lacked the strength before.

But now, wielding near-peak power in this Lower Realm, he held no mercy for the Divine Ruins.

Any future reprisal from the Divine Celestial Palace didn't faze him much.

Having learned Senior Taixu Bai and the Dongyue Saint Master had attained Sect Hierarch power, he knew he had solid support.

Thus, Ji Haoyuan struck at the Divine Ruins without warning.

Rumble!

Behold, a enormous hand glowing with five-colored light burst forth in the sky overhead.

That massive palm brimmed with infinite stellar force.

Its sudden manifestation made the Divine Ruins' barrier quake fiercely ahead.

Space cracked like fragile glass, crumbling apart swiftly.

All inside the Divine Ruins sensed an apocalyptic disaster descending.

Many disintegrated without grasping the cause.

The Mountain Guardian formations' lights flickered out like quenched fires.

At this rate, the whole Divine Ruins landscape would soon crumble beneath Ji Haoyuan's vast five-colored palm.

Those witnessing it felt bone-chilling cold grip their hearts.

What force could stand against such dread power?

Sects with past beef against Ji Haoyuan or those who targeted the Ten Thousand Laws Sacred Land trembled in fear.

They realized that after the Divine Ruins fell, they'd be next.

But just then, a palpitating force erupted from the Divine Ruins' depths.

In the heavens, a dark-gold giant blade materialized abruptly.

Its blade teemed with countless grudges and dark sentiments.

Even regular cultivators glimpsing it felt their Divine Soul teeter on collapse.

Mahayana Level Saint Monarchs felt dwarfed and fragile before it.

As though a mere brush from the blade would obliterate body and soul.

"Nanhua, are you truly intent on fighting us to the death?"

Right then, a gray-haired elder stepped out from the Divine Ruins.

Immortal glows swirled around him.

His presence outshone even Fairy Tianyan and Senior Brother Hua Zhen.

Incredibly, this was another True Immortal-level Lower Realm Immortal!

Most vitally, he gripped that dark-gold giant blade.

Strange energy pulsed along the blade's edge.

Ji Haoyuan heard agonized wails of myriad souls and rivers of blood cascading like falls toward him.

His eyes sharpened intensely.

At the same time, a flicker of caution stirred deep inside.

For he detected a forbidden aura lingering on that dark-gold giant blade.

Was the elder wielding a forbidden artifact?

Impossible!

Had they truly held such power, they wouldn't have let him dispatch Fairy Tianyan and Senior Brother Hua Zhen unchecked.

Something escaped his notice.

Ji Haoyuan's eyes narrowed instinctively.

In a flash, he unleashed his Dao-seeking Heavenly Eye.

With it, the third eye on his brow gradually opened.

It was his Divine Punishment Eye.

He maxed out both unique heavenly eyes.

Instantly, he pierced the veil ahead, a faint smirk tugging at his lips.

Everything matched his suspicions.

That dark-gold giant blade did carry forbidden aura.

But alas, it wasn't a genuine forbidden artifact—more like relics he'd seen, merely tainted with forbidden traces.

Facing such things, with his power, countering would drain him heavily and risk serious harm.

Yet he owned true forbidden treasures.

Forget the enigmatic broken copper bell; just the God Dao Tablet from an Upper Realm secret realm was authentic forbidden-grade.

Though that treasure focused on Primordial Spirit defense, not offensive forbidden weaponry.

Still, forbidden was forbidden.

Unleashed, its terror defied imagination.

Even Sect Hierarchs craved such items.

To use one, utmost secrecy was key.

So Ji Haoyuan hurled out several Immortal Treasures he held.

They landed in precise spots encircling him.

At once, an ultra-complex isolation formation took shape.

This array blocked all external probes instantly.

He knew perfect secrecy was impossible.

But buying brief time would do.