Chapter 1044: Collapse

Mo Hua lightly chanted the character "bao".

And at this instant, the entire valley, filled with densely packed array formations, as if they had all heard Mo Hua's "summon," all trembled, lighting up with brilliant, even piercing lights.

These array formations were all explosive.

Mo Hua had been continuously drawing array formations from the start of the Discussing Sword Assembly until now, stacking them up one after another.

A thread of reverse change light subtly illuminated.

This was the half-step reverse spirit array that Mo Hua had buried beforehand.

This half-step reverse spirit array then ignited all the "accumulating power waiting to explode" array formations throughout the valley, like a flame.

A wisp of spiritual power began to reverse change first, transforming the five elements of spiritual power into a pitch-black collapse power.

And this wisp of collapse power, like the source of a "plague," spread rapidly along the spiritual power routes calculated and derived by Mo Hua, with a speed too fast to cover ears like thunder, spreading throughout the entire valley, blooming successively like pitch-black "poppy" flowers.

Flower after flower, patch after patch, array after array collapsed, covering even the mountains and fields, stacking into terrifying power, instantly triggering an extremely large-scale array collapse and explosion.

Above the Fangtian Huaying, it was filled with spiritual power reverse change, array collapse, and the terrifying pitch-black "poppy" flower that had formed.

The entire Discussing Dao Mountain was shaking.

Heaven and earth were completely pitch black.

But there wasn't a single sound, as if these collapses had swallowed even sound itself...

The cultivators present were all, without exception, shocked speechless.

Terror covered the faces of many cultivators.

Even some Golden Core cultivators were full of horror.

This was a terrifying scene containing large-scale spiritual power reverse change, array collapse, and the annihilation of all things that the majority of cultivators had never witnessed in this life...

Even the well-traveled and knowledgeable sect masters of various sects were temporarily stunned by the shock.

On the Guan Jian Building, some high-ranking nobles who were drinking tea also all stood up in shock, their eyes filled with disbelief as they looked out the window.

And in the Dongxu Great Hall.

The old ancestors who were originally unmoving like mountains, with their eyes closed and cultivating their spirits, all had to open their eyes, looking at the horrifying, pitch-black expanse above the Fangtian Huaying, the scene of spiritual power collapse.

A wave of shock echoed in the hearts of these ancient, calm old ancestors.

In the end, all the Dongxu gazes, without prior agreement, looked towards the Taixu Gate's Old Master Xun.

These gazes were mixed with puzzled, doubtful, shocked, inquiring, and indifferent emotions.

Old Master Xun felt immense pressure, his scalp instantly going numb.

His hands within his sleeves were all slightly trembling.

The scene before his eyes similarly shocked his heart.

At this moment, he truly believed that the horrifying "deeds" of Mo Hua, setting up a great array in his old home, collapsing a great array, and killing a great demon, which he had sent people to inquire about, were probably really true...

But being silently watched by so many Dongxu old ancestors at this time, Old Master Xun also couldn't show cowardice.

He then pretended not to hear or ask anything, assuming a carefree appearance, and continued to drink his tea.

As if everything before his eyes was still just a small scene.

You haven't seen bigger scenes, so there's nothing to be greatly surprised or strange about...

And the array collapse, the Fangtian Huaying was a patch of reverse change pitch-black.

Between heaven and earth, it was also silent for a long time.

After a long time, the shocked emotion that had been stifled in everyone's chests slowly dissipated.

The cultivators watching the battle gradually came back to their senses.

The crowd, shocked to the point of forgetting to breathe, finally took a deep breath and murmured:

"This is... what is this..."

"Array explosion?"

"Is this... Mo Hua's doing again?"

"That is to say... this Mo Hua, using array layout, triggered this terrifying explosion, and blew up all fifty-plus top heaven's pride from the four sects and seven gates, including the four heaven's pride of Qian Xue?!"

"All! Blew up! Dead?!"

"Is this something a human can do?!"

"Heaven-defying to the extreme... terrifying like this."

Sounds of gasping rang out in the field.

Someone also frowned in surprise and asked: "What array did he use? The power is so great?"

This question was a bit high-level.

The majority of cultivators looked at each other.

In the Wan Zhen Gate, the majority of disciples and elders also frowned tightly.

Only some senior, knowledgeable elders, only murmured and sighed with an almost unbelievable tone:

"This is spiritual power reverse change... it's a reverse spirit array."

"Reverse spirit array?"

"It's a two-rank, twenty-pattern... absolute array."

As soon as these words were uttered, the entire audience was horrified, a crowd of elders all changed their expressions dramatically, and trembled:

"Twenty patterns?!"

"This Mo Hua, has his divine sense formed a core?"

"What are you thinking?" A white-haired old elder shook his head, "How can a Foundation Building cultivator's divine thought form a core?"

"Then he this..."

"Not a complete reverse spirit array," the white-haired elder frowned and said, "Perhaps you all forgot, the final capping topic of the last Discussing Array Assembly was actually a method for a half-step reverse spirit array containing spiritual power reverse change, above two-rank nineteen patterns..."

"If I'm not mistaken, at that time this Mo Hua learned and drew it on the spot, comprehended this array, and remembered it..."

"So this reverse spirit array was obtained from the Discussing Array Assembly and used in the Discussing Sword Assembly. Strictly speaking, it can also be considered a kind of karma..."

A crowd of elders heard this and all nodded.

After the white-haired elder finished speaking, he couldn't help but sigh.

Whether it was learning the half-step reverse spirit array above nineteen patterns on the spot.

Or using this reverse spirit array to trigger an array collapse and exterminate the fifty-plus strongest heaven's pride of Qian Xue.

These were truly all extremely absurd matters.

He had lived for a good part of his life, taught arrays for countless years, seen countless array heaven's pride, experienced countless Discussing Dao Assemblies, and personally witnessed the birth of not a few array dao chiefs.

Each session's array dao chief was, without exception, a heaven's pride among heaven's pride.

But Mo Hua was still the most absurd array dao chief he had ever seen.

His divine sense was truly superb, his foundation incomparably deep.

He could control ink with his divine sense, draw arrays on the ground, plus this ability of spiritual power reverse change and array collapse...

Others were sealed as array dao chiefs because their strength had reached the level of an array dao chief.

But Mo Hua was sealed as array dao chief really because the highest level that the Qian Xue state boundary Discussing Array Assembly could seal was an "array dao chief."

He even felt that the four characters "array dao chief" were already a bit... not befitting Mo Hua.

These four characters couldn't fully explain what level Mo Hua's array standards had exactly reached...

And the origin of the "reverse spirit array" was similarly checked out by many cultivators.

On the Guan Jian Building.

Inside a sealed, but luxurious hall.

A crowd of array masters from the Tian Shu Ge were also whispering:

"This is... spiritual power reverse change?"

"Reverse spirit absolute array?!"

"How is this possible..."

"The Qian Xue state boundary can actually have disciples with such heaven-defying talent, who can learn such a heaven-defying array?"

"Obtained from the last Discussing Array Assembly, an incomplete reverse spirit array."

"So that's it..."

"Even so, it's still extraordinary."

"You don't understand, learning the reverse spirit array isn't scary, what's scary is using it so exquisitely..."

"His collapse method is obviously carefully calculated, including the array framework, array quantity, spiritual hub connection, collapse point, spiritual power flow and reverse change spread... etc. An ordinary array master wouldn't even be able to see the way..."

"Is it a derivation method?"

"Correct... I just don't know what kind of derivation method was used."

"Did he calculate it himself, or did someone else calculate it for him?"

"It's estimated that a high-level person calculated it for him beforehand. If he really calculated it himself, that might be a bit terrifying..."

"Even if a high-level person calculated it for him, the fact that he could construct these arrays without error during the battle is also quite extraordinary."

"He's a top array talent, sufficient to enter my Tian Shu Ge..."

A crowd of array masters discussed spiritedly.

And on the high seat above, a middle-aged, noble, and elegant cultivator had deep eyes.

This person was none other than the supervisor of the Tian Shu Ge.

At this time, he was looking at the Fangtian Huaying, his expression calm, and he silently recited:

"Mo Hua..."

He always felt that there was a lot of intriguing karma contained within this name, but when he thought about it carefully, it was a complete blank.

The supervisor couldn't help but frown slightly.

And outside the Guan Jian Building, the Fangtian Huaying was still a patch of pitch-black.

The aftermath of the explosion had not stopped.

The crowd on the viewing seats was still discussing endlessly, the Discussing Dao Mountain was noisy, and after a long time, someone suddenly froze:

"Not right... why hasn't the Discussing Sword Assembly ended yet?"

"Someone... is still not dead?"

Not dead in this terrifying explosion?

Everyone's hearts suddenly tightened.

All eyes, at the same time, were gathered towards the Fangtian Huaying, and no one spoke.

After another moment, the explosion finally stopped completely, the spiritual power reverse change aura gradually dissipated, and the black on the painting screen began to recede.

Heaven and earth, mountains and rivers regained their color.

Only, this color was gray, with black residue remaining everywhere after the spiritual power had collapsed and annihilated all things.

Occasionally, a bit of yellow-green forest, mountain, or stone remained.

And in this barren scene of annihilated heaven and earth, mountains and rivers, that slender figure was still sitting in his original place.

And from beginning to end, he just sat in his original place, allowing the heaven's pride to surround and kill him, the arrays to collapse, and the mountains and rivers to break, yet he remained unmoving.

"Is it... Mo Hua?!"

The expressions of all the cultivators dramatically changed.

The entire Discussing Dao Mountain was temporarily filled with noise, clamoring to the sky.

"Mo Hua... he actually didn't die?!"

"Not only didn't he die, he didn't even move a bit?!"

"How is this possible? How is it possible that he didn't die? Under this kind of explosion, he still didn't die?"

"This is absolutely impossible..."

In the Wan Zhen Gate viewing seats, an elder with a face full of wrinkles and a head of white hair suddenly widened his eyes and murmured in disbelief:

"This is... the life gate?"

This boy Mo Hua has already reached the level where he can calculate his own life gate?!

What kind of monster is this exactly...?

The white-haired elder's pupils shook, and the emotions in his chest were temporarily difficult to describe with words.

And on the Guan Jian Building.

The array masters of the Tian Shu Ge all frowned and sighed:

"Even the life gate was calculated well..."

"It truly seems that a high-level person planned for him beforehand."

"He entered the valley himself and then just sat there the whole time. Presumably, that position was the 'life gate' that was calculated beforehand."

"He sat on the 'life gate,' set up the array, detonated all the arrays, the collapse power annihilated everything, only he could survive by borrowing the array's principle of life and death alone."

"All things in heaven and earth, where there is killing, there must be life."

"Wonderful ah..."

"Using arrays to construct a scheme, advancing step by step as a camp, layer by layer as a net, in an instant, the killing intent erupts, slaughtering strong enemies, and leaving oneself a line of life."

"To not think that in the Discussing Sword Assembly, I could still see this kind of array means. This trip was not in vain."

"I just don't know whose hand this plan came from."

"Could it be Taixu Gate's five-rank array great ability, Old Master Xun?"

"It's the Dongxu old ancestor..."

"Indeed, this is a bit like the 'old ancestor's' means..."

The crowd exclaimed one after another.

Only the supervisor on the high seat, looking at that seemingly young but emitting an unspeakable strange aura figure in the midst of the barren landscape, his pupils slightly shrunk, a hint of inconceivable color revealed in his eyes.

In an instant, he even had a kind of illusion.

As if a young "strange Dao person" was smiling at him.

The big figures of the Tian Shu Ge had different thoughts.

And the entire Discussing Dao Mountain was still like a pot that had exploded, discussing spiritedly.

Perhaps they didn't know what a reverse spirit array was, or what a life gate was, but the fact before their eyes was clear.

Mo Hua triggered a shocking array explosion, indiscriminately wiping out all the heaven's pride, and only he survived.

That also meant that Mo Hua was the first in the Shura War.

He was the champion of the final decisive battle of the Earth character Discussing Sword Assembly!

The Taixu Gate, from top to bottom, was completely dumbfounded.

The sect masters of the Three Mountains were also so excited that their hands were trembling. At this moment, all words were difficult to describe the shock in their hearts.

First!

Not the first of the eight great gates.

Although the concrete points had not yet been calculated, Mo Hua had obtained the first place in the Shura War and won massive victory points. According to rough estimates, the Taixu Gate was very likely to be...

The first of the four great sects!

He was the first in the Qian Xue Discussing Sword Assembly!

This was something they had never dared to think about before.

Now that this fact was before their eyes, the sect masters of the Three Mountains only felt a tightness in their chests and could barely breathe.

The first in Qian Xue!

In the Qian Xue state boundary, where heaven's pride gathered and world families lined up, this was something that how many sects, how many sect masters, how many elders, and how many disciples had dreamed of their whole lives but could not obtain.

Although, it was only the first place in the Earth character Discussing Sword Assembly.

But from now on, as long as they made an effort in the Heaven character Discussing Sword Assembly, this first place might not be maintained.

Even if they didn't maintain the first place, at least the four great sects should be stable.

Guaranteeing the bottom four great sects would allow them to compete for first place.

This kind of immense fame and fortune brought ecstasy, making the three sect masters, who had dao lineages of several hundred years, almost show signs of unstable dao hearts.

But soon, the three people all gradually calmed down, and all frowned.

Under the ecstasy, they temporarily had no other thoughts, but at this time, after calming down, they only realized a problem.

The Discussing Sword Assembly... was still not over?

If only Mo Hua remained, and he got first place, then this Shura War would have ended.

Not ending meant... not only Mo Hua survived?

Just now, the ecstasy receded, and the hearts of the Three Mountains sect masters began to gradually cool down.

And in the crowd watching the battle, someone soon realized this point.

"There are still people?"

The noise gradually stopped, and everyone stared without blinking at the Fangtian Huaying.

Above the Fangtian Huaying, the smoke and dust further dissipated, the reverse spirit power further dissipated, and the line of sight became clearer and clearer.

And in the ruins of the mountain shapes everywhere in the gray residue, indeed, several other figures slowly emerged...

Shen Linshu, his face bloodless, the bloodline golden scales on his body broken.

Duanmu Qing's face was pale, her protective jade pendant shattered, her spiritual power overdrawn, and the Wuxiao Spirit Clothes Art, the dao law used to protect her body, had also completely dissipated.

Xiao Wuchen's eyes contained killing intent, his protective innate sword marks were shattered and exhausted, and the heaven sword in his hand gradually dimmed.

Ao Zhan's face was full of scorch marks, his war armor was blown to pieces, revealing his steel-like upper body, and the dragon cauldron body refining patterns on his back were bloody and blurred.

The four heaven's pride of Qian Xue were all alive.

And in the distance, another person slowly stood up. He was the most severely injured, his breath weak, but his whole body's sword qi was unified, covering himself, obviously still capable of fighting.

It was none other than the senior brother of the Da Luo Gate, Ye Qingfeng.

A total of five people had survived that terrifying explosion.

This instantly shook the entire field, causing even greater noise.

"The four heaven's pride of Qian Xue!"

"Da Luo Gate's Ye Qingfeng!"

"These people actually also survived, it's inconceivable..."

"Mo Hua survived because he's an array master and the array didn't blow him up. These people survived purely because they endured that terrible explosion's power..."

"As expected of the most top heaven's pride in the Qian Xue state boundary!"

"Deep cultivation, heaven-penetrating dao law, truly rarely seen in the world..."

"Now the situation is different again."

The crowd exclaimed, not sparing words of praise.

And the Taixu Gate crowd instantly felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, their hearts thoroughly cooled.

Among the crowd, Zhang Lan, Gu Changhuai, Wenren Wan, Murong Caiyun, Hua Qianqian, and others also sighed slowly, filled with regret.

On the Guan Jian Building, the sect masters of the Three Mountains also smiled bitterly and sighed:

"This is... fate ah..."

"Bloodline heaven's pride, top elites, actually this powerful."

"And the four great sects are also truly like four great mountains, fundamentally impossible to surpass..."

"To be able to compete to this extent in the Discussing Sword Assembly is already the limit of limits. If there's still no way, then it truly is..."

"All things are fate, not at all determined by people ah..."

The expressions of the three sect masters were disappointed.

And in the Dongxu Great Hall.

The old ancestors of the four great sects, the Shen family old ancestor, the Duanmu old ancestor, the Ao family old ancestor, the Xiao family old ancestor, including the Da Luo Gate old ancestor, all secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Almost... just capsized in the gutter.

This Old Ancestor Xun of the Taixu Gate is truly not a "good stubble."

That boy from the Taixu Gate named Mo Hua is also truly a monster.

He could actually, with the power of one person, force the top heaven's pride of their four great sects to this extent, making these old ancestors a bit anxious...

Fortunately, heaven still favored the four great sects.

The Da Luo Gate old ancestor glanced at Old Master Xun and lightly hummed:

"Arrays, after all, are external objects and are unreliable."

"In the Discussing Sword Assembly, you still need to rely on your own strength."

"Cultivation, body techniques, spells, sword techniques, these are the fundamentals for cultivators to kill, the foundation for cultivators to stand on, and also the root of the Discussing Sword Assembly."

"Your Taixu Gate has taken the wrong path. Clearly, you came to the Discussing Sword Assembly, yet your disciples can't even hold a sword, and they all rely on side paths like arrays. What kind of words are these..."

Old Master Xun was ridiculed, but he didn't say a word, only his gaze was deep, not knowing what he was thinking.

And inside the Discussing Sword Assembly field.

Shen Linshu and the others, although not dead, were obviously all heavily injured, and their faces were all very ugly.

Their eyes all revealed killing intent as they looked at Mo Hua.

Mo Hua was, so far, the only one who could force these several heaven's pride to such an embarrassing level.

The power of that array explosion just now was extremely terrifying, leaving several of them with lingering fear even now.

If it weren't for their bloodline premonition and superior dao law protection.

Plus the fifty-plus heaven's pride in the field who bore the injury with their flesh, reducing the array collapse power.

Otherwise, that one explosion just now, they all would have truly died.

And now, the surroundings were full of desolation, the mountains and rivers had become ruins, and it was completely empty.

Mo Hua had no more arrays he could use.

An array master without usable arrays was just a waste.

At this point, he was truly beyond redemption and would undoubtedly die!

Shen Linshu raised his sword and pointed at Mo Hua, Xiao Wuchen condensed his sword qi, Duanmu Qing pinched hand seals, Ao Zhan contained the strength of his dragon cauldron, and Ye Qingfeng also channeled his unified sword.

The five big top heaven's pride joined forces, all with killing moves, all directly aimed at Mo Hua.

The cultivators outside the field were shocked as they watched this scene.

This was the strongest five heaven's pride in the Qian Xue state boundary, five people to kill one person.

Looking across the four sects and eight gates, it is estimated that only Mo Hua had this face.

And facing the killing moves of the five strongest heaven's pride disciples in the Qian Xue state boundary, Mo Hua's expression was still very calm.

He lightly asked a question:

"Did all five of you go on that ship?"

This one sentence, like thunder on flat ground, was extremely sharp.

No one answered.

But the faces of Shen Linshu and the other five all changed.

Their faces all revealed coldness, anger, and even more naked killing intent.

Killing intent that wished to dismember Mo Hua into ten thousand pieces.

Mo Hua lightly sighed.

He guessed that the "young master" should be among these five people.

Who exactly that young master was, Mo Hua couldn't guess, but at this point, the question was also meaningless.

Anyway, the result was all the same...

Mo Hua slowly stood up.

When he was sitting, he was an eccentric array master who manipulated the overall situation, controlled life and death, controlled ink like a flood dragon or snake, and whose arrays were like demons that overturned strong enemies.

And when he stood up, his momentum suddenly changed, his eyebrows and eyes became sharp, his expression became cold, like a dust-sealed world treasure sword, looking around, his momentum awe-inspiring, like a green dragon overlooking the world.

Mo Hua's tone was disdainful and unparalleled as he said:

"I have a sword. Once it's drawn, all of you will die."