Black, worm-like veins throbbed across Jian Wuchen’s neck and temples as the forbidden Blood-Boiling Pill burned through twenty years of his lifespan in a single breath.
His white brocade sleeves split at the seams as his muscles swelled with volatile, blood-red Qi. Snatching the discarded Cold-Frost Sword off the steps, Jian Wuchen stomped his foot on the central formation rune of the dais and roared like a cornered beast!
“Seven-Star Kill Formation—RISE!”
CLANG-CLANG-CLANG!
Seven bronze sword-pillars arranged in the shape of the Big Dipper shot out of the plaza perimeter. They linked with Jian Wuchen’s blood-red Qi to form a cage of screaming crimson sword-winds!
Up on the throne, Sect Master Xuanji (Goodness: 11/100) didn’t say a single word to stop him. Instead, Xuanji’s eyes gleamed with ruthless calculation.
Good! Sect Master Xuanji thought viciously. Even though Wuchen swallowed a forbidden Blood-Boiling Pill, his combat power has temporarily touched Early Foundation Establishment! Combined with our sect’s Seven-Star Kill Formation, he can catch Chu Lingxiao before she stabilizes her new realm! Once she’s dead, those ten million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and that Rank-5 Nine-Phoenix Sword will stay on Mount Qingcheng forever!
Up on the right-hand steps, Deacon Sun (Goodness: 9/100) and several inner-sect elders also leaned forward with bloodthirsty anticipation.
