Chapter 719: Spirit Fragmentation (1/2)

In total, five thousand immortals from the ten clans were arranged in a majestic formation around the altar.

Lu Yun took some time to consider his options. It would be one thing if the five thousand were loosely stationed around the structure. He could’ve used the Sugato Sword to wipe them out in a single attack.

However, they were arrayed in a battle formation that amplified their strength many times over. As things stood, they could erase him from existence with a single strike. Anyone in a position to enter the central world was at least a void-ascended immortal, or an immortal who’d integrated a formation of heaven and earth into themselves.

“Strange, this battle formation is ever-changing and in continuous motion, as if it’s gone through a great deal of trial and error and withstood the test of time. But it’s been at most seven or eight days since they came in here. Plus, these people…”

Opening the Spectral Eye, he immediately grasped their identities. These ten clans all hailed from ten different places and weren’t even affiliated with the same celestial court. Stranger still, it’d taken them less than ten days to fully grasp the formation.

It didn’t make sense at all, no matter how he thought about it.

“Hmm?” He froze when all five thousand immortals below suddenly looked up, their eyes landing simultaneously on him.

How was this possible? He’d use Size Manipulation to shrink himself to an infinitesimal particle standing on top of a speck of dust suspended in the air. Without forewarning and a meticulous search, not even dao immortals would detect his presence.

Yet here he was, the eyes and consciousnesses of the true immortals below firmly locked onto him.

“Raaaaaargh!!!” The five thousand immortals roared in unison like wild beasts. Light beams the color of blood shot into the sky and formed a giant scarlet skeleton that charged at Lu Yun.

“Wait a minute! This isn’t a battle formation! They’ve all been possessed by something!”  Color draining from his face in fright, Lu Yun immediately jumped away from the speck of dust and resumed his normal size. The Sugato Sword appeared above him, its sword curtains trailing down and forming a shield in front of him.

Boom!

The scarlet skeleton rammed viciously into the sword curtain and jolted the Sugato Sword. It felt like a massive mountain had crashed into him as a great ball of fire burned in Lu Yun’s chest. Shaken, he coughed up blood by the mouthful.

“Spirit Fragmentation!! This is the Spirit Fragmentation art of the shamanic divines!” Hurtling backward from the impact, Lu Yun’s thoughts nevertheless continued to circulate at full speed and recognized the nature of this scarlet skeleton.

Spirit Fragmentation was a combat art unique to the shamanic divines. By separating one’s mind into many parts, a powerhouse could take up residence in the minds of other organisms like a parasite.

For example, these five thousand immortals were clearly inhabited by the mind of one such powerhouse, yet they’d retained their self-awareness and were still alive, so not even the Spectral Eye had spotted anything abnormal.

But once the art was activated, the five thousand immortals could be manipulated to act like a single entity.

“This is the consciousness of a dao immortal… He’s possessed five thousand people, and with the help of their nascent spirits and a special method, he’s restored his strength to its peak!”

Heart pounding, Lu Yun forced himself to regain his balance and suppress his injuries. The unknown shamanic divine had split his strength into five thousand parts, and then perfectly concealed himself inside five thousand true immortals to circumvent the restriction in the central world.

When he’d noticed Lu Yun, he’d used the strength of these five thousand immortals to power his unique art and restore his original strength. This powerhouse wasn’t an immortal from the current age, but a primordial dao immortal even stronger than Ge Yanxia!

A single attack of his had heavily injured Lu Yun.

Roar!!

Allowing the governor no respite, the scarlet skeleton went again on the offensive. Mouth wide open, it launched itself at Lu Yun, traveling through the air at lightning speed and ready to sink teeth into the young man’s flesh.

“Piss off!!” With a furious shout, Lu Yun spread his fingers apart.

Crackle!