The Five Elements Fierce Ghost stole a glance at Mo Hua.
Though it didn't speak plainly, the look in its eyes was clear.
The implication was that if it had the Source Pattern in its possession, Mo Hua wouldn't stand a chance against it.
Mo Hua furrowed his brow, somewhat puzzled.
He felt that there were many questionable points in what the Five Elements Fierce Ghost had said, but its gaze and expression seemed to indicate that it wasn't lying.
This was quite peculiar...
Mo Hua reflected again on the situation in the Taoist Field, and the abrupt, incomplete Formation Patterns in the center, which seemed to indeed have been forcefully destroyed, leading to their absence...
If what the Five Elements Fierce Ghost had said was true, then the inheritance of the Five Elements Sect had truly been extinguished...
Source Pattern...
Mo Hua stared at the Five Elements Fierce Ghost a few more times, pondered for a moment, and then suddenly started, a shock going through his heart as he said in a deep voice:
"You're deceiving me!"
The Five Elements Fierce Ghost hurriedly said:
"I'm not deceiving you."
Mo Hua shook his head, "No, not that you're deceiving me, you've been deceived as well..."
The Five Elements Fierce Ghost was startled, "Deceived by whom?"
Mo Hua's expression turned solemn, "Deceived by the Formation Patterns!"
"No, how can that be possible?" The Five Elements Fierce Ghost shook its head, "What are you talking about exactly?"
Mo Hua's voice grew colder, "How did you come to know about 'Source Pattern'?"
"Source Pattern..."
The Five Elements Fierce Ghost paused, mulling it over carefully, and then its eyes showed a look of horror.
Right, how did I know about it?
Who told me?
Where did I hear it from?
Mo Hua's gaze sharpened, and he continued:
"I've never heard the term 'Source Pattern', and my master has never mentioned it...""It must be an extremely obscure and ancient inheritance.""Since it is a lost ancient inheritance of the Five Elements Sect, then it's almost impossible for anyone in the current Five Elements Sect, including that of a few hundred years ago, to know of it...""If no one knows, no one would talk about it...""You are a little ghost who knows nothing of Formations; with no one telling you, how could you possibly know?""No one told you, unless..."Mo Hua's eyes brightened slightly as he slowly said, "The 'Source Pattern' told you!"
The Five Elements Fierce Ghost's pupils constricted.
"Or rather..."
Mo Hua's tone became severe:
"You've been parasitized by that 'Source Pattern'!"
"The you now is actually a puppet of that 'Source Pattern'!"
The Five Elements Fierce Ghost was stunned and confused, then broke into a hollow laugh, murmuring:
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"How could I be parasitized without knowing it myself..."
"How could this..."
It didn't finish speaking when suddenly it became still, then its body began to shake uncontrollably, and it started to twist irregularly.
A five-colored pattern suddenly lit up on its forehead at the location of the Heavenly Gate.
This pattern was ancient and profound.
It contained five strokes, corresponding to the Five Elements, divided into five colors; splurgingly vivid, strikingly bright, with shapes both ancient and strange, resembling the eyes of five different mythical beasts.
Within those eyes lay the cruelty and indifference of the Heavenly Dao.
Mo Hua's gaze shook.
This was the "Five Elements Source Pattern" that the Five Elements Sect had struggled to calculate thousands of years ago!