The Sever Gold Sect disciples were arrogant and reckless. Despite their Cultivation, their lack of experience with Tao Cultivation left them negligently complacent. Amidst their lively drinking and chatting, their guard dropped completely.
Mo Hua completed the Formation without them noticing a thing.
Mo Hua shook his head.
He had prepared multiple contingency plans in case his Divine Sense-drawn Formation was discovered—but it appeared he was overthinking it.
Finally, Mo Hua activated the Formation.
The seventeen-pattern, high-level second-grade Formation, though entry-level among high-rank ones, was more than sufficient to blast away these middle-phase second-grade disciples.
As the Formation detonated, soil and rubble swirled, flames erupted in the darkness.
Five of the eight Sever Gold Sect disciples collapsed instantly.
Even the senior disciple, though a late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, was gravely wounded by the blast.
Despite being a Sword Cultivator, he had neglected body cultivation.
Of the remaining three, Hao Xuan struck one unconscious with a sneak attack.
Yang Qianjun and Cheng Mo exploded into action, each dispatching one disciple.
Finally, the four of them teamed up to corner the weakened Sever Gold Sect senior disciple.
That same senior, once arrogant and aloof during the day, now looked utterly wretched, his airs shattered, trembling like a lost dog.
It seemed he genuinely hadn’t expected anyone in Refining Demon Mountain to ambush them.
However, he quickly regained composure amidst the chaos, summoning his Broken Gold Sword Qi and roaring:
"Who are you? How dare you offend the Sever Gold Sect?"
Mo Hua remained unfazed.
Cheng Mo, still biting the twig, couldn’t respond.
The others also kept silent, unleashing everything they had to attack the Sever Gold Sect senior disciple relentlessly.
With Gold-breaking armor defenses, deadly Spiritual Artifacts, and poisoned weapons, subduing a heavily injured late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator wasn’t overly challenging.
However, mid-battle, the Sever Gold Sect senior disciple suddenly recognized them, exclaiming in shocked disbelief:
"It’s you! Those five little punks from earlier in the day?!"
But how could it be...
How could these little punks dare—and be able—to ambush his hunting squad of eight Sever Gold Sect disciples, led by a late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator?
Enraged and incredulous, he sneered:
"Fine! Fine! You impudent little brats! Today I will..."
Before he could finish, Mo Hua saw through him.
"He’s about to use the Sever Gold Sword Control Jue!"
Yang Qianjun and the others immediately intensified their assault, suppressing the Sever Gold Sect senior disciple.
Desperate, the senior reached for his runes.
Mo Hua warned: "He’s going for the Golden Body Talisman."
Yang Qianjun, hearing this, swung his spear sharply to strike the disciple’s arm.
The Sever Gold Sect senior was stunned. Who were these brats to anticipate his every move, reading him so cleanly?
Biting through the pain, he knowingly suffered Yang Qianjun’s spear strike to seize this fleeting chance and activated the talisman.
A hazy golden glow enveloped him.
The Sever Gold Sect senior withdrew several steps under the talisman’s protection, gathering his Spiritual Power to enforce the fatal Sever Gold Sword Control Jue.
Golden light radiated from him.
Golden Sword Qi and the golden Spirit Sword before him intertwined brilliantly, exuding immense force.
Mo Hua instantly countered with a Water Prison Technique, but the pale blue water-light was repelled by the Golden Body Talisman, failing to interrupt the Sever Gold Sword Control Jue’s buildup.
The talisman rendered him immune to ordinary spell control.
Quick as lightning, Mo Hua shouted crisply:
"Attack! Cut him down!"
Simultaneously, Mo Hua began channeling the Five Elements Origin Armor.
Cheng Mo immediately picked up on this, excitement lighting his face. Without hesitation, his Spiritual Power surged, unleashing the Mountain Splitting Axe, cleaving at the Sever Gold Sect senior.
Being a Body Cultivator, Cheng Mo’s strike was exceptionally quick.
The Sever Gold Sect senior’s expression darkened.
He calculated the attack mentally.
This axe move, though fierce, wasn’t enough to stop his Sword Control Jue.
So long as his move was completed, these vile, despicable little wretches would meet their doom!
His gaze sharpened coldly.
But just as Cheng Mo’s axe swung midway, the armor on his body shimmered. An enigmatic force descended.
Cheng Mo’s power surged exponentially.
The axes he wielded gleamed with greater brilliance, their force escalating.
The Sever Gold Sect senior turned pale.
This... isn’t right!
Why has the axe’s power suddenly escalated?!
At that moment, his heart sank. He could do nothing but watch helplessly as Cheng Mo’s massive axe struck his shoulder.
The strike, immense in might, shattered the Golden Body Talisman, shaking him so hard he trembled all over.
The axe blade inflicted severe injuries, causing profuse bleeding.
The attack’s overwhelming force interrupted his half-cast Sever Gold Sword Control Jue.
Spiritual Power backlash coursed through him; blood spurted from his mouth, leaving him utterly powerless.
The Sever Gold Sect senior disciple, a late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, was ultimately defeated, forced to kneel before Mo Hua, held down by Cheng Mo’s mighty axe.