The God Slaying Formation was a renowned trap formation.
It was called a trap formation primarily in two aspects.
First, when someone trapped within attacked the formation, the attack would be bounced back one hundred percent. In other words, the person trapped would suffer the same amount of force they used to attack the formation.
Second, if the person trapped did not launch an attack, the formation would automatically initiate an attack after twenty breaths, continuing until the trapped person was killed. In the twenty breaths before the attack was launched, the formation functioned as a containment formation.
This meant that within the God Slaying Formation, whether one attacked or not, they would become the target of the formation.
The nine people of Chu Hezhou were trapped within, yet dared not move rashly.
Shi Liuxiang cursed, "Despicable! If you have the guts, fight me one on one!"
Zi Linling and Elder Du ignored him, finding a spot to sit down and watch the show.
However, Shen Liuxing was not one to be insulted. Being sharp-tongued, how could he not retort?
"Hmph! Despicable? Is it not despicable for nine of you to fight against three of us?"
Qiao Mu retorted indignantly, "It's true there are nine of us, but only three of us attacked just now. How is that despicable?"
Shen Liuxing coldly chuckled, "Let me ask you, if your three were defeated, would the remaining ones not attack?"
"This..."
Qiao Mu was immediately struck speechless.
If their three were defeated, how could the remaining ones not attack?
Shen Liuxing calmly said, "So, this is what we call striking first! Compared to you, we can hardly be called despicable!"
Chu Hezhou exuded a chill, saying, "It seems you are determined to make an enemy of our Ghost Domain!"
Shen Liuxing snorted, "We can choose not to be enemies with the Ghost Domain, but only if you hand over the divine artifact, the Ghost Gate!"
Chu Hezhou's face turned ashen. He angrily said, "If that's the case, then there's nothing more to say! Brothers, every formation has its limit! Let's all attack together and break it!"
"Good!" The eight ghost envoys replied in unison.
Chu Hezhou said, "Prepare..."
Just then, Zi Linling suddenly said, "Don't say I didn't warn you. The greater the power you use, the faster you will lose your lives!"
Chu Hezhou frowned, and the order was delayed.
"Boss, don't listen to her, she's trying to scare us!" Qiao Mu said indignantly.
"Yes, Boss! Don't believe her, she's afraid our power will be too great and break her formation!" He Miao also chimed in.
"Boss, give the order!"
"Yes, Boss, we can't wait any longer!"
"Boss..."
The other ghost envoys also urged with bloodshot eyes.
Zi Linling sneered, "Scare you? Hmph! I'm not afraid to tell you, this formation is called the God Slaying Formation, a masterpiece of Lord Wan Yanlie, the Formation Venerable. Its power was personally tested by Lord Xuanyuan Tian, the Battle Venerable. That's all I have to say. If you're not afraid of death, then try it!"
Upon hearing this, Chu Hezhou became even more hesitant.
Formation Venerable Wan Yanlie was one of the Nine Guardians; how could their understanding of formations compare to his?
But the others did not believe it!
Qiao Mu said, "Boss, don't be scared by her. Formation Venerable Wan Yanlie is one of the Nine Guardians. The formations he deduced have long been lost. How could they possibly set one up?"
He Miao said, "Yes! Boss, let's quickly break the formation, capture them, and hand them over to His Majesty for punishment!"
Qing Kun said, "Third Brother and Fourth Brother are right, Boss, give the order quickly!"
"Boss, give the order!" The others also urged.
Chu Hezhou looked at his brothers' confident expressions, and finally hardened his heart, saying, "Three, two, one, attack!"
The combined power of the nine individuals struck the God Slaying Formation fiercely.
Zi Linling and Elder Du's lips simultaneously curved into a mocking smile, while Shen Liuxing watched the show with a calm expression.
"Boom!"
The sound of colliding forces rang out.
The moment Chu Hezhou and the other eight struck the God Slaying Formation, they felt something was wrong, but it was already too late.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
A series of muffled sounds echoed. Shi Liuxiang and the other seven were all thrown backward, only Chu Hezhou did not fly back, but he still stumbled back seven or eight steps.
"Puff, puff, puff..."
Shi Liuxiang and the other seven each spat out a mouthful of blood, suffering serious injuries.
Although Chu Hezhou did not spit blood, his throat felt a tinge of bitterness, which he forcefully swallowed.
Shen Liuxing said with a hint of schadenfreude, "How is it? Is this still scaring you?"
Shi Liuxiang and the other seven glared in anger, but they dared not speak, because if they spoke, the blood in their mouths would spurt out again.
Elder Du said sarcastically, "If it weren't for your boss forcibly retracting half of his power at the last moment, all of you would be lying on the ground!"
Yes, the moment Chu Hezhou sensed something was wrong, he quickly retracted his strength.
However, time was of the essence, and he only managed to retract half of it.
It was thanks to him retracting half the power, otherwise, all nine of them would have endured a full-power strike comparable to that of a late-stage God Lord.
A full-power strike from a late-stage God Lord was no trivial matter. With just a few God Kings like them, they would be crippled if not killed.
Zi Linling said, "How is it? Do you believe my words now?"
Shi Liuxiang and the other seven glared with their eyes, but they could not refute.
Chu Hezhou suppressed the surging spiritual energy within his body and said dejectedly, "Release Eighth Brother, and you may leave! Today's intrusion into the Ghost Domain will be dismissed!"
Zi Linling smiled enchantingly, "Leave? Who said we are leaving? I told you, hand over the divine artifact, the Ghost Gate, or hand over the head of the Ghost Emperor, in exchange for Sun Buru Er!"
"Miss, you are pushing your luck too far!" Chu Hezhou said angrily.
"Pushing my luck too far? Hmph!"
Zi Linling's aura suddenly turned cold, and even her voice became extremely icy.
"When you abducted my mother-in-law back then, why didn't you say you were pushing your luck too far? When you severely injured my father-in-law back then, why didn't you say you were pushing your luck too far? You caused my mother-in-law to disappear without a trace and my husband to be orphaned at a young age. Why didn't you say you were pushing your luck too far?"
Chu Hezhou was stunned for a moment and said, "Who exactly are you?"
Zi Linling coldly chuckled, "Who am I? Chu Hezhou, right? Do you still remember the 'Night Battle' who fought you to a draw?"
"Night Battle!!"
Chu Hezhou was greatly shocked and said, "You are Night Battle's... daughter-in-law?!"
Zi Linling smiled faintly and said, "As I said before, either hand over the divine artifact, the Ghost Gate, or hand over the head of the Ghost Emperor. Otherwise, I will flatten the Emperor's Hall today!"
"Flatten the Emperor's Hall? Little girl, you have quite the audacity!"
As the words fell, a person wearing a ghost mask appeared before everyone.