Open up and break into another world

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!...

Hundreds of dense spiritual attacks poured down on Xu Ming like a torrential rain.

Among them were fierce spiritual annihilation attacks like swords, sabers, and axes, as well as various unpredictable illusion techniques.

Even the Half-Step Dao Venerables at the Dao Inquiry Banquet, and even some true Dao Venerables with weaker soul defenses, felt their scalps tingle—such a terrifying wave of spiritual attacks, even they wouldn't dare to withstand it head-on!

As for Xu Ming…

No powerful figure believed that Xu Ming could withstand this wave of attacks.

“I don’t know what Xu Ming was thinking, daring to run outside the illusion array to show off!” A Dao Lord expert with white hair and a youthful face couldn't help but shake his head and ridicule, “Now look, he was too high-profile and is being attacked by the masses!”

“Indeed, he’s brainless! The more talented someone is, the more easily they become arrogant and indulgent!” An elder from a certain sacred ground immediately echoed.

“Even Half-Step Dao Venerables can't withstand this wave of spiritual attacks! Xu Ming's only way out now is to crush the talisman and save his life!”

“He brought it upon himself! Xu Ming could have easily won the Dao Fate Battle, but he insisted on playing these tricks! Now that he's failing, he can only blame himself!”

“It's not just about failing! If he crushes the talisman to save his life, his storage ring and all the treasures he obtained in the Mountains and Rivers World will have to be left there, unable to be taken away!”

“This is truly a great joke! After collecting so many tolls and offending so many forces, he ends up leaving all the treasures he obtained in the Mountains and Rivers World, benefiting others…”

“I can laugh at this joke for a year!”

“Hahahaha… I can laugh for three years!”

“I eagerly want to see what Xu Ming's expression will be like when he comes out!”

“There's another question—what if Xu Ming refuses to crush the talisman?”

“Then he's… courting death!!”

How swift were the thoughts of Dao Lord experts; all this conversation happened in an extremely short instant.

In the eyes of these experts, the hundreds of dense spiritual attacks were flying “slowly” and would take “quite a while” to land on Xu Ming.

Of course, “slowly” was just how the Dao Lord experts perceived it.

In Xu Ming's eyes, these spiritual attacks were as fast as lightning!

“Nonsense! This is utter nonsense!” Elder Tie Ning was so excited that he almost slammed the table and stood up, “Hundreds of top geniuses are actually besieging Xu Ming! It's utterly shameless!”

“Cough cough!” Zhan Wuwei coughed awkwardly twice, “Tie Ning, don't get excited, don't get excited! Besieging is normal in the Dao Fate Battle, it happens often, doesn't it?”

“Hmph!” Tie Ning glared, “I don't care if others are besieged! But now, it's Xu Ming who's being besieged!”

After seeing Xu Ming's talent in formations, Tie Ning directly regarded Xu Ming as his own treasure!

Since he was his own treasure, of course he wouldn't allow others to bully him!

Of course, even if Xu Ming could hear them, he still wouldn't crush the talisman!

After all…

If Xu Ming didn't have absolute certainty, how could he dare to run outside the illusion array to cause trouble?

Since Xu Ming dared to come out and cause trouble, it meant that—let alone a mere few hundred spiritual attacks, even if the thousands of geniuses present besieged him together, he was confident in retreating unscathed!

“Brother Xu Ming, run away quickly!!!!” Inside the illusion array, Chi Xue watched with extreme nervousness.

Chi Xue could feel great danger from each of these hundreds of spiritual attacks.

And now, hundreds of them were simultaneously shooting towards Xu Ming; how could Chi Xue not be nervous?

In a flash of lightning, Chi Xue could only pray that Xu Ming would quickly crush the talisman!

…

“So many spiritual attacks?”

Xu Ming clearly saw hundreds of spiritual attacks surging towards him from all directions—although he could see them, his body didn't have time to evade.

The speed of spiritual attacks was too fast!

Unless one's strength was one or two major realms higher than the opponent, it was almost impossible to dodge the opponent's spiritual attack.

Just like Xu Ming now—he could see them, but he couldn't dodge them!

However…

Xu Ming didn't plan to dodge at all; he would directly withstand them head-on!

“Come on!!!!”

Xu Ming was full of confidence in the face of a mere few hundred spiritual attacks!

It should be known that Xu Ming had stayed in the illusion array for so long, and hadn't just collected some tolls.

His strength had also greatly improved in these few days.

First, in terms of cultivation—Xu Ming's cultivation had just broken through to the One-Step Dao Lord realm, and he had just taken advantage of these few days to consolidate it properly.

Cultivation was the foundation of strength; the more solid and stable one's cultivation was, the stronger one's strength would naturally be.

After Xu Ming broke through to the Dao Lord level, he also opened the Level 5 Artifact Shop, where he could buy the fourth level of various Heaven-Rank cultivation techniques and secret skills!

At first, Xu Ming was short of Hanging Points and didn't dare to buy Heaven-Rank cultivation techniques.

However, after collecting tolls for two days…

Hanging Points?

That was no longer a problem!

“Saintly Beast Body” Fourth Level… Buy!

“Dream Loss” Fourth Level… Buy!

“Five Elements Spear Intent” Fourth Level… Buy!

“Nine Palaces Eight Arrays Lock” Fourth Level… Buy!

…

In short, three words: Buy, buy, buy!

It was precisely because he had learned the fourth level of “Dream Loss” that Xu Ming's spiritual attack just now was so powerful and domineering.

With just a glance, Zhang Mingchen, a Two-Step Dao Lord, didn't even have the chance to crush the talisman before his body died and his Dao vanished!

And Xu Ming's soul defense… was also not to be underestimated!

The “Black Tortoise Soul” in the “Saintly Beast Body” could greatly enhance spiritual defense and physical defense.

“Nine Palaces Eight Arrays Lock” was a Heaven-Rank spiritual defense secret skill! Spiritual power protected the sea of consciousness through the operation trajectory of the Nine Palaces and Eight Arrays; in terms of spiritual defense skills, it could be called heaven-defying!

The “Defense Boost” in the “Three-Hanging Package” also took effect on spiritual defense!

There was also the “Mist Rain Power”, as well as the bonus for fighting beyond one's level, the protagonist's halo, and other external factors, which also caused Xu Ming's spiritual power intensity to soar dozens of times!

Even if Xu Ming's spiritual defense was slightly weaker than his physical defense, the difference wasn't far!

And his powerful spiritual defense was the source of Xu Ming's confidence in facing the siege!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!...

Hundreds of spiritual attacks directly entered Xu Ming's body!

“Xu Ming!!!!” Elder Tie Ning was so shocked that he stood up with a “swoosh”.

He never expected that Xu Ming would “rather die” than crush the talisman to save his life!

“What!?” Palace Master Po Tian, Old Man Xuan Qing, Zhan Wuwei, and other Dao Inquiry Palace experts also couldn't believe that Xu Ming would do such a foolish thing!

“Is this how the life of a formation talent, one in a million years, will end so hastily…”

The experts of the Dao Inquiry Palace suddenly had a feeling of wanting to cry but having no tears—this was too useless of a death!

“Brother Xu Ming…” Chi Xue was frightened silly.

In her opinion, it was impossible for Xu Ming to withstand such dense and powerful spiritual attacks!

And the result of not being able to withstand them was… the destruction of the sea of consciousness!