Chapter 28: Innate Divine Ability-Ming Martial Arts(Master Mingdao)

“Big Brother!”

The sudden turn of events caught Ma Buting completely off guard. As he tried to evade, he discovered himself pulled by an immense suction, unable to move; his whole being was swallowed whole—

And the Flying Dragon Horse figurine in his hand, too, fell into the maw of the Sea Dragon Ginseng, now transformed into a golden-spined flood dragon.

Beside him, Ma Buti let out a bitter cry, powerless to intervene, forced to watch as the golden-spined dragon devoured his elder brother and the Flying Dragon Horse figurine, then retreated into the depths of the pool!

“A flood dragon! It’s fully transformed— and has developed innate supernatural powers!”

Wan Gu Xiao cried out in astonishment at the sight, clearly unprepared for this outcome.

Moments before, upon hearing Ma Buting’s command, Wan Gu Xiao, who wished to let the brothers fight over the Dragon Pearl, had not ordered Lu Sheng to activate the formation.

If the Sea Dragon Ginseng had not completely become a flood dragon, his plan would not have been wrong.

But once the Sea Dragon Ginseng was wholly transformed, a glaring flaw appeared—

The Celestial Extinction Formation was powerless against a flood dragon with complete intelligence!

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“It’s you! It must be you!”

“Just now my brother called for the formation; why didn’t you activate it?”

Pointing at Lu Sheng, Ma Buti roared in wild fury. If he failed to see now that his brother had been set up, all his years of experience would be for naught. The loss of his brother and their treasure in a single moment drove him nearly mad!

“Mind… Controlling… Gu… Not… Allowed…”

Lu Sheng’s face twisted as Ma Buti strode toward him. He pointed at Wan Gu Xiao and spoke with difficulty.

“Mind-Controlling Gu!”

Seeing Lu Sheng’s expression, and hearing the name, Ma Buti understood, even through his rage, what had happened.

With a mournful howl, Ma Buti leapt toward Wan Gu Xiao, shouting,

“Wan Gu Xiao, you despicable wretch, today we die together!”

Sounds of violent blows rang out as the two fell into combat.

Even the flood dragon, which might surge out of the pool at any moment, was forgotten.

Wan Gu Xiao, though puzzled by Lu Sheng’s resistance to the Mind-Controlling Gu, had no time to ponder. He simply urged the Gu to make Lu Sheng activate the formation, hoping to destroy the flood dragon’s intelligence—

Otherwise, should the dragon reclaim its pearl, all three by the pool would meet their end here!

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“So you want me to activate the formation— very well, as you wish!”

Receiving the intent from the Mind-Controlling Gu, Lu Sheng moved swiftly. Under the urging of his profound energy, runes flickered rapidly, then fell silent—

Compared to the previous thunderous extermination of the serpents, it was almost tranquil.

“This is the true Celestial Extinction Formation— no wonder it could fool the Grandmaster and the fifth-tier Golden Wolf!” Lu Sheng mused. Back then, the Celestial King had used this formation to ambush the Golden Wolf King, destroying his fifth-tier golden wolf mount in an instant. Its concealment was beyond doubt.

The earlier commotion when slaying the serpents was merely a sign of the formation’s incompleteness.

As the formation activated, the golden-spined dragon formed by the Sea Dragon Ginseng emitted a wailing cry from the pool. Yet, with its intelligence blocked by Lu Sheng’s karmic power, only a remnant remained, letting out a single howl before being extinguished by the formation.

Its body, though it thrashed instinctively, lacked the intelligence to guide it. Forced by Lu Sheng’s karmic power to stir up evil intent, forcibly transformed into a flood dragon, and then compelled to use its innate power, it finally could not move.

“No matter whether you are Sea Dragon Ginseng or the newly transformed golden-spined dragon, you are dead now.”

“Your body, and the Flying Dragon Horse figurine within, are mine!”

“Collect!”

Reciting the incantation, Lu Sheng withdrew the Celestial Extinction Formation, and a round, ornate bead appeared in his hand—

This was the vessel of the Celestial Extinction Formation!

“Celestial Extinction Formation… Celestial… This bead really does resemble the Celestial Instrument!”

“Could it be that the Celestial King once derived the ‘Celestial Scripture’ from the Celestial Instrument?”

With these thoughts, Lu Sheng gave an order:

“Ru Yi, expend merit, scan and record the formation and the golden-spined dragon’s information for me!”

The formation needed no elaboration; as the creation of the most powerful Grandmaster, the Celestial King, after Emperor Jing, its runes were unfathomably profound.

With Lu Sheng’s current realm, he could not even record them, let alone comprehend— so he could only rely on merit.

As for the golden-spined dragon, as a flood dragon, even freshly transformed and not yet grown, its body contained endless mysteries.

To be revised later~