Immortality Through Array Formations Chapter 2212 Chapter 1031: Shockwaves

"What on earth did I witness just now?!!"

"Sword control?!"

"That brat Mo Hua actually knows how to wield a sword like that?!"

"How in the world can he perform sword control? It's utterly impossible for him!"

"No way, this can't be happening!"

The revelation hit so hard that numerous onlookers among the cultivators first questioned their minds before even trusting their vision:

"Am I trapped in some illusion spell, seeing things that aren't there?"

"Have the pills I took damaged my head? Reality feels a bit fuzzy to me right now...

"I overdid the drinking last night; perhaps I'm still not fully awake."

"I have to be in a dream... But imagining Mo Hua with sword control is hilarious; something's wrong with my Sea of Consciousness...

Yet, the majority of these cultivators clung to their senses, accepting the sight before them as truth.

Precisely because of that, their disbelief grew even stronger:

"Mo Hua is truly executing sword control?!"

"He deployed sword control... and took out Ye Zhiyuan in an instant?"

"The 'Formation Leader' from Taixu Gate, using a flying sword, slays the sword genius of Daluo Sect with a single blow?!"

"Does this make any sense at all?"

"It's downright ridiculous."

"This Cultivation World has gone completely mad..."

Hearts of most spectators overflowed with astonishment and bewilderment.

"One more thing: where on earth did Mo Hua pick up sword control skills, and how could he master them?"

"He shows no sign of Sword Qi, so definitely no Sword Dao heritage."

"What's powering his sword control technique?"

"His sword control lacks any hint of human-sword unity...

"I've practiced sword arts for years, yet I've never encountered such an bizarre method of sword control...

"Does Taixu Gate teach a sword control like this?"

"Moreover, what sort of sword is that which burst apart on impact?"

"Was the explosion on purpose or by chance?"

"A blunder perhaps?"

"Did the sword control fail and cause a Spirit Sword to detonate? Did he unintentionally finish off Ye Zhiyuan?"

"Ye Zhiyuan's luck is really rotten...

"While you all stared at the sword, did anyone catch that the control range seemed a tad off?"

"It looks farther than what Ye Zhiyuan managed?"

"This range approaches the Foundation Establishment boundary, doesn't it?"

"Hard to gauge exactly on the Fangtian Huaying, but likely over a hundred plus zhang...

"Such a sword control span from a Formation Master who skips sword cultivation?"

"His Divine Sense packs power, but surely not for this purpose?"

"A Formation Master's Divine Sense serves Formation Painting, not sword handling—does Mo Hua even realize that?"

"It's baffling...

The duel observers stood perplexed, stunned, bewildered, or amazed, murmuring and debating without cease.

Simultaneously in the peaks, endless chatter echoed among countless cultivators.

The entire Mount of Tao buzzed with uproar.

Not just the regular watchers—even Wenren Wan, Murong Caiyun, Hua Qianqian, Gu Changhuai, Zhang Lan, those somewhat "acquainted" with Mo Hua, all reeled in shock.

They never imagined that Mo Hua, always so understated and never once handling a sword, possessed the ability to control one?

Zhang Lan felt it most acutely.

He recalled vividly from Tongxian City days: this kid Mo Hua couldn't even lift a sword, much less train in swordsmanship.

But after merely ten years or so.

Suddenly, he struck down the famed sword talent of Daluo Sect with one blow at the Sword Discussion Conference.

Quiet for ages, then erupting into brilliance.

It's genuinely... "absurdity welcoming absurdity at the door."

Absurdity arrived full force...

At the Sword Observation Tower.

Hua Valley Master gazed at Mo Hua in a daze, her lovely eyes brimming with surprise.

Fellow sect heads displayed faces of utter doubt.

In the tea chamber.

Leaders from Taixu, Tai'a, and Chongxu sects sat mute, at a loss for words.

Events unfolded so swiftly and concluded so suddenly.

The sword discussion began, Mo Hua unleashed sword control, one sword soared, detonated outright, then the Debating Bell tolled, and it ended.

And just like that...

Victory?

The Three Mountains' sect leaders hesitated in belief for a moment, even questioning their sight.

To the point where the triumph's elation failed to ease the astonishment and puzzlement in their minds.

At last, Tai'a Sect Leader breathed a sigh:

"This young one... did mention it'd be straightforward, yet not in this manner...

This simplicity exceeds expectations.

From start to finish, merely an instant, involving just one flying sword.

They scarcely had time to brace themselves mentally before the sword discussion concluded.

Not even the tea in the pot had come to a boil...

***

Amid the cultivators' "uproar," this sword discussion round wrapped up.

The crowd dispersed, and Mount of Tao slowly fell silent.

However, Mo Hua's bizarre flying sword feat, which shattered all conventions, lingered in memories.

The ripples from this sword persisted long after...

That night, within the sect's grand hall.

Elders versed in Daoist Law from various sects convened.

A grand shadow painting loomed above.

Within it, Mo Hua grasped the sword, commanded it, directed with fingers—the sword hurtled skyward, striking the Daluo Sect disciple.

At first, nothing seemed amiss.

Yet instantly after, the Spirit Sword glowed, Sword Array activated, Sword Pattern shifted, Sword Qi built up until surpassing limits, cracking the Spirit Sword which then shattered into shards.

Blade fragments merged with Sword Qi, unleashing astonishing devastation...

This moment replayed ceaselessly in the hall.

The Daoist Law elders observed it over a hundred times, from dusk till late night.

Each viewing met with quiet.

Such sword control utterly surpassed their conventional knowledge.

They repeatedly pondered in silence:

What manner of sword control is this? How exactly does one perform it?