Cultivation of immortality begins with an eighty-year-old eunuch.

"Ghostwood! That swordsman named Ghostwood!"

The Fire Source itself suddenly raised its head, stared intently at the void, and let out a furious roar that was extremely stern!

"It was you! You let them in! You didn't leave! You've been hiding in the shadows watching me!"

"Shifting the blame eastward...using someone else to do the dirty work...what a vicious tactic! What a deep-seated scheme! You little beast, how dare you plot against me!!!"

The roar of the Fire Source echoed through the empty ruins, causing the array patterns on the altar to flicker slightly.

He was genuinely scared.

In his prime, these four half-step Void Refinement cultivators would have been nothing more than insects he could crush at will.

But now, he forcibly burned his source energy, was severely injured by two sixth-grade formations, and was pinned to the altar by five Zhenyuan nails.

He couldn't even unleash a fraction of his full cultivation!

At this moment, he was the fish on the chopping board, and the four old monsters rushing over were the butchers wielding knives!

"Boom!"

The earth trembled!

The armored zombie king was the first to rush to the edge of Blackstone Plaza.

He raised his head, his scarlet eyes fixed on the Fire Source itself at the top of the altar, feeling the extremely weak yet incredibly pure aura of law emanating from it, and his whole body trembled with excitement.

"Old man! Hand over your essence! I, the king, will grant you a quick death!"

The armored zombie king roared and stomped its legs on the ground, instantly creating a large crater in the black stone plaza.

His massive body shot into the sky like a cannonball, wielding a jet-black fist the size of a water vat, carrying a terrifying force capable of shattering mountains, and smashed straight towards the head of the Fire Source's true form!

"presumptuous!!!"

The Fire Source True Body's eyes were bloodshot with rage. His dignity as a Void Refinement Great Power made it impossible for him to tolerate such arrogance from an ant in front of him.

"A pack of uncivilized wild dogs, do they really think I'm a tiger with its teeth pulled?"

He bit his tongue hard, ignoring the excruciating pain tearing through his body, and forcefully activated a wisp of the power of law once again!

"Infernal Flames, burn them!"

The Fire Source itself opened its withered mouth, and a ball of pitch-black flame, exuding extreme heat and an aura of destruction, spewed out, transforming into a wall of fire tens of feet wide, blocking the Ironclad Corpse King's inevitable path!

This flame contains the true laws of refining emptiness!

"boom!"

The armored zombie king couldn't dodge in time and crashed headfirst into the wall of fire.

"what!"

A scream rang out, and the Ironclad Corpse King's jet-black heavy armor, which was said to be impervious to blades and spears and even top-grade magic weapons could hardly damage it, melted away like a candle under the scorching heat of the Purgatory Demon Fire!

His massive body crashed heavily to the ground, billowing black smoke as he writhed in agony, filling the air with a nauseating, acrid smell.

"hiss!"

The Xuan Gu Shangren, Qian Du Lao Nu, and Gui Mian Shusheng, who had just arrived, stopped in their tracks upon seeing this scene and gasped in shock.

"What domineering flames! No wonder you're a Void Refinement expert!" A hint of apprehension flashed in the eyes of the Thousand Poison Old Woman.

The Fire Source itself looked down at them from its high position, its eerie green eyes filled with coldness and oppressive power.

He spoke coldly, his voice booming like a great bell, chilling to the bone: "Four mere half-step Void Refinement ants dare to provoke me? Though I am trapped here, crushing you is still as easy as turning my hand! Before I lose my true rage, get out of this forbidden zone immediately! Otherwise, I will surely extract your souls and refine your spirits, so that you may never be reincarnated!"

These words were spoken with overwhelming force and chilling killing intent.

For a moment, Master Xuangu and the others were stunned.

They exchanged bewildered glances, their feet even unconsciously taking a half-step back. The lingering power of a Void Refinement expert was no joke; the Ironclad Corpse King's miserable state was right before their eyes.

Upon seeing this, the Fire Source True Body secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"If I can scare them away and buy myself some breathing room..."

However, just when he thought he had successfully bluffed and intimidated the four old monsters...

"Slap, slap, slap."

A series of crisp claps suddenly rang out in the square.

The masked scholar waved his folding fan, revealing an extremely mocking smile on his bronze mask.

He stepped forward, staring intently at the source of the fire, and sneered, "Senior, what a magnificent presence you have! I was almost scared to death by you."

"but……"

The masked scholar's tone abruptly changed, becoming chillingly cold, "If you truly had the power to crush us, that burst of flame just now should have burned the Armored Corpse King to ashes, instead of merely burning through his outer armor!"

"If you truly have the capacity, why waste your breath talking to us? Wouldn't it be more efficient to just take action and suppress us?"

"Everyone, look closely at his hands and feet!"

The masked scholar pointed his folding fan at the five dark gold nails on the Fire Source's body. "Those five nails are frantically draining his life force! The fire he spewed just now was three parts weaker than before! He's bluffing! He's nothing but a paper tiger, all bark and no bite!"

Upon hearing this, the eyes of Xuan Gu Shangren and Qian Du Lao Nu lit up instantly!

They were all shrewd individuals who had lived for thousands of years, and they had only been intimidated by the reputation of the Void Refining Realm cultivator. Now, with the Ghost-Faced Scholar's words pointing out their mistake, they immediately sensed the extremely unstable, even somewhat fragile, aura emanating from the Fire Source's true form!

"Damn it! I almost got fooled by that old dog!"

The armored zombie king, having risen from the ground, tore off the still-burning shreds of its armor, revealing the dark red, tough muscles beneath.

He roared repeatedly, "You old dog! How dare you burn me! Today I will chew your bones to pieces!"

"Let's attack together! Don't give him a chance to breathe! Seize his source of power, and we'll split it equally among the four of us!"

With a fierce shout, Xuan Gu Shangren hesitated no longer. He rubbed his withered hands together, and a rain of pale green bone poured down on the altar like a torrential downpour!

"Poison Dragon Drill!" The old woman with the thousand poisons slammed her cane down, and a black poison dragon, tens of feet long and formed from pure poison gas, roared as it charged toward the source of fire!

The masked scholar waved his folding fan, and hundreds of blue-faced, fanged demons flew out from the fan, letting out mournful howls, and turned into a gust of cold wind that rushed straight to the altar!

"kill!!!"

The armored zombie king leaped up again, unleashing a destructive and violent force that slammed down on the source of fire.

At this moment, the four half-step Void Refinement cultivators unleashed their strongest killing moves without reservation!

Faced with this overwhelming and terrifying attack, the Fire Source's true form's expression finally changed completely.

despair.

An overwhelming sense of despair and frustration welled up inside me.

"You brat! You've ruined me!!!"

The Fire Source itself let out a mournful wail, knowing that today, it was likely that it was truly going to capsize in a ditch.

"boom!"

The ferocious attack poured down on the altar like a raging sea.

Faced with this deadly attack that could instantly reduce ten Nascent Soul Grand Perfection cultivators to dust, the Fire Source True Body, pinned firmly to the center of the formation, had its eerie green ghost fire in its eye sockets throbbing wildly.

Despair and frustration intertwined in his heart, but after all, he was a Void Refinement Grandmaster who had lived for thousands of years, and his mental fortitude far surpassed that of ordinary people.

"Stop right there, all of you!!!"