Chapter 454: Mysterious Network Reveals Its Majesty

Gongsun Qixuan's murderous intent was undisguised. "Then, I ask fellow Daoist to prove yourself!" he said to Li Fan, his voice chilling.

The pressure was now on Li Fan, as more and more gazes converged on him from all directions.

"Since fellow Daoist claims to be able to deduce future events, please perform another demonstration here and now," Gongsun Qixuan said gravely. "Given that you can accurately predict the price fluctuations of specific items, surely it would be easy to deduce anything else." His words left no room for Li Fan to refuse.

Li Fan pondered for a moment, then had no choice but to agree. "Then I shall humbly demonstrate!" he said, cupping his hands. He took out the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Dice, which he had already prepared, then closed his eyes, concentrated, and stood still.

The scene instantly fell silent, everyone closely watching Li Fan's next move.

Among the jade slips obtained from the Heavenly Mystery Sect ruins, there were indeed some divination spells for deducing the future. However, these were all low-grade techniques; hitting one out of a hundred attempts would be considered incredibly lucky. After careful study, Li Fan had a rough grasp of their operation, which was sufficient for putting on a show, but actually deducing anything real was absolutely impossible.

In front of countless eyes, Li Fan dared not be overconfident. He was prepared to escape immediately if exposed. At the same time, he activated the "Only Hand Covering the Sky Secret Art," and a profound and mysterious aura instantly enveloped his entire body.

The Heaven and Earth Qiankun Dice flew to Li Fan on its own, spinning rapidly. On its twenty glowing surfaces, fragmented scenes flashed by. Li Fan knew that even if these images were fleeting, they would not escape the keen eyes of the hidden cultivators present. Therefore, the images displayed by the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Dice were not random fabrications. Instead, they were genuinely real, clips from various events Li Fan would experience in his previous life. Truth mingled with falsehood, appearing false yet truly real, only in this way could he deceive the people in the training hall.

However, no matter how realistic they were, Li Fan knew that these forged images could not withstand close scrutiny. So, as the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Dice spun faster and faster, and a pitch-black scene gradually emerged on its surface, Li Fan controlled his body to tremble continuously, his face growing paler and paler. The horror on his face intensified. Activating the "Creation Furnace Skill," he suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and exclaimed in a lost voice: "Heavenly Profound Lock Spirit, Yellow-Earth Unified?"

At this exact moment, the Heaven and Earth Qiankun Dice also perfectly seemed to lose all its spiritual energy. All twenty surfaces became completely black and stopped spinning. Li Fan, appearing utterly exhausted, weakly collapsed to the ground.

Meanwhile, the training hall erupted in an uproar. The implied meaning of "Heavenly Profound Lock Spirit, Yellow-Earth Unified" was simply too terrifying.

A cultivator dressed in black, whose appearance was indistinct, appeared out of thin air in the center of the hall. He ignored the severely injured Li Fan and instead looked at Gongsun Qixuan. "Fellow Daoist Gongsun..." he said, clearly asking for his opinion.

In his view, this cultivator named Li Fan seemed to be deliberately mystifying things. However, he himself was not proficient in divination, and this person was said to be an ancient cultivator who had fallen into slumber in ancient times. The possibility that ancient methods differed from modern ones could not be ruled out. Furthermore, the conclusion Li Fan had deduced was indeed quite alarming. For caution's sake, he decided to respect the opinion of a professional.

Gongsun Qixuan's lips parted and closed, seemingly repeating the phrase Li Fan had just deduced. The expression on his face grew increasingly solemn. A scroll appeared before him, slowly unfurling. The canvas was originally blank, but as Gongsun Qixuan used his hand as a brush, waving it continuously, the colors on it gradually deepened. It seemed as if some scene was about to take shape on it.

The ink painting seemed to be extremely strenuous. Gongsun Qixuan, who already looked somewhat sickly, became even weaker during this deduction process. It was as if he carried a heavy burden on his back, pressing his body inch by inch until he stooped. His drawing motions also became increasingly slow.

Finally, just as the scene in the painting was about to become clear, Gongsun Qixuan's fingers trembled violently. As if encountering immense resistance, he could not make the final stroke, no matter what. A hint of ferocity appeared on Gongsun Qixuan's face. He bit his tongue lightly and suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. As the blood sprayed into the air, he clenched both fists and slammed them down with force, using blood as ink and his fists as a brush to complete the painting.

When all the cultivators in the training hall, as well as Gongsun Qixuan himself, looked towards the canvas, wanting to see its content, a dazzling green light suddenly surged from the scroll. It not only engulfed the painting but also swept out in all directions.

Gongsun Qixuan was the first to be struck. His forced deduction had already consumed most of his energy. Caught off guard by the green light's attack, he was powerless to dodge and was hit directly. "Ah!" Gongsun Qixuan let out a tragic wail, his body instantly dissolving in the green light. Only a wisp of dark ink remained, floating away into the distance, its destination unknown.

"Oh no, a heavenly secret backlash?!" "Elder Gongsun?!" This sudden scene utterly shocked the cultivators in the training hall. But immediately after, they found themselves unable to cope.

The green light spread outwards like a tide, assimilating everything it touched. The strangely shaped boulders, along with the creatures on them, vanished as if ice and snow melting into water.

The black-clad cultivator's expression changed drastically as he tried to stop the spread of the green light. But this green radiance, whose origin was unknown, proved irresistible, forcing him to retreat.

In just a few breaths, the public trial turned into a race of who could run the fastest. Amidst the wails of countless cultivators, the scene grew increasingly chaotic and terrifying.

As soon as he saw the familiar green light appearing in Gongsun Qixuan's divined painting, Li Fan immediately sensed something was wrong. Although he didn't know what had gone awry or why Gongsun Qixuan's deduction would trigger the as-yet-unreleased Profound Net energy, it didn't stop Li Fan from making an early escape. He quickly fled the training hall, blending in with the panicked cultivators.

The anomaly at the Myriad Immortals Island Training Hall quickly drew the attention of other cultivators on the island. The originally majestic building suddenly began to tremble, then collapsed with a roar amidst continuous shaking.

Seeing the green light still spreading outwards, a streak of rainbow light descended from the horizon, arriving instantly on Myriad Immortals Island. Innumerable transparent patterns surged from the rainbow light, forming a giant net that captured the overflowing green radiance, and a crisis was averted without a trace.

Li Fan, blended into the crowd, subtly lowered his head, for the newcomer was Lu Xichan, the Chief Array Master of the Myriad Immortals Alliance's Strategy Array Hall!