The purple-robed cultivator's heart pounded like a drum, and he heard Bai Ying's cold, frosty voice: "Finally... we've waited for you to set up the formation." The voice seemed to come from the deepest hell, causing his blood to freeze instantly.

Suddenly, countless silver threads burst forth from Bai Ying's fingertips. These threads, seemingly alive, moved and weaved through the dazzling golden array patterns. Even more terrifying, each silver thread precisely wrapped around a key node of the array, causing the originally seamless array patterns to begin to twist and deform eerily!

"Not good! She's changing her formation!" The gray-robed elder was the first to notice the anomaly, frantically waving his whisk in an attempt to salvage the situation.

But those silver threads had already deeply embedded themselves in the foundation of the formation, like countless tiny parasites, frantically devouring the original formation patterns. The old man was horrified to discover that his connection with the formation was being severed little by little.

Bai Ying formed a mysterious hand seal, and her lips parted slightly: "Heaven and earth reverse, the formation is at my command! Activate!"

In an instant, the entire Dragon-Trapping Formation emitted a deafening roar.

The seven golden dragon phantoms twisted in agony, their golden scales peeling off piece by piece, transforming into countless golden swords.

Even more terrifying, these golden swords all turned around, their tips pointing directly at the seven people who were forming the formation!

"This...how is this possible?!" The purple-robed cultivator's face turned ashen, his hand seals completely out of control. He despairingly discovered that the array's range was rapidly expanding, and those who had been standing outside the array were now enveloped in golden light. The altered array patterns, like venomous snakes that had come to life, were now retaliating against their spiritual power!

Bai Ying stood in mid-air, her black hair flying. Beneath her feet, a brand-new composite array was taking shape, with the Seven Deadly Dragon-Trapping Array as its framework and silver threads as its veins, further integrated with a killing array she had secretly laid out. This new array exuded a suffocating pressure, and a strange, blood-red lotus flower appeared at its core.

"Now..." She gently raised her jade-like hand, a flash of cold light appearing at her fingertips.

The entire complex formation was instantly engulfed in a fierce storm of wind and thunder. Seven blood-red chains shot out from the lotus and instantly wrapped around the necks of the seven people. "It's my turn to trap you."

Only now did the seven realize with horror that the so-called "bitter battle" they had just fought was nothing more than a trap carefully designed by Bai Ying.

"Gentlemen, let's stop holding back!" the scholar in the blue robe shouted sharply, the jade slip in his hand shattering with a "crack." "If we don't go all out today, we will all perish here!"

A flicker of heartache flashed in his originally sinister eyes.

The jade slip that had been nurtured for a hundred years was originally intended to be used against the others during the treasure hunt, but now it had to be used ahead of schedule.

The jade slip fragments transformed into a sky full of azure light, each piece containing the power to pierce through mountains.

Seeing this, the other six people gritted their teeth and unleashed their most powerful moves.

The purple-robed cultivator tore open his chest, revealing a blood-red talisman on his heart; the burly man with a bushy beard struck his two hammers together, and pulled out a poison needle as thin as a cow's hair from his ear; the gray-robed old man even tore off his arm, using blood as a catalyst to perform a forbidden secret technique.

Seven devastating attacks erupted simultaneously, causing the entire world to change color. The cultivators watching from afar were horrified, hastily summoning their protective magic treasures. Someone exclaimed in shock, "With such power, even a Void Refinement cultivator would have to temporarily retreat!"

However.

The seven people's all-out attack faltered the moment it touched the formation, as if it had sunk into a quagmire.

Even more terrifying is that their spiritual power is being devoured by the formation at a visible rate.

"This... how is this possible?!" The purple-robed cultivator was horrified to discover that the bloodthirsty energy released by the talisman on his heart was being absorbed in reverse by the formation.

The crimson energy flowed along the array patterns and eventually merged into Bai Ying's sword.

The gray-robed elder was the first to react, his gaunt face contorted like a ghost: "Go! Go quickly!" He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood essence, sacrificing his own life force to unleash the Blood Escape Technique. However, just as his figure was about to become ethereal, seven golden chains shot out from the center of the array, precisely piercing through his limbs and bones.

"Ah!" A shrill scream echoed through the valley. The other six people watched in horror as the gray-robed elder's body withered away at a visible speed, his cultivation completely devoured by the formation.

"Want to leave now? Too late."

Bai Ying's voice was as light as falling snow, yet it made everyone feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave.

She raised her left hand, and the array instantly shone brightly. The spiritual power that originally belonged to the seven people was now flowing joyfully within the array patterns, making this cage of death even more solid.

The cultivators watching from afar were already terrified. One of them stammered, "She...she actually modified the Seven Deadly Dragon-Trapping Formation into a demonic formation that devours spiritual energy! This formation is absorbing the cultivator's cultivation to nourish itself!"

The scholar in the blue robe looked ashen-faced. They had set up this formation, but in the end, it was used against them!

That woman is awful!

He finally understood how deep Bai Ying's scheming was. From the initial feigned weakness to lure the enemy, to the later change of formation within the formation, every step was under her control.

This great formation is now like a greedy beast, slowly devouring their cultivation, flesh and blood, and even their souls!

"No!"

The purple-robed cultivator let out a desperate wail, horrified to discover that cracks were appearing in his body. The devoured spiritual energy was now flowing continuously into Bai Ying's body through the array patterns, making her aura increasingly unfathomable.

Within this formation, she is the all-powerful deity!

Bai Ying stood in mid-air, her black hair moving without wind. Beneath her feet, the terrifying array that had merged the life cultivation of seven people was radiating a heart-palpitating light.

This seemingly hopeless situation of one against seven was destined to be her feast from the very beginning!