Chapter 2208: Formation Activated

Mo Xiaotian waited in the Royal Palace for good news from the Imperial Guard.

Ye Liuyun, however, coldly watched the Imperial Guard rushing forward at high speed, and ordered the soldiers on the city wall to prepare to meet the enemy.

Even with a formation, one must still put on a show of posture.

The soldiers on the city wall were also trembling with fear.

However, they were all bound by loyalty oaths, unable to flee, and could only fight to the death.

Seeing their fearful expressions, the charging Imperial Guard had no doubts.

Moreover, the Imperial Guard Leader felt that even if the information was wrong, as long as he split the troops into two batches—one thousand in front, the rest behind—not all of them would be struck by the formation.

Then, by coordinating inside and outside, they could break the formation.

After all, Ye Liuyun had no renowned Formation Master on his side, and with so many Ninth Realm experts, what formation could they not blast apart?

So he merely had the people behind retreat slightly, keeping some distance.

"Attack!"

Ye Liuyun saw that the distance was sufficient and immediately ordered the attack to be launched.

The defending soldiers opened fire with bows, strong crossbows, and crystal stone cannons, doing their utmost to keep the charging Imperial Guard from approaching.

Once those strong ones got close, they would surely die.

Thus, under the desperate efforts of the defending soldiers, even the leading thousand Imperial Guard troops found it hard to advance, and some were struck down and fell.

Seeing that no defense array had been activated on the city wall, the rear Imperial Guard Leader sent another thousand troops forward to join in resisting the attack.

They also finally began to advance toward the city wall.

"Three li, two li, one li, half li."

Ye Liuyun calculated the distance of these Imperial Guard troops in his mind.

The defending soldiers were already panicking; Martial Cultivators have vision far sharper than ordinary people, and now they could clearly see every pore on the enemy's faces.

"Suppress them, don't let them launch an attack!"

Ye Liuyun gave the order again, himself taking out the Big Wilderness Bow and shooting down an Imperial Guard who charged at him.

The other soldiers also gritted their teeth and attacked desperately.

Some even found bows too slow and directly launched True Essence attacks.

The Imperial Guard Leader, seeing that they were about to climb the wall, guessed that the formation had indeed been destroyed.

"Charge!"

With his command, he led all the Imperial Guard, intending to seize the moment and storm the city wall in one go.

"Hold on!"

Ye Liuyun also cheered the soldiers, drew his Demon Slaying Sword, and began continuously slashing out sword intent to intercept the Imperial Guard.

The other soldiers also sprang into action, launching a barrage of attacks that engulfed the Imperial Guard.

Some Imperial Guard also struck back, hitting the soldiers on the city wall, and close combat began.

Only when the rear Imperial Guard also rushed near did Ye Liuyun suddenly sense an energy fluctuation.

"Oh no, we've been tricked! Retreat!"

The Imperial Guard Leader also sensed the energy fluctuation and immediately led his troops in retreat.

Many Imperial Guard reacted quickly, withdrawing at once to beyond three li.

Then, as the formation activated, they remained trapped within it.

"Damn, we've been fooled! Their formation extends beyond three li!"

The Imperial Guard Leader immediately realized what had happened.

"Everyone follow me, let's charge out together."

He took the lead, intending to bring everyone out by breaking through at a single point.

At that moment, a beam of white light shot from outside the formation, striking the leader squarely in the chest, blasting a huge hole through it and killing him instantly.

Upon seeing the formation activate, the defending soldiers finally exhaled, many collapsing from exhaustion right where they stood.

Their cultivation realms were already low, and after that desperate resistance they had expended all their True Essence.

At this time, Huo Lei also noticed that the formation had been activated.

But he did not see any energy passing through the battle lines he had connected.

Qiong Qi also educated him: "What nonsense are you spouting?"

"Such an important energy-transmitting battle line—can you tell others about it?"

"From now on, when setting up formations, remember: the crucial formation lines must be known only to yourself."

"Especially when you're trying to save your own life!"

"Oh!"

Huo Lei answered honestly, earnestly committing these words to memory.

Qiong Qi was quite pleased with his disciple Huo Lei, who was also of his own kind.

He just felt that Huo Lei had too little experience and his mind wasn't flexible enough.

Once the formation was activated, Ye Liuyun also relaxed.

"This guy! He really can hold his breath!"

Ye Liuyun muttered a complaint about Qiong Qi in his heart, then donned the Invisibility Cloak and went down from the city to prepare to subdue the captives.

Inside the formation, countless fire dragons had already begun attacking those Imperial Guard troops.

The Imperial Guard also resisted with all their might, and their ranks gradually fell into disarray.

Yet many Imperial Guard still gathered together, killing toward the rear.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, formations kept activating before them, and many fire flame beasts appeared.

These beasts could not only burn with fire, but also attack the Imperial Guard; a few blows scattered the gathered Imperial Guard.

The strong experts who originally protected the Imperial Guard Leader now had no one to guard them; they immediately rushed forward and fought those few fire flame beasts.

Below Qiming City, under the cover of a white light sphere, it had already become a sea of fire.

Ye Liuyun was busy continuously implanting slave seals on the wounded Imperial Guard and collecting them into the Space World.

Because the formations launched attacks simultaneously, some people Ye Liuyun hadn't had time to collect were directly burned to ash by the formations.

The strong ones among the Imperial Guard had just exhausted their full strength to kill those few fire flame beasts, when immediately several fire flame beasts wielding battle blades came at them again, forcing them to retreat backward to avoid those beasts.

Without their resistance, the Imperial Guard's losses became even more severe.

Moreover, even if these strong ones dodged those beasts, they still had to face the formations' attacks.

It's just that the formations' attacks weren't that strong.

Soon, they exhausted their True Essence and were all implanted with slave seals by Ye Liuyun.

The Imperial Guard scattered in all directions; some avoided the beasts' attacks and ran toward the formation's edge, gathering together to blast through the protective shield.

Outside the formation, however, a white light suddenly shot out and swept across; over a dozen people instantly felt as if cut by something, their bodies split into two halves.

However, the formation's protective shield, after being cut by that white light, quickly absorbed energy and repaired itself.

Ye Liuyun, while subduing the Imperial Guard, sighed: "Qiong Qi, this guy has learned humility! At this rate, we can wipe out these Imperial Guard! Moreover, these Imperial Guard absolutely cannot last half a day."

They had come after a long‑distance raid, and their consumption was already large.

Furthermore, now needing to fully resist the formations' attacks, Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil had already observed that their True Essence was basically almost gone.

Ye Liuyun also tried to implant slave seals on Imperial Guard at the mid‑late stage of the Ninth Layer as much as possible.

For Imperial Guard at the early stage of the Ninth Layer, he could not attend to some of them.

For each Imperial Guard, he not only had to implant a slave seal but also erase the original Divine Soul Contract, so it took longer than directly implanting a slave seal.

These people's cultivation levels were all higher than his, so he couldn't directly collect them into the Space World without implanting slave seals.

Some corpses, he also casually collected into the Space World for the Magic Vine to devour.