Chapter 279: Spending Heavily

With the breaking of the thread of cause and effect, Little Wei Yuan's Primordial Spirit returned to its normal state, and he could no longer see the reality of the surrounding world.

On the 'Ten Thousand Li Rivers and Mountains', the Red Lotus Bodhi stopped swaying, seeming a bit withered. It seemed that resolving this kind of hostile cause and effect was also a kind of consumption for it.

At this time, the surroundings were temporarily silent, but still gloomy. It seemed that the monster's offensive was frustrated, but it was unwilling, lurking in the surroundings.

Little Wei Yuan felt two more anomalies in his heart; it seemed the monster still wanted to lock onto him, but these two times failed inexplicably.

Taking advantage of this gap, Little Wei Yuan ordered with the Qi Luck: "Assemble, line up in military formation, break the wall and enter the palace."

In the side hall, Ji Liuli's Demon Suppressing Tower appeared and disappeared, not relaxing its vigilance for a moment. The monster seemed to be in a special state; it was clearly within the range of the Demon Suppressing Tower, but at this time it was unaffected, and Ji Liuli had no way to discover it through the Demon Suppressing Tower. However, if it was preparing to launch an attack, it had to break away from the invisible state, and then it would be weakened by at least thirty or forty percent of its speed by the Demon Suppressing Tower instantly.

Zhang Sheng's sword Qi circled around his body, holding the sword with one hand, and taking elixirs with the other. Ji Liuli handed a pill to Zhang Sheng silently, and then took away the one he originally wanted to take.

This healing pill of Ji Liuli was roughly a hundred times more expensive than the one Zhang Sheng wanted to take.

Zhang Sheng and Ji Liuli were on guard, and Little Wei Yuan was not idle either. He took out square tripods that could be used as components and began to build low walls around the three of them. The monster's speed was extremely fast, and these low walls could effectively limit its actions.

Another scream came from outside the palace wall; clearly, a straggling cultivator had fallen. At this time, the sound of chewing 'ka-ka-cha-cha' sounded in the side hall, and the mucus dripping from the roof had more scarlet, and the rich bloody smell began to permeate. And the monster's aura was slowly growing.

Anger burned in Little Wei Yuan's chest. More than half of these Dao Foundation cultivators had advanced in Qingming, and almost everyone had contributed cyan Qi, so their recognition and loyalty to the domain went without saying. If they died on the battlefield with the Shaman tribe, it would be a worthy death. But being gnawed by a monster here, Little Wei Yuan really found it hard to accept.

At this time, the cultivators outside the palace had already gathered in one place, starting to line up according to the military formation, and in an instant, the military Qi rushed into the sky, full of murderous intent!

The military formation was a way of gathering the crowd, and it was also the only choice for the weak to gather the crowd to contend with the strong. Whether the military formation could take shape depended first on the main commander in the army, and second on whether the military Qi was condensed. The main commander in the army was the hub of attack, and the military Qi was similar to the clear Qi of the human domain, the yellow Qi of the Liao domain, and the green Qi of the Shaman Yu, which could change the surrounding environment.

The cultivators Little Wei Yuan brought into the Cave Heaven were not weak, with a full hundred Dao Foundation cultivators. Now the one presiding over the military formation was the old Daoist Chuhe, and there were also powerful immortal foundations like Yu Zhizhuo, Sun Yu, and Feng Tingyu in the army. After condensing the military Qi, it was not to say that ghosts and gods would avoid it within a hundred zhang, but at least powerful Dharma Forms like the Fenhai Zhenjun Fenhai would have to go around it.

The old Daoist Chuhe had been having bad luck since entering the Cave Heaven, and had long been full of anger. At this moment, being stimulated by the military Qi again, his face was full of murderous intent. He pointed his immortal sword forward and shouted, "Line up and move forward, destroy that beast for the old Daoist!"

Everyone responded loudly and stepped forward. The high palace wall in front was still ten zhang away from the vanguard soldiers, but when it was hit by the military Qi, it instantly turned into powder.

In the side hall, Little Wei Yuan felt the military Qi rushing into the sky and finally breathed a sigh of relief. With this lineup, as long as the monster wasn't stupid, it shouldn't dare to collide head-on.

The only disadvantage of the military formation was that it was not flexible enough, and it was absolutely impossible to catch up with a Dharma Form True Person, but it had miraculous effects in defending and fighting in battle formations. When the Shaman tribe's army originally used military Qi to open the way, hard-charging into domains built by immortal stones like Qingming, they were basically not weakened by Qingming until the military Qi was exhausted.

The old Daoist Chuhe's voice full of murderous intent also reached the side hall from afar. Little Wei Yuan always felt that the word 'beast' seemed to be scolding himself, but he had no evidence.

The military formation was destructive, leveling several layers of palaces all the way, passing through the square, and killing towards the side hall.

Without the cover of the roof, there were no shadows in the hall, and the monster might not be able to hide anymore. Just at this moment, the entire palace suddenly began to shake, the ground cracked, and countless starlight flew out. The sky also suddenly appeared with several cracks, and a fragment fell, revealing the gloomy void behind it.

Little Wei Yuan was shocked. What kind of formation was this? It looked powerful, actually causing the shattered Cave Heaven to be unable to bear it, accelerating the disintegration process.

Before Little Wei Yuan could respond, the scenery around him changed, and he suddenly appeared in a canyon.

The canyon was only a hundred zhang wide, with straight and steep cliffs on both sides, and the sky was exceptionally low, like a large bowl buckled on top.

Seeing this scene, and thinking of the various anomalies when the formation started, Little Wei Yuan remembered a famous formation: the 'Xuan Tian Star Dou Shifting Great Formation'.

This formation formed a world of its own, which could be divided into many independent worlds. When the formation started, anyone whose Primordial Spirit exceeded a certain limit in the formation would be shifted and placed into various independent worlds. When shifting, because it was not a direct attack, there was no immediate threat to life, and plus this formation had a very high status, so even those who had just become True Lords would be hit, and only True Lords of Yu Jing whose Mind-Reflection Worlds could be manifested could be unaffected by this formation.

This formation was best at dispersing groups of enemies and breaking them one by one. If arranged carefully, many different extreme environments could be set up inside, and designated enemies could be thrown into them, and then annihilated.

For example, Little Wei Yuan couldn't feel any water vapor in this area. If a cultivator who practiced water-attribute cultivation techniques, or a Shaman tribe powerhouse, were thrown in, their combat power would first be discounted by seventy percent.

After identifying this formation, Little Wei Yuan thought it was lucky. Generally speaking, such formations would set up some desperate places like lava, oceans, and poisonous swamps. Being thrown into this canyon was considered quite friendly.

To break this formation, one had to kill the guards stationed in each space, and then break the spiritual objects of the formation eye, which could break a small world, and then enter another small world, repeating the cycle until all small worlds were broken, or the formation's spiritual energy was exhausted.

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The reason why this formation was famous was that it was good at dealing with many powerful enemies. If manipulated properly, even if the attacking enemies were three or four times the number of the defending cultivators, it was very likely that they would be separated and broken one by one in the formation. It was just that for such a large formation, the consumption of setting up the formation was also huge, and even noble families could not set it up at will, only placing one or two in the family's important places.

Little Wei Yuan didn't expect the Xu family to be so willing to spend heavily, actually setting up such a formation in the Cave Heaven. And he didn't expect that even though the Cave Heaven was shattered, this formation could still be used.

At this time, countless armored sand wolves walked out from both sides of the canyon, staring at Little Wei Yuan. These sand wolves were the guards of this world, but the number was quite large. Normal armored sand wolves were equivalent to cultivators who had reached Great Success in Blood Merging, but the sand wolves appearing in the canyon were obviously a circle larger than normal, and their aura was thicker, each having the strength of Great Success in Body Forging.

Looking at the many sand wolves closing in, Little Wei Yuan understood the strategy of the formation guardian for this stage: use these sand wolves, which were not weak in strength and were incredibly fast, to exhaust the invading enemies. Even if they couldn't kill them, they would consume a massive amount of Dao power. When the time came, the formation guardian would concentrate their military force for a surprise attack, ensuring victory.

It was just that wanting to exhaust Little Wei Yuan's Dao power, I'm afraid it was a bit difficult.

Little Wei Yuan was not panicked, casually killing the first sand wolf that rushed over with a sword, calmly thinking of a countermeasure. However, just at this moment, a shadow suddenly appeared above the canyon, followed by spraying a stream of black water, pouring it on Little Wei Yuan!

The black water penetrated the body and went straight into the Sea of Consciousness, turning into a sky full of black rain, sprinkling on Little Wei Yuan's Dao Foundation. This mouthful of venom was extremely powerful, and even a Dharma Form True Person could fall if hit. This patch of poisonous rain fell, directly turning the hundred-li radius of barren land in Little Wei Yuan's Dao Foundation into scorched earth.

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