Chapter 370: I Also Know a Bit About Formations

All battles are built upon strength, just as Yan Buji is currently at a disadvantage, not only because he takes on three opponents, but also because the opponent is fully prepared, and Yan Buji, believing his combat power sufficient, is not afraid of falling into a trap.

In fact, if Long Batian were not wielding a killing technique that posed a mortal threat to Yan Buji, he would not be fighting so cautiously.

In Long Batian's dragon‑head armored form, various powerful fire spells erupt; Yan Buji's speed is reduced within the formation, making evasion difficult, so he can only stand his ground.

However, with the immovable skill's defensive power and Yan Buji's third‑stage Accumulation Armor, even against a Golden Core‑stage true practitioner's techniques he can resist head‑on.

But Yang Long beside him is truly infuriating!

He sneaks in a move for himself, making Yan Buji unbearably annoyed.

"Got him!"

For a moment, while Yan Buji is holding back Long Batian's spells, Yang Long suddenly appears from the side, a jet of ink‑green poison forming a spear that thrusts toward Yan Buji's neck!

Now!

Puff!

Under the ambush, a tiny wound is made in Yan Buji's neck and the spear vanishes. Yet a wave of poison, accompanied by dizziness, invades his mind, making his body unsteady; fortunately he promptly uses True Essence to seal the poison!

"What a fierce toxin!"

Yan Buji hurriedly takes out several pills and swallows them; the poison seems to target the spirit sense. Had Yan Buji not previously cultivated spirit‑sense techniques and carried an Accumulation Device that protects the spirit sense, it would have been more than just a bout of dizziness.

Seizing the opportunity, Long Batian abandons his ranged attack and rushes at Yan Buji!

He extends his dragon claw, a danger that feels like Death himself confronting him, and Yan Buji's eyes widen.

"Die!" Long Batian's expression is solemn; the chance created by Yang Long cannot be wasted, and his killing intent is extremely intense. The two may not harbor deep grudges, but differing stances have birthed this brutal life‑or‑death clash.

Just as all worldly conflicts are inherently unreasonable, once interests are involved, the struggle gains a solemn righteousness.

Seeing the dragon claw strike, Yan Buji does not dodge immediately; instead he stands his ground and grabs the Sea Kun hammer.

A thousand strikes in an instant!

In the blink of an eye, hammer shadows fill the sky, nearly shattering the entire formation; the great array trembles continuously, and Zhang Yao, who controls the formation from outside, feels multiplied pressure, cold sweat forming on her forehead as she pours in more mana!

However, because the formation limits Yan Buji's speed, the Instant Shadow Step's thousand‑strike burst cannot display its full power.

Yet even the howling hammer wind alone startles Long Batian, giving him a feeling of dying on the spot.

The Instant Shadow Step's thousand‑strike burst is the ultimate aesthetic of speed and violence, launching thousands of attacks within a blink while moving at high velocity.

If someone can refine Instant Shadow Step to its great completion, they need not worry about losing control of their power at high speed.

Because Yan Buji's talent in Martial Dao is outstanding and aided by the Golden Foil Pattern, his Instant Shadow Step has long been refined to great completion. This barrage of hammer shadows, though lacking formal pattern, attacks densely and solidly; any hit on Long Batian forces him to face Yan Buji's ensuing tempest of assaults!

Yang Long's expression outside changes dramatically; he did not expect Yan Buji, even with his speed hindered, to unleash such terrifying killing moves—such speed and power are inhuman.

Long Batian dares not get close, being forced back several hundred meters and barely evading.

"Tsk!" Yan Buji stops; although he pushed Long Batian back, the great array has not vanished, leaving him somewhat uneasy.

After all, with his speed hindered, the earlier thousand‑strike burst could not let him press the advantage; otherwise Long Batian could not have escaped.

"What a nuisance! Though I don't understand the so‑called Age‑Flow Array, I'm somewhat versed in formations!"

Yan Buji chuckles and pulls out a Jiao‑subduing disc!

In a blink, Yan Buji pours all his mana into the Jiao‑subduing disc, leaving himself with no mana left; the disc erupts with a burst of earth‑colored light, crashing into the ground!

"Bad!"

Zhang Yao spits out a mouthful of blood, exclaiming, "Activating Earth Vein Power? The great array has been broken!"

The earth trembles, and a terrifying demonic aura erupts from below, sweeping the four people in the cavern; Yan Buji also discerns that the array's element is water, so covering it with earth can naturally counter it.

However, with his mana he cannot forcibly manipulate Earth Vein Power within the array, so he must overdraw the Jiao‑subduing disc's Accumulation Device power to trigger an explosion, thereby drawing the Earth Vein Power upward.

The earth's demonic aura bursts through the formation; Yan Buji quickly condenses a layer of demonic aura armor and charges at Yang Long.

"You!"

"Die!"

Yan Buji rushes forward; Yang Long turns pale with fear and tries to flee.

Bang!

A single hammer strike decides it!

With this hammer, Yan Buji smashes Yang Long's skull, grabs his corpse, extracts the Golden Core from his dantian and seals it with a secret technique, then looks to the other side.

"Hehehe, as expected, you cannot withstand a pure‑nature cultivator's greatest taboo—being corroded by demonic aura!"

Long Batian and Zhang Yao stand in a spot where the demonic aura's impact is slightly milder, channeling mana to resist; even with armored protection, the aura's corrosion is terrifying for pure‑nature cultivators.

Yet Yan Buji finds it odd that this Earth Vein's demonic aura is so intense, raging for minutes without any sign of weakening.

Is there something below?

"Fine technique!" Long Batian's expression turns grave; he did not expect Yan Buji, besides refining pills and artifacts, to also study formation Earth Vein Power—how does he cultivate?

Ordinary cultivators focusing on a single path already expend much energy, yet he learns everything and does it with style.

Moving within the demonic aura, Yan Buji's aura armor undergoes several changes, becoming increasingly dark‑green and heavier.

However, for him, the secret technique of aura armor requires strong demonic aura to cultivate successfully, and Yan Buji previously seldom activated Earth Vein, so the armor's strength was never high.

Now that he has mobilized the Earth Vein beneath Soul Mountain, the surging demonic aura is actually better than the aura he previously absorbed—doesn't that indicate…

The Earth Vein below might be a super‑large vein?!

Then refining a massive Earth‑origin Great Pill would be hopeful, right?

"Below, it's your turn!"

Yan Buji hoists the Sea Kun hammer and charges, while Long Batian supports Zhang Yao, worrying, "Yao!"

"It's fine!" Zhang Yao looks at Long Batian, gritting her teeth, "Brother Long, we'll go together!"

Long Batian laughs, "Good! The two of us have done so much yet you show no fatigue; truly you've seen what Martial Cultivation really is."

Although Yan Buji is not a pure Martial Cultivation practitioner, his combat power is evident to all.

Zhang Yao suddenly pilots an armed device, flying to Long Batian's head, her claws gripping his armor, and a dazzling aurora unlike any before erupts!

Whoosh!

Yan Buji rushed in with a killing strike, his attack fell short, and his pupils involuntarily narrowed:

"Disappeared?"

No!

Now!

Long Batian clenched his claws into fists, suddenly appearing behind Yan Buji and swung!

Yan Buji recovered in time, turned and swung his great hammer to block!

Bang!

The shockwave from their instantaneous clash reverberated in all directions, the entire underground cave trembled on the brink of collapse, the water currents swirled violently, and the erupting True Essence and magical power blew everything around away!

Crack!

A flash of lightning burst forth, the fierce bolt shattered everything nearby into dust, and another figure was violently struck out of the cave, breaking through Soul Mountain and soaring outside!