Chapter 412: Formation Within a Formation

Wei Yuan watched Tang Anzhi in the distance, extremely miserable, his whole body covered with one horrifying sword wound after another, and once again condensed a great cauldron, placing it on his head, with difficulty resisting the attacks of one swimming dragon after another; not long after, the cauldron again showed crack after crack.

It was only a matter of time before it shattered again!

Tang Anzhi was not without counterattacks; taking advantage of the cauldron on his head blocking one swimming dragon after another, he unleashed one spell after another, but the flying dragons lunging with bared teeth and claws tore them apart instantly.

During this time.

Although Tang Anzhi had considered fleeing while holding the cauldron, before he could take a few steps he was blown back to his original spot by one swimming dragon after another; even if he wanted to cast an escape spell, before the spell could form he was preemptively attacked by one swimming dragon after another.

Destroying Tang Anzhi's escape spell!

This left him only able to stand in place and resist; once the cauldron on his head shattered and his magic exhausted, it might be the moment Tang Anzhi loses his life.

Wei Yuan watched Tang Anzhi's miserable appearance, the corners of his mouth turning up in a smile that could not be suppressed even by taking an aphrodisiac, but what he paid most attention to was the great net surrounding Tang Anzhi.

Although he was not a cultivator, he had some understanding of cultivators, and having read many books on cultivation, he quickly realized that this great net was a formation, whose base consisted of one flying sword after another.

Wei Yuan involuntarily recalled the formation Yu Die had mentioned, the Silkworm Sword Formation, and asked strangely: "Captain Yu, besides defense, can your Silkworm Sword Formation also attack?"

"What do you think?"

Yu Die did not answer, but instead posed a counter-question.

"I, I, I… I don't know!"

Wei Yuan said embarrassedly.

He still knew the name Silkworm Sword Formation; it was not a forbidden formation, but most sword formations are of the offensive type.

Formations like the Silkworm Sword Formation, which are defensive, do exist, but they are rare; the Silkworm Sword Formation is not just among defensive formations—it holds a leading position and is one of the most popular defensive formations.

Many sword masters choose one or two defensive formations to cultivate, and the most commonly chosen defensive formation is the Silkworm Sword Formation.

He is not even a sword cultivator, let alone an ordinary cultivator, yet the fame of the Silkworm Sword Formation still rings like thunder in his ears.

How could he not know? The Silkworm Sword Formation is purely a defensive formation.

Dai Zhishang asked curiously: "Captain Yu, if it wasn't you who attacked the Imperial Attendant Tang, then who could have done it?"

Yu Die did not answer Dai Zhishang's question, but instead lifted her head to look at Wei Yuan, smiling narrowly, and said: "This matter, I think County Magistrate Wei should know!"

"I know, how could I not know…"

Wei Yuan was about to retort, but before he could finish speaking, a flash of inspiration crossed his mind, his face drastically changed, and he trembled as he spoke in panic:

"Captain Yu, do you mean that the mysterious person who just attacked the Imperial Attendant Tang is the paper person that just held me hostage?"

Yu Die nodded.

Compared to Wei Yuan and Dai Zhishang, who at first saw one sword apparatus after another transform into swimming dragons attacking Tang Anzhi and suspected her of doing it, she, although startled, quickly reacted, paying close attention to what ability was attacking Tang Anzhi.

It was a sword formation!

She never imagined that within her own sword formation there would be another sword formation!

The problem is…

Not long ago, upon seeing this strange ghost wall before her, which differed greatly from an ordinary ghost wall, she examined it carefully.

She literally checked the surroundings of the ghost wall over and over; aside from the ghost wall being unlike the ordinary kind, she found nothing else abnormal.

Moreover, she found no trace of a sword formation having been set up!

If she herself were not clearly aware that the sword formation attacking Tang Anzhi was not her doing, she could not help but suspect that perhaps she herself had set it up.

It is no wonder Wei Yuan and Dai Zhishang suspected her!

Wei Yuan's pupils contracted, his face full of panic, as he said: "Captain Yu, do you know why that mysterious person would attack the Imperial Attendant Tang?" He did not actually care whether Tang Anzhi lived or died; he wished Tang Anzhi would die and be reborn soon, and he could not forgive what Tang Anzhi had just done to him.

He would suddenly become panicked, worried that if the mysterious person would strike Tang Anzhi and endanger his life, they might also strike him.

"Perhaps it is because the Imperial Attendant Tang forcibly broke into his ghost wall!"

Yu Die said thoughtfully.

"How could that be possible?"

Wei Yuan was about to retort, but Yu Die's reason was too absurd.

Yet for some reason, deep down he secretly hoped that Yu Die's answer would be the correct explanation.

Because if that were the case, even if Tang Anzhi later died at the hands of the mysterious person, there would be no reason to harm his life.

Dai Zhishang did not care why the mysterious person would launch a killing strike against Tang Anzhi; saying that, he had not been the first to encounter a mysterious person, and at that time he had not suffered an attack from them, and this time he thought he would not be attacked either, and asked curiously:

"Captain Yu, you are a captain of the Demon Suppression Office and possess considerable skill; can you tell what kind of ability is attacking the Imperial Attendant Tang?"

As he spoke, Dai Zhishang's eyes sparkled; he realized that this trip to Shizi Ling had not been in vain.

You have reached the end of this novel.

Originally I still wanted to gather material from the newly appointed Mountain God of Shizi Ling.

Unexpectedly, before even seeing the newly appointed Mountain God of Shizi Ling, I saw before me this scene, which is practically perfect material.

I also do not know whether my artistic skill can depict even a tenth of the divine majesty of this scene.

"If I am not mistaken, the one attacking the Imperial Attendant Tang should be a sword formation…"

Yu Die's face grew solemn; before she could finish speaking, Wei Yuan let out an exclamation, paying no heed, and continued to explain: "Probably it is the Small Five Elements Sword Formation!"

"Captain Yu, you're not joking, are you? A sword formation, and it's the Small Five Elements Sword Formation?"

Wei Yuan let out an exclamation, his face full of disbelief, his voice trembling as he whispered: "Captain Yu, can you, based on clues, track down the hiding place of the mysterious person who is deploying the Small Five Elements Sword Formation?"

He was not only shocked that a cultivator could actually do this, but even more shocked that within Yu Die's Silkworm Sword Formation another sword formation could be set up, and that this formation turned out to be the Small Five Elements Sword Formation.

A formation within a formation, it is said that only a formation grandmaster could achieve this, and moreover it is the renowned Small Five Elements Sword Formation.

Given the stringent conditions required to set up the Small Five Elements Sword Formation,

even though he is not a cultivator, he has heard of the great name of the Small Five Elements Sword Formation.

Furthermore, he is curious whether anyone in this world has the ability to set up the Small Five Elements Sword Formation.

Dai Zhishang exclaimed in shock: "Captain Yu, you're not joking, is the attack on the Imperial Attendant Tang a sword formation?"

Since his younger brother is a disciple of the Nine Heavens Sword Sect, even though he is unlearned, he still knows quite a bit about swordsmanship.

He, however, clearly knew that once Yu Die's Heavenly Silkworm Sword Formation was set up, even if the mysterious person had previously arranged a sword formation inside the ghost wall, it would be impossible to again drive the Earth-Moving Sword Formation.

Most likely, once the Heavenly Silkworm Sword Formation is deployed, it will immediately sever the mysterious person's control over the Small Five Elements Sword Formation!

"At first I didn't believe that the attack on Tang Imperial Attendant would be a sword formation!"

Yu Die let out a slight sigh, her face full of complex emotions, and self-mockingly said: "But I've checked over and over again; it is indeed the Small Five Elements Sword Formation, unless my old eyes are failing, there's no way I could be wrong!"

(End of chapter)