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"Don't ask so much anymore! Follow my instructions and take your steps! Six steps to the right, one step back!" Ye Yuan said.
Mei Zhen's trust in Ye Yuan had already reached an unconditional extent. He immediately hesitated no more and moved his feet according to Ye Yuan's instructions.
With Mei Zhen's Third Level Sea Transformation Realm strength, wanting to charge outside was not hard as long as he knew the secret of leaving the formation.
Indeed, under Ye Yuan's directions, Mei Zhen's eyes blurred, and he left the array formation.
Now, there was only Ye Yuan alone left within the Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation!
Ye Yuan looked at those expressionless sword puppets and said with a cold smile, "Lu Linfeng, you miser! Today, I'm going to take in all of these sword puppets of yours. Consider it collecting some interest first! And also this Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation, I won't be courteous!"
Finished talking, Ye Yuan shut his eyes once more and entered Heart Like Still Water State!
Without the impediment from his seniors, Ye Yuan could experience this Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation to his heart's content.
He only used eight breaths of time just now and barely managed to find the way out of the formation. But he was still far off from wanting to completely crack this Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation!
Mei Zhen and the rest already witnessed the power of this Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation but did not know how powerful this array formation was.
But Ye Yuan knew that inside Lu Linfeng's Formations Path Nine Scripts, there was an array formation called Greater Nine Revolutions Profound Heaven Interlocking Formation. It was evolved from this Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation.
The power of the Great Nine Revolutions Profound Heaven Interlocking Formation was enough to slaughter over a dozen ordinary Divine Kings!
Even when compared to the Spirit Bristle Divine King's Nine Suns Burning Heaven, it was not any weaker!
This array formation before their eyes was only a dead object. Ye Yuan knew that if Lu Linfeng were here presiding over it, their party would simply have no chance to escape.
Forget about Sea Transformation Realm experts. Even Soul Sea Realm powerhouses might not be able to escape!
That was the true strength of the Divine Realm's Ten Great Divine Kings!
And the current Ye Yuan was actually challenging the Grand Yan Divine King, Lu Linfeng, when he was young.
If Ye Yuan's conjectures were correct, this array formation in front of him should have been created when Lu Linfeng was at the Sea Transformation Realm or Soul Sea Realm. Otherwise, these sword puppets would definitely not be limited to this power.
Very evidently, the Lu Linfeng back then was not mature enough yet. The might of this Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation also did not reach a heaven-defying degree.
But even so, it was also an existence far beyond the reach of the vast majority of people.
What Ye Yuan wanted to do now was to completely comprehend this array formation and control these 18 sword puppets!
Chapter 321. Comprehending Formation! |
These 18 sword puppets were automatically controlled by the array formation, ownerless objects.
Pang Wannian accidentally activated the array formation previously. That was why these 18 sword puppets attacked the Tranquil Cloud Sect group.
As long as Ye Yuan comprehended the Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation fully, he would be able to control these 18 sword puppets!
If Ye Yuan had these 18 sword puppets, he would have the ability to protect himself in front of Sea Transformation Realm experts.
With Ye Yuan's present strength, facing early-stage and middle-stage Crystal Formation Realm martial artists should not pose a problem. But facing late-stage Crystal Formation Realm martial artists would be more challenging.
As for Sea Transformation Realm experts, Ye Yuan virtually did not have any leeway to resist.
Actually, Ye Yuan had confronted quite a few Sea Transformation Realm powerhouses. But regardless of whether it was Black Crow Old Man, Yao Qian, or Wang Fan, he drew support from environmental conditions and depended on his meticulous calculations in order to gain an advantage.
If battling a Sea Transformation Realm head-on, Ye Yuan would have no chance of winning.
But with these sword puppets, it would be different. Ye Yuan could even clash with Third Level Sea Transformation Realm experts by using the Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation to control them.
Ye Yuan's strength was indeed not powerful. But under Heart Like Still Water Realm, he already had an initial glimpse into the door of this array formation.
Currently, Ye Yuan's soul force was projected out and could capture every minute movement from the sword puppets clearly. Hence, it was very hard for these sword puppets to want to hurt him.
Of course, the price of doing so was that his soul force was in the midst of being depleted rapidly!
"No way right? It was unbelievably arduous for so many of us inside this array formation. Ye Yuan is doing this with ease alone inside instead?" Tian Yu exclaimed in shock.
"Ye Yuan should have comprehended something. Otherwise, it's impossible to be so," Mei Zhen said.
"But what on earth is Ye Yuan trying to do? To actually bring Elder Mei out too. If there were him guiding by the side, cracking the formation with Elder Mei's strength should be promising, right? Now, he is inside all alone. How is he going to crack the formation?" Tian Yu said puzzledly.
"Now that it came to this, we can only believe in him. This array formation is truly exceptionally powerful. By relying on a bunch of Crystal Formation Realm puppets, even I am not a match!" Mei Zhen sighed with admiration.
. . . . . .
While Ye Yuan was trapped in the Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation, inside the Absolute Blaze Barrier, Zhao Yuyang's entire head was covered in dense sweat beads.
After such a long period of deduction, he was on the verge of collapsing!
But he also knew that it was no longer far from the exit of the grand array. If he did not grit his teeth and persevere, all the benefits in the Eternal Splendor Palace would be acquired by the Tranquil Cloud Sect.
Hence, he was clenching his teeth and pushing on!
"Still missing a little more, just a little bit more! Deducing this Absolute Blaze Barrier this time has tremendous inspiration to my formation path! As long as I can tough it out, I might have hopes of becoming a Tier 4 array master in this life!" Zhao Yuyang kept on encouraging himself.
Everyone held their breath as they looked at Zhao Yuyang.
Walking until now, all the great sects paid a devastatingly heavy price!
There were only two or three people left in some sects right now.
Even the Purple Mansion Sect, one person also perished among the four of them, burnt to ashes by the grand array.
Zhao Yuyang took another step forward. His every step affected everyone's heart.
The next instant, Zhao Yuyang's face revealed wild elation!
"Senior Apprentice Brother, I found the exit!" Zhao Yuyang exclaimed in joy.
Everybody's faces revealed wild excitement. This grand array was seriously too terrifying. One had to say that them being able to escape with their lives was by luck.
Wu Zhao was similarly overjoyed as he said, "Haha . . . Ye Yuan that punk most likely never dreamt that we would find the exit so quickly, right? Wait until Your Father leaves, I'll definitely hack that punk into pieces! Otherwise, I'll find it hard to dispel the hatred in my heart! Junior Apprentice Brother Yuyang, quickly!"
Zhao Yuyang nodded and said, "This is the final juncture. As long as we find the correct path, we only need at most two hours to be able to leave!"
. . . . . .
Ye Yuan's soul force was being depleted rapidly. But his understanding of the Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation
was rising swiftly at the same time.
He had the experience and knowledge of a Tier 9 array master. Although this Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation was extremely profound, it was merely Lu Linfeng's work from several thousand years ago after all.
Ye Yuan was operating from an advantageous position. Comprehending a set of Tier 3 array formation was not something very monstrous.
In truth, his greatest obstacle was still these 18 sword puppets!
These 18 sword puppets were too strong for Ye Yuan. Most of his energy still needed to be placed on the sword puppets.
Otherwise, a moment of carelessness and it would be the outcome of perishing and his Dao dissipating.
Fortunately, under the Heart Like Still Water State, Ye Yuan could take in all of the sword puppets' actions into his divine soul to analyze and understanding, slowly comprehending the Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation.
In reality, Ye Yuan perceived it right after entering the formation. These sword puppets' attacks looked disorderly, but in truth, they were adherent to rules.
These sword puppets paired up together, forming nine attack points.
After one team finished attacking, the second team would follow up seamlessly, followed by the third team, fourth team.
This kind of attacks formed a subtle compounding, making the attacks progressively stronger!
When the ninth team released their attack, the augmentation of the attacks would have already reached a very horrifying degree.
Logically speaking, when the first team unleashed their attack should be when the array formation was at its weakest. But the truth was not this case.
These 18 sword puppets' cooperation was unbelievably ingenious. Talking about it was slow. In fact, the time between their attacks was extremely minute. Hence, forming a perfect circle, making every attack look so powerful!
Of course, seeing through it was one thing, comprehending the array formation was another.
Even a more secretive array formation would have its weak points. Even a messier hemp rope would have its head. But what Ye Yuan wanted to do now was to find this head within this perfect circle!
As the saying went, pull one hair and the entire body is affected. As long as he found where the end of this circle was, he could take control of this grand array!
But the cleverness of Lu Linfeng's array formation lied in that this 'rope head' was hidden very deeply by him.
Ye Yuan's soul force already looked to be almost fully depleted, but he still had not found that rope head.
Time trickled away, and Ye Yuan's soul force was almost hitting rock bottom. His divine soul was already so fatigued that he was about to fall asleep.
Once his soul force dried up, Ye Yuan only had the outcome of being dismembered by chaotic swords!
"Not good! Ye Yuan, he can't hold on much longer!" Mo Yuntian saw that Ye Yuan's movements were somewhat irregular and immediately noticed that something was not right.
Mei Zhen's expression also changed greatly as he said solemnly, "Ye Yuan has only been evading up until now and did not exhaust much essence energy. Could it be . . . he has been using soul force the entire time?"
"My god. Isn't his control over soul force too precise? The radius it covers is only that small patch in the array formation?" Tian Yu cried out in shock.
"What's the point of talking about that now? No way, I have to go save Ye Yuan!" Mei Zhen could not sit still any longer. He could not watch Ye Yuan being dismembered by a mass of swords helplessly.
Without any hesitation, Mei Zhen wielded his sword and was about to charge into the grand array.
But just as he reached the borders of the grand array, Ye Yuan's voice suddenly sounded out, "I'm fine! Don't come over!"
Chapter 322. Remnant Thought Message |
Regarding array formations, fully comprehending it and cracking it were two entirely different concepts. The degree of difficulty was not even on the same order of magnitude.
Cracking was knowing the hows. Comprehending was knowing the hows and the whys.
Just like humans knew that it was going to rain right from the start. But understanding the reason wasted far too much time.
One had to acknowledge that Lu Linfeng's array formation was seriously incomparably profound.
Even if it was an array formation that he created thousands of years ago, wanting to comprehend it was also so hard.
Ye Yuan used Heart Like Still Water State and completely drained his soul force, but he still could not find that 'rope head.'
Where is it? Where the hell is it?! Ye Yuan screamed inwardly.
Following his soul force's rapid consumption, Ye Yuan's consciousness became increasingly blurry. All of his dodgings were now completely reliant on his body's instinctive reactions.
Ye Yuan felt anguished in his heart. Could this be it? Lu Linfeng, on the array formations path, I really still can't beat you!
Just as Ye Yuan's soul force was about to be completely depleted, a golden text character suddenly lit up within Ye Yuan's divine soul.
It was as if Ye Yuan's divine soul was being stabbed by a needle and he abruptly woke with a start.
Then, Ye Yuan discovered to his delight that his divine soul was in the midst of recovering rapidly!
At this precise moment, Ye Yuan noticed that Mei Zhen was just about to dash into the formation to save him. That was why he hurried said, "I'm fine! Don't come over!"
That golden word was the simplest character in the Medicine God's Soul Canon. For the past few months, Ye Yuan had always been contemplating this character. He only vaguely grasped some things which could not be explained clearly.
Ye Yuan frequently felt like he had grasped something. But in the end, discovered that he did not capture anything at all.
He did not think that the character would actually give rise to such a miraculous effect at this time!
After several breaths, Ye Yuan discovered that his divine soul had never been so full before. It had actually reached the perfect state of Alchemy Master!
Introspecting his own divine soul, Ye Yuan could not help being unbelievably astonished. Because his divine soul was even more perfect than his previous life's Alchemy Master time, and even more condensed and pure!
At this time, Ye Yuan unwittingly recalled the words his father, Ji Zhengyang, said before he left. Could this be the situation that Father experienced before his death?
"Turns out that the divine soul of Alchemy Masters can still go a step further. Although my current divine soul's strength is still inferior to early-stage Alchemy Grandmasters, it's like the impurities were completely removed; being reborn anew! This is the true Alchemy Master perfection! In my previous life, I cultivated to the Alchemy Emperor realm and did not even know that the divine soul of Alchemy Masters can actually reach this step!" Ye Yuan sighed emotionally.
"Heh, Lu Linfeng, I won't be courteous with your sword puppets! I'll take them all!"
After breaking through, Ye Yuan entered Heart Like Still Water State once again. And with the support of a perfect grade divine soul, Ye Yuan's perception became even more acute this time.
Sword shadows crisscrossed. Ye Yuan continuously stripped them, analyzed, and finally found some clues!
"Turns out it's like this! No wonder Lu Linfeng can affirm his Dao as the Grand Yan Divine King. Indeed, incomparable from normal people."
Ye Yuan's eyes lit up, his figure pouncing towards one of the sword puppets like lightning.
This sword puppet was precisely where the crux of the Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation lied!
With Ye Yuan's formation path cultivation, he could discover the principle behind this array formation set very quickly. But finding this node expended far too much time.
From a macroscopic view, this sword puppet was no different from other sword puppets.
Sword art, moves, even the speed of unleashing its sword was exactly the same!
But Ye Yuan discovered
that when each round ended, the frequency pf which this sword puppet unleashed its sword would produce a trace of extremely minute fluctuation!
It was precisely this hint of fluctuation that perfectly wrapped up the previous round of attacks and kick-started the next round of attacks.
It looked simple, but wanting to find this hint of fluctuation within the limitless sword shadows was undoubtedly fishing for a needle in the ocean.
Ye Yuan's deduction abilities and perception strength was god know how many times stronger than Zhao Yuyang's. But he nearly exhausted his soul force fully without finding this trace of fluctuation. One could tell how challenging that was.
Ye Yuan dashed in front of that sword puppet very quickly, but that sword puppet did not detect it at all. It still brandished the long sword in its hands according to the routine.
A series of overwhelmingly powerful attacks landed like raindrops where Ye Yuan stood but was dodged niftily by Ye Yuan.
Right at this moment, that trace of fluctuation occurred once again.
This was the time!
Ye Yuan did not hesitate at all. Canghua Sword stabbed towards the sword puppet like lightning!
This strike was fast and accurate. But the goal was not the sword puppet's main body, but the long sword in its hands.
Only to hear a clank, the sword puppet's long sword was sent flying by Ye Yuan's sword!
The other sword puppets were brewing the next round of ferocious attacks. At this time, all of their movements stopped abruptly, pausing in mid-air.
"Huuu . . ." Ye Yuan put away Canghua Sword and let out a long breath.
"What happened? Could it be that these sword puppets exhausted all of their essence energy and can't move anymore?" Tian Yu asked in bafflement.
"Wrong! Ye Yuan made a move earlier. That was his first time making a move. Is it possible that . . . this was caused by him?" Mo Yuntian said.
"No way, right? The only time he attacked, and he made all of the puppets stop and cease movement?"
"This . . . I don't know either. Maybe he cracked this formation?"
Mei Zhen was also very bewildered. He cautiously made his way across those sword puppets rooted to the ground like wooden chickens and arrived in front of Ye Yuan.