His martial arts talent truly wasn’t below that of Ling Han, and even surpassed it in certain aspects. At least, 22 flashes of Qi were currently number one amongst the younger generation, and under the amplification of heaven and earth’s Spirit Qi, it was as if there were 23 of him attacking Ling Han together—truly shocking.
Ling Han responded with ease. He also had many trump cards, such as the Demon Birth Sword, the Thunder Battle Armor, and the Iron Sheet Body, and which of those couldn’t turn the tables? He also laughed coldly, and said, “Since you don’t dare to fight in close-quarters combat, then have a taste of this!”
His figure retreated continuously, and instantly pulled 10 meters away from Xuanyuan Zi Guang.
Earlier, he kept trying to close the distance between them, thus this sudden retreat was out of Xuanyuan Zi Guang’s expectations, making him stop momentarily and not counterattack immediately in fear that it might be a trap. Xuanyuan Zi Guang moved forward, while Ling Han also leapt backwards.
“Hmph, my cultivation is higher than yours and my Origin Power is denser, pulling apart the gap; you’re even less of an opponent,” Xuanyuan Zi Guang said loftily, firing out a palm attack as 23 fire lions appeared and pounced at Ling Han.
It was only 10 meters; it was impossible for Origin Power to be exhausted at such a small distance.
Ling Han laughed loudly, and said, “You think too highly of yourself!” He gestured as if drawing a bow, and instantly, a spec of light surfaced, turning into the shape of an arrow. With a xiu , it shot towards Xuanyuan Zi Guang.
Annihilating Dragon Star Arrow.
Fast as a ray of light!
Xuanyuan Zi Guang was shocked, hurriedly summoning Origin Power in defense. Pa , the arrow shot at his chest, but the Origin Power shield appeared in time, blocking the arrow. Even so, it still made him groan; it was so painful that he almost hacked a mouthful of blood.
In terms of power, he was obviously above Ling Han, but Ling Han focused power on one point, while he had to guard his entire body; this was obviously incomparable.
It couldn’t be helped; the arrow was too fast, and he didn’t know what part of him it would aim at, forcing him to guard all over.
Ling Han retreated with ease, escaping from the 23 fire tigers, and said, “You’re nothing more than this!”
Xuanyuan Zi Guang made a very sullen face. No matter tier or battle prowess, he should firmly suppress Ling Han, yet he suffered a small loss, damaging his self-esteem.
A godlike man like him… He was always the only one who, at a lower tier, won against other geniuses. How could he be beaten by someone at a lower tier?
He was furious. A flame arose above his head and turned into a dragon, phoenix, and other ancient miraculous beasts, showing his extremely unique bloodline.
“You… are dead for sure!” he announced coldly.
Ling Han laughed, and said, “You, are really good at talking big!” Who didn’t know how to speak in declarative.
Hong!
At this moment, the black mist surged; swords and axes covered in frightening vein-like patterns could be seen indistinctly within in, radiating a shockingly cold glare.
Ling Han’s expression changed drastically, and he immediately ran towards the city.
Xuanyuan Zi Guang was furious. Seeing that he was about to unleash his power, this brat actually abandoned the battle? He was just about to curse, but then he also saw the changes in the black mist, instantly feeling a chill inside. He also exerted power on both feet, running towards the city gate.
The Fourth Killing Formation had been activated!
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The killing formation was activated, and an extraordinary image arose, forming a terrifying, great danger.
After Ling Han returned to the city, he smiled at Xuanyuan Zi Guang, and said, “What, why are you following me? Come, come, come, let’s fight for 300 rounds!” He assumed a fighting stance, ready to give it all.
Xuanyuan Zi Guang was almost angered to death. ‘You freaking guarded the city gate, only to say “fight for 300 rounds”… could there be such a cheap person?’ Not to mention 300 rounds, if he was only stopped shortly, he would be killed by the killing formation right away.
“I’ll come collect this debt from you in the future!” he said in a grave voice, turning into an arrow and charging at the city gate.
Ling Han originally wanted to mess with him, but feeling several formidable and terrifying mental spirits, he gave up on the idea. True elites had come, and definitely wouldn’t sit idly as he killed Xuanyuan Zi Guang craftily.
How unfortunate; he’d still wanted to make the other party suffer.
Weng , Million Treasures City’s great formation was also completely activated, and a white flash of light covered the city’s skies like an eggshell. In reality, unseen beneath the ground was another half of an “eggshell,” guarding this ancient city from all directions with zero blind spots.
The Spirit Treasures Pavilion really wasn’t short on the money at all. While this defensive formation was first-rate, it was also terrifying when it burned Origin Crystals…
Hong , black swords 100 m long formed within the killing formation, emitting a shockingly cold glare. Even though several Heaven Tier elites were already at the top of the city, they all felt a chill within facing against the black swords.
It couldn’t be blocked!
Those black swords were like completely activated Spirit Tools, and Heaven Tier elites would definitely be killed instantly if they stepped near them.
The black sword slashed past. Fortunately, the city’s great formation had been activated, turning into a shield that blocked the black sword. Hong , vein-like patterns intertwined and shone, turning into countless fragments that scattered down from the sky.
Thankfully, it was blocked.
Everyone was greatly shocked; which force insisted on targeting Million Treasures City? No matter whether it was Spirit Treasures Pavilion or Alchemist Society, they were harmonious in bringing wealth, and were of status above the norm, never making enemies of any force, so why would they attract someone using such a killing formation?
“This, could this be the Fourth Killing Formation?” an old fogey cried out.
“The Fourth Killing Formation?” Most people were at a loss.
“Killing Formations are formed naturally by the world—there is a total of ten kinds of them. Though ranked one after another, their powers are actually not much different, and according to legends, they could even kill Shattering Void Tier elites! As for The First Killing Formation… it’s the world’s first unbreakable formation, claimed to be able to kill gods!” the old fogey explained.
“What?!” Hearing those words, everyone’s expressions changed drastically.
What could be done… The Fourth Killing Formation surrounded the city, could Million Treasures City’s defensive formation rival it? Moreover, even Shattering Void Tier warriors could be killed. Once the city’s defense broke, they would all die inevitably.
Who was it, to be so deranged!
Ling Han activated the Eye of Truth and observed continuously, comparing as he said, “The Fourth Killing Formation isn’t complete, and one Shattering Void Tier elite can probably break it.”
“Boy, what do you know?”
“Who the hell are you?!”
“The adults are talking, kids screw off to the side.”
Once he spoke, it instantly aroused many people’s disatisfaction. These people were all self-assured in their experience, even flauting their identities in a situation like this. However, there were also people who kept an open mind and revealed a hint of cheerfulness.
It was rumored that Spirit Treasures Pavilion had a Shattering Void Tier big shot keeping watch, and if he took the field, wouldn’t he be able to break through the formation?
“With this little friend’s words, this old man suddenly feels the same.” It suddenly occured to t
he old fogey earlier. “Otherwise, this city’s great formation couldn’t possibly block the Fourth Killing Formation!”
This was a naturally formed killing formation, something extremely terrifying. Only the other eight killing formations could rival it. As for the First Killing Formation, it could kill gods, so even the other nine killing formations added together were inferior to it.
If only Ling Han said so, obviously no one would believe it; the words of the lowly carried little weight. However, being confirmed by the old fogey, more people instantly believed those words, which also greatly increased their confidence.
“Please request the senior of the Spirit Treasures Pavilion to intervene and break through this killing formation!”
“That’s right, only that supreme being can do it.”
Everyone said one after another. Although they had no right at all to request a Shattering Void Tier elite to act, it greatly concerned their lives, so they could only muster up the courage to say so; otherwise, there would only be the road that led to death ahead of them.
A figure flashed by—it was shockingly the damned fatso, Yin Xue Yang. He looked outside the city as another black-colored spear formed, launching a second attack. He frowned, and said, “Several Pavilion Masters have left Million Treasures City to visit other places.”
“The Grand Pavilion Master also left?” everyone cried out.
“He left.” Yin Xue Yang sighed. “Now. this pavilion only has me, the only Pavilion Master keeping watch.”
Everyone was depressed. Heaven Tier elites couldn’t break through the Fourth Killing Formation—even if it was an imcomplete one.
“Pray that the great formation guarding the city is strong enough, guarding till those seniors return.” Everyone could only hope so.
Ling Han, however, was curious. Those Pavilion Masters of the Spirit Treasures Pavilion actually all left the city, moreover at the same time? Being able to move eight Pavilion Masters together, could it be that an extraordinary historic site had been discovered?
Yin Xue Yang shook his head, and said, “The eight Pavilion Masters won’t possibly return in near time. Probably… one to two years would still be difficult.”
What, that long?
Everyone’s faces turned pale—one to two years? Could this great defensive formation be maintained for one to two years?
“Milion Treasures City is an important land of middle state. With communications cut off for a long time, people will definitely realize that something is wrong and run over to see exactly what’s going on,” someone said, filled with hope.
“However, can we really endure till that time?” someone said pessimistically.
Hong! Hong! Hong!
The Fourth Killing Formation kept bombarding Million Treasures City. The great city-guarding formation formed a shield to protect it, but it wouldn’t stand such crazy bombardment for long. Soon, cracks appeared on this shield, which shattered with a bang in the end.
The great city-guarding formation formed a second shield, and continued to withstand the Fourth Killing Formation’s bombardment. In the short term, the defensive power could completely keep up with the destructive power, reaching a balance; the city’s protection wouldn’t be broken through.
The problem was that the great city-guarding formation was activated by Origin Crystals, and under such high expenditure, how long could it be maintained?
After Yin Xue Yang and a big shot of the Alchemist Society discussed shortly, they arrived at a conlcusion: it could endure for half a year, and if the other forces took out their Origin Crystals as support, then it would last even longer.
At such a time, no one dared to be selfish; everyone contributed their Origin Crystals one after another, hoping that the great formation could persist until reinforcements arrived.
“Where are the experts of the Alchemist Society?” someone asked.
Right—although alchemist primarily refined pills, the alchemist society’s headquarters were here, so they hired a few elites to keep watch; perhaps there might be a Shattering Void Tier super elite there.
“The two Heaven Grade alchemists left the city long ago with their Heaven Tier followers,” an alchemist said. His status was considerably high as he was a high level Earth Grade alchemist.
The Spirit Treasures Pavilion and the Alchemist Society left at the same time, but Million Treasures City suffered the surrounding attacks of the Fourth Killing Formation; this wasn’t a coincidence no matter how one looked at it.
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“Could the Spirit Treasures Pavilion and the Alchemist Society have joined hands to conspire to murder us?” someone with persecutory delusion cried out.
Yin Xue Yang sneered, and said, “To kill a dreg like you, would they need to take such a round-about way? This lord can crush you ten thousand times!”
This certainly stood to reason, making many agitated people calm down.
The key was that the Spirit Treasures Pavilion and the Alchemist Society had no reason to do so.
“The eight pavilion masters of the Spirit Treasures Pavilion and the two Heaven Grade alchemists of the Alchemist Society, as well as the Heaven Tier elites, did they go to a certain historic site?” Ling Han suddenly asked.
Yin Xue Yang looked at Ling Han again, revealing an astounded look. Although this youngster interrupted twice and seemed to have no manners, every word he said nailed the spot.
He nodded, and said, “That’s right. The pavilion received news that Alchemy Emperor Ling Han’s ancient tomb was discovered, and within it were treasures collected by the Alchemy Emperor in all his life!”
Everyone was in an uproar.
The Ling Han ten thousand years ago was a legend, not only exceling in alchemy, but also at the pinnacle of martial arts. How much and how shocking would his wealth be? Thinking about it made people’s eyes red with desire!
Now that his ancient tomb was discovered, could you say that you would hold back and not intervene?
Ling Han’s expression, however, was strange. A ghost… in his previous life, his flesh was shocked into ash by the Black Tower during an expedition. There couldn’t be an ancient tomb where he was buried! This was clearly a trap to draw out the elites of Million Treasures City and take advantage of it to surround the city.
Concocting such a great conspiracy just to kill them, the useless troops? Even though there were still Yin Xue Yang and other Heaven Tier elites here, setting up the Fourth Killing Formation just to kill a few Heaven Tier warriors… this was obviously not worth it.
No, no, no, there had to be a greater scheme, just that he hadn’t thought of it.
“By the looks of it now, this is a scheme of luring the tiger out of the mountains. Hopefully, the pavilion masters and the two grandmasters can return safely.” Yin Xue Yang sighed. He obviously knew that things were too coincidental and there definitely was a bait.
The enemy hidden in the dark deliberately planned such a large scheme, so presumably, reinforcements wouldn’t come in the near time.
“We can only rely on ourselves now!” Yin Xue Yang cupped his fists, and said, “Please, old brothers and sisters. Be generous and help Small Yang guard Million Treasures City!”
“Million Treasures City is our home too, we ought to do everything in our power.” A voice floated over from within the city, extremely old but also filled with power and influence, making many people’s thighs shiver as they were unable to stand firmly on their feet.
“Small Yang, when its necessary to intervene, we won’t stand by idly.” This was an old lady’s voice, which was surprisingly like tough iron. After hearing her words, many people cried out with ears leaking blood, unable to withstand such oppressive might.
“Yes!” A third voice sounded, but it was a simple answer.
These were the few Heaven Tier forces in the city. Of course, this was also because of Million Treasures City’s singularity, or else no city in the middl
e state would have Heaven Tier warriors keeping watch.
Yin Xue Yang couldn’t help but feel relieved. There were pathetically little Shattering Void Tier elites in the world, and Heaven Tier ones were rare enough. Now, there were four Heaven Tiers joining hands, obviously making him much more confident.
Moreover, the mysterious enemy used the Fourth Killing Formation to entrap them—didn’t this explain that the opponent didn’t have power equal to Shattering Void Tier? Otherwise, even the four in the Heaven Tier wouldn’t block it, no?
Thinking so, his had slightly even more confidence.
Ling Han took it all in his eyes, but shook his head. The hidden force definitely had Shattering Void Tier elites, or else why would they act so extremely daringly? Moreover, without the power of Shattering Void Tier warriors, how could they have set up the Fourth Killing Formation?
The opponent’s Shattering Void Tier powerhouse was probably pinning down the grand pavilion master of Spirit Treasures Pavilion, making him unable to get back in time.
Anyway, Million Treasures City currently was certainly in imminent danger.
Hong, long, long , the Fourth Killing Formation kept operating as black swords, black sabers, black spears, and all other sorts of weapons appeared, bombarding the great city-guarding formation. The great city-guarding formation only formed a shield in opposition, simple yet effective.
The day passed with people overwhelmed in anxiety. When everyone raised their heads to look at the sky on the next day, they were all shocked.
Yesterday, the Fourth Killing Formation only prompted weapons to bombard the great city-guarding formation one at a time, but today… there were two weapons! This created two times the destructive power, and obviously caused the expenditure of twice as many Origin Crystals.
The only thing that set people’s mind to rest was that the great city-guarding formation could still last.
Originally, the condensed shield could withstand ten hits before shattering, but now it shattered with five hits. As long as it didn’t shatter with one hit, then there was no need to worry about the city gates being broken through and the killing formation’s menace’s direct arrival.
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