NOVEL WEB Ch. 46
Chapter 46：What is Called a Dimensionality-Reduction Strike?
The six of them flew side by side towards the direction of Green Peak Gorge.
A moment passed.
Seeing that no one else was pursuing them.
The disciple of Azure Peak Sword Sect sitting cross-legged on the giant sword smiled and spoke first, “It seems that this time, it will be us six competing for this once-in-a-millennium Bodhi Fruit? I am Ye Mingyu of the Azure Peak Sword Sect. May I know how to address you all?”
The two disciples of Heavenly Profound Sect looked at each other, then introduced themselves one after another:
“Heavenly Profound Sect, Zhang Yutong.”
“Heavenly Profound Sect, Zhang Yueyang.”
Tian Xiyue, with the demeanor of a senior sister, then spoke up upon seeing this, “True Essence Sect, Tian Xiyue, Xu Zhengyang, Yang Hong.”
As soon as Tian Xiyue finished speaking.
Zhang Yutong of Heavenly Profound Sect, seeing that three disciples from True Essence Sect were heading together to Green Peak Gorge, couldn’t help but jeer, “Traveling in a group of three, I see. It’s quite obvious. Your True Essence Sect is afraid that the Bodhi Fruit might fall into the hands of outsiders.”
“Hmph.”
Tian Xiyue sneered coldly upon hearing that and replied, “Didn’t Master Sect Leader give your Heavenly Profound Sect five pairs of Yin-Yang World-Breaking Pearls? Why didn’t you send more people? Was it unwillingness? Or could it be that your Heavenly Profound Sect has such a decline in talent among your generation, scraping from here and there, and in the end, you only managed to gather you two half-baked ones?”
“Sharp-tongued.”
Zhang Yutong narrowed her eyes and sneered, “Talk is cheap! Once we enter Green Peak Gorge, I would like to see what tricks you’ve got up your sleeve!”
“Catch up to me first before talking big!”
As Tian Xiyue spoke, lightning flickered all over her body, and it all surged into the crescent-shaped artifact beneath her feet.
In an instant.
Tian Xiyue’s speed surged dramatically, immediately leaving everyone behind!
“Hahahaha!”
Ye Mingyu laughed heartily upon seeing this and said to the Zhang siblings of Heavenly Profound Sect, “In that case, I shall go ahead as well!”
As he spoke.
Ye Mingyu’s speed also suddenly increased, closely tailing behind Tian Xiyue.
Zhang Yutong snorted coldly upon seeing this, took out a pill from her storage pouch and consumed it. Her spiritual power output then surged sharply, accelerating her flying artifact!
……
Sunset Cloud Blessed Land wasn’t very large.
So, after just half an hour or so, the disciples of the three sects successively arrived outside Green Peak Gorge.
Unlike before.
Besides the innermost Misty Thousand-Kill Formation set by True Essence Sect to protect the Bodhi Tree—
After negotiations between Heavenly Profound Sect, Azure Peak Sword Sect, and Master Xuan Yin—
These two sects had each temporarily added an additional restriction outside the Misty Thousand-Kill Formation, fearing the other sects’ disciples might gain an advantage.
At this moment, there were three restrictions set outside Green Peak Gorge.
Only disciples who passed all three tests could enter Green Peak Gorge to contend for that once-in-a-millennium Bodhi Fruit!
Just then.
Zhang Yutong of Heavenly Profound Sect, upon seeing the first formation outside Green Peak Gorge, stepped forward proudly and said, “This is the Five Elements Maze Formation, which aligns with the Dao of the Five Elements and transforms endlessly!”
As she spoke.
Zhang Yutong deliberately turned back to look at Tian Xiyue and said with a false smile, “If one doesn’t understand the profound mysteries within— No matter how high your cultivation, you’ll only find yourself trapped to death!”
As soon as she finished speaking.
Zhang Yutong didn’t hesitate and directly brought Zhang Yueyang along into the Five Elements Bewildering Formation.
“An illusion formation?”
Azure Peak Sword Sect’s Ye Mingyu smiled upon seeing this and said, “Interesting.”
As he spoke—
Ye Mingyu stored the giant sword the size of a door plank into the sword case on his back and strode forward into the formation.
Seeing that disciples of the other two sects had already entered the formation—
Tian Xiyue glanced at Xu Zhengyang and Yang Hong, then said, “Though I have a method to break formations, it relies on the convenience of a divine ability and cannot carry others. You two… Will have to rely on your own fortune.”
As she spoke—
Afraid that Xu Zhengyang and Yang Hong might hold her back due to sect camaraderie, she didn’t wait for a reply and instantly transformed into a streak of lightning, dashing into the formation.
Yang Hong, being a mere body cultivator, was truly powerless before this formation.
So he turned his pleading gaze to Xu Zhengyang and said, “Senior Brother Xu, I...”
Xu Zhengyang didn’t seem to mind. He took out a wooden stick from the Jade Gourd and handed one end to Yang Hong, saying, “Grab it. If this Five Elements Bewildering Formation is merely an illusion formation… Then just follow my instructions and walk with me.”
Upon hearing this, Yang Hong was overjoyed and immediately grabbed the wooden stick, saying, “Thank you, Senior Brother Xu!”
……
When a formation is activated, it inevitably stirs the Spiritual Energy.
So the place with the densest Spiritual Energy is bound to be closest to the core of this Five Elements Bewildering Formation!
And the denser the Spiritual Energy, the faster Xu Zhengyang could draw in energy using the Qi Refining Art via the Technique Manager!
These past few days, besides being busy testing the performance parameters of various Tier 1 Spiritual Materials—
He also took time during his spare hours to study formations.
The exit of an illusion formation—
Is generally located at the core of the formation.
Precisely because of this—
To break the Five Elements Bewildering Formation in front of him, which didn’t contain nested killing arrays, Xu Zhengyang didn’t need to make any extra moves.
He simply needed to activate the Spiritual Energy monitoring function of the Health Manager and move around to detect where the Spiritual Energy concentration was higher, where more energy could be absorbed in the same unit time.
As long as Xu Zhengyang kept heading towards the denser Spiritual Energy areas, he would definitely be able to walk out of this Five Elements Bewildering Formation!
True·Break Formation With Eyes Closed!
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Meanwhile—
At Celestial Mechanism Peak, in front of the Absolute Shadow Wall.
Most of the crowd now had their gazes fixed on the three restrictions outside Green Peak Gorge, hoping to see how the younger generation of the three sects would perform.
Since this Five Elements Bewildering Formation was set by the Heavenly Profound Sect—
The Zhang siblings navigated it like fish in water. With just a compass as a guide, the two of them smoothly exited the formation;
As for Ye Mingyu of the Azure Peak Sword Sect, upon entering the Five Elements Bewildering Formation, he opened the sword case behind him and summoned a translucent jade short sword.
This short sword seemed to have the ability to discern illusions—
Its tip constantly pointed towards the exit, guiding Ye Mingyu along the correct path;
After Tian Xiyue entered the formation, lightning flickered within her eyes—it turned out she had mastered a Spiritual Eye Secret Technique that allowed her to disregard illusions entirely!
Chen Qiang had initially been worried for Yang Hong.
But when he saw that Tian Xiyue was breaking the formation using the Spiritual Eye Secret Technique, he sarcastically remarked to Spirit Mechanism Peak Head Xiao Yueling, “Senior Sister Xiao truly has a way of teaching disciples well. This Spiritual Eye Secret Technique… Really can’t carry others, huh.”
Xiao Yueling wasn’t angered by this.
She simply shook her head and said, “For us cultivators, if we must rely on others for everything… We might as well abolish our cultivation and return to the mundane path.”
Chen Qiang was so furious he laughed and cryptically retorted, “When the top beam is crooked, the lower beams follow suit.”
As he spoke—
Chen Qiang saw that Xu Zhengyang had already brought Yang Hong into the formation.
Since Divine Mechanism Peak specialized in formations and artifact crafting, Chen Qiang had been eagerly expecting Xu Zhengyang to display some method to lead Yang Hong through the formation—
Yet he suddenly realized Xu Zhengyang hadn’t deployed any discernible method at all.
However, every time he took a wrong turn, he would instantly realize it and return to the right path, slowly but surely advancing toward the exit of the Five Elements Bewildering Formation!
Chen Qiang had never seen such a method for breaking formations—
So he immediately asked curiously to the side, “Senior Brother Pei, this method your Nephew Xu is using to break the formation… How come I’ve never seen you use it?”