"The situation is turning grim," one said.
"Hasn't it always been like this?" came the reply.
...
Eagles soar through the sky, fish dart in the shallow waters,...
Amidst the eerie laughter, the Qilin vanished in golden ripples.
Li Qianxia looked away and said, "Qilin is so lewd."
“...No.” A fairy suddenly spoke up.
Another fairy explained, "Ling'er is also a Qilin."
Li Qianxia blushed slightly: "I'm sorry, that's not what I meant. What I meant was that the Qilin was lewd."
"Alright." Li Changzhou looked over. "Never mind whether Qilin is lewd or not, go find Tianyi in groups of five."
"Yes!" the crowd replied.
Li Changzhou didn't go; he flew up into the sky alone and sat down cross-legged in the very center of the area.
The Primordial Divine Tree appeared, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth. In an instant, a wind rose over most of the Mountain and Sea City. This was an energy storm, blowing in the direction of Li Changzhou.
Wisdom shone brightly, and one set of formations was comprehended.
Supported by immense spiritual energy, these formations formed layers upon layers of light, enveloping the area.
First, there's the most basic early warning array.
Players have many methods at their disposal, so just in case, Li Changzhou scattered all the warning formations recorded in the "Fragrant Leaf Crown" and the Daoist Canon.
Any slight disturbance will trigger a chain reaction, activating the entire grand formation.
There are also formations that reject the secrets of heaven, including great formations that isolate divine senses; similarly, all available formations are simply scattered.
The most crucial element is the defensive formation.
There is a Five Dragons Water Qi Array. With the help of waterfalls and pools, five water dragons are transformed. They not only have the strength of a perfect Earth Immortal, but they are also inexhaustible. As long as the water qi does not dry up, the water dragons will continue to emerge.
Water and fire complement each other. For Li Changzhou, who had once comprehended the true energy of the five elements, transforming water into fire was a simple matter, hence the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Formation.
With water and fire already present, the elements of metal, wood, and earth are also readily available.
With the Five Elements established, Yin and Yang naturally follow.
Following that are maze formations and illusion arrays such as the Eight Trigrams and Sixteen Palaces...
Considering that the best defense is offense—
The "Return the Fatal Strike" technique: Any move made by someone below the level of a Celestial Immortal will be countered exactly as it was used.
Great Sword Qi Formation: Using the Emerald Bee Sword as its spirit, it unleashes unparalleled sword qi.
Explosion Array + Spirit Gathering Array: From the moment the array is set up, it automatically collects vital energy, which is then assembled into an explosive vital energy ball.
It's not very powerful; one is enough to leave even immortals looking disheveled. Fortunately, there's an assembly line system, so you can easily produce hundreds or thousands of them.
The Thunder Array: By this point, Li Changzhou had already been able to create his own array. Combining his own understanding of the Dao of Thunder, he set up this array. Its power is self-evident. Even a celestial being would be struck by lightning if one did not understand arrays or use the will of Heaven.
Finally, there is the Essence-Severing and Spirit-Cutting Qi-Severing Array: It disrupts the flow of essence and energy around the enemy, which not only prevents the opponent from absorbing essence and energy and reduces the enemy's strength to a certain extent, but also serves as a means of locating the enemy (abnormal spiritual energy indicates the presence of an enemy).
The dense array of formations will cover a waterfall pool the size of the entire Earth.
Nine days later, a Dao flower bloomed on the Primordial Divine Tree, and an array rune appeared.
Li Changzhou opened his eyes.
"combine!"
All formations converged into one; the originally independent formation runes were gathered together on a layer of light, just like countless books becoming one.
If you look closely, the runes on the light wall are still disjointed in many places.
Even with Li Changzhou's primordial divine tree physique and the help of "Focus" and "Wisdom Pearl," he could only reach this level in nine days.
“That’s enough.” Li Changzhou toyed with the useless prayer beads in his hand.
These formations only need to find the enemy who has infiltrated the area and be able to resist them slightly. After that, there will be enough time for the "useless prayer beads" or others to use and integrate with the will of heaven.
As a last resort, there's always [do whatever you want].
At the edge of the pool, a group of wild animals emerged from the forest and strolled to the pool to drink.
In what seemed like a normal scene, three spirited deer had their skulls pierced by sword energy the instant they passed through the formation.
In addition, there was an unseen divine sense. As soon as it entered the barrier, before it could even search, a dragon's roar came and shattered the divine sense.
Those that cannot be destroyed also become trapped in the maze, losing their ability to explore.
Li Changzhou watched as the formation, like antivirus software, shattered and blocked the attacks from all around. He nodded to himself, satisfied with the results he had achieved over the past few days.
"Your nine days are equivalent to nine hundred years for a master of formations, and nine hundred million years for an ordinary person," Guanyin said.
S-level "Focus", S-level "Wisdom Pearl", S+ level Primordial Divine Body, and countless formations for Li Changzhou to comprehend. Saying that he could be compared to a formation master in nine hundred years was just a casual remark made by Guanyin for the sake of the language.
"I cheated, it doesn't count as real skill." Li Changzhou didn't feel he had the right to be proud.
He always believed that props and skills that he had not fully mastered were external forces. Although he did not reject external forces, he would not think he was great just because he used them.
Of course, if the formation master is an enemy, then don't blame him for humiliating him severely.
Three more days passed, and twelve days had passed since they arrived in Shanhai City. The group gradually returned.
"We found quite a few monsters, but we didn't even find a trace of Tianyi." Bi crossed her arms and swirled a candy around in her mouth with her little tongue.
It seems like she can tie knots in ropes with her tongue.
She was in a group with Yang Qinglan, Li Qianxia, Yaochi, and Chang'e.
The other groups also failed to achieve anything.
“This area has the highest water content,” the Fairy of a Hundred Flowers hesitated. “Logically, it should be either water or fire, but we’ve searched all the pools and waterfalls and haven’t found anything.”
Even with his profound understanding of the Way of Nature and his celestial abilities, Yang Qinglan could not sense the aura of divine will.
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