"This is... Nie Zheng?!" Ning Hui walked quickly toward the illusory figure, only to find that the figure swayed a few times, as if it was about to disperse.
“There’s only one soul.” Feng Rong immediately formed a hand seal, reassembling the almost dissipated phantom, before saying in a deep voice, “Someone used magic to control this soul and create this illusion. It’s his own soul, which is why his primordial spirit looks consistent.” That’s why even he hadn’t noticed the flaw just now.
“Nie Zheng’s soul is here, then he…” Ning Hui looked at the blank, illusory figure in front of him again, and his heart became even more panicked. Under what circumstances would a soul leave the body? Either he was seriously injured, or… He dared not continue to think about it.
“This soul has been separated from his body for at least several days, which explains its disintegration,” Feng Rong observed carefully and guessed. “But judging from his appearance, he shouldn’t have reached the point of complete annihilation. However… we must find him as soon as possible!”
Youyou's heart tightened.
“Nie Zheng is what we need to find, but what we should be worried about now is something else.” Yuan Qi’s expression darkened as he looked at Feng Rong and reminded her, “You broke this illusion technique, so the other party must have noticed and will probably take action soon.”
As soon as he finished speaking, sure enough, the ground shook, and the entire guest hall was suddenly brightly lit, illuminating the room.
Feng Rong's expression changed, and she turned to You You, saying, "You You, quickly use Nie Zheng's soul tablet to collect one of his soul fragments!"
"Alright!" Youyou immediately took out the soul tablet, and the transparent, blank figure in front of her instantly flew into the jade tablet, causing the surrounding shaking to become even more violent.
When the group went outside, they saw a bright array of lights all around them. A huge white array had appeared in the sky above their palace, completely trapping them inside like a prison.
Above the formation, Yongqing and a group of immortals were walking on clouds, each holding a celestial weapon, looking down at the people inside the formation.
"So you're... trying to rob me now that your scam has failed?" Youyou glanced at the crowd in the air, somewhat surprised that they would choose to directly break off relations.
"You audacious mortal, cease your nonsense!" Before Yongqing could speak, an immortal beside him shouted angrily, "The Emperor is merciful, granting you permission to ascend to the mortal realm because of your merit in finding the artifact. Yet you are ungrateful and have actually harmed Immortal Lord Nie Zheng. Such evil deeds are simply intolerable!"
"Heh... are you trying to pin all the blame on Nie Zheng?" You You suddenly found these immortals' act ridiculously fake. "What was with that illusion just now? Don't you guys know the truth? Aren't you tired of putting on this whole show?"
"You..." The immortal who had just spoken righteously turned pale and then red, "Nonsense..."
"What the hell!" You You couldn't help but swear. "Even the True Yan Sect can't act as well as you guys? You and I both know what's going on, but you still have to throw around this big fuss. Isn't it just that you want the divine artifact? Just say it directly, or it will affect the ratings or something?"
"You, you, you..." The immortal had prepared a whole bunch of reasons to start a war, but was interrupted by the other party and couldn't continue.
"Enough with the nonsense!" Feng Rong stepped forward, looking at everyone with some impatience. "Didn't you come here to fight? Who's going first? Or all of you at once!" As soon as she finished speaking, flames erupted all over her body, and the scorching heat instantly rushed towards the surrounding formation. The entire formation trembled violently, as if it was about to be forced apart.
It's just a few formations, he's a pro at burning formations and stuff!
"Activate the formation!" Yongqing frowned and waved his hand. The immortals who were standing behind him instantly moved to the sides of the formation, took their positions, and began to channel spiritual energy into the formation.
The next moment, the formation that had just been forced to collapse by Feng Rong's flames emitted a dazzling light again. Not only that, but layer upon layer of formations appeared, vaguely forming formations of different sizes, which looked... somewhat familiar!
"The Immortal Slaughtering Formation!" Having experienced it once before, You You instantly recognized the formation and was immediately startled.
Even Feng Rong, who had just taken flight, paused in mid-air, clearly recognizing the formation.
But upon closer inspection, You You discovered the difference in this formation. Although the immortal energy within it was much denser, it was clearly less complex than Qiu Yue's, let alone the Twin Formation.
"Attack the central position! That's where the formation's core is!" Yuan Qi spotted the formation's weakness at a glance and shouted a warning, while simultaneously flying over to break the formation together.
Feng Rong paused for a moment, merely recalling the incident at the Mingxin Sect, a reflexive stop, but she immediately realized what had happened. A feeling of being fooled welled up inside her, and her anger erupted instantly. It was just an ordinary Immortal Slaughtering Formation; what was with all the airs?
The flames around him burned even redder, and he flew directly towards the formation in front of him, burning it down in an overwhelming manner.
What array eye, what central position? Flames swept across the sky, burning all the arrays within his sight to ashes, completely annihilating them.
Yuan Qi, who was about to break the formation: "..."
Thinking about my protective formation makes me... a little sad!
In less than half a minute, the layers of formations in the air began to crumble inch by inch, disappearing one after another like mirrors that had been forcibly shattered.
"This... how is this possible?!" The immortals, who had been full of confidence, turned pale instantly. The formation that even the celestial beings couldn't shake was destroyed so easily. Is this the strength of the gods? What happened to the gods being punished by heaven and not to be feared?
Before they could react, the backlash from the formation struck, causing them to cough up blood. Some, unable to dodge in time, were burned by Feng Rong's true fire and transformed into fireballs, falling from the sky like dumplings.
Above, Emperor Yongqing, who had been floating in place, watched as his meticulously laid formation was shattered in an instant, and his expression finally darkened. Anger appeared between his brows, and he turned to look at Yuan Qi and Feng Rong, coldly snorting, "As expected of the remnants of the divine race, only divine artifacts can eliminate them!" For some unknown reason, he simply raised his hand, and a familiar fan appeared in his grasp.
Unlike the fan artifact that Youyou had seen in the Great Immortal Palace, this fan surface seemed to have some lightning and charred marks on it, as if... it had just been taught a lesson.
Before they could take a closer look, they saw the other party unfold a fan and forcefully swing it towards Feng Rong and Yuan Qi.
He has already mastered that divine artifact!
Youyou's heart sank, and she quickly shouted a warning, "Be careful!"
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