Xie Daoyun, being a genius in the art of formations herself, immediately sensed something was amiss. Zu An was taken aback: "What do you mean?" Even Yan Xuehen and the other women looked at her.
Xie Daoyun bit her lip before quickly explaining, "A few days ago, I was ordered by my teacher to investigate whether any special formations had been secretly laid on Purple Mountain. Because this is the Imperial Preceptor's territory, my teacher was worried that he might have ulterior motives..." Halfway through her sentence, her face paled, as if she realized something, but she continued, "Because the Imperial Preceptor's cultivation is too high, I was afraid that my knowledge was too shallow, so my teacher taught me a few formations, saying that these formations could be used to detect whether there were any other killing formations in the mountains. At first, I roughly investigated Purple Mountain for a while and found nothing. Then I set up the formations my teacher taught me on some mountain ranges to check. At that time, everything was normal, and I was even glad that my work was successful..." Yun Jianyue sneered, "It seems that Yan Xiangu also supports the Grand Master and secretly helped him set up such a large formation. Purple Mountain is Wang Wuxie's territory. It is not easy to set up such a large formation here without anyone knowing, so he sent you here."
"In order to avoid suspicion, and even keep you in the dark, you thought you were eliminating hidden dangers, but in reality, you were setting up the biggest trap." Xie Daoyun's face was extremely pale, and she couldn't imagine that her most respected teacher would use her like this.
"No, no," she suddenly realized something and immediately protested.
“Although your mastery of formations far surpasses mine, I have been immersed in this art for quite some time. If it were truly a killing formation, or a large-scale formation like today's, it would be impossible for me not to have noticed it at all.” Yun Jianyue frowned; this was indeed inexplicable.
Instead, Yan Xuehen looked at Xie Daoyun with sympathy: "If I'm not mistaken, it should be that the Grand Master and Master Yan set up the other parts of the formation many years ago, and only recently asked you to set up the remaining parts. Whether it is the part set up before or the key part you set up recently, it does not pose any threat on its own, so it will not arouse suspicion from Wang Wuxie and you. It will only be activated when it is combined and receives a special summoning."
“And at this point, there’s no need to hide anything anymore.” Xie Daoyun’s face paled. She was a smart person and immediately understood that this principle was feasible. It seemed that her teacher had indeed lied to her.
At this moment, the chief priest's voice rang out: "Dao Yun, don't blame your teacher. I arranged this whole thing myself, and he didn't know about it." Xie Dao Yun pursed her lips. Her teacher's mastery of formations was extraordinary, and there were even rumors that the student had surpassed the teacher. How could the chief priest possibly keep this from her?
Clearly, he was aware of it as well. At this moment, Zhao Hao snorted coldly: "Still covering for Yan Xiangu at this time, it seems you're also worried that if today's matter fails, I'll take my anger out on him." The Grand Master smiled slightly: "Your Majesty is far too confident. Today's matter will not fail." Zhao Hao's expression changed: "I'd like to see what kind of formation can deal with me." As soon as he finished speaking, he disappeared from his spot, but the next second, a blue ripple suddenly spread out in mid-air, as if something had collided with it.
Zhao Hao's figure reappeared nearby, his expression becoming somewhat solemn: "Spatial restriction?" The protective array of the Zheng Yang Sect, along with some arrays set up by the Wu Clan, also had a restrictive effect.
However, given Zhao Hao's cultivation level, such restraints were not entirely effective. The reason he pretended to fall for the trap was to use it against him and lure out the bigger fish.
But when the Grand Master unleashed this grand formation, he discovered that even with his ability to traverse space, he was unable to leave, and he immediately had an ominous premonition.
However, he remained relatively calm: "It is quite impressive that you have set up such a grand formation by using the power of the Purple Mountain Dragon Vein. However, since you have put so much effort into spatial confinement, your offensive capabilities are bound to be reduced accordingly. I don't think you can hurt me now." Although adults want everything, everything has its own laws, and it is not so easy to have everything.
This formation excels in its spatial confinement, but is weaker in other aspects. Its power might be enough to kill other top experts, but it's insufficient against Zhao Hao.
Either the chief priest himself would enter the battle, but once he was in the battle, Zhao Hao was quite confident in a one-on-one fight.
If the High Priest doesn't enter the formation, then Zhao Hao only needs to wait; time is on his side. He knows very well that even with the High Priest's abilities, maintaining such a large formation for so long is impossible. Once the formation weakens, it will be time to break the formation and kill the High Priest.
To everyone's surprise, the chief priest showed no sign of surprise: "Indeed, with your cultivation level, it's unrealistic to expect to kill you directly in this battle. But who said this is an offensive formation?" Zhao Hao was taken aback, only then realizing that although the formation exuded immense pressure, it had not launched any offensive attacks since the beginning.
"What kind of formation is this?" he asked in a deep voice. The High Priest said calmly, "Over the years, I've been researching how to deal with you. Although I believe my cultivation is enough to fight you, I'm not very confident of defeating you. So I started thinking of other ways, and finally, as the saying goes, heaven rewards the diligent, and I've finally come up with an idea." He paused, his gaze fixed on Zhao Hao, "Since I can't defeat you, I'll banish you to the void, so you can never return. That's the same effect as killing you." Hearing his words, Zhao Hao's expression changed drastically.
Having reached his level of cultivation, he naturally knew that the world was not limited to this one place; there were actually many other worlds, such as the various small worlds within those secret realms.
Of course, besides small worlds like secret realms, there should be other large worlds. However, between these worlds, there are vast void turbulences. Even earth immortals would find it difficult to withstand those destructive gales, and would likely be annihilated in the void turbulences before finding another world.
Therefore, those who stand at the pinnacle of cultivation throughout history have sought to become true immortals, partly for the sake of achieving immortality and partly for the freedom to traverse the chaotic void and search for legendary worlds.
The priest's method was clearly to banish him to those void currents. If it were a void current near this world, he might have been able to hold on and return, but how could the priest, who had planned for so many years, make such a mistake?
Thinking of this, he could no longer remain calm. With a roar, he transformed into a colossal golden statue, his massive fist seemingly carrying the power to destroy the world as it smashed into the void: "Open!"
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