Shen Lian jumped out from under the ground, his face full of panic.

However.

No one paid any attention to him.

Boom! His words only made a few Taoist friends nearby hesitate, while the rest of the cultivators were still scrambling for the liquid beads.

The spiritual liquid that can expel the poison and improve your cultivation is hard to come by.

The monks who were originally hesitant then threw themselves into the fight.

"Why……"

Shen Lian looked around and found that no one was paying attention to him. The corners of his mouth twitched, "Daoyou, you misunderstood me. There really is a formation..."

Boom! In an instant, in the misty blue fog in the distance, someone made a random gesture, and a ball of fire rumbled towards Shen Lian.

Damn! Shen Lian stepped lightly and dodged the incoming fireball while cursing.

"Fight, fight, fight. You deserve to be tricked."

He reminded everyone with good intentions, but he didn't expect to be alienated in return.

And she thinks he's in the way.

Oh shit.

The battle begins! Let's see who is behind this.

There was a flash of light in his hand, and a circular formation flew up. Shen Lian lightly tapped on the formation plate.

In an instant, the earth in the mountains shook, and a rumbling sound came from deep within the earth.

The force of the shock was like a giant beast rolling underground.

The spiritual veins of the Vast Sea Secret Realm have the dual attributes of water and earth. When Shen Lian was arranging the formation, he naturally chose the formation with these two attributes.

The thirty-six formations in the third circle are all overlapping formations of the Mountain-Shaking and Water-Covering Formation.

As the earth roared, extremely rich black and yellow spiritual energy rose up one after another from the depths of the earth.

Each of the Mountain-Shaking and Water-Changing Formations had thirty-six formation pillars that gathered both black and earth spiritual powers. Adding up the thirty-six formations, there were exactly one thousand two hundred and ninety-six formation pillars, surrounding the core area of ​​the fight.

Because the spiritual veins here are powerful, each array pillar is a hundred feet thick and reaches straight into the sky of the secret realm.

Looking around, it looks like there are nearly 1,300 mountains standing in the core area.

Outside each formation pillar, there was a rich spiritual energy with the dual attributes of water and soil, which gave rise to the vision of mountains and oceans.

Whenever a cultivator rushed into the formation, he would be suppressed by the giant mountain that emerged or overturned by the huge waves.

Surrounded by more than a thousand array pillars, the monks who were fighting for the liquid beads were dumbfounded.

Some people saw that the formation was about to be established, and they rode the spiritual light to rush outwards. However, just as they touched the formation, they were hit back by a huge wave.

As the huge waves rolled, giant black dragons emerged and pushed forward with the power of mountains and rivers.

The cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core Realm had no power to resist at all, and was severely injured and vomited blood after being hit.

"We are surrounded!"

"Master Dianhua!"

Everyone's eyes fell on Xing Dianhua of Yanzhen Sect.

At this moment, Xing Dianhua was observing the large formation that stretched out all around him and looked like a huge city. The corners of his mouth trembled and a hint of fanaticism appeared in his eyes.

"Chain formation, this is a chain formation!"

"The formation notes handed down by my ancestors recorded that there are great formation masters who can stack formations, and use ordinary low-level formations to unleash the power of high-level formations."

"What a mysterious method, relying on the power of the mountain and river spirit veins, all the formations are connected. When one formation is attacked, the other formations can be mobilized to assist.

There are dozens of formations stacked up in all directions without any disorder. Even my ancestor couldn't have arranged it."

"We are outside the formation, and the person who set up the formation has arranged it in a circle around us.

They didn't trap us in the formation, but used the formation as a wall, trapping us in dozens of formations, so that we couldn't even find the formation flag easily."

"I didn't expect that the formation could be arranged like this, using the formation as a wall to trap people inside. In this way, even if the person who wants to break the formation breaks through, he will be trapped in the formation."

"Unless we break through two layers of formations in succession, we can break out."

Xing Dianhua murmured.

All the cultivators present knew who the ancestor Xing Dianhua was referring to. It was the Mingzhen ancestor who had set up the fourth-order formation and was feared in the South China Sea.

"Xing Dianhua!"

Master Jin Jian snorted coldly and grabbed Xing Dianhua and brought him closer.

"What else can you see?"

"My attainments in formations are not even one-tenth of those who set up formations."

Hearing the sound, Jin Jian threw Xing Dianhua aside.

The sudden appearance of the formation interrupted the scramble of all the cultivators present, and crystal clear liquid beads re-suspended in the void below the sword-shaped spiritual herb.

The monks from the three major clans gathered together and were wary of each other.

I saw the formation surrounding all directions, which gave rise to endless earth-yellow fog. Mountains stood in the air, and a heavy and vast atmosphere pressed towards me.

At the foot of the mountain, huge waves were surging, and a giant black dragon was looming in the waves, rolling up endless waves.

The power of the formation comes layer after layer, endlessly as if there is no end.

As for its power, a cultivator in the early Jindan stage just tried it and was severely damaged by the first wave.

This is still without going deep into the formation. Once you rush into the formation, it would be good if you can hold on for a dozen breaths.

Huge array pillars as sharp as swords surrounded the four directions and soared into the sky, cutting off everyone's connection with the outside world.

At this moment, the eyes of the human cultivators present fell on Master Jin Jian again, and the previous unhappiness was replaced by the fear before them.

Who is planning this?

Clang! Jin Jian Zhenren raised the Haoyang Golden Light Sword in his hand, and continuously injected mana into the sword.

At the same time, golden flames lit up on the sword, attracting the surrounding void and transforming it into a sword light hundreds of feet long that fell down.

Sizzle!

The sword light fell across, and the illusory scene of mountains and peaks emerging in the void was cut into a smooth surface on the spot.

The sword light continued to fall, cutting through the huge black waves and ocean below.

Wherever the sharp sword energy passed, large areas of earth and spirit power were submerged into nothingness. The sword energy struck across more than ten miles within the formation and touched three formation pillars in succession.

Boom!

Under the sharp sword light, the three formation pillars shook and immediately collapsed into a piece of spiritual power.

Here, a large crack appeared at the location of the formation, and the scene outside could be vaguely seen.

“It’s open!”

A monk exclaimed.

However, before their joy wore off, the earth trembled and spiritual energy gushed out from the ground like a erupting spring, and the broken pillars of the formation were restored to their original state.

Seeing this scene, not only Master Jin Jian looked unhappy, but also the late Jindan cultivators from the sea and monster tribes present looked unhappy.

This is where the difficulty of the formation lies. Unless the formation base is completely destroyed, or the spiritual power is exhausted, the energy can only be replenished continuously.

"It's useless. The formations can transfer energy, and there are spiritual veins as energy supply."

At this time, Xing Dianhua spoke.

"Escape underground, escape underground!"

Immediately, several monks rushed into the earth and rocks.

But not long after, the monks who rushed into the earth and rocks flew out one by one, accompanied by large pieces of earth and rocks splashing up.

Shen Lian naturally thought carefully when setting up the formation. The formation was based on the spiritual vein, and part of it was directly underground.

The cultivators present were blocked outside the formation by him, but the thirty-six formations just surrounded them in a circle.

He activated the third circle of formation, intending to bring out the mastermind behind the scenes.

…

"Formation."

On the outskirts of the core area, Master Yunlan, who was running around in the secret realm looking for an exit, looked towards the center of the secret realm and couldn't help but frowned.

"Who set up the formation?"

At this moment, even True Lord Zi Yang was a little dazed. They were far away from the core location, but the illusion of mountains derived from the formation stretched for hundreds of miles.

From afar, it looked like a new mountain range had appeared on the sky above the mysterious mountains.

Between the mountains, there are huge black waves rolling and spiritual pillars standing.

"It seems that the mastermind behind the secret realm has taken action. Fortunately, we retreated early."

After a moment's silence, True Lord Ziyang spoke softly, "The fluctuations of this formation are too strong, and the area covered is so vast, I'm afraid it's at least the fourth level."

Master Yunlan nodded, his face somewhat hesitant.

His junior brother Jin Jian was still there.

“If it is a fourth-level formation, even if I still have a physical body, I would not easily break in.

Not to mention now, one of you and I only have half of our Nascent Soul left, and the other has only a broken Golden Core left."

"This person has gathered so many Jindan cultivators with spiritual herbs. I'm afraid he has big plans."

Master Zi Yang analyzed the situation carefully, and put himself in other people's shoes. He had done many immoral things in the past, and he felt that there must be a big conspiracy behind such a big fuss.

Master Yunlan looked unhappy. "It seems that everyone who entered the secret realm has become a pawn of the mastermind. It is probably related to that spiritual herb. It may not be easy for us to get out."

"Hide first. Don't force your way into the Broken Space unless it's absolutely necessary."

"good."

…

Core area.

The three tribes of monks, who were originally hostile to each other, reached a compromise in the face of the crisis.

There are fifty Jindan cultivators from the three tribes in the field. If they join forces to attack one place, they can completely tear apart the formation.

However, Shen Lian was not too worried. Even if the formation was broken, it would not be a big problem. He could repair it at any time. If worst came to worst, there were still the next two rounds.

But the mastermind behind this hasn't appeared yet. It can't be just a blade of grass.

Even at this time, the grass is still green and there is nothing unusual.

"Xing Dianhua, find the weak point of the formation."

Everyone's eyes fell on the only formation master again.

At this moment, Xing Dianhua woke up from his frenzy and began to look for the weak points of the formation.

"There are gaps between the formations."

After some investigation, Xing Dianhua found that his two hundred years of practice were not in vain. He quickly sensed the weak areas in the operation of the formation.

It happened to be the place where Shen Lian had finally arranged the three formations. The distances between the three formations here were larger than in other directions.

“Hehe.”

When everyone was preparing to break the formation, the sword-shaped spiritual herb floating above made a movement.

The roots beneath the spiritual leaves swayed, gently shaking off the gathered liquid droplets.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! In an instant, these liquid beads turned into streams of light and crashed into the bodies of the monks present.

The most pale green spiritual power was absorbed by several Jindan late stage cultivators, including Jin Jian Zhenren, Crimson Scale Demon King, Gu Zha from the Sea Clan, and Mo Tuo.

The dark green color penetrated into the bodies of Xing Dianhua, Luo Yongduan and other mid-stage Jindan cultivators, while the remaining light green color penetrated into the bodies of the early-stage Jindan cultivators present.

For a moment, green light appeared on the bodies of many cultivators surrounded by the formation.

"The spiritual herbs are helping us improve our strength so that we can break the formation."

Some monks exclaimed when they saw the liquid beads they had snatched before flying into the body.

There were also monks who ridiculed these people for having wild ideas.

When the liquid beads entered the body, even those in the late Jindan stage such as Zhenren Jinjian had to start practicing their skills to refine the surging spiritual power.

“Giggle!”

In the sky, the sword-shaped spiritual grass was still swaying, making a clear sound like a bell.

The roots beneath the spiritual leaves also began to fall from the sky, gathering together like a waterfall.

When the waterfall-like black hair fell from the sky to the ground, green light surged, and two roots as thick as fingers stretched out from it, piercing through the void like a green snake and flying in two directions.

In these two directions, there are Xing Dianhua and Luo Yongduan respectively.

Both of them are five spiritual roots golden elixir cultivators.

The two roots went straight into the top of their heads.

Xing Dianhua, who was refining the spiritual power of the liquid bead, sensed the crisis. He reacted hastily and colorful spiritual light suddenly appeared on his body. A small portable formation opened up around his body and reached above his head.

"puff!"

However, this defensive formation had no defensive capabilities at all against the attacking green roots and was pierced through by the roots.

In an instant, the roots penetrated into Xing Dianhua's forehead.

A bright green light lit up from above the sword-shaped spiritual grass, and streams of green light flowed along the roots and into Xing Dianhua's body.

All the pores on his body lit up, and emitted thousands of brighter green rays, brighter than the other cultivators around him who had taken the liquid beads, and his entire body was almost turning into light.

In the blink of an eye, the green light that penetrated the body gradually materialized into slender buds, grew out of the pores, and quickly grew into tender leaves.

In the blink of an eye, Xing Dianhua turned into a straw man.

The same was true for Luo Yongduan on the other side. His body was also covered with dense young leaves, and he looked glowing green.

Then, the aura of the two monks began to rise rapidly under the infusion of green light.

Soon he broke through the boundary of the middle stage of the Golden Core and entered the late stage of the Golden Core.

As his eyes opened and closed, emerald green sword-shaped grass was reflected in each pupil.

…

This scene scared Shen Lian.

Luo Yongduan and Xing Dianhua are both cultivators with five spiritual roots like him.

“Buzz!”

At this time, the fallen green roots shook again, and a green root as thick as an arm emerged.

It pierced through the void and broke through the strange images of the mountains, penetrated into the formation, and directly locked onto the position where Shen Lian was hiding.

Seeing the green roots coming at him, Shen Lian discovered that the ones rushing towards him were much thicker than the two just now.

This thing even ignores the barrier of the formation. It's too incredible.

Since the formation is useless, I can only use my hands.

He clasped his hands together and suddenly clenched them. A ball of five-colored fire enveloped his palms and he grabbed the roots that were rushing towards him.

“Sizzle!”

A harsh sound rang out between his hands, and puffs of black smoke emerged. The green roots in his hands were directly burned into ashes by the Tianyan Spiritual Fire.

"squeak!"

The sword-shaped spiritual herb hanging in the air let out a piercing scream.

The remaining parts jumped back into the fallen roots with a whoosh.

(End of this chapter)