He believed that the people who set up the formation could see inside, because they had just breathed a sigh of relief when the surrounding wind pressure suddenly increased, and bolts of lightning struck down, directly hitting the spiritual energy shield that the others were maintaining together. The protection shattered, and the air currents swept through. Just then, a faint glimmer of spiritual light flashed from the direction of the entrance to the Yan Dan Sect, and then quickly expanded, spreading towards the group. Accompanied by strong tremors and deafening roars, they could no longer hear anything.
This is just the aftershock of the tremor.
Geng Qi was startled and quickly rushed towards the place where the tremor was.
The air pressure near the mountain gate was more than ten times higher than where they had been before. Dodging the approaching lightning, Geng Qi saw the white-clad youth appear in his field of vision and asked anxiously, "Are you alright? What happened just now?"
Qinghan shook his head to indicate that he was alright, and said, "Young Master, we have found the core of the formation, but we can't break it."
"Can't be broken?"
"Yes, the core of the formation is maintained by something unknown, and it is indestructible."
Geng Qi frowned immediately.
The key to a formation is usually a magical artifact, a spiritual seal, or even a person. However, no matter what it is, it is not too difficult to destroy the key to a formation. Qing Han is a brute force practitioner, so what could be the key to a formation that he could not break?
He looked at the so-called array eye that Qinghan was pointing to, which was shrouded in a layer of mist-like protective shield, with golden light flashing brightly and dimly within it.
"Young master, please be careful."
Qinghan circled behind him, blocking a thunderbolt. Then, an even stronger gust of wind rushed towards the two of them. Geng Qi, however, seemed to be bewitched, staring at the tiny light in the mist and involuntarily reaching out his hand.
"Don't touch that thing!" A voice shouted in his ear, and someone grabbed his hand that was reaching towards the center of the formation.
In a flash, the golden mist seemed to have a mind of its own, condensing into a force that tried to entangle his hand. Feng Yuan emerged from his wrist, and with a sweep of the whip's tail, the mist, which did not dissipate, solidified into a tangible mass that intertwined with the bone whip. However, it was ultimately no match for the whip and was driven back by Feng Yuan.
Geng Qi was startled and turned his head to look.
The person who arrived a step behind him was glaring at him anxiously; this was the first time he had ever seen Rong Yu glare at him like that.
He withdrew his hand sheepishly and explained, "I just... wanted to see what was in here. How did you get here? Where are the others?"
Rong Yu did not answer, his eyes fixed on the array's core, his expression terrifyingly heavy.
Geng Qi asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Do you recognize this fog?"
Rong Yu said, "This is not fog, it is miasma, which will corrode spiritual power."
"Young master! Look!"
Before they could even react with surprise, a gasp came from behind them. They turned around to find that the Yan Dan Sect behind them had turned into a vast expanse of white, shrouded in miasma. Right before their eyes, the white miasma condensed into countless streams, like arrows, aimed directly at them.
Geng Qi smiled and said, "It seems they can't sit still any longer."
The key to the formation has been identified because they were worried that if the formation were broken, all their efforts would be in vain!
In the hazy mist, the sound of something piercing flesh rang out, and screams from the other side could be heard from a great distance. Qing Han flashed, weaving through the white rain of arrows, leaving only streaks of white in his wake.
Geng Qi raised his hand and waved it. The purplish-black flames followed closely behind Qing Han, burning away the mist and revealing the original appearance of the sect.
The miasma could corrode, while his fire could burn. However, although the mist dissipated, the white arrows did not disappear. They shot towards the two people in front of the formation, facing the firelight. Geng Qi was caught off guard and was pierced in the shoulder, feeling excruciating pain.
Several more crisp sounds rang out as the remaining arrows were deflected by the Drunken Shadow Sword. Rong Yu noticed the wound on his shoulder and his gaze darkened: "You..."
"It's nothing, just a superficial injury."
Geng Qi brushed away his hand that was about to examine the wound, and suddenly took a half step back.
"what you do?"
"Break the formation!" Geng Qi said, "Chop down this damn thing. If I fall down later, remember to catch me."
The exhaustion from one act was too great; he worried he would fall asleep again.
He made a move to attack, but Rong Yu's face darkened, and he pulled the man behind him, saying, "Protect yourself."
"..."
A flash of blood-red light appeared before Geng Qi's eyes. He thought Rong Yu was injured, but he discovered that the blood-red light was seeping from his sword sheath. The cold-looking, silver-white Drunken Shadow longsword had a blood-red blade. The heavy blood aura entangled Rong Yu's slender figure, which was as tall as a pine and bamboo. He formed a hand seal, and the longsword flew out of his hand, instantly splitting into dozens of sword shadows, which were also filled with blood aura.
The sword shadow trapped the array's core, the sword tilted, and simultaneously stabbed at the core, actually prying out the golden light at the center of the array.
Geng Qi glared.
If the core of the formation cannot be broken, then repositioning will have the same effect.
With the array's core destroyed, the mist rising from the ground was instantly blocked, and spiritual energy seemed to ripple through the air. The wind blades formed by the gale gradually subsided.
Outside Mount Pipi, Yan Zhihe and an elder from the Langgu Sect were sitting cross-legged in mid-air when suddenly their faces turned deathly pale, they abruptly opened their eyes, and both coughed up blood.
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