Chapter 196
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Chapter 196: Under the Great Disaster, Minds Clouded
The Spirit Vein Regulation Technique, a method for organizing spirit veins and helping them evolve, is classified as an auxiliary formation.
The transformation undergone by the Hongshan spirit vein can also be understood as the Spirit Vein Regulation Technique, which is the foundation of the Spiritual Law family.
Over a thousand years, Hongshan evolved from a low-tier spirit vein to a top-tier one, relying on this very technique.
Moreover, the flesh-and-blood structure not only regulates but also builds formations inscribed upon the land.
The nature of this formation has already reached the fourth stage.
Forbidden Formation!
The first stage is the minor formation, with very low power, characterized by its ability to move; the mobile barrier falls into this category.
The second stage is the major formation, established with formation flags laid across the land. It is immobile but can draw spirit energy from heaven and earth, allowing the setup practitioner to dramatically increase their combat power.
The third stage is the killing formation, purely aimed at killing enemies. It is a specialized large formation capable of great destruction, usually requiring a precious item as its core. Once set, even those at the same level would find it unresponsive to heaven and earth; this is what defines a killing formation.
The fourth stage is the forbidden formation, using the entire land’s spirit vein as its foundation and a city as its core. Once formed, it creates a forbidden area that even those of a higher realm must avoid!
The Hongshan Sword Formation, also known as the Disaster-Cutting Forbidden Formation, is the Ji family’s greatest hidden trump card accumulated over a thousand years.
Not to mention its use against Yun Ye; even if law realm experts were sacrificed to bolster its power, those at the Mystic Realm would certainly face death.
Holding the Crescent Moon Secret Realm, the Ji family must possess something special; otherwise, how could they guard this treasure?
With such a formation to protect it, outsiders attempting to covet the Crescent Moon Secret Realm would find it not worth the trouble.
The secret realm, opened only once every sixty years, does not compare to the cave heavens controlled by the Holy Sect. Even a random powerful faction would have spirit lands nearby providing resources far surpassing that of this secret realm.
To mobilize Mystic Realm beings to fight over it is likely an unprofitable endeavor that would exhaust their strength without benefit.
It could be said that the four paths of pills, weapons, talismans, and formations each represent an avenue crucial to their foundation, holding irreplaceable significance.
All these are part of their foundation!
"Another strike!"
After gathering power for several seconds, another sword struck.
Even with the Fire Commanding Kite using flame divine power, it could not find a hint of life; only death awaited, followed by the rewriting of causality to revive using tail feathers.
Everyone sighed in relief, realizing that this causal rewriting seemingly couldn’t alter the sword energy.
Otherwise, if the target changed to them, death would be certain without a doubt.
“The power of the sword formation relies on the entire mountain; this great disaster cannot rewrite such a vast range.”
Ji Chongtian explained the reason, clearly having seen the limitations of this destined divine power long ago.
The others nodded in silent agreement; it certainly made sense upon reflection.
They could think of spreading themselves out to avoid having their power altered together, and it was only natural for Ji Chongtian, as an outsider, to recognize its limits.
“There are two more strikes left; this disaster can be eliminated.”
“When the cycle of reincarnation ends, regardless of where the mastermind hides, they will be completely exposed!”
“Master Ji acts with decisiveness, and we admire him!”
Liu Jianxin praised immediately, wholeheartedly impressed.
“Using strength to suppress is the true path.”
Ji Chongtian nodded calmly. He was slightly surprised by the power of the sword formation but quickly regained his composure, waiting for the final two strikes to eliminate the Fire Commanding Kite.
Seeing this, Liu Jianxin chuckled, yet he continued to maintain the Spiritual Root fusion regardless of the cost, fearing another celestial event might occur.
As an old man frightened of death, he had been using the Windwalking Secret Technique to conceal his figure since he faced the Fire Commanding Kite. The precision of this secret technique was so high that even Yun Ye couldn’t see through it, so he had never been targeted.
Liu Quan and Ji Qing did the same, employing different methods to hide themselves and prevent being hunted down.
As Spiritual Law practitioners, they found it easy to avoid detection by Yun Ye, even without mastering many concealment techniques.
Now, the law realm in Baishi Town found it nearly impossible to kill anyone unless Yun Ye engaged in close combat and activated the celestial event upon locating the real body. Otherwise, even with the Reverse Liberation state, he would be ineffective.
And this is precisely the essence of the formation.
Baishi Town relied on the formation to cut down the Fire Commanding Kite, and Yun Ye would similarly… invite them to their deaths!
Passing through the dispersed mist and cautiously dispelling the sweeping Spirit Sense, Yun Ye and his group finally reached the designated location.
Looking at the astonishing battle in the sky, Yun Ye raised his hand, causing the Tomorrow Dao Weapon to soar into the air.
In the distance, Ji Chongtian’s gaze swiftly turned toward it.
—The Dao Weapon’s close appearance allowed him to faintly sense it even though the Dao Domain had vanished!
Ji Chongtian immediately spotted a mountainous area where vast spirit energy gathered, forming a barrier that enveloped several hundred meters.
Given their height in the sky, this barrier seemed quite small and was only visible with Spirit Sense.
As the barrier rose, the originally vague sensation became clear in an instant.
A Dao Weapon wrapped in water and fire ribbons ascended.
All the law realm practitioners couldn’t help but focus intensely: “Is it truly the power behind Yang Shi? This Dao Weapon is identical!”
Below, the black-haired young man coldly gazed at the law realms in the sky and said, “Set up the formation!”
Everyone grasped formation flags and waved them vigorously, causing the previously calmed fluctuations of spirit energy to boil instantly.
A cold, gray aura began to spread.
In Yun Ye’s hands, this formation was the Extreme Cold Great Formation!
Now, with thirty-six people as formation points, it underwent several changes, thus becoming the Earthly Evil Extreme Cold Great Formation!
The power of this formation was far beyond what Yun Ye could set up alone—it immediately drew spirit energy from a ten-mile radius upon its birth.
It was hard not to notice.
“The mastermind has revealed themselves; what are they plotting?” Ji Qing frowned.
His intelligence made him hesitant, prompting him to refrain from rash actions.
“It’s just a minor spirit formation and not to be feared; we should first eliminate the great disaster!” Liu Jianxin spoke up.
Spirit formations.
Law formations.
These are two different levels of formations.
Spirit formations are centered around spirit energy.
Law formations focus on magical power.
In theory, law formations are meant to be stronger. The Dust Breaker Killing Formation in Baishi Town belongs to the law formation category and requires a law realm expert to control it.
However, there are exceptions, such as the Hongshan Forbidden Formation, which is a spirit formation but obviously exceeds law formations by countless times in power.
The reason is simple: law formations entirely rely on the host’s own strength to exert power.
Spirit formations draw power from the heavens and earth, becoming stronger as they gather more spirit energy.
There’s no clear definition of superiority between the two.
When spirit energy is insufficient, law formations are stronger.
When the quantity of spirit energy accumulates to an exaggerated level, spirit formations are stronger.
Liu Jianxin assessed the Earthly Evil Extreme Cold Great Formation as not a cause for concern based purely on its spirit energy absorption range.
A Forbidden Formation draws power from the entire Hongshan spirit vein, enabling its incredible capabilities.
What kind of power could a small range formation controlled by Yun Ye possibly have?
“How can you be sure this formation doesn’t have abnormalities? A single strike could wipe out a law realm Spiritual Artifact; how terrifying is that? Why don’t you act instead?” Ji Qing retorted coldly.
“…”
As soon as the words left his mouth, Liu Jianxin felt uneasy; he realized he might truly be getting old, his mind clouded, and he had spoken without thinking.
Once he said that, it was clear he would be the first to act, meaning he would shield the Ji family from disaster!
“Master Liu, please!”
Sure enough, Ji Chongtian commanded.
