Chapter 34

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Chapter 34: Great Heaven Fierce Fire Formation

The storage facility existed for those who suddenly received missions but couldn’t handle their belongings. The fee remained affordable.

Naturally, storing premium treasures like Fang Lie’s required one spirit stone.

Though accustomed to poverty, Fang Lie reluctantly paid the single stone. Old bird’s warning meant assassins lurked – storing possessions outweighed monetary loss.

Besides the Shadow Heart-Questioning Dagger, he’d arranged temporary storage for his Explosion Qi Technique copy and newly acquired benefits, preventing loss upon death.

With affairs settled, Fang Lie exited Gentle Breeze Tower unencumbered, unfurling his wings toward his sacred mountain cave dwelling.

As he ascended, surveillance teams sent messenger sword beams flashing from shadowed corners.

Fang Lie feigned ignorance of the spies, maintaining course despite sensing the impending ambush. His undying nature emboldened him – where others might detour, he marched straight toward danger.

The Divine Phoenix wings propelled him swiftly across a hundred li to desolate wilderness.

Murderous intent prickled his senses. His sharpened gaze scanned every rock and shrub below, not seeking escape routes but memorizing future targets.

He’d assumed his enemies would resort to stealth after their last humiliation. How gravely he miscalculated.

Crushing fire-element spiritual pressure suddenly hammered down from above. Fang Lie jerked his head upward to behold 108 blazing battle flags descending, each manned by a cultivator.

The flags formed arcane patterns as they fell, perfectly encircling him. They vanished instantly, replaced by swirling firewalls sealing all exits.

His divine sense shrank to one zhang radius – mere fraction of his usual three-hundred-zhang reach. The environment itself had warped, trapping him in formidable formation.

A familiar voice boomed: "Fang Lie! Your reckoning comes!"

Recognition dawned. "Yuan Qing? Shouldn’t you be guarding the Ancestral Hall?"

"YOU DARE ASK?!" Rage contorted the ex-Law Enforcer’s voice. "You forced me to slaughter Eight-Hundred-Generation Families’ members! Now I’m their hated enemy! Only your death mends relations and avenges my family!"

Fang Lie chuckled. "Commendable planning. But suppose I escape again? You know the penalty – your entire force perishes with you."

"Empty threats!" Yuan Qing scoffed. "Your Cycle of Fire teleportation talismans fool low-level fools, not Mo Sect elders! They revealed your tricks and advised our countermeasure!"

"Which being?"

"The Yuan family’s ancestral Great Heaven Fierce Fire Formation! It seals space itself, nullifying your escape arts. Prepare to die!"

Shock gripped Fang Lie. "Your clan’s ultimate treasure? Deployed against mere Qi Sea cultivator?!"

Indeed, this legendary formation ranked among Mo Sect’s mightiest treasures. The Yuan family’s Thunder Tribulation Immortal ancestor had forged these flags as their eternal safeguard.

The Great Heaven Fierce Fire Formation was composed of 108 Great Heaven Fierce Fire Flags. Among these, one main flag served as an Eighth-Rank Treasure, thirty-five secondary flags were Seventh-Rank Treasures, while the remaining seventy-two functioned as sixth-rank magical items.

Individually, these treasures weren’t particularly powerful. But when combined into the Great Heaven Fierce Fire Formation, their might transformed entirely—capable of rivaling Ninth-Rank Treasures!

The current Yuan Family Head, merely a Wind Tribulation Immortal, could slay even Thunder Tribulation Immortals when commanding this formation with sufficient Cultivators. This demonstrated the terrifying potency of the flag formation.

Beyond its mountain-scorching, sea-boiling flames, the formation’s most notable feature lay in its ability to block Teleportation techniques and trap victims.

Once ensnared within this formation, escape became impossible—most Teleportation techniques simply wouldn’t work.

Teleportation techniques were advanced divine skills far beyond Fang Lie’s Qi Sea realm capabilities. His only options were teleportation talismans or similar items.

But such tools couldn’t breach the formation’s blockade. This explained Yuan Qing’s absolute confidence.

"Haha!" Yuan Qing misinterpreted Fang Lie’s surprise as fear, crowing triumphantly, "Of course it’s necessary! You’re the thorn in the flesh of the Eight-Hundred-Generation Families! To eliminate you, we’d deploy stronger Ninth-Rank Treasures without hesitation!"

"Impressive ruthlessness," Fang Lie shrugged dismissively before posing a question. "But activating this formation requires 108 Golden Pool-level Cultivators. Your clan barely has sixty or seventy. How’s this possible?"

"Country bumpkin!" Yuan Qing sneered. "What do you know of great clans? Our marital alliances let us summon hundreds! We could erect ten such formations if needed!"

In truth, Fang Lie’s questions aimed to identify all participants for future retaliation through the Ancestral Hall after resurrection.

Now understanding the Yuan family had mobilized their in-laws for this ambush, Fang Lie stopped delaying. "Then quit wasting time! Strike now! I’ll never flinch!"

"Patience!" Yuan Qing’s voice turned icy. "You subjected my son to the Thousand Cuts. Now you’ll suffer slowly. Let’s start with burning your hand."

A crimson flame serpent materialized, coiling around Fang Lie’s right Arm. His hand ignited like dry tinder.

Fang Lie frantically beat at the flames, channeling Magic to extinguish them—all futile. He watched helplessly as his Arm charred to ash.

Excruciating pain wracked his body, drenching him in sweat. Yet the iron-willed youth didn’t scream. Instead, he chuckled darkly: "That’s it? Show me more!"

"Stubborn as ever—no wonder you endured the three unyielding tortures!" Yuan Qing spat. "But today, your defiance changes nothing. You’ll die screaming!"

"Try all you want," Fang Lie retorted. "I’ll last ten days! By then, you’ll be corpses!"

"Still delusional?" Yuan Qing mocked. "Who’ll save you now?"

"Law Enforcement Heavenly Soldiers!" Fang Lie shot back. "My siblings alerted the Ancestral Hall! They’re coming!"

A stern voice interrupted: "Enough! Kill him now!"

The sea of flames surged inward. Within moments, Fang Lie’s body vanished—reduced to ash without trace.

Thus proved the Great Heaven Fierce Fire Formation’s dreadful power.