Chapter 304

Chapter 304: Breaking the Formation

A defensive grand formation was generally a Second Level grand formation.

For such defensive formations, to be completely dismantled required a Second Level Formation Master to arrive.

However, as long as there were enough formation masters, with massive deduction and calculation, it was still possible to find the gaps in the formation and use them to enter the city.

After all, this was just a defense formation, so there was no need to worry about being attacked by the formation’s power.

Of course, this deduction and calculation were based on the premise that the formation’s power was insufficient.

When the formation’s power supply was insufficient, the formation’s operation would slow down, allowing formation masters to seize the opportunity to capture the trajectory of the formation’s operation, conduct deduction and calculation, and find the gaps in the formation.

Generally, for a defense formation to become power-deficient, it could only be achieved through relentless bombardment.

This was also a relatively mainstream method for breaking formations.

By launching strong attacks, affecting the formation’s operation, and then relying on formation masters to calculate the operational rules, a breach could be opened.

Currently, these formation masters were only observing the formation, constructing a relatively specific outline of the formation to facilitate capturing its operational rules later.

After the formation masters took their positions, Lin Xi issued another order to begin having other cultivators attack the formation.

Flying boats approached the defensive grand formation, and various types of attack talismans fell from the sky, shining with dazzling radiant light.

Boom, boom, boom——

Surges of enormous force erupted in the air, unleashing tremendous power.

The entire formation flickered with intense light; on the light shield, ripples formed, occasionally sinking into large depressions before restoring again.

The formation’s power was fully activated, resisting these attacks.

On the city wall, the Ancestor of the Lu Family gave an order, and family cultivators charged out one after another, killing towards those breaking the formation.

Their momentum surged forth powerfully; knowing their family was about to be destroyed, they could only stake their lives in a desperate fight.

A great battle erupted instantly.

Various dazzling spells ensued as both sides exploded into fierce combat.

"Friend Zhou, do you think the Lu Family has any other means?"

Above the clouds, the Lin Family Ancestor standing on the flying craft suddenly asked.

In his heart, he advocated recuperation to slowly strengthen his family.

After all, a long-life family was not so easy to destroy, especially since the enemy could rely on the defensive grand formation to defend themselves.

Probably, Qingtian City could ultimately be taken, but the Lin Family would also suffer heavy losses.

If other forces of the Qinyuan Domain covetously eyed them then, it would be troublesome.

Everyone scrambled to become a "dog" of the Qinyuan Sect.

A house dog after all lives more comfortably and freely than a stray dog.

However, Zhou Luo insisted on this, and this Ancestor eventually acquiesced.

Because this was both danger and opportunity.

If they could easily capture the Lu Family, a hundred years later the Lin Family would inevitably stand proudly above the other long-life families and become the largest force in the Qinyuan Domain after the Immortal Sect.

At this moment, he really wanted to know where Zhou Luo’s confidence in destroying the Lu Family lay.

Zhou Luo smiled slightly: "The Lu Family probably has no other tactics but to firmly defend this city.

As for other things, friend Lin need not worry at all."

He had made thorough preparations for this great battle.

First, the Wang Family and the Li Family were drawn in, then the Lu Family and the Zhang Family were secretly divided.

Now, the situation was firmly decided, and the Lu Family was effectively trapped.

The only thing that intrigued him was likely when the Lu Family would surrender.

Among the formation masters, he in a green robe, holding a white jade formation disk, conducted formation deductions with a solemn expression.

In recent years, aided by Zhou Luo, his understanding of formations had deepened greatly; this time, he even participated as an elite in deducing the Second Level formation.

This was an extremely rare opportunity; even if he couldn’t breach the formation, he could gain much insight from that Second Level grand formation.

As for why Lin Xi placed him at the front, her purpose was self-evident.

She was beginning to build her own faction.

Currently, although Second Elder Lin Guang Xuan and others sided with Zhou Luo, they weren’t truly united with him, making many arrangements difficult.

It was just as the saying went: a new ruler requires fresh servants.

As Lin Xi became the family head, she certainly needed her own strength within the Elder Council.

Relying solely on Zhou Luo was insufficient.

For major clan affairs, decisions required the Elder Council’s approval through voting.

In the future, Zhou Luo wouldn’t remain with the clan for long; when that time came, Lin Xi would need others to support her judgments.

Xu Changsheng was clearly a strong candidate.

If he distinguished himself in this grand battle, when rewards were assigned later, he stood a high chance of becoming the clan’s new elder, even controlling the clan’s formation industry.

Xu Changsheng grasped this well.

He was a smart man who seized opportunities firmly when they appeared.

Just as he had when he became the steward of Zhou Garden.

So he dared not slack off in the slightest.

Besides him, a group of Zhou Luo’s children also joined the effort.

This was an outstanding training opportunity for their future cultivation.

Moreover, with Zhou Luo secretly watching over them, their lives were safeguarded, and coupled with their eldest brother’s death at the hands of the Lu Family, they fought more fiercely than ever.

Among them, the siblings Zhou Chang Le and Zhou Shiling were exceptionally prominent.

As Immortal Sect disciples who studied under a Golden Core master, their displayed ability was extraordinarily ferocious.

This was their final training chance before Foundation Establishment; after this concluded, they planned to return to their sect for Closed-Door Training to make their breakthrough.

Half a day later, as both sides ceased combat, Xu Changsheng and the other formation masters retreated too.

They needed to consult and study to find a way to breach the formation.

Meanwhile, the other cultivators had to rest and recuperate.

Great battles weren’t won overnight, and all had prepared for a prolonged struggle.

Another month passed.

Facing the relentless advance of the Lin Family, the Lu Family was struggling to hold out alone.

Calculations on the defensive grand formation broke through significantly, leaving those formation masters confident they would find a weakness in another month.

The rapid progress in breaching the formation was deeply linked to Zhou Luo.

As a top-level First Level formation master, he had covertly observed and deduced that formation, then shared every scrap of knowledge with Xu Changsheng, accelerating the process through him.

When Xu Changsheng saw that breaching intel, he sank briefly into deep skepticism.

He knew the gap between him and Zhou Luo in formations was vast as a chasm; whenever he felt the distance closing slightly,

Zhou Luo would always strike back hard, humbling him again.

Even today, Xu Changsheng found Zhou Luo’s true level in formations unknown.

Recalling his first discovery of Zhou Luo’s skill, he had guessed Zhou Luo was a mid-tier or high-tier formation master.

Times changed swiftly—Zhou Luo now stood at the pinnacle, far beyond his reach.

On that day, the Lin Family continued its routine of daily combat, persistently battering the grand formation.

The formation, once brilliantly radiant, now seemed much dimmer.

Finally unable to restrain himself, the Lu Family’s Ancestor surged up, shouting in anger: "Lin Jiu, come settle this in a duel to the death!"