Under the night sky, amid the endless mist, a bronze bell hovered over Lu Yang and the others. The fog could not come near them at all, blocked entirely outside the bell's glow.
With every step Lu Yang took, he left a footprint on the ground and marked it with a unique sign. Compasses were useless here, and satellite navigation could not penetrate the fog. Ordinary experts who entered the mist would not merely be tempted by their inner demons—they would not even be able to find their way out. But this mist formation had a weakness.
The central region of the fog was where the Heart Demon Grand Formation was strongest. It had been designed to deal with powerful opponents. If a Demigod Tier or stronger enemy wanted to attack the Three-Faced Clan's city, they would have to head toward the center of the formation. Yet the closer they got, the more they would be affected by the Mind Demon Array there, causing their combat strength to decline.
Unfortunately, this formation had encountered Lu Yang and his group of humans. With the Soul-Suppressing Bell protecting them overhead, Zhou Tianming could easily sense the location of the formation's central region. In less than half an hour, he led Lu Yang, Turbid Wine, and the others through the Heart Demon Grand Formation and arrived at the lakeside.
As the mist dispersed, Lu Yang, Turbid Wine, and the others were all stunned by the sight of five hundred thousand Three-Faced Clan experts sitting peacefully by the lake, their heads wrapped up as they cultivated.
Cold sweat trickled down Lu Yang's forehead. The route he had asked Zhou Tianming to choose did not lead directly toward the center of the Mountain Defense Formation. Instead, it followed the route Xue Renyi had previously drawn,