Volume Eight: Life and Death Array
"I have already set up the formation," Luo Feng said to the Hall Master Yuan Xiang. "We can make a move at any time."
The Hall Master Yuan Xiang instructed, "First, you need to participate in the defense of the city! Like the other elder avatars, intercept and kill those lurking individuals. The fewer Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform lurking in the city, the longer we can hold out. Second, your identity must be kept secret! When you cast a formation, I will also tell others that I am casting the formation!"
"I understand," Luo Feng nodded.
Once it's made public, it will become the target of public criticism.
Under the relentless attack of the Overlimit-Level Bewitching Heart Worm and a large group of their true forms, Luo Feng, even with the power of Rain Ripple City to reinforce him, was not confident he could withstand the onslaught.
"Go. You are now the city lord of Rain Ripple City. If you have any arrangements, send me a message. I will then relay the orders to all parties," said the Hall Master Yuan Xiang.
Luo Feng nodded, and then quietly left the ordinary cave abode in the outer city.
The Hall Master Yuan Xiang remained hidden there, silently observing everything.
"I've tried everything. Now, let's leave it to fate," the Hall Master Yuan Xiang said silently. Ever since a new Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform Legion joined the city, the Hall Master Yuan Xiang could instantly deduce that if things continued to develop like this, Rain Ripple City wouldn't last even half a day, let alone more than a day.
No matter what, he was determined to hold on until the very last moment.
As Luo Feng headed towards the core area of Rain Ripple City, he was able to perfectly understand the movements of every part of Rain Ripple City with a single thought, thanks to the City-Building Seal he had refined. He also knew the location of those Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform forms lurking there.
"My formation is much weaker than the Myriad Stars Array. Then I'll just target an elite infiltrator team." Luo Feng said, manipulating the formation while traveling.
Rumble~~~~
One of the elite infiltrator teams in Rain Ripple City suddenly noticed a black and blue cloud cluster swirling high above them. Luo Feng also mobilized the vast energy reserves of Rain Ripple City to enhance the array's power!
"This is bad. A formation is forming right above us, and it's targeting us."
"Careful."
Despite being attacked several times, this elite infiltrator team still has seven leader-level clones, five core member real bodies, and 39 core member clones. They coordinate very well, with layers of illusory fluctuations surrounding them, attempting to resist the formation's attack.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A terrifying light erupted from the clouds, tearing the heavens and earth apart in an instant, engulfing the team and shattering them instantly.
"How is that possible?"
"This formation is even more powerful than the Myriad Stars Array?"
"Rain Ripple City, resisting attacks from outside the city, can still muster such a powerful formation to deal with us?" In an instant, only three core clan members of this team remained, barely clinging to life.
However, under the subsequent terrifying light and continuous annihilation, the true forms of these three core clan members were also completely destroyed.
In just over ten breaths, an elite team of infiltrators was wiped out.
Previously, the Myriad Stars Array simultaneously attacked several teams from a distance. Luo Feng's current Life and Death Array, however, focuses directly above the team, targeting only that one. This gave the infiltrators the feeling that this array was even more terrifying than the Myriad Stars Array.
"The Myriad Stars Array has already dissipated, and the elders need to do everything they can to resist the attack from outside the city. Why is another array appearing?"
"The power of this formation is about 50 to 60% of that of the Myriad Stars Array."
The elders were all surprised, as they were able to accurately judge the power of the formation.
The Myriad Stars Array was jointly executed by Hall Master Gai Tao and 92 elders. Luo Feng's accumulated experience was deeper than Hall Master Gai Tao's, but even with the power that the city lord could mobilize, his 'Life and Death Array' only had about 50-60% of the power of the Myriad Stars Array.
"It's me."
The Hall Master Yuan Xiang transmitted his voice, "I'm temporarily suppressing my injuries and can still barely exert some strength! I will try my best to intercept and kill those lurking individuals."
"So it was the Hall Master Yuan Xiang."
"Even though the Hall Master Yuan Xiang was suppressing his injuries, he still managed to surpass the Hall Master Wei Yang and the others by exerting only a small amount of his strength."
"As expected of Enlightenment Seeker has mastered two and Half Primal Chaos Origin Dao!"
The elders were all excited.
They felt it was only natural that the Hall Master Yuan Xiang could display such strength! After all, before the Hall Master Yuan Xiang was corrupted, his strength was a whole level higher than that of the Hall Master Wei Yang.
At his peak, the Hall Master Yuan Xiang's power was far more terrifying than it is now. One of him was equivalent to twenty Hall Master Wei Yang!
Of course, at his peak, the Hall Master Yuan Xiang sought to break Cage and never considered expending his Merit Points to build a city.
"I also really want to suppress my injuries." The Hall Master Yuan Xiang felt the elders' excitement, but he felt even more exhausted and powerless.
He was very clear about his own situation.
Even staying conscious is now very difficult for him.
The core area of Rain Ripple City.
Luo Feng also stood in mid-air, gazing into the distance.
A group of infiltrators in the distance spotted Luo Feng and immediately turned away in another direction, showing no intention of engaging Luo Feng in combat.
"These lurkers are all Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform of the Mind type, and their flight speed is too fast." Luo Feng sighed inwardly. "Only by using the Rain Ripple City formation can we attack any place in the city and calmly kill these lurkers."
Luo Feng continued to control the formation, and as the city lord, he mobilized a massive amount of energy to make the formation powerful enough to once again kill an elite team of infiltrators.
"Rumble~~~"
A terrifying light was seen attacking from afar.
"Hahaha, another one's been wiped out."
"As expected of the Hall Master Yuan Xiang."
The elders in the city were very excited.
Call--
Luo Feng, who was guarding the core area of Rain Ripple City, also saw a team of veteran powerhouses flying by.
"Brother Luo Feng." The group of veteran experts also spoke up, "As expected of Brother Luo Feng, daring to hunt down the lurking individuals alone."
Luo Feng was also looking at the team.
This team of veteran powerhouses consists of six members: three veteran clones and three who are not veterans! There are several other powerful individuals within the city who, while not veterans, possess veteran-level strength. Their true bodies are in Rain Ripple City, actively participating in the city's defense.
Luo Feng was able to actively intercept and kill the lurking individuals, so these powerful individuals were naturally quite friendly towards him.
"It's a pity these lurkers are too fast," Luo Feng said.
"We have the Hall Master Yuan Xiang. His true strength is terrifying. Even if he can only unleash a portion of it, I believe he can lead us through this calamity." The elders were very excited.
Clearly, the Hall Master Yuan Xiang was able to suppress his injuries and command a powerful formation, giving everyone hope.
The team exchanged a few words with Luo Feng and then flew off to other places.
While slower than the infiltrators, the veteran teams primarily patrolled the core area to ensure its safety. After all, many veterans lived there.
"With the six elders working together and having secret treasures and other items, as long as we don't encounter that Overlimit-Level Bewitching Heart Worm, we can put up a fight," Luo Feng thought.
The elders have always been aware of the movement patterns of the Overlimit-Level Bewitching Heart Worm and will try their best to avoid them.
Sometimes, however, the 'King' is too fast, and then there's nothing that can be done.
"The power of the formation I can control on my own is still insufficient." Luo Feng frowned. The power of the Myriad Stars Array had reached a certain limit, enough to destroy the true body of a leader.
Luo Feng's formation only had half its power! Those leaders, as Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform the Mind type at the ' God Emperor Completion-Level, had extremely tenacious vitality. They could be severely injured, but it was difficult to completely annihilate them.
"Your Majesty, our elite troops have suffered too many casualties."
"Of our 39 elite infiltrator teams, 21 are gone. Eighty or ninety percent of those 21 teams have died, and the very few survivors... have all hidden in their cave abode and dare not come out again."
"There is a dark blue formation now, which wipes out an elite team of infiltrators every ten breaths or so. There is nowhere to hide."
Each leader communicated telepathically with the king.
First came the Myriad Stars Array, and now it's Luo Feng's Life and Death Array, mainly aimed at eliminating elite infiltrator teams.
"With the addition of Yuan Yan's legion outside the city, the defensive pressure on Rain Ripple City should only be greater. How could they possibly set up such a powerful formation specifically to target us?" Wang asked, somewhat puzzled.
"My lord, the remaining elite infiltrator teams are starting to panic!"
"If we can't come up with a solution soon, our elite infiltrator team may collapse."
The leaders have noticed the panic and unease among their core members, and it seems they have reached a critical point where they could collapse at any moment.
Wang also realized this.
Previously, the infiltrators were fearless because they saw hope, saw the elders gradually decreasing, and saw the 'Myriad Stars Array' being forced to disperse, so their fighting spirit was naturally high.
But now, a new dark blue formation has appeared, relentlessly intercepting and killing them, with no end in sight. How could these core members not panic?
"All elite infiltrator teams, disperse and hide for now," Wang could only order.
It can disregard the deaths and injuries of its subordinates.
But it's on the verge of collapse, there's no need to force it.
"Good."
"Scatter and hide!"
"Scatter and hide!"
Immediately, the remaining 18 elite infiltrator teams received their orders, breathed a sigh of relief, and all of them blurred into nothingness, beginning to disperse and infiltrate the surrounding cave abode. Their mental bodies made it relatively easy for them to infiltrate some of the weaker cave abode.
It can quickly control some Xing Zhe, either through clones or the real body.
The Xing Zhe, concealed by the array formation in their cave abode, had no way of knowing the exact hiding places of these lurking figures.
"Since they've hidden themselves, there's no need to worry about them." The Hall Master Yuan Xiang also gave the order. "We need to buy time. If we can buy enough time, we'll win. The elder teams need to be reorganized, and each team needs to be strong enough to deal with that Overlimit-Level Bewitching Heart Worm."
At this moment, within the city, the elite core infiltrators were scattered and hidden, leaving only the king and five leader-level infiltrator teams still attacking various places.
"Block them."
The veteran teams in the core area have been reorganized. A few individuals, such as Luo Feng and Star Iris Elder, are acting independently, confident in their abilities. The largest veteran team comprises a massive formation of thirty-six powerful veterans! Normally, around twenty veterans join forces.
"Does having a large quantity necessarily mean it's useful?"
A king who resembled the 'Hall Master Wei Yang' appeared.
One moment the king was far away, and the next he had already rushed into a group of nineteen veteran-level powerhouses.
Those powerful individuals without clones naturally spared no expense in purchasing items to protect their lives. On the contrary, the elders, because they had clones, had very few items to protect themselves, and some even had virtually no treasures at all.
Whoosh!
Within a breath or two, two elder clones had died. The remaining elders, with the help of the formation, all possessed a certain degree of resistance.
"Next place."
The king, however, vanished in an instant.
Coming and going as one pleases! This is what a 'Overlimit-Level' existence is like!
Wang glanced at Luo Feng, Star Iris Elder, and the others, but had no intention of making a move. Star Iris Elder was at least an 'elder,' and Royal Capital couldn't be bothered to touch him. As for Luo Feng, who wasn't even an elder, Wang was even less willing to waste any time on him.
Royal Capital was unwilling to waste his time on Xing Zhe with powerful willpower Secret Method and powerful soul-protecting treasures.
It's willing to expend more resources on 'Hall Master Wei Yang' and 'Hall Master Gai Tao'. But dealing with the other elders, naturally, the faster the better. It's specifically targeting those with ordinary willpower Secret Method and lacking good soul-protecting treasures.
"If the number of elders decreases further, to a certain threshold, the city will fall." The king had already seen the dawn of victory.