"Completed the scheduled test objective: fifty thousand li."
"Maximum peak duration: 0.09 seconds!"
"Maximum peak output: 12,980 points of Crimson Flame Spirit Energy."
"Energy radiation exceeds five times the conventional-mode average. It will take one day before it can no longer be detected by Level 18 Spiritual Essence Insight."
"Spirit energy grade appraisal complete. Theoretically, your Crimson Flame Spirit Energy is slightly superior to Senior Sister Qin's wind spirit energy. Model simulation complete: if she sets off 0.1 seconds earlier, you will successfully intercept her at a distance of 67,542 li. Estimated consumption: 15,000 points of Crimson Flame Spirit Energy."
"Second plan recommended: use the formations outside the city as cover!"
"Three hours remain until dawn. Recommend returning immediately to begin cracking a formation."
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The Four Clowns' assessment data happened to coincide with Wang Wu's own conclusions.
At this point, the first half of the plan to strike midway across the river had been settled.
Wang Wu did not waste any time. After recovering spirit energy from the two locations with the most severe energy radiation as thoroughly as possible, he swiftly returned to that colossal city. There, with Level 18 Spiritual Essence Insight, he easily found an outer formation he could crack.
The formations surrounding this colossal city were exceedingly complex. Great formations contained smaller formations, linked formations, composite formations—their defining feature was complexity.
Without a passage key, there was simply no way to crack them in a short time. That was their greatest advantage, but at this moment, it had become their greatest weakness.
Because there were too many formations and too many variations, real-time monitoring was impossible, nor could there be a central hub to regulate them.
The cost of that would have been so exorbitant that even Bai Yu and Senior Sister Qin could not