The formation before them was called the Heavenly Pole God Locking Formation, a forbidden formation preserved within the Heavenly Ruins.
Of course, it was called a forbidden formation because it could use Spiritual Energy to condense a type of Spirit Locking Chains.
Those sealed by these Spirit Locking Chains would be unable to use Spiritual Energy for a short time.
Beyond that, it could also gather everyone's strength into one, achieving an exceedingly terrifying Combined Attack Technique.
Yet it also had a major flaw: the Spiritual Energy drawn from its users would disappear forever.
Thus, the longer the formation was maintained, the greater the damage it inflicted upon the body.
In the end, it could cause one's Cultivation Level to plummet directly, or even leave irreparable injuries.
It was precisely for this reason that the Heavenly Ruins had listed it as a forbidden formation.
Of course, its cultivation had not been prohibited.
Though it had certain drawbacks, it was undeniable that it possessed considerable offensive power.
Especially when one could not defeat an opponent, one could leverage superior numbers to deploy this formation and narrow the gap between both sides.
Clearly, Zhao Beizhou and the others could not match Chen Wen through individual strength alone, which was why they had deployed such a formation.
Still, their idea was truly quite good.
With the support of this formation, plus four people no weaker than Feng Zhantian, they might not have absolute confidence against Chen Wen, but they would not lose either.
All in all, Chen Wen was in trouble this time.
Thinking of this, the elders could not help but sigh softly.
Luo Nanchen, on the other hand, had only just breathed a sigh of relief when he became tense once more.
Naturally, he could think of everything the elders had