Jiang Fan said nothing more. With a slight nod, he stepped out of the group and approached the churning black mist at the valley entrance.
He did not rush to act. Instead, he spread his spiritual sense inch by inch, following the twisted lines on the ground and the dense inscriptions on the stone pillars until it covered every branch and channel of the formation.
Once that was done.
His hands abruptly formed a seal, and he gave a low shout.
"Condense!"
The crimson-gold runes dancing at his fingertips traced a brilliant arc through the night before sinking silently into the ground.
The moment the crimson-gold runes entered the earth, they seemed to come alive, racing along the dark red lines.
Wherever they passed, they burned away every trace of demonic qi within the formation patterns.
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
The lines that had glowed scarlet rapidly dimmed and fractured after the crimson-gold light swept through them.
Hum!
A low tremor ran through the entire outer formation.
Then the densely packed runes on the stone pillar nearest the valley entrance abruptly lit up, flickering for an instant like a final burst of life.
With a crack, the pillar exploded.
Shattered stone flew everywhere. Before the black mist pouring from the pillar could rise, the golden light following close behind annihilated it.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three pillars... five... seven... the stone pillars exploded one after another...
The dark red lines on the ground snapped apart inch by inch like a spiderweb consumed by fire, not a trace of spiritual energy remaining.
The black mist shrouding the valley entrance rapidly thinned. A massive opening appeared in the invisible barrier, as though someone had torn it open down the middle.
"It's done!"
Jiang Fan gave the low warning and darted backward.
Almost at the