Xiao Jinlei's voice rolled out like thunder. Every guest visiting the Xiao Household was struck pale with shock. The Guishui Divine Lightning Array was the Xiao Household's most secret formation, never activated lightly. Even ordinary grand cultivators would not dare act rashly before Xiao Jinlei. What, then, could have driven the Xiao Household to summon this formation at any cost, especially with so many of its experts gathered here?
In the blink of an eye, twelve cultivators dressed in Daoist robes covered with strange formation patterns raced into the sky. Some had long hair hanging down in strands, while others had gray-white beards and hair. Each held a small purple flag about a foot long. The flags spun rapidly, and the triangular formation flags grew larger and larger. In no time, they had reached more than a dozen zhang in height.
The twelve formation cultivators stood beneath the formation flags, muttering incessantly.
"Incantation formation arts!" As a formation master himself, Lu Xiaotian recognized the trick at a glance. Under ordinary circumstances, one person could not operate such a deadly formation, while too many people would inevitably cause confusion. Activating it through incantations was indeed a prudent choice.
The twelve formation flags hung in the air, the triangular flags fluttering in the wind. They enveloped the Xiao Household's core region across several hundred li. Though they had yet to cover the Xiao Household's entire vast territory, they had already enclosed the central area of this battle. The two water spirit treasures** happened to be within this region as well.
Sizzle! In the blink of an eye, thick bolts of lightning erupted from the formation flags and struck toward the flags opposite them. Moments later, lightning flashed and thunder boomed across the sky above the several-hundred-li area. The celestial phenomena caused by