Of course, it was not true, but only this way could Lu Ye avoid exposing certain things and save himself some explanations.
Ning Gu looked at Lu Ye, and his eyelid twitched!
If he had known it was such an Exotic Treasure, why had he bothered fighting for it? Whoever obtained that Exotic Treasure would have to take it out and use it here.
Not only had he failed to obtain the Exotic Treasure, he had even lost a Clone. He had truly suffered a disastrous loss.
Junior Sister Shuang's eyes brightened. "If so, then we really can form a formation! Fellow Daoist, do you wish to form the Three Powers Formation?"
"The three of us have no other choice."
Junior Sister Shuang said, "With the Exotic Treasure's aid, could we form a more complex formation? If we could, it would be more secure."
Lu Ye sighed. "I considered that, but look around. These steps are only this large. Accommodating the three of us advancing and retreating together is already the limit. How could there be room for anyone else?"
If possible, Lu Ye truly would have liked to bring in a few more Merging Dao cultivators and form a Black Tortoise Formation. That would certainly withstand the pressure on the twentieth step.
But that was unrealistic. Each step was not large, and could not accommodate so many cultivators advancing and retreating together.
The Three Powers Formation was the simplest formation. While the protection it could provide was far inferior to the Black Tortoise Formation, Lu Ye felt it should be enough.
After all, he alone had been able to reach the eighteenth step. With Ning Gu and Junior Sister Shuang assisting him, leaving this place should not be much of a problem.
That was also why he had sought