Layers Upon Layers of Grand Arrays

The four who had attacked Lu Ye were all Cloud River Tier Nine cultivators, and every one of them had injured him.

Tan Sheng's spear struck Lu Ye's waist and ribs, Xia Liang's blade pierced his body and shattered his protective Spiritual Power, and two immensely powerful spells immediately engulfed him, turning him into a blaze of fire.

Under those circumstances, Lu Ye had effectively taken the attacks of two spells head-on without any protection whatsoever.

To be fair, no matter which of the four had suffered such treatment, they surely would not have survived.

But why could Lu Yiye remain alive?

Before long, the Formation where Lu Ye had vanished was broken. Xia Liang immediately stepped forward to inspect it. He saw splattered blood left on the ground, but Lu Ye himself was nowhere to be seen.

That fellow really wasn't dead.

This was troublesome.

The best possible outcome was that Lu Yiye was barely clinging to life. Though he had not died immediately, he would not survive for long. If that were the case, then their mission could still be considered accomplished. Even if they could not obtain Lu Yiye's corpse and claim that enormous bounty, at least this cancerous growth would have been removed. Without Lu Ye's deterrence, Xia Liang could seek revenge on Li Baxian without restraint.

But that was merely the most ideal outcome.

He had to consider other possibilities.

For instance, Lu Yiye might only be seriously wounded and could be hiding somewhere in this dangerous region to recuperate. If so, once he recovered even a little, he could find a way to break the Formation and leave.

That fellow's attainments in the Formation Dao were extremely high. Having emerged from the Hundred Formation Pagoda this time, his mastery of the Formation Dao had