At this moment, Black Zetsu was already observing the surrounding formation.
Five enormous runes stood around the white bone throne, each a different color and containing spiritual power of one of the five elements. This Five Spirit Formation had clearly been laid down by Jiang Yuandao before he ascended.
Although legend said that the Five Absolutes Immortal Emperor was not a cultivator particularly skilled in formations, at his level, even a casually arranged formation was beyond comparison to ordinary people. Moreover, the Five Absolutes Immortal Emperor had been exceptionally talented to begin with; he had even created the Nine-Turn Pill Splitting Canon himself. A formation like this was naturally nothing difficult for him.
Among the group, Black Zetsu was the only one who knew much about formations. Yet when faced with a formation laid down by the Five Absolutes Immortal Emperor, he could not make much of it in a short time.
He could only roughly determine that the five runes had originally been meant to suppress the white jade skeleton and draw out the power within it. But now, the formation's function had been reversed. Not only was it no longer extracting the white jade skeleton's power, it was instead nourishing it.
"Someone is plotting against us!" Black and white light continuously swirled around Xiao Heng's fingertips, and his expression darkened.
Because Jiang Yuandao had ascended, there were many things here that he could not carefully deduce, including this formation. Thus, he had not noticed the danger earlier. It was only when their arrival triggered the formation that he realized someone had tampered with it.
Xiao Heng also had some knowledge of formations, but he could not possibly find a way to break this formation in such a short time, much less reverse it once again.
"What do we