As his words fell, the sixth character burst apart, becoming a small ink-black military formation suspended above Lang Tu's head.
The military formation consisted of hundreds of ink-black soldier phantoms arranged in ranks, each holding a long dagger-axe with its tip pointed downward.
The military formation began to rotate, and the soldier phantoms released dense ink-black rays as they spun.
The rays poured down on Lang Tu like a rainstorm made of written characters.
But this time, the rays did not attack Lang Tu's body directly. Instead, they arranged themselves into one ink-black square array of characters after another on the ground around him.
Every square array of characters was a miniature formation, with a different Haoran Righteous Qi effect sealed within it.
Some arrays released the Weight Character, pressing fine indentations into the stone tiles beneath Lang Tu's feet.
Some arrays released the Stagnation Character, slowing the circulation of Killing Intent within Lang Tu's body by thirty percent.
Some arrays released the Scorching Character, making the air within their coverage as scalding hot as a furnace chamber.
Some arrays released the Chill Character, freezing a thin layer of white frost over the Killing Intent Carapace covering Lang Tu's body.
"The Formation Character governs layered formations."
Xie Approaching the Abyss's right hand trembled slightly as he controlled the military formation, and the ink-black light at his fingertips began to flicker unsteadily.
"If one array can't hold you down, I'll stack ten."
"If ten can't hold you down, I'll stack a hundred."
"Every character in these arrays is an independent little formation. They can stack together, strengthen one another, and make up for one another's shortcomings."
"Break one, and the other ninety-nine will still be there."
Under the combined suppression of the All-Character Network and the Formation Character's square arrays, Lang