Upper Firmament Heaven's use of the art of Reversing Cause and Effect this time had been exceedingly covert. Within the Suspended Heaven Dao Palace, most of the Court Executives had been wholly unaware of this hidden change.
Only the chief-seat Daoist seated at the very top slightly raised his head and glanced ahead, as if he had seen something.
Yet he said nothing.
In battle, all manner of circumstances could arise. Many strategies and countless predictions had already been drawn up before the fighting began.
Some matters already had countermeasures prepared; as for those that could not be judged beforehand, one could only rely on decisions made in the moment.
Within the field, though Ying Chong had successfully withdrawn his people behind the rear wall, stabilizing the array and casting off its burden had also meant abandoning an expanse of array territory that could be called vast.
The entire formation was now less than a tenth of its former size.
Of course, that was only how it appeared on the surface. In truth, wherever the branches of the Azure Spirit Heavenly Branch extended, the heavenly domains unfurled upon them could all be counted as part of the array territory.
Yet to mobilize all of these required the support of Azure Spirit vitality. Previously, most of that vitality had been suppressed by the Clear Vault Aura, almost severing it from the formation.
But now, as Solitary Yangzi and the other two used Reversing Cause and Effect to break free of that confrontation, it could once again be shifted about. Still, in order to catch Celestial Xia unawares, they lay hidden and motionless, maintaining the present state.
Seeing that Ying Chong had acted swiftly and retreated cleanly, Daoist You nodded as well. Gazing at the formation curled into a ball before him,