"Trapped within this poor Daoist's formation, yet you still had such a big mouth. It seemed... you truly knew nothing of this formation. Today... this poor Daoist would let you witness the foundation that had kept Thousand Machine Island standing in the East Sea Archipelago for a thousand years without falling."
"This poor Daoist wanted to see whether... you would still be able to laugh later."
The vague figure let out a derisive snort. Its eyes fixed on Su Shi'er, brimming with chilling killing intent.
With that, a faint fluctuation of Soul Power stirred.
The next moment, the Heaven and Earth Dharma Gates that Su Shi'er had previously shattered with the Four Symbols Secret Art, their light already dimming away, solidified once more.
The Eight Trigrams Dharma Gates simultaneously burst forth with dazzling radiance, spinning rapidly around Su Shi'er.
The Five Elements and Eight Trigrams converged and fused in an instant, no longer giving Su Shi'er the chance to break the formation through Five Elements Generation and Restraint.
The pressure weighing on Su Shi'er also reached its peak at that moment.
His body trembled, while the Essence, Qi, and Spirit beneath his robes surged violently, beginning to show signs of collapse.
Su Shi'er drew a deep breath, his composed expression unchanged in the slightest.
The formation before him was strange, and the principles behind its construction were vastly different from the mainstream Formation Dao of Muyun Prefecture.
Under any other circumstances, Su Shi'er might not have been confident of breaking the formation.
Yet at this moment, confidence gleamed in his eyes.
The hand seals shifted again, and his surging True Yuan instantly transformed into countless formation seals that flew through the air.
Formation seal after formation seal circulated overhead, giving off five-colored radiance. As they danced, they seemed almost alive,