This was also a helpless measure. His cultivation realm was what it was; within the formation, even without exerting his full power, he was like a needle that steadied the sea, capable of stabilizing everyone's strength and the formation itself.
If he left the formation and everyone else had to maintain it alone, the formation's power would decline by at least thirty percent.
Compared to the previous Qiankun Bagua Formation, it was certainly far more sophisticated.
It could suppress an immense amount of Earth Qi. There was fundamentally no upper limit to the formation's power—one could only say that the stronger it was, the better.
Yun Yan blinked and immediately understood.
He hurriedly continued, "A powerful will? Resisting Senior's power? Could it be... that Daoist Nun Shenwei secretly left behind a safeguard to prevent the Half-Immortal Artifact Treasure Umbrella from being taken by others?"
In the Cultivation World, whether righteous or evil, nine out of ten cultivators who obtained a supreme treasure would take at least some measures to prevent it from being easily seized by others.
Daoist Nun Shenwei herself was an Evil Cultivator. Her cultivation was formidable, and she came from Blood Sea Pavilion, a major sect of Evil Cultivators and a holy land of immortal cultivation.
Refining the Half-Immortal Artifact Treasure Umbrella and leaving behind a safeguard to stop others from wielding it was perfectly normal no matter how one looked at it!
"No... it should not be!"
"That little girl's paltry tricks were already broken by me."
"If I am not mistaken, this Half-Immortal Artifact Treasure Umbrella has likely already given birth to an artifact spirit, and that artifact spirit possesses considerable intelligence. The current situation is entirely the artifact spirit's doing!"
Faced with Yun Yan's analysis, Xuanjue did not even pause to think before shaking