When the Elucidation Sect truly began to move,
the momentum was completely different from the previous days.
Outside the Ten Ultimate Formation,
one streak of Jade Clarity Immortal Light after another descended.
Guangchengzi.
Chijingzi.
Juliusun.
Taiyi.
Wenshu Guangfa Tianzun.
Cihang Daoist...
The Twelve Golden Immortals appeared one after another.
Even though some of them had been injured before, or were not in peak condition, the oppressive presence brought by the gathering of twelve direct disciples of Saints still far surpassed that of ordinary Qi Practitioners.
On the Shang Camp's side,
Wang Mo and the other three had originally been chatting and laughing.
But upon seeing this scene, they all turned serious.
"They're genuinely preparing to make a move now."
Wen Zhong's expression was grave.
"If any of you ten fellow Daoists sense something wrong, withdraw from the formation immediately."
Yet Qin Wan smiled.
"After modifying it for so many days,
we've been waiting for them to truly enter."
Lin Yuan said nothing.
His Innate Spiritual Perception was already operating at its utmost limit.
The Twelve Golden Immortals were powerful.
There was no question about that.
Likewise, the third version of the Ten Ultimate Linked Formation was still far from capable of swallowing the Twelve Golden Immortals head-on.
What they needed to do had always been clear.
Survive.
And make the other side suffer a little while they were at it.
Guangchengzi arrived before the formation.
His gaze first fell upon Lin Yuan.
"You are Lin Yuan?"
Lin Yuan smiled.
"Uncle-Master Guangchengzi."
"I have long admired you."
"I, too, have heard your name quite often these past few days."
Guangchengzi remained calm.
"With the cultivation of a True Immortal, you dare take part in a clash of formations like this."
"You have courage."
"But formations are ultimately external aids."
"The gap in realm cannot be bridged through such tricks."
Lin Yuan did not argue.
"Uncle-Master is right."
"So please show mercy later."
Guangchengzi's brow twitched almost imperceptibly.
This boy's answer had come far too smoothly.
He showed none of the impulse a young genius should have had to leap up and prove himself after being provoked a few times.
It felt somewhat like punching cotton.
"Enter the formation."
The Twelve Golden Immortals said no more.
This time, it was not one person entering one formation.
Instead, several of them stepped into different great formations at the same time.
Heaven-Absolute.
Earth Blaze.
Wind Roar.
Ice.
Golden Light...
For the first time, the Ten Ultimate Formation truly operated all at once!
Rumble!
All ten great formations activated together.
Even the spiritual energy of heaven and earth above the entire battlefield changed along with them.
Lightning.
Earthfire.
Astral winds.
Ice.
Golden light.
Red water.
All kinds of killing intent rose at once.
The Ten Heavenly Lords all took their positions in the main formations.
Lin Yuan stood in the central linked zone.
At this moment, the ten formations truly resembled a colossal net spread wide.
If any part suffered a heavy blow,
he would sense it immediately.
"The Heaven-Absolute Formation is under the greatest pressure!"
Lin Yuan spoke.
"Earth Blaze and Wind Roar, lend it half your strength!"
Two streams of power were immediately sent over.
"The Ice Formation doesn't need help."
"Senior Brother Yuan can hold!"
"The eastern Formation Eye of the Golden Light Formation, prepare to move!"
The moment his words fell,
a treasure light from Cihang Daoist had just descended.
The Formation Eye of the Golden Light Formation had already shifted away in advance.
Boom!
A huge crater was blasted into the ground.
The Formation Eye remained intact.
The Elucidation Sect quickly realized that something was wrong.
When they had studied the Ten Ultimate Formation in the past,
the most important thing had been to grasp the patterns of each formation.
Those patterns still remained now.
But the core positions could shift.
And when you attacked one formation,
the other nine could reach out at any time.
Taiyi was suppressing Zhao Jiang within the Earth Blaze Formation.
A magical treasure had just subdued a vast expanse of Earthfire.
The next moment,
Wind Thunder suddenly sounded behind him.
"The Wind Roar Formation?"
Taiyi spun around swiftly.
The astral wind brushed past his shoulder.
Before he could continue suppressing the formation,
cold air surged up from beneath his feet.
Taiyi's expression gradually darkened.
"Lin Yuan!"
Lin Yuan heard his voice from outside the formation.
He was rather surprised.
"Uncle-Master Taiyi."
"Were you calling for me?"
"The mutual support of the ten formations does show some ingenuity."
Taiyi said coldly.
"But do you truly think this can trap the Twelve Golden Immortals?"
"It can't."
Lin Yuan did not hesitate in the slightest.
Taiyi was instead taken aback.
Lin Yuan continued,
"What realms are the twelve Uncle-Masters at, what realms are the ten senior brothers and sisters at, and what realm am I at? It's not as if I'm blind."
"Trap you?"
"I never even considered it."
"..."
Wang Mo burst out laughing outside the formation.
Gao Yougan laughed as well.
"The greatest merit of Junior Brother Lin is that he knows his own limits."
Lin Yuan could not be bothered with them.
His eyes remained fixed on the ten formations.
They truly could not trap them.
But making the Twelve Golden Immortals suffer for a short while—
that could be done.
Lin Yuan rapidly changed the Formation Talismans with both hands.
"Senior Brother Qin!"
"Switch positions!"
"Senior Brother Zhao, withdraw thirty percent of the Earthfire!"
"Golden Light Formation, lend a thread of golden radiance to Ice!"
The ten formations began changing rapidly.
The Twelve Golden Immortals had intended to break them one by one.
But as they fought, they discovered that the ten formations seemed able to heal one another.
They had just suppressed the Heaven-Absolute Formation until it was on the verge of collapse.
The Earth Blaze Formation sent it magical power.
Then when they turned to suppress Earth Blaze,
the Heaven-Absolute Formation began nourishing it in return.
If they concentrated their firepower on one formation,
Lin Yuan would have that formation actively contract while the other nine caused trouble from the sides.
They could naturally break through by force.
The problem was—
it would be difficult to easily kill the people controlling the main formations as they had originally expected.
Guangchengzi locked onto Qin Wan several times in succession.
Each time, Qin Wan evaded him through temporarily shifting formation patterns.
Chijingzi forcibly broke through the Ice Formation.
Yuan Jiao directly borrowed the Wind Roar Formation's power to push the main formation's position away.
The more the Twelve Golden Immortals fought, the more deeply they frowned.
Yet the Interception Sect members outside the formation grew increasingly excited as they watched.
Zhao Jiang even began taunting them from within the formation.
"Senior brothers!"
"A few days ago, didn't you say the Ten Ultimate Formation was just some unorthodox minor trick?"
"Why haven't you broken it yet?"
No one on Jade Clarity's side answered him.
Because it truly was rather embarrassing.
Ten Interception Sect disciples whose cultivation realms lagged far behind.
Relying on a Ten Ultimate Linked Formation that had been altered into something increasingly sinister.
Had forcibly held off the Twelve Golden Immortals for this long.
What made it even more frustrating was.
They wanted to kill people.
But the Ten Heavenly Lords had become far too good at running.
The Formation Eyes could move.
And so could the people.
Whenever one formation master encountered an attack he truly could not handle, the other nine formations immediately came to help.
Sometimes, just as someone was preparing to strike a killing blow, Lin Yuan would already be shouting from the center:
"Go!"
The formation master would immediately flee.
Without the slightest burden of pride as an expert.
Even Taiyi was angered into laughter.
"You set up these formations just to run away?"
Lin Yuan replied while adjusting the formations:
"Martial Uncle."
"Formations are naturally set up to win."
"But when we can't win, we should first make sure we don't die."
"There's nothing wrong with that order, is there?"
Taiyi: "..."
Was there anything wrong with it?
It seemed there really wasn't.
Yet it still felt unbearably stifling to hear.
Another round of fierce attacks followed.
The Twelve Golden Immortals finally withdrew from the formation of their own accord.
It was not that they could not break through.
But there was no great meaning in continuing to wear each other down.
What they truly wanted to do today was kill the Ten Heavenly Lords.
Yet they had failed to kill even one.
If they continued fighting for several more hours, at most they could forcibly dismantle the formations.
As long as the people retreated through the shifting nodes.
They still would not be able to keep them behind.
The Jade Clarity Immortal Light gradually withdrew from the Ten Ultimate Formation.
Qin Wan and the others did not pursue them.
The ten formations returned to tranquility.
Only after the last Golden Immortal of the Elucidation Sect had left.
Did Zhao Jiang emerge from the formation.
Suppressing a smile on his face.
"The Twelve Golden Immortals."
"They really came in."
"And then?"
Gao Yougan added from outside.
"And then they went back out."
The surrounding Interception Sect disciples immediately burst into laughter.
Qin Wan finally smiled as well.
But Lin Yuan did not relax for long.
Within Battlefield Killing Intent Perception.
Several dangers belonging to the Ten Heavenly Lords had yet to completely vanish.
He raised his head and looked toward the ten formations.
Sun Liang and the others had safely passed the critical juncture.
Yet the oppressive sensation representing a death tribulation still weighed heavily upon Bai Li, Yao Bin, Wang Bian, and Zhang Shao.
Especially the last two.
It was as though two invisible blades.
Still hung over their heads.
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