Yun Zhongzi, Set Your Formation, and I'll Break It

Yun Zhongzi did not strike first.

He merely raised a hand and made a gentle motion.

The scarlet clouds hanging overhead suddenly spread apart.

Fire Dao runes hidden within the clouds emerged one after another, numbering in the thousands and densely covering half the sky.

Lin Yuan swept his Mystic Thunder Eyes across them and quickly discovered that one rune carried exactly the same aura as the first Formation Lock underground.

The third lock was indeed hidden here.

But to break the scarlet clouds, he first had to get past Yun Zhongzi.

Lin Yuan did not ask why Yun Zhongzi was personally guarding Dragon-Severing Ridge.

The Investiture of the Gods had reached this point. Everyone had their own stance.

Yun Zhongzi had set up a formation to trap Wen Zhong, Wen Zhong defended Great Shang, and Lin Yuan was here to save his senior brother. There was no need for anyone to pretend they had merely happened to pass by.

"Lin Yuan." Yun Zhongzi's whisk stirred slightly in his hand as he said calmly, "You altered the Ten Ultimate Formation, saved Zhao Gongming, protected the Three Cloud Sisters, and allowed the Four Demon Generals to escape their fated calamities. Everything you have done has already changed far too much."

Lin Yuan raised a brow at that.

"Senior, you pay quite a lot of attention to me."

"Within the Elucidation Sect now, it is difficult not to pay attention to you." Yun Zhongzi glanced at the Divine Fire Pillars still operating in the distance. "The great calamity has its momentum. Every person you save causes that momentum to shift elsewhere."

"So, Senior thinks people ought to die?" Lin Yuan asked.

Yun Zhongzi gently shook his head. "This humble Daoist merely guards the situation he is meant to guard."

"What a coincidence."