The little incident with the Soul-Locking Needle did nothing to ease the tension at Golden Rooster Ridge.
Instead, it made both sides take things even more seriously.
Guangchengzi first had someone take the injured Gray-Robed Disciple away.
He did not continue arguing with Lin Yuan on the disciple's behalf.
The incident with Xue Ehu had only just passed.
Within the Elucidation Sect, people were growing increasingly sensitive to the boundaries between "sparring, magical combat, and assassination."
Secretly trying to stab an Interception Sect Daoist Heir who had just attained the Daluo Realm with a Soul-Locking Needle.
And getting caught red-handed.
Even if this matter reached the Saints,
they would still have no leg to stand on.
After dealing with the offender, Lin Yuan did not pursue the matter either.
The debt was settled.
That was that.
His attention returned to Kong Xuan and the Elucidation Sect members.
The Elucidation Sect was clearly better prepared this round.
The Heaven-Flipping Seal, Yin-Yang Mirror, and Immortal Binding Rope had all been swept away already.
They no longer dared to casually throw out their truly essential artifacts.
Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, Juliusun, and True Person Huang Long began coordinating their own Great Dao divine abilities.
The third-generation disciples set up a formation around the perimeter.
Lin Yuan watched for a few breaths.
Then he suddenly realized that the Elucidation Sect had completely changed its approach.
They had begun encircling him.
Jade Clarity Formation Flags appeared simultaneously in eight directions around Golden Rooster Ridge.
Individually, none was particularly powerful.
But linked together, they formed an enormous confinement formation.
Their objective was clear.
To restrict the space the Five-Colored Divine Light could cover.
However good Kong Xuan was at sweeping things away,
his divine light still had to reach them.
If they first suppressed the five elements of