Formation Cultivator-Ji Yuan! [Monthly Votes, Please]

The moment Hu Li saw Ji Yuan dart toward him, he understood.

This bastard definitely isn't so simple. He's probably an old schemer!

Leave one side open while surrounding the other three. Hu Li had indeed laid a formation outside the western wall. Under attack from three people, most cultivators would try to escape through the opening first, then decide what to do once they were clear of the encirclement.

The moment they passed beyond the western wall, Hu Li would activate the formation.

Once they fell into that trapping formation, they would be easy to deal with.

But Ji Yuan had done the opposite. Instead of fleeing, he charged straight at Hu Li.

What did that mean?

It meant he must have guessed there was a trap to the west!

A man that cautious could not be underestimated.

So Hu Li ran at once. He had no intention of clashing head-on with Ji Yuan. Though he had been guarding the east, he turned and fled without the slightest hesitation.

Ji Yuan followed close behind him, straight out past the eastern wall.

But the instant Ji Yuan crossed it, he sensed something wrong—a formation!

Thick black columns of smoke rose on every side. A force tugged up from the ground and dragged his Flying Boat down.

At the same time, the other two Foundation Establishment Early Stage Demonic Cultivators rushed over. They joined Hu Li outside the formation, the three standing in a triangle.

Hu Li could not help laughing.

"Fellow Daoist Ji, you guessed there was a trap to the west. Not bad. Unfortunately, outside all four walls—east, south, west, and north—I laid formations."

Ji Yuan had barely landed and put away his Flying Boat. Before he could reply, he felt the spiritual energy around him surge wildly.

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