The protective barrier formed from the combined strength of numerous disciples met the explosion's shock waves in an instant!
Fortunately, they had prepared. The residual force of the Dou Techniques, powerful enough to kill anyone below Da Dou Shi, merely sent violent ripples across the barrier without breaking through.
At the sight of this,
Zhou Changqing's eyes lit up.
Because of his weapon refining, he had always been studying the Dou Qi Continent's knowledge of formation crafting.
But most of the formations he had encountered before were crude.
The protective barrier formed by these Misty Cloud Sect disciples was also a kind of formation.
Even if it did not seem particularly profound, it was still far better than those circulating outside.
Of course, it could not compare to the few powerful formations he had found while reading through the Snake-People Tribe's entire collection in the desert.
Still, he knew that the Misty Cloud Sect's formations went far beyond this. They had yet to display their true reserves of formation knowledge.
This protective barrier might merely have been a rudimentary application of that knowledge.
He could tell from how the Misty Cloud Sect disciples breathed in almost perfect unison, their auras linked together as though they were one body, where tugging a single hair would move the whole.
This was an exceptionally profound and powerful combined attack formation!
Ever since he had greatly deepened his foundation in formation crafting among the Snake-People Tribe, he had never again seen a formation this wondrous.
If he could unravel its principles, perhaps his knowledge of artifact patterns could rise another notch!
He could even envision the terrifying effects of applying the principles of this combined attack formation to artifact patterns.
Imagine a thousand fully charged Tier 5 spirit-gathering weapons linked together, forming a vast