Rumble!
Amid the earth-shaking roar, a gigantic Bā Snake struggled violently. The crisscrossing ropes around it kept snapping, only to regenerate under the formation array's power, severely restricting its movements.
A group of formation soldiers hid far away in a corner of the battlefield, yet still transmitted spirit essence in time to keep the binding formation array running.
Meng Du stood atop the Bā Snake's head, his face expressionless, though a trace of concern flickered in his eyes.
"So many enemies..."
"This is bad, Meng Du. We seem to be surrounded. Most of these people are only Human Rank elites, but they're exceptionally well trained and proficient at coordinating battle formations. They were brought here specifically to deal with us!" Su Liangyu was only at Earth Rank first transformation, a rising talent who had advanced recently. But as the son of the sect elder Su Peng, his knowledge and experience actually ranked near the top among the Eight Geniuses. He immediately recognized that something was wrong.
"I know!" A shadow crossed Meng Du's face. So many enemies would indeed be difficult to handle.
Fang Lian had likewise lost her initial look of ease. She sat grim-faced on the Three-Headed Wolf nearby, her thoughts unreadable.
They had pursued a wounded enemy Earth Rank cultivator into this wilderness, only for numerous Human Rank cultivators to suddenly emerge. Even a fool would have understood that they had walked into an encirclement.
Judging by the enemy's concealment methods and the way they surrounded them, this was no chance encounter. It had been planned well in advance.
At first, they had thought that even if it was planned, what of it? With the three of them joining forces, they could put up a fight even against a middle-stage expert or a renowned late-stage veteran. At