In mere moments, Jiang Ziya had finished setting up the formation.
Wen Zhong's expression was grave, and the Ink Qilin beneath him snorted.
A cloud of vicious baleful energy, visible to the naked eye, hung above the formation. Almost the instant it was completed, the entire battlefield fell silent, and even the sky darkened a little.
"This formation..."
Surprisingly, Shen Gongbao was not dozing off. This formation was quite basic, merely an introductory Spirit-Absorbing Magic Formation.
Any cultivator officially affiliated with the Three Teachings knew this formation. There was nothing special about it; it simply drew spiritual energy from the objects used to lay it out, thereby forming a grand formation.
But Jiang Ziya's Spirit-Absorbing Magic Formation differed in one respect. Gazing at the vast swathes of vicious baleful energy, Shen Gongbao could not help shaking his head repeatedly. "Spirit-Absorbing Magic Formations have always been laid out with magic treasures and spirit objects. This is the first time I've seen soldiers used as the foundation."
Mortal soldiers were unlike heavenly materials and earthly treasures; they possessed no spiritual energy for the formation to draw upon. But Jiang Ziya had blazed another trail, painstakingly selecting ten thousand veteran soldiers who had fought hundreds of battles over decades of campaigns east and west. Using the Spirit-Absorbing Magic Formation to extract their baleful energy, he had created this exceptionally dense cloud of vicious energy.
"From what you say, Imperial Preceptor, this formation is exceedingly vicious. Is there a way to break it?"
Zi Shou was calculating inwardly. The more vicious Jiang Ziya's formation, the better: he would have ample reason to retreat and defend rather than attack. If he held Sishui Pass for three to five years, the denunciations and curses from the various feudal lords and the people in their territories would