But refusing to fight was not an option either. This formation spirit had already become an evil spirit, and clearly would not let them go so easily. If they would not follow its rules, their only choice was to fight.
Once Su Jiu thoroughly exposed "A-Yin," a great mass of black energy immediately poured from its body, clearly because of the darkness stone.
Then again, this formation had used a darkness stone as its formation eye for so many years that it would have been stranger if the spirit born from it had not been tainted by dark energy.
The members of the Gu Household were still ordinary souls, so they could not join this battle.
Huang Kuo and Shu Wugui, meanwhile, lacked the strength to track the formation spirit's elusive movements and could offer little help.
In the end, only five people actually took part in this battle.
Gu Ningyun supported them with sound attacks, disrupting the formation spirit's consciousness while Su Jiu and the others seized the openings to attack.
But the power of the laws within this space was truly infuriating. Every time one of Su Jiu's masses of spiritual qi was about to strike the formation spirit's body, it was forcibly slowed, allowing the spirit to dodge it easily with a giggle, as though everything they did was futile.
Not only Su Jiu, but Chu Luohen, Ning Fan, and Lie Wushuang faced the same predicament. This battle was utterly maddening.
Only then did Su Jiu and the others gradually realize that, although this place did not entirely belong to the formation spirit's domain, the spirit still had some control over it.
The clearest evidence was its ability to manipulate the temporal force within this cramped space. Otherwise, its own abilities could never have allowed it to