Because the village before him had vanished.
Or rather, there had never been any so-called village here.
The village he had seen had merely been conjured by the formation.
The eight directions of the Eight Trigrams began to shift.
The village vanished, replaced by endless water beasts.
One glance was enough to see no end to them.
There were only endless water beasts roaring.
The beast roars alone were enough to burst one's eardrums.
"I do not know who you are, but please come out and meet me," Xu Zimo said calmly.
"Weren't you having a fine old time killing beneath Yanhuo City?
Today, I'll let you kill to your heart's content," a voice rang out from all directions.
It was impossible to tell where the voice truly came from.
"The water beasts here are endless. Let's see how long you can keep killing."
"I bear no ill intent. I simply have some matters I wish to inquire about," Xu Zimo said.
He had come to ask about the Ancient Gods, so naturally he did not wish to make an enemy of the other party.
"As for those water beasts, they should not amount to much for you.
Since you can create living creatures, I presume you would not begrudge such things."
Upon hearing Xu Zimo's words, the voice fell silent for a moment.
At last, it said again, "Whatever your reasons may be, break my formation first."
As the words fell, thousands upon thousands of water beasts came charging over.
"How difficult could it be to break your formation?" Xu Zimo smiled.
The Traceless Compass and the Heavenly Evolution Star Disk revolved above his head.
There was essentially no formation he could not break.
He held his saber in his right hand. No matter how many water beasts approached,