Xu Buyan was overjoyed, thinking that Heaven never sealed off every path.
He tightly gripped the only Mid-Grade Second Tier Spirit Talisman left in the lineage treasury, his eyes flickering:
"With this Spirit Talisman and Lin Miaoyu's Formation-Breaking Talisman, we can open a passage. After all, this is only a Second-Tier Mid-Grade Trapping Formation, not the impregnable Island-Protecting Grand Array."
Beside him, Lin Miaoyu looked calm, but her heart was ice-cold.
She resented Xu Buyan for fleeing in the face of battle and was dissatisfied with Xu Baichuan for abandoning her.
Yet at this moment, what filled her heart most was the desire for revenge: Eldest Uncle cannot have died for nothing. I must break out of this formation.
That villain-I swear I will take his head to console Eldest Uncle's spirit in Heaven! Your Xu Household will all pay for what you have done, too!
Hearing this, Xu Buyan turned to Lin Miaoyu and said earnestly, "Niece Lin, I had to do that earlier for the sake of the bigger picture.
"But now we must work together to break this formation. Once we get out, my Xu Household will certainly make amends to you and the Lin Household, and help you take revenge and slay that villain!"
Lin Miaoyu said nothing at his words and merely nodded.
Xu Baichuan's heart pounded, and a barely restrained urgency had crept into his voice:
"Fourth Uncle, time waits for no one. That villain is exceedingly cunning and will never give us a moment to catch our breath! We should break the formation at once."
His voice was like a sword, making everyone around him feel that danger lurked on every side and was closing in.
Xu Buyan also knew full well that hesitating now meant hovering on the brink of death. They