Kui Yong had never imagined that Huang Xiao, whom he wanted to find, was now inside Mo Pozheng's formation.
The four of them concealed themselves carefully. After locating the fine needles within the formation, they took even greater care as they studied the formations surrounding those needles.
They could not break through the grand formation here, but they had another way.
That was to start with some of the connected small formations.
After Huang Xiao and the others located the fine needles, they carefully studied the formations around those positions.
These areas occupied only a tiny portion of the formation, but they were crucial to it.
The fine needles had been specially crafted by Kui Yong and served as formation foundations.
What Huang Xiao and the others needed to do now was destroy those formation foundations.
"The formation around every fine needle is different," Huang Xiao marveled inwardly.
More than twenty days had passed, and he had only comprehended the small formations around three fine needles.
It was through these small formations that the fine needles activated the entire grand formation.
"How is it going?" Xuanyuan Xing asked quietly.
The four met again to learn about one another's progress.
"Same as a few days ago. No further changes. Still three fine needles," Huang Xiao said.
"Five," Shi Hen said.
"Five for me too," Li Bai said.
Xuanyuan Xing glanced at Li Bai, then said, "Three for me."
He had not expected Li Bai to comprehend another one that day, bringing his total level with Shi Hen's.
He was stronger than Shi Hen, but his formation arts fell short of Shi Hen's, leaving him level with Huang Xiao.
"So that means there are only sixteen fine needles we can seize," Shi Hen said.
"Too few. Mo Pozheng probably used at least