"Hiss!"
The sound of something cutting through the air grew louder as it approached, reaching everyone's ears in the blink of an eye, as if the golden pillar of light had already arrived before them, causing everyone present to be greatly alarmed.
At the same time, powerful Dou Qi surged from the bodies of the Dou Di experts present, and dozens of figures moved in unison, like colorful and fragrant fluff flying in the void.
The golden beam of light streaked across the sky like a falling meteor, and then disappeared upon contact with the golden light on the ground below.
During this process, neither beam of light harmed a single person.
Having learned from their previous experiences, the Dou Di experts present finally had a better understanding of the formation. However, they were still far from being able to break it on their own.
Having dodged the two golden beams, the group dared not relax. At the same time, several powerful Dou Di experts quickly turned their gazes to Zhuo Lin, hoping that he could lead them to break the formation as he had said.
Seeing the gazes of those Dou Di powerhouses directed at him, Zhuo Lin smiled, then abruptly turned around. From beneath his sleeve, his fair hand extended, pointing to the lotus-shaped stone pillars in the plaza below, and he proclaimed loudly:
"That's the method to break this formation!"
Upon hearing this, the faces of the assembled Dou Di powerhouses couldn't help but show expressions of astonishment. Then, seemingly to persuade them, just as the second golden light was about to fall, Zhuo Lin quickly continued:
"The power supporting this great formation all comes from those stone pillars. From the beginning until now, a total of seven pillars of light have taken lives. Please look closely, everyone. Now, in the plaza, seven of those rotating stone pillars have stopped rotating, and even the golden light covering the stone pillars has completely dissipated. Doesn't this clearly indicate that this is the source of those golden pillars of light!"
Hearing Zhuo Lin's subjective and arbitrary words, the group of Dou Di experts present couldn't help but frown. However, now that they had expressed their attitudes and boarded Zhuo Lin's ship, it wouldn't be easy to get off. Therefore, the Dou Di experts present could only look at the stone pillars on the square with some doubt.
Sure enough, among those constantly rotating stone pillars, seven had indeed stopped rotating, and even the golden light within the lotus heart had completely dissipated.
"So what should we do now?"
Among the crowd, an old man frowned as he looked at Zhuo Lin. He believed the latter's reasoning to some extent, but the most crucial question was how to break the formation. If the formation was not broken, even if they changed to a different ship, they would still inevitably sink.
"Hehe, sir, that's a very insightful question."
Upon hearing this, Zhuo Lin immediately smiled with satisfaction and replied with a slight smile:
"This great formation's strength lies here, and its weakness lies here as well. Since the central power of the formation originates from here, as long as we join forces and destroy these stone pillars, the great formation will naturally be destroyed and disappear with it."
Zhuo Lin stood with his hands behind his back, a smile on his face, his gaze calm as he looked at the assembled Dou Di powerhouses on the field.
However, when Zhuo Lin said this, some of the Dou Di experts present couldn't help but laugh. After a long while, someone finally asked Zhuo Lin in a deep voice:
"Young Master Zhuo, if this is the method you speak of for breaking the formation, then it is far too simple. A mere few stone pillars—with our strength, destroying them would be as easy as turning our hand, as simple as crushing an ant."
Everyone scoffed. It was laughable that Zhuo Lin would make such a trivial matter sound like such a big deal.
"Oh? Is that so?"
Zhuo Lin smiled faintly, but the next moment, just as the smiles appeared on everyone's faces, two huge golden beams of light pierced through the crowd with a hiss. In an instant, many of the already few Dou Di experts present perished.
Instantly, the expressions on the faces of the remaining people changed drastically, but Zhuo Lin responded with a cold laugh, a chilling glint in his eyes, and then said again:
"If you all don't believe me, you are welcome to try it. Whether you succeed or fail, you'll know once this stone pillar breaks."
Upon hearing Zhuo Lin's words, everyone present exchanged glances, knowing that this was the last resort. Even though they had no other choice, they had to grit their teeth and push forward, otherwise, all that awaited them was death!
"Let this old man break this formation!"
Suddenly, from the crowd in the void, an old man in a brocade robe made a move. With a wave of his sleeve, terrifying beams of Dou Qi shot out like meteors, slamming into the stone pillars on the plaza below!
"Bang!"
With a deafening roar, golden light radiated from the surrounding area of the vast plaza, and Dou Qi qi surged. Dust and mist rapidly swept across the entire plaza along with the Dou Qi of battle qi. The Dou Di expert who had just made his move let out a disdainful sneer. The moment he raised his eyes, he discovered that the enormous golden array above his head was surging up once again.
"What!"
"What... what's going on?!"
"Could it be that Zhuo Lin's judgment was wrong?"
"Damn it! What should we do now?"
"Damn it! Let's fight! Charge into the formation, seize the inheritance, and if we get it, we'll be the only victors here!"
Above the void, a group of Dou Di powerhouses stared with despair at the golden array that was resuming operation high in the sky. Some were already prepared to make this final gamble; no matter what, they would not willingly die here.
Unlike the others, Xiao Yan focused his attention on the stone pillars in the plaza below.
As the dust and mist over the square slowly dissipated, Xiao Yan's dark pupils suddenly contracted, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of surprise.
"So that's how it is. This Zhuo Lin... he's really terrifying!"
As the dust settled, everything was calm on the plaza below. The attack from that Dou Di expert had not caused the slightest damage to the stone pillars on the plaza.
When Xiao Yan looked closely, he saw that a golden light array, shimmering like gold, was protecting the stone pillars on their surfaces.
"Is that so... No wonder the formation couldn't be broken using ordinary methods. In that case... let me give it a try!"
With a low shout in his heart, Xiao Yan, hidden beneath his black robe, called out to the One-Horned Whale Serpent in the void. Then, his body suddenly flashed, the invisible void twisted slightly, and then Xiao Yan's figure disappeared from the void.
"Huh? It's him... He really did find out too."
Zhuo Lin, standing to the side, gave a cold smile, his gaze fixed on Xiao Yan with growing suspicion.
At the same time, two more powerful golden beams of light shot down from the sky, carrying a terrifying aura of world-destroying force, towards the crowd below.
On the plaza, Xiao Yan stood before a rapidly spinning stone pillar, his eyes blazing with Heavenly Flames. Under Xiao Yan 'Xiao Yan intense gaze, the stone pillar spinning at an alarming speed gradually slowed down in his mind.
Suddenly, Xiao Yan's hands beneath his sleeves slowly clenched into Dou Qi. The Xiao Yan flowing through his meridians gradually accelerated, rapidly condensing in his palms until a certain moment...
The moment the two golden beams of light descended from the sky and plunged into the crowd once more, a pair of fiery eyes beneath the black robe suddenly opened, a cold smile playing on his lips. With his black robe billowing, Xiao Yan's figure pierced through the void like an arrow.
With a single punch, even the invisible void trembled. The ear-piercing sound of wind breaking echoed throughout the entire space along with the sound of the golden pillar of light falling. However, compared to the latter, the former seemed to be more sharp and domineering, its edge fully exposed, as if it wanted to cut through everything in the world, unstoppable and invincible.
A powerful fist wind gathered in front of Xiao Yan, like the vanguard of a vast army. Only with such a strong momentum could it deliver the most powerful blow to the enemy. If Xiao Yan were a spear at this moment, then the fist wind at the top would be a cold glint at the tip of the spear, the kind that would make one's heart bleed at the sight of it.
" Eight Extremes Blast! Break it!"
Suddenly, he shouted in his heart, " Eight Extremes Blast is one of Xiao Yan's earliest and most famous Dou Technique. Xiao Yan Yan's understanding of it has long surpassed that of Heaven Class Dou Technique. Now, when he uses it, let alone eight levels of hidden strength, he can probably even handle ten, eighteen, or eighty levels. Such fierce and domineering power is naturally the most worthy of Xiao Yan's hard-trained physical strength!"
All of this, though seemingly short in duration, actually happened in the blink of an eye. The instant the golden pillar of light descended, Xiao Yan's fist had already solidly slammed into a stone pillar.
"Bang!"
With a muffled explosion, a terrifying energy storm instantly raged across the plaza. Xiao Yan's fist slammed into the stone pillar in front of him, the powerful force abruptly halting the rapidly spinning pillar. Thick cracks quickly spread across the entire pillar. Then, Xiao Yan's arm jerked, the hidden power within it erupting violently. With a loud bang, the stone pillar in front of Xiao Yan shattered...
As for the golden light array guarding the surface of the stone pillar, it was shattered by Xiao Yan with the most domineering power. Of course, this was also thanks to the hidden force of the Eight Extremes Blast, which completely crushed it from the inside out, resulting in the current situation.
At that very moment, as Xiao Yan's punch landed, one of the two golden beams of light that were rapidly descending towards the crowd suddenly exploded to everyone's astonishment, turning into countless golden specks of light that drifted away like golden snowflakes or fireflies in broad daylight.
As for the other pillar of light, it successfully rushed into the crowd, killed a Dou Di powerhouse, and then quickly vanished.
However, at this moment, everyone had no time to pay attention to these things. The reason why the golden light suddenly exploded was what they were most concerned about.
Immediately afterwards, everyone's gaze shifted, and all eyes, like spotlights, fell upon Xiao Yan.
Only then did everyone gradually come to their senses, and they all looked at Xiao Yan in the square with astonishment. Seeing the stone pillar that had been completely destroyed by his punch, and recalling the scene just now, a huge wave of emotions was immediately stirred up in everyone's hearts. At the same time, everyone present also recalled what Zhuo Lin had said.
"Those stone pillars are truly the key to breaking this formation!"
The Dou Di experts were overjoyed. If that was the case, as long as they could break through the great formation, wouldn't they have a chance to obtain the Dou Qi inheritance in the hands of the statue in the center of the square?
Upon thinking of this, everyone present felt a surge of excitement and immediately set off, each charging towards a stone pillar. At this moment, these Dou Di powerhouses in the arena looked like well-trained soldiers, with one person giving the order to move the entire army. It was quite ironic that such a thing happened to a group of Dou Di powerhouses who did not trust each other.
However, compared to Xiao Yan, these people were not so lucky. Although their strength had all reached the level of Dou Di, it would be extremely difficult for them to launch a domineering attack like Xiao Yan had just done.
"Bang bang bang..."
As soon as the first wave of attacks began, the Dou Di experts present immediately noticed the difference in this stone pillar.
They initially thought it was just a stone pillar, nothing special, but it wasn't until they took action themselves that they realized how strange it was.
The moment the two made contact, the power of the Dou Technique held by these Dou Di experts was largely dissipated by the rapidly spinning stone pillar in front of them. In addition, the powerful protective formation surrounding the stone pillar made it impossible for these Dou Di experts to destroy a stone pillar in a short time.
With these thoughts in mind, the Dou Di couldn't help but sigh inwardly. At the same time, they were also shocked by the strength of the black-robed man disguised as Xiao Yan. To be able to completely shatter a stone pillar with a single punch was a terrifying feat that ordinary Dou Di experts could not accomplish!
As for the nonchalant ease that Xiao Yan possessed, they were even less capable of achieving it.
"Haha, old sir, you are indeed a person of extraordinary strength. I admire you. However, a mere stone block, you think you can stop me? Hmph..."
On the square, Huo Ba, who had descended, laughed heartily. He first cupped his hands to Xiao Yan, then suddenly turned around, his Dou Qi rapidly condensing in his palm, and slammed his palm heavily down on the stone pillar in front of him.
Meanwhile, in several other directions, Bai Ying and Sun Shuo stood in front of a stone pillar. Even Zhuo Bentang of the Zhuo Clan descended, his Dou Qi surging wildly as he slammed into the stone pillar in front of him. Only Zhuo Lin remained standing in the void, his eyes narrowed as he stared at Xiao Yan, who was shrouded in a black robe. A sharp glint flashed in the depths of his eyes.
"Who... are you?"