Boom! Boom!
With a series of thunderous blasts, the wooden vines slammed fiercely into the grand formation.
Although they struck the formation, Baihuaxiang's expression suddenly changed. When the dust cleared, the formation stood before her, completely intact.
"What grade is this formation, to be able to withstand Granny's attack?"
Baihuaxiang turned to look at Ye Lingtian and Su Mingyue, who had caught up with her, her voice filled with shock.
"This is the Heavenly Dipper Eight Trigrams Formation... no, it's a little different." Su Mingyue studied the formation around them. On the surface, it resembled the Heavenly Dipper Eight Trigrams Formation Ye Lingtian had set up before.
But there were differences. The Heavenly Dipper Eight Trigrams Formation contained the Heavenly Dipper Sword Intent Ye Lingtian had placed within it, and its exterior was an intensely sharp blue-gold.
The formation Ye Lingtian had set up this time, however, contained no Heavenly Dipper Sword Intent. It was composed of pure Yin and Yang Qi.
"Give up, senior. You can't break this formation," Ye Lingtian said calmly.
"I underestimated you." Baihuaxiang's expression darkened. "With only a Golden Core Stage cultivation, you actually managed to set up such a formation using your Nascent Soul Stage spiritual sense."
"It can even trap Granny. Ye Lingtian, heh, what a Ye Lingtian you are."
Tang San, still being carried by the scruff, went deathly pale at the sight. Just who was this Ye Lingtian? Did he really have to kill him?
"Damn it! Ye Lingtian, was it? I'll remember you." He had finally found a chance to escape, only for Ye Lingtian to block his path. How could Tang San not be furious?
"What exactly is this formation? It can actually trap someone even stronger than its creator."
On the Douluo Continent, everyone was shocked to see that the grand formation Ye Lingtian had set up could even hold Baihuaxiang back.
"It clearly looks like nothing more than a transparent curtain of light, yet it has such formidable power. It really makes one curious," Ning Fengzhi murmured. He had been interested in formations since seeing the Primordial Sect's mountain-protecting formation.
At the time, however, it had seemed capable only of distinguishing good from evil, with no ability to defend or attack, so he had paid it no further attention.
But now that the power of a formation had appeared before him again, he could no longer hold back his thoughts.
"These formations seem to have all sorts of different effects, just like Soul Rings." Xue Ye also became interested in formations.
After all, as the ruler of a nation, it was hard not to want a large-scale weapon like this.
"Unfortunately, our world has no such thing." Xue Ye shook his head helplessly. If only the empire had a formation like this.
Then he would never have to worry about an invading beast tide again.
It could even be used on the battlefield, trapping an entire army within the formation. Then they could be slaughtered at will, while those inside would be unable to fight back.
"Hmph, what a flashy trick." Seeing the formation block Tang San's path to survival, Yu Xiaogang was so furious that his eyes nearly split. "This Ye Lingtian is practically courting death," he said indignantly.
"He's clearly trapped himself inside the formation too, and they can't beat Baihuaxiang. If that isn't courting death, what is?"
"If she wants to leave, just let her go. Isn't he provoking her?"
As if Baihuaxiang and Yu Xiaogang were of one mind, she said to Ye Lingtian, "Are you really going to go this far?"
"Don't forget, you're only at the Golden Core Stage, while I, Granny, am at the Nascent Soul Stage. If we really fight, you can only lose."
"When that happens, don't blame Granny for not warning you. If you know what's good for you, open the formation and let Granny leave!"
With that, Baihuaxiang instantly released countless streams of dark green flower poison around her, corroding everything in their path.
She looked ready to strike.
But Ye Lingtian showed not the slightest hesitation at the sight. Feigning helplessness, he shook his head and said, "Sorry, senior. This is my first time trying this formation, and I can't control it."
He shrugged helplessly. "As you know, senior, I'm merely a Golden Core cultivator. I'm nothing like you, with your mighty abilities and profound magical power."
"I could only make a small alteration to the original formation, changing its supply of magical power from myself to the surrounding spiritual Qi."
"This formation passively absorbs the surrounding spiritual Qi to sustain itself, so the only way to shut it down is to wait until all the spiritual Qi around it has been used up."
At those words, even Su Mingyue couldn't keep a straight face, let alone Baihuaxiang.
Su Mingyue burst out laughing, then gave Ye Lingtian a reproachful look. Do you believe that yourself?
Baihuaxiang certainly wouldn't believe him, but by saying it, Ye Lingtian was all but telling her that there was no way he would open the formation.
"Junior! How dare you deceive me!" Baihuaxiang flew into a rage. Poisonous pollen poured from her sleeve in an instant, blotting out the sky as it swept toward the two of them.
At the sight of such deadly poison, Tang San was terrified, afraid the pollen would poison him to death as well.
The instant Baihuaxiang erupted in anger, Ye Lingtian reacted swiftly, grabbing Su Mingyue around the waist and activating his cultivation technique. The Heavenly Dipper Sword Shield enveloped them as they darted several zhang away.
The dark green poisonous pollen, blotting out the sky, hurtled straight into a mountain several hundred meters high behind them.
With a thunderous boom, the earth shook and the mountains trembled!
The entire mountain of solid rock failed to hold out for even half a second. The rocks on its surface were destroyed in an instant.
Black sludge laced with deadly poison gurgled out from beneath the mountain's interior, leaving sizzling trails of poisonous smoke wherever it flowed.
Yu Xiaogang, who had just been stamping his feet and cursing Ye Lingtian for courting death, froze on the spot and stared at the scene in horror.
Everyone else looked utterly bewildered. They had never imagined that one strike from this elder could be so terrifying.
"One strike, and a casual one at that, was enough to destroy a mountain. This elder is terrifying to such an extent!" Ning Fengzhi's face was filled with shock.
Chen Xin was stunned as well. "Yes. Never mind us-even a strike from a legendary god would probably be no more than this, right?"
"One strike shattered a mountain?!" Xue Ye shot to his feet from his dragon throne, staring in astonishment at the scene on the sky screen. Then he looked down at his ministers and asked, "Is there anyone in our empire who can do this?"
The ministers looked at one another, then all shook their heads.
Xue Ye slumped back onto his dragon throne and let out a long breath. Thankfully, such a being existed only in another world. If one appeared in their world, he didn't dare imagine what would happen.
Qian Daoliu broke out in a cold sweat at the sight of the strike. He had lived for nearly a century and considered himself someone standing at the pinnacle of the Douluo Continent, but now, for the first time, he felt as insignificant as an ant.
Qian Daoliu looked at Ye Lingtian with an urgent gaze. "Run! How could you possibly deal with someone so powerful?"
Meanwhile, in the Lake of Life within the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian also shot to his feet, staring at the strike in astonishment.
He had paid little attention to what the sky screen showed before. After all, it concerned only humans, and even another world wouldn't have caught his interest.
Long life? Soul Beasts were already long-lived.
Cultivation techniques? What did human cultivation techniques have to do with Soul Beasts like them?
Even Ye Lingtian's earlier attack, which had awed everyone, had seemed to him like nothing more than a display of some strength.
He was Beast God Di Tian!