Li Yan had succeeded with a single strike. Before the other party's Divine Sense could sweep over him, he had already reached the high skies above the market. His speed was so great that cultivators of the same rank simply could not keep up with it using Divine Sense.
Naturally, Li Yan would not head for the market's so-called entrances and exits. He knew that the market's protective grand formation normally only operated at its usual level and was not activated at full power.
Otherwise, if it remained fully activated at all times, even a second-rate sect with considerable resources would struggle to bear the cost, their hearts aching over the expense.
Moreover, those two Luo Gucheng cultivators had appeared so abruptly. With their strength guarding the place, they would never think to immediately activate the defensive grand formation at full power.
Once matters reached that point, they would likely have to fend off the enemy while requesting reinforcements from their sect.
The instant Li Yan developed killing intent, he had already considered his route of escape. He constantly sensed the changes in the laws of heaven and earth around him.
He had never sensed any sign that the formation covering the skies was growing more turbulent. Yet even so, the market formation in such an important location could withstand a strike from a Body Integration cultivator.
Li Yan had seized precisely upon this point. Since the other party had already locked onto him, the market's entrances and exits were bound to be troublesome. Thus, the direction he chose was one those two sword cultivators would never dream of.
This was where Li Yan's scheming lay. His actions were utterly unpredictable, and in an instant, he had arrived at a formation restriction no one would have expected.
Yet he did