At the same time, the layer of protection Fang Xianhu had placed around this object was also the key to activating the formation.
Normally, formations were activated using Divine Sense, but this formation might have had several activation methods. At the very least, it could also be activated with spiritual power.
It merely required an extremely powerful infusion of spiritual power or a tremendous impact. Thus, that layer of protection had deliberately made the object exceptionally heavy, as though it were covered by a "Giant Stone Art."
Under such circumstances, Li Yan had to increase his spiritual power. This was equivalent to intensifying the infusion of spiritual power, or causing the force he generated to collide powerfully with the protective layer, thereby activating the formation.
In the end, it was as though Li Yan had spun a cocoon around himself...
As a master assassin, Li Yan had pieced together what he had done earlier and deduced the entire process of how he had fallen into the trap in only that brief span of time.
The instant Li Yan understood, the object in his hand vanished. Waves of bone-chilling cold had already seeped through the defensive light barrier around his body—the Baleful Intent was continuously invading.
A talisman immediately appeared in Li Yan's hand, and he slapped it directly onto the defensive light barrier. At the same time, as spiritual power rapidly circulated within him, the Baleful Intent swiftly dissipated...
Li Yan had not expected Fang Xianhu to possess such a highly defensive formation. Naturally, he accepted this item with a smile and without the slightest courtesy.
*Such a formation is a top-grade treasure that can only be encountered by chance in the marketplace. As expected, no one in this world can be underestimated. Every cultivator may possess means unknown to