From the surface of it, Li Yan could already sense how formidable the grand formation was. Its true power would only be greater.
Having learned from their previous setback, the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan would certainly have taken measures after their crushing defeat last time. Such an arrangement was only reasonable—this was the second line of defense.
Li Yan could not determine whether there was still another hidden mystery within the formation. Thus, unless absolutely necessary, he decided not to use the Heaven-Stealing Kerchief to break the formation and enter.
Instead, he needed to infiltrate by some other, more reliable means. Only then could he avoid any traps that might be lurking there!
Although Li Yan had not found a suitable method, he was in no hurry. He remained standing in the nighttime forest, observing. Time passed bit by bit in its slow course, yet it continued to flow away like water.
When the first ray of sunlight reached the woods and thick mist began to rise, the camp within Li Yan's Divine Sense had seen no cultivators enter or leave throughout the night. Only another squad of cultivators had replaced the guards at the camp gate.
Even the possibility Li Yan had considered—that mid-stage cultivators might use tokens elsewhere in the great formation to rise into the air and head out freely—had never appeared.
"After observing for so long, this place isn't the front line of battle. The odds of cultivators coming and going freely should be quite low..."
After observing for so long, perhaps because of the nature of the second line of defense, or perhaps simply because of his luck, Li Yan had not found a suitable chance to infiltrate.
At the top of the canopy, the thin branch beneath Li Yan's feet rose and fell in