Mu Guyue had been with Li Yan for a long time and was especially careful about protecting herself. After setting up a defensive ring of lethal poison, she also buried formation flags around herself, completely concealing her figure.
This set of formations had also been given to her by Li Yan. He had obtained it from the Grey Mask cultivators who died in the secret valley. Those two had been Body Integration Realm cultivators, and several of the formations they carried could handle even Body Integration Realm cultivators.
However, to unleash their greatest power, a Body Integration Realm cultivator had to personally preside over the formation eye, or top-grade spirit stones had to be embedded within them.
If high-grade spirit stones were embedded instead, their power would be reduced by more than half, but that was already enough for Mu Guyue's daily use. Previously, after a misjudgment, she had not even had time to take out her formations...
After Li Yan acquired the "Ghost Trace" formation, formations like these were no longer essential to him, so he gave one set each to Mu Guyue and her son.
Mu Sha could hardly be said to be able to control formations. It would be better to embed high-grade or better spirit stones, making it another trump card to save his life.
Li Yan's figure flickered, and he had already crossed the open stretch of land. He was far faster than that man had been.
After rounding several rocks at the edge of the open area, a mountain path that was not overly winding lay ahead, appearing and vanishing amid a dense forest of black rocks.
Li Yan immediately spotted the fleeting silhouette of that cultivator by a boulder. The other party was also fleeing at extreme speed.
Yet that speed was far