The New Rank Advancement Trial: The Battle to Defend the City and the Five Elements Grand Formation
The "Rank Advancement Trial" for "True Spirit Star" to ascend from "Eighth-Grade True Spirit Heaven" to "Seventh-Grade True Spirit Heaven" is different from the previous Star Inlaying Trial and the "Rank Advancement Trial" for ascending to "Eighth-Grade True Spirit Heaven".
The "Star Inlaying Trial" was a test for Kong Wenxuan alone, while the ascension from the "Ninth-Grade True Spirit Heaven" to the "Eighth-Grade True Spirit Heaven" was a test for the entire Kong Household Lineage, involving all its members.
Now, the "Rank Advancement Trial" for ascending to the "Seventh-Grade True Spirit Heaven" has added City Defense Trial on top of the clan's trial!
This time, the "Peacock County Seat" controlled by the Kong Household was also projected and condensed onto this "Peacock True Spirit Star." Kong Wenxuan and the rest of the Kong Household family were able to guard this "county" projection, using the power of the "county" to resist the enemy's attack in order to break through the "Rank Advancement Trial."
This is undoubtedly much better than the "Rank Advancement Trial" conditions when ascending to the "Eighth-Grade True Spirit Heaven".
Even so, the number and success rate of "True Spirit Lineage" members advancing to the "Seventh-Grade True Spirit" position are far lower than those advancing to the "Eighth-Grade True Spirit" position.
Just like when the Jiao Household "Wildebeest" tried to promote "Wildebeest True Spirit Star" to "Seventh-Grade True Spirit Heaven", they failed and fell back to "Eighth-Grade True Spirit Heaven", and suffered severe damage.
The Jiao Household "Wildebeest" also faced a trial to advance to the "Seventh-Grade True Spirit" Rank Advancement Trial. This trial was City Defense Trial, but they still failed. The enemy in the Rank Advancement Trial breached the city, severely damaging the Lineage and causing them to fail the Rank Advancement Trial.
It is evident that while the "Rank Advancement Trial" for advancing to the "Seventh-Grade True Spirit" position increases the city's defenses, the number and strength of the attacking enemies will undoubtedly be greater and stronger, far surpassing the "Rank Advancement Trial" for advancing to the "Eighth-Grade True Spirit" position.
At this moment, Kong Wenxuan could already see that the number of Demon Beast and birds charging out from the surrounding chaos was more than ten thousand, densely packed and seemingly endless.
Moreover, among these attacking Demon Beast and birds, there were those of the first to Third Tier, and they all attacked in groups, like waves of raging torrents, trying to submerge and destroy the "Peacock True Spirit Star" where they were located, as well as the "city" on the star.
"All members of the Kong Household!" At this moment, the clan chief Kong Changgeng stepped forward to direct the battle, loudly ordering, "According to the pre-arranged drills, take your defensive positions and activate the city's protective formation!"
Instantly, the clan leader, eldest uncle, second aunt, third aunt, eldest brother, and several Third Tier Purple Mansion Stage cultivators from the Lineage, following their prior rehearsals, each led a team of Lineage cultivators and the "Peacock Dao Soldiers" team to the four city walls of the "county town" to prepare for battle.
Meanwhile, Second Aunt Kong Yujin led a group of cultivators from the clan who were skilled in array formations to the center of the "county town" and directly activated the city-protecting array, the "Five Elements Grand Formation"!
The "city" that is formed and manifested on the "Peacock True Spirit Star" is a one-to-one replica and condensation of the "Peacock County Seat" controlled by the Kong Household. Therefore, the city-protecting formation that the Kong Household set up in the "Peacock County Seat" is also replicated and condensed in the "city" on the "True Spirit Star".
However, the city's protective formation had now been changed from the previous Third Tier treasure formation, the "Mountain and Water Layered Waves Formation," to the "Five Elements Grand Formation."
After advancing to the Golden Core Stage, Kong Wenxuan waited three months before embarking on the "Peacock True Spirit Star" ascension. During these three months, he and his Lineage naturally made preparations, the biggest and most important of which was replacing the protective array of "Peacock County Seat" with the "Five Elements Grand Formation."
This "Five Elements Grand Formation" is a legacy from the "Five Elements True Scripture". It was set up by Kong Wenxuan with the help of his second aunt Kong Yujin and other array masters in the clan. It can unleash the power of Fourth Tier grand array at its highest.
This is undoubtedly a crucial trump card and source of strength for the Kong Household in protecting this "city" atop the "True Spirit Star" and resisting various enemy attacks and invasions.
The fact that the "Fire Crow" Ya Household was able to successfully pass the "Rank Advancement Trial" of the "Seventh-Grade True Spirit Heaven" despite having no Golden Core cultivators in the entire clan, and successfully advance their "Fire Crow True Spirit Star" to the "Seventh-Grade True Spirit Heaven," was due to the Lineage's strength and foundation.
Most importantly, a Fourth Tier protective array was set up in "Fire Crow County City" beforehand. With the help of the power of this Fourth Tier array, the "City Defense Trial" was completed, and the "Seventh-Grade True Spirit" position was successfully promoted.
Kong Wenxuan once discussed the Dao with Ya Zhaoying, who gave him a detailed explanation of the "city defense" Rank Advancement Trial for the "Seventh-Grade True Spirit Heaven" and the important role of the city protection formation.
Therefore, the Kong Household made thorough arrangements and preparations for their attempt to reach the "Seventh-Grade True Spirit" position.
Buzz! Chant...
At this moment, a buzzing sound of swords rang out, and the city-protecting formation "Five Elements Grand Formation" was activated, triggering its first transformation into "Five Elements Sword Formation". Various five-colored sword lights and five-element Sword Qi immediately emerged within this "Five Elements Sword Formation" that guarded the city.
However, at this moment, the city-protecting formation was being activated and controlled by Second Aunt Kong Yujin and others, so the formation was only activated to the Third Tier treasure formation level, and the various five-colored sword lights and five-element Sword Qi it generated were also only at the Third Tier level.
However, it was more than enough to deal with the large number of Demon Beast and birds that charged in from the surrounding chaos.
Heave! Hiss! Boom! Boom! Rumble...
At this moment, the "Five Elements Sword Formation" began to operate, with the sounds of swords ringing out and booming. Various five-colored sword lights and five-element Sword Qi flew out and shot out from the "Sword Formation", bombarding the large number of Demon Beast and birds that were attacking from all directions.
This "Five Elements Grand Formation" originates from the "Five Elements True Scripture," so the attacks launched by the "Five Elements Sword Formation" that it transforms into also contain some of the power of the "Five Elements Divine Swords." The various five-colored sword lights and five-element Sword Qi that are blasted out from it can also unleash the divine power of swords such as Sword Light Differentiation, Sword Qi Thunderclap, and Refining the Sword into Threads, with enormous destructive power.
In an instant, thousands upon thousands of cyan sword lights, supersonic crimson sword lights, incomparably sharp white sword lights, black sword lights with the force of collapsing mountains and rivers, yellow sword lights, and so on, all crashed into and slashed into the demonic Demon Beast and birds that were attacking from all directions.
Wherever it passed, the sword rang out sharply, and explosions resounded. All the Demon Beast and birds that came along the way were killed and shattered, turning into a large amount of starlight that gathered and merged into the "Peacock True Spirit Star".
Before the Kong Household cultivators could even make a move, the "Five Elements Grand Formation Five Elements Sword Formation," a transformation of the city-protecting formation, had already blasted away and cleared out most of the large number of Demon Beast and birds that were charging in from all directions of the chaos.
This efficiency is far superior to the "Rank Advancement Trial" when Kong Household family members personally killed the person during the "Eighth-Grade True Spirit Heaven" advancement.
However, the Kong Household soon witnessed the terror of the "Rank Advancement Trial" of the "Seventh-Grade True Spirit Heaven".