A Lesser Shaman Before a Great Shaman

Crack, crack... Boom!

Under the ravages of Divine Wind's might, Solitary Moon Mountain's mountain-protecting grand formation could not hold out for long. Unable to withstand the immense pressure, it shattered.

The formation itself was only at the Late-Spiritual Connection Realm. As those elders had said earlier, its limit was withstanding a single strike from a Spiritual Connection Perfection cultivator.

Yet before Yang Lingrui had even entered the Spiritual Connection Realm, when he refined the power of that gale, Dongfang Zonggan had already judged him capable of threatening Mid-Spiritual Connection Realm cultivators.

Furthermore, during the subsequent exploration of the Secret Realm, he had received one fortuitous opportunity after another. In particular, his Killing Dao Talent, which had the greatest impact on combat strength, had undergone a major transformation.

With such deep accumulation finally bursting forth, once he broke through into the Spiritual Connection Realm, his true combat strength directly approached Spiritual Connection Perfection. Destroying a late-stage formation was naturally no difficult task for him.

The moment the mountain-protecting grand formation broke, the Yang Family cultivators split up.

Yang Guanfeng, Elder Yu, Yang Lingqing, and Liu Zihao stationed themselves in the southeast, northwest, and west of Solitary Moon Mountain, ensuring that none of the Qi Gathering Realm disciples within could escape.

Yang Lingshu and Xue Qingluan, meanwhile, followed behind Yang Lingrui, swiftly taking control of the sect's direct disciples in the mountain who had reached the Core Formation Realm.

Having done all that, Yang Lingrui arrived before the main hall atop the mountain. Looking at the utterly silent, deathly still hall, a thoughtful expression surfaced on his face.

He promptly summoned two wisps of breeze, intending to seek out the hall's cracks and flaws. Yet this mountain-top hall seemed to be the work of an Artifact Path master from the Lanyue Sect;