Chapter 130: Shangguan Wan'er
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Outside the Isle of Blossoms, five figures stood suspended in the void.
Before Shangguan Wan'er, a blood-colored shadow flickered fitfully.
She knitted her brows. “The place where Junior Brother Bai's bloodline remains is indeed here, but there seems to be another hidden cause and effect…”
The Ink Dragon said gravely, “The Master cares neither for cause and effect nor for revenge. He merely wants us to recover his bloodline.”
Shangguan Wan'er nodded. With a wave of her hand, she dispersed the blood shadow, then lowered her beautiful eyes to inspect the protective formation below.
Golden lightning roamed across the sky, while a layer of deep-blue radiance concealed the Isle of Blossoms completely.
“The Grand Formation of Taiyi Golden Thunder?”
She let out a soft cry of surprise, then smiled. “Interesting!”
“Lady Shangguan, what is the origin of this formation?” the Hawk Demon King asked curiously.
Shangguan Wan'er replied, “I heard of it from my master. In his travels through the two eastern regions, he once saw this formation at a great sect.”
The Hawk Demon King immediately flattered her. “I have long heard that Lady Shangguan is versed in every formation under heaven and possesses an astonishing breadth of knowledge. After this matter is settled, perhaps you might stay in my Cloud-Tilting Sea for a few days. It would give us the opportunity to seek your guidance.”
For a Golden Core demon, treating a Dao Foundation cultivator with such deference was exceptionally rare.
Shangguan Wan'er neither agreed nor refused. She merely said leisurely, “To break this formation, we must use one formation against another.”
“I happen to have a formation diagram called the Diagram of Ten Thousand Beasts Swallowing the Sea. It can unleash ten thousand arcane spirit beasts, though it consumes a considerable amount of demonic power and requires all four of you to activate it together.”
With that, she produced a scroll of formation diagrams and cast it into the air. It transformed into a vast formation.
The Ink Dragon and the four Golden Core demons entered together, each occupying one formation eye as they poured their demonic power into the diagram.
The Vagabond of Douluo
At once, dense black mist began to surge within the formation.
Roars of beasts thundered from within the darkness.
In the next instant, countless ferocious beasts formed from black mist charged forth, rushing straight toward the Grand Formation of Taiyi Golden Thunder.
These beasts possessed neither flesh nor blood. They were arcane spirits formed from the fusion of beast souls and the formation's spiritual energy.
Under the joint activation of the four Golden Core demons, their strength was roughly equivalent to that of Dao Foundation demon beasts.
Some were even comparable to demon beasts at the peak of the Dao Foundation realm, with faint traces of Golden Core aura spreading from them.
The ferocious arcane beasts plunged into the Grand Formation of Taiyi Golden Thunder and were instantly annihilated by golden lightning.
Yet an endless stream of them poured from the Diagram of Ten Thousand Beasts Swallowing the Sea, ceaselessly battering the golden radiance filling the sky.
Shangguan Wan'er quietly observed the changes within the Grand Formation of Taiyi Golden Thunder. Divine light flickered in her eyes, and countless runes flowed within them, as though she were calculating something.
…
On the Isle of Blossoms.
Pang Yue stepped out of the wine house.
He had only just placed the Dao-Insight Jade Dew base wine into the formation, beginning the most crucial stage of the brewing process. That was why he had been unable to come out sooner.
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At that moment, he looked up. His expression was calm and utterly unshaken.
Two graceful figures flew over.
Pei Luanjing and Ren Shuying descended before him, one after the other.
“Senior Brother, those seem to be Golden Core demons from Myriad Demon Isle. I suspect they have come for the two Frost Chi,” Pei Luanjing said gravely.
She looked at Pang Yue. “Should we ignite the Ten-Thousand-Mile Transmission Incense and ask the sect for help?”
Pang Yue shook his head. “I am afraid it will be too late. The journey from the Heavenly Sword Sect is a long one. By the time they arrive, the island-protecting formation may already have been broken.”
His gaze deepened. With the activation of his Nameless Eye Technique, he saw the Diagram of Ten Thousand Beasts Swallowing the Sea outside the island with perfect clarity.
When his eyes fell upon Shangguan Wan'er, both human and demon felt a sharp pain in their eyes and immediately withdrew their gazes.
Pang Yue frowned, his thoughts racing as he analyzed the situation. “If they were ordinary Golden Core demons, there would be nothing to fear. My Grand Formation of Taiyi Golden Thunder would ensure that they came with no hope of returning.”
“But among the demon cultivators attacking us is someone proficient in the Dao of formations. If she directs four Golden Core demons to break the formation while we rely solely on its own spiritual energy to operate, then we will be at a distinct disadvantage.”
Ren Shuying said, “Why not let me suppress the formation eye?”
Pang Yue nodded at her. “Then I shall trouble you.”
Pei Luanjing's expression grew complicated, and she followed up, “Thank you, Senior Sister. You had no need to return and put yourself in danger.”
Ren Shuying smiled faintly. “How could I bear to watch the two of you fall into peril… Fellow Daoist, take me to the formation eye.”
Pang Yue glanced at the horizon and gave a cold laugh. “They dare come here and run wild? It seems I have kept too low a profile these past few years.”
He brought Ren Shuying to the center of the island and struck the ground with his palm. At once, a formation spread outward from beneath their feet.
Ren Shuying stepped into the formation eye and activated her magical power. The Grand Formation of Taiyi Golden Thunder immediately trembled and began to shift with newfound灵動ity.
This Grand Formation of Taiyi Golden Thunder had been purchased by Pang Yue at the Wandering Heaven Market. It had been crafted by a great Primordial Spirit expert, and its power was naturally boundless.
Over the past three years, he had accumulated an astonishing fortune by selling Dao-Insight Jade Dew spirit wine.
Aside from purchasing various precious materials from other shops, the high-grade spirit stones he had saved alone amounted to an astonishing sum.
“Junior Sister, protect Senior… Senior Ren while she maintains the formation. I will go meet them.”
After saying this, Pang Yue's figure blurred, and he flew into the sky, stopping not far beneath the Grand Formation of Taiyi Golden Thunder to observe the invading enemies at close range.
He turned over his left palm. An ancient stone stele appeared in it, its surface gleaming with pure light as mysterious runes flowed within.
It was yet another Primordial Wuji Stele!
He had refined it after purchasing a Great Dao Sacred Stone at the Wandering Heaven Market. It had now reached the level of a supreme-grade magical artifact.
His gaze was deep and profound. His Nameless Eye Technique pierced through the black mist of the Diagram of Ten Thousand Beasts Swallowing the Sea.
The Primordial Wuji Stele rapidly deduced the formation's turning points, its moments of impeded circulation, and even its flaws.
…
High in the sky.
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A strange expression appeared on Shangguan Wan'er's face. Through the formation, her gaze settled upon Pang Yue, and her cherry lips parted slightly.
“How interesting.”
“Truly interesting…”
“I would like to see what other tricks you can produce.”
Suddenly—
From within the Grand Formation of Taiyi Golden Thunder below, a fierce, ice-cold sword light shot forth.
It was astonishingly fast, entering the Diagram of Ten Thousand Beasts Swallowing the Sea in the blink of an eye.
The sword light darted through the formation like a swimming fish, nimble and graceful as a dragon. In an instant, it passed through a gap in the formation's circulation and arrived before the Sheep Demon King.
The Sheep Demon King was exerting all his strength to activate the formation. How could he have anticipated such a sudden turn of events?
He hurriedly circulated his demonic power to block the sword light.
Suddenly—
Beside the sword light, a slender, narrow-waisted, eight-cornered square flask appeared. In the blink of an eye, gray divine radiance spread from it.
Under that divine radiance, the Sheep Demon King felt his demonic power and aura instantly fall by an entire realm!
He dropped directly from the Golden Core realm to the late Dao Foundation realm.
The Golden Core within him revolved once. His thoughts flashed rapidly.
“Give me two breaths, and I can restore my demonic power!”
Clang!
A clear and ringing sword cry resounded.
The Sheep Demon King felt a chill at his neck. Then boundless darkness filled his vision.
The sword light swept up his corpse and turned to strike at another great demon.
“Take this!”
At that moment, a delicate shout rang out.
A dazzling red radiance flashed through the air and struck the sword light in an instant.
The sword light trembled, revealing the form of a sword puppet.
The strand of divine sense Pang Yue had entrusted to the sword puppet was unexpectedly destroyed by more than half in an instant by an invisible force!
The red radiance curved slightly, then violently attacked the sword puppet once more.
Knowing that its foe was dangerous, the sword puppet hurriedly dispersed into countless strands of sword light as fine as hair. They spiraled through the air before scattering into the Diagram of Ten Thousand Beasts Swallowing the Sea.
The sword lights seemed extraordinarily familiar with the formation's circulation. They were completely unaffected by it and rapidly retreated outward.
“Stay behind.”
Shangguan Wan'er gave a soft laugh.
The red radiance emitted a strange sound, and the sword lights formed by the sword puppet immediately fell into disarray.
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