Setting up such a powerful formation within such a short amount of time was very hard to achieve even for a Seeing Divinity Martial Saint. Extremely high proficiency in formations would be required.
It would be extremely hard to find such a person in the Royal Reed Sea.
Now, a name simultaneously surfaced in the minds of Elder Qi and the others.
Daoist Shi.
A peak expert who had swept through the Royal Reed Sea with King Xuanwen and Shen Lingzi that year, having helped to conquer the vast territories of the Grand Xuan Dynasty.
At the same time, he was also the best formations grandmaster that had appeared in the Royal Reed Sea in many years.
After the Grand Xuan Dynasty had been founded that year and the situation had gradually stabilised, with King Xuanwen reigning as the undisputed hegemon, Daoist Shi and his lineage had disappeared from the public eye alongside Shen Lingzi’s lineage.
Shen Lingzi’s lineage had reappeared just a short while ago. Could it be that Daoist Shi’s descendants had reappeared now as well?
Feeling the sudden changes in the distant Suffering River Region, Elder Qi and the others all felt a chill permeate their hearts.
Trapped within the formation, Cheng Song was feeling even more bitter.
The Grand Xuan Dynasty had indeed been lying in wait, looking to profit from their efforts. It was not that the Radiant Light Sect had not considered this possibility.
However, firstly, they had not thought that Yan Zhaoge might actually be this powerful, causing their Radiant Light Sect to suffer major casualties in the ensuing battle.
Secondly, experts of the Grand Xuan Dynasty such as these had suddenly surged into the fray, not giving them any room to escape at all.
Such a major disturbance having occurred in the Suffering River Region, this also being within the territory controlled by the North Sea Sword Pavilion, stronger experts of theirs who were in the vicinity were immediately alerted.
Even the North Sea Sword Pavilion experts who had stayed behind in the Grinding Hut Region’s sword domain to guard over it were alerted as well.
Someone had actually invaded right beneath their very eyes, causing such a major disturbance as they almost seemed about to completely wreck the Suffering River Region. Shocked and enraged, these North Sea Sword Pavilion experts instantly rushed out of the sword domain to investigate.
However, the formation had already been established. With its power, even experts of the sixth level of the Martial Saint realm, the late Seeing Divinity stage, would have a hard time breaking through it.
The peak North Sea Sword Pavilion experts were pursuing and attacking King Xuanwu and the others under Gu Hong’s leadership. While those who remained were also strong, they were unable to break through the formation within a short period of time.
Zhang Chao’s brows were knit tight, “Such a grand scale-who exactly is this for? If it is that Yan brat, why would the Grand Xuan Dynasty see him as so important? Could it be that they too have learnt of the matter of the Extreme Yang Seal?”
Within the formation, a middle-aged man with a yellowed face stood atop the air. It was precisely Qi Wei.
A woman stood beside him. It was Madame Kang.
These two experts of the mid Seeing Divinity stage acted in concert, accounting for all eventualities in their bid for success.
Qi Wei had acted personally, establishing the Prime Earth Reversal Formation as even the possibility of the nearby bigwigs of the North Sea Sword Pavilion coming to assist vanished.
His icy cold gaze presided upon the myriad lifeforms within the formation as he mercilessly circulated the formation.
Beneath this terrifying pressure, all things within the Suffering River Region, regardless of whether they possessed life or if their frames were sturdy, distorted strangely before shattering, losing their original shape and form.
The Radiant Light Sect Elder of the fourth level of the Martial Saint realm, Cheng Song, could not even utter a sound as fresh blood leaked from every single pore of his entire body.
Even his powerful acupoints which had already sensed and established a connection with the stars of the sky up above broke ceaselessly apart at this moment.
His flesh broke apart bit by bit, cold white bones jutting out from amongst it in a mangled heap.
All the blood of his entire body congregated together, forming a strange ball of blood.
Beneath the destructive pressure of the grand formation, the powerful body of a Martial Saint was distorted beyond recognition.
His fleshly body had been damaged, his true essence leaking into the outside world. Cheng Song fell apart completely, the flesh and blood of his entire body being crushed into a meatball which was still shrinking non-stop, condensed and condensed continuously!
The sole exception was Yan Zhaoge and the Myriad Dragon Palace.
However, this was because Qi Wei had intentionally eased the attacks of the grand formation towards them.
Even so, the Myriad Dragon Palace was still trembling unceasingly as if it might fall apart at any moment.
Yan Zhaoge and the Northern Ocean Clone could feel that immense pressure as well.
The other party was definitely not showing them mercy.
Yan Zhaoge’s heart was cognisant like a bright mirror. Qi Wei was doing this in order to avoid the Heaven Bearing Ceremonial Fragrance, the Prime Chaos Soil as well as the other treasures for the establishment of the Heaven Bearing Efficate Formation being accidentally damaged as a result.
However, having set things up on such a grand scale, they would definitely still have other followup actions planned.
Within the grand formation, a sword that resembled water streaked through the air, descending from the heavens like a long river of time.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 678: Killing his way out!
HSSB678: Killing his way out
“A very powerful formation. The one who set it up is considerably skilled in this area.”
Yan Zhaoge understood as he felt the immense pressure brought about by the surrounding Prime Earth Reversal Formation.
He had encountered an opponent who was considerably proficient in formations this time.
What was even more crucial was the fact that not only were his attainments in formations high, his cultivation base was very high as well. He should be an early Seeing Divinity Martial Saint at the very least, likely being a mid Seeing Divinity Martial Saint.
Having an advantage in cultivation base as well as being skilled in formations, the combination of the two was already extremely terrifying.
It would be fine if he wasn’t given a chance to establish a formation. Now that he had and it was circulating, the Suffering River Region here was equivalent to his home ground where he had the battlefield advantage.
Here, it would not be a problem for Qi Wei to simultaneously battle against a few experts of the same cultivation level as him at all.
In order to avoid the Heaven Bearing Ceremony Fragrance, the Prime Chaos Soil and those other treasures being damaged, he was actually holding back in dealing with Yan Zhaoge’s group here.
Qi Wei definitely wouldn’t pointlessly waste his time waiting for Yan Zhaoge to run out of energy.
Madame Kang was also present within the formation to incapacitate or slay him.
Seeing that sword-light that resembled water, Yan Zhaoge could feel the powerful force that was contained within.
This should be the mid Seeing Divinity Martial Saint who had been searching for him in the region of sea near the Whole Tower Region back then, one of the Shenling Nine Swords.
Where the sword-light passed, time within the formation seemed almost to fall still.
Even Yan Zhaoge’s movements slowed as well.
The Immortal Ending Sword possessed incomparable might, but the difference between their cultivation bases was really a little too great.
Not executing his sword techniques, Yan Zhaoge could also predic
t that while the Immortal Ending Sword might be able to cleave through that sword-light that resembled a torrential current for a time, new sword-light would be born in an endless stream, finally overwhelming him like a tsunami.
Water could extinguish fire, but when fire was too strong, too fierce, the water would be evaporated by the fire instead.
Moreover, unlike Deng Sen, Cheng Song and the others who had only possessed low-grade Sacred Artifacts, Madame Kang even possessed the likes of the Turbid Heavenly Mirror Armour, a mid-grade Sacred Artifact.
A Seeing Divinity Martial Saint coupled with the power of a mid-grade Sacred Artifact far surpassed common imagination.
However, Yan Zhaoge was not flustered as he remained calm and focused.
He raised his hand and clenched it into a fist, punching out towards that sword-light that resembled the torrential current of time.
Inestimable sunlight congregated on Yan Zhaoge’s fist, as if this light, this incomparable heat, was the sole reality within this world, the sole focal point.
The glorious, tyrannical great crimson seal blazed, emitting incandescent golden light as it appeared within the Prime Earth Reversal Formation.
It was as if the true Sun Star had descended within the formation as for just that one moment, the spirit patterns of the formation all shaking slightly as a result.
“Having Transcended Mortality and entered Sainthood, it is no longer just once that I can wield the power of the Extreme Yang Seal. I can’t say about more, but three to five times would still be fine.”
The corners of Yan Zhaoge’s mouth arched slightly as the Extreme Yang Seal shot out towards Madame Kang where his fist-intent targeted.
Where the sunlight passed, the sword-light that resembled water was instantly thrown into upheaval.
Everything amidst space regained its vitality, no longer being sluggish or still as time began flowing once more.
Madame Kang had a shocked expression on her face as Qi Wei too knit his brows tightly upon seeing this, “This is…a high-grade Sacred Artifact?! This kid has actually got a high-grade Sacred Artifact?”
However, after their shock, their gazes both flickered simultaneously.
The might of a high-grade Sacred Artifact was such that let alone experts of their level, even King Xuanwen, Shen Lingzi and Daoist Shi of the past had especially yearned for one.
While they were puzzled as to how Yan Zhaoge was able to wield the power of a high-grade Sacred Artifact whilst only at the first level of the Martial Saint realm, they firmly believed that it definitely
couldn’t be sustained for long.
Aside from wresting back the Heaven Bearing Ceremonial Fragrance and those other treasures, Madame Kang and Qi Wei were even more dead set on slaying Yan Zhaoge now.
Seeing the changes that were out of his predictions, Qi Wei immediately strengthened the power of the Prime Earth Reversal Formation.
However, even as Yan Zhaoge wielded the Extreme Yang Seal, he was doing other things as well.
The Northern Ocean Clone did not linger, directly retreating within the Myriad Dragon Palace before a Shadow Shrinking Pouch appeared in his hand.
The unconcealable fragrance of the Heaven Bearing Ceremonial Fragrance instantly emanated.
Even as Qi Wei’s and Madame Kang’s spirits rose greatly, they saw the Northern Ocean Clone wielding the Fish Dragon Spear in one hand, stabbing out towards space.
The tip of the spear landed on a spirit pattern of the Prime Earth Reversal Formation, instantly breaking through space as a terrifying black hole was formed.
Qi Wei’s brows twitched madly.
Qi Wei already knew that having been able to break the Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation, Yan Zhaoge was considerably skilled in the dao of formations.
He had already appraised Yan Zhaoge with as high an estimation as possible in this area. Yet, Yan Zhaoge still left him shocked now.
This stab of the Northern Ocean Clone’s spear precisely struck a key node of the Prime Earth Reversal Formation.
If Qi Wei did not handle it with care, the formation would immediately grow chaotic as a result.
He could clearly feel the North Sea Sword Pavilion experts who were currently attacking the Prime Earth Reversal Formation from the outside sensing this as their attacks immediately grew stronger and sharper as well.
This youth before them was definitely not any inferior to him at all in the area of his attainments in formations, perhaps even surpassing him.
Qi Wei’s yellowed face twitched slightly, his gaze turning even more icy cold.
As he controlled the Prime Earth Reversal Formation to obstruct the North Sea Sword Pavilion experts outside, Qi Wei caused variations in the formation to alleviate Yan Zhaoge’s methods.
However, Yan Zhaoge did not waste time with Qu Wei as the Northern Ocean Clone continuously struck out with his spear, unceasingly damaging the runes of the formation with Qi Wei being forced to exert all means to deal with this.
Then, the cold, severe light of thunder suddenly appeared in Yan Zhaoge’s right eye!
A violent thunderbolt that was terrifying to the extreme appeared, resembling divinities bellowing in outrage as numerous runes of the formation were domineeringly shattered!
It was precisely An Instant’s Thunder!
Ever since having refined the Eye of the Thunder Emperor fragment many years ago, Yan Zhaoge had become increasingly proficient in unleashing An Instant’s Thunder.
Not only was this divine thunder unleashed from the fragment of the Eye of the Thunder Emperor, a great amount of Yan Zhaoge’s vigorous true essence had also blazed, going for a full-powered strike.
Qi Wei was taken unawares by this, nearly letting the Prime Earth Reversal Formation be penetrated straight through by Yan Zhaoge’s An Instant’s Thunder.
His expression turned slightly livid as he snorted coldly, lowering one hand to forcibly stabilise the grand formation whilst lifting the other high overhead.
Qi Wei wrote within the air, numerous spirit patterns of light instantly condensing in mid-air as yet another grand formation was clearly in the midst of ceaselessly taking form.
Various treasures flew out from his accompanying Shadow Shrinking Pouch as the treasures used for the setting up of the second grand formation.
Madame Kang similarly appeared unfriendly.
While the Extreme Yang Seal could currently only exert the power of a mid-grade Sacred Artifact, its power was extremely tough and blazing such that she was temporarily unable to break through in a head-on clash.
Madame Kang stimulated the Turbid Heavenly Mirror Armour to forcibly receive a blow from the Extreme Yang Seal. The sword-light that resembled water finally evaded the Extreme Yang Seal’s obstruction, still descending towards Yan Zhaoge.
As An Instant’s Thunder shook the Prime Earth Reversal Formation, the Northern Ocean Clone struck out with his spear once more.
This time, space was ripped completely apart, a massive fissure in space being mightily torn open amidst the formation.
Yan Zhaoge’s amused laugh trailed lengthily behind him as he kept the Extreme Yang Seal, entering the Myriad Dragon Palace along with the Northern Ocean Clone before they shot within that spatial fissure together.
Madame Kang’s sword-light was like a vast, mighty river as she directly chased them into the fissure.
As her sword-light flickered, the chaotic flows of space instantly eased greatly.
However, Yan Zhaoge waved his hand, that Shadow Shrinking Pouch which contained the Heaven Bearing Ceremonial Fragrance and the other treasures instantly being swept away by the chaotic flows of space, looking like it was about to be lost, drifting unimpeded to locations unknown.
Yan Zhaoge himself remained leisurely and utterly at ease as he entered another chaotic flow of space.
Madame Kang hesitated for a moment. Then, she raised her head and sighed helplessly to the heavens before chasing after the Shadow Shrinking Pouch.
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bsp; Qi Wei’s second formation enveloped the area, combining with the Prime Earth Reversal Formation as the experts of the North Sea Sword Pavilion were well and properly trapped outside the Suffering River Region. Yet, he could only watch helplessly on now as Yan Zhaoge vanished within that spatial fissure.
What left him feeling especially despondent was that Yan Zhaoge actually still had the leisure to wave goodbye to him and Madame Kang even as he fled.
“Whatever the case, the Heaven Bearing Efficate Formation can still be sustained. It is that which is the most important…” Qi Wei could only comfort himself this way now.
Now, however, the usually composed, elegant Madame Kang emitted a long howl of shock and rage from within that spatial fissure!
“The Earth Ocean Lung Crystals are missing!”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 679: A major background?
HSSB679: A major background?
Madame Kang was usually elegant and refined, seldom losing her composure.
However, her heart was currently filled with righteous fury and indignation that was comparable to when she had previously learnt of what had happened to her son, Kang Jinyuan.
Hearing Madame Qi’s enraged howl, Qi Wei’s face turned livid as well as darkness overwhelmed the world before his eyes for a moment.
It was as if there was a mouthful of blood stifled within his chest which he just could not vomit out.
Before having come to the Heavenly Inheritance Region and the Suffering River Region to make their move this time, they had conversed with King Xuanmu on this matter.
King Xuanmu had solemnly answered that it would be hard to find those previously gathered treasures on such a great scale again within a short amount of time.
If those treasures that had been stolen away by Yan Zhaoge could not be regained, it would be impossible to gather them again within the Royal Reed Sea.
Even if they could be found, a considerably long amount of time would still be needed before the required amount could be accumulated.
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