Unrivaled Medicine God, page 157
But Ye Yuan remembered this unprecedented shame until now.
Now, he actually accidentally stumbled into Lu Linfeng's old nest but had no way of bullying his disciples and followers; this made Ye Yuan very depressed.
"Ye Yuan, Ye Yuan! What's with you? Is it possible that you recognize the person in that painting?" Pang Wannian's words interrupted Ye Yuan's thoughts.
Ye Yuan came around and coughed dryly, saying, "That fellow looks so ugly. Why would I know him?"
Pang Wannian looked at the painting and was somewhat puzzled.
The person in the painting looked elegant and suave, how was this ugly?
But he looked at Ye Yuan again. Hmm, seems like his looks was indeed slightly worse compared to Ye Yuan's.
Pretty boys all had such confidence!
"This old punk, wait until I storm back to the Divine Realm, I'll definitely find you to avenge my previous disgrace!" Ye Yuan said hatefully in his heart.
But before he finished venting in his heart, he heard a creak. Du Cheng actually stepped on a stone board!
That stone board sunk slightly. Everyone's heart also sunk down!
No one had yet to react when the 18 statues originally in the corners of the main hall actually moved at the same time!
This time, the basket was really poked hard!
Every person all saw these 18 statues right after entering the gate. They even thought that they were only stone sculptures.
But currently, the outer appearances of those 18 statues actually all fell off, revealing brown skin.
Apart from the skin being different from humans, these 18 statues were actually indistinguishable from humans!
Ye Yuan initially also thought that these were ordinary statues. But at this present moment, another myriad of profanities coursed through his mind again!
Sword puppets!
18 sword puppets!
Lu Linfeng that old punk loved to fiddle with such toys!
When he saw these sword puppets, Ye Yuan knew that this was definitely left behind before that old punk ascended!
The so-called sword puppets were actually doll puppets that used essence crystals to activate.
Fortunately, these sword puppets should be the works from Lu Linfeng's early years, only having Tier 3 strength.
If it were the toys from after he had ascended, then it would be the end today. Everyone would have to die here!
Ye Yuan had seen before some Tier 9 sword puppets at Lu Linfeng's place. They were powerful!
Furthermore, what Lu Linfeng was strongest in array formations. He could match Divine King powerhouses by using sword puppets to set up a sword formation!
Ye Yuan even wanted to ask for a few to play with back then. But that old punk was stingy as hell and was unwilling to give even one.
"Lu Linfeng, our grudge is growing bigger and bigger! You wait for me to head back to the Divine Realm to take care of you!" Ye Yuan was so furious that his face was contorted.
The 18 sword puppets were swift in action and surrounded Ye Yuan's group of eight together very quickly.
Though these sword puppets only had Tier 3 strength, Ye Yuan knew that these 18 sword puppets definitely would not fight separately. Wanting to break them one by one was impossible!
Want to destroy these sword puppets? The only way was to crack the formation!
"Elder Mei, seniors, don't move randomly. In a while when we fight, you all listen to my command. Please do not make your own decisions!" Ye Yuan said.
Hearing Ye Yuan being so solemn, everyone also felt secretly alarmed.
They originally thought that with Mei Zhen and Mo Yuntian around, these Tier 3 puppets were not much of a threat.
But looking at it now, it seemed like that was not the case!
Chapter 319. Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation! |
The 18 sword puppets' bodies shifted. Mei Zhen and the rest immediately felt a powerful pressure!
But when Ye Yuan saw this scene, his expression changed.
"Ye Yuan, i-is this sword formation? Why do I feel like each one of these guys suddenly became much stronger? But looking at their auras, it's merely late-stage Crystal Formation Realm!" Tian Yu asked with a baffled look.
Ye Yuan's expression had a rarely seen somberness as he said solemnly, "Tier 3 Sword Formation, Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation!"
Tian Yu did not notice Ye Yuan's face and only heard Tier 3 formation. He heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Turns out that it's only a Tier 3 formation. That's good, that's good!"
"Good my *ss!" Ye Yuan could not resist throwing out a curse word. He said, "Although these 18 sword puppets only have late-stage Crystal Formation Realm strength, under the augmentation of the sword formation, their combat strength definitely do not lose out to the full-powered Elder Mei!"
"What did you say? You meant that these 18 sword puppets' strength is comparable to Third Level Sea Transformation Realm? This . . . How is this possible?" Tian Yu had a look of disbelief.
Sea Transformation Realm martial artists versus Crystal Formation Realm martial artists was complete crushing. It simply could not be made up for using numbers!
Forget about 18 Ninth Level Crystal Formation Realms, even 28 or 38 could not possibly win a First Level Sea Transformation Realm martial artist.
But now, Ye Yuan said that the formation formed by these 18 sword puppets could clash head-on with a Third Level Sea Transformation Realm martial artist.
Wasn't such an increment a little too terrifying?
But Ye Yuan sneered coldly and said, "Heh heh, to a grandmaster of Array Dao, this is nothing impossible."
Ye Yuan still had half a sentence he did not say out. If the present Lu Linfeng were called to set up the Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation, there would be nothing impressive about these 18 sword puppets directly crossing a major realm to face off with a Ninth Level Sea Transformation Realm.
These sword puppets before their eyes were at most equivalent to Lu Linfeng's standards several thousand years ago; weak to the max.
Although Ye Yuan disliked Lu Linfeng in every way, Ye Yuan was still secretly convinced even though he would not agree verbally in terms of Array Dao.
This person's comprehension abilities in Array Dao was the absolute number one in the Divine Realm!
His self-created Formations Path Nine Scripts was absolutely the dream treasure book of the array masters in the Divine Realm! Even Ye Yuan was unbelievably covetous. If not for this, why would he bet with Lu Linfeng?
Ye Yuan was not a fool. He also knew that he was not Lu Linfeng's match. But the Formations Path Nine Scripts was still tremendously alluring to Ye Yuan.
In his previous life, Ye Yuan's attainments in the formations path were second only to his alchemy path. If he could advance another step in the formations path, perhaps he could go further along the alchemy path.
"But . . . Ye Yuan, a Tier 3 formation should not stump you, right? After all, you even walked out of a high Tier 4 grand array easily," Mo Yuntian spoke.
Ye Yuan shook his head and said, "I don't have full confidence!"
Everyone felt stifled when they heard this. Ye Yuan was like in his own home inside such a horrifying grand array like the Absolute Blaze Barrier. He actually said that he was not confident facing a Tier 3 array formation?
This was seriously something inconceivable!
Seemingly detecting everyone's bewilderment, Ye Yuan said, "The comprehension of formations path is similarly divided into high and low. The same array formation can unleash completely different power in different people's hands. Although this Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation is not high rank, wanting to crack it is extremely difficult!"
They all only came to a realization now that turns out this was the same logic as comprehending concepts.
Except, even Ye Yuan was not confident in cracking the formation. Wouldn't everybody be in danger?
"Coming!"
Everyone's hearts tightened, only to see the long swords in those sword puppets' hands tremble. Piercingly cold sword qi stung until everyone felt very uncomfortable.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The movements of these sword puppets were highly erratic, instantly destroying the Tranquil Cloud Sect eight people's formation into pieces.
Ye Yuan's figure moved, dashing towards Pang Wannian's side, pushing aside the long sword that came close to stabbing his back. But he yelled out, "Elder Mei, this place's essence energy restriction is already gone. You can deal with these sword puppets without any shackles!"
Mei Zhen was overjoyed when he heard that. His aura immediately skyrocketed, rising to Third Level Sea Transformation Realm strength!
Indeed, in this main hall, the Heavenly Thunder Essence Locking Grand Array was actually blocked!
With Mei Zhen's formidable strength keeping things in check, the pressure on the other disciples suddenly reduced by a great deal.
But even so, dangers were constantly appearing everywhere around the others, including Mo Yuntian!
Now, they finally know what Ye Yuan's words meant. The might of this Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation was seriously too terrifying.
Even Mo Yuntian this late-stage Crystal Formation Realm also felt that he was struggling hard when facing one sword puppet.
After a few rounds, they were immediately unable to withstand it.
These 18 sword puppets formed pairs. Each series of attack was interlinked, simply not giving their opponents any time to catch their breath.
Moreover, the attacks of these nine teams of sword puppets actually had compounding effects. One blow was as strong as the other. Even Mei Zhen this Third Level Sea Transformation Realm did not dare to fight head-on too.
This Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation was simply infallible. Just like an integrated mass attack machine!
From the start, Ye Yuan was running his legs off to help support his seniors.
If not for Ye Yuan, most likely, there would already be quite a few people who lost their lives under the swords of the sword puppets.
Currently, in Ye Yuan's heart, he had already extended his greetings to Lu Linfeng's ancestors countless times.
However, this Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation is incomparably profound. With Ye Yuan's Array Dao attainments, he could also just protect himself inside the array formation.
A sword puppet appeared behind Tian Yu expressionlessly, its long sword stabbing towards his back without any hesitation.
Ye Yuan's gaze grew intent. He arrived by his side with a flash and pulled hard, barely avoiding this fatal blow!
Even so, Tian Yu was still stabbed in the shoulder by the sword puppet.
Suffering this wound, Tian Yu's strength would surely be heavily discounted.
Ye Yuan was incredibly worried in his heart. At this rate, there would definitely be casualties!
Ye Yuan's mind spun like a drill and knew that being passive like this was not the way. He suddenly hollered at Mei Zhen, "Elder Mei, you defend the other seniors!"
Although Mei Zhen's combat strength was already full-blown at this time, he completely could not gain any advantage inside the array formation. Instead, he became more alarmed as he fought.
He could sense that if he faced this array formation alone, the outcome would ultimately still be being defeated and killed!
18 late-stage Crystal Formation Realm puppets could kill a Third Level Sea Transformation Realm expert. This was simply mindboggling!
Hearing Ye Yuan's howl, Mei Zhen immediately took Ye Yuan's place without any word.
While he did not know much about array formations, his realm was right there after all. Stepping in for others briefly was still feasible.
"Ye Yuan, hurry up! I'm afraid that I can't hold on for too long!" Mei Zhen said anxiously.
The attacks of the 18 sword puppets made people's eyes go blurry. Mei Zhen could still withstand for others temporarily, but it would be hard to avoid oversight as time passed.
Ye Yuan dodged a sword puppet's attack with a squat and said gravely, "Give me ten breaths of time!"
Mei Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"
Ten breaths, that was also the time needed to breath ten times. Wanting to find the flaw in this array formation was truly too challenging.
But Ye Yuan had no other alternatives either. He could only burn his boats!
Taking in a deep breath, Ye Yuan actually shut his eyes and instantly entered the Heart Like Still Water State!
Chapter 320. Moving in and out Freely! |
Shutting his eyes, the surrounding happenings were imprinted within Ye Yuan's divine soul as extremely fine details appeared!
The orbit of the 18 sword puppets, Mei Zhen, Mo Yuntian, Ti Wujiu, Tian Yu, Pang Wannian . . .
All of this and everything were so clear!
The originally uncapturable traces looked so clear right now. It was just like the entire world slowed down.
Unknowingly, Ye Yuan's Heart Like Still Water Realm heightened again!
One breath, two breaths, three breaths . . .
Time trickled away. Only without Ye Yuan's tying down did Mei Zhen feel the incredible pressure on him!
His nerves were wounded tightly to the limits, and he did not dare to slack off in the slightest. Because any easing up could cost a disciple's life!
Every breath, Mei Zhen felt like it was as drawn out as a century.
Every breath, Mei Zhen was exhausted from running around. Saving this person the previous second, but the next second, dashing to another person's side!
Every breath was likewise felt endless to Ye Yuan.
Ye Yuan's soul force spread out, capturing every movement of the 18 sword puppets.
A sword attacked from behind. It was as if Ye Yuan grew eyes at the back, dodging easily with a slight tilt of his body.
It was as if these 18 sword puppets formed an all-encompassing net within this area.
What Ye Yuan wanted to do was to unravel this inescapable net!
In a twinkle, eight breaths of time had passed. But Mei Zhen had already reached his limits in this short eight breaths of time.
Clank!
Mei Zhen helped Du Cheng deflect a sword, but his nerves suddenly tightened. Because another sword had already arrived in front of the one-armed Pang Wannian!
This Lesser Nine Revolutions Interlocking Formation was unbelievably profound. Mei Zhen being able to sustain for eight breaths of time was already the limits. He was truly helpless against this sword.
In Pang Wannian's eyes, that sword enlarged continually. He used all the strength in his body to try to evade this sword, but it was already too late.
"Am I still going to die here after all . . ." Pang Wannian closed his eyes in despair.
Ding!
A crisp sound sounded. The sword puppet's sword was pushed aside.
Pang Wannian was stunned. He opened his eyes to take a look. Turns out that it was Ye Yuan who charged out from the side and helped him deflect this sword!
Ye Yuan saved his life again!
"Three steps to the left, five steps forward! Follow me! Don't walk incorrectly!"
Pang Wannian did not have time to give thanks yet when Ye Yuan's voice sounded beside his ears.
No time to think too much, Pang Wannian instinctively followed Ye Yuan's footsteps and walked.
Three steps to the left and five steps forward. A total distance of merely eight steps, but the two of them suffered the attacks of over a dozen swords!
During this process, Ye Yuan helped Pang Wannian resolve several incidences of danger again.
After eight steps, Ye Yuan said again, "Move two steps back, three steps to the right!"
Pang Wannian did not dare to delay. He continued following Ye Yuan.
Just like that, after Pang Wannian twirled around with Ye Yuan six times, only to see his eyes blur. There was actually no more sword puppets around him!
The two of them exited the sword formation just like that!
"Go to one side and rest, Senior Apprentice Brother Pang. I'll go and bring the other seniors out!"
Ye Yuan did not wait for Pang Wannian's reply. With a flash, he entered the formation again.
With a few leaps and bounds, Ye Yuan arrived at Du Cheng's side. Currently, Du Cheng's body was full of sword wounds. If not for Mei Zhen protecting him fervently this whole time, he would probably be a dead soul claimed by a sword already.
"Follow my footsteps, Senior Apprentice Brother Du! Take care not to get lost!" Ye Yuan said.
Du Cheng gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"
Ye Yuan brought Du Cheng and arrived beside Tian Yu in two or three steps. Then, he brought Tian Yu and arrived at Ti Wujiu's side.
Just like that, Ye Yuan finally gathered all the seniors together.
"Seniors, follow me out of the formation first. Leave the rest to me!"
Finished talking, Ye Yuan brought everyone to break out of the encirclement by following a set pattern.
Fortunately, these sword puppets were lifeless objects and did not have their own will. Otherwise, it would not be so easy either for Ye Yuan to want to bring everyone out so smoothly.
When Ye Yuan brought everybody out of the formation, the 18 sword puppets focused all of their attacks on Mei Zhen.
Mei Zhen's exhaustion earlier was also enormous. When everybody went out, he immediately felt the pressure rise significantly.
"Seniors, go rest first, I'll go and swap Elder Mei out!" Ye Yuan was about to enter the formation after he finished talking.
"Hang on! Ye Yuan, you want to crack the formation alone? Even Elder Mei can't handle these puppets, can you do it alone?" Mo Yuntian asked in surprise.
Ye Yuan smiled faintly and said, "Not crack the formation. You'll know in a while."
Finished talking, Ye Yuan leaped and clashed together with those sword puppets once more.
"Elder Mei, you exit the formation first! Leave this place to me!" Ye Yuan shouted.
"En? You alone?" Mei Zhen was flabbergasted when he heard that.
