ebonymovies Chapter 103 Formation
Chapter 103 Formation
Chapter 103 Formation
As Jag left the courtyard, he discovered that many others, like him, were leaving their residences and flying towards the mission hall.
These people were all guest retainers of the city lord's mansion, and like Jag, they had all received urgent missions.
Jag headed towards the mission hall, and on the way, he encountered Zhao Yicheng.
Jag's eyes lit up, and he quickly flew over: "Registrar Zhao!"
Zhao Yicheng was rushing to the mission hall when he heard Jiege's voice and turned around.
"Qiao Keqing".
Jag immediately asked, "Registrar Zhao, I just received an urgent mission. Miss Yu is in trouble? How could that be? What happened?"
As the chief clerk of the city lord's mansion, Zhao Yicheng knew the news faster and knew more than Jiege. Upon hearing this, he sighed.
"A few days ago, a new divine stone vein was discovered in Luoxia Mountain. Miss Yu led the Heavenly Gods of the Gongyang Legion to compete for it. Unexpectedly, she fell into an ambush set up by Tianhuo City. It turned out that they had known about the divine stone vein in Luoxia Mountain for a long time, but they did not announce the news immediately. Instead, they set up a powerful formation in advance. When Miss Yu arrived, she was trapped in the formation and could not escape."
"A formation? Miss Yu is an Upper Celestial God, and a top expert among Upper Celestial Gods. What kind of formation is so powerful that even she can't break it? Chief Clerk Zhao, I haven't seen any information about such a powerful formation master in the City Lord's records." Jeger asked in confusion.
It is very difficult for an array to trap a high-level celestial being, because a high-level celestial being can use spatial collapse. Even if trapped in an array, they can use the power of spatial collapse to break the array.
When Qin Meng "Qin Yu" was studying formations in the God Realm of the Linmeng Universe, a powerful Upper God broke his painstakingly set-up Level 4 formation in this way. In the end, he had a sudden enlightenment during the battle and set up a "formation space" to successfully trap the Upper God.
The so-called array space refers to an array with complete spatial laws. Even if a celestial being from the upper realm were to use spatial collapse, they would not be able to break through such an array. Only a god-king who has fully mastered the spatial laws can escape the array.
There are nine levels of array formations in the Linmeng Universe. Qin Yu's "Array Space" is a level nine array formation, while the array formation mastery of the Craftsman God Che Houyuan has reached the level eight. Level eight array formations already contain a portion of the power of spatial laws, but they are not yet complete. Che Houyuan is unable to reach the level nine array formation because he is only an upper-level celestial god and has not fully mastered the spatial laws.
Although Qin Yu was only a lower-level celestial being at the time, he was able to set up an "array space" in the Linmeng universe because of the power of the new cosmic space laws he created.
"To trap the Upper God, even if it's not a level nine formation, it should at least be a level eight formation. Does Heavenly Fire City have a formation master comparable to Che Houyuan?" Jeger said incredulously.
If Skyfire City had such a powerful formation, wouldn't it have been used long ago?
Zhao Yicheng said helplessly, "I'm also very curious. I don't know where Tianhuo City got such a powerful formation. However, it is absolutely true that Miss Yu is trapped by the formation, because the city lord has confirmed it."
Jage frowned. A God-King's divine sense could cover the entire God Realm. Since Lord Gongyang had confirmed it, it couldn't be false.
He couldn't help but feel troubled. He wanted the reward for this mission, but he didn't know much about formations.
The art of formations is complex and profound; it is impossible to achieve great success in a short period of time.
Qin Yu possessed numerous array scrolls left behind by Che Houyuan, and after comprehending them for hundreds of thousands of years in an environment of accelerated time, he finally reached the fourth level of array formation. Ultimately, he relied on the spatial power of the new universe to cleverly set up the "array space".
Jeremiah was well aware of his own limitations. Even if he were to begin studying array formations now, not to mention that he didn't have that many array scrolls, even if he did, it would be impossible for him to reach the level of an eighth-grade array formation in a short period of time.
"What should we do?"
Jag was deep in thought.
"Formation, formation, ah!"
Suddenly, Jag's eyes lit up. He remembered someone who might be able to help.
Meanwhile, in a quiet courtyard within the City Lord's Mansion, stood a middle-aged man dressed in white. The man was tall and imposing, with an extraordinary air about him. He stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the distant sky, his brows furrowed as if gathering clouds of sorrow.
He is the strongest being in Gongyang City, the God King "Gongyang Tenglong".
"Whoosh"
A cool-looking young man dressed in black descended from the sky and appeared behind Gongyang Tenglong, respectfully saying, "Master, Master Liu Yun has agreed to help."
The worry between Gongyang Tenglong's brows eased slightly: "That's good. I hope Liu Yun has a way to break the formation."
Master Liu Yun is the most outstanding weapon refiner in Gongyang City.
Not everyone who is good at formations is a weapon refiner, but top weapon refiners are definitely good at formations.
Because there is a crucial process in weapon crafting – spirit awakening.
The refining process mainly consists of three steps: the first step is to create the weapon blank, the second step is to quench it, and the third step is to awaken its spirit.
The first two steps are considered the foundation, while the awakening of the spirit is the key that truly determines the level of the magic weapon that will be refined.
The quality of spirit awakening depends entirely on the array formation skill of the weapon refiner.
By attaching formations to the "weapon," the weapon becomes an organic whole, capable of perfectly controlling the energy attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, light, darkness, and lightning. This allows the weapon to communicate with heaven and earth and undergo fundamental changes; this is called spirit awakening.
Once the spirit is activated, the final grade of a weapon is determined.
After being awakened, the weapon will become a complete whole, with more pronounced attributes and even special effects!
Why is the craftsman Hou Yuan of the God Realm in the Linmeng Universe far superior to others in terms of weapon crafting skills? It's because he is the only person in the Linmeng Universe who can set up level seven and level eight formations. Apart from him, even the other two great weapon crafting masters, Ou Yezi and Duanmu Feng, can only set up level six formations at most.
As a master weapon refiner, Master Liu Yun's skill in array formations is also exceptional. In Gongyang City, with the city lord of Gongyang not taking action, Liu Yun is the most likely person to break the array and rescue Gongyang Yu.
The cold-faced young man in black showed no sign of relaxation as he said worriedly, "Master, even Junior Sister was trapped by that strange formation in Skyfire City. I'm worried that Master Liu Yun won't be able to break it either. Should we go to Holy Golden Mountain for help?"
Gongyang City is a city under the jurisdiction of "Eastern Pole Holy Golden Mountain". The Eastern Pole Holy Golden Mountain has a long history and has existed since the birth of the God Realm. The Lord of the Eastern Pole Holy Golden Mountain is one of the Eight Holy Emperors. Although the power of the Eight Holy Emperors is far less than when the God Realm was first born, they are still extremely powerful and there are some experts who are good at formations.
There are teleportation arrays between Gongyang City and Shengjin Mountain, so it doesn't take long to travel between them.
Lord Gongyang said, "I have already reported to His Majesty the Holy Emperor, who has ordered Master Gu Yunhong to come here."
Upon hearing that Master Gu Yunhong was coming, the cold-faced young man's expression brightened with joy.
Gu Yunhong is a famous array master under the command of Dongji Shengjinshan. The only one under Dongji Shengjinshan with stronger array skills is a God-King level expert.
"With Master Gu Yunhong involved, he'll definitely be able to break the formation of Tianhuo City." Hope rose in the cold young man's heart.
If even Gu Yunhong can't break it, then no one below the Eastern Pole Holy Golden Mountain God King can break the Heavenly Fire City's formation.
Lord Gongyang said, "Gu Yunhong has not arrived yet. Since Liu Yun is willing to take action, let him try first. If he can break the formation, that would be the best outcome."
"Yes."
"Also, you fellow disciples and those guest elders from the outer prefecture who have taken on missions, hurry to Luoxia Mountain. Tianhuo City has sent out quite a few Heavenly God level experts. If Liu Yun or Gu Yunhong successfully breaks the formation, they will definitely not let it go. A battle is inevitable. If—"
The Lord of Gongyang City paused, a cold glint flashing in his eyes: "If even Gu Yunhong can't break the formation, then I'll have no choice but to take action myself."
Gongyang Yu is his daughter, and the most talented among his many children. He couldn't just stand by and do nothing.
If there is truly no other way in the end, he will have no choice but to break the tacit agreement between the two sides' god-king level experts not to intervene.
With the understanding of spatial laws by a God-King level expert, the formation of Heavenly Fire City could be easily broken.
Upon hearing this, the cold-hearted youth felt a chill in his heart. Once the Lord of Gongyang City made a move, the Lord of Tianhuo City would definitely follow suit, which could very well lead to a full-scale war between the two cities.
"Yes, disciple will go and prepare immediately."
"Go."
The cold-hearted young man quickly left.
Lord Gongyang still stood with his hands behind his back in the courtyard, gazing at the distant horizon, which was in the direction of Luoxia Mountain.
News of the elite disciples of the City Lord Gongyang and Master Liu Yun's journey to Luoxia Mountain spread rapidly throughout the City Lord's Mansion. Upon hearing this, many of the guest elders immediately accepted urgent missions and followed them to Luoxia Mountain.
"Quickly, with Master Liu Yun on the case, he'll definitely be able to break through the Heavenly Fire City's formation. There will definitely be a great battle then, and if we follow along, we might be able to earn some merit points too."
The guest advisors called upon their friends and relatives, and set off for Luoxia Mountain in groups.
Jag had only been a guest elder for a few days and didn't know any of the other guest elders, nor did anyone call him by name.
However, he quickly learned of this news after arriving at the mission hall.
"Master Liu Yun is making a move? Good. If he can break the formation, a chaotic battle might break out, which would be a good opportunity to gain merit points!"
Jeger was in high spirits and flew towards Luoxia Mountain.
Luoxia Mountain is located west of Gongyang City, right in the middle of the jurisdiction of Gongyang City and Tianhuo City.
After two days of flying, Jag finally saw the massive mountain range in the distance.
The mountain range is covered with many ancient red trees, stretching as far as the eye can see, like the sunset glow, hence the name Luoxia Mountain (Sunset Glow Mountain).
In the center of Luoxia Mountain, there is a misty area that covers an area of several miles in radius.
"Is that where the formation is located?"
Jag flew towards the misty area, where many powerful celestial beings from Gongyang City had already gathered.
The powerful beings were positioned according to their strength, with the upper gods at the front, the middle gods in the middle, and the lower gods at the back.
This time, Gongyang City sent a total of six celestial beings to Luoxia Mountain. The commanders of the other two legions besides Gongyang Yu were also present, along with Gongyang City Lord's three most outstanding disciples and Master Liu Yun.
Although Lord Gongyang had many children and disciples, only four of them reached the level of Upper Gods.
The number of gods in the central region is much larger than that in the upper region, totaling nearly a hundred. More than half of them are mid-level god-level experts from the three major legions, while the rest are guest elders of the city lord's mansion.
As for the gods in the lower part, there are even more.
Jag landed on the ground and stood with the other Central Celestials.
One of the three legions' central gods saw Jag's figure and walked towards him.
He scrutinized Jag's appearance, a hint of doubt in his eyes; he didn't recognize Jag.
The Heavenly God-level experts in the City Lord's Mansion had all met each other a few times, and even if they weren't familiar with each other, they all knew that such a person existed.
Unfortunately, Jag had only been a guest retainer for a few days, and most people in the city lord's mansion did not know him.
However, the central celestial of this legion sensed the aura of a guest elder token on Jag and no longer doubted it.
"My esteemed guest, Master Liu Yun is breaking the formation. No one else is allowed to disturb him. All actions must be in accordance with the commands of the upper-level celestial gods. Anyone who acts without authorization will be treated as a spy. Please be careful," the middle-level celestial god reminded him.
"I understand," Jag said.
The central deity nodded and returned to the ranks of the central deities of the legion.
Jag observed the six upper-level gods at the front. He had read the information Zhao Yicheng had given him and quickly recognized the identities of each of them.
The commanders of the two legions were a man and a woman, one wearing blue armor and the other wearing cyan armor, both exuding an imposing aura.
The three disciples of Lord Gongyang City were the eldest disciple, the third disciple, and the sixth disciple.
The eldest disciple was named Zuo Guansheng, a cold-faced young man dressed in black.
The third disciple was a short girl with two pigtails tied in the air. She looked no more than thirteen or fourteen years old and was holding a string of candied hawthorns in her hand.
However, the age of a celestial being cannot be judged by appearance. Luo Xiaorong, the third disciple of Gongyang City, has actually lived for hundreds of millions of years.
The sixth disciple was a scholar-like man named Lin Shu, wearing a white square scarf on his head and gently waving a paper fan in his hand.
At this moment, the five powerful upper-level celestial beings were all protecting a burly, bald old man.
The bald old man was none other than Master Liu Yun, the number one weapon refiner in Gongyang City.
Master Liu Yun stared intently at the mist before him, without uttering a word.
Zuo Guansheng and the other upper-level gods looked at each other, all wanting to know if Master Liu Yun was confident in breaking the formation, but since Liu Yun didn't speak, they didn't dare to disturb him.
In terms of strength, they were all superior to Liu Yun, but in terms of formations, they were almost completely ignorant and could not compare with Liu Yun.
After a while, Liu Yun let out a long breath.
Zuo Guansheng and the others noticed the commotion and immediately looked over.
Zuo Guansheng asked, "Master Liu Yun, how is it? Is there a way to break the formation?"
Master Liu Yun shook his head and frowned: "This formation is very strange."
Upon hearing this, Zuo Guansheng and the others felt a chill run down their spines, a sense of foreboding rising within them.
Master Liu Yun continued, "This fog is a level six maze. If it were just a level six formation, I could break it. But this formation is not that simple, because a simple level six formation can only trap a middle-level celestial being at most, not an upper-level celestial being."
Zuo Guansheng and the others all nodded.
The upper gods possess the ability to destroy space. Even if they know nothing about formations, as long as they keep using Space Collapse to attack the space within the formation bit by bit until they find and destroy the formation's foundation, they can break the formation.
It's a clumsy method, but it works.
Most of the upper-level celestial beings are not very skilled in formations, and this is how they break formations.
Of course, if you are skilled in formations, you can directly find the location of the formation base, which will be much easier.
"If it were just a level six formation, Miss Yu could break free on her own with some time. But since Miss Yu is trapped, it means that there is an even stronger formation within this level six formation," Master Liu Yun said.
"There's also a formation?"
"Yes, setting up multiple formations at the same time is a common technique used by formation masters. I estimate that this level six formation is just the outermost one, and there are level seven or even level eight formations inside. The one that can trap the upper gods is most likely a level eight formation."
Master Liu Yun looked at Zuo Guansheng and the others with a solemn expression and said helplessly, "I can try to break this level six maze, but I am powerless against level eight formations."
Liu Yun's own array formation level is only level six. If he could set up an level eight array formation, he would not be a master craftsman, but a grandmaster craftsman.
"Please, Master, break through this outer maze first," Zuo Guansheng said, bowing.
No matter what, let's break one of the formations first.
"It seems we'll have to rely on Master Gu Yunhong," Zuo Guansheng thought to himself.
Gu Yunhong's skill in formations is superior to Liu Yun's.
"Then I will go and break the formation. The upper-level Celestial God powerhouse of Tianhuo City is likely inside the formation and may use its advantages to launch an attack on me. I hope you can all help me protect the formation," Liu Yun said.
"No problem." Zuo Guansheng looked at his two junior brothers and sisters.
"Third Junior Sister, Sixth Junior Brother, you will come with me to help Master Liu Yun break the formation."
"Yes, Senior Brother," Luo Xiaorong and Lin Shu replied in unison.
Zuo Guansheng then looked at the two legion commanders.
"I'll leave the matters outside to the two generals."
The two legion commanders clasped their hands in greeting and said, "Your Highness, rest assured!"
Zuo Guansheng nodded: "Master Liu Yun, let's enter the formation."
"it is good."
The four powerful upper-level celestial beings entered the mist and were instantly swallowed up by it.
Jag watched from afar, hoping that Liu Yun could successfully break the formation, but he was not optimistic.
"I heard that Master Liu Yun spends a long time refining weapons each time, so his array formation level probably doesn't exceed level six. I doubt he can rescue Miss Yu," Jeger thought to himself.
The art of formations becomes increasingly complex from level one to level six. When a weapon refiner awakens a spirit, it takes a long time and consumes an astonishing amount of energy and mental effort to inscribe a level six formation on the weapon blank.
Therefore, each time a master craftsman creates a weapon, it may take thousands or even tens of thousands of years.
However, once you reach level seven or higher, the process becomes simpler, and the time required to set up and activate the formation is greatly reduced. Therefore, you can roughly estimate a weapon refiner's formation level by observing the time it takes to refine the weapon.
"I wonder if there are any similarities between the arrays of this divine realm and the magic arrays of the Panlong Universe," Jage pondered.
When he heard from the city lord's mansion that Miss Yu was trapped in the formation, he thought of the magic formation of the Panlong Universe.
In the Panlong Universe, the one who has studied magic arrays the most is the Seven Star Demon "Breler".
Like Of, Breler is a member of the Bra tribe. He has devoted himself to the study of magic arrays for millions of years. The fact that Hell was able to prevent the Celestial Realm from achieving ten consecutive victories in the interdimensional battlefield was largely due to his research on the "Reincarnation Battle Array". Of was also able to finally perfect "Beyond Reincarnation" by drawing inspiration from the "Reincarnation Battle Array".
Jag originally intended to have his main god avatar in the Panlong Universe search for Breler and see if he could break the formation.
Although Breler cannot come to the realm of gods, the souls of the main body of Jag and his other clones are one, and the clones can convey the situation of the formation to Breler.
However, given the current situation, Jag himself has to follow the instructions and cannot casually observe the formation's condition, let alone relay the information to Breler.
Since that's the case, he wasn't in a hurry and decided to wait and see how things went.
The powerful celestial beings of Gongyang City were waiting outside the mist.
Soon after, the mist suddenly surged violently, as if a fierce battle was taking place inside. Then, a touch of blood appeared in the pure white mist.
It started as a small dot, then spread rapidly, like blood-red dye falling into clear water. Soon, the white mist turned into a blood mist, exuding a terrifying aura that seemed to devour its prey.
"What happened?"
The powerful celestial beings outside the blood mist were greatly alarmed; the change in the mist was clearly not a good sign.
Everyone looked at the generals of the two legions. At this moment, the Gongyang City side was led by two generals, and everyone was watching to see what arrangements they would make.
The two generals were also quite troubled, as they were not good at formations and did not know what this change meant.
"Could something have happened to Master Liu Yun and the others?" the female general asked in a puzzled voice transmission.
"Impossible, those are four high-level gods." The male general shook his head.
"What do we do now?" the female general asked.
The male general frowned and sighed, clearly unsure of what to do.
Just then, a deep, magnetic voice rang out.
"This isn't a maze, but a hybrid formation. Liu Yun and the others are trapped by it."
As the words were spoken, a handsome young man dressed in a long robe embroidered with gold descended from the sky and appeared before the two generals.
Beside the handsome young man was an elderly man dressed in simple gray clothes.
"Master Gu Yunhong! Butler Wu!"
The handsome young man was none other than Gu Yunhong, a formation master from Holy Golden Mountain, while the gray-robed old man was the steward of the inner palace of the city lord's mansion. Although he was a steward, he also possessed the strength of an upper-level celestial god and had followed City Lord Gongyang for many years, holding an extremely high position.
The two generals were overjoyed to see Gu Yunhong and Steward Wu arrive.
The female general asked, "Master Gu, what exactly happened inside? Can you break this formation?"
Gu Yunhong looked at the blood mist before him with a solemn expression.
There are roughly three ways to set up an array. One is a single array, where only one array is set up in one place.
"The second type is a multi-formation array. Multiple arrays are set up outside the key area, so that if one array is broken, there are other arrays still in place."
"The third type is the hybrid formation. The hybrid formation also involves setting up multiple formations, but the difference between it and the multi-formation formation is that the formations in the multi-formation formation do not overlap and are clearly distinct, while all the formations in the hybrid formation complement each other, with each containing elements of the other and influencing the other."
"The blood mist before us is at least a combination of a level six maze and a level seven killing formation. A level six formation alone is no problem for Liu Yun, but if a level seven killing formation is added, Liu Yun will be helpless."
(End of this chapter)