novelraw 282. The Grand Array is Activated
282. The Grand Array is Activated
As Tang Qiying's aura surged, Xiao Yan keenly sensed that the array, which was originally meant to assist the medicinal herbs, had actually begun to operate!
No secret technique could possibly increase a person's strength several times over. Tang Qiying's sudden surge in strength came from the grand formation within this medicine garden. The medicine garden was divided into thirteen areas, and the formations between each area seemed to have been awakened, their powerful aura aimed directly at Xiao Yan!
"Senior brother, the formations in each area of this herb garden are no weaker than those of a peak Dou Zong expert. Don't fight head-on!" Seeing the situation, Mu Qingluan anxiously shouted to Xiao Yan to remind him, not wanting him to suffer because of his lack of understanding.
Xiao Yan nodded. Unlike Mu Qingluan, he wasn't unaware of the power of the medicine garden's formation. After the formation was activated, he personally felt the pressure increase exponentially. He and the Three Thousand Thunder Illusion Body only doubled their strength, but Tang Qiying was now essentially fighting against him with thirteen peak Dou Zong experts. The difference in strength was obvious.
With the support of the great formation, Tang Qiying felt like he was in control of everything. However, he was still furious. He had been forced to activate the great formation of the medicine garden by an opponent whose strength was weaker than his own.
With so many Tianluan clansmen present, the image he had built up over the years was about to be challenged. Tang Qiying glanced around and saw that many of the Tianluan clansmen looked at him with admiration. In this situation, the object of their admiration was no longer himself.
With a wave of his hand, Tang Qiying summoned the battle qi gathered in the formation. The fire-attribute battle qi condensed into a ferocious fire dragon, which charged towards Xiao Yan.
Tang Qiying is currently using only the energy within the grand formation, which is naturally not as free as using his own battle qi. However, the massive amount of battle qi within the formation can mask this. This grand formation has been running continuously, and the battle qi accumulated within it is far beyond what an ordinary Dou Zong expert can compare to.
Seeing the oncoming flames, Xiao Yan shifted his position and dodged the attack. However, having missed, the fierce ice-attribute battle qi and the heavy earth-attribute battle qi began to surround him.
On the other side, the same attack was also directed at Xiao Yan's clone.
Under the barrage of attacks, the great ruler in Xiao Yan's hand turned purplish-red, and flames began to slowly rise around it. Then, Xiao Yan raised the Xuan Heavy Ruler high with both hands, its sharp edge menacing!
Battle aura becomes a blade, a heavy ruler with a sharp edge! The Heavenly Desolate Ruler, domineering and ruthless!
Xiao Yan shattered all the attacks with a single strike, and the booming sounds of explosions echoed one after another. Xiao Yan himself was also forced back by the blow. The clone on the other side was slightly weaker than the main body and had already been injured in this attack, but the clone could repair itself at any time. Xiao Yan was now certain that the power unleashed by this array, once operated by someone, was probably no weaker than that of an ordinary nine-star Dou Zong expert.
Xiao Yan had already noticed the extraordinary nature of this formation, but he hadn't expected it to be so troublesome and difficult to deal with.
"I'd like to see how long you can hold out." Tang Qiying's tone turned cold. Although he hadn't set up these formations, he could indeed mobilize and use them all.
Streams of Dou Qi energy, like a woven net, surrounded Xiao Yan, constantly flying out. Tang Qiying's hands moved with lightning speed, and mysterious patterns emerged from his hands, forming a unified array that encircled and captured Xiao Yan.
"I can't keep getting entangled with him," Xiao Yan decided in his heart.
Xiao Yan's Dou Qi erupted like a volcano, and in an instant, his strength as an eight-star Dou Zong surged again, reaching the peak of the nine-star Dou Zong realm.
Seeing Xiao Yan's improved strength, Tang Qiying frowned and blurted out, "Heavenly Flame Three Transformations? Who exactly are you?!"
Xiao Yan didn't argue further. After reaching the peak of his strength, he focused on a spot outside the encirclement, sensing its unusual nature from the beginning. Now that Tang Qiying controlled the great formation of the medicine garden, it was equivalent to facing a double-digit number of peak Dou Zong at the same time. It would be unwise to fight Tang Qiying head-on again.
He now wanted to verify his conjecture; if he was wrong, then he would probably have no choice but to retreat with Mu Qingluan today. Since his contact with Tang Qiying, Xiao Yan had completely failed to understand his logic.
As Xiao Yan's fighting spirit continued to rise, the large ruler in his hand also slipped from his grasp at the very peak of his aura.
Heavenly Ruler, Shattered Abyss!
Xiao Yan's unleashed attack seemed poised to shatter the very void. The light of the array trembled under the bombardment of the Heavenly Desolate Ruler, cracks appeared in the light net, and then the cracks rapidly expanded, spreading out like a spider web.
Upon seeing the direction of Xiao Yan's attack, Tang Qiying seemed to remember something and exclaimed in his heart, "Oh no!"
The energy of the formation was rapidly gathering. Tang Qiying wanted to block Xiao Yan's attack, but the next moment, the power of thunder also erupted. Xiao Yan's clone's full-force attack completely shattered the already crumbling energy net.
The next moment, Xiao Yan flashed past and arrived outside the light net. Tang Qiying tried to mobilize the energy of the medicine garden array again, but found that the connection between him and the array had been severed, and the array continued to operate in the same way as before.
"Alright, that's enough of the commotion. It's not appropriate to keep fighting." A voice rang out at that moment.
A figure suddenly appeared in mid-air; it was a middle-aged man with a profound and ancient aura, who looked like an old farmer. A sharp glint flashed in the man's eyes, and with a casual wave of his hand, the violent energy stirred up by the previous battle between Xiao Yan and Tang Qiying subsided.
Upon seeing the man, Xiao Yan knew his guess was correct. He had sensed a faint, almost imperceptible aura upon entering the herb garden, but the difference between it and his own power was too great for him to pinpoint precisely. Since the turbulent energy from his fight with Tang Qiying hadn't affected a small area within the herb garden, Xiao Yan deduced that a powerful figure within the garden had been observing everything.
His sudden attack was also intended to lure out this long-hidden expert from the Tianluan Clan.
As the middle-aged man appeared, all the Tianluan clan members respectfully bowed and said, "Greetings, Elder!" Xiao Yan observed that the respect in the eyes of the Tianluan clan members was absolutely genuine.
Tang Qiying looked at the newcomer and showed no further dissatisfaction. She calmly greeted him, "Qiying greets teacher."