CHAPTER 440: CHAPTER 252: EIGHT GATES RETURN TO ONE LOCK

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At the same time, the Cyan Peng Beast suddenly swung, flinging away the Serpent Beast.

The Great Elder immediately ordered it to pull back, rising to the high skies.

Fortunately, the Cyan Peng Beast only sustained minor injuries and was not seriously harmed.

It was responsible for covering the Great Elder and their retreat, engaging with the Serpent Beast, but soon they discovered something: once they were beyond a hundred meters from the palace, the Serpent Beast wouldn’t attack voluntarily.

Even more terrifying was that the wreckage from the recent battle had all recovered, and all the Puppet Beasts were resurrected...

However, the corpses of the human Beastmasters and Spirit Beasts lay bloodied on the palace.

"Is it an illusion? Is it an illusion?"

Someone exclaimed.

Many people immediately sat down, really feeling as if they had entered an illusion realm, trying to use their spiritual power to escape this place.

Others sought help from Beastmasters proficient in spiritual power, hoping they could assist them.

However, those Beastmasters with spiritual system Spirit Beasts were also bewildered, as they did not feel any spiritual power fluctuations.

The Great Elder furrowed his brow, suspecting this at first.

Until Lin Chen reminded, "Has the Great Elder heard about what kind of spiritual system spirit beast Elder Yang made a pact with?"

After hearing this, the Great Elder shook his head. Advanced spiritual system spirit beasts cause too much harm to ordinary people, so they are usually monitored by major forces.

If Elder Yang had such a spirit beast back then, after his death, Dubhe Pavilion would certainly send someone to handle it.

Seeing the Great Elder shake his head, Lin Chen immediately said, "Gu Wei!"

The Great Elder was startled awake.

Yes.

Yang was once associated with Gu Wei, although not formally a disciple, but he had learned something from him.

The Great Elder said with some terror, "There’s something wrong here."

Having said that, the Great Elder had the Cyan Peng Beast retreat, and the main hall once again restored peace. Yet the human side was noisy, with some rejoicing and others worrying.

After all, many had risked their lives to seize treasures, only to find them empty once outside.

"I knew it wouldn’t be that simple," someone said. "How could Yang, who had contracted an Immortal Beast and had such a malicious mind, allow you to obtain it so easily?"

His words startled everyone, causing them to shiver as they looked at the bloody traces on the main hall.

....

"Could it be this isn’t the main peak?" The Great Elder soon raised this doubt.

This couldn’t be in a spiritual illusion realm, for the dead bodies were still there.

Lin Chen analyzed that it might also be fostered by something the National Master’s Institute excels at.

Power of Earth Veins, formations...

"Or perhaps, as the Great Elder said, only one peak here is real, and it’s possible it’s already been taken," Lin Chen said.

They retraced their steps because both the Great Elder and Lin Chen believed that even if these were killed again, the final result would be the same. However, many people still stayed by the side, hoping for a miracle.

As they retraced their steps, Lin Chen and the others quickly learned about the situation on the other main peaks.

Yang had a total of nine spirit beasts, except for the missing Immortal Beast, the other eight spirit beasts guarded each peak.

It’s exactly the same as the situation Lin Chen and the others encountered; after killing the opponent’s spirit beasts, everything auto-restored, except for the dead humans and spirit beasts.

"It seems it really is a formation," the Great Elder confirmed this time.

"Does the Great Elder have any insight?" The speaker was not from the Celestial Capital but rather a large city’s family named Wang Yang, who had significant power and was an eighty-plus-level Beastmaster himself, thus able to speak equally with the Great Elder.

The Great Elder shared Lin Chen’s speculation, to which Wang Yang also realized, saying, "This must be the star of the Beast Fighting Conference, indeed remarkable."

Lin Chen knew the other was complimenting him, so he clasped his hands, saying, "This isn’t difficult to analyze. I believe others have also figured it out, and besides, we are not familiar with this formation, I’m afraid the forces of the Celestial Capital will have the advantage this time."

Wang Yang thought there was indeed some reason.

At this moment, a surprised voice sounded:

"The star of the Beast Fighting Conference is not just strong; his analysis is also very powerful."

Turning around, they saw Wu Tian approaching with Wu Gui.

Not only him but ten other people, all at least level eighty in strength.

The Great Elder furrowed his brow daily, hearing Wu Tian slowly say, "Yang must have used the Eight Extremities Lock; unfortunately, he only learned a little of the basics."

Though Wu Tian pointed it out, many still didn’t understand what the Eight Extremities Lock meant.

The Great Elder, however, knew something.

To put it simply, the Eight Extremities Lock divides a formation into eight gates, one of the battle formations Gu Wei used during his warfare.

The only way to break it was to open all eight gates simultaneously, and the formation would be broken.

Once everyone understood, Wang Yang said, "Yang does have some strength; he developed this warfare trick to guard his tomb."

Many people agreed.

Gu Wei was able to save the Cangling Ancient Country twice; besides his own strength being strong, he had many talents.

Some were overshadowed when under Gu Wei, but once away, they immediately became shining stars.

The reason wasn’t that Gu Wei couldn’t utilize talents but that he had too many capable people under him.

This is why today, the Gu Family remains one of the four major families because many descendants who followed Gu Wei now have a reputation outside and hold goodwill towards both Gu Wei and the Gu Family.