Chapter 807: Chapter 797: Settlement

Clap clap!

With the sound of two snaps, over a hundred talisman lights suddenly flew out from the martial artists of the Red Fire Subdivision behind Ye Zhen. These hundred talisman lights instantly shot into all directions of Tiger Mouth Gorge!

The talisman lights burst with brilliance, and over a hundred array plates shimmering with blinding light simultaneously broke through the soil from the edges of the mountain walls and chasms of Tiger Mouth Gorge, rising up. On each array plate, there were ten fist-sized extremely pure High Grade Spirit Crystals embedded!

At the moment the talisman lights entered, the ten fist-sized High Grade Spirit Crystals simultaneously released large clusters of dazzling light. The activated array plates began to frantically draw energy from the crystals, and almost instantly, over a hundred array plates shot straight beams of spiritual power into the earth below.

Hundreds of beams of spirit light collided and intertwined, forming an incredibly complex formation path in an instant, which finally converged into eighteen massive beams that plunged into the earth.

The moment the eighteen massive beams plunged into the earth, eighteen immense waves of spiritual power rose from the underground, shooting into the sky with hundreds of times more power than the eighteen beams that entered, causing a dramatic change in the atmosphere in an instant!

The intersecting spiritual light enveloped nearly two thousand Soul Sea Realm martial artists on the ground, rolling with a terrifying killing aura as the spirit mist began swallowing them. Almost as soon as it appeared, Tiger Leaping Gorge was engulfed into a sea of mist!

The eighteen massive beams of spiritual power continuously flickered and intertwined above the mist sea, sealing it tightly!

All Soul Sea Realm martial artists who had descended due to the pressure of the Establishment Kings were engulfed by the formation, and even fifteen or sixteen Vein Forging Realm martial artists from the Longevity Sect and Heavenly Net Sect allied army, who failed to ascend in time, were swallowed by the spirit mist.

Of course, they were merely caught in the formation, trapped within it!

“Nine Earth Sealing Heaven Trapping Yuan Formation?”

Almost simultaneously, Pan Feng, Shang Lingqi, Jih Xuan, Ren Tiannan, and others, including four high-ranking experts in the sky and some startled Vein Forging Realm martial artists from the allied army, exclaimed in shock.

Of course, all they could do was exclaim!

Despite the detailed description, all of this happened merely in the time it took Ye Zhen to snap his fingers twice. The changes occurred too quickly, and the formation was completely activated before anyone present had time to interfere!

“Not bad, you’ve got some insight!” Ye Zhen chuckled softly. “But this is the Nine Earth Sealing Heaven Trapping Yuan Formation linked to eighteen subterranean spirit veins!”

Pan Feng and Shang Lingqi’s faces darkened; they could clearly see this was the Nine Earth Sealing Heaven Trapping Yuan Formation connected to eighteen subterranean spirit veins!

The Nine Earth Sealing Heaven Trapping Yuan Formation is a large-scale formation with considerable power, primarily focusing on trapping rather than killing, but the conditions for deployment are extremely harsh. At least nine spirit veins need to converge underground to successfully set up the formation.

Additionally, the more subterranean spirit veins connected, the greater the power. The formation power nearly doubles with every set of three additional spirit veins linked!

A Nine Earth Sealing Heaven Trapping Yuan Formation connected to nine subterranean spirit veins can trap martial artists at the Fifth Stage of the Soul Sea Realm, and this trapping mechanism can switch between internal and external modes.

Depending on the changes in the formation formula controlled by the master, it can switch between offense and defense anytime. If the master is inside the formation, the Nine Earth Sealing Heaven Trapping Yuan Formation focuses on defense, easily blocking attacks from Vein Forging Realm martial artists outside and potentially triggering attacks on trapped martial artists!

If the master is outside the formation, it can be transformed into an internal killing formation, allowing easy attacks on martial artists trapped inside, with the mist inside the formation varying its form to attack trapped martial artists.

At this time, the Nine Earth Sealing Heaven Trapping Yuan Formation was set to an internal mode. Previously trapped Soul Sea Realm martial artists from the Red Fire Subdivision, alongside the Soul Sea Realm martial artists of the Longevity Sect’s Heavenly Net Sect, were being controlled by Yua Qianlou and flying out one by one.

This caused Pan Feng, Shang Lingqi, and others to look extremely grim. As adversaries of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, they were well aware of the power of the Nine Earth Sealing Heaven Trapping Yuan Formation because this grand formation exactly mirrored the Sect-Guarding Great Formation of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect’s main temple!

Within the Sun and Moon Divine Sect’s main temple, a similar formation was set up, but it was set to external mode and only connected to twelve earth veins!

Yet, even with just twelve connected subterranean spirit veins, the Sun and Moon Divine Sect’s Sect-Guarding Great Formation caused significant losses for the Longevity Sect, with countless Vein Forging Realm martial artists falling in this formation during various conflicts!

However, the current Nine Earth Sealing Heaven Trapping Yuan Formation connected eighteen subterranean spirit veins, indicating unimaginable power!

These are not the most crucial facts; the most critical is the location of this Nine Earth Sealing Heaven Trapping Yuan Formation, perfectly situated in Tiger Mouth Gorge, catching them all inside, which is the most lethal aspect!

Because formations such as the Nine Earth Sealing Heaven Trapping Yuan Formation, akin to Sect-Guarding formations, are highly challenging to set up and can’t be completed quickly.

Even with an experienced Array Master, surveying the terrain and having complete array plates, it would still take nearly two hours to fully set up the formation!

In practice, the time spent would be even more!

Since determining their attack strategy a day ago, the allied scouts have continuously monitored this path, making it impossible for an array master to spend significant time deploying a formation here!

In other words, this grand formation was set up by Ye Zhen’s side well in advance, even before the allied attack strategy was finalized a day or two ago!

This is the most terrifying aspect!

Before their offensive strategy was determined, the other side had already anticipated their attack strategy!

Moreover, at this moment, as all of the Soul Sea Realm martial artists have been swept into the grand formation, there is now an extremely intuitive comparison of the number of Vein Forging Realm martial artists on both sides present!

Originally, according to the estimation of the allied forces, the Red Fire Subdivision, which had one hundred and sixty Vein Forging Realm martial artists, should have divided nearly half of them across its three external defense areas. Under such circumstances, the main force remaining within the Red Fire Subdivision should absolutely not exceed a hundred people, roughly ninety!

Under normal circumstances, counting the Vein Forging Realm martial artists from the Brotherhood, the number of allied Vein Forging Realm martial artists should be nearly double that of the Red Fire Subdivision!

But now, the Vein Forging Realm martial artists of the opposing Red Fire Subdivision number as high as one hundred and fifty, making the gap instantly negligible!

This indicates that Ye Zhen had already anticipated this and concentrated all the main forces here!

At the same time, both Pan Feng and Shang Lingqi, as well as Jih Xuan and Ren Tiannan, felt a chill as if they were stripped naked, and a trace of fear appeared in their eyes when they looked at Ye Zhen!

What kind of terrifying feeling is it when your next move has been calculated by the opponent before you decide?

Seeing the grand formation successfully activated, Ye Zhen also let out a sigh of relief!

In fact, based on the current strength of the Longevity Sect and Heavenly Net Sect’s allied forces, Ye Zhen didn’t actually need to arrange so many calculations. With three Demon-Annihilating Generals out, plus the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten and three Long-Armed Fire Monkey King Puppets, if arranged properly,

it should be sufficient to take down the Fifth Stage Establishment King, Demon Blade Gongsun Li, the Fourth Stage Establishment King, Life-taking Lady Feng Tingting, and also two Peak of Vein Forging Realm martial artists whose combat power could compare to the First Stage Establishment Kings.

Taking down these people would certainly throw the Vein Forging Realm martial artists below into chaos, and victory would belong to the Red Fire Subdivision led by Ye Zhen!

However, within the Red Fire Martial City, there is still the Flying Tiger Hall eyeing like a tiger!

The Longevity Sect and Heavenly Net Sect allied forces’ over one hundred and fifty Vein Forging Realm martial artists and eight hundred peak Fifth Stage of the Soul Sea Realm martial artists are not immobile; the joint strike of eight hundred peak Fifth Stage of the Soul Sea Realm martial artists could even repel a Ninth Stage Establishment King peak existence!

After a fierce battle, even if the Red Fire Subdivision achieved victory, it would certainly come at a great cost. With the insane demeanor of the Longevity Sect martial artists, it might end in a pyrrhic victory!

Then, it would be the moment for the Flying Tiger Hall to pick the ripe peaches, and the remnants of the Red Fire Subdivision might end up in complete defeat under the full force attack of the Flying Tiger Hall.

This is the real reason Ye Zhen meticulously prepared for this battle!

It was all to preserve strength to the maximum to deal with Flying Tiger Hall’s subsequent attack!

If not, no matter how fiercely Ye Zhen fought in front of the Longevity Sect and Heavenly Net Sect allied forces, he would ultimately not escape the word ‘failure’!

As for this Nine Earth Sealing Heaven Trapping Yuan Formation, it was an ultimate move given to Ye Zhen by Jian Qianxiong when he left Qinglan Martial Capital under sudden orders!

As for whether it could be utilized, that depended on Ye Zhen’s skills!

The Nine Earth Sealing Heaven Trapping Yuan Formation is the Sect-Guarding Great Formation of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect. Over the years, they had only accumulated two sets of array plates, one guarding the Sun and Moon Divine Sect Main Temple, the other entrusted to Ye Zhen, with Yua Qianlou being a formation master nurtured by the sect, specializing in controlling this Nine Earth Sealing Heaven Trapping Yuan Formation!

However, the setup of the Nine Earth Sealing Heaven Trapping Yuan Formation has stringent requirements; it’s already fortunate for regular places to have one Spirit Vein, and places where four or five Spirit Veins converge are rare, let alone nine or eighteen!

Unexpectedly, after approaching the Red Fire Subdivision and reviewing all its information, Ye Zhen discovered that under Tiger Mouth Gorge, a necessary passageway in the northern Spirit Crystal mine field defense area of the Red Fire Subdivision, there intersected twenty subterranean Spirit Veins!

Regrettably, all these twenty subterranean Spirit Veins are the kind that cannot even be considered Low Grade Spirit Veins, otherwise, Tiger Mouth Gorge would have long become a treasured land.

But, they are still sufficient for the purpose of formation setup!

Suddenly, screams erupted from the formation below, causing the expressions of Pan Feng, Shang Lingqi, and others to change again. This was the thousand Soul Sea Realm martial artists trapped inside the formation trying to break the formation, receiving attacks and releasing screams!

Pan Feng and Shang Lingqi simultaneously looked up to the four powerful figures in high air, a hint of inquiry in their eyes.

They were seeking whether the four powerful figures above could lend them a helping hand at this moment!

However, the four powerful figures in high air shook their heads simultaneously!

They had not yet located the True Person Black Water hiding in the dark, coupled with a powerful Spirit Tier Beast below, they couldn’t assist the battle below in the short term!

This made the faces of Pan Feng and Shang Lingqi change again.

“We need some time to break the formation!” This was the Divine Soul Telecommunication from Pan Feng!

Upon hearing this, Shang Lingqi’s expression turned severe, “In that case, it’s just the right time, taking this opportunity, I should also settle my grievances with this Ye, tally things up, so as not to have no chance in the future!” (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com), your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)