Deng Ming was now a first-rate formation grandmaster, so his research on formations was naturally not as shallow as it had been in the past.
Back then, he was able to crack a formation on the fourth layer with 12 nodes. Now that he had become a formation master, he already knew that the formation should have at least 18 nodes.
Now, he was able to crack the seventh layer of the formation, and each formation had hundreds of nodes.
At this time, Deng Ming was already glad that he had become Zhenling's disciple. Otherwise, he was afraid that he would still be using the most basic calculation skills of a formation master to deduce the formation. In that case, he did not know how long it would take to deduce the cause and effect of a formation. Now, with the golden abacus and the black and white chessboard in hand, coupled with the secret technique of "Telekinesis", it took him less time to deduce the seventh layer of the formation than to deduce the third and fourth layer of the formation.
However, looking at the dense formation nodes that were revealed on the formation shield in front of him, there were probably no less than thousands of them. Deng Ming was a little dazed for a moment. This was only a part of the formation shield. If all the nodes of the formation were revealed, how many would there be? Tens of thousands, or even more?
No wonder no one had been able to deduce a formation in the past thousands of years!
Deng Ming clearly saw the thousands of hidden nodes in the formation in front of him with the help of the Clear Eyes Spiritual Essence that Lu Ping injected into his body. Then, he saw Lu Ping pointing his finger, and a node on the formation shield that he was pointing at was immediately extinguished.
Deng Ming was shocked. He saw Lu Ping pointing his finger one after another, and every time he pointed, a node would be extinguished. In just a few breaths, dozens of nodes on the formation shield had been extinguished by Lu Ping. Moreover, these nodes that were extinguished did not seem to follow any pattern to Deng Ming, or perhaps there was some hidden pattern that Deng Ming could not detect.
Lu Ping said with a smile, "After these nodes are extinguished, the entire formation shield will begin to collapse, but the process of collapse will last for a period of time, and it will be silent. As long as no top formation master pays attention during this period, no one will notice it. After we escape, the formation will collapse."
There was no need for Lu Ping to say anything. Deng Ming had already noticed that after Lu Ping stopped, the nodes on the formation shield were still extinguishing on their own, and the order in which they were extinguished was still not the slightest bit predictable.
The wisp of Spiritual Essence that Lu Ping had left in Deng Ming's body gradually dissipated, and he could no longer clearly see the flickering nodes on the shield. However, Lu Ping did not stop. Instead, he continued moving quickly along Kongming Island. Every time he passed by a formation, he would use a secret technique to erase dozens of nodes in the formation shield. Then, the nodes in the formation would begin to dissipate on their own. It was only a matter of time before the formation on Kongming Island completely collapsed.
"Something's not right!"
Laozu Yuan Trigram had studied formations on Kongming Island for over a hundred years, and he was one of the few formation masters in the entire cultivation world. After Lu Ping destroyed five or six of the nine foundation formations, he finally noticed that something was wrong.
Li Shiqian was slightly startled and asked, "Grand Master, what's wrong?"
Laozu Yuan Trigram furrowed his brows as if he was calculating something anxiously. After a while, he said in a deep voice, "Something's wrong. The Kongming Array seems to be collapsing!"
"What? That's impossible!"
Li Shiqian was in disbelief and said, "Back when the cultivators from various sects attacked Kongming Island, the formation did not collapse even after being heavily damaged. How could it be collapsing now?"
Laozu Yuan Trigram shook his head and said, "Old Man doesn't know what's going on either, but the person who snuck into Kongming Island is probably coming out soon. Get ready to attack. We must obtain the secrets of that person. Back when the various sects invaded Kongming Island, none of them managed to obtain the most important inheritance of Kongming Island."
Not long after that, the formation masters from the Guangfa Sect, Talisman Pavilion, Flowing Cloud Sect, and other large sects in the South Sea soon noticed that something was wrong and guessed that Lu Ping was coming out.
Then, the entire Dark Kongming Ocean began to shake, including the Dark Kongming Formation. It was as if layers of waves were rolling out from the center of the Dark Kongming Island, and the protective walls of every formation began to ripple.
After that, the cultivators of the entire Kongming Ocean witnessed a rare sight. The sky above Kongming Island, which had been enveloped by the Kongming Sect's nine foundation formations, suddenly blossomed!
To be more precise, the nine formations that had originally been pressing against each other in the sky above Kongming Island, enveloping the entire sky above Kongming Island, had now completely opened up like a blooming flower!
Just as the cultivators of the entire Kongming Ocean were attracted by the strange sight before them, Lu Ping had slipped out of the nine formations the moment a gap opened up. He then used an invisible escape technique to escape.
The moment the nine formations suddenly opened up, many cultivators who had been lying in ambush in the array realized that something was wrong. The cultivator who had hidden in Kongming Island had probably taken this opportunity to escape.
However, even though they were aware of what might happen, they were still hiding in the Lost Array Formation. At this time, the protective array formation above their heads had become an obstacle in their pursuit of Lu Ping.
Although most of the array formations had Array Masters in them, and most of the Array Masters who chose this particular array formation had mostly studied the array formation in front of them, it wasn't easy to activate an array formation at will. With the Pellet Forging Pavilion's help, Lu Ping would've been long gone.
Yuan Trigram Laozu quickly opened the seventh formation that Li Shiqian was in and looked around. At this moment, the huge blooming flower in the sky above Kongming Island was slowly closing up again. Yuan Trigram Laozu anxiously pushed Li Shiqian and said, "If the nine foundation formations can be activated, the person who has snuck into Kongming Island must have obtained the formation inheritance of Kongming Island and taken the opportunity to escape. Go and find him. As long as you can delay him for a while, the cultivators from the various sects will definitely rush over. The Old Man wants to take a look at Kongming Island to fulfill his centuries-old wish."
Among the hundreds of formations in the Nether Void Formation, Patriarch Yuan Trigram was one of the first to come out of the formation. However, many of the formation masters who were hiding behind the formations had come out of the Nether Void Formation even though their cultivation in formations might be weaker. Many of them could not wait to sneak into Nether Void Island before the nine formations returned to normal.
Yuan Trigram Laozu flew all the way and soon arrived above Kongming Island before the nine formations closed up again. He saw a few inconspicuous Minor Repairs rushing over from the outermost periphery of the formation and were about to land on Kongming Island.
Yuan Trigram Laozu was instantly enraged. A few ignorant Minor Repairs who only knew a little about formations actually dared to covet Kongming Island's treasures!
Although Yuan Trigram Laozu was a formation master of the Crystal Palace, he was still a Dharma Power Laozu. He was usually high and mighty and had long regarded Kongming Island as the Crystal Palace's spoils of war. There was no way he would allow a few Minor Repairs to take advantage of him. Immediately, he cast a few spells and killed two of the Minor Repairs.
He then continued to attack, intending to kill a few Minor Repairs who had rushed over. However, he was indeed met with resistance from these Minor Repairs.
Yuan Trigram Laozu was, after all, a mid Dharma adept. It was not difficult for him to take care of a few Minor Repairs. However, at this time, the nine foundational formations were about to close up. Yuan Trigram Laozu first sank his body into the formation, but he did not stop attacking. He wanted to completely kill these Minor Repairs who had tried to enter together with him, or at least block them outside the formation.
In the sky, a few more streaks of light rushed over from different directions, intending to enter Kongming Island before the nine foundational formations closed up. However, when they saw that these Minor Repairs were blocked outside the formation, they joined in the attack without saying a word.
The first chaotic battle above the Kongming Sea began at the entrance of Kongming Island!
Now that the Kongming Nether Formation had been activated, all the Minor Repairs hidden within the formation wanted to take this opportunity to enter Kongming Island and see the true core of the Kongming Nether Formation up close. As for the Minor Repairs who had sneaked into the island, they had forgotten about him at this time. Naturally, the Minor Repairs from the various sects would go after him.
Li Shiqian and the others naturally did not understand the Minor Repairs that these Minor Repairs had spent decades and centuries in the Kongming Nether Formation. Perhaps they could guess, but they could not empathize with them.
Lu Ping stealthily flew outwards. He had predicted that most of the Minor Repairs who had come to ambush him would be hidden within the various layers of the Kongming Nether Formation. In reality, with the Kongming Essence in hand, Lu Ping's original plan was to activate another teleportation formation and escape before the Minor Repairs from the various sects arrived.
However, he did not expect the Heavenly Tribulation to arrive so early and attract so many Minor Repairs to ambush him. This caused Lu Ping's original plan to fail.
Fortunately, Lu Ping had obtained the golden scale, the highest heritage of the Kong Ming Sect. Not only that, but he could also activate the nine foundation array formations. Hence, he was able to use this method to shake off the pursuit of most of the cultivators and escape to the Kong Ming Sea.
"Who are you? Please stay behind for a chat. I am Li Shiqian of the Crystal Palace!"
However, in the end, Lu Ping had only escaped from the pursuit of most of the Minor Repairs. Moreover, he was currently flying invisibly. In order to better conceal himself, he had no choice but to slow down. Thus, Li Shiqian, who had caught up from behind, discovered him and caught up to him.
As he spoke, Li Shiqian did not hold back at all. He raised a crystal mirror in his hand and a ray of light flashed in Lu Ping's direction. The concealed Lu Ping could no longer hide himself and was exposed.
"What did you obtain on the Kongming Island? Please hand it over!"
Li Shiqian leaped up and pointed the crystal whip in his hand at the sky. Countless crystal whips lashed at Lu Ping.
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