"Longjing …"
Su Ping murmured to himself.
Ever since he learned that the Deep Caves were located in the Longyang Base City, Su Ping had been paying attention to other Deep Caves. If he remembered correctly, the Longjing Base City, one of the seven Class A base cities, had an entrance to the Deep Caves as well.
Was it from the entrance to the Deep Caves?
"Did the wild beasts attack from inside the base city or outside?" Su Ping asked the two.
"I heard that it was from inside the base city," one of them answered.
Su Ping was right.
The wild beasts were coming out from the Deep Caves!
However, he didn't run into any wild beasts when he was in the Deep Caves. Those wild beasts must have been hiding somewhere in the Deep Caves.
All of a sudden, Su Ping was worried.
He wondered how Li Yuanfeng and the others were doing in the Deep Caves.
It was a pity that he didn't have the Space Swallowers to contact them.
"Where's Qin Duhuang?" Su Ping asked.
"He's patrolling the outer wall. Do you want to see him? We can get in touch with him …"
"No, I'm just asking."
Su Ping looked at the sand table. There were many base cities on it. The Longjing Base City was not far away, three base cities away. Usually, a ninth-rank bird could reach there in half an hour.
"Longyang … Longjing … They all start with the word 'dragon'."
Su Ping shook his head.
All of a sudden, he thought of something. He glanced at the sand table and found something strange.
Many base cities in the Subcontinent District had the word "dragon" in their names. There were more than a dozen base cities.
It was said that the base cities were named with the word "dragon" in their names because they were using the aura of the dragon to suppress the base city. Dragons were the overlord of wild beasts, and the name implied that the base city would last forever.
However, when he looked at the base cities with the word "dragon" in their names, Su Ping noticed that they formed a strange pentagram!
Two pentagrams overlapped, forming ten points!
There were also several bases nearby, like flying stars!
Su Ping was no longer an amateur when it came to formations. He had spent more than twenty days learning from Joanna in the Demigod Burial. He had even mastered a minor third-rank divine formation like the Minor Five Elements Formation. In Su Ping's eyes, the locations of the bases were a formation!
Flying Star was the guardian of the array. He was responsible for stabilizing the array and supplying energy to the array.
However, Su Ping couldn't tell what kind of formation this pentagram formation belonged to.
"Did I see wrongly, or am I thinking too much … No …"
Su Ping remembered the Otherworld Heavenly King's attack on the Longjiang Base City. The Otherworld Heavenly King had sent a beast king to attack the Longjiang Base City and then launched a large-scale attack after the attack failed. It wouldn't be worth it if the Otherworld Heavenly King was only looking for food. At that time, he had a feeling that the Otherworld Heavenly King was looking for something in the Longjiang Base City.
Or rather, something in the Longjiang Base City was attracting it.
On the map, the Longjiang Base City was a flying star.
He was not in the Decagon Formation.
There were a total of six flying stars like this one!
Six of them were in the Decagon Formation!
"There are entrances to the Deep Caves in the Longyang Base City and the Longjing Base City, but not in the Longjiang Base City. The Longlin Base City also has an entrance to the Deep Caves, even though it's only a Class B base city. I don't think it's a coincidence."
Su Ping's eyes flashed. He decided to show the sand table to Joanna. Given her knowledge, she would be able to tell what kind of formation it was.
"I'll borrow this for a while," Su Ping said.
The two titled battle pet warriors from the Qin Family agreed at once.
It was just a sand table. They could ask someone to bring another one over at any time.
Su Ping picked up the sand table and took it back to the store. He called Joanna over.
"Can you help me see what kind of formation this is?" Su Ping asked Joanna.
He used his mind to make the models of the base cities with the names "Longjiang" floating in the air.
Joanna glanced at it and was a little surprised. "Heaven Lock?"
"So, it's a formation …" Su Ping's mind was weighed down. "What kind of formation is this? Is it a sealing formation?"
"Something like that. But what this formation is sealing is not life, but heaven!"
"Heaven?"
Su Ping narrowed his eyes in astonishment.
Back on the Celestial Star, Su Ping had heard about the existence of "heaven" from the Chief Elder of the Golden Crows. That was a supreme Ethereal State. One could destroy over a hundred Blue Star Planets with a stomp of their feet. Even in the Interstellar Federation, such a being could overturn the entire Interstellar Federation!
But now, Joanna was saying that the formation was used to seal heaven?
Joanna was surprised by Su Ping's reaction. "It's not the 'heaven' you're thinking of. I'm talking about heaven and earth!"
"Heaven and earth?"
"That's right. This is a space-sealing formation. Once it's opened, the sealed heaven and earth will be revealed again. By then, the area of your Blue Star Planet will increase a lot. As for how large it will be, it depends on the area of the sealed heaven and earth."
Joanna glanced at him and said, "I didn't know that there were so many hidden things on your small planet. Whoever set up the Heaven Lock probably wanted to capture all the astral power in this space and keep it for himself.
"When the seal is opened, I wonder if the astral power inside will have been absorbed. If it hasn't, it will make the astral power on your planet richer and give birth to more ferocious beasts and Cultivators."
Su Ping was dazed.
The Heaven Lock Formation was built with a dozen bases as the foundation to imprison the astral power and enjoy it for himself?
"What level does the person have to be to be able to set up such a formation?" Su Ping asked.
"Formations don't have a high requirement on cultivation. You can set up the Heaven Lock Formation and the Five Elements Formation with legendary battle pet warriors at the Fate State. You'll just have to spend more time and effort. It'll be even easier if you're at the Star Rank," Su Ping explained.
"But I don't think a Star Rank battle pet warrior would care about the thin astral power on this small planet. It's most likely the work of a Fate State warrior."
Su Ping nodded. The person who set up the formation had to have something to do with the people who built the base cities. However, the base cities had been built a long time ago. Some of the base cities were newly built. The Class A base cities, such as Longyang and Longjing, had a long history.
"No wonder the Otherworld Heavenly King came to attack this place. It wants to destroy the Sky Lock Divine Matrix and release the astral power inside. If that's the case, the strength of the monsters in the world will skyrocket in a short period of time, which will be beneficial for them to invade human territory. They even want to swallow the released astral power to increase their cultivation."
Su Ping murmured to himself.
Everything made sense now.
The Otherworld Heavenly King had led many beast kings to attack the Heaven Lock Formation. It wanted to destroy the formation and steal the astral power inside.
"A thousand years ago. Was it built by the first master of the Tower …"
Su Ping was deep in thought. He had to ask Xie about this. He was the mayor and he knew more about the Longjiang Base City.
"Do you know how to unseal the Heaven Lock Formation and how to set it up? Teach me."
Su Ping asked Joanna.
He wouldn't mind if he could unseal the formation. He could take the astral power inside. Even if he couldn't swallow it, the astral power would be good for the battle pet warriors around the world.
Wild beasts would evolve faster when the astral power was rich. But humans would grow stronger as well. By then, reaching the legendary rank would not be as difficult as it was now.
"This is a third-rank formation, just like the Five Elements Formation. It's not a big deal," Joanna said casually. She didn't think that the formation was a big deal.
"To break the seal, you only need to destroy the six array formations. This is the normal way to break the seal. There are two other special ways. The first is to use the power of rules to jump over the seal enchantment of the array formation and enter the sealed world to destroy it from the inside."
"The second method is to build three more defensive formations and use the Yin and Yang techniques to reverse the formation."
Joanna darted a look at Su Ping. "The first way requires a battle pet warrior at the Star Rank. The second way is to build three more bases. The second way is easier. I'll teach you where to build them and how to set them up."
Su Ping clicked his tongue.
No wonder she was a legendary battle pet warrior. Third-rank formations were like elementary school questions to her.
A third-rank formation was as powerful as a battle pet warrior at the Star Rank. Some of the more powerful third-rank formations could even kill a Star Rank warrior!
"You didn't hire her for nothing." Su Ping exclaimed. Joanna had indeed helped him a lot.
"Good." Joanna darted a look at him and said casually, "I'm glad you know that."
"I have a sword technique that incorporates the power of laws. Can I cut through the void and enter the sealed world with this sword technique?" asked Su Ping curiously.
If his Art of the Formless Sword could enter the sealed space, he would be able to take the astral power that had been accumulated for thousands of years.
Although he had reached the bottleneck, the Chaos Star Chart that he had cultivated was quite special. It could still operate and absorb astral power.
If he could get enough astral power, he believed that the quantitative change could lead to a qualitative change. By then, his astral power would be enough to reach the legendary rank even if he couldn't sense the Heaven's Test.
"Sword art?"
Joanna raised her eyebrows and looked at him. "You're only at the mortal state, not even the legendary rank. How can you touch the power of laws?"
"You can't judge a book by its cover. Don't think that I'm just an embroidered pillow just because I'm good-looking," Su Ping said helplessly.
Joanna: "…"
"I didn't say that." She snorted.
"I know what you mean. Do you want me to show you?" Su Ping asked.
"Okay. I'd like to see it …" Joanna didn't believe him. She knew that Su Ping was strong, but she could accept that Su Ping could compete with legendary or even Fate State warriors when he was only at the mortal state. Such geniuses were rare, but not impossible.
However, he could control the power of laws as a mortal?
Wouldn't he be as talented as her reincarnation?
It had to be noted that her reincarnation carried part of her previous life's memories, including some understanding of laws. That was why her reincarnation could easily perform many forbidden skills and divine paths.
Boom!
Without further ado, Su Ping raised his hand, and the Ashura sword appeared in his hand. The void was shattered when the sword was launched!
Annihilation!
Everything returned to nothingness!
A black mark was left in the space in front of Joanna. Inside the mark were layers of space.
Joanna was stunned. Her pupils contracted.
It was really the power of laws!
She could feel that this was an extremely fierce Rule Bending Power!
"You actually …"
Su Ping put away his sword and asked, "Can you break this array with this attack?"
Joanna looked at him in a daze. She slowly came back to her senses and said with a complicated expression, "No. To break this array, you have to be proficient in the power of laws. The power of laws you've grasped so far is only rough. It's far from enough …"
At this point, her voice was somewhat bitter.
Even though he was still learning how to control it, it was enough for him to be able to do so.
This guy is really a monster!
"I can't …"
Su Ping was disappointed. If Joanna said she couldn't do it, then she really couldn't. He had no doubts about Joanna's judgment.
"That is to say, we have to build three bases to reverse the array or destroy the six arrays. But that's impossible …" Su Ping shook his head. He couldn't destroy the array in the Longjiang Base City, not to mention the others.
Without further ado, Su Ping sent the sand table back to the Qin Family. His top priority was to deal with the wild beasts. Later, he would learn how to break the Heaven Lock from Joanna.
Su Ping left the Qin Family and went to the west wall of the base city. There were many people on the wall. Many battle pet warriors were driving their battle pets, carrying missiles and equipment, and setting up defenses.
The Longjing Base City was under attack. The wild beasts might spread to the Longjiang Base City.
Su Ping went to Qin Duhuang to ask about the situation in the Longjing Base City.
The Xing-Jing Defense Line excluded the Longjiang Base City but that was the Tower's doing. Su Ping didn't dislike the base cities in the Xing-Jing Defense Line.
"They didn't ask for our help. The titled battle pet warriors from the Xing-Jing Defense Line and the legendary battle pet warriors from the Tower are all on their way to the Longjing Base City. I heard that three more legendary battle pet warriors have died …"
Qin Duhuang shared the latest information with Su Ping. He was worried.
The Xing-Jing Defense Line had abandoned the Longjing Defense Line but they were all humans. Qin Duhuang didn't want anything to happen to the Longjing Defense Line.
"Five legendary battle pet warriors have died …"
Su Ping frowned. Legendary battle pet warriors were good at staying alive and they could help each other on the battlefield. However, five legendary battle pet warriors had died in such a short time. The situation wasn't looking good.
Once the legendary battle pet warriors from the Tower were gone, the defense line would collapse!
The eleven base cities in the Xing-Jing Defense Line would be massacred as well. Those base cities had taken in the residents of the other base cities and had a population of over a hundred million!
One defense line would have a population of over a billion!
"I'll go and take a look if it's too dangerous," Su Ping said.
Qin Duhuang was surprised. "But the Xing-Jing Defense Line …"
"That's between the decision-makers and me. It has nothing to do with the civilians. The civilians in the base cities are innocent," Su Ping said in a low voice.
Qin Duhuang gazed at Su Ping with admiration. "Mr. Su, I admire your words!"
Su Ping waved his hand. He wasn't saying those words to show how righteous he was. He was merely saying those words because he couldn't bear to see the innocent civilians in the Xing-Jing Defense Line suffer!
Right then, Su Ping's phone rang.
"Mr. Su!"
Dao Zun's cold voice came as soon as the call went through. "Mr. Su, can you come to the Longjing Base City?"
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