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With Yang Rui's current strength as a high-level general, he would not be in any danger as long as he was cautious. The monsters in the innermost layer of the map were only Fifth Grade. Further in were extremely steep mountains that Yang Rui could not climb with his current strength.
The problem lay in these mountains. These mountains were too steep. Basically, they rose abruptly from flat ground without any transitional terrain. Moreover, the mountains were too quiet. There wasn't even a single bird or beast to be seen. It was a stark contrast to the flat ground that was filled with all kinds of monsters.
Of course, this was only Yang Rui's feeling. However, when he thought about the formation that Cheng Yu had mentioned, Yang Rui told Cheng Yu about what he had discovered.
After that, Yang Rui and Cheng Yu went to the core area of the Penglai Region to investigate. At the same time, Yang Rui brought Gao Shun and Zhang Ning with him. These two were both First and Second Grade historical figures. They were much stronger than Yang Rui. Perhaps they could be of help.
"I thought that I had found some clues. Now it seems that the core formation of the Penglai Region should still be here! What we saw before was probably only the outer formation of the entire Penglai Region! "
The few of them arrived at the core area of the Fifth Grade monsters. Cheng Yu carefully observed for over an hour before speaking.
"Mister Cheng, do you have a way to break the formation here?"
Seeing that Cheng Yu had made new discoveries, Yang Rui could not help but ask.
"The formation here is truly exquisite. It seems to have broken away from the boundaries of a mortal formation. My abilities are limited. I can only try to break the outer formation first before making any other plans. As for the core formation here, I have very little confidence that I can break it. Blazing Sun should not have too much hope! "Cheng Yu shook his head and replied. At the same time, his gaze fell on the continuous mountain peaks in the central area.
Yang Rui also caught Cheng Yu's action. He knew that Cheng Yu was not confident in breaking the core formation, but he was still unwilling to give up on this formation. From Cheng Yu's words, it could be seen that he was still confident in breaking the outer formation.
"Why don't the two of you try attacking it?"
Cheng Yu seemed to have thought of something. He turned around and pointed at a place not far in front of him as he spoke to Gao Shun and Zhang Ning. Everyone looked over and saw that the place Cheng Yu pointed at was in front of the steep mountain peak. At this time, there was only a void and nothing existed.
Gao Shun pointed his spear in the direction Cheng Yu was pointing at, stabbing randomly into the void. Although the few of them did not see anything blocking their path, they heard a series of "peng peng peng" sounds, which seemed to be the sound of something being hit in the void. Obviously, it touched a certain position of the core formation!
However, Gao Shun's attack did not have any effect, so not long after he attacked, Cheng Yu signaled him to stop.
Seeing this, Zhang Ning waved her jade-like hand and cast a large Heavenly Spirit Fire Rain. Except for a small part of the Heavenly Spirit Fire Rain that was distorted in mid-air, the rest of the Heavenly Spirit Fire Rain fell to the ground without any resistance. The effect this time was more obvious. In mid-air, the fire rain reflected a milky white sphere with a diameter of about ten feet. The distorted part of the fire rain just now was bounced off by it.
"The core formation here can't be broken with simple attacks …" Zhang Xuan muttered to himself.
Seeing this, Cheng Yu also signaled Zhang Ning to stop. At the same time, he nodded and said. Although Gao Shun and Zhang Ning's attacks did not work, it was likely to verify some conjecture in Cheng Yu's heart.
For the time being, there was no effective way to break the formation. Yang Rui and the others turned back to the abandoned town. Yang Rui, Gao Shun, and Zhang Ning continued to control the soldiers to level up. Cheng Yu, on the other hand, was still focused on studying the method to break the outer formation.
At this moment, Yang Rui did not have much hope of breaking the core formation of Penglai Realm. Instead, he was looking forward to seeing what would happen to Penglai Realm after the outer formation was broken.
Another seven or eight days passed in this manner. The average level of the soldiers under Yang Rui's command had already reached over Level 30. In fact, about half of the soldiers had already surpassed Level 35. Apart from the sixty or so S grade individuals, all of them had already been converted into Third Grade soldiers. Now, they only needed to train up to Level 50 and advance to Fifth Grade soldiers. Then, they could return and report back to Yang Rui.
It was worth mentioning that the soldiers that were leveling up faster were all direct subordinates of Yang Rui. Ever since they had advanced to Second Grade Iron Guard, their combat prowess as a special force had begun to show itself. Compared to the soldiers that Zhao Rong had handed over to Yang Rui, the combat prowess of the Iron Guard was far superior. As such, the efficiency of the two of them in grinding monsters naturally differed by quite a bit, and the gap between their levels quickly widened.
In particular, after the Steel Guards had become Third Grade soldiers, the gap between them and Zhao Rong's subordinates had become even more obvious. Thus, the current situation was reached. The Steel Guards were all over level 35, while the sword-shield soldiers had just become Third Grade soldiers. The level difference was already more than five levels!
This was the result of Yang Rui intentionally letting Gao Shun and Zhang Ning take care of the sword-shield soldiers. Otherwise, who knew how much time they would have wasted! Judging from the current situation, the Steel Guards would only need another thirty days to reach Fifth Grade. In fact, they might even take a little longer. Meanwhile, Zhao Rong's sword-shield soldiers would need at least two months!
Whether it was Yang Rui's own subordinates or the twenty thousand soldiers trained for Yang Rui, they were all allowed a 50% loss rate. Moreover, with how Yang Rui was training his soldiers without any losses, Yang Rui could almost see the situation when the extra twenty to thirty thousand soldiers entered his personal pockets!
Yang Rui had been in Penglai for more than half a month now. According to the original plan, Yang Rui should have left Penglai Territory by now. However, Yang Rui was very concerned about Cheng Yu breaking the outer array and decided to stay for the time being.
Before Yang Rui entered Penglai Territory, he had already made detailed arrangements for the territory. For the time being, there was no need to worry about the safety of the various territories. This was also the main reason why Yang Rui was able to stay with peace of mind.
However, Cheng Yu still hadn't completely understood the outer array. During this time, whether it was when Yang Rui was training his soldiers to level up or when he was free, he had been practicing his advanced special skill – the 24 Forms of the Falling Wild Goose. Through actual combat and practice, the proficiency of this skill had rapidly increased to 90% at Level 2. It would soon reach Level 3.
Yang Rui had already brought his ultimate special skill – the 49 Forms of the Falling Wild Goose – with him in his backpack. Once the special skill reached 100% proficiency, Yang Rui would be able to immediately practice the 49 Forms of the Falling Wild Goose. When that happened, Yang Rui's strength would increase even further, and he would finally reach the peak of an advanced general.
"I have some ideas about the outer array, but I will need the cooperation of Blazing Sun's soldiers."
Another two days passed. Cheng Yu's consideration of the outer array finally came to a conclusion. When Yang Rui heard the news, he was immediately shocked!
"How does Mr. Cheng need to cooperate? Do you want to mobilize the soldiers now? "
Yang Rui had been waiting for the moment when Cheng Yu broke the outer array. As for the cooperation of his soldiers in the process, it would only delay his leveling time. As long as he could break the outer array, wasting a little bit of time was naturally insignificant.
"Blazing Sun doesn't need to panic. Before breaking this array, some preparations need to be made. I'm afraid that this process will require Zhang Ning's help."
Cheng Yu said carefully. It was obvious that he already had a plan in mind.
"Oh? You need Zhang Ning's help? "
Hearing Zhang Ning's name, Yang Rui couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.
"Indeed! The name of the outer formation of this place should be called the Tai Chi Concealing Formation. It was a mysterious formation of Daoism and had some similarities with the Transmutation Unity Qi Formation and the Concealment Spirit Preservation Formation. Yu was not from Daoism, but he had dabbled in this formation before, so he recognized it.
In order to break this array, I will need to use a lot of array flags that can only be made by Taoism. Although I have memorized and recalled most of the contents and runes, I am unable to understand the principles behind it. I am unable to make the array flags, so I will need Zhang Ning's help … "
After listening to Cheng Yu's explanation, Yang Rui finally understood Zhang Ning's role in breaking the outer array, the Tai Chi Concealment Array. He immediately called for Zhang Ning, who was assisting the soldiers in leveling up, to come over.
"These runes … I have seen them before in the first volume of the Yin Yang Five Elements Chapter of the Second Part of the Taiping Secrets. No wonder they look familiar."
After Zhang Ning arrived, she only took the contents and runes that Cheng Yu had memorized. It didn't take her long to recognize them. This made Yang Rui feel relieved.
In fact, as long as Zhang Ning understood the principles, it didn't matter whether he had seen or recognized what Cheng Yu had written down. As long as he followed the instructions and used the Taoist techniques to make the array flags, it would be fine.
What was commendable was that Zhang Ning was actually familiar with these runes. She even found a few tiny mistakes in the contents that Cheng Yu had memorized and the runes. In the end, Cheng Yu also nodded his head. With this, the process of making the array flags became very simple.
In addition, Zhang Ning had all kinds of materials needed to make the array flags. Therefore, in the next day, Zhang Ning smoothly made the 81 array flags and one command flag that Cheng Yu needed. She then handed them to Cheng Yu. At the last moment, Cheng Yu asked for the two Grade-6 pearls that Yang Rui had obtained before entering the Penglai Territory. He also asked Zhang Ning to make only one array plate.
At this point, Yang Rui, Cheng Yu, and the others found out that Zhang Ning had been studying the Taiping Taoist Arts. Although she didn't show it much, she already had considerable attainments in it. This included talismans, medicine refining, and so on. Zhang Ning had already mastered many things!
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