Standing at the top of the valley, Xiang Xing circled the valley once before sending his spiritual sense down. After three breaths, his mouth twitched.
It was clear that there was a killing formation below. It seemed that the other party was prepared to end things here.
The long chase had already made Xiang Xing unable to hold himself back. Even though he knew there was a trap below, he had no choice but to force his way through.
However, as a Jin Dan cultivator who had lived for several hundred years, he still had some experience.
Yi Tian, who was hiding on the ground, saw the Jin Dan cultivator release his spiritual pressure. Then, he took out a blue spirit sword in his right hand and held the Exquisite Umbrella in his left to defend himself. After finishing his preparations, he rushed into the formation.
After the other party entered the formation, Yi Tian directly poured his spiritual power into the formation plate, instantly activating the formation. After three breaths, the entire valley began to shake. The eight formation bases in the valley turned into stone steles that were as tall as a person and stood upright.
As spiritual power poured in, the eight stone steles lit up and connected together.
With a 'sou', the entire valley's appearance disappeared, followed by a pitch-black void that swallowed Xiang Xing's figure.
Seeing that his attack had succeeded, Yi Tian's hands continuously formed seals to activate the formation plate. Suddenly, lightning and fire appeared in the formation and rushed towards Xiang Xing.
Yi Tian did not plan to succeed in one attack. He first probed, but who would have thought that when the formation hit Xiang Xing's Exquisite Umbrella, it would all be blocked?
Yi Tian's expression sank. He realized that he had made a big mistake. He had thought too simply of these Jin Dan cultivators. Even if they were only early stage Jin Dan cultivators, they were at least mid grade Core Formation cultivators. Their strength was not just a bit stronger than rogue cultivators from aristocratic families.
Moreover, they definitely had a great treasure. Otherwise, they would not have dared to enter the trap despite knowing it was a trap.
After the formation was activated, Yi Tian felt that he was riding a tiger and could not back down. If he stopped now, he could turn around and run, but it would be difficult to find another opportunity to deal with the other party.
After a thought flashed through his mind, Yi Tian shook his head. Then, he maintained his spiritual power output and vowed to trap the other party in the formation. He casually took out the last bit of spirit wine and drank it all.
Xiang Xing, who was trapped in the formation, wasn't having a good time either. His opponents were hiding in the incomparably dark space all around him. Fortunately, he still had a defensive spiritual artifact in his hand, which was able to withstand all of the attacks from the formation.
But now, it had become a stalemate. If they were to rely on a protracted battle, then the two sides would compete in terms of foundation. As a Jin Dan cultivator, Xiang Xing naturally believed that his sixth-stage Jin Dan cultivator was much stronger than his opponent. Even in terms of consumption, he had a lot of advantages.
On one hand, he maintained a steady output of spiritual energy to support the Exquisite Umbrella, while on the other hand, he raised his Natal Spiritual Sword and waited for an opportunity to attack.
In less than a quarter of an hour, Yi Tian found that the spiritual power in his body was draining away like a tide. If this continued, he would be exhausted to death before the other party could break the array.
In a hurry, he changed his mind. His hands formed four seals in succession and struck toward the formation plate. Simultaneously activating four formation plates was the limit of what Yi Tian could currently do.
Suddenly, the four spells of thunder, wind, fire, and ice were activated simultaneously, attacking Xiang Xing's position in succession.
Under the continuous attacks of the four spells, the halo on the Exquisite Umbrella grew dimmer and dimmer.
Suddenly, with a bang, a large hole appeared on the umbrella. Before Yi Tian could rejoice, several rays of white light shot out from the umbrella and blocked the incoming spells.
Seeing that the defense was about to be broken, Yi Tian hurriedly took out the Nanmu Seed with his left hand and summoned two vines, which he slowly moved along the ground.
When the four spells attacked again, the vines on the ground suddenly rose up and tightly bound Xiang Xing, who was in the center of the formation.
Two rays of sword light flashed and cut off all the vines on his body. Xiang Xing, who had just escaped, wasn't worried. Originally, he couldn't even pinpoint his opponent's position in the pitch-black space. Now, he had a clear target. Immediately, he pointed his right hand in the direction of the vines and roared, "Brat, I caught you!"
The ferocious flying sword stuck close to the ground as it shot out. The spiritual pressure on the sword shattered all the surrounding rocks, then it shot towards Yi Tian's location.
Seeing that his opponent had reacted so quickly, Yi Tian knew that he had to suffer. He originally wanted to launch a sneak attack, but he didn't expect that he would expose his location.
He couldn't care less. He grabbed the formation plate in his hand and activated the Firestorm Escape Technique to dodge the attack.
That sword light flew past a meter away from Yi Tian, and the surrounding Spiritual Pressure directly pushed him back a distance of ten meters.
The flying sword, which had lost its aim, hit the formation's barrier, causing the entire formation to tremble.
All of a sudden, the pitch-black illusory space around them was torn apart, and the two figures appeared. The entire valley returned to its original state.
Seeing that the situation wasn't good, Yi Tian hastily formed a hand seal and sent a few incantations to the formation plate. Once again, the pitch-black space appeared around them.
Before the space closed, a ray of sword light as thick as a bowl's mouth flashed and fiercely chopped at one of the formation bases. After being baptized by the sword light, a foot-deep sword mark appeared on the stone tablet.
The formation's illusory space clearly paused for a moment. Then, the speed at which it closed slowed down by thirty percent. At this time, Yi Tian was anxious. He continuously cast spells to activate the formation plate, but before he could form another seal, he saw another two thick sword lights slashing towards the same formation base.
Xiang Xing's target was clear this time. He attacked with all his strength. The stone tablet was cut into three pieces by the two rays of sword light.
After one of the eight array bases was removed, a loud clang was heard, and the barrier of the entire array was instantly shattered into pieces.
Seeing that the formation had been broken, Yi Tian didn't hesitate to use his escape technique to escape. Xiang Xing, who wasn't far away, also glanced over and raised his spirit sword to attack.
At that moment, a muffled cry shook the entire valley. A wave of spiritual pressure came from a cave on the side of the valley. The two of them were on guard as if they were facing a great enemy.
Yi Tian had rushed over in a hurry and hadn't properly investigated the valley to see if there were any movements.
In addition, the large commotion caused by the battle had alarmed the spirit beasts in the valley.
At this moment, a Flame Nightmare Beast sprinted out of its cave. It circled around the valley before turning its head to face the two uninvited guests.
Judging from its spiritual pressure, this nightmare beast was at the peak of the fifth rank. Its strength was comparable to a mid-stage Jin Dan cultivator. Its flying speed was even faster than Xiang Xing's. Without the assistance of a large formation, trying to escape from it was no different from a fool's dream.
Xiang Xing, who was standing on the side, was thinking about how to safely leave this place. As for avenging his nephew, he could think about it later.
Yi Tian originally thought that he was extremely unlucky today, but now it seemed that the heavens didn't cut off all paths. The appearance of this nightmare beast seemed to have a chance of turning things around.
Demonic beasts were originally on guard against powerful cultivators. At this moment, the majority of the nightmare beast's attention was focused on Xiang Xing. Since he was slightly weaker, he would have a chance to catch his breath.
Yi Tian didn't care so much. He held a spirit stone in his hand and began to recover. At the same time, he stared at the man and beast in the valley.
Now that he couldn't escape, he had used up more than half of his spiritual force. He would have to wait and see if he could benefit from this situation.
Xiang Xing also weighed the situation and felt that he still had a chance to escape. The nightmare beast's forte was its speed, but being stared at by it made his hair stand on end. He could only say, "Brat, how about we deal with this demonic beast together? Once we're done, I won't pursue this matter."
Yi Tian could only reluctantly say, "Okay, you go first."
Seeing the other party's fearless appearance, Xiang Xing was speechless. He turned his head and looked at the nightmare beast. Then, he held a spirit sword in his hand and prepared to inject spiritual force into it.
Facing these two uninvited guests, the nightmare beast roared towards the sky. Then, it turned its head and spat out a string of flames at Xiang Xing.
With a shout, the two didn't dare to hold back. They both attacked the demonic beast with spells.
According to the records in the Mountain River Records that Yi Tian had read, nightmare beasts usually liked to live in places rich in fire elements.
After reaching adulthood, their mane would be covered in flames. Their main attack method was fire.
Their forte was their speed. A peak rank 5 demonic beast's flying speed was comparable to a mid Jin Dan cultivator's.
Since running away was useless, then he could only fight back. Xiang Xing's spirit sword, which was mixed with a white halo, clashed with the flames for a while before returning to his hand. However, there were actually some fiery red spots left on the spirit sword.
After Yi Tian's fireball technique hit the nightmare beast, it was assimilated by the flames on its mane. Seeing that fire element techniques were ineffective, he could only switch to wood element techniques.
After taking out two demonic flower seeds, Yi Tian formed a hand seal and injected spiritual force into them. Then, he flicked the seeds into the ground and shouted, "Go!"
Three demonic flower vines dug into the ground and surrounded the nightmare beast from three directions.
Xiang Xing took out two talismans in the air and used his sword to cut his palm and smear his blood on them. Then, he held the two talismans in his hand and muttered an incantation. After three breaths of time, he roared, "Go!" The talismans transformed into two huge blades that shot towards the nightmare beast.
A muffled sound echoed in the air. Seeing the nightmare beast hit, Xiang Xing didn't even turn his head as he madly ran in the direction he came from.
With a burst of hissing sounds, a red figure suddenly rushed out from the smoke in the air. It was the nightmare beast chasing after Xiang Xing.
However, at this moment, the nightmare beast's body clearly had two half-foot deep wounds. As it ran, blood dripped from the wounds. Its eyes were red and its face was filled with anger. It continuously spat flames at Xiang Xing.
In less than three breaths of time, the nightmare beast caught up to Xiang Xing. Then, the nightmare beast stretched out its hind legs and fiercely stomped on Xiang Xing's chest.
Xiang Xing was caught off guard and was kicked. The protective barrier on his body burst like a bubble and didn't absorb much of the damage. His body was kicked back into the valley like a cannonball.
Although Yi Tian loathed Xiang Xing's actions, in order to save his life, he took advantage of the nightmare beast's pursuit and controlled the demonic flower in his hand to shoot out from the ground and wrap around the nightmare beast's body. The flower bud opened its mouth and bit down on the nightmare beast's neck.
Bright red blood accompanied by scorching flames came out of the demonic flower's mouth. In less than five breaths of time, the entire flower bud was burned to a crisp.
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