Chapter 322: Chapter 291: Raid_1

“Damn it! Another formation!”

Xu Mu was so aggravated that he almost spat blood.

He didn’t expect that despite his arduous efforts, he was still a step too late. The exit was right in front of him, yet he failed to escape from it.

“All because of you, you wretch!”

Xu Mu hurled abuses at the Seventh Princess, who was so ruffled that she nearly attacked him again, but she restrained herself eventually.

Right now, being trapped in the formation, quarrelling with Xu Mu was pointless.

The pair found themselves amidst a space filled with stars – profound, empty, with their sense of direction completely blurred. Only the endless stars flickered faintly.

Without utterance, one knew this was a formation because with their cultivation base, it was impossible for them to reach such a deep starry sky.

In search of a solution, Xu Mu continued to use the secret techniques of the Corpse Puppet Skill. In his consciousness, light spots began to appear, symbolizing the Corpse Puppets used to set up the formation.

Xu Mu felt a surge of joy.

If he could sense the Corpse Puppets forming the formation, it wasn’t a difficult task to escape.

However, simultaneous to sensing the Corpse Puppets, Xu Mu also felt a powerful sense, situated at the center of the formation.

It was the Black YuanYing!

Additionally, several pulsations were extremely violent, which unsurprisingly, should be the other trapped princes.

“It’s not difficult for me to break the formation, but with the Black YuanYing sitting in the center, I’m afraid he could sense any slight movement of mine. If he takes action himself, I’ll have no place to flee!”

When the previous formation was broken, the Black YuanYing was hunting other cultivators, probably did not notice him, which allowed him to escape easily.

Now, his opponent was keeping a constant watch on the formation, fleeing was not that simple anymore.

“I can only hope that the other people will cause some chaos, giving me the opportunity to leave the formation first!”

Only by leaving the formation did he stand a chance to confront his opponent. Being in the formation was too much of a disadvantage.

These princes and princesses had trump cards left by the Imperial family, though the current formation was powerful, breaking it was not impossible.

However, what Xu Mu did not expect was that not only him, but the others were thinking the same.

He was afraid of exposure, being monitored by the Black YuanYing, while others were afraid of using up their trump cards. If they couldn’t break the formation, they’d be like a sitting duck.

As a result, everyone was waiting for someone else to act first.

Seeing the situation in the formation, the Black YuanYing laughed evilly.

He didn’t launch an attack on the crowd through the formation. Instead, he took the opportunity to quickly dispose of the followers of the princes and princesses, storing up his strength to the maximum.

The reason why he activated the formation was because everyone had sensed something unusual and wanted to depart. In order to stop them from fleeing, he had to hastily activate the formation, even though his power had not reached its peak.

While the formation was strong, its consumption was also massive, so he only activated it at this moment.

Maintaining the formation was quite challenging for him, but luckily, everyone was isolated by the formation and were all waiting for others to take the first step, giving him the opportunity to leisurely eliminate all the followers.

The only one who could possibly detect this was probably Xu Mu.

Using the Corpse Puppet Secret Skill, he sensed that the strength of the Black YuanYing was rapidly increasing, and a large number of energies were disappearing, but he was powerless to act.

“The damn thing’s strength is increasing too fast. Even if I escape, I’m afraid I’m no match for him. From the looks of it, I need to find another way!”

While Xu Mu was contemplating, the Black YuanYing, who had just ingested all the followers of the princes and princesses, was already quietly approaching him.

While Xu Mu was difficult to handle, compared to those princes and princesses, he was relatively safer.

Moreover, Xu Mu’s Sky-splitting Halberd was quite a tempting object as it had a unique power that could break powerful defenses. If he could get his hands on it, dealing with the group of princes and princesses would be much easier.

The reason he dared not act was because the group of princes and princesses had powerful defenses. It was impossible to break them in a short time and there was a chance he could be countered.

Xu Mu sensed the approach of the Black YuanYing and silently cursed.

However, thinking about it, it makes perfect sense that he, who doesn’t have powerful defenses, is the easiest target.

If that’s the case, let me give you a taste of something good!

A smirk played on Xu Mu’s face as he formed a spell. A phantom image of Kun Peng emerged behind him, rapidly absorbing the raw energy of heaven and earth within the formation.

This divine skill was a tier nine skill. Although he had advanced it to the Transcendent level, because his cultivation level was not yet there, the power it yielded was not fully manifested. Moreover, the charging time was too long, hence its usage was frequent.

At present, his cultivation had reached the Golden Pill late-stage, the Spatial-Bead had also advanced to tier nine. Under the propulsion of vast spiritual power, its power could shake heaven and earth. It was faintly reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

The Seventh Princess, not far away, stared in shock. She didn’t expect Xu Mu to have such a powerful attack method.

“Could this old fellow have broken the formation using this move?”

The Black YuanYing halted his actions, hiding within the formation and watching Xu Mu’s actions.

“It doesn’t seem right! This formation has the ability to dissolve attacks. With hundreds of Golden Pill Corpse Puppets, plus the formation itself, even an intermediate Nascent Soul wouldn’t be able to break it immediately!”

This was where the Black YuanYing’s ace lay.

This formation was set up at a great cost by the Seventh Prince years ago. It could mobilize the power of the entire space. Later, Prince Jade carried out reinforcements. If it runs at full capacity, even a mid-term Nascent Soul would find it difficult to break in a short time.

If it wasn’t connected to its foundation, Prince Jade would have taken it away long ago.

It was just that its operation consumed a lot of energy, so he’d been dragging until the end to use it.

“I wonder what your little trick is!”

The Black YuanYing hid in the shadows, wanting to first see what tricks Xu Mu had up his sleeves, before making a move.

Xu Mu kept gathering energy until his body neared its limit.

“Now that I’ve taken the Sin Refining Pill, my divine intention greatly surpasses the ordinary. Deploying this divine skill consequently yields a vast power, even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator would not be able to withstand this!”

Xu Mu made a mental note, then silently shifted his target to the Black YuanYing.

The Black YuanYing felt a slight shift in Xu Mu’s movement. The energy Xu Mu was gathering did indeed pose a threat, but he didn’t move because he had faith in the formation and didn’t believe that Xu Mu could see through him.

Furthermore, Xu Mu’s naive demeanor, clueless about from where to begin, reinforced his confidence.

Just as the Black YuanYing was tucked safely within the deeper layers of the formation, enjoying the show, Xu Mu suddenly aimed his attack at him. Before the Black YuanYing could react, the formation fluctuated, revealing his presence.

“Attack together!”

Xu Mu mentally signaled the Seventh Princess, then a torrent of energy surged from the phantom image of Kun Peng, rolling towards the Black YuanYing.

With everything happening so abruptly, the Black YuanYing had no time to react. He wanted to teleport, but the powerful energy torrent disrupted the spatial fluctuations, slowing him down a fraction. The energy beam released by the phantom of Kun Peng hit him square on.