Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 319: Fourth Stage Formation
Aibu strode ahead, and the other three followed behind. After walking for a long time, they still didn't reach the end.

Mail couldn't help but ask in confusion, "The area covered by this formation isn't very large. How come we've been walking for so long and still seem to be standing still?"

"This formation forms an independent world, or an illusory world. What we see from the outside is only the appearance of the formation. Once we enter, we will see the true location of the formation."

Aibu responded without turning his head. As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a burst of ghostly howling coming from all directions. Then, many ghosts and spirits appeared out of the dark fog and attacked the four people.

And behind the many ghosts, there is a ghost general.

"I will take care of that ghost, and you can take care of the minions." Aibu said expressionlessly.

At this time, hundreds of ghosts had surrounded them from all directions, shouting and forming waves of sound.

The ghost is a low-level ghost creature with strength equivalent to that of a Qi-refining cultivator. It poses no threat to the few people.

Aibu took the first step. He put his hands together and blood-colored threads shot out from his palms and headed towards the ghost general.

Song Xian unleashed a surge of fire waves to meet the ghosts on the left. The overlapping fire waves collided with the sound waves condensed by the ghosts without any interweaving sound. The sound wave attacks from dozens of ghosts were completely melted by the flames. The fire waves rushed past and immediately submerged several ghosts.

Without waiting for the ghosts to gather and fight back, he once again used the Yang Explosion technique. A huge red sphere condensed and smashed into the ghosts, instantly turning that area into a sea of ​​fire.

While Song Xian was dealing with the ghost on the left, Mail and Apu were not idle either.

Mail controlled a huge golden lightsaber and slashed at the ghost on the right.

Apu condensed a large red palm and struck the ghosts in front.

At this time, Aibu also fought with the ghost general. Dense blood-colored threads surged towards the ghost general and wrapped around his body.

The ghost general spewed out ghost beads, condensing a black barrier to protect himself.

The three of them each used their magical powers to easily deal with these ghosts. After a short while, they had eliminated all the ghosts.

Aibu and the ghost general were still in a stalemate. The ghost general had already taken back the ghost bead and condensed a large black palm print to slap Aibu.

Aibu clasped his hands together, blood light surged around his body, and a blood-red sword stabbed at the big palm print. After the long sword and the big palm print clashed several times, the palm print shattered.

The blood-red sword stabbed straight down, and the ghost general spit out the ghost bead again, which condensed into a black barrier to block the attack.

Seeing this, the three of them came to help and used their magic to attack the ghost bead. With their combined efforts, the ghost general could not resist and the black barrier shook violently.

Under the fierce attacks of the four people, the ghost general roared, and the ghost bead in front of him shattered. The dazzling black light swept in all directions, and circles of ripples visible to the naked eye spread out in all directions, and his body turned into black smoke and dissipated.

The four of them were surrounded by defensive shields and did not suffer any damage despite the residual power of the Ghost General's crystal core explosion.

Aibu flashed and came to the place where the ghost general's body disappeared. He flipped his hand and took out several red flags and stuck one of them on the ground.

In fact, with his cultivation level, it is not difficult for him to deal with this ghost general alone. However, he is unwilling to consume too much spiritual power in his body, so he is more conservative in his actions.

Seeing him take out the flag and plant it, Song Xian and the other two came up to him. Mail asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist Aibu, what are you going to do?"

"This is a simple four-star compass flag. It can help us locate the formation. Each of you takes one and places it in the designated location. Then, follow my instructions and infuse spiritual power into the flag to break the formation."

Aibu distributed the other three formation flags to the three people, and then took out three dark green talismans from the storage bag and handed them to the three people.

"This talisman allows you to hear the other party's voice transmission within a hundred miles, and it can last for two or three hours. Wear it with you and do as I command."

The three of them took the battle flags and talismans, and Mail asked, "What's next? Where should we go?"

Aibu did not answer. He took out a round bead in his hand and pointed it at the flag. A ray of light shot into the flag. The red flag burst into a dazzling light, and ripple-like light waves spread out in all directions.

"I'm going to guard this place to prevent the demons in the formation from destroying the main flag." Aibu pointed in three directions and said, "The three of you go forward. Every ten miles or so, stop and plant the flag. Remember to stay in touch with the sound transmission notes at all times."

"Then I'll go this way."

"I'll go that way."

The three of them each chose a path. Song Xian walked towards the front right. In the thick fog, their figures soon disappeared.

He followed Aibu's instructions and walked forward. After walking about ten miles, he planted the red formation flag in his hand and took out the sound transmission talisman. Spiritual power poured into the room and the talisman emitted a dazzling green light, enveloping him completely.

"Fellow Daoist Aibu, I have already planted the flag as you requested. What should I do next?"

"Stand still and let me detect it." Aibu's voice came from the talisman.

Soon, a faint red light wave was seen emanating from the underground formation flags, spreading in all directions. After a long while, Aibu's voice was heard again from the talisman: "Go forward to your left front."

"Okay." Song Xian responded, put away the talisman and formation flags, and headed in the direction he indicated.

As they were walking, they heard howling all around, and then a ghost general appeared, leading a group of ghost dogs.

Nearly thirty ghost dogs formed a fan shape and rushed towards him. Some of them spewed black flames from their mouths, some screamed shrilly, and waves of sound waves gushed out of their mouths, and some pounced on him at close range.

The strength of ghost dogs is stronger than that of ghosts, equivalent to the middle and late stages of Qi training. Facing the siege of so many ghost dogs, Song Xian did not dare to be careless. He flashed and flew backwards to avoid the attacks of many ghost dogs. At the same time, a fire flow shield condensed around his body to protect himself.

It would be unwise for him to confront so many ghost dogs head-on. He needed to disperse them and defeat them one by one.

As he flew back, the ghost general continued to chase him with a group of ghost dogs.

Soon, the ghost general distanced himself from the ghost dogs. Although the ghosts in the formation were quite powerful, they were not very intelligent. When they saw the invaders, they just attacked blindly, wanting to eliminate them without any detours.

Under Song Xian's seduction, the ghost general lost contact with the ghost dog he led, and a wild howl came from his mouth, and an overwhelming sound wave surged in. Seeing that the ghost dog was left behind, Song Xian stopped, put his hands together, and condensed his magic.

Flames rose up from between his palms and flew into the air like fireflies.

The next moment, the flames exploded and turned into a ball of fire that filled the sky and smashed towards the ghost general.

This is the second-grade high-level fire magic, Flame Meteor.

The numerous fireballs were like flickering meteors with long flame tails. The raging flames instantly turned the entire world into a sea of ​​fire.

The sonic attack condensed by the ghost general was instantly burned through by the flaming meteors, and the overwhelming sonic waves melted in the sea of ​​fire.

The red flames in the ghost general's eyes suddenly jumped, and black flames surged around his body, condensing into a black flame ball like a huge sun, heading towards the fireballs in the sky.

The fireball collided with the black fireball, and the black flames and the raging flames intertwined.

Under Song Xian's observation with his true eyes, he could clearly see the difference in magic between the two sides. The ghost general's black flame was only slightly stronger than a second-grade intermediate magic, with an attack power of only 320 points.

The attack power of the fire meteor he cast was as high as 1100 points, which was nearly four times the difference. How could the black flame be a match?

Soon, the black flames were melted by the fireball. Seeing that the remaining fireballs were attacking with undiminished momentum, the ghost general opened his mouth and spewed out his crystal core. The black light spread and formed a black barrier that enveloped it.

This was not the first time Song Xian had faced this ghost general. He had fought against this ghost before he even established his foundation. He knew that this crystal core was the essence of his cultivation, and it was also one of his strongest means of defense.

Under his observation, the defense power of the barrier condensed by the ghost bead reached 630 points. Fireballs hit the black barrier one after another. Just when the black crystal core was trembling violently and was about to be unable to withstand it, the ghost dogs had caught up to him and attacked him with black flames.

Although the ghost dogs' cultivation level was not high, they had the advantage of being numerous. More than 30 ghost dogs used their own methods to smash the fireballs one by one.

The ghost general also took this opportunity to take back the ghost bead, then raised his hands and condensed a dark ball of light, which turned into a size of more than ten feet. Black flames inside shot towards him like arrows.

The black flames hit the fire shield condensed around him. Song Xian did not fight back, but turned and fled, leading the ghost general away again.

The two sides chased and fled, and soon left those ghost dogs with low cultivation behind. The black light balls condensed by the ghost generals continuously shot out flames, hitting the fire cover, but they were still unable to break through the defense of the fire cover.

Seeing that he had shaken off the ghost dog, Song Xian no longer held back and released the Golden Crow Flame.

A ball of golden flame condensed in his palm, and the golden flame instantly enveloped his body. Then it separated from his body and turned into the appearance of a golden crow.

When the ball of golden flame in his palm entered the forehead of the Golden Crow, the Golden Crow seemed to come alive, flapped its wings, and rushed towards the ghost general.

Wherever it passed, golden flames covered the entire space.

After the fight just now, Song Xian already had a general idea of ​​the ghost general's methods. His strength was almost the same as the one he encountered before he established his foundation, so he released the Golden Crow Flame attack.

This is because he knew that this ghost general was no match for the Golden Crow Flame, so there was no need to worry about the Golden Crow Flame's safety.

Things happened just as he expected. The fierce flames of the Golden Crow instantly incinerated the dark ball of light. The ghost general first condensed a huge black palm print to face the Golden Crow, but it was melted by the golden flames in an instant. Seeing that the Golden Crow was approaching, the ghost general hurriedly spit out the ghost bead and condensed it into a black barrier.

After a short while, the black barrier was melted by the golden flames, and the Golden Crow instantly passed through its body. The ghost general turned into a puff of black smoke and disappeared without a trace. At this time, the chasing ghost dogs had not arrived yet.

After destroying the ghost general, Song Xian immediately retracted the Golden Crow Flame and waited quietly in place. Not long after, the ghost dogs chased here. Without the threat of the ghost general, he naturally didn't need to defeat them one by one.

Perhaps the ghost dogs in the formation did not really exist, but were condensed by the restriction, or perhaps they were affected by the formation. These low-level ghosts knew that the ghost general had been destroyed, but they did not flee in all directions. Instead, they attacked him.

Song Xian used the Fire Meteor, and huge fireballs condensed and smashed down towards them.

After several rounds, more than 680 ghost dogs were all eliminated, and Song Xian's spiritual power was also consumed a lot, and now only points of spiritual power are left.

Although his condition was not full, he could not recover his spiritual power at this moment, so he could only continue to move forward in the direction indicated by Aibu. Fortunately, he did not encounter any ghosts along the way. After some searching, he finally found the corresponding formation.

When the formation flag was inserted into the ground, the red ripples it emitted did not stop spreading, but instead gathered inward. After he informed Aibu of this situation through the sound transmission note, Aibu responded that this was the position of the formation, and asked him to guard it.

After about half an hour, words were heard again in the sound transmission talisman. Song Xian poured spiritual power into the formation flag as required. As the spiritual power continued to flow in, the formation flag burst into dazzling light. The originally three-foot-sized formation flag swelled in the wind and turned into a size of several feet. A ray of light shot out from it and froze in the air not far away.

"That's where the formation is. Listen to my orders later and use your strongest means to attack that point. Only then can we break this formation."

After a while, Aibu gave the order to attack. Song Xian did as he was told and cast the fire meteor spell, condensing huge fireballs to attack that point.

The fireball hit the air where the light of the formation flag was pointing, but it was like a clay cow or water, without any movement.

This was different from hitting the air. Song Xian could feel something strange, but he had a feeling that he had nowhere to exert his strength. He had no choice but to keep controlling the fireball to attack that place. As the fireball continued to hit that place, a series of thudding sounds were heard.

At the same time, the light of the formation flag became more dazzling, and the light it shot out seemed to sink into another space, tearing a hole in the half space, revealing a faint ray of white light, which was very different from the dim and gloomy space.

Seeing this, Song Xian was inspired and repeatedly controlled the fireball to attack the torn corner.

As the fireball continued to attack the torn area, the tear became larger and larger, and the outline of the scenery inside could be vaguely seen.

After performing three consecutive flaming meteors, the entire dark and gloomy space emitted a series of violent rumbling sounds, and the entire world rapidly turned upside down. Song Xian stood still, watching the space turn upside down, and dazzling white light shot into the inside from the outside, submerging him.

The next moment, the overcast sky suddenly cleared up. The surrounding fog also disappeared, and after the dazzling white light, the scene before him was clear again.

Song Xian looked around. Aibu, Apu and Mail were standing not far away. They were only a few hundred feet apart, forming a square. In the middle of the four people, a tall formation altar stood.

I have to say that this formation is really amazing. Just now, the few people in the formation were at least dozens of miles apart. Unexpectedly, after the formation was broken, they returned to the real world and were only a hundred feet apart.

(End of this chapter)