Bamboo Mound

Just as he was about to approach, he unexpectedly bumped into a transparent screen, causing ripples to spread.

The incident happened suddenly, and because the Qingyun Step required the body to lean slightly forward, Ning Chang felt a "buzz" in his head and saw stars before his eyes.

Before he could even catch his breath, a strong sense of crisis surged into his heart like a tidal wave, instantly causing him to break out in a cold sweat and every hair on his body to stand on end!

He instinctively widened his eyes, alarm bells rang in his mind, and he quickly backed away.

When he regained his senses, he saw that the spiritual energy in the ripples he had just created was gathering at an astonishing speed!

The spiritual energy in the air seemed to be stirred by an invisible giant hand, emitting a sharp whistling sound.

"An array? This is not good..." He frowned, confirming that this was indeed the headquarters of the Astrology Pavilion. As for the scene inside, it was probably a disguise created by the sect's protective array.

Now, it seems that he has unintentionally triggered the formation's mechanism, causing it to begin a passive counterattack.

Sure enough, in the next instant, several illusory and unclear light blades, seemingly pieced together from starlight and streaked with starlight, slashed swiftly towards him!

Feeling the intimidating aura emanating from these light blades, Ning Chang's heart clenched at the immense pressure. A clear thought flashed through his mind: with his current strength, he was no match for these light blades!

His heart tightened, and without thinking, he immediately plummeted from the sky towards the ground, trying to dodge the trajectory of the light blade.

To his horror, those light blades, like ferocious beasts locking onto their prey, changed direction instantly with his movements, remaining firmly locked onto him!

At this moment, Ning Chang only has two options: to confront the enemy head-on or to escape.

However, he also knew in his heart that even if the Heavenly Yuan Spirit Body could offset some of the negative effects and he was carrying healing pills, he would be instantly shredded into dust and left with nothing if he was hit by the light blade in the face of such a powerful attack!

Just like the experiment he had done before, when the array's spiritual light hit a small leaf, the leaf would be instantly destroyed, while the spiritual light would not be damaged in the slightest. As for now, he himself had become a leaf.

"Fortunately, the attack speed of this formation isn't that fast." Ning Chang was able to easily create some distance with the speed of the Azure Cloud Step, but it was just difficult to shake them off.

Before he could finish speaking, the light blades suddenly accelerated without warning, like streaks of lightning slicing through the sky, hurtling towards him!

"You wawa!"

This sudden turn of events startled Ning Chang. Without time to think, he hurriedly prepared to activate his inner demon speed boost and rush towards Medicine King Valley.

At that moment, the only person he could think of who could neutralize this attack was Ning Tongyu.

At the same time, even though he was extremely anxious, his hands were not idle. He released handfuls of bamboo leaves from his spatial bag, along with more than ten green spirit bamboos, and flew them toward the light blade, trying to use them to block the light blade even slightly, in order to buy himself more time.

He himself didn't have much hope of affecting the Light Blade.

As he expected, even though most of the bamboo leaves flew towards the light blades like snowflakes, the light blades did not change in any way because of the bamboo leaves blocking them, and still slashed towards him with great momentum!

Moreover, due to the obstruction of the bamboo leaves, the direction of the light blades became more uniform, and they merged into a thicker light blade. The star spots flashing on it became more dazzling, and its momentum became more terrifying, as if it contained the power to destroy the world!

Seeing that the speed of the light blade was getting faster and faster, and was about to catch up with the speed of his second level of Heart Demon Swiftness, Ning Chang didn't care whether he could catch up or not. He immediately took out a handful of bamboo seeds, activated the spirit stone ore in his spatial bag, and began to fully promote their growth, intending to put up some resistance through the wildly growing Green Spirit Bamboo.

In the blink of an eye, only three or four breaths had passed since the formation released the light blades. Ning Chang had not run far when he heard a clear, ethereal, and somewhat familiar shout!

"Disperse!"

When he turned around again, there was nothing behind him. The powerful star-shaped light blades seemed to have never existed. Only the bamboo leaves he had used up reminded him that it was not an illusion.

The feeling of escaping death brought him a sudden sense of relief. He tossed aside all the bamboo seeds that had already sprouted, and sighed:

"Thank you for your help, Sect Leader Ge."

"It was nothing." A ripple appeared in the air in front of him, and then Ge Shu suddenly appeared in front of him.

"I didn't expect my young friend Ning Chang to be ready so quickly. It's my fault for forgetting to inform you in advance."

“No! If anyone’s to blame, it’s Tongyu. He didn’t even bother to give you a proper warning.” Ge Shu’s expression remained cold as she waved for Ning Chang to descend with her to the front of the formation.

"It's fortunate that Ning Chang is no ordinary person. He was able to hold out until I noticed and arrived. Under normal circumstances, even a cultivator in the mid-stage of the fetal heart stage would not easily be able to detect the trajectory of this formation's attack and would be killed in one move."

Upon hearing this, Ning Chang nodded with lingering fear, "It's alright, perhaps I can still escape to the territory of Medicine King Valley and have Ning Tongyu come to my rescue."

Ge Shu did not refute this statement. Ning Tongyu was at the same level as him, so naturally he was also capable of neutralizing this attack.

The two landed steadily in front of the formation. The originally invisible array barrier began to ripple as they approached, distorting the scenery within.

Ge Shu raised his hand and waved it gently. The ripples on the array instantly merged into one, and a portal that could allow the two of them to pass through slowly opened.

Looking through the doorway, the scenery has changed quite a bit.

The overall terrain was very similar to the previous disguise, but the villages and farmlands had been replaced with places where the disciples lived and cultivated.

Three mountain peaks suddenly appeared in the middle of the area, leaning against each other. The terrain was rugged and there was little place to stand, but many pavilions and terraces were built against each other, and caves were carved out behind them, which seemed to be places to live.

At this moment, Ge Shu turned to Ning Chang and explained, "This sect-protecting formation has the ability to prevent air movement. Anyone who approaches from the air without leaving a record in the formation will be attacked."

If you enter from the ground in a conventional manner, you will not encounter this danger.

Next, I will upload your identity information. From now on, you will not be attacked like this again.

"But remember to wear your identity jade token." After saying that, he led Ning Chang through the portal and into the formation.

As soon as he entered, he felt a strange spiritual energy fluctuation surrounding him. Two breaths later, it merged into the array behind him and disappeared without a trace.

As Ge Shu led the way, he said, "Now that you're all ready, let's set off."

Ning Chang looked puzzled and quickly asked, "Ready? What's up?"