How did a bastard like him become an immortal?

Li Muyun accepted the challenge and, together with Lu Cheng, headed to the arena where the Heavenly Array Sect's array formations would be tested.

Zhu Jiutong was eager for Li Muyun to make a name for himself and gain fame, so that more array masters would flock to him and he could keep such a prodigy in the Sun Moon Empire.

Li Muyun and Lu Cheng had already arrived at the venue. The two stood facing each other and prepared for a moment.

Hong Tiandu spoke up.

"When the two engage in a battle of formations, they may only use formation techniques, and they shall stop when they have made their move!"

After saying that, Lu Cheng's expression suddenly turned serious. He made a hand seal, and the array pattern energy roared out, constantly connecting and pulling in the air, transforming into leaping and floating wood spirits.

This is the condensation of the array's energy, which stirs the principles of heaven and earth. It is the preparatory work for setting up the array and cultivating the array's energy.

Old-school array masters always set up arrays in this way, step by step, in a methodical and orderly manner.

Li Muyun stood with his hands behind his back, staring blankly at Lucheng in front of him.

At this moment, all he wanted was to end the competition quickly, slap them in the face, and then leave.

However, when it was presented to those numerous array masters, they shook their heads in disbelief.

He was so arrogant before, yet he didn't even know the first step of connecting with the principles of heaven and earth, and he couldn't transform into array pattern energy. He was purely a self-taught amateur.

It's a shame they had such high expectations.

Li Muyun, who was staring blankly at Lu Cheng, laughed inwardly as the emerald light in his hand solidified into a tangible form.

The next step is to focus on the core of the formation!

He flung twelve jade bodhi beads from his sleeve, and suddenly many wooden stakes rose from the bluestone ground. The twelve jade bodhi beads transformed into a wooden dragon, powerful and majestic.

He plunged his left hand deep into the wood grain, and a burst of emerald green light erupted from his body, plunging into the great formation.

"All trees heed my command!"

With a loud shout, Lu Cheng activated the array's core, and the array's spiritual energy was instantly transformed, forcefully activating the great array!

Twelve dark wooden dragons burst from the ground, their bodies glowing with a dazzling blue light. They charged towards Li Muyun, accompanied by a fierce gale, trapping him in a blue cage ten feet in diameter.

"Hmm, not bad. This kid's Wood Spirit Dragon Wind Formation has improved again. It's very precise and methodical, he has obviously put in a lot of effort."

Hong Tianming looked at his disciples in the arena, took a sip of tea, and nodded with satisfaction.

Li Muyun stood within the formation, his expression unchanged. He raised his hand to flick the wood shavings stuck to his sleeve and shook his head.

He then took a step forward, and the energy of the array patterns suddenly erupted.

When the three giant trees instantly exploded into dust, several jade bodhi beads shattered on the ground, and the energy of the entire formation became extremely chaotic and uneasy.

"This is impossible!"

Lu Cheng's heart trembled, and he roared in disbelief.

That kid only took one step, and his array core shattered piece by piece!

Affected by the backlash of the great formation, he swallowed several mouthfuls of blood and foam. He fiercely bit his fingertip, spitting out his essence blood, and the energy of the great formation suddenly swirled and rose again.

But when Li Muyun took another step, all the ancient trees suddenly stopped moving, and the entire formation seemed to fall into a deathly silence.

Lu Cheng was frantic, frantically forming hand seals, only to find that the spiritual energy within the formation was flowing backward, and the entire formation seemed to have gone out of control and was no longer under his control!

How is this possible!

He didn't even have time to see how Li Muyun made his move before his own formation suddenly stopped advancing!

Li Muyun smiled and shook his head.

Using the Seven Star Steps of Heaven, taught to him by the Rabbit God, to deal with such a small, insignificant formation is simply too much of a dimensional simplistic approach.

Many array masters on the sidelines stared in astonishment. Not to mention Lu Cheng, even those watching the battle couldn't see how Li Muyun did it!

This is completely beyond the common sense of a formation master.

A battle between array masters should ideally involve two array masters simultaneously constructing arrays to fight each other with arrays. However, Li Muyun actually crushed the arrays without using any arrays at all, using only the aura of the arrays themselves.

This only proves that the difference in their formation skills is too great!

"Are you done? It's my turn!"

Li Muyun spoke calmly, his brow trembling, and the array patterns around his body surged like a tide. At this moment, he no longer concealed or suppressed anything.

Boom!

Thunderclouds surged like boiling water above Hongdu City, and nine bolts of purple-gold lightning, as thick as water buckets, tore through the sky. Upon landing, they transformed into moving array patterns, winding into a formation.

Lightning flashed across the sky, thunder roared, and the energy of the array brewed and roared, like a powerful vortex, drawing the spiritual energy within a hundred miles into a vacuum.

The people of Lucheng across the street were shocked by the lightning. With just two steps from Li Muyun, they lost all their fighting spirit and their minds were broken. They stared blankly at the light of the sky, which they could never hope to reach in their entire lives!

"Nine Heavens... Divine Thunder Formation?"

With a cracking sound, the teacup in Hong Tianming's hand shattered.

Hong Tianming stood up in disbelief, swallowed hard, and stared at the lightning in the sky with a complicated expression.

In this land of marshes, the heavens beat the drums, thunder roars ten thousand feet, and the lost formations become battle arrays!

He looked up at the ancient thunder patterns emerging from the thunderclouds, and his mind trembled. The "Heavenly Gang Thunder Technique Essentials" that he had painstakingly studied for a hundred years contained this ancient and lost divine formation!

However, this formation is too ancient and ancient. Although it is a divine formation, it can roar and stir up the might of heaven, which is extremely terrifying.

At this moment, Hong Tianming felt a surge of emotion, as if he had forgotten everything. All he could hear was the thunderous roar, and he stared intently at the lightning in the sky.

Li Muyun, his hair flowing freely, stood with his hands behind his back amidst thousands of lightning bolts. He took a deep breath, and the golden lightning seemed to come alive, instantly swirling and swirling over the entire Hongdu.

In an instant, countless gazes were cast upon this place, but upon realizing it was the territory of the Heavenly Array Sect, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

In other places, we would probably have to be wary of natural disasters and man-made calamities.

After a moment of urging, Li Muyun finally dispelled the layers of thick fog, dissipating the pent-up, about-to-burst lightning bolts, and slowly landed on the ground, his gaze calm and indifferent, without the slightest change in expression.

However, the way everyone looked at him at this moment had completely changed; they were looking at him as if he were a monster or a demon.

Lu Cheng rolled off the stage in a daze, and no one paid any attention to him.

There was no need for an announcement, and it wasn't even a competition; Li Muyun completely won over many array masters.

Although they were not as proficient in thunder magic as Hong Tianming, they had some understanding of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Formation.

However, the undisguised divine array aura, like the surging lightning that could destroy the world, was all the work of this young man in his early twenties.

Hong Tianming sat in the main chair as if all his strength had been drained, too shocked to speak for a long time.

The array masters from the Heavenly Array Sect behind him were also completely silent; apart from their heavy breathing, there was no other sound in the entire venue.

Li Muyun broke the silence with his voice.

He doesn't have time to waste with this bunch of old men.

He still had to rush to Jinling City.

"How are you all? Are we able to use the teleportation array now?"