Why did you provoke her? Even Heaven itself is afraid of her.

Upon seeing this, Long Xiu understood that Xuan Tian wanted to use puppets to replace the two of them in breaking the formation.

However, he himself still had some concerns.

"Senior Xuantian, will using a puppet to probe the formation cause changes to the formation and alter the original positions of the Five Elements Formation Gates?"

Xuan Tian said, "As long as the puppet is still inside the Water Gate, no matter how the Five Elements Formation changes, I can find the Water Gate."

Long Xiu cupped his hands in greeting.

"Alright, then I'll trouble Senior Xuantian."

Then, Xuan Tian controlled the five puppets to fly into the Five Elements Formation Gate.

After a while, Long Xiu took the initiative to ask:

"Senior Xuantian, how is the situation?"

"Of the five puppets I released, four were instantly destroyed as soon as they entered the Five Elements Gate. Only the puppet at the middle gate continued to move."

Upon hearing Xuan Tian's words, Long Xiu was overjoyed.

"Senior Xuantian, let's go straight to the middle gate!"

Seeing this, Xuan Tian reminded him:

"Don't rush. We can go in after the puppet reaches the end of the Water Gate."

The two waited for a quarter of an hour inside the Five Elements Formation.

Based on his connection with the puppet, Xuan Tian confirmed that the puppet had reached the entrance of the inner formation and then said to Long Xiu:

"We can enter the battle now."

Long Xiu then followed Xuan Tian and entered the water gate.

Seeing this, Ling Yun and Mo Yu, who were outside the formation, couldn't help but cast admiring glances at the two of them.

Mo Yu praised:

"Looks like these two idiots aren't completely stupid after all!"

Ling Yun ignored him, his mind still focused on the formation.

She was the progenitor of humanity and also a master of array formations.

Ling Yun knew better than anyone else that the most powerful part of the formation before him was its inner formation.

Inside the Five Elements Formation.

After Xuan Tian led Long Xiu into the water gate, they saw a river irrigated with mercury.

Neither of them dared to take a step forward.

Long Xiu looked at Xuan Tian and asked:

“Senior Xuantian, this Mercury River is full of deadly poison, and from what I’ve observed, there is absolutely no buoyancy or gravity on the surface. The two of us simply cannot fly across it.”

While speaking, to verify his guess, Long Xiu even threw a hair into the river.

The hair sank to the bottom of the river instantly.

Xuan Tian frowned upon seeing this.

"That shouldn't be the case. If there's no buoyancy or gravity at all, how did my puppet cross this river of mercury?"

Long Xiu suggested:

"Senior Xuantian, why don't you try using another puppet!"

"Okay, wait a moment."

Followed by.

Xuan Tian then took out a puppet from his storage ring.

At the same time, it was given the command: no matter what difficulties lie ahead, just keep moving forward.

Upon receiving the command, the puppet jumped directly into the Mercury River.

It sank very quickly.

Xuan Tian and Long Xiu were both startled when they saw this.

"How can this be?"

"Senior Xuantian, why don't you summon back the first puppet and see how it crosses this Mercury River?"

Xuan Tian reminded Long Xiu:

"Don't panic. According to my senses, the puppet that sank to the bottom of the Mercury River hasn't been destroyed. It's still moving!"

Upon hearing this, Long Xiu exclaimed in surprise:

"Senior Xuantian, do you mean that the puppet has been lurking at the bottom of the Mercury River all along?"

"That's right, we just need to wait a while and wait for the results."

Outside the God-Slaying Formation.

Lingyun and Moyu saw that the two of them had stopped facing the Mercury River.

Mo Yu's face immediately showed disdain, and he said somewhat unhappily:

"These two idiots are really hard to praise. I told them that once they entered the formation, they just needed to keep walking forward to get out safely. How come they can't remember that!"

Ling Yun patted his shoulder and said calmly:

"Let's wait patiently; haste makes waste."

Half an hour later.

Xuan Tian and Long Xiu witnessed the puppet emerge from the bottom of the Mercury River, walk safely to the shore, and remain unharmed.

"I understand. This Mercury River may seem powerful, but it's just an illusion. As long as we have the courage and determination to move forward, we can cross it safely."

Xuan Tian was about to jump into the river when he said that.

For safety's sake, Long Xiu grabbed him.

“Senior Xuantian, this Mercury River may not harm your puppets at all, but we are human beings.”

As we all know, mercury is highly toxic. What if our skin gets irritated if we go in?

“I also thought of this, so we can go down into the river wearing puppet armor.”

When I was bored back then, I crafted many humanoid puppet armors. Once a person put one on, it fit perfectly, and they would never suffer the slightest harm.

As he spoke, Xuan Tian took out two humanoid puppet armors according to their body sizes.

He put it on first, then handed the other one to Long Xiu.

"Thank you very much, Senior Xuantian. This humanoid puppet armor fits me quite well!"

After putting on the armor, Long Xiu felt incredibly powerful and was extremely happy.

Without wasting any words, Xuan Tian jumped directly into the Mercury River.

Long Xiu followed closely behind.

After the two jumped into the mercury river, they quickly sank to the bottom.

To their surprise, they discovered a wide road at the bottom of the Mercury River.

Moreover, there is no mercury on this avenue.

in other words.

This mercury river is just a facade, a paper tiger meant to scare people.

Long Xiu was somewhat puzzled and asked in return:

"Senior Xuantian, what was the purpose of the person who created this formation, who went to the trouble of building a river of mercury and then isolating the riverbed from the mercury?"

Xuan Tian chuckled and said:

"Perhaps this is the reward for practitioners who have the courage to face death! Because we stepped into the gate of life from the very beginning, so everything that looks dangerous is actually safe."

Long Xiu is a person with wisdom.

He immediately grasped the underlying principle.

“Senior Xuantian, this may be the answer to the saying, ‘Misfortune may be a blessing in disguise, and blessing may be a misfortune in disguise.’”

Xuan Tian deliberately stopped and patted Long Xiu on the shoulder.

"Kid, you've got it!"

"hey-hey!"

The two walked across the bottom of the mercury river and soon arrived at a set of steps.

The steps rise from low to high, totaling forty-nine steps.

Before the two stepped onto the steps, they saw a stone tablet to the side.

The stone tablet bears the inscription: "The Great Way is fifty, Heaven evolves forty-nine, leaving a sliver for man to contend with. Future generations who enter the fray must remember this, for press on without hesitation, for man will surely triumph over Heaven!"

Xuan Tian and Long Xiu were greatly encouraged after reading the words on the stone tablet.

Especially that phrase, "Go forward without hesitation, man can conquer nature!"

After the two reached the shore, Xuan Tian put away the puppet and continued walking forward.

Following the Mercury River, three flying swords, formed from different colored streams of water, hung high in the air in front of them.

After sensing the presence of the two, the three flying swords suddenly spoke:

"Cultivators entering the formation must pass the test of the Water Spirit Sword. We will set the difficulty level according to your cultivation levels. If you enter the formation simultaneously, the power will be set according to the cultivation level of the one with the highest cultivation. Please choose the order in which you enter the formation!"