Chapter 1814: Setting Up the Formation

"But... the battle here will soon spread. Once the other ancient sages in the royal city come over, escape will be impossible..."

Mo Ling Ancient Sage was extremely anxious.

The several ancient sages that Chen Linghuang had recruited, five of them, were not living here. With the formation blocking them earlier, they might not have sensed anything, but now that the power had leaked, they would surely rush over.

By then, even if they wanted to escape, it would be very difficult!

Although the Wuhun manifestation was powerful in combat, with so many strong experts surrounding them, even Chen Yonghuang had nearly been killed, let alone him!

His face tense, Zhang Xuan exhaled: "Even if we wanted to flee now, it's too late. The royal city is so vast, we simply can't escape..."

Even if they escaped the Linghuang Palace, it would be useless. The royal city was so expansive, and the city walls were covered with various formations. If they fled, they would be caught and brought back.

Moreover, even if they managed to escape the royal city, being hunted by over a dozen ancient sages... where could they go?

"Then what do we do?"

Understanding his meaning, Mo Ling Ancient Sage looked at him.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Xuan instructed: "Hold them off for ten breaths. Leave the rest to me..."

"Ten breaths?"

Startled, Mo Ling Ancient Sage finally nodded: "Alright!"

Whoosh!

Soul power surged, and the surrounding spiritual energy converged into a vortex. Mo Ling Ancient Sage immediately charged toward the two ancient sages rushing over. The forces of the three clashed, shattering the space layer by layer.

While fighting, Mo Ling Ancient Sage turned to look at the president, wanting to see what good plan he had. He saw him floating in the air, patterns constantly emerging in his eyes, and soon thousands of formation flags appeared before him.

From the great harvest at the Confucius Temple, Zhang Xuan had obtained many ninth-grade formation flags, and the thousands before him were all of that grade.

"He... plans to set up a formation? Is there time to set up a formation now? And..."

Seeing the other's actions, Mo Ling Ancient Sage nearly fell from the air.

He had witnessed the other's formation-setting ability earlier; it was indeed powerful, but... where was this?

The Linghuang Palace!

It was already covered with various runes. Setting up a formation here, even the slightest mistake would be fatal. With so much interference...

Not to mention ten breaths, even if a hundred nine-star formation masters came and spent a year, they might not succeed!

Setting up a formation within hundreds of existing formations was already a fusion formation, requiring a computational load that no human could accomplish...

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Before his shock subsided, he saw the young man floating in the air waving his hands repeatedly, shooting formation flags in all directions.

In less than three breaths, thousands of formation flags landed around the Linghuang Palace, sinking into the ground and disappearing.

"Alright, fall back quickly!"

After doing this, Zhang Xuan sighed in relief and shouted loudly.

"Alright!"

Mo Ling Ancient Sage hurriedly flew over.

He wanted to leave, but the other two ancient sages would not let him go easily. They attacked again in unison.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

At that moment, sharp roars sounded in the air.

"Linghuang, who is this person, forcing you to such a state?"

"Haha, this time we're helping you, you must give us what you promised earlier, not just empty words..."

Several streams of consciousness spread over, followed by a powerful oppressive force descending from the sky.

Five ancient sages appeared simultaneously above the Linghuang Palace.

"Stop the nonsense. I want them alive. Don't let them escape... I will fulfill what I promised. If even one escapes, don't mention anything further..."

Chen Linghuang gritted his teeth.

Although he could contend with the ruthless man's skeleton using the palace's formation, his previous injuries were too severe, and he was already struggling.

If this continued, the ruthless man's skeleton would not fare well, but his own injuries would certainly worsen, and he might even fall!

So now, no matter the cost, he had to keep these fellows here; otherwise, he would truly suffer a great loss!

Especially the dragon blood he had painstakingly refined. If he couldn't recover it, it would be unknown how many years before his injuries could heal.

"That's easy!"

The five ancient sages looked down and saw Mo Ling Ancient Sage and the ruthless man fighting the other two ancient sages.

"We can't escape anymore..."

Seeing that in this delay, so many ancient sages had arrived, Mo Ling Ancient Sage's heart sank.

Facing the previous two, he still had a chance to escape, but with so many now... it was absolutely impossible.

"I deliberately waited for them to come. Otherwise, we truly couldn't escape..."

Pale-faced, Zhang Xuan smiled slightly.

Setting up so many formation flags at once, even with the Library of Heaven's Path and his nearly infinite true energy, he still felt utterly exhausted.

"Deliberately waited for them?"

Mo Ling Ancient Sage was stunned.

In such a situation, he still had the mood to joke?

This could cost them their lives...

"Are you the ancient sages helping Linghuang? I am a friend of Yonghuang. He is not dead; Linghuang, in collusion with the humans, ambushed and severely injured him..."

Ignoring the panicked Mo Ling Ancient Sage, Zhang Xuan looked up at the figures in the air.

It would be best to win them over.

"Don't listen to his nonsense. He is a human spy, a master teacher. Attack quickly and kill him..."

Before he finished, Chen Linghuang's anxious voice rang out.

Earlier he had intended to spare the other's life, but now he couldn't care less.

These people were now loyal to him, but each had their own agenda, bound by interests. Once Chen Yonghuang promised greater benefits, it was uncertain whether he could still control them.

"Master teacher?"

Hearing that the other was a master teacher and had infiltrated this place, the many ancient sages' expressions changed.

"I am a master teacher? Linghuang, your excuse is too far-fetched. My killing true energy is pure and dense, and I have genuine royal blood of the Spirit Race. A master teacher... you can say that with a straight face?"

With a cold laugh, Zhang Xuan rapidly circulated his true energy.

In an instant, pure killing qi surged from his body, and his bloodline purity was no weaker than that of the three emperors, if not stronger.

"This..."

"Such pure killing true energy, can a human really fake it?"

"If he can fake it to this extent, we might as well not live..."

The several ancient sages were puzzled.

The most important way to identify an alien spirit was through killing true energy. The purer it was, the higher the bloodline. The purity of this person's true energy surpassed theirs; could he really be a master teacher?

"Kill him, and I'll double what I promised earlier!"

Seeing the ancient sages hesitate, seemingly believing the other's words, Chen Linghuang gritted his teeth.

"Alright, no matter who he is, attack!"

The five ancient sages' eyes turned cold.

The way of interaction among the alien spirits was completely different from that of the Master Teacher Continent. The latter emphasized rules, while here... there were no rules.

There was only interest.

Whether the other was Chen Yonghuang's man or a master teacher didn't matter to them.

What Chen Linghuang promised had doubled, something Chen Yonghuang could never give.

In that case, what was there to consider?

Whether he was dead or alive, who this person was, none of it mattered anymore.