Chapter 2253: Men Die for Wealth, Birds Die for Food!

Standing at the foot of Mount Bakong, Ye Yuan felt a surge of excitement.

The scene before him filled him with admiration.

Indeed, being able to lay out such a magnificent and exquisite formation earned his utmost respect.

The entire Mount Bakong was an ocean of formations, stretching endlessly!

It was like an insurmountable natural moat, spanning between the Central and Western Realms, separating thousands of mountains and rivers.

It was hard to imagine that such a vast, starry-sea-like formation was set up by a single person in one night!

What terrifying level of formation mastery had this person achieved?

Ye Yuan could not fathom it!

After over sixty years of enlightenment, Ye Yuan thought he had reached a terrifying level in formation dao.

But before the restrictions of Mount Bakong, it was utterly insignificant!

The truly terrifying aspect of Mount Bakong's grand formation was that the eighty-thousand-mile mountain was a single, integrated formation!

Forcing one's way through the restrictions would mean facing the entire formation and being instantly annihilated!

Thus, to traverse the formation, one needed a formation master to lead the way up the mountain.

Entering recklessly meant certain death.

The thought of a formation spanning eighty thousand miles was terrifying.

Ye Yuan even felt that this was beyond human capability!

Looking around, this grand formation was composed of countless smaller formations.

These smaller formations were interlocked, forming an organic whole, perfectly coordinated.

Such skill was countless times more sophisticated than the restrictions Ye Yuan used for vigilance!

After all, setting up a small linked formation was easy because the amount of calculation required was relatively small.

But once the scale of the formation increased, the scale of calculation would skyrocket geometrically.

The sheer calculation required for an eighty-thousand-mile formation was unimaginable.

This level was beyond Ye Yuan's imagination!

At that moment, Ye Yuan finally understood the feeling that there was always someone better.

Ye Yuan had a feeling that the restrictions of Mount Bakong were probably the pinnacle of Tongtian Mountain's countless millennia!

"Ye Yuan, do you have confidence?" Seeing such terrifying restriction fluctuations, Jiang Ci couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

This place claimed countless lives every year.

Even with a formation grandmaster leading the way, one misstep would lead to annihilation.

"Is there another way?" Ye Yuan retorted.

Jiang Ci was speechless and shook his head helplessly.

"Kid, where do you think you can run?"

Just then, three terrifying auras whistled over, and Shui Yuan and his two companions finally arrived.

"Let's go!"

Without any hesitation, Ye Yuan turned and ascended the mountain.

The arrival of Shui Yuan and the others immediately drew the attention of many powerful cultivators.

Apart from the ubiquitous restrictions, Mount Bakong was like an ordinary mountain range, lush with towering trees.

Of course, there were also many opportunities.

Legend had it that this grand formation had once annihilated countless supreme experts, leaving behind numerous opportunities.

Thus, many powerful cultivators were exploring both at the foot and on the mountain.

"Two Heavenly Lords with a useless brat, and they've provoked three Celestial Realm experts? Are they crazy?"

"Looks like they fled here to escape the Celestial Realm experts."

"Heh, I wonder if there's a reward for killing these guys from those three Celestial Realm experts?"

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As everyone discussed, Tianyan Heavenly Lord announced loudly, "Whoever can keep this kid here will be rewarded with a top-grade Heavenly Lord divine artifact! Dead or alive!"

At these words, the mountain immediately erupted.

"Haha, kid, blame yourself for provoking such a powerful existence!"

At that moment, the formation master closest to Ye Yuan let out a strange laugh and lunged at him!

He was a peak Heavenly Lord and a seven-star formation deity.

He was thoroughly familiar with the formations at the foot of the mountain and would not trigger them.

Ye Yuan merely sneered, flicked his finger, and sent a divine essence strike five zhang in front of the man.

Instantly, a cyan flame flared up, and the man was burned to ashes before he could even scream.

Seeing this, the crowd's expressions changed.

However, the temptation of a top-grade Heavenly Lord divine artifact made them forget their fear, and they rushed toward Ye Yuan.

With a cold expression, Ye Yuan flicked his fingers repeatedly, triggering restrictions one after another, killing seven or eight in an instant.

Meanwhile, he did not pause but continued walking up the mountain.

Shui Yuan and Gu Hun, witnessing this, changed expression drastically.

"Brother Tianyan, this is useless!" Shui Yuan said anxiously.

Tianyan laughed, "This kid's formation skills are divine, and his fundamentals are no less than mine! I never expected these fools to stop him; I only hoped they would delay him long enough for us to catch up! You two follow me closely and don't make a wrong step, or even the gods won't save you!"

Hearing this, the two were overjoyed.

But the next second, Tianyan added, "This operation has far exceeded my expectations, so the price we agreed on before is no longer enough!"

The two cursed the old fox in their hearts for choosing this moment to extort them.

But now, they really couldn't do without him, so they had to swear a heavenly oath and agree.

After that, Tianyan stepped forward and began ascending the mountain.

Tianyan Heavenly Lord, as a super eight-star formation deity, ascended the mountain no slower than Ye Yuan.

By then, Ye Yuan had already killed over a dozen seven-star formation deities and climbed to a height of over a hundred zhang.

After killing over a dozen, no one dared to approach anymore.

But just then, the powerful cultivators above began to surge downward.

Seeing this, Jiang Ci's face turned ashen: "Damn it! The temptation of a top-grade Heavenly Lord divine artifact is too great; even eight-star formation deities are tempted! Now we're doomed!"

Ye Yuan was formidable, but limited by his cultivation level, he was no match for eight-star formation deities.

Moreover, these eight-star formation deities had studied here for years and were very familiar with the restrictions.

Ye Yuan was in trouble now!

However, a cold smile flickered across Ye Yuan's lips, and he said, "Indeed, men die for wealth, birds die for food. Since you're so eager to die, I'll send you on your way!"

With that, he flicked his fingers again, killing the Heavenly Lord experts who rushed up first.

Seeing this, Tianyan Heavenly Lord's pupils contracted, and he exclaimed, "This kid, does he not need to deduce? This should be his first time up the mountain, so why is he so familiar with the restrictions? It took me thousands of years to comprehend the restrictions within ten li!"

Tianyan Heavenly Lord's shock was not unfounded.

On Mount Bakong, every restriction was extremely complex.

Formation grandmasters took every step with extreme caution, as if walking on thin ice.

Especially first-timers unfamiliar with the restrictions dared not move recklessly.

One misstep would lead to death and annihilation.

Moreover, the higher one went, the more complex and profound the restrictions became.

The restrictions above Ye Yuan were all eighth-grade formations, extremely powerful, enough to kill Heavenly Lords.

Ye Yuan hadn't even reached that area, yet he could accurately trigger the restrictions—how could this not astonish him?