Chapter 468: The Empty Fort Strategy!

"S-Sect Leader, what happened?" Zhu Mingyu asked He Mingde tremblingly.

This scene was too eerie; in broad daylight, with thousands of eyes watching, the prisoner had vanished without a trace.

"Get lost! Useless thing!" He Mingde roared and slapped Zhu Mingyu flying.

He knew well that it wasn't Zhu Mingyu's fault—even he, a late Soul Sea realm martial artist, had unknowingly fallen into the great formation, let alone Zhu Mingyu, who was only at the Transformation Sea realm.

However, He Mingde was extremely frustrated and needed an outlet. Zhu Mingyu had tactlessly come forward, so he deserved his misfortune.

Moreover, someone had to take the blame for this matter. Zhu Mingyu was responsible for guarding the prisoner, and now that the prisoner was gone, he naturally became the perfect scapegoat.

"You fool, you can't even watch a prisoner. What use are you?" He Mingde said in a deep voice.

His blow had severely injured Zhu Mingyu, leaving him unable to speak.

He Mingde looked at the sect-protecting great formation before him, was silent for a long time, and finally slowly uttered a few words: "All troops, retreat!"

Ye Yuan was too eerie; he didn't have the courage to challenge this formation.

The experiences of Ma Yi, He Jun, and Liao Wenguang were still fresh in his mind. If he, the sect leader, were also buried here, the Zichen Sect would fall into complete chaos.

Therefore, He Mingde ultimately chose to retreat!

But He Mingde didn't know that he had missed the only chance to break the sect-protecting great formation.

...

When Tian Feng and the others were carried into the Youyun Sect by the Stone Ape clan, they felt as if they were in a dream.

"Uncle Master, are we... dreaming? We actually... returned to the Youyun Sect!" Luo Qingfeng said with a trembling voice.

Tian Feng was also full of shock: "Yes, it really feels like a dream! I thought we would die a miserable death this time, but in the blink of an eye, we're back at the Youyun Sect!"

"What... what exactly happened? Why were we brought out, and those Zichen Sect people didn't react at all? This... this is too unbelievable!" Xiao Jian still couldn't believe it.

"And these Stone Apes... what's going on?"

Soon, they arrived at the formation hub. When Mo Yuntian and the other disciples saw Tian Feng and the others, they were stunned.

"G-Grand Elder, Sect Leader, Master... you... you..." Mo Yuntian was incredulous.

They had been worried about Ye Yuan, but in a flash, Tian Feng and the others appeared before them, giving them an extremely unreal feeling.

"Yuntian... you... you're still alive!"

Seeing his eldest disciple, Xiao Jian's eyes reddened, and he was about to shed tears.

Tian Feng and the others were equally shaken; they had thought Mo Yuntian and the others had died in the secret realm, yet here they were, safe and sound, and their strength had even advanced further.

"Yuntian, did you save us?" Xiao Jian asked in surprise.

Mo Yuntian shook his head with a wry smile: "How could we have such ability? For the past month or so, Ye Yuan alone has been holding the fort!"

"Ye... Ye Yuan? Where is he?" Xiao Jian exclaimed.

Tian Feng and Luo Qingfeng exchanged glances, thinking to themselves, "Just as we suspected!"

Actually, back at Chongtian Peak, the two of them had already guessed as much. But now hearing Mo Yuntian's confirmation, they still felt deeply shocked.

"Ye Yuan he..." Mo Yuntian hesitated.

He really didn't know where Ye Yuan had gone. Logically, after rescuing Tian Feng and the others, Ye Yuan should have returned, but he had yet to show up.

"Ye Yuan forcibly activated the Great Illusionary Formation, exhausting his Yuan力和 soul power, and has fallen into a coma."

At that moment, a graceful figure appeared before everyone—it was Yue Mengli.

Although Yue Mengli was ugly in appearance, after more contact, her every move exuded the demeanor of a great master, and the Youyun Sect disciples could not bring themselves to dislike her.

"What! Ye Yuan he... is he alright?" Tian Feng exclaimed.

Yue Mengli shook her head: "Ye Yuan was prepared; it's nothing serious, but he probably won't be able to see you all for a few days. He asked you to first settle the sect's affairs; once he emerges from seclusion, he will come to meet you. By the way, the Zichen Sect has retreated, and the Youyun Sect is temporarily safe."

As she spoke, Yue Mengli was also astonished inwardly.

Ye Yuan had calculated almost everything. If He Mingde had personally broken the formation at that moment, without Ye Yuan's control, the great formation would not have held up.

But after witnessing Ye Yuan's eerie methods, He Mingde didn't dare to break the formation easily and instead led the Zichen Sect disciples in retreat!

This empty fort strategy was truly unprecedented!

She had been accompanying Ye Yuan in setting up the formation these past few days and had communicated a lot with him.

Yue Mengli was astonished to find that Ye Yuan was simply a genius!

From the day he decided to defend the Youyun Sect with the sect-protecting formation, he had already foreseen today's situation.

His earlier forceful killing of two mid Soul Sea realm experts was precisely to intimidate He Mingde, making him dare not act rashly today!

Such scheming was simply heaven-defying!

After speaking, Yue Mengli bowed gracefully to everyone and withdrew.

The Great Illusionary Formation was also derived from the Raksha Illusionary Formation, but it was far more powerful than the Small Illusionary Formation Ye Yuan had used in the Gale Realm.

It took Ye Yuan five days just to set up this great formation, and that was with the help of the Profound Water Banner, a profound artifact.

Since emerging from seclusion, Ye Yuan had disappeared for a period every day to set up the Great Illusionary Formation at the mountain gate!

Ye Yuan had cleverly connected the sect-protecting formation with the Small Illusionary Formation, and the range of the setup was extremely wide.

This Profound Water Banner was truly a treasure of the dao of formations, likely left by Lu Linfeng for the sect before his ascension. It made setting up the great formation twice as effective with half the effort.

It was precisely with the help of the Profound Water Banner that Ye Yuan was able to complete and activate this Great Illusionary Formation.

The Profound Water Banner and the Raksha Illusionary Formation were indeed treasures of the lower realm left by King Deyan, and when used together, they were indescribably powerful, capable of making even an expert like He Mingde unknowingly fall into the formation.

With Ye Yuan's current strength, activating and maintaining this great formation was still too much of a strain.

Moreover, at the critical moment, he had forcibly activated Thousand Streams Flying Blossoms, severely injuring Lin Feng, which further drained his energy.

After Yue Mengli left, Tian Feng said to Mo Yuntian, "Come, Yuntian, tell me in detail about your experiences these past few months."

Mo Yuntian nodded and recounted all that had happened during that time to Tian Feng and the others.

Only then did Tian Feng and the others learn what earth-shattering events had occurred over the past few months.

Although they had been imprisoned in the Tianqian Sect all this time, they had been very puzzled, wondering where the Zichen Sect had gotten such strength.

Now, upon hearing of the existence of the Gale Realm, they suddenly understood.

When they heard that Ye Yuan had used the sect-protecting formation to successively kill three Soul Sea realm experts, they were so shocked that their jaws nearly dropped.