Chapter 601: Counter-Controlling the Formation

"Then... when do we withdraw?" Su Hu asked helplessly.

As the lord of a city, he naturally was unwilling to leave his own territory.

In truth, deep down he still harbored a sliver of hope, hoping to preserve Redlight City.

Ye Yuan saw through his thoughts and said, "The sooner the better, but... we need to make some preparations, otherwise leaving the city would be walking to our deaths."

Su Hu's interest was piqued, and he asked, "What preparations does Young Master Ye need?"

"City Lord, can you sort all the martial artists in the city by their cultivation level? In three days, gather everyone above the Crystal Condensation realm together. Is that difficult?" Ye Yuan said.

Ye Yuan expected Su Hu to show reluctance, but he answered without hesitation, "Fine, no problem! In three days, at the north city training ground, I will gather everyone together."

Seeing Ye Yuan's expression, Su Hu said with some pride, "When these martial artists entered the city, I had already ordered all those who flooded in to be registered. Now all I need to do is categorize them. These past days, some people have caused trouble, but I suppressed them with a firm hand. Now they know better and no one dares to make trouble."

Ye Yuan was slightly surprised and said, "Heh, the City Lord is quite capable! In that case, I will go into seclusion now. See you in three days at the north city training ground!"

Just then, a young man burst recklessly into the city lord's mansion, shouting, "City Lord, something terrible has happened! The grand formation has gone out of control!"

Su Hu's face darkened, and he scolded the young man, "What's all the shouting for? Don't you see we have guests? The formation is fine, you don't need to worry about it!"

This young man was the young formation master Shao Siqi, who was in charge of the city-guarding grand formation. Hearing Su Hu's words, he noticed Ye Yuan and the others.

But he was still puzzled, "City Lord, how do you know the formation is fine? You just sent a message for me to activate the formation to kill those who broke into it, but I found I couldn't control the formation at all. Ah... those people couldn't be... couldn't be..."

Shao Siqi suddenly understood something and looked at Ye Yuan in surprise.

Ye Yuan said, "That's right, it was me."

Shao Siqi's eyes widened in disbelief, "You? How is that possible? You're only at the Sea of Qi realm, how could you make me lose control of the formation? Those four behind you, maybe!"

"Shao Siqi, shut up! Do you know..."

Su Hu looked embarrassed. Shao Siqi had exposed his secret, making him feel awkward.

Although Ye Yuan must have known about his order long ago, saying it out loud was not good.

Now Shao Siqi, in his recklessness, had offended Ye Yuan, this little ancestor, which was no laughing matter.

He was about to scold Shao Siqi when Ye Yuan stopped him with a gesture.

Ye Yuan said to Shao Siqi, "Don't believe me? Let's try! If your formation so much as touches a corner of my clothes, I'll admit I was bragging and apologize to you. How about that?"

Shao Siqi was also young and hot-headed. Besides, he was a fourth-rank formation master at the Soul Sea realm, so how could he be afraid of Ye Yuan, a Sea of Qi realm cultivator?

Moreover, Ye Yuan dared to belittle him like this, which made him even more displeased.

"Fine, let's try! Who's afraid of you?"

Shao Siqi acted immediately, taking out a black command flag and preparing to set up a formation.

Seeing the black command flag, Ye Yuan's expression tightened. It was actually a low-grade profound artifact!

A fourth-rank formation master actually had a low-grade profound artifact, which surprised Ye Yuan greatly.

"Crimson Fire Formation!"

Shao Siqi gave a soft shout, and a small formation instantly coalesced. Clusters of flames engulfed Ye Yuan in an instant.

The power of the profound artifact allowed the formation to be set up instantly!

Seeing this, everyone's expression changed, while Shao Siqi looked smug.

Shao Siqi was just angry and wanted to embarrass Ye Yuan. The fire naturally wouldn't kill anyone, just make Ye Yuan look disheveled.

"What are you laughing at?"

Ye Yuan's words startled Shao Siqi. Everyone's attention had been on the flames, but Ye Yuan had somehow moved to a different spot.

Ye Yuan walked up to the formation, casually tapped it a few times, and the Crimson Fire Formation dissipated into thin air.

Shao Siqi's expression changed, and he activated the black command flag again, shouting, "Dragon Trap Formation!"

"Seven Kill Formation!"

"Mystic Moon Formation!"

...

Shao Siqi unleashed over a dozen formations in quick succession, each more powerful than the last, but none could even touch Ye Yuan!

One had to know that instant formations were very sudden for martial artists and hard to defend against.

Moreover, Shao Siqi realized that each time, Ye Yuan waited for the formation to be set up before breaking out instantly, rather than avoiding it!

This showed that Ye Yuan's attainments in formation dao were terrifying!

He set up formations instantly, and Ye Yuan broke them instantly!

Even his master, at his peak, couldn't have done it so effortlessly, right?

Shao Siqi gritted his teeth and shouted again, "Wandering Dragon Golden Sword Formation!"

Again, the formation was set up instantly, but this time its power was far greater than the Crimson Fire Formation.

This was a quasi-fourth-rank formation. For a fourth-rank formation master to instantly set up a quasi-fourth-rank formation, even with the help of a profound artifact, was already extraordinary.

Ye Yuan was only at the Sea of Qi realm. Under normal circumstances, the Wandering Dragon Golden Sword Formation would be enough to trap and kill him, or at least severely injure him.

Once the formation was set, Shao Siqi looked drained, panting heavily.

However, Shao Siqi's pupils suddenly contracted, as if he had seen something unbelievable.

Several beams of golden light shot out from the formation, flying straight toward Shao Siqi!

"Ah!"

Shao Siqi was so frightened that he fell to the ground, looking utterly disheveled.

When he looked closely, the golden beams had already vanished into the air. Ye Yuan had no intention of harming him.

But Shao Siqi still found it incredible: the formation he had set up was instantly taken over by Ye Yuan, who then used it to attack him!

Such a method was truly beyond comprehension!

Although Su Hu already knew that Ye Yuan had come through the formation, witnessing him counter-control it still left him impressed.

"Hmph! Overreaching! Why aren't you leaving? Still here to make a fool of yourself?" Su Hu said harshly to Shao Siqi, but he winked at him, signaling him to leave quickly.

Shao Siqi's last move had clearly gone beyond a test, and Su Hu was afraid of angering Ye Yuan, so he wanted Shao Siqi to leave as soon as possible.

But Ye Yuan smiled and stopped him, saying, "Your name is Shao Siqi?"

Shao Siqi was still in a daze. Hearing Ye Yuan's question, he nodded subconsciously.

"Your formation dao skills are not bad. You can even instantly set up a quasi-fourth-rank formation. Do you have a master?" Ye Yuan asked again.