Chapter 605: Entrusting Our Backs to You

Soon, wails erupted from all sides within the great formation!

This was the fourth-rank formation—the Asura Trident Formation—that Ye Yuan had spent three days setting up with the aid of the Profound Water Banner.

Hearing the cries of agony that came from the formation from time to time, Su Hu's facial muscles twitched uncontrollably.

“Young Master Ye, this… won’t there be any problems?”

Ye Yuan laughed. “The biggest flaw of our Boundless Realm’s martial artists is that they are too undisciplined and can never form a cohesive force. The greatest use of this formation is to train their ability to cooperate. It’s impossible to make them grasp various large formations in a short time, and given their temperament, they couldn’t do it anyway. The purpose of the Asura Trident Formation is to make them form units of three, creating extremely strong combat power within a small area. As long as they can complete the training, their combat power will improve qualitatively!”

Su Hu’s gaze involuntarily turned toward the formation, where he saw the martial artists tangled up like a mess of hemp, with no sense of teamwork whatsoever.

Inside the formation, they were each fighting on their own, beaten by their opponents until they had no strength to fight back.

Seeing this, Su Hu couldn’t help shaking his head.

“What Young Master Ye says is right. The reason the Windstorm Realm’s martial artists are strong is that they are united in purpose. Our martial artists, on the other hand, whenever they encounter a large-scale battle, basically scatter and flee in an instant. It’s just… I’m afraid the time is too short, and they won’t be able to complete this training!” Su Hu said.

“Don’t worry, human potential is limitless. With the training intensity I’ve set for them, these people will eventually comprehend something. But as you said, we don’t have much time. At most ten days, we must break out of the encirclement,” Ye Yuan said.

Ye Yuan hadn’t expected that the one leading the Windstorm Realm army this time would be that man, Shangguan Lingyun.

He hadn’t had much contact with Shangguan Lingyun, but he had specifically sought out Xiao Ruyan to learn about him.

Compared to Zhao Chengqian, this Shangguan Lingyun was more composed and resourceful, very difficult to deal with.

Moreover, from the probing encounter that day, it seemed this man’s strength was not inferior to his own.

If they truly faced off, the outcome would be hard to predict.

“Alright, time is pressing. I also need to focus on cultivation and strive to break through to the ninth level of the Soul Sea within ten days!” Ye Yuan said.

Su Hu was taken aback at these words. Breaking through to the ninth level of the Sea of Transformation within ten days—only this young man would dare say such a thing, right?

Back in the day, it had taken him a full five years to break through from the eighth level to the ninth level of the Sea of Transformation!

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“Ouch! Kicking my ass again! Damn it, I’ll fight you to the death!”

“Old Zhu, stop getting in the way! Get the hell out of here! If you keep messing around, I’ll take you on too!”

“And you, Old Qian, watch your eyes! That sword strike of yours almost hit me. If it happens again, you’re dead!”

Inside the formation, Chu Shi was like a mad dog, biting at anyone he came across.

Trapped in the formation with him were two men named Zhu Changzhi and Qian Si, whom he happened to know from before.

In fact, Zhu Changzhi and Qian Si were on par with Chu Shi in strength; he was just blowing off steam with his mouth. If it came to a real internal conflict, he would be the one getting beaten.

Most importantly, the martial artists conjured by the formation had kicked his ass several times already, each time sending him sprawling face-first into the dirt, utterly humiliating.

Chu Shi had always had a bad temper, and now he was even more furious.

“Old Chu, watch your mouth! Although these people are conjured by the formation, each one is very strong. We’re no match! If this keeps up, we’ll be toyed to death!” Zhu Changzhi said.

“Bah! That brat sets up a formation and thinks he can toy me to death? I don’t believe it! These guys are about the same strength as us, just a few more in number. I refuse to believe we can’t take them down!” Chu Shi said indignantly.

Clearly, he was very unhappy with the formation Ye Yuan had set up.

Of course, what annoyed him most was that these conjured martial artists kept chasing after him to kick his ass.

Too humiliating!

On the first day, Chu Shi, like everyone else trapped in the formation, was kicked over and over by the conjured martial artists, having a grand old time.

But this formation didn’t run continuously. Whenever their yuan power was mostly depleted, the martial artists would automatically disappear for a while.

Once their yuan power recovered to a certain level, the martial artists would reappear on their own.

The second day passed quickly, and the martial artists in the formation were still struggling to cope, unable to find a way to defeat these conjured fighters.

However, they did notice one thing: on the second day, the attacks of those martial artists were noticeably fiercer than on the first, and many had sustained injuries of varying degrees.

On the third day, Liu Hong’s voice suddenly rang out from within the formation: “Brother Ye said that the power of the formation will increase day by day. If you still fight on your own today… people will die!”

With that, his voice abruptly stopped.

Everyone shuddered. The words “people will die” struck their chests like a heavy hammer, making it hard to breathe.

Chu Shi’s face was very grim. He gritted his teeth and said, “I feel that kid isn’t just bluffing. If we keep this up, someone really might die!”

Zhu Changzhi and Qian Si both nodded in agreement.

“Old Zhu, Old Qian, I hate cooperating with others the most, but at this point, we have no choice!” Chu Shi said.

“Heh, you think I want to cooperate with a loser like you? But to stay alive, I suppose we have to work together,” Zhu Changzhi said.

“I have no objections.” Qian Si, clearly a loner by nature, was also unwilling to cooperate with others.

Sure enough, when the formation activated, everyone’s pressure suddenly increased, and the attack power of the conjured martial artists rose sharply.

Despite Liu Hong’s warning, achieving seamless cooperation was no simple task.

“Old Zhu, watch your back!”

“Old Qian, side!”

“Damn it, you’ve left my back exposed!” Chu Shi suddenly cried out as he was sent flying.

“Watch out!”

Qian Si leaped in with his sword, deflecting a fatal blow from a conjured martial artist.

Cold sweat broke out on Chu Shi. He scrambled to his feet and continued fighting.

“Old Qian, I owe you one!” Chu Shi shouted.

“If you die, we won’t survive either!” Qian Si said succinctly.

“These conjured martial artists coordinate too perfectly. This won’t work. Our cooperation has to be better than theirs to defeat them!” Chu Shi said.

“Heh, looks like you’re not too stupid after all. You’ve finally figured out a thing or two. I, Zhu Changzhi, refuse to believe that three living men can’t match a few conjured fighters! Old Chu, Old Qian, from now on, I entrust my back to you!” Zhu Changzhi said.