frightfiction Chapter 2092
Chapter 2092
Upon hearing this, Xia Jiuyou flicked her wrist, and the Ice Crystal Divine Sword, carrying a bone-chilling cold aura, swept across Chen Xuan's face.
Chen Xuan dodged the attack by sidestepping and spinning around; the sword wind swept across his hair, stirring up a few flakes of falling snow.
"What kind of time is this to be so talkative!" Xia Jiuyou's pretty face darkened, her tone full of anxiety. "This formation was a fearsome formation that shook the universe during the Immortal Ancient Era. If you and I are even slightly careless, we will be worn down to death by the phantom of the divine beast!"
After teaching Chen Xuan a lesson, she immediately focused her mind and held her breath, her beautiful eyes fixed on the movements of the five great demons, not daring to relax for a moment.
As the Four Stars and Five Absolutes Formation was fully activated, the void within a radius of three thousand miles suddenly distorted, and the dark array patterns spread like a spider web. The ancient divine beast phantoms that suppressed the four directions actually manifested one by one.
As they spoke, the two of them saw, in the distance to the east, a blue dragon covered in green scales raised its head and swung its tail, its breath crackling with lightning.
At the western center of the formation, the white tiger's fangs were menacing, and a chilling golden wind rose around it.
Then, the Vermilion Bird's wings burned with crimson light, and its cry reverberated through the void.
The giant Xuanwu tortoise and snake are intertwined, and its carapace is covered with ancient runes, while the Qilin in the center has golden scales and claws, and its vertical eye on its forehead flashes with awe-inspiring divine light.
The five illusory figures were each a thousand feet tall, and their oppressive aura descended like Mount Tai pressing down.
"Did you see that? They only need to maintain the formation to summon the phantoms of the five divine beasts to attack us!" Xia Jiuyou's voice was strained, and his fingertips turned white from the force.
Chen Xuan then stopped his teasing, a hint of seriousness flashing in his dark eyes as he scanned the runes flowing within the formation. "It does have some merit, but unfortunately, the one who set it up doesn't understand the great principles of formations. If a master of formations were to preside over it, breaking the formation might take some effort, but as it is now—it's nothing special."
When Xia Jiuyou heard this, she rolled her eyes fiercely. If it weren't for the faint pain in her dantian, she really wanted to go up with her swords and smash this mouth that deserved a beating.
Can't you live without bragging?
She took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "I have some knowledge of formations. Although I'm not the best, I'm still better than a complete novice like you. You'll help me break the formation later!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she pointed her sword at the python-shaped pillar in the north, "The key to this formation lies in the bull python suppressed in the north, which is the weakest point of the formation; while the most powerful and lethal force is the Qilin True Eye in the center."
Chen Xuan almost laughed out of anger—back when he broke through the deadly formation set up by the holy sons of the four holy lands during the ranking battle, this woman didn't see it at all.
He didn't argue, but simply nodded. Suddenly, the Northern Darkness Sword erupted with a dark blue sword light, and his figure transformed into a streak of light, rushing straight towards the northern array eye.
"That's right! First break the illusory image of the Black Tortoise in the north, then break the illusory image of the White Tiger in the west! As long as the two key points of the formation are destroyed, the formation will collapse on its own!" Xia Jiuyou swung his sword and unleashed streaks of icy sword energy, barely managing to block the illusory images of the Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise that were rushing towards Chen Xuan.
However, she had only recovered 30-40% of her strength, and was already at her limit in dealing with the two phantoms. She could only watch helplessly as the three phantoms of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Qilin rushed towards Chen Xuan with earth-shattering power, and she was powerless to come to his aid.
"Chen Xuan, be careful!" Xia Jiuyou unleashed spells one after another, her pretty face growing paler, fine beads of sweat appearing on her forehead, and her fingers gripping the sword hilt trembling slightly.
She had desperately cleared a path to break through, but Chen Xuan suddenly stopped—instead of attacking the python in the north, he turned his sword and charged straight at the Qilin in the center of the formation!
"Are you crazy?!" Xia Jiuyou's pupils shrank sharply, her pretty face instantly drained of color, and she almost lost her breath. "That's the main array eye! Its defense is the strongest. Do you want to die?"
"Fairy, all I can say is that your understanding of formations is utterly absurd." Chen Xuan deliberately added a slightly irritating tone when transmitting his voice. He spun around with his sword in one hand, the sword light blooming like a lotus flower, forcefully blocking the combined attack of the three divine beast phantoms.
"The north appears weak, but it is actually a flaw they deliberately exposed. The real Achilles' heel is precisely the Qilin's True Eye in the center."
The battle situation changed suddenly, and Mangjue, Longshe and others were all shocked. They hurriedly activated the power of the formation to rush to the aid of Qilin.
But Chen Xuan had already seen through the formation's intricacies, so how could he give them a chance to react? The killing intent on the Beiming Sword surged, and as the sword shadows overlapped, the Qilin phantom was forced to retreat repeatedly.
The roars of dragons, the cries of phoenixes, and the howls of tigers reverberated and shook, shattering the void layer by layer.
Chen Xuan had to deal with the siege of the five divine beast phantoms while also launching a fierce attack on the Qilin True Eye, yet his offensive momentum remained undiminished.
Although the scaled Qilin, a descendant of the Qilin, was skilled in defense, and its phantom image was virtually indestructible, a crack was forcibly opened on the surface of the phantom image under Chen Xuan's three consecutive sword strikes. The real Qilin even coughed up blood and cried out to its companions in terror, "This boy's combat power is comparable to that of a true god! Stop him! I can't hold on any longer!"
"What?!" The other four were utterly shocked. "Qinglin, you have the strongest defense among us, how could this be..."
"I told you long ago that this kid's swordsmanship is strange! Quickly restrain him!" The python roared and urged the Xuanwu phantom, its tortoise head suddenly darting out to bite, while its snake tail lashed out, spewing out highly corrosive black venom.
However, these attacks, upon striking the water and fire lotus surrounding Chen Xuan, only caused a few ripples before dissipating without a trace. Only the attacks from the actual bodies of the five divine beast phantoms could barely slow down his offensive.
This intense battle lasted for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, and the operation of the Four Stars and Five Absolutes Formation gradually slowed down—maintaining the phantom of the divine beast was already extremely costly, and the attack frequency of the Azure Dragon and White Tiger became slower and slower, and the outline of the phantom began to become blurred.
Chen Xuan finally lost his patience, and the dark blue light on the Beiming Sword became even more intense.
"Since there are no new tricks, let's end it here." Chen Xuan sneered, and another Beiming Sword suddenly appeared in his palm. The moment he had both swords in his hands, his aura surged three times!
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The two swords intertwined to form a spiraling sword aura, with dark blue and crimson light swirling around them, like a galaxy tearing through the sky, crashing down towards the phantom of the Qilin.
The already cracked phantom of the Qilin couldn't even let out a roar before it collapsed in the sword energy!
"The Four Stars and Five Absolutes Formation, in the hands of an ordinary person, does it even deserve to be called a fierce formation?" Chen Xuan sheathed his sword and turned around, watching the rhythm of the formation's operation completely disrupted. With a flick of his palm, seventy-two Fuxi staffs, gleaming with a purple-gold luster, shot out. The staffs were engraved with intricate array patterns, and the moment they landed, they took root in the void, forming shimmering array points.
"Let me show you what the Great Dao of Formations is all about."
"Nine Dragons Ten Thousand Layers Trapping Formation, activate!"
With a soft shout from Chen Xuan, nine golden dragon phantoms roared out from the array points, their bodies crackling with lightning, instantly sealing off the void within a radius of three thousand miles.
The five members of the python clan felt their spiritual power being suppressed, and their massive demonic bodies could no longer be maintained. Like birds with broken wings, they fell towards the mountains below.
In the void, only Chen Xuan, dressed in white, his white hair dancing wildly in the gale, exuded an air of dominance the moment he sheathed his twin swords.
Xia Jiuyou, standing in the distance, stood frozen in place, her lips slightly parted, her beautiful eyes filled with disbelief—could it be that he had even comprehended the Great Dao of Formations, with such skill in casually setting up a trapping formation to counter a powerful enemy?
"How can this be?"