The Power of Formations

"roll"

Emperor Yue let out a sinister shout, then transformed into a ball of blood light that circled the puppet before heading straight after the direction in which Li Yunfan and the others had flown away.

Just after the Yue Emperor flew away, the ten puppets suddenly shattered and fell from the sky.

Meanwhile, Liu Jing, Song Meng, and their group, led by Han Li, had already flown to the airspace above a small bamboo grove within the imperial city.

After sensing the array he had set up and finding nothing unusual, he called out to the others and then fell directly into the small bamboo forest.

Li Yunfan followed without hesitation, while the others hesitated for a moment before setting off and landing in the small bamboo grove.

As Liu Jing and the others landed, the Yue Emperor, who was slightly hindered by the puppet, caught up with them like a rocket. He naturally saw the group entering the bamboo forest. Although he was somewhat puzzled by this, he was still overjoyed.

In the blink of an eye, he flew above the bamboo forest. Seeing that Li Yunfan had no intention of coming out, he couldn't help but smile sinisterly. With a wave of his hands, a small piece of the blood-red light on his body split off.

Immediately, the blood-red light flashed and shot towards the bamboo forest below, transforming into an enormous blood-red light that enveloped the entire bamboo forest halfway through its flight.

"It's better that you don't come out; it saves me the trouble of killing you all one by one. I'll just use a secret technique to refine you all inside!"

A cold smile appeared on the corner of Yue Huang's mouth. His hands moved quickly to form hand seals. Just as he was about to activate the secret technique, a layer of blue and white light suddenly emerged from the bamboo forest, easily holding up the huge blood light that enveloped the bamboo forest.

The Yue emperor was taken aback, then his face darkened.

"No wonder they wanted to enter this bamboo forest; they were setting up an array here. Did they think this hastily erected array could stop me? Well then, I'll refine the array and the people inside at the same time!"

After thinking it over, Emperor Yue made a hand seal and immediately activated the secret technique. The blood-red light that was being supported by the blue-white light barrier emitted a dazzling light and abruptly stopped its momentum from being supported by the light barrier.

But the Yue Emperor did not stop there. He stretched out his finger and gently swept it in front of him. Another huge patch of bloody light detached and shot downwards, instantly merging into the patch of bloody light below.

The fused blood-red light was even more intense in color, and it also emitted a faint bloody odor that made people want to vomit.

Seeing this, the Yue Emperor's face showed a hint of pleasure. He flicked his fingers and released a series of spells, which merged into the blood-red light below. The blood-red light immediately surged and pressed down violently.

Seeing that the bluish-white light shield was suppressed by the blood light and seemed to be submerged at any moment, the others in the bamboo forest couldn't help but look grim.

"Junior Brother Han, is this the backup plan you mentioned? Your formation is in grave danger of collapsing at any moment, and everyone could die. If that's the case, we might as well fight them outside!" One of Chen Qiaoqian's senior brothers said, filled with shock and anger.

Although the others did not say it explicitly, a hint of regret appeared in their eyes, clearly indicating that they agreed with what the other party said.

Only Chen Qiaoqian was there. Although her face looked a little pale, she gradually felt calmer after seeing Li Yunfan's calm expression.

Upon hearing these words, Han Li lowered his head, which was focused on the situation above, and gave the other person a cold look.

"If you want to fight to the death, it's not too late to go now," Li Yunfan sneered, offering a dismissive and sarcastic remark.

"you……"

Chen Qiaoqian's senior brother's face immediately turned bright red. He certainly didn't dare to fight the Black Fiend Sect leader to the death, but Li Yunfan was so disregard for his reputation and actually said it directly in front of everyone, which made him extremely ashamed and angry.

However, he was interrupted by Liu Jing as soon as he opened his mouth. Liu Jing comforted him with a few words before turning to Han Li and speaking.

"Junior Brother Han, since you brought us here, you must have more than one trick up your sleeve. Just tell us directly so we can feel at ease."

Upon hearing this, Han Li did not say anything. Instead, he patted his storage bag at his waist and took out a small purplish-blue flag. The flag was densely covered with runes and incantations, clearly not an ordinary magic weapon.

"This is... a battle flag?" Zhong Weiniang looked closely at the small flag in Han Li's hand and exclaimed in surprise.

"Senior sister is truly knowledgeable!" Han Li praised lightly, tacitly agreeing with her words.

While the others were surprised, their confidence also rose slightly. It seemed that, as Liu Jing had said, Han Li did have other methods.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Han Li rubbed the small flag between his hands, and the originally small and exquisite flag instantly grew several times larger, faintly emitting a bluish-purple light.

He tossed the small flag into the air, whispered a few incantations, and then shouted out the word "Swift!"

The flag suddenly shot off in one direction with a "whoosh" and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Then Han Li took out three more identical array flags, activated them, and shot them in three different directions, disappearing from sight.

After doing all this, Han Li glanced at the sky, flipped his hand, and an apricot-yellow array plate appeared out of thin air. The array plate was dull and inconspicuous.

He then held the array plate above his head and gently shook it. Immediately, a thick yellow beam of light shot out from the array plate and struck the bluish-white light shield.

Along with the yellow beam of light, four other beams of light—gold, cyan, red, and blue—appeared from four different directions and simultaneously struck the light shield.

The originally precarious bluish-white light shield immediately became stable after absorbing the five-colored light pillars, and a faint tidal sound could be heard.

The sound grew louder and louder, closer and closer, becoming more and more frequent. As the sound rose higher and higher, the bluish-white light shield gradually transformed into a five-colored hue, remaining unmoved no matter how the blood light clashed against it.

Just as the light shield completely transformed into a rainbow of colors, it emitted a rainbow of light that completely obscured the scene below the bamboo forest.

Seeing how stable Han Li's formation was, the others gradually relaxed. With the power demonstrated by this formation, there was absolutely no problem for them to survive.

Seeing the strange change in the formation, the Yue Emperor, who was in the sky above, tried to activate his demonic powers, but he was unable to do anything about the rosy light below. This made him feel uneasy.

With a cold expression, he looked down at the rosy clouds below. After pondering for a moment, he suddenly reached out and beckoned. The blood-red light below immediately shrank back to him as if a river had flowed backward. Then, he turned around and transformed into a streak of blood-red light, flying directly into the sky.

He actually gave up attacking the formation and prepared to leave the place directly.

However, he did not notice that although he was flying into the sky, he inexplicably spun around and returned to the original spot.

The Yue Emperor's face showed disbelief. He flew in several different directions, but each time he could only fly a few dozen feet before returning to the original spot, which made him somewhat apprehensive.