Not long ago, Ye Yunfei had obtained Tianmu Shenjun's Formation inheritance. Since then, he had been diligently comprehending it without pause, utilizing five or six of his Soul Force Planets. Formations had always been one of Ye Yunfei's trump cards when facing enemies.
In the past, Ye Yunfei already possessed a considerable level of expertise in Formations. Now, having obtained Tianmu Shenjun's Formation inheritance was like adding wings to a tiger.
It was important to know that Tianmu Shenjun was exceptionally gifted and had achieved extremely high accomplishments in many areas of cultivation techniques and martial skills. Among them, Tianmu Shenjun's Formation prowess had once shaken the entire Chaotic Void Sea, ranking among the most supreme formations.
The Formations Ye Yunfei was currently deploying were several ancient formations recorded within Tianmu Shenjun's Formation inheritance.
Of course, these ancient formations were relatively ordinary and easier to master among Tianmu Shenjun's inheritance. Therefore, Ye Yunfei had grasped them in a short amount of time.
As for those higher-level, more complex formations within Tianmu Shenjun's inheritance, Ye Yunfei currently lacked the ability to deploy them.
Yet, even these formations, considered ordinary by Tianmu Shenjun's standards, unleashed terrifying power once deployed, instantly trapping all the people from the Blade Realm.
Powerful formation energies erupted from within the three glowing formation barriers from the inside out, creating all sorts of strange and terrifying phantasmal phenomena.
In the past, Ye Yunfei would often deploy dozens of formations at once.
This time, he had deployed only three formations, a relatively small number.
But it was precisely these three formations that firmly sealed those blade cultivators along with the space they stood upon.
"Kid surnamed Ye, how dare you use formations against us! Don't you know a blade cultivator's blade techniques are the best at breaking formations?
Our Blade Realm specifically has several sets of blade techniques for breaking formations, with extremely high penetrative power.
Trying to trap us with these few formations is wishful thinking!"
A man from the Blade Realm was the first to strike, raising the long blade in his hand and launching an attack against the innermost large formation. One thick blade radiance after another continuously materialized, slashing forth in an endless stream against the formation's light barrier.
To his shock, however, the blade technique he unleashed failed to budge the formation before him even slightly.
"How is this possible?"
This man was both shocked and furious. With an angry roar, his attacks grew even more ferocious.
The blade path energy within his body surged forth mightily, channeling into the long blade in his hand. Thick, domineering blade lights that continually tore through space, like galloping warhorses, slashed against the formation barrier ahead.
Yet, when these blade lights struck the formation barrier before him, they were like mud oxen entering the sea, unable to even cause the formation to tremble slightly.
"Why are the formations deployed by this kid so powerful?"
The other blade cultivators from the Blade Realm were somewhat surprised as well.
Soon, several other blade cultivators also attacked. They all employed the Blade Realm's specialized techniques designed to counter formations.
As everyone knew, blade techniques, like sword techniques, possessed extremely high penetrative power. Moreover, blade techniques were tyrannically domineering, cleaving through mountains and rocks, specializing in assaulting strongholds. The Blade Realm had several particularly famous blade techniques dedicated to breaking formations.
The blade cultivators who had come here were elite figures within the Blade Realm. Naturally, they had all cultivated those specialized formation-breaking blade techniques.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Within the three formations, thick blade radiances continued to emerge one after another, each carrying formidable blade path energy, blindingly bright.
However, it seemed those blade radiances were utterly incapable of shaking the three formations Ye Yunfei had deployed.
"Tianmu Shenjun's Formation inheritance truly lives up to its reputation," Hun Lao said, smiling as he observed the three sturdy formations. "You have only cultivated for a very short time, and not even at full capacity, merely utilizing several Soul Force Planets for comprehension and cultivation. Yet your Formation level has improved so much.
If, when you have free time, you use more Soul Force Planets, or even both your soul bodies, to cultivate at full capacity, then your Formation skills definitely have enormous potential for further growth."
"Yes, Tianmu Shenjun's Formation inheritance is as vast as the ocean. It is the highest-grade Formation inheritance I have encountered so far.
I currently feel I haven't even started to grasp its fundamentals.
But it's already sufficient to deal with these fellows. The formations I've deployed can trap these Blade Realm individuals for quite some time.
For now, let's ignore them temporarily and first gather this Thunderstruck Wood."
Ye Yunfei nodded and said.
Then his gaze shifted to the Thunderstruck Wood. One blackened, charred tree after another looked bizarre, and around the trunk of each Thunderstruck Wood coiled numerous lightning serpents of varying thickness.
Some particularly large lightning serpents resembled actual thunder dragons, swimming back and forth through the dense forest of Thunderstruck Wood.
These thunder dragons looked exactly like genuine divine dragons.
"Young Master Ye, do you need my help?"
At this moment, Ye Yunfei received a Sound Transmission from Zhou Wanqing.
"Don't show yourself for now.
I don't want you to be targeted by the Blade Realm because of me," Ye Yunfei immediately transmitted back.
Before Ye Yunfei stepped onto this mountain peak, he had already instructed Zhou Wanqing to enter the Illusionary Shadow Tower. If those blade cultivators from the Blade Realm saw Zhou Wanqing together with him, they would surely bear a grudge against her. In the future, they might specifically seek trouble for Zhou Wanqing because of him, or even use her to threaten him. Ye Yunfei had encountered such situations many times before.
This was the primary reason Zhou Wanqing hadn't shown her face until now.
"Alright then."
Zhou Wanqing naturally understood Ye Yunfei was doing this for her good and reluctantly agreed.
"This young man's Formation skill is unexpectedly high. The three formations he deployed have actually trapped all those blade cultivators.
Could he be a disciple of some Formation Grandmaster from the Chaotic Void Sea?"
At this time, the people from the Liu Family watched as the blade cultivators were besieged by the three formations, their expressions filled with shock. Their gazes toward Ye Yunfei began to carry hints of caution.
"It's best we don't provoke this young man. Otherwise, if a fight breaks out, we might not be his match," an elder of the Liu Family whispered gravely to the others via Sound Transmission, looking at Ye Yunfei.
"Then what about this Thunderstruck Wood? Are we going to give it up?"
One of the Liu Family members glanced at the dense forest of Thunderstruck Wood ahead, reluctant to yield. The Liu Family indeed had a great need for this Thunderstruck Wood.
The quality of the Thunderstruck Wood before them was extremely high. Each piece had grown here for a very long time, each thick and massive, containing pure lightning energy and lightning laws. Finding Thunderstruck Wood of this caliber in the outside world was extremely difficult.
"All of you, stay quiet. Let me negotiate with this young man," an azure-robed elder of the Liu Family pondered for a moment, then transmitted to the others. He took a step forward. "Esteemed Young Master, greetings. We are from the Liu Family of the First Void. Our Liu Family greatly requires this Thunderstruck Wood.
How about this: we will only take a small portion of this Thunderstruck Wood, leaving the majority to you.
Alternatively, we can exchange other treasures for a portion of the Thunderstruck Wood."
The azure-robed elder cupped his hands respectfully as he spoke to Ye Yunfei, his tone extremely courteous.
Ye Yunfei glanced at these people from the Liu Family before him, then looked at the dense forest of Thunderstruck Wood ahead.
"Since your Liu Family members saw this Thunderstruck Wood first, let's split it equally," Ye Yunfei thought for a moment before speaking.
The quantity of Thunderstruck Wood here was actually not small. Even a fifty-fifty split would yield a considerable harvest.
"An equal split?"
Upon hearing Ye Yunfei's words, the Liu Family members were momentarily stunned.
Based on the strength and various techniques Ye Yunfei had just displayed, he was fully capable of monopolizing all this Thunderstruck Wood. Yet now he was proactively giving up half. This made the Liu Family members somewhat incredulous while also feeling pleasantly surprised.
"Many thanks for Young Master Ye's generosity.
In that case, let our Liu Family take a smaller portion, roughly two-fifths," the azure-robed elder of the Liu Family spoke gratefully.
"As you wish,"
Ye Yunfei nodded.
Then, with a flicker of his figure, Ye Yunfei charged into the dense forest of Thunderstruck Wood ahead.
Boom! Rumble!
Immediately, bolts of lightning continuously manifested, striking directly at Ye Yunfei.
Previously, the lightning within the dense forest had been relatively calm, leisurely swimming or suspended around the thick tree trunks.
Now, with Ye Yunfei charging in, it was like poking a hornet's nest. All the lightning in the vicinity instantly erupted violently, releasing a frenzied aura before continuously bombarding Ye Yunfei.
However, Ye Yunfei was utterly unafraid of lightning. A beast-like roar sounded as a towering divine beast appeared beside him—Thunder Marsh from the Nine Palaces Totem Wheel.