CHAPTER 291: CHAPTER 288: PAN DOMAIN ARRAY_1

Over the past two years, every time his birthday came, Qin Wudao would receive a check-in reward, obtaining an Intermediate Training Formation and an Advanced Training Formation respectively.

The Intermediate Training Formation could construct a training world accommodating up to one thousand people for practice.

The Advanced Training Formation, which held a world within itself, contained a training world capable of hosting ten thousand practitioners.

Combined with the Minor Training Formation he had acquired previously, Qin Wudao now possessed three training formations in total.

After careful consideration, Qin Wudao decided to assign the Minor Training Formation to his Personal Guard Legion, the Intermediate Training Formation to the Hidden Guard, and the Advanced Training Formation to the Abyssal Guard.

Through training in these formations, the Personal Guard Legion, the Hidden Guard, and the Abyssal Guard all experienced rapid and tremendous advancements in strength, with each member’s abilities improving by at least one major cultivation realm.

They were destined to become a sharp, hidden dagger for the Qin Dynasty’s Divine Court.

"The Qin Dynasty’s Divine Court is invading!"

Within Tianchang City, Liu Jimin gazed east. Beyond the Great Wall, he saw a baleful, bloody aura soaring into the sky. His expression grew exceedingly grave, yet held a trace of excitement.

Two years! Finally, we can have a decisive battle with the Qin Dynasty’s Divine Court!

Over these past two years, the imperial court had repeatedly ordered him to lead his troops back to the Canghai Ancient Court, but he had refused every time.

He firmly believed that the Qin Dynasty’s Divine Court would undoubtedly dispatch troops, and that a decisive battle between the Canghai Ancient Court and the Qin Dynasty’s Divine Court was inevitable.

A general, his face etched with worry, asked in a solemn voice, "Great General, with the Qin Dynasty’s Divine Court invading, can we win?"

The passage of time had not only failed to diminish the renown of the Qin Dynasty’s Divine Court but had, in fact, deepened his fear of them.

"We can! We definitely can!" Liu Jimin’s eyes were resolute as he commanded in a clear voice, "Relay my orders! Beat the war drums! Wave the banners! Prepare for battle!"

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The sound of a thousand war drums echoed across the heavens, and ten thousand banners rippled, dancing over the land.

Tens of millions of troops assembled, deployed across a territory stretching for thousands of li. Every hundred li, there was a camp, arranged upon the earth like stars scattered across a chessboard.

Anyone familiar with formations would be utterly astounded to witness this, for each camp served as a formation eye. Once activated, they would combine to form a colossal formation.

BOOM!

A General Assignment Platform, wreathed in a commanding aura, flew out from Wanchang City. It hovered high in the sky, offering a bird’s-eye view of the surrounding ten thousand li.

Liu Jimin, accompanied by his generals, flew onto the platform and commanded in a deep voice, "Relay my order! Activate the formation!"

A general nodded, drew two flags from his back, and waved them left and right, using the unique flag language of the Canghai Ancient Court to transmit the message to the camps below.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM...

Upon receiving the command, dazzling formation arrays flew out from the camps, interconnecting to form an immense formation that enveloped the ten-thousand-li expanse of territory.

"Qin Dynasty Divine Court," Liu Jimin declared, his eyes flashing with fighting spirit as he gazed from the immense formation towards the Great Wall where the Qin forces were stationed, "This general will see if you have the capability to break through my Panyu Formation!"

He nodded in satisfaction at the colossal formation. The Panyu Formation was precisely the method he had devised to counter the Great Wall.

Atop the Great Wall, Zhao Yun stood within a Beacon Tower. Clad in silver armor, he held a spear in his left hand. With a firm press of his right hand on the tower wall, the Beacon Tower began to ascend, soon reaching the same height as Liu Jimin’s General Assignment Platform.

"This formation... it’s quite something!" Zhao Yun remarked in surprise, looking down from his elevated position at the enemy’s formation.

"Great General," Yuan Tiangang said with a cupped fist salute, "the enemy has deployed the Panyu Formation. It possesses formidable defensive strength. Judging by its scale, it’s powerful enough to withstand an attack from a Semi-Emperor expert!"

The frontline battlefield was exceedingly perilous. To ensure nothing went amiss, Qin Wudao had dispatched Yuan Tiangang—who was proficient in formations and skilled in divination—to the front. Unexpectedly, even before the war commenced, he was already playing a crucial role.

"Is there a way to break it?" Zhao Yun asked in a grave tone.

"The Panyu Formation is one of the most powerful formations in the world," Yuan Tiangang explained. "It amplifies its power by stacking the effects of its formation eyes. The Panyu Formation before us should have ten thousand formation eyes. Only by infiltrating it and destroying the core formation eye can we completely neutralize the formation!"

He was indeed very knowledgeable about the Panyu Formation, having studied it extensively. It couldn’t be helped; the Panyu Formation was simply too renowned.

"But you just said the Panyu Formation can withstand an attack from a Semi-Emperor expert. How can we infiltrate it then?" Zhao Yun inquired.

"At the hour of Zi (midnight)," Yuan Tiangang replied, a keen light flashing in his eyes, "one of the formation eyes in the Panyu Formation will shift its energy, creating a brief defensive vulnerability. As long as we can identify that specific formation eye as it shifts, we can slip inside unnoticed!"

Zhao Yun frowned. "With ten thousand formation eyes, how can we pinpoint the correct one?"

Yuan Tiangang smiled and said calmly, "Great General, do not be anxious. Once night falls, I will be able to determine it."

Zhao Yun raised an eyebrow. Is he planning to use Taoist Divine Skills?

After Zhao Yun and Yuan Tiangang finished their discussion, Guo Jia, who had been standing to the side, suddenly spoke up, "Great General, if we can identify the defensive vulnerability in the Panyu Formation tonight, whom should we dispatch to destroy the core formation eye?"

Executing a mission deep within enemy lines was no task for just anyone. Firstly, the operative must possess exceptional stealth capabilities to evade enemy detection. Secondly, upon entering the Panyu Formation, they must have strong mental fortitude to accurately locate the core formation eye. Lastly, after destroying the formation eye, they must be able to escape unharmed.

A mistake in any of these three stages would almost certainly mean death.

"The Yan Yun Eighteen Cavaliers," Zhao Yun decided after a moment’s thought, turning his head.

All eyes turned to the leader of the Yan Yun Eighteen Cavaliers, who stood at the rear, awaiting his reply.

"Rest assured, everyone. We will complete the mission!" the leader of the Yan Yun Eighteen Cavaliers declared without hesitation, accepting this perilous assignment where survival was uncertain. His visible eyes shone with unwavering determination.

For the sake of the Qin Dynasty, he would brave not only the Canghai Ancient Court’s military camps but even the depths of the Nine Serenities hell itself.

「Nightfall.」

The air grew progressively colder.

Zhao Yun and Liu Jimin remained in a standoff, separated by the vast expanse of sky. Given their cultivation levels, they would not feel fatigued even if they stood there for months without rest, let alone a few hours.

Both sides were waiting.

Liu Jimin waited for the Qin Dynasty’s Divine Court army to advance beyond the Great Wall.

Zhao Yun waited for Yuan Tiangang to identify the formation’s vulnerability and implement the next phase of their plan.

"Heaven and Earth in all eight directions, the four corners limitless, the Dao’s methods unending..."

In a corner of the Beacon Tower, Yuan Tiangang’s hands continuously formed intricate gestures. Strands of profound aura flowed into his eyes, which began to glow with a faint golden light, as if he had activated the Heavenly Eye.

This was a Taoist art: the Spirit-Detecting Technique.

It allowed him to perceive the flow of Spiritual Energy through his eyes and search for flaws in formations, though it could only be used at night.

He looked up into the distance. To his eyes, the pitch-black night transformed into a kaleidoscope of colors. The Panyu Formation, sprawling majestically across the vast land, appeared as a shimmering curtain of light, with spiritual glimmers constantly flickering. However, above a military camp situated towards the west, a faint vortex materialized.

"There it is!" Yuan Tiangang declared in a deep voice, pointing.