nucmednet Chapter 158: A brilliant plan to overcome the difficulties and break the deadlock
Chapter 158: A brilliant plan to overcome the difficulties and break the deadlock
Bi Yao spread out the old booklet. On the yellowed paper, the intricate array patterns looked like a sleeping giant beast, exuding an ancient and mysterious aura.
Li Yuan moved closer, and his natural tendency to talk too much was somewhat restrained at this moment. He focused his eyes on Bi Yao's slender fingers as they moved along the obscure lines.
"This formation incorporates the Five Elements and the Eight Trigrams, and even bears traces of ancient astrology..." Bi Yao murmured. Her modern knowledge gave her a unique understanding of these mysterious symbols. "Look here, this center of the formation. Doesn't it resemble the arrangement of the Big Dipper?"
Li Yuan nodded. Although he was not as knowledgeable as Bi Yao, he was also quite talented in formation. "Indeed, but the positions of the seven stars are slightly deviated, as if it was done intentionally." He stretched out his hand to touch the formation diagram. As soon as his fingertips touched it, a powerful spiritual power surged like a tidal wave, pushing him back several steps.
Bi Yao was quick to support him and said, "Be careful! This formation has a self-protection mechanism." She frowned. The strength of this force was far beyond their imagination. Just touching it was so powerful. If they tried to break the formation by force, the consequences would be disastrous.
They began to explore carefully, and Bi Yao used modern logical thinking to try to analyze the rules of the formation.
Li Yuan relied on his keen perception of spiritual power to find the weak points of the formation.
The two of them worked in perfect harmony, like two gears of a precision instrument, meshing with each other and driving the exploration process forward.
However, the formation seemed to possess some kind of intelligence, and whenever they approached a critical part, a more powerful defense mechanism would be triggered.
Once, Bi Yao almost cracked the core of the formation, but was suddenly attacked by a strong spiritual power. If Li Yuan had not intervened in time, she would probably have been seriously injured.
"We can't go on like this. Our spiritual power is being consumed too quickly." Li Yuan's face was pale, and he was a little overwhelmed by the continuous attacks.
Bi Yao pondered for a moment, "It seems that we have to find another way..." Her eyes fell on a corner of the booklet, which recorded a special method of breaking the formation - controlling the formation with the mind.
This is an extremely dangerous method that requires one to integrate one's own consciousness into the formation. If one is not careful, one will be swallowed up by the formation.
"You want to..." Li Yuan seemed to have guessed what she was thinking, and a hint of worry flashed in his eyes.
Bi Yao didn't say anything, but nodded firmly, his eyes falling on the center of the formation diagram. There seemed to be an invisible door there, waiting for them to open.
She took a deep breath and slowly stretched out her hand...
"Wait!" Li Yuan suddenly grabbed her wrist.
Li Yuan held Bi Yao's wrist tightly with a serious expression.
"Yao'er, this is too risky! If you control the formation with your mind, you will lose your soul if you are not careful. Let's think of other ways." His tone was hurried, and his usual light-hearted and joking tone disappeared, replaced by full of worry.
Bi Yao held his hand in return and gave him a reassuring look.
"I know it's dangerous, but conventional methods won't work. This formation is too sophisticated. We must use a surprise attack." She paused, her eyes firm. "Trust me, I can do it."
Li Yuan looked at her determined eyes and finally nodded.
"Okay, I'll go with you." He knew Bi Yao's character very well. Once she made a decision, she would not change it easily. Instead of stopping her, it would be better to advance and retreat with her.
Bi Yao took a deep breath and slowly injected his spiritual power into the formation diagram.
In an instant, the entire space seemed to tremble, and countless runes danced like fireflies, forming a huge vortex around her.
Li Yuan stayed by her side, ready to deal with any emergency at any time.
The attack of the formation really came like a tide, one wave after another, without stopping.
Bi Yao gritted his teeth and began to analyze the patterns of these attacks with his modern logical thinking and understanding of battle formations.
She found that the intensity and direction of each attack followed a certain pattern and was not completely random.
"Li Yuan, help me!" Bi Yao shouted. Although her voice was a little weak, it was extremely firm.
Li Yuan immediately understood. He injected his own spiritual power into Bi Yao's body to help her resist the attack of the formation.
At the same time, according to Bi Yao's instructions, he released his spiritual power to interfere with the operation of the formation.
The two of them cooperated tacitly, like a ship sailing in stormy waves. Although it was shaky, it was never swallowed up.
Gradually, Bi Yao discovered a hidden pattern: although the attack of the formation was fierce, there would be a brief period of stagnation in a short period of time.
This stagnation period is very short, only less than a breath of time, but for them, it is a precious opportunity.
"Now is the time!" Bi Yao seized the opportunity and integrated his consciousness into the formation.
She felt as if she had entered a strange space, and everything around her became unreal.
Countless runes spun and danced around her, twinkling like stars.
"Yao'er!" Li Yuan felt Bi Yao's breath becoming weaker, and he felt extremely anxious.
He wanted to get closer, but was blocked by an invisible force.
At this moment, Bi Yao suddenly opened his eyes, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
"I found it!" She said with a firm tone, but with a hint of fatigue that was hard to conceal.
Li Yuan was delighted, "What did you find?"
Bi Yao pointed to the center of the formation diagram, where a tiny rune was flashing a faint light.
"The core of the formation is right here." She reached out her hand, and her fingertips touched the rune...
Suddenly, a powerful force bounced her away.
"Not good!" Li Yuan exclaimed...
The moment the core of the formation flashed, a powerful recoil force bounced Bi Yao back. She groaned and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.
Li Yuan was quick to take her into his arms.
"Yao'er!"
Before he could take a closer look at Bi Yao's injuries, the space around them suddenly distorted, and countless spiritual puppets appeared out of thin air, surrounding them.
These puppets have different shapes, some are like ferocious beasts, and some are like soldiers holding sharp blades, exuding a cold murderous aura.
"Damn it! This formation actually has this kind of back-up plan!" Li Yuan cursed softly, protecting Bi Yao behind him, waving the magic sword in his hand, and the sword energy was rampant, chopping the approaching puppets into pieces one by one.
However, these puppets seemed endless. After being destroyed, they quickly reorganized and continued to surge forward.
Bi Yao endured the pain and quickly analyzed the situation.
"These puppets are condensed by the power of the formation. Conventional attacks are ineffective against them." Her eyes turned and fell on the Qiankun bag on Li Yuan's waist.
"Li Yuan, use the Demon Subduing Bell!"
Li Yuan immediately understood and took out the Demon-Subduing Bell from his Qiankun bag.
This Demon-Subduing Bell is an ancient magic weapon that has the power to restrain evil spirits.
He injected spiritual power into the bell, and the crisp sound of the bell resounded throughout the space. A powerful purifying force spread out, and the puppets melted like ice and snow.
The immortal cultivators who were watching the battle nearby exclaimed in amazement when they saw this scene.
"As expected of you, Immortal Li Yuan and Fairy Bi Yao, they defeated the puppet army so easily!" Some even knelt on the ground in excitement, "Please, two Immortals, accept me as your disciple!"
Seeing the puppet army being repelled, Bi Yao and Li Yuan both breathed a sigh of relief.
"It seems that this formation is nothing special." Li Yuan said with a smile, a hint of relief in his tone.
However, just when they thought they had victory, the core of the formation suddenly emitted a dazzling light, the surrounding space began to vibrate violently, and an even more powerful force was brewing.
"Not good! The formation..." Bi Yao's face suddenly changed. Before he could finish his words, the entire space began to collapse...
Li Yuan grabbed her hand and held it tightly, "Yao'er!"