Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 15788 Breaking the Formation (Part 1)

Upon hearing Ning Chuci's test, Zhang Hongliang immediately understood what was going on. A magic array controlled by someone is different from one controlled by no one. A magic array controlled by someone is like a computer that is being operated by someone. It can do many things. It can install all kinds of software and perform all kinds of functions.

An unmanned magic array is like software; it can only do what it is within its scope. Software cannot replace a computer. This is the difference between a man-made magic array and an unmanned magic array.

The previous two magic arrays were both unmanned, but this one is being operated by someone. Moreover, the location where this magic array is set up is quite interesting. This environment is the most suitable place to set up a water-based magic array. There must be a water-based magic array set up here, and it is a water-based magic array that is being operated by someone.

However, this was not a problem for Zhang Hongliang. After listening to Ning Chuci's words, he carefully observed the situation here and even flew up to a higher place to get a clear view of the water area.

This body of water is not very large; it is a small lake with a rather peculiar shape, somewhat resembling a rugby ball. The small island in the middle of the lake looks like a round ball, so the area and the island together resemble an eye.

After surveying the terrain, Zhang Hongliang took out his compass and carefully circled the island. Ning Chuci and Chen Shi followed Zhang Hongliang closely, as they were extremely curious and eager to know how Zhang Hongliang was going to break the magic array.

After circling the body of water, Zhang Hongliang flicked his wrist, sending a fireball straight towards the water. As soon as the fireball entered the water, a blue light shield rose up. The fireball struck the blue light shield as if a red-hot ember had been thrown into a pool of water; after a puff of white smoke, the fireball vanished.

Zhang Hongliang nodded, and then he attacked the magic array from several different locations, but the result was the same as before. At least in Ning Chuci and Chen Shi's eyes, there was no difference.

After attacking twelve times, Zhang Hongliang stopped and turned to Ning Chuci, saying, "Sect Master, I now know what this formation is. It's the Azure Wave Concealed Edge Formation. It looks like a water-based defensive formation, but it also has offensive capabilities. If you try to enter, it will initially block your way. If you attack it to a certain degree, you can enter. At that point, you'll think you've broken the formation, but that's just one of its many attacks." "This is a killing trap. Once you enter this formation, it will activate and trap you, killing you within. Sect Leader, you have two choices. One is to enter the formation directly, which is very simple. I can take you inside. No matter how the person controlling the formation tries to control it, they won't harm us, and we can smoothly reach the island in the center of the lake. This is easier. The other is to break the formation completely, which might take longer. Which outcome do you prefer, Sect Leader?"

When Ning Chuci heard Zhang Hongliang say this, he was stunned. He was the one who set the question. Although he didn't know much about formations, when he asked the people in the sect to set up this formation, they said that what they set up here was the Azure Wave Concealed Edge Formation. In other words, Zhang Hongliang was right.

He not only knew the name of the magic array, but also provided two methods to break it. This was what surprised Ning Chuci the most. He turned to look at Zhang Hongliang with a look of astonishment and said, "Are you serious? You can really lead us into the island in the middle of the lake without breaking this magic array?"

Zhang Hongliang nodded and said, "Yes, it's not difficult to do that."

Ning Chuci glanced at Zhang Hongliang, then said, "Alright, then you can lead us into the island in the middle of the lake first. Let me tell you, we won't use any defensive measures. If this magic array hurts me, I won't be polite."

Zhang Hongliang smiled slightly and said, "Please rest assured, Sect Master, it won't happen."

After saying that, Zhang Hongliang took out a compass, calculated the direction, and then flew in one direction with Ning Chuci and Chen Shi. They soon arrived at a location. From the sky, their current position was at the eye-shaped end of this body of water.

Zhang Hongliang stood there, glanced at the sky, then at the compass, and then stood there quietly waiting. Ning Chuci and Chen Shi didn't understand what he was doing. After waiting for a little over fifteen minutes, Zhang Hongliang suddenly said, "Let's go." After saying that, he flew directly towards that body of water.

Ning Chuci and Chen Shi followed him closely as they flew forward. Zhang Hongliang said, "Please, Sect Master and Minister Chen, keep up! Fly exactly as I fly." The two nodded without speaking, but their expressions became serious.

At this moment, they officially entered the magic circle. Strangely enough, when they flew in front of the shield, which was supposed to block them, the shield did not stop them when they flew over. They directly entered the shield. This alone surprised Ning Chuci and Chen Shi.

Then Zhang Hongliang flew forward, sometimes up, sometimes down, sometimes left, sometimes right, sometimes stopping, and sometimes flying very fast. Moreover, they were not traveling in a straight line, but constantly turning, and so on forward.

To Ning Chuci and Chen Shi's astonishment, although they clearly saw numerous water dragons, ice arrows, ice blades, and even ice giants preparing to attack them, Zhang Hongliang seemed completely oblivious to these attacks. He flew forward relentlessly, and the attacks inexplicably vanished just before they were about to strike. The closest attack, less than a meter away—an ice sword—almost struck Ning Chuci, but it dissipated into a cloud of mist a meter away. It was as if they were in a forbidden zone, completely untouched by the attacks. This utterly astonished them, as if their location was a safe passage where any attack would simply disappear.

However, the passage was quite long. Although the waters were not very large, and they could have reached the island in just a few breaths, it took them a full quarter of an hour to fly there.

When they arrived at the small island, they saw a cultivator who looked to be in his fifties. He was holding a sky-blue array flag in his left hand and a compass in his right hand. He was looking at Zhang Hongliang and the others with a look of utter disbelief. He had just used all his strength to manipulate the array to attack Zhang Hongliang and the others, but the result was that it had no effect at all.

When Zhang Hongliang and the others arrived in front of the man, he finally realized what was happening. He immediately put away his compass and array flags, and bowed to Ning Chuci and Chen Shi, saying, "Greetings, Sect Master. Greetings, Minister Chen."

Ning Chuci glanced at the man and asked, "What just happened? Why couldn't your attacks hit us?"

The man quickly replied, "Reporting to the sect leader, it's not that I don't want to attack you, but the route you've taken is exactly where the power of the magic array cannot reach. All my attacks are exhausted by the time they reach there, so no matter how I attack, it's useless."

Upon hearing this, Ning Chuci was taken aback, and then he immediately asked, "Are you sure you're going to attack with all your might?"

The man nodded and said, "Yes, Sect Master, I'm sure."

Ning Chuci turned to Zhang Hongliang and asked, "If I were to ask you to break through this formation, how long would it take you, and what would you need to prepare?"

Zhang Hongliang thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "It will probably take an hour. I don't need anything, I have everything on me."

Ning Chuci nodded and said, "Alright, go out now. I'll give you one hour. If you can break this formation, I'll consider you passed. Remember, you only have one hour."

Zhang Hongliang responded and then flew straight out of the magic array. This time, Ning Chuci and Chen Shi did not follow. Zhang Hongliang noticed this, but he did not care and flew out of the magic array in the blink of an eye.

After Zhang Hongliang flew away, Ning Chuci immediately turned to the cultivator and said, "You control the formation, you absolutely cannot let him break through it easily."

The man responded and focused all his attention on manipulating the magic array. However, he soon discovered that Zhang Hongliang was not attacking the magic array, but instead was setting up a magic array on the outside of it. Upon seeing Zhang Hongliang's actions, the man's expression changed.

Ning Chuci also saw Zhang Hongliang's actions, and he couldn't help but ask the man with some confusion, "What's going on? Why is he setting up a magic array again?"

The man looked at Zhang Hongliang, his face still showing shock. He said, "It's like this, Sect Master. The method he used should be the method of breaking an array with an array. This method is obviously the best way to break an array, but it is also the most difficult. This method is very troublesome. You have to find the weak point of the array and then use an array with the opposite attribute to break it. At the same time, there are certain requirements for the power of the array with the opposite attribute. He said one hour. This is not an easy task, because one hour is often not even enough time to set up an array properly."

However, Zhang Hongliang's speed in setting up the magic array far exceeded the man's expectations. He watched as Zhang Hongliang set up one magic array in no time, then moved to another direction and set up another magic array, then moved to another direction and set up another magic array. In less than an hour, he had already set up eight magic arrays. Such a speed of setting up arrays was truly astonishing.

The next moment, Zhang Hongliang moved his hand, and a compass appeared in his hand. He then quickly tapped the compass a few times, and then cast several spells on the compass. The next moment, the eight magic arrays he had set up earlier lit up.