Mortals: Take Mo Juren at the start

Chapter 916: Temporary Retreat and Discussion

"The person who set up the formation should have reached the legendary master level. His attainments in the art of formation are hard to imagine. Even I don't have a good solution. Of course, if we gather all the formation masters from both sides to comprehend together, there may be a way to crack it, but it is obviously not something that can be done in a short period of time." Liudao shook his head, looking helpless.

"There hasn't been a master of formations in the human race for thousands of years!" Wan Sangu sighed.

"So we can only choose to attack by force? But this way, our consumption will be too great!"

What is before us is not an ordinary island protection formation, but the superposition of ten powerful formations. Just from the test just now, it can be confirmed that its defensive power is beyond imagination.

Even though the Anti-Star Alliance holds an absolute advantage in this war, if they ignore it and mobilize their army to directly attack the formation, the cost would be immeasurable.

After all, simply attacking with brute force not only consumes a lot of resources, but also has half the effect with twice the effort, which is completely not worth the effort.

It would take ten days, half a month, or even longer, and everyone's mana would be exhausted. But Xinggong would suddenly appear and take advantage of the situation. This decisive battle might end in failure.

There is no trivial matter on the battlefield, and we must not be careless at any time.

"Let's hold the attack and go back to discuss it first! Fortunately, we have brought a large number of formation masters with us this time, so we should be able to work out a suitable countermeasure." Liudao made the decision immediately.

"That's fine!" Wan Sangu sighed softly, but could only accept the reality.

The plan was set, so the two did not stay any longer and immediately returned to the giant boat.

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"It seems that the plan was successful as expected!" At this time inside Huangyue Island, Ling Yuling chuckled at the retreating Liudao and Wan Sangu.

  At the same time, she looked at Xin Ruyin beside her and continued,

"Speaking of which, this is all thanks to Sister Xin. Only a formation master like Sister can set up such a super formation with ten layers stacked on top of each other."

"I have only made some progress in formations, so I don't dare to call myself a master." Xin Ruyin shook her head slightly.

“Also, this so-called formation superposition technique is just an attempt of mine. It is far from perfect and many aspects need to be improved.

More importantly, these formations all originated from ancient heritage and were limited by the materials, so the ten formations could only be considered imitation versions, and their power was far inferior to the originals."

“That’s also amazing. If you can’t comprehend every formation thoroughly, how can you imitate this kind of ancient formation inheritance? Not to mention that it can be stacked and arranged.” Another voice sounded. It was Leqing. As the only great cultivator in the Xing Palace who could leave Tianxing City, she naturally needed to come and take charge of the defense of Huangyue Island this time.

"It's incredible. I didn't expect that Sister Xin has privately refined so many sets of formation tools for my husband over the years. Otherwise, it would be impossible to set up ten large formations in such a short time." Ling Yulin said in amazement, as if she had thought of something.

"These are what I should do." When Xin Ruyin mentioned this, her eyes were filled with gratitude.

She knew very well that she owed Mo Juren too much, whether it was the life-saving grace of dissolving the Dragon Roar Body or the unreserved cultivation over the years, she was afraid that she would never be able to repay him for the rest of her life.

The reason why she was so obsessed with the study of formations, besides because she really liked it, the more important reason was that she hoped to be able to help others through it.

As for refining so many formation flags and formation plates, those are just small matters and nothing at all. Moreover, as the opponent's strength has grown stronger over the years, the demand for these ready-made formations has become lower and lower.

Of course, this does not mean that the formation is useless. For example, in the current battle situation, and the previous "Yellow Spring Reincarnation Formation", etc., it is just that the opponent is too strong to use them temporarily. As long as you keep improving, they will come in handy one day.

"Since these ten formations are just imitations and their superposition is not perfect, I wonder how long they can last?" Putting away his thoughts, Ling Yuling asked again.

"With the opponent's strength, if we attack at all costs, we won't have any problem even if we hold out for a month. But as the saying goes, there are always people who are better than you. The Star Rebel Alliance also has a large number of formation masters. Perhaps there are talented people who can see through some of the real situation. If we use targeted means, the time may be shortened."

"The Anti-Star Alliance is not confused. It is obviously impossible to attack at all costs. That would consume too much energy." Ling Yuling shook her head slightly and continued,

"As for the masters of formations, the Star Rebel Alliance should not be underestimated in this regard. There are even some who are stronger than the Star Palace in this regard. The most famous ones are Xie Shihua and Cheng Huang. These two are from the righteous and evil ways respectively, and their attainments in formations are comparable to Master Gu Yue of the Star Palace."

At this point, she couldn't help but frowned.

"It is very likely that these two will come with us in this decisive battle. If the Anti-Star Alliance really finds a flaw and breaks through the defenses of Huangyue Island in a short period of time, it will be very disadvantageous to our plan."

  "This is indeed a problem." Liao Qing also nodded.

"Why not tell your husband about the situation and ask him what countermeasures he has?"

"Okay!" Ling Yuling naturally had no objection. She immediately took out the token and passed the message out. However, in a flash, the other party responded.

"How is it?" Le Qing asked curiously.

"My husband just said that he knew and told us not to worry and to just deal with it according to the original plan." Ling Yulin put down the token in her hand and said in confusion.

"It seems that we have thought too much. With my husband's strength and means, and now he is hiding inside the Anti-Star Alliance army, it is easy for him to do anything." Le Qing smiled, and Ling Yuling also reacted.

"Sister, you are right. We don't need to worry about these things. Instead, we need Sister Xin to worry more about the defense plan based on the formation."

"I will definitely give it my all."

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Even if it is a decisive battle, it cannot be ended in a short time.

The Anti-Star Alliance had already taken this into consideration, so they had already built a temporary camp on a deserted island dozens of miles away, thinking that it could be used as a place to rest after the war began.

Since they could not attack immediately, Liudao and Wan Sangu immediately ordered the army to go directly to the camp and stay there temporarily. They would take action again when they could discuss a strategy to break the formation.

As a talisman master, Mo Juren was assigned a small stone house. He only had to refine a certain number of talismans every day to complete his task. The rest of the time he was free.

At this time, he was sitting cross-legged in the stone house alone, looking at the communication token in his hand, thinking deeply. Xin Ruyin had specifically described the situation of the Ten-fold Overlay Array. She had actually studied this method for a long time. Although it was not perfect, she was already fully proficient in using it.

The so-called superposition of formations not only requires an extremely deep understanding of the way of formations, but also requires a thorough study of each formation. Only in this way can different formations truly complement each other and exert even more terrifying power.

If not, let alone complementing each other, the conflicts between different formations would be difficult to resolve, and their power would not increase, but would be offset by these conflicts.

Of course, it is not without flaws. Those formations are all imitation versions, and their power is much weaker than the original formations. Therefore, if the Anti-Star Alliance really finds a way to crack them, it will be troublesome.

The ultimate goal of this war is to defeat the Anti-Star Alliance and greatly weaken its power, so that it will not dare to rebel again for a long time.

Otherwise, why would he wait until now? With Luotu's internal and external cooperation, Liudao and Wan Sangu would be eliminated directly. By then, the Anti-Star Alliance army would be leaderless and would naturally scatter and flee.

However, doing so would only kill the main culprit but would not cause any serious damage to the Anti-Star Alliance.

He didn't have too many concerns, such as the human civil war being too brutal, allowing the sea monsters to take the opportunity to invade.

Not to mention that the other party would not come, he also planned to take the initiative to go to the open sea, one is to help Han Li obtain the inner alchemy of the Golden Dragon King, and by the way, destroy all the high-level forces of the dragon clan.

By then, the monsters in the outer sea will also be seriously injured, so how could they dare to come and spy on the human race?

Putting his thoughts aside, Mo Juren put away the token, then slowly stood up and walked to the window.

It was already evening and the sky was getting dark, but there were still many monks from the Anti-Star Alliance coming and going in the camp. In some places, some people even set up stalls to trade items with other monks.

He immediately walked out of the stone house and walked slowly along the street, gradually approaching the central area of ​​the camp, where the largest stone hall was built, which served as a temporary meeting hall.

Unlike Beixuan Island, this is just a temporary camp. The facilities here are not perfect, especially in terms of protection, which can be described as perfunctory.

Just like the central meeting hall and the large residential area for Nascent Soul stage warriors nearby, they were simply arranged with some ordinary formations.

This greatly facilitated him. After he reached the vicinity, he could just use his spiritual sense to probe out and all the situations inside would be clear at a glance.

Soon, he discovered the location of the formation masters. There were more than twenty of them, all gathered in the meeting hall, having a heated discussion.

Not only these formation masters, but also Liudao, Wan Sangu, and other Nascent Soul stage powerhouses in the army were also prominently listed.

Although everyone is not a professional formation master, they have been able to grow to the Nascent Soul level, so they have some knowledge of various aspects related to cultivation, such as formations, talismans, alchemy, refining, etc.

He also saw Luo Tu, who was indeed very close to Liu Dao. At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged beside the latter, whispering something to him from time to time, as if they were having a very pleasant conversation.

Mo Juren also noticed another place, not far from Liudao and Luo Tu, where there were two figures, a man and a woman, sitting upright.

The man was of burly build, with messy hair and a fierce look on his face; the woman was of fair skin, petite and delicate, with a charming look in her eyes.

"The two demons of the Lan family?" Mo Juren guessed their identities in an instant.

Luo Tu had passed on the message to him before, saying that he had invited the two demons, but they did not rush to Beixuan Island, but came directly to Huangyue Island to meet up with the main force.

These two were indeed very cautious and had never shown up before. Unexpectedly, they appeared directly in front of all the top leaders of the Anti-Star Alliance today.

It was obvious that all the Nascent Soul cultivators recognized these two people. Although they were gathered together at the moment, the others all instinctively kept a certain distance from each other and had no intention of making friends with them.

The two Lan demons didn't care about this at all, and instead drank by themselves.

Mo Juren simply glanced at the two of them and stopped paying attention to them. He then turned all his attention to the area where the formation masters were.

He was also quite good at studying formations. Listening to everyone's constant debate, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that one should not underestimate anyone.

These formation masters were obviously centered around the two old men. Through their discussion, they had obviously formed a clear understanding of Xin Ruyin's superimposed formation.

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"Ten layers of formations are superimposed on one place. Not only are there no conflicts, but they complement each other, greatly increasing the power. It's really incredible! I don't know which fellow practitioner created this. If there is a chance, Xie will definitely visit one or two of them." At this time, inside the hall, a group of formation masters were discussing more and more intensely. An old man in a black robe who was leading the discussion suddenly sighed.

"It is indeed beyond my comprehension. Cheng has studied formations for hundreds of years and I believe I have some experience in this. If it is a familiar formation, he should be able to stack two or even three of them. But if there are more, the difficulty will increase exponentially. However, now it is stacked ten times. I really can't imagine how the other party did it?" Another old man with silver hair and a gray robe also had an excited look on his face, and he couldn't hide his admiration.

"There are countless array masters in the Qiankun Hall of the Xing Palace, and the one with the deepest attainments is the hall master Gu Yue. Although this old guy is good, he is no match for you and me. It shouldn't be him."

"Who else could it be besides Gu Yue? Could it be that there is another hidden formation master in Xing Palace?"

"That's not clear, but one thing is certain, this person may have reached the master level in the art of formation." The old man in black robe sighed, his expression becoming more solemn.

"Grandmaster! He hasn't appeared in the Inner Sea for thousands of years." The gray-robed old man smiled bitterly, paused, and got back to business.

"This ten-fold superposition array is indeed quite tricky. I wonder if Brother Xie has any plan to deal with it?"

“If we were asked to create a similar magic array, it would naturally be impossible. But if it is just pure destruction, it would be much easier.” Having said that, the old man in black robe suddenly looked at Liu Dao and Wan Sangu who were listening carefully to everyone's discussion not far away.

"I have some ideas on how to crack this formation, but it will take some time to perfect it, and I also need the full support of the two leaders."

"Do you have any ideas? How long will it take?" Liudao's eyes lit up.

"Three days is about right, and no longer than five days." The old man in black robe thought for a moment, and then gave an answer that surprised Liudao.