Ten years of dormancy: Starting as a martial arts master at the pinnacle

"It's the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, oh no..."

Among the Zhennan Army's ranks, some recognized the formation before them.

His pupils instantly filled with a sinister aura.

"General, what exactly is going on?"

His personal guards looked terrified.

"This world isn't just about martial arts; there are also unorthodox methods. Sometimes, the methods of unorthodox methods are no less powerful than those of martial arts. This formation is one such unorthodox method. A powerful formation can conceal one's aura, making it impossible for even a supreme expert to detect it."

Li Changqing, who was standing at the very front of the line, happened to hear these words.

During the Beggars' Sect martial arts tournament, he wanted to keep the Heavenly Demon Elder here so that the old monster could not continue to do evil.

At that time, someone used the royal formation to help the Heavenly Demon Elder hide his tracks.

So much so that even Li Changqing failed to detect any clues.

This supreme formation that conceals its aura must be the same one used by the King of Wu back then.

After that, Li Changqing was constantly busy.

He had completely forgotten to get his hands on this formation.

Not just this one formation, but anything that has research value should be studied thoroughly.

Having reached the pinnacle of martial arts, resorting to unorthodox methods to further advance one's skills might not be a bad way out for Li Changqing.

And then there's this scene right before our eyes.

Although there was no aura of a great and powerful being around him, Li Changqing still saw true qi taking shape.

When the great formation was completed, eight enormous golden gates suddenly appeared before them.

Li Changqing and his elite troops from the Great Zhou were instantly enveloped by the Golden Gate.

Everything around them was enveloped in golden light.

The sky was invisible above, the ground was invisible below, and everything around was a golden expanse.

Only the eight large doors radiated a dazzling golden light, even more brilliant than the surrounding golden space.

"This is the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, the national treasure formation of the Qi Kingdom. My Great Zhou Emperor can unleash supreme peak combat power even within the capital. This is the foundation of my Great Zhou's strength!"

"The foundation of Qi's strength lies in this Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation. It's just unexpected that those treacherous dogs of Qi would actually set up the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation here?"

This is Linhai City, their territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The fact that the other side has set up the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation here is tantamount to incorporating the land of their Great Zhou into the territory of Qi.

Scholars can bear it, what can't bear it.

Even if I die on the battlefield, I will still kill a few of those treacherous dogs from Qi.

"We are willing to follow the general and kill the Qi dogs!"

After recognizing the formation before them, the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty began to prepare for certain death.

No matter what, they were determined to take a huge chunk of flesh from their opponent.

Outside the great formation.

The captain in charge of guarding the city gate let out a heavy sigh of turbid air when he saw the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation take shape.

"Thankfully, I made it in time."

The Zhou Dynasty's attack was so sudden that they were completely unprepared.

To put it bluntly, the other party was just a hair's breadth away from succeeding.

If it weren't for the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, perhaps the soldiers of the Great Zhou would have already succeeded.

"Who is leading the army?"

"Our spies have already sent word that someone named Nangong Qiushui was sent down by the Great Zhou court and is not a direct subordinate of the Zhennan Army."

"Nangong Qiushui? If he hadn't encountered our Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, he might have become a great figure in the future."

This battle is enough to secure the success of a general.

If he fights a few more battles, he might even become a famous general in the future.

But that's just how life is.

If he dies here, then all the hypotheses become meaningless.

This Qi state officer couldn't help but feel a little regretful when he thought about this.

"Prepare for a complete annihilation, leave no one alive."

It was regrettable, but since they had used the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, they couldn't just stand by and watch the Zhennan Army break through their encirclement.

With the captain's order.

The 3600 soldiers forming the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation exerted their power simultaneously.

The true energy they gathered instantly transformed into golden chains.

These chains transformed the entire golden space into a battlefield of carnage.

As the chains tightened, it seemed that Li Changqing and his soldiers were about to be strangled by them.

"Such thick chains must be supported by at least nine Grandmasters. Did those treacherous dogs from Qi prepare this all along?"

Some soldiers familiar with the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation muttered through gritted teeth.

They had launched a surprise attack, assuming that Linhai City would be unprepared. Little did they expect that these treacherous scoundrels from Qi had laid a trap for them.

Under these circumstances, they will likely find it very difficult to escape today.

"Killing one is enough to break even, killing two is a bonus. There are eight gates in total, there must be a gate of life among them."

The Eight Gates Golden Lock are not all dead gates.

There's always one door that holds onto life.

The soldiers of Zhennan Army could not tell which one was the gate of life.

But this did not stop them from splitting into eight groups and making their own way.

There will always be a group of brothers who can break through, and even if they are no match for the treacherous dogs of Qi, they will still be able to tear a piece of flesh from them.

Li Changqing did not stop them; he seemed to be frightened by the enormous golden chains in the sky.

"They're still young; they've never seen anything like this before."

"Let's leave him a whole body; he was a prodigy in his youth."

"It's a pity he was envied by the heavens!"

The soldiers of Qi were secretly discussing the matter. In their eyes, Li Changqing was now practically a dead man.

But just as they were thinking this, Li Changqing, who seemed to be standing there dumbfounded, suddenly moved.

His soldiers charged in eight directions, and the Qi troops who were deployed also began to disperse their forces.

They couldn't stop a lifeline.

The remaining seven gates had been jointly forcibly sealed off. They were determined not to let any of these soldiers from the Great Zhou Southern Army escape alive.

But just as they were dispersing their forces, Li Changqing, who had been standing there dumbfounded, suddenly started to move.

He held the gun in one hand, the tip pointing skyward.

"Now!"

In Li Changqing's eyes, the flow of power in the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation was as if he had X-ray vision.

Others might not see the clues, but he saw them clearly.

Therefore, Li Changqing was absolutely certain that at this moment, what place was the weakest?

Without hesitation, he thrust his spear forward.

The movements appeared simple and unadorned, but in reality, they contained immense power. Black light shot out from the Peerless Overlord Spear, concentrating its force on a single point.

"puff!"

Just like an eggshell cracking, Li Changqing forcefully broke open a point in this golden space.

Then this one point rapidly expanded, until the entire golden space became shaky and precarious.

The soldiers of Qi were all dumbfounded.

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