The First Venerable of All Paths

Outside the Blazing Canyon.

Three figures stood in mid-air.

Canglang and Wenkang stood on either side, their expressions solemn.

Fang Xuan, dressed in white, had a calm expression.

"I didn't expect it to be a fire-attribute spiritual vein. It's really good."

Looking at the canyon before him, Fang Xuan nodded to himself and murmured, "If it could be sealed in the desolate realm, it would become an excellent place for cultivation."

Fire-attribute spiritual veins are extremely rare.

In particular, some large fire-attribute spiritual veins, after evolving over time, may even give birth to earth fire.

"Brother Fang, this Blazing Flame Canyon has been covered with numerous arrays."

Canglang said in a deep voice, "With these formations, the people inside will be invincible."

Wen Kang then said, "Judging from Brother Fang's expression, do you perhaps have a solution?"

Fang Xuan laughed and said, "It's just an array, we can just break it."

"Brother Fang Xuan, it's not that I don't trust you."

The Azure Wolf said, "These are all fourth-grade formations, and since they're based in the Blazing Flame Canyon, they can continuously draw upon the spiritual energy within to strengthen them. How can you possibly break them?"

For most formations, there are only two ways to break them.

One method is to forcefully break through the magic array using absolute strength.

Secondly, formation masters would take action to find weaknesses in the formation and break them one by one.

But neither of these options is something they can currently achieve.

"Just watch, you two."

Fang Xuan's lips curled up as he carefully examined the magic array in front of him.

There are twelve magic arrays of various sizes in this Blazing Canyon.

There are four fourth-grade magic arrays.

Most importantly, these twelve magic arrays are arranged along the Blazing Flame Canyon, so they are interconnected and a change in one will affect the whole.

In a sense, this is a large-scale fifth-grade magic array.

Fortunately, breaking this formation is not difficult.

Fang Xuan's eyes scanned the array diagram, and he began searching for a key point to break the array.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Just then, two figures came rushing in from the depths of the canyon, looking at Fang Xuan through the array.

"It's Huo Sang and Huo Ye!"

Canglang quickly said, "They are the only two remaining Divine Intent Realm elders of the Mad Lion. With the help of the formation, even I am no match for them."

Fang Xuan nodded, but his gaze did not linger on Huo Sang and the other person.

Seeing that Fang Xuan dared to ignore him, Huo Ye, who had the most volatile temper, immediately shouted angrily, "Boy, you're Fang Xuan? You killed Mad Fire and Lion King, and you still dare to come here? You really don't take Mad Lion seriously at all!"

Fang Xuan couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this.

"I can even kill raging flames, why should I bother with you?"

Fang Xuan said, "How about this, if you let me take the spiritual vein below, I can give you a way out."

"Fang Xuan, you brat, you're too arrogant!"

Huo Ye's face contorted with rage, veins bulging, as he roared, "You want my Mad Lion's spiritual vein? You're dreaming!"

"Elder Huo Ye, Fang Xuan's words may be harsh, but they are the truth."

At this moment, Wen Kang stepped forward and said calmly, "Kuang Huo and Shi Huang are dead. What's the point of you guarding this place? Why not surrender and exchange it for a chance to live? Wouldn't that be more worthwhile?"

Wen Kang glanced around and chuckled, "Besides, even if the two elders don't think about themselves, shouldn't they at least consider the brothers under their command?"

There were still quite a few members of the Mad Lion Mercenary Group in the canyon.

Their cultivation levels were only at the Qi Gathering Realm and the Yuan Condensation Realm.

After hearing Wen Kang's words, many people showed signs of interest.

They joined the Lion King simply to seek a sense of security.

Now that the commander and the Lion King are dead, if Fang Xuan really breaks through the formation and breaks in, can they still survive?

Fang Xuan glanced at Wen Kang, feeling somewhat surprised.

Unexpectedly, Wen Kang possesses such eloquence.

In just a few words, the men of Mad Lion were swayed.

"Don't listen to their nonsense."

Seeing that morale was starting to crumble, Huo Sang quickly channeled his spiritual power to send his voice to each mercenary.

"Even a master of formations would find it difficult to break through the formations here."

Huo Sang said in a deep voice, "But the Alliance will arrive before they break through the formation."

"That will be Fang Xuan's death day!"

Huo Sang wasn't stupid to be able to sit in the position of elder of the Mad Lion.

Collaborating with the Mouse Shadow Group would be a good idea.

However, he will not give up cooperating with the Sunset Alliance.

"That's right. The alliance has been hunting down Fang Xuan. As long as we hold out until the alliance's experts arrive, Fang Xuan will surely die."

One of the mercenaries' eyes lit up, and he shouted, "Brothers, we're men of the Mad Lion, favored by the Lion King. We can't let him down!"

"To live and die with the raging lion!"

Seeing that the morale of the Mad Lions had stabilized, Huo Ye gave Wen Kang a cold smile and said, "Wen Kang, don't embarrass yourselves with these low-level tricks. My brothers from the Mad Lions won't fall for your act."

Just as Wen Kang was about to speak, Fang Xuan stopped him.

"Brother Wen, he's right."

Fang Xuan smiled calmly and said, "A few words won't make them bow their heads."

"Have you come up with a solution?"

Seeing Fang Xuan's confident expression, Wen Kang couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"There are solutions, of course. Just wait and see."

Fang Xuan looked at Huo Ye and Huo Sang and said, "You two, I'll give you one last chance. You can live if you open the formation voluntarily, otherwise, once I break the formation, you will have no other choice."

"You want to break the formation?"

Huo Ye scoffed as if he'd heard a hilarious joke, "Fang Xuan, you really don't know your place! My Mad Lion's Blazing Mountain Locking Formation was meticulously arranged by a master of formations. Who do you think you are? Trying to break this formation? That's just wishful thinking!"

"Whether it's wishful thinking or not, you'll all find out soon enough."

Fang Xuan was too lazy to explain.

He lightly stomped his foot in the air, and array patterns swept outwards from him toward the Blazing Canyon.

"This is... an array pattern?!"

Huo Sang's pupils contracted, and he exclaimed in surprise, "You're actually a formation master?"

This was completely unexpected.

He hadn't expected that Fang Xuan was also a formation master.

Canglang looked at Wen Kang with surprise and said, "Second brother, did you already know?"

"What do I know?"

Wen Kang smiled wryly and said, "Last time he was besieged, although he used an array to break the siege, I thought it was just a pre-prepared array tool. Who would have thought that he was an array master himself."

"Tsk, this Brother Fang Xuan is really becoming more and more of a hidden talent."

Canglang laughed and said, "I am increasingly convinced that he is indeed qualified to oppose the alliance."

"Being qualified is not enough."

Wen Kang said in a deep voice, "The Sunset Alliance has developed too quickly and has gathered a large number of powerful people. The entire Sunset City is now impregnable. It will be difficult for him to achieve his goal by relying on just one person."

After glancing at Fang Xuan's retreating figure, Cang Lang licked his lips and said, "Second brother, I know you've always been very opinionated. I'd like to hear your advice."

Wen Kang hesitated for a moment upon hearing this.

"Big brother, you really want to hear it?"

Seeing Canglang's insistence, Wen Kang transmitted his voice, "If you only want to make a living in this wasteland, then just maintain your current relationship with Fang Xuan."

"But if you want to advance further in martial arts, then you should try to ally with Fang Xuan and form an alliance of interests."

Wen Kang said, "Only with sufficient mutual benefits can a relationship be more lasting and solid; otherwise, it will just fall apart."

"Benefit?"

Canglang smiled wryly, "It seems Brother Fang Xuan lacks nothing, so what can we possibly offer?"

"Brother, you're really blinded by your own involvement."

Wen Kang's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he asked softly, "What brings Fang Xuan to this Blazing Canyon?"

"You mean the spiritual veins?"

Canglang's eyes lit up, and he said, "He needs a lot of spiritual veins?"

"Yes, and besides the spiritual veins, there's something else."

Wen Kang said slowly and deliberately, "The Desolate Crystal. Although he didn't say it explicitly, I can guess that the Desolate Crystal is extremely important to him, even more so than the Spirit Vein."

"Arid Crystal?"

The wolf stroked its chin and said, "This thing is not easy to find."

"But at least it's a direction, isn't it?"

Watching Fang Xuan activate the array patterns, forming a formidable array, Wen Kang murmured to himself, "Sometimes, opportunity is right in front of you, but what you lack is the courage and determination to make a decision!"

You're right.

Canglang clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, saying, "It's time to make a decision soon."

......

"Damn it, this kid is actually a formation master."

Huo Ye gritted his teeth and said, "And judging from the looks of it, its level isn't low either."

"So what?"

Huo Sang sneered, "No matter how talented he is, his array cultivation is at most third-grade, or even fourth-grade. Let alone being able to break my Mad Lion's Blazing Mountain Locking Array, even if he could, the Alliance would have arrived long ago."

"You really notified the league?"

Huo Ye was still somewhat uneasy.

"After learning of the deaths of the guild leader and the Lion King, I sent a message to the alliance informing them of Fang Xuan's return."

A cold glint flashed in Huo Sang's eyes as he said, "They must be on their way."

"That's good!"

Huo Ye slammed his fist in his palm and said, "Once the alliance's experts arrive, this little beast will surely die!"

"If he kills the captain and the Lion King, he won't leave Flame Canyon alive!"

Huo Sang's face was filled with murderous intent, and he said in a chilling tone, "He will pay the price for everything he has done!"

"Boom!"

Just then, the entire Blazing Canyon suddenly shook violently.

Huo Sang and Huo Ye looked up at the same time, and their faces were immediately filled with horror.

In mid-air, a sky-covering array suddenly shot out a dazzling beam of light, which slammed into the Blazing Mountain Locking Array.

The Blazing Mountain Lock Formation shimmered with light, shaking more and more violently.

"How is that possible?"

Huo Ye exclaimed in shock, "He actually managed to shake the Blazing Mountain Locking Formation?"

"Don't panic!"

Huo Sang said, "The formation is only shaking, but it can't be broken yet..."

Before he could finish speaking, another beam of light from the massive array burst forth, colliding once more with the Blazing Mountain Locking Array.

This time, the array of light pillars was even more domineering and swift than before.

"Snap!"

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the Fiery Mountain Lock Formation.

"What?"

Huo Sang and Huo Ye's pupils both contracted.

"Oh no, the formation is about to be broken!"

Huo Sang formed hand seals, channeling his spiritual power to maintain the magic array, and shouted sternly, "Quickly, stabilize the magic array! Don't...!"

But it was all too late.

Fang Xuan quickly formed hand seals, activating the Three Thousand Array Diagram.

"Share this image 3,000 times, break it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, another beam of light from the array pattern was projected onto the array diagram, completely destroying the Blazing Mountain Locking Array.

"Wow!"

Huo Sang, who was maintaining the formation, was immediately attacked by the backlash. He spat out a mouthful of blood and his aura weakened.

Looking at the white-clad youth who was walking through the air, Huo Sang's heart plummeted.

"The formation has been broken!"