The improved female villains regained their memories.

However, the paper soldiers were not afraid at all, standing firm and rushing towards the sky without mercy.

"My flames can burn all materials in the world, even defensive attacks formed from spiritual energy, yet they have absolutely no effect on this paper figure!?" Tian Bulian was astonished and stepped back.

"Hahahaha, Boss Tian, ​​you should forget about those flames. These paper figures and clouds are my unique skills. It took me a hundred years to master just these two moves. How could I let you break them so easily?"

As Hong Lingyi spoke with a smile, her fingers twitched slightly, and dozens more paper soldiers and clouds emerged from her sleeves.

"However, what I just said is not entirely a lie. This great formation was indeed created by the absorption mode of the Sword Soul West, from the foot of the mountain, the mountainside, and the mountaintop. It is impossible to escape the formation by destroying this place. No matter what methods you have or what your background is, once you step into this great formation, you will only be able to surrender."

"Indeed mysterious."

A voice suddenly sounded beside her. Hong Lingyi was startled and quickly turned around, only to find that Su Murong had already left the clouds and was looking at her with a smile.

The clouds that originally enveloped her had been compressed to the size of pebbles, which Su Murong held in his hand and played with, leaving her powerless to resist.

"How did you get out of here!?"

"Your methods are indeed ingenious. The reason they cannot make an effective breakthrough is because you contain a lot of human energy. Human energy can contain spiritual energy. That is why their killing moves are ineffective against your two killing moves."

Su Murong sighed and shook his head: "What a pity, you've run into me."

She struck a pose and beckoned to the woman in red: "Come, come, come."

Humane Killing Move - Ghost's Bane, First Move: Summon Human Energy.

Hong Lingyi was terrified and turned to run, but it was too late. A massive amount of human energy surged from her body and condensed into a pill in Su Murong's palm. Her long, black hair immediately turned white, and many wrinkles appeared on her young face.

"puff!"

Despite her best efforts to restrain herself, the massive loss of popularity still shook the foundation of her spiritual root. Fortunately, Hong Lingyi had some knowledge of popularity, so although the foundation was shaken, at least the spiritual root was preserved.

She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, looked at the only mortal among the three, and dared not show any more contempt in her eyes: "What is the name of this move?"

A look of reminiscence appeared in Su Murong's eyes as he loudly replied, "A human-made killing move, feared even by ghosts!"

"Excellent! With just this move, you deserve a place in this world!" Hong Lingyi exclaimed. "If I weren't in this formation, I would have already been defeated. It's just a pity..."

The wind and clouds changed color, and something was gathering in the world. Although her white hair was flowing and her body was covered with wrinkles, the aura of the woman in red suddenly became terrifying.

Tian Bulian's face was grim: "The Great Dao Mark, the person who set up this formation actually managed to imbue you with the Great Dao Mark born from the secret realm of heaven and earth?"

What an incredible, heaven-defying method!

A skilled array master who can use the secret realm of heaven and earth to set up an array to suppress a true immortal is already considered among the best. But the person who set up this array within an array can actually enhance a certain person within the array with the traces of the Great Dao of the secret realm of heaven and earth. Such a method is unheard of by Tianbulan.

She could no longer hold back, so she unleashed the power of the Great Dao without hesitation and launched her main attack.

Mu Xiaobai followed, while Su Murong stepped back, waiting for another opportunity.

Hong Lingyi was not afraid at all. With the blessing of the Great Dao Mark, she laughed and turned around to beat Tian Butian.

Tian Bulian quickly found himself on the defensive.

Although she was a veteran True Immortal, the foundation of the Great Dao Mark was ultimately limited. She had to be extremely cautious every time she used it to ensure that it could reach its maximum power. However, Hong Lingyi did not need to consider this at all. After all, she did not cultivate the Great Dao Mark. She did not feel any pain when using it and would just smash it.

"If she adds the Great Dao Mark to a destructive immortal technique, we'll be in danger." Tian Bulian gritted his teeth and persevered.

However, the situation she had envisioned did not occur. It seemed that although the person who arranged it could enhance her with the traces of the Great Dao, the specific enhancement was random, and at least the person in red spirit clothes could not control it.

"I have a move that can definitely kill this person, but I need your cooperation," Tian Bulian transmitted to Mu Xiaobai.

Mu Xiaobai's spirits lifted, and he immediately switched places with Tian Bulian. The long sword in his hand shone brightly, which was the immortal killing move, Heavenly Light Thunder Dragon.

Hong Lingyi chuckled disdainfully: "You little bug, I could destroy you with a wave of my hand. Why bother using it and making a fool of yourself?"

She didn't even bother to defend herself, and launched a counterattack. Mu Xiaobai immediately swung his sword to block it, while the unconcerned little insect took advantage of his inattention and flew behind Hong Lingyi.

Suddenly, Mu Xiaobai unleashed his power, disregarding the depletion of his spiritual energy, and unleashed countless Heavenly Light Thunder Dragons, all attacking the red-clad figure.

Just as Hong Lingyi was about to defend herself, she didn't expect that the little worm behind her, which she didn't even want, would suddenly switch places with Tian Bulian. In that instant, a sense of unease spread throughout Hong Lingyi's body.

"Goodbye."

Tian Bulian sneered and with a light tap of his fingertip, the white flames ignored the red spirit's defenses and blazed fiercely at her heart.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!"

Hong Lingyi screamed in agony. In the blink of an eye, white flames erupted from her body, bursting from her eyes, mouth, and nose. Before she could struggle, she was engulfed from the inside out and turned to ashes.

"We won!" Mu Xiaobai breathed heavily, but his face relaxed.

"The three of us are really strong!" Su Murong replied shamelessly.

The sky seemed to show no mercy as it slowly descended, its expression unchanged, but inwardly it groaned in despair.

That move just now seemed effortless, but in reality it consumed a large amount of her Great Dao Marks. Refining Great Dao Marks is not easy to begin with, and by using this move, she lost one-tenth of the Great Dao foundation she had been accumulating.

[What a sorry sight! I should have known better than to come along.] Heaven has no pity for those who suffer in silence.

However, despite the huge cost, the enemy was ultimately defeated. Although it was said that Tian Bulian was the main attacker, her move was limited. Without Mu Xiaobai's cooperation and Su Murong's weakening, she might have had to expend even more effort. At the very least, she had to get close to Hong Lingyi first.

In short, winning is all that matters.

But what should we do next?

The three discussed it and found that they didn't have any good ideas.

Although they managed to reach the weak point of the formation by using a misguided killing move, just as Hong Lingyi said, they didn't dare to try it at all. The rampage of the Sword Soul Heart was no joke. Once it went berserk, the space within a hundred miles would be sealed off, and a rain of Sword Souls would be generated. They wouldn't have time to escape.

Sword Soul Rain is the manifestation of the violent surge of Sword Soul Heart Energy. Once it appears, it cannot be defended against by ordinary means, or rather, there is no way to defend against it at all, because it strikes directly at the mind. It is difficult for anyone who is not mentally strong to resist its attack.

“We don’t understand formations at all, so we have no way of verifying what Hong Lingyi said,” Tian Bulian sighed helplessly.

The Guardian Heaven Sect isn't without array masters, but none of them came this time. Because of this, the three of them are now in a rather awkward situation—the weak point of the array is right in front of them, but none of them even have the courage to try it.

"What should we do?" Su Murong asked, staring at Mu Xiaobai.

In any case, neither of them had any other options. Su Murong was just a mortal, and Mu Xiaobai's methods were limited. Faced with this situation, they were at their wits' end.

"It seems that I have no choice but to use that move." Tian Bulian made up his mind.

She was very reluctant to use that move; it was, after all, her biggest secret. If she used it now, the person who set up the formation might discover it through secret observation.

Oh well.

Spiritual energy slowly accumulated within Tian Bulian's body, unleashing a terrifying aura like Mount Tai, and a terrifying pressure descended, even distorting the air in front of him.

The overwhelming aura caused both Su Murong and Mu Xiaobai to change their expressions.

"Sister Bulian, what are you going to do?" Mu Xiaobai vaguely guessed what was going on and subconsciously tried to stop her.

However, Tian Bulian gave her a wink and said calmly, "Step back."

Su Murong ran backwards first, and Mu Xiaobai looked at Tian Bulian with concern and also retreated.

"To be my true self, to reveal my true form."

"the truth."

Endless ink surged from Tian Bulian's body, and then her body was enveloped in white flames.

"Hahahahahaha!!"

A woman's smiling face made of white flames flashed in the air, her smile arrogant and unruly, echoing between heaven and earth.

"This is a true immortal." Su Murong looked on, his mind reeling. "Even if his strength is suppressed to the level of an Earth Immortal, he can still use the Truth. I just don't know what the price is for Tian Bulian to use the Truth?"

If one can use the truth at the level of a terrestrial immortal, then the price of the truth is far more than just the loss of spiritual energy. Of course, the greater the loss, the more astonishing the power of the truth is.

After a while, the flames dissipated, the ink disappeared, and Tian Bulian's figure reappeared. She was kneeling on the ground, blood dripping from the corner of her mouth. She wiped it away and stood up.

"I have completely understood this great formation."

"Huh?" Mu Xiaobai was slightly taken aback. Did he already understand just like that? That day, the ability to ruthlessly reveal the truth was...

"This array within an array is actually called the Immortal Locking Array. It was created by Song Panning, Xu Baxian's advisor. It not only utilizes the secret realm of heaven and earth, but also contains royal-grade magic artifacts, secret treasures, and so on. Most importantly, it is not just borrowing the energy absorption method of the Sword Soul Heart as Hong Lingyi said; it actually borrows the Sword Soul Heart!"

Tian Bulian said in a cold tone.

It must be said that her knowledge of the truth was indeed astonishing. Not only did she know the details of the formation, but she even knew the name of the person who set it up, Song Panning. Unfortunately, there were too few connections between them. Although Tian Bulian knew about Song Panning, she didn't know what this guy was up to.

"They directly borrowed the Sword Soul Heart!?" Mu Xiaobai exclaimed. "Doesn't that mean that no matter what we do, as long as we break the formation, the Sword Soul Heart will definitely go berserk!?"

"I'm afraid that's exactly right." Tian Bulian nodded solemnly.

What's the point of playing then?

After all that, they couldn't get out no matter what they did. Forcibly breaking through the formation would cause the Sword Soul Heart to go berserk, not to mention that they would encounter these guardians if they tried to break through the formation. So, their only option was to stay here and wait obediently until the other party took the Sword Soul Heart before they could leave.

"Is the person who set up the formation called Song Panning? That's quite a skill." Even Su Murong exclaimed, "They can't advance or retreat, they can only be fish on the chopping board. Even a true immortal would have to surrender. Such a person will surely achieve something no less than me in the future."

If you're shameless, neither of the other two will respond.

Mu Xiaobai thought for a moment and asked Tianbulan, "If that's the case, can we find a way to start from within the formation, separate the sword soul from the formation, and then break the formation?"

Tian Bulian shook his head: "Impossible. I have a clear answer now. Let alone a True Immortal who is proficient in formations, even a veteran True Immortal who is proficient in formations cannot break the formation without damaging the Sword Soul Heart. Song Panning's methods are too superb. She almost perfectly used the secret treasure, the Sword Soul Heart, to give us the illusion of a formation within a formation. In fact, there is no formation within a formation. Everything we experienced was the effect of the Sword Soul Heart."

Tian Bulian spoke up to explain, leaving Mu Xiaobai and Su Murong speechless.

It turns out that this formation has completely transformed Tianren Mountain through the Sword Soul Heart, using the mountaintop, mountainside, and foot of Tianren Mountain as the array's core, creating an extremely perfect grand formation.

No matter what level of immortal they are, anyone who breaks in will face the impact of the sword soul.

The Sword Soul Heart's abilities were also utilized by the grand formation, resulting in the following three points.

The first is the dream world. In the dream world, the Sword Soul Heart will recreate different scenes from the past based on each person's experiences, thereby reforging that person's heart.

Secondly, the Great Dao traces that control the secret realm of heaven and earth have been integrated into the calamity. Not only that, the person who set up the formation can also use the power of the Sword Soul Heart to empower the guardians of the formation with the Great Dao traces of the secret realm of heaven and earth.

The third is controlling the orientation. The person setting up the formation can use the Sword Soul Heart to adjust the orientation within the formation, causing those who try to enter the formation to get lost and unable to reach the correct location.

This is the power of the Sword Soul Heart within the great formation. As for other abilities, such as driving away demonic beasts and suppressing true immortals, those are the abilities of the secret realm of heaven and earth and the formation itself.

This is the true nature of the Immortal Locking Formation. In general, it can indeed enhance our combat power and weaken the enemy's combat power. When combined with the Secret Treasure Sword Soul Heart, it basically suppresses everyone's weaknesses, leaving all those who enter the formation unable to advance or retreat.

This is Song Panning, a cunning and treacherous messenger skilled in disguise.

After years of silence, they made a move that plunged the Guardian Heaven Sect's reconnaissance team into dire straits.

Chapter 287 Sword Soul Grinding the Heart

"The most dangerous thing about this formation is that everything in the formation becomes a target for the Sword Soul Heart to absorb nutrients. Most of our suppressed spiritual energy is used to feed the Sword Soul Heart."

"In addition, the Sword Soul Heart will also affect the morale of the people in the formation. People with different characteristics will show different attitudes, and the side that was originally hidden may be stimulated."

"The good news is that the formation is so strong that even the guardians dare not move around, so even if we kill Hong Lingyi, the other two will not come to our aid."