"Form the formation!"
Guo Ran's shout echoed across the battlefield. Upon hearing the order, the Dragonblood Warrior glowed all over, dazzling light shooting into the sky.
"You actually have power?" People were shocked—clearly exhausted, yet still had a trump card to unleash?
However, they were mistaken. The Dragonblood warriors had indeed reached their limit; their entire bodies were radiating divine light, and that was because they had summoned their battle armor.
When the armor covered their bodies, the Dragonblood warriors couldn't help but feel invigorated, and their nearly depleted spiritual energy began to slowly recover.
In the last battle before the Yin-Yang Realm, the Dragonblood warriors fought against all the powerful opponents, fighting with all their might until the very end.
This made Guo Ran realize the crisis. If another strong figure intervened at that time, the Dragon Blood Legion would be in dire straits.
After returning, Guo Ran improved his armor again, embedding charged runes inside.
Dragonblood warriors can channel their spiritual essence into their armor for storage, ready to be used in times of crisis.
The Dragonblood Battle Armor contains thousands of charged runes, capable of storing nearly half of the true body's spiritual essence. This half of spirit energy can save lives in critical moments.
The Dragonblood warriors now drew some spiritual energy from their armor to support their nearly parched bodies, gathering all the warriors together.
"Boom!"
As the Dragonblood warriors gathered from all directions, they immediately formed an arc formation. Once the formation was set, the Dragonblood Legion instantly became a solid block, spinning rapidly and tearing the bloodline warriors into a shower of flesh.
Once the formation was set, the Dragonblood Warriors were no longer in danger. Their powers were interconnected, like machines grinding meat, slowly retreating across the battlefield.
Inside the Dragonblood Warrior armor, there was stored spiritual energy, but Guo Ran didn't want them to waste it.
Because injecting spiritual energy into an energy-charging rune is extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive, requiring ten times the energy to store one-tenth of the spiritual energy.
For a Dragonblood Warrior to fully charge the charged runes inside his armor, it would take a whole month. This was for survival and could only be used unless absolutely necessary.
Only a small portion had been mobilized earlier, but the Dragonblood warriors were still heartbroken. After forming the formation, they immediately retreated.
"Boom!"
Liu Ruyan's massive figure rose from the ground, carrying endless roots, moving forward and landing on the earth. Countless blood clan experts were suppressed by her.
The Dragonblood Warrior retreated, but Liu Ruyan advanced instead of retreating, charging toward the front of the battlefield. The two sides switched positions.
"Buzz"
As Long Chen's legion withdrew, the ground trembled, beams of light shot up into the sky, and in the void, spheres of light appeared, radiating dazzling light.
"Ss s..."
From the sphere of light, countless swords of light shot out, and the following blood clan army was swallowed by the endless sea of swords.
"Puff puff puff... A
Blood Clan expert at the Life Star Realm was struck by the sword light and instantly shattered. Even a strong Blood Clan expert couldn't withstand such a barrage of attacks; at most, they could withstand three strikes before being wiped out.
"What a powerful grand formation."
Seeing ten thousand swords flying and the endless sea of swords, all the strong warriors were startled.
"I've long heard that the Dragonblood Legion has a terrifying formation master. Such a terrifying killing array must be extremely costly. I'm afraid it won't last long!"
The stronger the formation, the more terrifying the consumption, especially this killing array covering tens of thousands of miles. Each breath consumes an unimaginable amount of resources.
Formation Mage is a profession that is gradually declining. Legend has it that in ancient times, Formation Mage was one of the most terrifying professions in the world.
As long as you have enough resources, you can overturn the world, slay gods and immortals, and the status of a formation master is far higher than that of an alchemist.
But now, in the Age of Decline of Dharma, resources are scarce. Many formation masters have starved to death because there simply isn't enough resources to train them.
Nowadays, formation masters on the continent are just a bunch of craftsmen making a living. Many of them do part-time jobs, helping others and earning some cultivation resources.
No one would deny the strength of a formation master, but the prerequisite was having enough resources, which was deadly.
A formation master without resources is like a cook without kitchen tools or ingredients—with nothing, what can you use to cook for others? So the profession of formation master has completely declined, and in the past tens of thousands of years, there haven't been any outstanding talents.
The formations of the major sects are all ancient legacy. Without large-scale wars, as long as they are carefully maintained, the formations can continue to operate.
So the major powers didn't take formation masters too seriously. Without formation masters, there were still old formations to use, since these things wouldn't break anyway.
But now, Xia Chen's move was just a small test of his skills, shocking everyone.
"Puff puff puff ..." The formation activated, and those powerful warriors of the Powerful Blood Clan charging at him were all left unkilled, unable to break through at all.
"Buzz!"
Xia Chen released the hand seal with his large hand, the earth trembled, and above the earth, a huge vortex pattern formed. The pattern lit up, and endless spiritual energy stirred the world, wildly converging here.
"What a terrifying spirit-gathering array."
Feeling the endless spiritual energy being extracted, people couldn't help but be moved. The Spirit Gathering Array is the most common formation, found in every household, but the array Xia Chen set up was too powerful, with such a powerful suction force that even the Heavenly Dao began to twist.
Even the major powers like Dan Valley and the Evil Sect couldn't help but be moved. The effect of this formation was a hundred times greater than that of their Spirit Gathering Array.
"No wonder the Dragonblood Legion's progress is so terrifying, and with such powerful formation masters, all problems can be solved effortlessly."
"I heard Long Chen is also an outstanding alchemist, and his alchemy skills are no less than those of the Pill Fairy. Top-tier alchemists and formation masters are the greatest assets of the Dragonblood Legion."
"No matter how strong Long Chen's alchemy skills are, he's still just one person—he can't support such a large legion.
I heard that most of their pills come from the Huayun Sect's supply. Have you forgotten, back when fortune was booming, Long Chen was pouring medicine jar after jar. "
So, the backers behind the Dragon Blood Legion are Huayun Sect?" No wonder he's so wealthy and bold. "
Huayun Sect claims to be the wealthiest sect on the Tianwu Continent and has always stood on equal footing with Dan Valley. However, Huayun Sect is so low-key that it almost never gets involved in cultivation matters, so people almost forget about it."
Now that people have brought it up, they suddenly realize that the money for the Dragonblood Legion all comes from Huayun Sect.
"Truly worthy of being the most successful businessman—money invested in goods, but profit is limited.
But when it comes to people, when Long Chen reigns over the world, the profit is basically nothingIt's endless. Someone couldn't help but praise Huayun Sect's business skills.
Long Chen was famous for repaying grudges and kindness; anyone who had helped him, he would repay with all his might.
Groups like the Xuantian Dao Sect, Kaitian Battle Sect, and the Chasing Cloud Swallowing Sky Sparrow clan are the best examples. They have helped Long Chen, and he has always regarded them as close kin, risking his life to protect them.
These three powers had already fallen to such a low state, especially the Cloud-Chasing Sky-Swallowing Sparrow clan, which was nearly wiped out. Now, these three powers have joined the ranks of the world's top powers—this is the reward.
"Rumble rumble... The
grand formation operated, the sea of swords stretching endlessly, blocking the blood clan members outside. The ground was already piled with corpses, creating an extremely terrifying scene.
Ahead, willow trees reached the sky, their branches and leaves like swords, their massive roots like dragons, attracting most of the blood clan experts. In front of Liu Ruyan, these blood clan experts were like food, no different from serving vegetables.
Seeing this, many factions became envious, because after these blood clan powerhouses died, their essence blood belonged to the Dragonblood Legion.
Seeing the corpses on the ground slowly shrivele up and eventually turn into dried corpses, he knew Long Chen and the others were secretly extracting essence blood.
The blood essence of the blood clan powerhouses contains the essence of the ancient era. Although their bloodlines are now impure, their essence blood can still be refined into ancient essence blood.
This Ancient Essence Blood is a priceless treasure for those powerful beings who haven't activated their spiritual blood—no matter how much money can't buy it.
This essence blood can only be extracted from blood clan experts. Although dark eras have always led to great battles, blood clan experts are killed, and essence blood is extracted.
However, the ancient essence blood refined back then was basically used by the strong warriors of that era, and very few remained. After all, without primordial essence blood, one cannot awaken spiritual blood, and if combat power cannot increase, one will be killed. Keeping essence blood is useless.
Now, seeing those endless corpses, they were no longer corpses—they were treasures, and these treasures belonged to the Dragonblood Legion.
"The Divine Clan is really biased. Why should Long Chen benefit alone?" A powerful member of the Xuan Beast clan muttered.
As soon as he muttered, Peng Wanli, the leader of the Xuan Beast clan, immediately changed his expression. Sure enough, the old men of the Divine Clan's maternal relatives darkened instantly, and he said coldly, "
If you think it's unfair, how about three days later, your Xuan Beast clan will hold off alone for three days?"
Clearly, these Divine Clan relatives were also frustrated. They had planned to sneak in some extra income, but were discovered. So many people died, and they couldn't even make a sound.
Especially now, with the Dragonblood Legion's grand formation activated, they were comfortably sitting there collecting essence blood. Their eyes were red with jealousy.
Yet the Ancient Clan guys aren't very sharp-minded. At this moment, they actually accuse the Divine Clan of favoritism, instantly infuriating those old fellows. This is pure stabbing, like a dog biting a dog, using a stick.
"Pfft"
Peng Wanli didn't give the man a chance to speak. He slapped the man on the head, causing him to tremble all over and be killed by Peng Wanli's single strike.
"The Divine Clan has always been fair. I failed in my teachings, so please don't take offense." Peng Wanli cupped his fists slightly.
He wasn't Long Chen, and he didn't want to get into trouble with the Divine Clan's maternal relatives, otherwise the chances of being put on the wrong side would be very high.
As the saying goes, 'King Yama is easy to deal with, little ghosts are hard to deal with.' These old guys were obviously a bunch of idiots used to living in luxury, no different from foolish dogs. Provoking them would do no good.
Seeing Peng Wanli kill someone, the elder relative of the Divine Clan snorted coldly and said nothing more.
"Roar..."
Suddenly, a thunderous roar echoed from within the Yin-Yang Realm, the earth trembled, and a massive figure appeared.