Chapter 50

After Leng Tianxing had said something like that, all the hearts of the cultivators leaped.

The Alkaid Faction had been around for more than 100,000 years, and it was a great privilege to be a Visiting Apprentice. Their privileges would be even better than being an elder of an ordinary sect.

All the cultivators exchanged excited glances and quietly swore to perform well in the fight later.

The atmosphere within the formation had changed.

Knowing and controlling the hearts of others was a useful skill to have. Gu Qingshan quietly nodded when he saw this.

Leng Tianxing was from one of the top sects, all right. He knew how to deal with people and the matters in front of him, and it only took him a few words to motivate their fighting spirits.

If these men had to attack so many demons at once without any motivation of determination, they would be surrounded by feelings of despair very easily.

The moment anyone gave up, they would all die.

Leng Tianxing gave his last instruction. “Everyone, get ready. The moment the formation disappears, we’ll make our attack.”

Nobody raised any objections, and everyone stood up.

Gu Qingshan also stood up and secretly observed the rest.

Right in front were Wu Jin and Ma Liu. Both men were burly and muscular, and they were filled with a lot of Qi and blood.

On his left was Wang Cheng with a long sword in hand, and on his right was Luo Xiao with a huge saber on his shoulder.

As for Leng Tianxing, he held nothing but a fan in his hands. His expression was calm and cold, and he didn’t say anything as he stood where he was.

Gu Qingshan narrowed his eyes as he scanned everyone and got a good idea of this team.

Two Martial Arts Grandmasters, one sword cultivator, one knife practitioner, and one Elemental Arts Expert.

Along with himself, the “Formation Master”, this team was actually not bad.

While Gu Qingshan was thinking about these things, the rest were quietly preparing for their attack.

The glow of the formation began to flicker until it finally disappeared without a sound.

Wu Jin yelled loudly, “I’m going up first!”

“Go! We’ll be behind you.” Leng Tianxing patted his shoulder and cheered him on.

Wu Jin gave a loud shout. His entire body started swelling up, and the immense amount of Qi and blood in his body became two streams of white air spraying out from his nostrils.

He made a quiet noise as he slowly relaxed his shoulders and turned his heavy, spiky pauldrons toward the outside of the formation.

“Mountainous Impact!”

With a loud shout, Wu Jin dashed out of the formation with large steps and used his stiff pauldrons to dash several meters out at once.

All the demons along the way were either sent flying after he crashed into them, or they were stabbed by his spiky pauldrons.

A demon that was hanging onto his pauldron was grabbed by Wu Jin’s hand. He wrung the demon’s neck and flung it aside.

Several meters later, he slowed down. Wu Jin used his huge fists to bash and punch the demons.

“Serial Impact Punch! All of you can go and die!”

The demons weren’t prepared for any of this. Several demons were smashed to pieces by Wu Jin’s punches.

One breath, two breaths, ten breaths.

Huff, puff, huff!

Wu Jin opened his mouth and exhaled a large cloud of white air, then he paused for a moment.

After going on a full-on attack, he started to feel a little tired.

“I’m up next!”

Ma Liu overtook him and transformed into a huge giant. He swung a metal bat and knocked the demons out of the way.

At this moment, Wang Cheng got his sword out while Luo Xiao got his saber out, and both of them made a leap for it.

The glint of the saber and sword shone as they turned all the demons around Wu Jin and Ma Liu into exploding bodies of blood and mush.

Gu Qingshan followed behind without hesitation. He held the formation disk in his hand and shouted, “All the spirits of the ground, listen to my command! Split open!”

An entire wave of demons instantly went into freefall.

The earth below their feet had split open and had become a deep and bottomless abyss. The demons all fell in and were trapped there, so they couldn’t move anymore.

Leng Tianxing had a surprised look on his face.

This Formation Master wasn’t at a high cultivation level, but he seemed to have a good grasp of how to set up formations and when to use them.

He was a great help in such times.

“It’s a good chance!”

Leng Tianxing raised his fan and made his move without hesitation.

“Frost Blade Slash!”

Several thin white lines that exuded extremely cold air suddenly appeared in front of the team and cut through all the demons that were trapped in the ground like they were harvesting crops.

There was suddenly an empty space between the demons and the team, so the pressure on the men in front was lighter.

But after Gu Qingshan had set up that trap formation, he put the formation disk in front of his chest again, and his two hands started tapping on it.

“Wind, Fire, Thunder, Water, gather the spirits of Heaven and Earth!”

A glow appeared and surrounded all six of them.

“What? A moving Spiritual Element Collection Formation?!” exclaimed Leng Tianxing.

The Foundation Building cultivators were all shocked. But they soon had joy on their faces when they quickly realized that the Spirit Power within their bodies was slowly recovering.

Wu Jin laughed loudly and said, “Hoho! You’re a good Formation Master! If we make it out alive, I’m going to make you my brother!”

Wang Cheng was an aloof sword cultivator, so after he shook off all the black blood on his sword, he immediately shouted, “Let’s attack quickly!”

Normally, a Spiritual Element Collection Formation had to remain where it was set up. The moment it had to move, it would lose its effect.

Only a veteran Formation Master would be able to set up a small, movable Spiritual Element Collection Formation around himself in such a short time.

This move from Gu Qingshan had successfully shocked everyone around him.

Nobody dared to look down on him ever again.

The art of Formations was one of the hardest things to learn out of the six arts.

The only thing harder than this was the art of Divination.

To be well versed in either Formations or Divinations was like trying to go against a waterfall or crossing a great river.

Out of a hundred gifted and intelligent cultivators, perhaps five or six might reach Golden Core stage.

But similarly, out of a hundred genius cultivators, the number of cultivators that could do well in Formations or Divination might be zero.

That was one of the reasons why Gongsun Zhi had been so highly acclaimed in history.

“Excellent!”

Leng Tianxing complimented Gu Qingshan, then held his left hand in position as his right hand waved his fan and shot out another move.

“Soul-devouring Frost Blade!”

The air was slightly distorted as several crescent-shaped streams of ice shot out, slicing all the demons behind into a pile of broken limbs.

The few of them continued on like this, and they made it more than halfway to their destination.

“It’s not far!”

Leng Tianxing could see that the two men right in front were looking tired, so he quickly shouted a word of encouragement.

Everyone was motivated again.

Gu Qingshan looked around him and suddenly yelled, “Wang Cheng, Luo Xiao, you guys are too far out! It’s too dangerous!”

The sword cultivator and the knife practitioner were too excited slashing away at the demons, and they had gone farther and farther away from the group.

They had already stepped outside of Gu Qingshan’s formation.

Wang Cheng turned and hesitated when he heard this shout. Leng Tianxing yelled, “Come back quickly!”

Wang Cheng’s heart skipped a beat, and he decided to run back to the group.

But it was too late.

A gigantic demon hand rose from the ground and squashed Wang Cheng into a round ball of flesh and blood.

That sword cultivator, who had been excellent at killing, perished just like that.

His long sword was covered in blood and was still flying in mid-air. It was about to land in the midst of the countless demons.

In that split second, Gu Qingshan stretched a hand out. He used all the Spirit Power he had to remotely force Wang Cheng’s long sword to fly toward him, and he managed to catch it.

On the other side, Luo Xiao turned to run back to the group, but a Scarlet Gold Ghost half his height grabbed his leg, and he fell to the ground.

Before Luo Xiao could even yell anything out, his head was bitten off by a Ghost Dog.

The Ghost Dog was afraid that the other demons would snatch its food, so it ran off after biting Luo Xiao’s head off.

The rest of the demons rushed forward and tore Luo Xiao’s dead body apart hungrily.

The demons had grown excited from the smell of blood and started to screech loudly.

More and more demons came rushing toward them.

After the two of them were dead, the remaining men felt a greater pressure on them.

After a while, Ma Liu and Wu Jin were all covered with blood, and their bodies were heavily wounded.

Gu Qingshan’s heart tightened, and he asked, “How much farther do we have to go?”

Leng Tianxing paused before replying, “We’re almost there. Want to just make a dash for it?”

Gu Qingshan looked at the two men in front of him and said in a low voice, “No, demons are very good at observing and adapting. They probably know by now where we’re headed, so they are probably waiting for us already.”

He spun the formation disk and yelled, “Water, Wind, Mist, Earth! Raven Heavenly Escape Formation!”

This formation could only be used twice in total. So after using it this last time, there was no other way to hide from the demons again.

The formation disk lit up and started to move the elements in the air.

Once the elements of Water, Wind, Mist, and Earth were arranged in the correct order, the formation was set up.

The cultivators that had been on the verge of perishing suddenly disappeared in front of the demons.