Chapter 242
It wasn’t that they completely couldn’t practice these techniques anymore, it was just that the cost required was too enormous, and the returns were completely disproportionate.
Using those resources for personal cultivation at least guaranteed a concrete improvement in one’s own strength, but using them for artifact refining, alchemy, or formations, there was a very high probability of total failure.
Therefore, many clans simply abandoned these paths.
They focused their limited resources exclusively on elevating their own personal strength.
Even in the Heavenly Void Mystic Realm, the spiritual energy was merely denser, certain resources were still pitifully scarce, perhaps even more so than in the Mysterious Yellow Great World.
As for the resources within the Mysterious Yellow Great World, after years of relentless plundering by the Heavenly Court, there had long been virtually nothing left.
The arrival of several Heaven and Earth Upheavals did manage to give the Mysterious Yellow Great World a chance to catch its breath, but given the colossal scales of the Mysterious Yellow Great World, the Heavenly Void Mystic Realm, and the Heavenly Court, it was still merely a drop in the bucket.
This was precisely what led to the current situation, spiritual treasures were scarce, pills were rare, and only a tiny minority understood formations.
"Damn it! We’ve been played!" Elian cursed furiously.
"Let’s go!" He swung his mace, shattering the wooden table, he turned to leave.
But suddenly, the pupils of all six men violently contracted.
Right in front of them, six dark shadows slowly squirmed into shape, they were exact replicas of the six of them.
What kind of bizarre formation is this?! The same thought echoed in all six minds.
But they weren’t given time to think, the six shadowy replicas lunged straight at them.
Outside, Houda stared at the half-naked man standing before him who looked exactly like him, his eyes narrowed, he clenched his fist, demonic energy swirling around it, and punched directly at his mirror image.
Outside the formation, Adam sat cross-legged mid-air, resting his chin on his hand as he watched the scene unfold within the cave.
Now that the grand formation was fully activated, he had absolutely nothing to worry about, he could properly enjoy the performance.
Inside the cave, the people completely collapsed the cavern with their fierce brawling.
The Demon side was the same, facing an opponent equally matched to oneself, it was impossible not to fight with full strength.
When Elian’s group saw the Demon, they froze for a moment, subsequently, cold sweat poured down their backs.
To think such a terrifying expert had been secretly tailing them.
If it weren’t for this bizarre grand formation, they probably would have died here without even knowing how.
But because of that momentary distraction, the replicas generated by the formation gained the upper hand.
On Houda’s side, he completely ignored the Nova Clan members.
To him, those people were mere ants, but this replica right in front of him was getting interesting, it actually knew every single move he knew.
This formation is quite something, it actually serves as a great tool for tempering myself.
Very quickly, Houda and his replica violently clashed again.
The terrifying shockwave directly blasted the Alpha-Class Guards, and their respective replicas, flying outward.
Only Elian managed to hold his ground.
Elian was now filled with both shock and terror.
What is going on here? Why is there a Demon, and what exactly is this bizarre formation? He could barely protect himself, so he had absolutely no way to help the Alpha-Class Guards.
Wasn’t I just here to catch a person at the Second Heaven of the Deity Realm? Why did it turn out like this?
"Demonic Domain Bone-Corroding Fist!" The demonic energy swirling around Houda’s dual fists suddenly condensed, transforming into a bizarre liquid.
It looked like molten metal, with tiny specks of bright crimson light oozing from within.
Watching from afar, Adam felt goosebumps erupt all over his body, he was absolutely certain that if he touched that, he would die instantly.
Houda’s replica similarly condensed the liquid around its fists.
The two fists crashed directly into each other.
First came a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering explosion, followed by nothing but a high-pitched ringing sound echoing in everyone’s brains.
Elian covered his ears and frantically dodged to the side, utilizing spiritual energy to resist with all his might.
Only then did he withstand the residual shockwave.
But when he looked over at his Alpha-Class Guards, he discovered that their heads, along with the heads of their replicas, had been completely pulverized by the shockwave.
Elian sucked in a sharp breath of cold air, but he didn’t have a single second to mourn, because his own replica, bleeding from the mouth, charged right at him again.
Damn it! These things didn’t seem to feel pain at all! Elian frantically scrambled to parry the attacks.
Even outside the formation, Adam could feel the terrifying aftershocks of that single clash.
The mountaintop within the formation had been completely leveled to the ground, the earth was covered in massive fissures.
However, this wouldn’t destroy the formation.
As long as the formation core wasn’t destroyed, no matter how terrifying the destruction elsewhere, the formation would remain intact.
And he had set the Yellow Emperor’s Sword as the formation core, he then instructed the sword to hide itself within the formation.
On this point, Adam was completely reassured, aside from the numerous concealment formations he had layered over it, the sword itself possessed immense experience acting as a formation core.
Back in the day, the Yellow Emperor had frequently used it for that exact purpose.
Too terrifying, good thing I prepared thoroughly, otherwise this could have easily backfired.
Adam clicked his tongue, even he wouldn’t have survived those aftershocks.
He felt that unless he reached the Eighth Heaven, clashing head-on with a Ninth Heaven expert was absolutely impossible.
People at this realm were already brushing the threshold of Sainthood, they were fundamentally incomparable to ordinary Deities.
The two Demons were engaged in a frenzied battle, while Elian cautiously dealt with his replica, because aside from dealing with his own mirror image, the shockwaves from the Demon’s battle kept sweeping toward him.
Suddenly, he found an opening, he violently forced his replica back and immediately flew toward the outside of the mountain.
Adam isn’t here, since the plan has already failed, there is absolutely no need to stay here and wait for death!
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