Chapter 214: CH. 214 | Lin Tian vs Formation and Array Hall
They listened closely to what Ya Fei had told them. They shot up into the sky, standing atop their flying sword qi, their focus locked straight ahead.
From behind the main rune array covering Bagua Peak, a man stood with a Soul Formation cultivation base.
With power like that, tearing down their formation would honestly be simple for him.
But the disciples of the Formation and Array Hall weren’t about to just stand around waiting to lose.
They fully intended to show off their strength, even knowing full well the opponent in front of them wouldn’t be an easy one.
On Lin Tian’s end, he watched as the runes, once invisible traps, began lighting up one by one, each glowing in a different color that matched the elemental spiritual root of the disciple who’d placed it.
There were red runes tied to fire element cultivators, blue runes from water element cultivators, and gold runes belonging to light element cultivators. All of them worked together toward a single shared goal:
Take Lin Tian down, no matter what it took.
"HA HA!"
"Looks like the Formation and Array Hall might just be the most promising hall in the sect right now," Lin Tian said, giving them credit.
Lin Tian raised his hand and stretched it forward, summoning a white qi orb at his fingertip, bracing himself to fight against a group of disciples who were, after all, only Foundation Establishment and Core Formation cultivators.
"I’ll only open the formation once you’ve managed to beat every last one of them."
"Don’t kill them, just destroy the core of their formation," Ya Fei said, her voice carrying down from Bagua Peak.
Before he could even agree to that, Lin Tian was caught off guard by a sudden attack rising up from beneath his feet.
A red formation flared to life, igniting a towering pillar of blue flame that shot straight up into the sky.
The area around Lin Tian was completely sealed off by a dominant, powerful magical wall, one that would be brutally hard to break through.
A woman came flying in on her sword, closing in on the formation with a proud, confident look on her face.
"This is the Nine Pillar Fire Guardian Formation. One of the strongest confinement formations in the profound grade," the woman explained.
Lin Tian gave a short nod. "I have to admit, this formation is more than enough to kill any cultivator below Mid Core Formation."
But that wasn’t the end of it. Dozens of rune array formations flared to life inside the confining wall, all of them zeroing in on Lin Tian standing at the center of the formation.
He watched formation after formation light up, their cores glowing, ready to unleash a decisive strike against him.
One by one, the formations activated and unleashed their attacks on Lin Tian, lightning strikes, crashing ocean waves, bursts of fire, powerful gusts of wind, sharp rock projectiles, and even sword strikes paired with spiritual beast attacks.
They unleashed everything simultaneously, enough to genuinely catch Lin Tian off guard, his eyes going wide as a broad smile spread across his face.
BLAST!
The combined force of every formation attack triggered a massive, unavoidable explosion inside the confining wall, the shockwave spreading out across the entire area and pulling in the attention of everyone nearby, including those still gathered in the courtyard.
They stared in awe, mesmerized by what had just happened, as red light mixed with golden yellow filled the entire sky trapped within that confining wall.
An explosion of that magnitude would have easily killed any Core Formation cultivator. But Lin Tian was different.
"Was Master Lin defeated?" one of the disciples in the front courtyard asked, a Qi Condensation cultivator.
"No idea. But he’s definitely hurt after taking a hit like that."
Wu Yue overheard them and gave a brief response, just a small smile, since he could still clearly sense Lin Tian’s qi presence right in the middle of that confining wall.
"Watch closely. You can learn something from this fight," Wu Yue said, and they all obeyed.
The disciples from the Formation and Array Hall flew in closer to the confining wall, trying to get a better look at Lin Tian’s condition.
"Did we actually get him?" one of them asked.
"Maybe. If not, we hit him again."
Before long, the smoke from the explosion began thinning out and clearing away. They saw it, everyone saw it.
Lin Tian was still standing right in the middle of the formation, completely unharmed, with no significant damage to show for it at all.
He stood there tall and composed, his gaze fixed straight ahead, surrounded by a ring of golden runes.
Not a single disciple in the hall had any idea what that rune array was or how it had managed to withstand their combined assault.
"W-What’s actually going on here?" one of them asked.
Lin Tian smiled faintly, his hand still raised, his spiritual qi still active. With his focus locked forward, he swept his hand out to the side in a smooth, sideways motion.
"The strength of your formations and arrays is genuinely impressive. You’d have no trouble at all killing a cultivator below Core Formation!"
"Let me tell you exactly what this rune is."
"This is called... the Energy Reversal Array!"
As Lin Tian extended his hand forward, the golden runes circling him flared with bright light and unleashed a barrage of attacks, mirroring the exact same attacks they’d all just thrown at him moments earlier.
The attacks shot forward and slammed into the confining wall with tremendous force, tearing through the fire pillars one after another until visible cracks began spreading across the barrier.
BLAST!
Another massive explosion became unavoidable, leaving them significantly injured and hit by a violent surge of spiritual qi energy that spread across the entire span of Bagua Peak.
The hall’s disciples were sent flying backward, clutching their chests in pain, their bodies aching from the fluctuation of qi energy that had just slammed into their souls.
Ya Fei felt that surge of spiritual energy immediately. She shot off, flying fast away from Bagua Peak, until she landed right in front of Lin Tian.
She looked around at the scene surrounding her, her disciples still hurt and reeling from their failed attack on Lin Tian, while he stood there completely fine, without a single problem to show for it.
"You beat them, and you even managed to turn their own attacks back against them," Ya Fei said. "You really are a perfect match for Senior Sister An Yue, Master Lin."
"I’m genuinely impressed with you, Ya Fei. Over these past ten years, you’ve managed to train your hall’s disciples to this level. They’re going to grow into truly formidable formation masters in the future," Lin Tian said.
Ya Fei smiled and nodded, pleased with the praise Lin Tian had given her.
She temporarily lifted the formation covering Bagua Peak and welcomed Lin Tian to pass through, on his way toward the next peak.
"Please, go right ahead, Master Lin!"