"Thank you all for your help."

Guu Feifan cupped his hands toward First Yun, Ye Liu and the others.

"I’ve long heard that the First Vice Hall Master, Vice Hall Master Zhangsun, and Young Master Yao are the most outstanding Heavenly Talents of the Three Halls."

"So allow me, Guu, to witness the three of you in action."

Guu Feifan’s tone carried a hint of provocation.

The three of First Yun let out a cold laugh. "Guu Feifan, as the Chief of the Heavenly Hidden Academy, you do count as a figure."

"And now, with just such petty tricks of goading us, you want to force our hand?"

Hearing this, Guu Feifan’s brows knit slightly, then he gave a faint smile.

"I’ve heard that before the Dongli Sword Palace grand competition, the three of you were utterly defeated at the hands of that Yi Xiao."

"That Yi Xiao is truly arrogant and overbearing."

"Not long ago, he even caused a great ruckus in my Heavenly Hidden Academy."

"If today we join forces and can break this Ancient Emperor’s Mansion that no one has broken for tens of millions of years, we can surely suppress that Yi Xiao’s arrogance a bit."

Guu Feifan cupped his hands once more.

The three of First Yun again gave a cold laugh. "Guu Feifan, is this the extent of your breadth of mind?"

"We three lost to Yi Xiao and are wholeheartedly convinced."

"Yet you Heavenly Hidden Academy Heavenly Talents seem to bear quite a grudge."

"You..." Guu Feifan’s expression had already turned icy cold.

He was the Chief of the Heavenly Hidden Academy, and also one of the foremost Heavenly Talent monsters of the Central Region.

With such obvious intention of making friendly ties, the three of First Yun were utterly unresponsive and even sneered at him—how could he still bear it?

Sikong Yu let out a cold laugh. "If you three don’t want to stay here, then get out of the Great Formation if you’ve got the ability."

"Hmph." First Yun snorted coldly. "What do you think we entered the Formation for?"

As First Yun’s words fell, he glanced at Hua Ruolian and Zhangsun Chilie.

The three exchanged a look, then nodded. "To save people."

Within the Great Formation, aside from Mo Youu, no one could stop the three of First Yun.

But just then, Ye Liu moved ahead of them and blocked their way.

"Ye Liu, what are you doing?" First Yun asked with a frown.

Ye Liu shook his head. "Right now, whether we save them or not no longer has any meaning."

As he spoke, Ye Liu turned to Guu Feifan. "Your goal was simply to get us into the Formation, wasn’t it?"

"You don’t care at all if the other Heavenly Talents are let go now."

In other words, even if the three of First Yun refused to act now, Guu Feifan and the others would no longer make things difficult for the other Heavenly Talents.

The other Heavenly Talents could easily leave right now.

"Correct." Guu Feifan nodded.

"The Black Cloud Formation is a purely defensive Great Formation, maintained by taking those who enter as the Formation Base. The Primordial Power of those who enter becomes solid Black Cloud, circling all around."

"The stronger those entering, the deeper the Primordial Power that maintains it, and the stronger the Formation becomes."

"Now that you’ve entered, the paltry Cultivation of the other Heavenly Talents is of no further use. They can leave."

Sikong Yu took over. "Also, you have no choice but to help maintain the Formation."

"Even if those Heavenly Talents shout the word ’out’ right now, it will still take time to trigger the effect."

"Before that, you’ll obediently help guard the Formation, hahaha."

Sikong Yu’s face was full of smugness.

The three of First Yun realized what was happening, and their expressions instantly turned extremely ugly.

But they had no choice.

Whether the Heavenly Talents wanted to leave, or all of them wanted to leave, the first thing to guarantee was that the Great Formation would not be broken by the tide-like demon beasts.

Otherwise, before they had time to get away, they would be torn to pieces by these countless demon beasts.

The demon beasts around them like a tide had already all reached the level of Supreme 9996 Dao.

Among those present, aside from Mo Youu, no one could handle them alone.

"Hmph." First Yun and the others let out a cold snort, but still unleashed their Primordial Power to maintain the Formation.

With First Yun, Ye Liu and the other five joining in, the Black Cloud Formation’s clouds instantly became denser, its might even greater, turning utterly unbreakable.

At this moment, within the main board, there were still two leaders comprehending the Prohibitions.

One side was Ao Yinfeng’s, guarded by the Black Cloud Formation.

Inside the Black Cloud Formation were the Disciples of the Five Great Academy and the Black Cloud Academy, and of course Xiao Yi, First Yun, Ye Liu and the rest.

That is to say, within this Great Formation, practically all the leaders were gathered at this moment.

Among the Heavenly Talent monsters who had come to the Ancient Emperor’s Mansion this time, the most outstanding group of Martial Artists were all here.

The other half, however, were on Lingg Hong’s side.

On Lingg Hong’s side were a group of Eighteen Mansions Young Masters, as well as a team of Heavenly Talents following along.

By all rights, with the strength of the tide-like demon beasts now having reached Supreme 9996 Dao, there was no way they could hold out.

Yet at this moment, around Lingg Hong and his group, there was a water-blue light curtain.

The light curtain seemed like condensed ripples of water, illusory and dreamlike, incomparably gorgeous.

It looked thin, but in truth was as solid as rock.

No matter how countless demon beasts crashed into it, they only made the light curtain ripple slightly, with not the slightest sign of collapse.

Xiao Yi glanced over and secretly frowned.

If he was not mistaken, that should be the Supreme Treasure of the Water Light Mansion, the Glazed Illusion Shield.

"Brother Mo." At this time, Guu Feifan called out.

Mo Youu nodded. "Right now, we can only wait."

"Of the 18 Prohibitions, we’ve already broken 13."

"Once the Prohibitions that Lingg Hong and Ao Yinfeng are working on are also broken, we’ll reach 15."

"At that time, we can begin to attempt to break through the last three Prohibitions."

"Wait?" Sikong Yu frowned. "We can’t directly start attempting to break them?"

Sikong Yu’s tone was somewhat anxious.

"With the Black Cloud Formation here, it’s no problem for us to protect this Ao Yinfeng."

"And with your strength, Senior Brother Mo Youu, you don’t fear these demon beast puppets in the least. You can go alone to break the Prohibitions."

"With your talent, Senior Brother Mo Youu, your comprehension speed will surely be faster than Lingg Hong and the others."

"As long as Senior Brother Mo Youu breaks the remaining three Prohibitions one by one, plus Lingg Hong and Ao Yinfeng breaking their Prohibitions, the 18 Prohibitions will all be broken."

"Then this main board will also be broken." 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Sikong Yu’s tone grew ever more excited.

"Sikong Yu, what are you so anxious about?" Tong Ye said coldly. "Could it be that you’ve got your eyes on the immense opportunities and Treasures within the main board?"

"Letting Senior Brother Mo Youu go alone to break three Prohibitions? To risk so much—how can you even say that?"

"You’re not eyeing them?" Sikong Yu glared at Tong Ye.

"Enough, stop arguing." Mo Youu waved his hand.

"If I can be the first to break a Prohibition, I’ll naturally make a move."

"However, within the Ancient Emperor’s Mansion, there are Principles laid down."

"Before our 15 teams came in, we triggered 15 Prohibitions. Here on the main board, if we don’t first break 15 Prohibitions corresponding in number, we fundamentally cannot comprehend the other three Prohibitions."

That was a test belonging to the Ancient Emperor’s Mansion. If they did not first break 15 Prohibitions corresponding in number, they had no qualification to comprehend the remaining three.

"It’ll be soon, don’t be impatient." Mo Youu said.

"Heh, right, it’ll be soon, don’t be impatient." Xiao Yi also spoke, giving a faint smile.

Only, that smile was clearly somewhat inexplicable.

Mo Youu glanced at Xiao Yi, frowning slightly, deep in thought.

Ye Liu looked at Xiao Yi as well, the corner of his mouth curling in a faint smile.

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The second update.