Chapter 327: Life-and-Death Formation Array

“I have already set up the formation.” Luo Feng looked at Hall Master Yuanxiang. “I can act at any time.”

Hall Master Yuanxiang instructed, “First, you must participate in the defense of the city! Just like the other Elder clones, go intercept and kill those Infiltrators. The fewer Low-Rank Primordial Lifeform Infiltrators inside the city, the longer we can hold on. Second, your identity must remain absolutely secret! When you activate the formation, I will tell the others that it is I who is controlling the formation!”

“I understand.” Luo Feng nodded.

Once his identity was exposed, he would immediately become the target of everyone.

Under the siege of the Transcendent Limit Bewitching Heart Worm and a large group of Leader-Level True Bodies attacking at any cost, even if Luo Feng could mobilize the power of Rainlan City to reinforce himself, he still had no confidence in withstanding it.

“Go.” Hall Master Yuanxiang said. “You are now the City Lord of Rainlan City. If you have any arrangements, send a message to me. I will issue orders to the various parties.”

Luo Feng nodded. Soon after, he quietly left this ordinary Cave Dwelling in the Outer City.

Hall Master Yuanxiang remained hidden there, silently watching everything.

“I have already done everything I can. What comes next depends on fate.” Hall Master Yuanxiang murmured.

Ever since a new Low-Rank Primordial Lifeform Legion joined the forces outside the city, Hall Master Yuanxiang could instantly calculate the outcome. If things continued like this, Rainlan City would not last a full day—perhaps not even half a day.

But no matter what, he would hold on until the very last moment.

…

While Luo Feng headed toward the core region of Rainlan City, he relied on the refined City Founder Seal. With a single thought, he could perfectly perceive every movement throughout Rainlan City and determine the locations of those Low-Rank Primordial Lifeform Infiltrators.

“My formation is much weaker than the Star Swarm Grand Formation. In that case, I will target only a single Elite Infiltrator Squad.”

As he traveled, Luo Feng simultaneously controlled the formation with divided attention.

Rumble—

Inside Rainlan City, one of the Elite Infiltrator Squads suddenly noticed a mass of black-and-cyan clouds swirling high above them. Luo Feng also mobilized Rainlan City’s massive Energy Reserves to reinforce the formation, causing its power to rise continuously.

“This is bad! A formation is gathering directly above us—it’s targeting us!”

“Be careful!”

Despite suffering several previous assassination attempts, this Elite Infiltrator Squad still had seven Leader-Level Avatars, five Core Member True Bodies, and thirty-nine Core Member Avatars. They coordinated skillfully, releasing layers of illusory fluctuations to envelop their surroundings, attempting to resist the formation’s attack.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Terrifying light burst from within the cloud mass. In an instant, it tore apart heaven and earth and engulfed the entire squad. The formation shattered the squad into pieces almost immediately.

“How is this possible?”

“The power of this formation is even stronger than the Star Swarm Grand Formation?”

“Rainlan City is resisting attacks from outside the city—yet it can still spare such a powerful formation to deal with us?”

In an instant, only three Core Clan Member True Bodies barely survived.

However, as the terrifying light continued to engulf them and annihilation intensified, those three Core Clan Member True Bodies were completely destroyed.

In just over ten breaths of time, an entire Elite Infiltrator Squad was wiped out.

Previously, the Star Swarm Grand Formation had launched long-range attacks against several squads simultaneously. Luo Feng’s Life-and-Death Formation Array, however, condensed directly above the squad and targeted only this single team. As a result, the Infiltrators felt as though this formation was even more terrifying than the Star Swarm Grand Formation.

“The Star Swarm Grand Formation has already dispersed. The Elders are all fully occupied resisting the siege outside the city. How is there another formation?”

“And this formation’s power is already fifty to sixty percent of the Star Swarm Grand Formation.”

The Elders were all shocked. They could accurately judge the power of a formation.

The Star Swarm Grand Formation had been jointly executed by Hall Master Gaitao and ninety-two Elders. Luo Feng’s overall accumulation was deeper than Hall Master Gaitao’s, but even with the support of Rainlan City’s power as City Lord, his Life-and-Death Formation Array only reached about half the power of the Star Swarm Grand Formation.

“It’s me.”

Hall Master Yuanxiang transmitted his voice.

“I have temporarily suppressed my injuries and can barely exert some strength. I will do my best to intercept those Infiltrators.”

“So it’s Hall Master Yuanxiang.”

“Even while suppressing his injuries, the strength he can display clearly surpasses Hall Master Weiyang and the others.”

“As expected of a Seeker who has mastered two Half-Primordial Level Paths!”

The Elders were all greatly encouraged.

If Hall Master Yuanxiang could display such strength, they felt it was only natural. Before his contamination, his strength had been an entire level above Hall Master Weiyang and the others.

At his peak, Hall Master Yuanxiang’s power was far more terrifying than what he was displaying now. One of him was equivalent to twenty Hall Master Weiyangs.

Of course, during his peak state, Hall Master Yuanxiang had pursued escaping the Cage of the World. He had never even considered spending War Merits to establish a city.

“I truly wish I could suppress my injuries.”

Sensing the Elders’ rising morale, Hall Master Yuanxiang felt even more exhausted and powerless inside.

He understood his own condition clearly.

Even maintaining consciousness had already become extremely difficult.

…

Core region of Rainlan City.

Luo Feng stood in midair, gazing into the distance.

A distant Infiltrator squad spotted him and immediately turned away in another direction, having no intention of fighting him.

“These Infiltrators are all mental-type Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms. Their flight speed is too fast.” Luo Feng sighed inwardly. “Only by relying on Rainlan City’s formations can I assassinate them anywhere in the city.”

Luo Feng continued controlling the formation. As City Lord, he mobilized vast energy to reinforce it, making its power strong enough to launch another strike against an Elite Infiltrator Squad.

Rumble—

In the distance, terrifying light erupted again.

“Haha! Another squad destroyed.”

“As expected of Hall Master Yuanxiang.”

The Elders inside the city were greatly encouraged.

Whoosh—

While guarding the sky above the core region of Rainlan City, Luo Feng saw a team of Elder-level powerhouses flying past.

“Brother Luo Feng,” the group greeted him. “As expected of Brother Luo Feng—daring to hunt Infiltrators alone.”

Luo Feng looked at the team.

This Elder-level team had six members: three Elder clones and three other powerful cultivators who were not Elders. Within the city there were quite a few individuals who were not Elders but possessed Elder-level strength. Since their True Bodies were in Rainlan City, they actively participated in defending the city.

Because Luo Feng was actively intercepting Infiltrators, these powerhouses were naturally quite friendly toward him.

“It’s a pity these Infiltrators fly too fast,” Luo Feng said.

“We have Hall Master Yuanxiang. His true strength is extremely terrifying. Even if he can only display a portion of it, I believe he can help us survive this crisis,” the Elders said with great enthusiasm.

Clearly, Hall Master Yuanxiang suppressing his injuries and controlling such a powerful formation had given everyone hope.

After exchanging a few words with Luo Feng, the team flew off to another area.

Because their speed was inferior to the Infiltrators, the Elder teams mainly patrolled the core region to ensure its safety. After all, many Elders lived here.

“Six Elders working together with secret treasures… as long as they don’t encounter that Transcendent Limit Bewitching Heart Worm, they should be able to fight,” Luo Feng thought.

The Elders constantly tracked the movement route of the Transcendent Limit Bewitching Heart Worm and tried to avoid it.

However, sometimes that ‘King’ moved too fast, leaving them no choice.

“The formation I control alone is still not powerful enough.” Luo Feng frowned.

The power of the Star Swarm Grand Formation had reached a certain threshold—it could destroy Leader-Level True Bodies.

But Luo Feng’s formation only had half that power. Those Leaders, being God Emperor Perfection Level mental-type Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms, possessed extremely tenacious vitality. They could be heavily injured but were very difficult to annihilate completely.

…

“King, our Elite Squads have suffered devastating casualties.”

“Of our thirty-nine Elite Infiltrator Squads, twenty-one have already been wiped out. In those twenty-one squads, eighty to ninety percent are dead. The few survivors… have already hidden inside Cave Dwellings and no longer dare to come out.”

“Now there is a black-and-cyan formation. Every ten breaths or so it destroys another squad. There is nowhere to hide.”

The Leaders transmitted messages to the King through mental communication.

First there had been the Star Swarm Grand Formation. Now Luo Feng’s Life-and-Death Formation Array had appeared. Both primarily targeted Elite Infiltrator Squads.

“With Yuan Yan’s legion joining outside the city, Rainlan City’s defensive pressure should be even greater. How can they still spare such a powerful formation to target us?” the King wondered.

“King, the remaining Elite Infiltrator Squads are already beginning to panic!”

“If we cannot come up with a solution soon, they may completely collapse.”

The Leaders could already sense the fear among their Core Members. The situation had reached a critical point—they could collapse at any moment.

The King realized this as well.

Previously, the Infiltrators had fought fearlessly because they had seen hope. They saw the number of Elders decreasing, and even the Star Swarm Grand Formation had been forced to disperse. Naturally, their morale had soared.

But now a new black-and-cyan formation had appeared, repeatedly annihilating squads with no visible end. How could the Core Clan Members not panic?

“All Elite Infiltrator Squads are to temporarily disperse and hide,” the King ordered.

He did not care about casualties among his subordinates.

But if they were about to collapse anyway, there was no need to stubbornly persist.

“Understood.”

“Disperse and hide!”

“Disperse and hide!” 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Immediately, the remaining eighteen Elite Infiltrator Squads received the order and felt relieved. Their bodies became illusory as they dispersed, infiltrating nearby Cave Dwellings.

As mental-body lifeforms, infiltrating weaker Cave Dwellings was extremely easy for them.

Soon they could control some cultivators—either by controlling clones or by possessing their True Bodies.

Under the concealment of Cave Dwelling formations, the cultivators could not determine the exact location of these Infiltrators’ True Bodies.

“Since they are hiding, there is no need to worry about them,” Hall Master Yuanxiang ordered.

“We must delay for time. If we delay long enough, we will definitely win. Elder teams should reorganize. Each team must be strong enough to deal with the Transcendent Limit Bewitching Heart Worm.”

Inside the city, after the elite core Infiltrators dispersed into hiding, only the King and five Leader-Level Infiltrator Squads continued attacking various places.

“Stop them!”

The Elder teams in the core region reorganized. Some groups had only one or two members, like Luo Feng and Elder Xingyi who acted alone with confidence. The largest team had thirty-six Elder-level powerhouses working together in a grand formation. Most teams consisted of around twenty Elders.

“So numbers alone are enough?”

The King, appearing in the form of Hall Master Weiyang, appeared.

One moment he was far away. The next moment he had already plunged into a team of nineteen Elder-level powerhouses.

Those who did not possess clones had naturally purchased life-saving treasures at any cost. The Elders, however, relied on clones and rarely carried such treasures—many had none at all.

In one or two breaths of time, two Elder clones were killed. The remaining Elder-level powerhouses relied on their formation cooperation to resist somewhat.

“Next.”

The King instantly left.

Coming and going freely—this was the power of a Transcendent Limit existence.

The King glanced from afar at Luo Feng, Elder Xingyi, and others, but had no intention of attacking them. Elder Xingyi was at least an Elder, yet the King still felt no interest. As for Luo Feng, who was not even an Elder, the King was even less willing to waste any time.

If a cultivator possessed powerful mental will techniques or strong soul-protecting secret treasures, the King would not bother wasting time on them.

He was willing to spend more effort against Hall Master Weiyang or Hall Master Gaitao. But when dealing with other Elders, speed was the priority—targeting those with ordinary willpower techniques and without good soul-defense treasures.

“Once the number of Elders drops below a certain threshold, the city will fall.”

The King had already seen the dawn of victory.