Chapter 280: Feng Shui Killing Layout (1/2)

“That moldy scaled-dragon is as sanctimonious as ever!” Beigong Yu ground his teeth at the giant image of Gonggong.

The palace was encircled by three thousand layers of defensive formations, but the Monster God was a mere golden immortal who’d been on Levitating Island for only a year. With the limited foundations she’d laid down, she couldn’t have set up three thousand immortal-grade formations. They were enough to withstand a shot from a weapon of war!

The scaled-dragon was simply looking for an excuse to attack the palace, as the Monster God was a marquis appointed by the North Sea emperor himself.

……

The enormous Gonggong image sprang to action and whipped ahead of the army. Imbued with endless water energy, it slammed ruthlessly into the defensive formations.

Bam!

Water and light exploded, and the fabric of the air trembled. A dozen formations that Lu Yun had set up with the Formation Orb instantly evaporated. Meanwhile, the great formations the monster spirits had laid down outside the palace activated, shaking its architecture.

“Dammit!” The little fox jumped up, her face twisted with dismay. “Lu Yun’s formations are anchored to the air. Someone set up a Great Formation of Isolation to seal off the palace from the outside world. Without anchors, the three thousand formations will quickly shatter!

“If only I can improve my illusions to the point of becoming reality. Then I’d be able to kill people with them....”

“Don’t worry.” Aoxue remained unfazed. “The moment all the formations break is the moment they die.”

Beigong Yu nodded as well. “The scaled-dragon is doomed this time.”

The little fox looked at them dumbly, wondering where their confidence came from. She cast a glance back at the depths of the palace. There, Lu Yun sat cross-legged, protecting the hundred and eight concealing formations, which not only concealed the energy of Qing Han and the Embittered Bamboo, but also guarded them from outside turbulence.

He wouldn’t allow himself to repeat the mistakes of yesteryear and let the battle outside affect Qing Han.

The Scaled-Dragon King struck a pose on top of the manifested Gonggong with his hands behind his back. The Great Formation of Isolation had cut off the palace from the outside world, creating a domino effect of three thousand formations popping like multi-colored bubbles.

“Formations without foundation...” murmured the scaled-dragon. “Although it’s the peak technique of formation dao, there’s a fatal flaw to formations set up with such technique. Once the space around them is isolated, they become as fragile as eggshells.”

Formations needed the support of heavenly energy to function, and ones etched in the air would weaken and break, once cut off from the outside world.

Formations set up with formation stones were different, as every stone was birthed by nature and contained tremendous heavenly energy. Being cut off from the world wouldn’t affect those formations at all, since premier anchoring stones could actively draw on the power of heaven and earth.

Therefore, strongholds and fortresses always opted for formations set up in the traditional method. To many, it was suicide for a fortress to be guarded by formations without foundations.

“Is Lu Yun really that gullible? Or is he just faking it?” Confusion flicked through the scaled-dragon’s face. “Strange, it’s said that he’s one of the greatest formation masters in the world. He shouldn’t have made such an amateur mistake....” Realization suddenly dawned on him.

“Wait, stop! Stop at once!!” he roared in panic, but it was too late.