1828 Dragon and Phoenix Came! (1/2)
”The trees… The fortress of trees of the Hall of Life and Death was unbelievable… That was crazy. I thought it was just a rumor. I thought it couldn't be as powerful as people said… It turns out people are not lying. The fortress is much more horrible than what people say!”
The man looked scared.
”Master told me to only make an attack and leave as soon as I can… I am lucky that I did exactly what he said. If I tried to get any closer, I would be trapped. Who would know that the protection of the Hall of Life and Death could be so unbreakable… I just made a small attack, and it responded with a great thunder strike… The attack was everywhere all of a sudden…
”If I left a little bit later, I should have died into ashes…”
The man still looked terrified. He bitterly smiled and said, ”I thought it should be easy… Well, whoever was inside that fortress didn't even need to show up. The protection system of the fortress nearly killed me… The rise of the Hall of Life and Death is powerful…
”Anyway, I have completed the mission… I should return and report the crazy situation to Master… This is awkward, but I have to tell the truth… Gosh! For the first time in my life, I am so frustrated… I couldn't even see the target in person… What a failure…”
He bitterly smiled, swallowed a few medicines, and became a long rainbow moving away fast…
…
The gate of the Hall of Life and Death was closed. Nobody got in or out.
The man, Muzi, triggered the attack, but it didn't make any noise. Ye Xiao could sense it, but nobody else could. They were so concentrated in cultivation!
Ye Xiao also noticed something else.
The army of the Hall of Returning Nature had arrived at the City of Chaos.
Many high-level cultivators were flying in the sky, looking down at the Hall of Life and Death. However, none of them had any ideas of how to break the strong protection of the fortress…
Many of the people of the Hall of Returning Nature were smart and experienced. They all heard about the unbreakable protection of the fortress of trees. As they saw it now, they knew how powerful those giant trees could be. None of them dared to make a reckless move!
'Is the owner of the Monarch's Hall insane? How could he spend so much on just some Iron Maples? That is such a waste of money!'
However, maybe he was not that crazy. The Iron Maples had become a strong shield of the fortress. These people didn't even have the confidence to defeat the trees, not to mention dealing with the power of array formations… Nobody dared to put their lives at risk! They decided to wait!
Ye Xiao noticed the enemies because the dragon-shaped qi drew his attention.
However, he didn't want to start the war yet!
”Nobody attacks!” Ye Xiao coldly smiled and said, ”Let's just watch the Hall of Returning Nature monkeys play.”
People of the Monarch's Hall laughed. They stopped preparing for the fight to continue cultivating.
For the next ten days, the Hall of Returning Nature attacked over a hundred times!
However, they never succeeded. For two times, they were attacked by the powerful formations because they retreated slowly. Dozens of their good men died in the thunderclaps…
That was a relief to Master Guan and the other old masters.
They were deeply concerned for Ye Xiao when they knew the Hall of Returning Nature was approaching. The seven great ancestors of their clans were not around. Master Guan had made a decision that he would lead his entire clan to fight for the Monarch's Hall, even if it would put the entire clan at risk.
After some days, they were all surprised but relieved.
The Hall of Returning Nature seemed to be powerful, but it couldn't break the shield!
No matter how they tried to irritate Ye Xiao, the Hall of Life and Death just didn't send out a man. There weren't even guards…
The Hall of Returning Nature people were angry, but they just couldn't break it.
Hundreds of them had died in the thunder attacks of the power formations. They knew how powerful the protection of the Hall of Life and Death was, so they always sent people beyond Saint Origin Stage to make attacks. Hundreds of these good men died! The Hall of Returning Nature suffered a great loss!
Even though they had paid such a big price, the trees were unharmed. Some leaves fell, but not even a scratch was left on the tree trunks!
'God damn it! Are these still the Iron Maples? The most ordinary trees in the Human Realm Upon Heavens?'
'This is sick!'
After that, they realized the attacks of the fortress were much more horrible rather than the protection!
The protection of the fortress was powerful, and it shocked the people of the Hall of Returning Nature. They knew the enemies were near them, but they just couldn't hurt them in any way.
It was so frustrating.
The Hall of Returning Nature made over a hundred attacks. They first wanted to break into the fortress, but then they decided to just consume the energy of the fortress. All power formations needed energy, no matter how powerful they were. The center of a power formation was the most important part.
As long as they couldn't crack the center of the formation, they broke it. They could also destroy all parts of the formation. They knew that the center of the formation must be deep inside the fortress, and they could never reach it. That was why they chose to try to break the formation from outside!
However, after experiencing the unbelievably powerful thunder attacks of the formation, they knew it was impossible to break the formation from outside.
After that, they came up with another idea, which brought them hope. The thunder attacks of the fortress had killed many people of them, but it must have had consumed a lot of energy. If they could let the formation run out of energy, the formation died! They didn't think the Monarch's Hall could give the formation enough energy to run for a long time!
That was why they kept attacking for over a hundred times, but the counterattacks of the formation never stopped! The high-level cultivators of the Hall of Returning Nature couldn't stand it anymore. Many of them had died already. They were scared. Nobody wanted to die. In the end, they stopped attacking and called for some specialists to discuss the solutions.
They didn't know that the formation in the Hall of Life and Death was not just some ordinary formation. The power formation was the Great Formation of Stars, and Ye Xiao had planted countless pieces of Chaotic Purple Crystals. It would automatically absorb energy from the stars in the sky and store the energy. As long as the Great Formation of Stars and the three hundred sixty-five Chaotic Purple Crystals were there, the formation would never run out of energy!
Even the five Sky Kings had to make great efforts to break the shield if they were going to break in. If the five Sky Kings didn't have enough power, they wouldn't be able to break it!
The seven clans people were totally relieved, so they focused on their own business again.
'The Hall of Returning Nature asks for this. We won't get involved. Well, you will have to just stay there and wait before somebody comes out to fight you, idiots…'
The Hall of Returning Nature had lost a lot of people. They even dug some tunnels around the Hall of Life and Death to attack from under the ground. However, three thousand of their good men died underground. The seven old masters of the seven clans felt even more relieved when they knew it.
The fortress of trees didn't only protect the Hall of Life and Death from the attacks in the sky, but also shielded the Hall of Life and Death up from under the ground!
It wouldn't work attacking from the front side or the back side.
It wouldn't work attacking from the sky.
It wouldn't work even attacking from under the ground!
The formation was truly powerful!
The Great Formation of Stars wouldn't have any flaws!
The Hall of Returning Nature was in an awkward situation now.
They came fiercely, but in the end, there was nothing they could do to start a fight.
Their men died and died… It seemed the only thing they could do was to die…
That was awkward!
They didn't even have an excuse to retreat!
So many people had come, and how could they just retreat before having any actual fights? That was embarrassing.
Once they retreated, they lost more than they could imagine… There wasn't even a battle!
What else could they do anyway if they didn't leave?
Would they just stay here and keep sending their men to death? It would be a joke!
Some people suggested that they should stay, that they should cut off the supplies of the Monarch's Hall. However, it was absurd!
Cultivators needed incredible fewer supplies than normal people. The only thing they needed was spiritual qi. The fortress of trees could lack of anything but spiritual qi. In the Human Realm Upon Heavens, space items were everywhere. The Monarch's Hall must have stored a lot of daily supplies!
It would take years before the Monarch's Hall ran out of daily supplies. Furthermore, cultivators in the Monarch's Hall were powerful cultivators, who could live longer than ten years without eating anything…
Besieging the Monarch's Hall was definitely useless!
The leader on the Hall of Returning Nature's side was so frustrated. There was nothing he could do.
After a few days, Meng Wuzhen gathered hundreds of specialists who were good at power formations. When they checked the formations, they shook their heads.
”This is an incredible formation. It is impressive and horrific. I wouldn't even dare to try to crack it…”
”The formation has become a part of the sky and earth… It is extremely powerful. Attacking this formation means attacking the world… Attacking it is suicide!”
”This formation perfectly matches the pattern of the universe. I can't believe this is real. There is nowhere to crack it. I can't ask more than having my eyes on such a perfect formation in my life… Cracking it? That's a joke! How? Impossible! If only somebody could tell me how to crack it!”
”Please, tell Master Meng that I am sorry. This formation is way beyond my capability…”
”To crack this perfect formation, you have to get the man who built it, out! If he won't come out, do everything you can to get him out… I don't care what you do. He won't come out, then this formation won't be cracked!”
”Well, it is simple to crack this formation… A few men get inside and find the center. Break the center, and it will collapse… You can't? Well, then this is impossible!”
”To deal with the Monarch's Hall, you will have to change your plans. This formation is linked to the world. It automatically absorbs energy from the universe. Attacking it won't help. It would be suicide to make such a stupid attempt…”
”…”
The specialists came over like they were the most powerful men in the world, but in the end, they all left with a frustrated face.
Some of them stayed and kept watching the formation. These men were obsessed.
”I wonder who built this wonderful formation… I am in awe of him… I would beg for a lesson from him…”
”I just have a look at this thing, and it opens my eyes. This is great… This is a wonder…”
”When I came, I thought I could crack it. I was stupid. I was a fool!”
”I am going to spend more time on this. I just want to learn something…”
”…”
The specialists made the leader of the Hall of Returning Nature people even more frustrated.
He wanted to shout out the word in his head. ”That's just a formation! Can any of you crack it? You are the best specialists in the entire world! What the hell…”
Now he truly didn't know what to do…
He couldn't attack or retreat… Nobody could crack the formation… The enemies weren't coming out… What could he do? He was in huge trouble!
When he was feeling awkward, something cheered the entire Hall of Returning Nature up…