Wan Hongzhuang
Chapter 286 Grand Array Master Test
The Sword Immortal Dharmakaya consumed an immense amount of cultivation. Coupled with the fierce battle, after flying for two hours, they could no longer maintain it, and the Sword Immortal Dharmakaya dissipated.
They retracted their armor and both spat out large mouthfuls of fresh blood.
That battle had truly nearly cost them their lives.
Even though Vermilion Bird was weaker, it was still a Mahayana stage Lightning Beast. While it was the weakest of its kind and only possessed battle power without a true realm, it was not something they could defeat.
In the end, they had used their ultimate move, which had severely drained them. However, they still couldn't kill Vermilion Bird. It was only when it was at its weakest that they had detonated the formation, killing it.
The two dared not slacken, unfolding their fastest speeds and flying towards their base.
After flying for several more hours, Wan Lei felt they were within ten thousand miles and, without hesitation, used teleportation to return directly to the Primordial Limitless Formation.
"Yo, what happened to you two? Ran into a powerful Lightning Beast?"
Little Yellow Dog, seeing them return and immediately rush into the Fate Reversal Yuan Gathering Formation to heal, couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Yes, very powerful."
"More powerful than that Qilin?"
"That Qilin came out, and it brought a Vermilion Bird and a Black Tortoise."
"Oh, so you guys are something, not dying."
"Could you say something more auspicious? We didn't die; we killed the Vermilion Bird."
"That's good. You guys can go heal."
The two sat cross-legged in the Fate Reversal Yuan Gathering Formation. After healing for half a day, roars echoed from the southeast.
Looking up, well, the debt collectors had arrived.
Qilin and Black Tortoise had reached the outside of the Primordial Limitless Formation and were violently crashing against it.
"Rest assured, a formation that even the Lightning Beast tide couldn't overcome isn't something they can break."
"Shut up!"
Seeing Wan Lei about to activate his jinxing skill again, Fang Xiaoyu was furious and immediately took out her "Husband-and-Child Management Staff" to administer some loving education.
"I'll beat you for going to see the Qilin for no reason!"
*Thump!*
"I'll beat you for seeking death!"
*Thump!*
"I'll beat you for being a jinx every day."
*Thump!*
...
After taking a beating, Young Master Lei sat on the ground contemplating life, thinking that his wife was good in every way except for her temper; she was always domestically violent.
It seemed he had to "domestically violence" her back tonight.
Fortunately, Young Master Lei's jinxing ability had rarely failed this time, and the two lightning beasts couldn't get in.
Ignoring Fang Xiaoyu's obstruction, Young Master Lei continued to embody the noble spirit of seeking death, going outside and placing a great formation for each of the two beasts, sealing them inside.
It would take the two lightning beasts a long time to break through the formations, giving him ample time to stabilize them.
Young Master Lei, being cautious, felt that two formations might not be enough, so he added twenty more formations for each of the two beasts.
For the guests who had traveled far, Young Master Lei fully displayed the excellent custom of hospitality, fearing he wouldn't provide adequate service. The two lightning beasts were so moved they shed tears, repeatedly stating they would never return again.
After sealing them, Young Master Lei finally had time to return to the Primordial Limitless Formation.
"Give me some teleportation formations, all kinds: fixed, temporary, and one-time. I almost died out there this time!"
The stone tablet was also generous and granted Wan Lei over a dozen teleportation formations, fulfilling his every request.
The following days were relatively peaceful. Young Master Lei diligently studied formations.
Due to the matter with the three Mahayana stage lightning beasts, Wan Lei's enthusiasm for hunting outside had greatly diminished, and he no longer went out.
It is worth mentioning that during this period, both Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu's cultivation had advanced to the late Nascent Soul stage.
In the Central Region, while not considered paramount powers, they were considered above average. If placed in Qishan County, they would be undisputed overlords and giants.
Recently, the difficulty of the formations Wan Lei was studying had been increasing, and his understanding of formations had also grown tremendously. No matter what formation it was, it never took him more than a day to decipher it.
After nearly another half year, the stone tablet finally opened the Master-level test for Wan Lei.
This made Wan Lei feel helpless. He could see that the stone tablet had a fixed program: two years as an apprentice to unlock the Formation Master test, and two years as a Formation Master to unlock the Master-level test.
"Master-level test: Samsara Extinction Array. Requirement: complete the array within ten days. Upon completion, you will be promoted to Master-level.
At that time, the formation inheritance will conclude, and the inheritor will receive the stone tablet and can learn all formations at any time.
The stone tablet is a spirit treasure of formations, which can assist the inheritor in deciphering, breaking, and arranging formations."
After the stone tablet finished speaking, a formation diagram flew out and came before Wan Lei.
Wan Lei immediately focused his attention on the formation diagram, preparing to arrange it.
He was very excited. As long as this formation was completed, he would be a Master-level formation master, and then he could leave the Lightning Star Sea and return to the Lightning Wind Continent.
Little Yellow Dog, upon hearing "Samsara Extinction Array," trembled and stared at the stone tablet with wide eyes.
After Wan Lei began studying the formation, it crept to the stone tablet and whispered.
"Hey, stone tablet, I'm uneducated, don't lie to me. I remember very clearly, this Samsara Extinction Array was the formation set up by the opponent of Squirrel's father when they were competing for tribal chief. It's a genuine, bona fide Grandmaster-level formation.
How did you use it as a Master-level test?"
"Everything is arranged by the Master."
"No, is Squirrel out of his mind? They shouldn't trick people like this. His father lived for millions of years, and an array that could only be broken with extreme difficulty, how could Wan Lei possibly set it up?"
"Creating a Grandmaster-level formation and arranging an existing Grandmaster-level formation with a complete diagram are naturally different in difficulty."
"No matter how different, this formation is still an outstanding example of Grandmaster-level, isn't it? You think too highly of Wan Lei, using a Grandmaster-level formation as a Master-level assessment."
"The Master has high hopes for the inheritor. When they reach the Immortal Realm in the future, perhaps he will even teach him the Myriad Star Dust Array, or even the Sun-Moon Five Elements Eight Trigrams Array."
Little Yellow Dog knew that these two formations were ranked second and first in the Immortal Realm respectively.
The Myriad Star Dust Array, when used well, could refine the universe and was a formation that relied on the user.
The Sun-Moon Five Elements Eight Trigrams Array was the undisputed number one formation in the Immortal Realm, the guardian formation of the Great Tang Empire, covering an area of millions of Lightning Wind Continents.
"Oh, come on. Squirrel can't even set up the Sun-Moon Five Elements Eight Trigrams Array himself, and you think he'll teach it?"
"Fifty thousand years have passed, and the Master's progress can only be greater."
"Fine, I hope they don't die by the time we get to the Immortal Realm."
"They won't. With the Master's mastery of formations, and the talent of the six Immortals, they will only become stronger."
"How much stronger can they get? Will they become Sages when we get there? Are you kidding me? Sages! How many Sages are there in the Immortal Realm in total?"