BXBX NOVEL Chapter 258 - 176: Refining Treasures_2
He had already taken the initiative once before, but the result was a devastating defeat, so how could he have the face to oppose Yunji’s strategy?
Now, all he could hope for was that the other party wouldn’t act too swiftly.
Outside the Tianshu Sect, atop the Cumulated Thunder Cloud, Xu Yang stood alone, observing the Big Dipper Star Formation.
“Not bad, indeed not bad!”
“The Tianshu Array Path must be of the fifth tier!”
“A fifth tier, already among the ranks of Immortal Spirits, is like the path of Artifact Refining; a fifth-tier artifact refining method can craft lower-grade Immortal Artifacts.”
“If the Seven Stars gather together, forming the Big Dipper, then one could arrange the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper Array, a sixth-order method within the Array Path, a formation of middle-grade Fairy Spirit.”
“It is said that within the Big Dipper Immortal Sect, there is an array called the Cycle Big Dipper Star Master Array, which uses the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper as the main, aided by the countless stars of the Cycle, ranked as a seventh tier, a formation of upper-grade Immortal Spirit. Integration enters, Integration dies, Mahayana enters, Mahayana falls, unbreakable unless the Seven Immortals gather together; it is the greatest potentiality of the Big Dipper Immortal Sect.”
“If I could obtain this Mana Point…”
Xu Yang’s eyes narrowed slightly, then he shook his head.
“Greedy, I’ve been greedy!”
Having said that, he swept his large sleeve and rode the clouds directly upwards.
The Tianshu of the Big Dipper was truly extraordinary. Although limited by the material of the formation base, making this Tianshu Great Array only fourth-tier, the Tianshu Array Path used to lay out the array was undeniably a fifth-tier Mana Point.
As a fourth-tier Formation Master, it was difficult to find flaws in such a foreign fifth-grade formation in a short time, and in fact, there may not be any flaws at all.
To break the formation, one either had to patiently decipher and plan slowly or attack forcefully and break through all at once.
Xu Yang, now, the former or the latter?
Neither.
He lacked the power to execute either the former or the latter at present.
His coming this time was merely to probe, to see the strength of the formation and the reaction of the other party.
Know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be in peril.
Diagnose the correct illness to prescribe the right medicine.
Xu Yang rode the clouds, aloft in the sky, not speaking much; he simply pinched his fingers and cast spells incanting curses.
“By the decree of the Supreme Elder Lord, I come today to fish the mountain’s head; with a golden hook to fish, with a silver hook to fish, and fish up the four corners of ten-thousand-zhang mountain. If it still won’t rise, let nine bulls carry it, the Yin nine bulls, the Yang nine bulls, shocking heaven and earth to fish the mountain’s head!”
“Boom boom boom!”
Amidst the Curse Spell’s sound, the thunder reappeared, the lightning like dragons shocked the heavens as they fell, transforming into thousands of hooks attempting to fish up the gates of the Tianshu Sect.
Fishing Mountain Skills!
“Tianshu of the Big Dipper, Seven Stars as One!”
The Daoist spell rushed forth, intending to fish the gate.
Yunji’s eyes sharpened; he spurred on the power of Tianshu, the Seven Stars united, stabilizing the formation.
“Boom boom boom!”
One could see the lightning like dragons, transforming into thousands of hooks, catching the four corners of the Tianshu Sect’s mountain gates, attempting to fish up the gates and sever the foundation of the great array.
However, the Tianshu Array Path was no ordinary path; under the suppression of the Seven Stars, the mountain gates stood unshaken.
The Fishing Mountain Skill failed to achieve its purpose.
Seeing this, Xu Yang didn’t mind and cast another spell.
“Heaven is vast, earth is vast, the disciple sets up the Nine Bulls Creation Skill. With one creation, heaven and earth shake; with two creations, Ghost Gods are stunned; with three creations, mountains collapse, and rocks split; with four creations, the heads of Evil Skills practitioners smash and their brains scatter, their lives extinguish. If it isn’t dragging a thousand catties weight, nine bulls with one creation split both sides. I respectfully request the Six Stars of the Southern Dipper and the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper, by the urgent decree of the Supreme Elder Lord!”
That was the Art of Creating Mountains!
Fishing Mountain Skills, Art of Creating Mountains, Nine Bulls Formation Breaking Skill!
This skill was designed to break the natural terrain of mountains and rivers and was known as the nemesis of earth formations; first, fishing up the four corners of a great mountain to expose its pillars and essential foundations, then unleashing the Yin and Yang nine bulls to crash against the mountain’s heart pillars, scorning the cauldron’s base, attacking the lifeline, akin to the “Prohibition Breaking Talisman” in Daoist arts.
In the battle in the Capital Region, True Monarch Changrong once used this method, as a Seventh Realm, to shatter the Dry Mountain Old Demon alive.
The Dry Mountain Old Demon, a Seventh Realm Mountain Spirit, was also a natural formation in itself, but still could not withstand the Fishing Mountain Nine Bulls Creation Skill, attesting to the skill’s power.
Xu Yang, in his current incarnation, although only possessing the full power of a Golden Core, slightly less than True Monarch Changrong during the battle in the Capital Region, still, with the capabilities of the “Daoist Celestial Master” and the optimization and deductions by the Wandao School over a thousand years, the power of this Fishing Mountain Nine Bulls Creation Skill has increased rather than decreased, surpassing the past.
“Moo moo moo!”
“Boom boom boom!”
The Celestial Master performed the spell, calling down the thunder; in an instant, the winds were startled, and the clouds changed. The Yin nine bulls and the Yang nine bulls, eighteen Green Bulls descended from the sky, their heads and horns empowered by the Jade Pure Divine Thunder, as if primeval thunder beasts revived, charging directly at Mount Tianshu’s gates and the Big Dipper Star Formation furiously.
Suddenly…
“Boom boom boom!”
With one creation, heaven and earth shook; with two creations, Ghost Gods were stunned; with three creations, mountains collapsed, and rocks split!
The land shook, stones burst into clouds, and the Big Dipper Pivot was hit by the onslaught. Spiritual Light perished, Talismans and Array patterns crumbled, just like the scene at Purple Cloud Mountain that day, when cultivators from the Three Sects used the Prohibition Breaking Talisman, obliterating the Earth Annihilation Formation.
The might of the Fishing Mountain Nine Bulls Creation Skill could be seen.
Within the Tianshu Sect, at the core.
“Not good!”
“The method of Destroying Mountains and Crushing Peaks!”
Yunji’s eyes condensed, his thoughts swiftly turning, rapidly changing the formation, redirecting the damaged formation’s foothold, replacing the broken nodes, maintaining the formation while repairing the damage, just like Xu Yang had done at Purple Cloud Mountain.
“The method of Destroying Mountains and Crushing Peaks!”
“This man indeed has methods—this strike’s damage to the formation is no less than that of a fourth-tier Prohibition Breaking Talisman.”
“Alas, he can only execute one spell at a time.”
“To break the Tianshu Great Array, the number of Prohibition Breaking Talismans needed is at least fifty, all unleashed in an instant, without leaving any room to maneuver.”
“How could he possibly unleash fifty Destroying Mountains and Crushing Peaks spells in an instant?”
“This formation is secure!”
Yunji murmured to himself with confidence.
The adversary couldn’t break the Tianshu Great Array he was overseeing, at least not right now.
As long as the great array wasn’t broken, he could rest easy in his bed, since the Tianshu Sect had deep potential and had anticipated such events early on. Every kind of material within the sect was in ample supply, and the reserve of Spirit Stones was astonishing; even if the other party did not leave, he could wear them down until reinforcements arrived.