Xu Jie had always been extremely cautious, but encountering Chen Qingyuan was just his bad luck.

A quarter of an hour later, more than ten people from the Listening Rain Tower stepped into the edge of the formation.

After walking a short distance, Xu Jie noticed that the flow of the Laws in the surrounding void seemed a bit off, slightly different from before.

“Could it be…” Xu Jie, who had always been careful, felt a great sense of unease in his heart. He immediately stopped and turned to the others, his face serious. “Exit this realm immediately and take a detour.”

“Senior Brother, what’s wrong?”

Someone asked, puzzled.

“Don’t ask, just go!”

Xu Jie had no time to explain and ordered decisively.

The group dared not ask further and turned to retrace their steps.

They had encountered similar situations many times. As long as it was Xu Jie’s decision, it was almost always correct.

Even if he was wrong, at most it would just waste some time, which was inconsequential.

“Boom—”

Suddenly, the killing formation laid out in this realm was activated by Chen Qingyuan.

Seeing Xu Jie and the others about to leave the range of the formation, Chen Qingyuan couldn’t stay hidden any longer and immediately activated the formation.

“Damn it!” Xu Jie shouted, his eyes wide open. “Prepare for battle!”

Swish, swish, swish—

Everyone immediately drew their weapons, forming a circle back-to-back, their nerves taut.

Chen Qingyuan, dressed in a black robe that concealed his aura, appeared before them.

Seeing Xu Jie and the others’ position, Chen Qingyuan thought to himself, what a pity.

If Xu Jie and his group had moved a bit further, they would have been in the core of the killing formation, which would have made things much easier for Chen Qingyuan.

At this moment, they were only at the edge of the killing formation, making it difficult to unleash its full power.

Still, it was already a decent outcome to trap Xu Jie in the formation.

“Who are you?” Xu Jie asked coldly, staring at Chen Qingyuan outside the formation.

“Not telling you.” Chen Qingyuan replied with a hint of a smile.

“How many lives do you think you have to dare ambush us?”

As he spoke, Xu Jie observed the operation of the formation, looking for the formation’s eye to break out in the simplest way.

“I’m very timid, don’t scare me.” Chen Qingyuan patted his chest, pretending to be scared.

Seeing Chen Qingyuan’s act, Xu Jie and the others gritted their teeth.

Xu Jie had been very cautious, yet he still fell into Chen Qingyuan’s ambush. It was truly infuriating.

It wasn’t that Chen Qingyuan’s ambushes always succeeded; he had failed several times before, narrowly missing other forces’ Heaven’s Pride.

This time, Chen Qingyuan set his sights on the people from Listening Rain Tower, and they had willingly walked into the killing formation, so they were destined for this calamity.

“Do you have a grudge against Listening Rain Tower?”

After probing for a while, Xu Jie found the formation to be very intricate, impossible to set up in just three to five days.

“No.”

Chen Qingyuan shook his head.

“Then what is your purpose?”

Xu Jie asked again.

“I heard that the Holy Son of Listening Rain Tower obtained three Fortune Green Lotuses, and I want to borrow them.”

Chen Qingyuan answered.

“……”

The people from Listening Rain Tower had varied expressions.

You set up this elaborate formation, and you call this borrowing?

It’s clearly robbery!

Borrowing without returning is still borrowing.

Chen Qingyuan smiled slightly. “Holy Son of Listening Rain Tower, how about lending me two lotuses?”

“Get lost!” Xu Jie roared, his face dark. “Why don’t you find them yourself?”

“Finding them myself is too tiring! And I have to enter all sorts of dangerous secret realms, and the gains aren’t much.” Chen Qingyuan expressed his thoughts. “Borrowing from others is much more convenient.”

“Do you have the strength for that?”

Xu Jie was gathering his power, preparing to break the formation and strip off Chen Qingyuan’s black robe to see his true face.

“Don’t know, why don’t we give it a try?”

Chen Qingyuan remained nonchalant.

“Then let’s… try!”

At first, Xu Jie’s tone was low, but then he suddenly shouted, unleashing a powerful aura that shot straight into the sky.

“Boom!”

With a loud noise, Xu Jie threw several punches, trying to shatter the formation.

Chen Qingyuan had been prepared. The moment Xu Jie made his move, he operated the formation, constantly changing the position of the formation’s eye, preventing it from being broken in a short time.

The others from Listening Rain Tower also attacked, their powerful supernatural powers striking the formation barrier, only causing it to tremble slightly before quickly calming down.

After a period of attack, Xu Jie and the others found that the formation showed no signs of loosening, greatly shocking them. “How can this be?”

A formation set up by someone of the same age, how could it be so sturdy?

This question arose in Xu Jie’s mind.

If it were the Chen Qingyuan who had just participated in the Hundred Veins Banquet, although proficient in formations, he wouldn’t have reached this level.

Last time, in the illusionary realm of the Emperor’s weapon fragment, Chen Qingyuan forcibly inscribed a trace of the Emperor’s Mark. Because of this, he integrated a trace of the Emperor’s Mark into the formation, significantly enhancing his formation skills.

The experience of inscribing the Emperor’s Mark was the only gain Chen Qingyuan had from the Emperor’s weapon fragment.

“If you don’t want to lend them, then we’ll just wait it out. The Hundred Veins Banquet only lasts so long; wasting time here isn’t worth it.”

As he spoke, Chen Qingyuan took out various formation seals, continuing to reinforce the formation’s defenses.

It wasn’t that Chen Qingyuan couldn’t defeat these people, but he didn’t want to expose his origins.

Rashly engaging in battle without thinking was foolish.

Seeking resources required brains. Of course, strength was also an indispensable part.

“You little… you’re ruthless!”

Xu Jie didn’t believe it and, after discussing with his fellow Heaven’s Pride, attacked the same spot.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

Thus, Xu Jie and the others used all their strength, continuously striking the formation barrier, shaking the area.

Chen Qingyuan calmly reinforced the formation, consuming a lot of high-quality spirit stones.

Though it pained him, you can’t catch a wolf without risking the child.

“Broken!”

An hour later, a Heaven’s Pride exclaimed in delight.

Everyone showed joy, planning to save some strength to deal with Chen Qingyuan, determined to make him regret.

However, just as they thought they could break out, a new formation appeared, blocking the gap.

Xu Jie and the others were utterly dismayed.

“Just in time, almost let you escape.”

The main function of the formation Chen Qingyuan set up was to restrict freedom, with extremely strong defenses.

Seeing Xu Jie and the others glaring at him, Chen Qingyuan grinned heartlessly. “Don’t rest, keep going!”

Without finding the formation’s eye, all efforts were in vain.

Coincidentally, none of Xu Jie and the others were proficient in formations, clueless about the shifting trajectory of the formation’s eye, looking at each other helplessly.

“Are you planning to drag this out with us?” Xu Jie cursed. “You bastard, if you have the guts, dismantle the formation and fight me fair and square!”

“I’m not in a hurry, let’s take our time.”

After saying this, Chen Qingyuan took out another formation seal jade slip.

Seeing a new formation seal appear, Xu Jie and the others were extremely frustrated, their expressions frozen.