Chapter 108 A Golden Core's Strike

Chen Li watched from outside the Formation, calm and unhurried, with plenty of spare energy.

Inside the Blood Demon Shield, Luo Sheng's expression was gloomy; he hadn't expected the opponent to have more!

Would it never end?

The sound emitted by the Blood Demon Shield at this moment was even more piercing, like iron striking foam—extremely grating!

The Devilish Qi within their bodies was constantly being consumed, and they continuously absorbed Devilish Qi from Devil Stones to replenish it.

Black smoke hissed from the outer perimeter of the Blood Demon Shield as lightning incessantly bombarded it. Finally, a small spot was worn away, and the Blood Demon Shield developed a leak, allowing the power of the lightning to surge inside.

Inside the Blood Demon Shield, the intruding power of the lightning shocked them both into numbness, catching them completely off guard.

Luo Sheng's hair stood on end, his clothes were singed and frizzy, and one could even smell the faint scent of burnt flesh.

The An Family Head was not having an easy time either; they had experienced the same sensation once before. They hadn't expected this Blood Demon Shield to be worn down at a single point.

They hurriedly used another Demonic Path Talisman to plug that spot.

Luo Sheng had finally tasted the Thousand Thunder Array he had been so concerned about. His face was terrifyingly gloomy; he wouldn't even feel satisfied if he tore Chen Li into ten thousand pieces.

Just then, the Blood Demon Shield leaked at another spot, and they hurriedly applied another Talisman.

Gradually, more and more spots leaked. Too much lightning power surged in, and they had run out of these Talismans!

The intruding lightning shocked them again and again, and by now, the smell of burnt flesh inside the Blood Demon Shield was becoming increasingly pungent.

Outside the Formation, Chen Li was maintaining it. Seeing that the so-called shield was about to shatter, he realized the lightning power of the Thousand Thunder Array was also nearly exhausted.

Chen Li took out three spare sets of Fourth Grade Spirit Trapping Formation. He inserted them where the original Spirit Trapping Formations had been destroyed, totaling thirty-six flags, with three inserted in each position!

It was a pity about those scattered Spirit Trapping Formations; otherwise, if he had layered a dozen sets, he would love to see how the opponent would handle it!

He could not divide his attention to retrieve those, as someone still needed to maintain the Formation here; battle changed in an instant.

Chen Li activated the three sets of Spirit Trapping Formation simultaneously. By this time, after the lightning power of the Thousand Thunder Array had been fully released, that shield could finally no longer hold, and it shattered with a boom!

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At this moment, the scene inside the Formation was: the innermost layer consisted of the three sets of Thousand Thunder Array that had finished releasing their lightning, and the outer layer consisted of the three sets of Fourth Grade Spirit Trapping Formation that Chen Li had just set up.

Chen Li stood with his hands behind his back, a smile on his face. He took out the Formation Plates for the Immortal Slaughtering Array and Poison Toad Array from behind him, and then retrieved the Formation Plates for those three Spirit Trapping Formations and the Thousand Thunder Array.

Chen Li manipulated the eight Formation Plates simultaneously. His goal was not for the attack Formations behind him to attack the Formations themselves, but to allow the energy from these two Formations to enter these trapping Formations without destroying them.

After Chen Li linked these Formation Plates together, he transmitted his instructions.

Chen Li did not give the opponent a chance to catch their breath. The moment the Blood Demon Shield shattered, he directly activated the two Formations behind him, and the Spiritual Qi in the mountains and forests rapidly converged into the Formations.

Two streams of condensed Formation energy shot out.

When these two streams of energy reached the trapping Formations, the trapping Formations yielded a corner, allowing this Formation energy to enter.

The moment the Blood Demon Shield shattered, both of them saw that the lightning power had weakened, and their expressions relaxed—it was finally gone!

However, looking at the layers of Formations surrounding them, the two of them immediately felt the gravity of the situation.

With so many Fourth Grade Formation Arrays, the Materials alone must have cost tens of thousands of Spirit Stones. Was this Chen Li really that wealthy?

Luo Sheng also felt it was troublesome; did he really have to use that talisman treasure!

He was a bit unwilling, but before he could hesitate, the An Family Head shouted, "Husband, watch out for the Formation energy."

At this moment, the two saw the fierce Formation energy shooting towards them and had no choice but to dodge.

Boom—Boom—

Two explosions blasted two large craters where they had previously been standing!

The two looked at each other, still feeling lingering fear!

Suddenly, more Formation energy shot over, and the two dodged again.

The An Family Head immediately said, "He wants to exhaust us to death with these Formations. We have no choice but to use that talisman treasure. Once we get out, that brat won't have any Formations left, and I'll see if he can still be so smug!"

Luo Sheng also knew that he had no choice but to take out the talisman treasure now.

He took out a Talisman depicting a black dragon, extracted a drop of essence blood from between his brows, and fused the essence blood into the Talisman.

He quickly formed hand seals, and a black dragon condensed and emerged from the Talisman. He then pointed two fingers at Chen Li, and the black dragon roared towards Chen Li!

Chen Li also noticed the black dragon. He quickly condensed the energy of the two attack Formations behind him, then swiftly hid behind the Formations and threw out ten sets of Fourth-Rank Defensive Formation Array!

He inserted ten flags in one position and activated them instantly; one-fifth of the thirty thousand Spirit Stones turned to dust in an instant.

The black dragon broke through the innermost three layers of the Thousand Thunder Array as if they were nothing. When it reached the outer three layers of the Spirit Trapping Formation, it was only blocked for three breaths before breaking through again.

However, its aura weakened by a fraction. Chen Li condensed the Formation energy of the Immortal Slaughtering Array and the Poison Toad Array into one and met the black dragon head-on.

Boom boom—

The two streams of energy collided, emitting a tremendous sound that startled a flock of birds in the Boundless Forest!

The two attack Formation Plates that Chen Li was operating from within the defensive Formations now had cracks on them. Finally, after nine breaths, the black dragon crushed his Formation energy again, and his two sets of attack Formation Plates instantly shattered.

This time, the black dragon's aura weakened by another three fractions.

After the black dragon broke through his attack Formations, it charged at him again and slammed into his defensive Formations. Chen Li maintained the ten sets of defensive Formations.

Chen Li used his own Spiritual Qi, the Formations, and the thirty thousand Spirit Stones. The black dragon broke through two Formations every three breaths, but its aura weakened by a fraction each time.

When it broke through the eighth defensive Formation, its aura weakened by another four fractions. After breaking through all of them, its aura weakened by another fraction. By this time, the black dragon's aura had weakened by nine fractions and was no longer a threat. Chen Li took out the calamity severing saber.

Chen Songxiao had helped him fully charge the lightning attribute last time. He swung it fiercely, and the condensed lightning power directly dispersed the black dragon!

At this moment, he deliberately released his cultivation base of the Early Foundation Establishment Stage!

In a mere thirty seconds, Chen Li had forcefully exhausted the foundation of this talisman treasure using Formations!

He still remembered that during the last auction at the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower, a single Magic Treasure of the Golden Core level could sell for three hundred and sixty thousand Spirit Stones.

Looking at it now, it was indeed worth it. He had expended three sets of Thousand Thunder Array, three sets of Spirit Trapping Formation, two sets of attack Formations, and ten sets of defensive Formations just to block this Golden Core strike!

The gap between Foundation Establishment and Golden Core was truly a chasm!

If the difference between Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment was like that of a river, then the difference between Foundation Establishment and Golden Core was like that of a river and the ocean. And the difference between Golden Core and Nascent Soul must be like that between the ocean and the abyss; the higher the level, the greater the gap.

After Chen Li dispersed the black dragon, the talisman treasure in front of Luo Sheng instantly burned up.

Luo Sheng spat out a mouthful of black blood, and the An Family Head immediately stepped forward to support him.

"I'm fine. Let's hurry and kill that Chen Li. Damn it! Now that the brat has no Formations left, what else can he use to fight us!"

Chen Li had forced out the opponent's trump card and also exhausted a significant portion of their family assets; he felt it was worth it.

Chen Li was afraid the opponents would run away, so he deliberately released his Early Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation base and then put on an act, slowly retreating.

He had set up over a dozen sets of Fourth Grade Spirit Trapping Formation in this area!

Luo Sheng and the An Family Head were full of anger with nowhere to vent. Seeing Chen Li slowly retreating, they assumed Chen Li was trying to run.

They immediately raised their Magical Artifacts and flew up.