Chapter 381 The array nodes are hard to break? Just use the Seven Luminaries Glazed Tile Pagoda to smash them!

"Since the Old Grandfather said so, then I'm relieved."

Hearing Elder Jian's certain words, Lin Xiyue's hanging heart finally settled back into her chest.

Elder Jian had always acted with caution and prudence.

Since he determined that this remnant formation and the place where the Dragon was sealed were two relatively independent spaces,

then breaking the Formation naturally wouldn't cause any terrifying chain reactions; there was no mistake.

Moreover, her heart was actually itching with curiosity; she desperately wanted to peel back the veil of the depths of this Undersea Herb Garden to see what secrets were hidden there.

But...

Ideals are full, but reality is harsh.

Looking at the efficiency of Gu Zhiyun huffing and puffing through the Formation alone,

it was clearly not something that could be done in a short time to completely crack the remnant formation here!

"Xiao Yun, at this rate, how long will it take to finish cracking the remnant formation here?"

Seeing Gu Zhiyun busy again, manipulating those formation nodes with complex techniques, Lin Xiyue asked casually.

"How long?"

Gu Zhiyun's hands didn't stop; she just silently estimated in her head and then said without looking back:

"This Formation is too profound. Even if the energy is exhausted, the remaining skeleton is terrifyingly complex."

"A conservative estimate... at least twenty more days, maybe even a month!"

"What? It'll take that long!"

Hearing this, Lin Xiyue's small face immediately fell.

"Over twenty days? That's too agonizing!"

"Is there anything I can help with?"

Lin Xiyue rolled up her sleeves, looking ready for a big fight.

Although she didn't understand Formations, she was still a Nascent Soul Old Monster after all; she couldn't just stand on the sidelines as a cheerleader.

"Hmm, there actually is."

Before Gu Zhiyun could speak, Elder Jian, who was floating nearby, took up the conversation.

He looked Lin Xiyue up and down, a hint of approval in his eyes:

"Girl Lin, I see you've successfully achieved a Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm. Your spiritual power is as vast as the sea; your strength must have also increased greatly."

"With your current destructive power, you should be able to forcibly destroy some of the weakest formation nodes."

"Destroy the weak formation nodes?" Lin Xiyue was stunned, her face full of confusion.

Weren't they cracking the Formation? Why change to direct destruction?

"Exactly!"

Elder Jian nodded and explained:

"Although this ancient formation is mysterious, it has after all experienced the erosion of countless years. Some formation nodes are already on the brink of collapse."

"Rather than letting Girl Gu exhaust her mind slowly deducing and cracking these nodes, it's better for you to take action and use brute force to destroy them directly—it's much faster!"

"With this two-pronged approach, our efficiency in cracking the Formation will definitely increase greatly!"

Hearing this explanation, Lin Xiyue's eyes immediately lit up, her face full of eagerness.

No need to use her brain, just cause destruction?

She loved this kind of simple and crude work the most!

"Then Old Grandfather, tell me quickly, what should I do next?"

"It's simple. I'll point out the locations of those weak nodes, and you find a way to break through them."

After saying that, Elder Jian was also straightforward. He raised his illusory finger and tapped lightly toward the mist-shrouded Void Realm ahead.

Buzz!

In an instant, an invisible, strange ripple swept through.

Within the Void Realm, dense, weak red dots suddenly lit up, flickering like stars!

"Whoa!"

"So many?!"

Seeing these red dots like stars in the sky, Lin Xiyue sucked in a breath of cold air, her previous ambition instantly wilting by half.

The number of nodes was so high it almost triggered her trypophobia; she was nearly dazed by the sight!

"Hah, Sister Yue, that's nothing!"

Hearing Lin Xiyue's exclamation, Gu Zhiyun, who was hard at work cracking the Formation, took a moment to look back and couldn't help but tease with a smile:

"Look at the core formation runes I need to deduce; those are truly as numerous as cow hairs, a tangled mess!"

"How about we swap? You use your brain, and I'll go cause destruction?"

"No, no, no!"

Lin Xiyue shook her head like a rattle, waving her hands repeatedly in refusal.

Let her use her brain to deduce this ancient grand formation that was comparable to a heavenly book? She'd rather be killed!

"This is enough to keep me busy!"

"Say no more, I'm starting now!"

As her voice fell, Lin Xiyue composed herself, her gaze becoming sharp.

She took a deep breath, pointed her fingers like a sword, and began to circulate the domineering and peerless Sword Intent within her body.

"Break for me!"

Lin Xiyue gave a delicate shout, and the Sword Intent at her fingertips turned into a brilliant stream of light, ruthlessly striking toward the nearest red dot.

However!

When the Sword Intent slammed into that seemingly weak formation node,

Lin Xiyue's expression suddenly changed!

"Uh..."

"So hard?!"

She couldn't help but exclaim again.

The red dot hit by the Sword Intent only had a small ripple on its surface.

Forget being destroyed, its light didn't even dim in the slightest!

Lin Xiyue was completely dumbfounded.

You have to know, although she didn't use her full strength in that strike, with her current Nascent Soul Realm strength,

even if a thousand-meter-high mountain stood before her, it should have been sliced as cleanly as tofu!

Yet, hitting a "brink of collapse" weak formation node didn't even break its defense?

"Hehe, don't underestimate these nodes."

Seeing Lin Xiyue's frustrated look, Elder Jian seemed to have expected it, stroking his beard and chuckling:

"This is, after all, a supreme grand Formation left over from the ancient era. Even its weak points are far more solid than you imagine."

Speaking of this, Elder Jian intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Li Fan, who had been standing idly by, and said faintly:

"If it were really that easy to break, this kid Li Fan wouldn't be standing here staring blankly, unable to help at all."

"..."

Suddenly being "executed" by name by his Revered Master, Li Fan's face turned red, and he rubbed his nose awkwardly.

He really wasn't standing here slacking on purpose.

It was truly because his current strength was still too weak!

If even Lin Xiyue's Nascent Soul Realm Sword Qi couldn't break a node, he could hack at it for a year and it would be in vain, so he was forced to be a spectator.

"Ridiculous."

"This is way too exaggerated!"

Lin Xiyue snapped out of it and gritted her teeth, refusing to believe it.

"Fine, if one strike doesn't work, then I'll just do it a few more times!"

"I can't handle a tiny little node?"

Lin Xiyue got fired up. The spiritual power in her body surged frantically, once again condensing an even sharper Sword Intent, continuously striking the same red dot.

This time, the ripples were finally larger than before.

But... it still didn't break!

Not until she gritted her teeth and repeated the fierce attack six or seven more times, making that patch of the Void Realm tremble slightly,

with a soft "crack" sound,

that node finally couldn't take it anymore, turned into a sky full of light spots, and completely dissipated into the air.

"Impressive!"

"With this kind of defense, you call it 'on the brink of collapse'?"

"Using this thing to intercept nuclear bombs would be a piece of cake!"

Looking at the node she finally destroyed, Lin Xiyue immediately complained fiercely.

But complaining aside, the work still had to be done.

Immediately, she put in all her effort, like an untiring pile driver, and began to destroy the other nodes lit with red light one after another.

Streaks of Sword Qi crisscrossed, and the rumbling in the herb garden rose and fell.

Just like that, half a day passed.

Lin Xiyue was panting with exhaustion.

However, when she stopped and looked up at the dense red nodes ahead, which seemed not to have decreased much,

she began to doubt her life!

"My god... at this rate of one sword strike at a time, how long will it take?"

Lin Xiyue rubbed her aching wrist, her eyes full of despair.

Although she could destroy the nodes, this efficiency... was truly too low!

"No way!"

"The efficiency is too low!"

"I really have to give it something ruthless!"

Lin Xiyue couldn't take it anymore!

She steeled her heart and directly gave up the plan of slowly grinding with Sword Intent.

She beckoned with her fair hand.

Buzz!

An exquisite and delicate small pagoda emitting a seven-colored glow was instantly summoned into her hand.

It was the saint king weapon her brother gave her—the seven luminaries glazed pagoda!

Picking up the small pagoda, Lin Xiyue didn't hesitate. The vast spiritual power in her body began to pour into it frantically, like free-flowing tap water!

Buzz!!!

In an instant, nourished by the spiritual power, the seven luminaries glazed pagoda's size ballooned, immediately turning into a seven-colored treasure pagoda several zhang high!

On the pagoda's body, ten thousand rays of rosy light and thousands of auspicious vapors appeared!

A terrifying pressure that suppressed eternity and crushed the Void Realm swept out like a storm!

"Smash it for me!!!"

In the next moment, without a word, Lin Xiyue directly controlled the giant seven luminaries glazed pagoda,

as if swinging a peerless giant hammer, and smashed it ruthlessly toward the densest patch of formation nodes ahead!