Chapter 126 The Great Five Elements Formation Flag

After Ye Fan burst into Extreme Thunder Valley, he dared not pause for a moment and immediately took out his trump card.

"Great Five Elements Formation Flags!"

The five command flags representing Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth were each three feet long, corresponding to the five colors: gold, green, blue, red, and yellow.

Although this set of Formation Flags appeared unremarkable, and the power of a single Formation Flag might not be as strong as a top-grade magic treasure, if arranged into a Formation, it could even rival a Spirit Treasure.

While Li Minghe hesitated in Extreme Thunder Valley, Ye Fan swiftly finished setting up the Great Five Elements Formation Flags, just waiting for him to walk right into the trap.

Looking at the valley raging with heavenly thunder before him, Li Minghe's expression couldn't have been uglier.

He never expected Ye Fan to be so reckless as to dare charge into Extreme Thunder Valley, one of the Four Great Forbidden Lands.

But what worried Li Minghe even more was whether this was Ye Fan cornered and fighting desperately, or if he had planned everything from the very beginning?!

For a moment, Li Minghe considered retreating, but he quickly cast that thought to the nine heavens.

"The vengeance for my son's death is irreconcilable. If he is alive, I want to see him; if he is dead, I want to see his corpse!"

Li Minghe made up his mind that he must confirm Ye Fan's life or death. After hesitating, he plunged headfirst into Extreme Thunder Valley.

As Li Minghe entered Extreme Thunder Valley alone, the originally calm valley seemed to react violently. Terrifying heavenly thunder began to fall like raindrops, and the power of a casual strike was enough to instantly kill a Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivator.

Seeing this, Li Minghe cursed Ye Fan's ancestors eighteen generations, but he was helpless and could only mobilize most of his strength to resist the heavenly thunder's attacks while quickly searching for Ye Fan's trace with his Divine Sense.

Ye Fan watched everything from afar, the smile on his lips growing brighter as he secretly activated the Great Five Elements Formation Flags.

At this moment, Li Minghe still didn't know what had happened and was completely focused on searching for Ye Fan's trace, but he soon noticed something was wrong.

"I've seen this fork in the road before?!"

Li Minghe clearly remembered seeing an identical fork just moments ago; what was going on now?

"Lost... No!"

Li Minghe suddenly realized something, and his face instantly turned extremely grim.

To verify his guess, Li Minghe suddenly accelerated, but he quickly saw an identical fork in the road again, which instantly made his expression incredibly ugly.

"Damn it! I fell for the trap!"

Li Minghe immediately realized he was trapped within a Formation, specifically an Illusion Formation designed to confuse enemies.

The path of Formations is vast and profound, but generally, it can be divided into three major categories: Attack, Defense, and Containment.

Offensive Formations, as the name suggests, manipulate the power of the great Formation to attack a target, and they are the most frequently used type of Formation by Cultivators.

Defensive Formations are more often used in Sect defenses. As long as spiritual energy is continuously supplied, they can often withstand attacks several times or even more than ten times their limit, making them the life-saving trump cards for major Sects.

As for Containment Formations, they often combine the characteristics of the other two; they can use attacks to delay your time, or they can be a pure cage locking you inside the Formation. The Illusion Formation is the most special type among them.

Illusion Formations mostly work by influencing one of the target's five senses, such as creating visual, auditory, or tactile errors to confuse the opponent.

This type of Containment Formation, while unable to cause much damage to the target, is brilliant because the consumption for the person setting up the Formation is minimal, and it is also the most difficult Containment Formation to break.

Ordinary Containment Formations are like a physical cage; as long as the trapped person's strength is great enough, breaking it is not a difficult task.

But Illusion Formations are like an arithmetic problem; as long as you grasp a certain method to solve it, you can easily find the answer. Conversely, trying to break it with brute force is far more difficult than ordinary people imagine.

The Great Five Elements Formation Flags are infinitely variable. Ye Fan did not choose the all-or-nothing offensive Formation, but instead used the simplest Illusion Formation to trap Li Minghe. However, this was only the beginning.

Li Minghe tried to calm his mind to think of a way to break the Formation, but Ye Fan and Extreme Thunder Valley gave him no such opportunity.

Li Minghe had to guard against the rain-like heavenly thunder while also being wary of Ye Fan's secret sneak attacks, leaving him no chance to calm down and break the Formation.

Li Minghe bumped around the Formation like a headless fly, but no matter whether he chose to go up or down, he would eventually return to the same fork in the road, making him increasingly anxious after repeated attempts.

Nearly half an hour passed, yet Li Minghe had no clue how to break the Formation, which caused him to panic.

Under the continuous erosion of the heavenly thunder, Li Minghe's spiritual energy was less than thirty percent remaining.

If this continued, in less than half an hour, he would be completely worn down and killed by the heavenly thunder inside the Illusion Formation.

The threat of death forced Li Minghe to calm down, and he actually planned to negotiate peace with Ye Fan.

"Ye Fan kid, you are formidable. I promise you, as long as you let this seat leave, I can let the death of Xiao'er go!"

When Li Minghe spoke these words, even he found it ridiculous, and his expression was extremely ugly. Ye Fan, on the other hand, burst out laughing.

"Sect Master Li, do you even believe those words yourself?"

Ye Fan's voice came from all directions. Li Minghe had no idea where he was positioned, and another random attack only wasted more spiritual energy.

The more Li Minghe thought about it, the angrier he became; his internal organs felt like they were about to explode.

He never dreamed that he would be forced into such a desperate situation by a Foundation Establishment Realm piece of trash. Regardless of the outcome today, he would become a laughingstock for both the Righteous and Demonic Factions.

"Kid, you forced me into this! Don't think you have me cornered!"

Li Minghe threw caution to the wind, even daring to burn his inner elixir to exchange for power, intending to forcefully break through the Illusion Formation.

Although doing so would severely damage Li Minghe's Foundation, making further progress in his cultivation impossible and even risking a drop in his Realm, he could no longer care about that now.

Following the surge in Li Minghe's aura, Ye Fan also keenly sensed the problem.

"This old fellow is planning to fight to the death."

Ye Fan fully activated the Great Five Elements Formation Flags while brewing a thunderous strike, waiting for an opportunity to attack.

Li Minghe, burning his inner elixir, unleashed power that approached the Golden Core Realm. The terrifying strength made the entire great Formation tremble incessantly.

The heavenly thunder that was originally capable of injuring or even heavily wounding him now felt like mere drizzle; no matter how violent the offensive was, it couldn't harm Li Minghe in the slightest.

"Sea of Blood Surges! Break for this seat!"

Li Minghe transformed into a sea of blood, crashing towards the sky, attempting to shatter the Formation with brute force. The spiritual light of the Great Five Elements Formation Flags flickered constantly, appearing to be under some kind of overload stress, as if the entire great Formation could collapse at any moment.

In the next second, hundreds of bolts of heavenly thunder fell almost simultaneously, but Li Minghe ignored them and continued to break the Formation.

What he didn't expect was that mixed within this rain of heavenly thunder was Ye Fan's figure.

"Divine Sword Thunder Control Art!"

Ye Fan used the yinglong sword to unleash a thunderous strike. Hundreds of purple lightning bolts converged, roaring like an ancient Thunder Dragon as they slammed towards Li Minghe.

The terrifying offensive made Li Minghe's face change drastically. He was forced to abandon his attack on the Formation and concentrate all his firepower on Ye Fan.

"Kid, die for this seat!"