147: Chapter 147 Have I wasted all these years?!

The Formation Xiao Caiyue had set up was clearly affected as well.

The pale golden light barrier trembled violently, ripples spreading across its surface as if it were about to collapse at any moment.

However, the Formation still possessed a certain defensive capability; despite teetering under the onslaught of the thunder and fire frenzy, it never shattered.

Standing outside the Formation, Xiao Caiyue stared blankly at the upright figure in the center of the Talisman Array.

At this moment, her heart was filled with shock!

Her own husband was actually this formidable!

He had deployed a Talisman Array with lightning-fast methods, actually surrounding five Foundation Establishment Cultivators all at once!

And when those five Cultivators tried their best to break the Formation, they hadn't succeeded!

As a Formation Master, although Xiao Caiyue had never studied the way of Talisman Arrays, she could still draw inferences about such things.

To be able to set up a Formation so quickly, and for it to be so sturdy—

In her view, this was extremely difficult!

A Talisman Array was different from ordinary Formations; it required the perfect Fusion of Talismans and the way of Formations, placing extremely high demands on the practitioner.

It was rare for an ordinary Formation Master to be proficient in one, yet Ye Changge could not only set up a Formation but also complete it in an instant, and the sturdiness of the Formation was such that it could trap the combined attacks of five Foundation Establishment Cultivators!

This had already exceeded her understanding.

Not to mention that Yin and Yang giant hand he had waved out at the end—

That was simply too astonishing!

The power of that giant hand, the mysterious rhythm of the black and white Qi flowing between them, and the domineering Aura that suppressed everything—

It was clearly an extremely profound Divine Ability!

And he had executed it so calmly, with such effortless ease!

Xiao Caiyue stared dazed at that figure, her thoughts churning in her mind.

How old was Ye Changge?

Twenty-four or twenty-five years old.

A Second-Rank Alchemist, a Second-Rank Talisman Master, and also a Foundation Establishment Cultivator—

At his age, being able to produce any one of these would be enough to be called a Prodigy!

But now?

Talismans, Alchemy, Formations—

Three things!

Three things!

Xiao Caiyue felt as if she had wasted all these years living like a dog.

As one of the top four arts among the hundred arts of immortal cultivation, which one didn't require talent while also needing time to slowly immerse oneself in it?

She had studied Formations since she was young, and after twenty-plus years of hard practice, she had only barely reached the level of a Second-Rank Formation Master.

This was already considered "gifted" by countless people.

But as a Second-Rank Great Master, she knew deeply—the Dao of Formations was as vast as the sea; the more one delved into it, the more insignificant one felt.

But now—

She looked at that figure, and an indescribable emotion suddenly welled up in her heart.

There was shock, admiration, joy, and also a kind of—

Affection, which she hadn't even realized herself.

So, this was her husband.

So, he was much more powerful than she had imagined.

The corners of Xiao Caiyue's lips curved slightly, and a soft light appeared in her eyes.

Inside the Talisman Array, the thunder and fire gradually subsided.

Ye Changge looked at the center of the Formation, but his expression did not relax; instead, he frowned slightly.

Because when the Formation began its frenzied bombardment, the opponents had also been constantly switching Spiritual Artifacts to resist.

Those Spiritual Artifacts had turned into ashes one by one in the thunder and fire.

Ye Changge saw it in his eyes and felt the pain in his heart.

These were all money!

He glanced over roughly; the five of them had brought out at least seven or eight Spiritual Artifacts.

Although their grades were not high, mostly Low Grade or Medium Grade, it still added up to a not insignificant sum.

Now they were all destroyed.

All destroyed!

The corners of Ye Changge's mouth twitched slightly.

He had really spared no expense this time.

These thunder-fire Talismans, these Materials used to set up the Formation, these Spirit Stones consumed to activate the Talisman Array—

Which one of them wasn't money?

If the opponents didn't have so many Foundation Establishment Cultivators, Ye Changge wouldn't even have brought out the Talisman Array.

After all, it really consumed too much wealth!

If Ye Changge weren't a Talisman Master, where drawing Talismans only cost the price of the Materials—

Otherwise, which Cultivator would dare to play like this?

He sighed inwardly.

Forget it, as long as he could keep all these Bandit Cultivators here and seize their Storage Pouches, he should be able to recoup his costs.

Just as he was thinking this—

Suddenly!

His powerful Divine Sense, comparable to that of a Late Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator, keenly captured a trace of anomaly.

Within that Formation, there seemed to be a faint trace of life!

Ye Changge's pupils constricted slightly, and he focused his gaze.

The thunder and fire smoke gradually dissipated.

In the center of the Talisman Array, four of the five Demonic Path Cultivators had already been burned to charcoal by the thunder and fire, lying on the ground with no breath left.

And that Black-Robed Man—

He was not dead yet!

The Black-Robed Man, using some unknown method, was enveloped in a layer of dim black light, having actually withstood the impact of the thunder and fire.

Although he was charred all over and his Aura was withered to the extreme, he was indeed still alive.

He knelt on one knee, panting heavily, and when he looked up, his eyes were full of madness and resentment.

Then, he moved.

He suddenly raised his hand, and a black giant bow, half a person tall, appeared out of thin air in his hand!

The giant bow was pitch black, its body carved with eerie demonic patterns, and the bowstring faintly shimmered with a blood-colored light.

As soon as it appeared, a cold and evil Aura spread out, and the surrounding temperature seemed to drop by a few degrees.

Black Qi drifted—

It was clearly a Demonic Path Spiritual Artifact!

"Go to Hell!"

The Black-Robed Man let out a ferocious laugh and suddenly pulled back the bowstring!

The moment the bowstring was pulled taut, the Aura on his body plummeted!

His vitality, which was already withered to the extreme, poured out like a burst river, rushing madly into that black giant bow!

The bow body trembled violently, and an arrow as black as ink condensed on the bowstring!

The arrow was pitch black, exuding a dense Aura of death.

At the tip of the arrow, a faint ghostly green light flickered, as if it were a life-claiming arrow from the Nine Hells!

"Go!"

The Black-Robed Man released the bowstring!

Whoosh—!

The black arrow left the string, as fast as lightning!

It left a pitch-black afterimage in the air, carrying a shrill sound of breaking air, aiming straight for Ye Changge's face!

That arrow was incomparably domineering!

Wherever it passed, even the air was torn apart, emitting a sharp whistling sound!

"Hahahaha—!"

The Black-Robed Man let out a crazy laugh.

This giant bow was an ancient treasure he had discovered in a Secret Realm, and its power was immense!

But it had one drawback—

What activated it was not Spiritual Qi, but vitality!

Just a moment ago, when those four Foundation Establishment Cultivators were killed by the thunder and fire, he had used all his strength to forcibly seize their vitality and inject it into this giant bow.

The vitality of four Foundation Establishment Cultivators!

The arrow formed by this—

Would definitely make the opponent die without a burial place!

"No—!"

Xiao Caiyue came back to her senses.

She saw the pitch-black arrow shooting towards Ye Changge, and her heart was filled with horror, causing her to cry out!

She instinctively wanted to fly over—

But the arrow's speed was too fast!

So fast that she couldn't react in time!

So fast that just as she had taken one step, the arrow had already arrived in front of Ye Changge!

Xiao Caiyue's pupils constricted, and her face turned deathly pale in an instant.

However—