74: Reversed Five Elements Array

A dizzying sensation enveloped him.

Mu Feng and the Little Lizard arrived at the new Immortal Cave Secret Realm.

Upon entering,

what greeted their eyes was a stone Immortal Cave.

The teleportation gate was located right in front of the Immortal Cave.

This Immortal Cave looked very similar to their initial Immortal Cave.

Both were constructed from stacked stones.

The only difference was that this Immortal Cave had a shimmering barrier covering its entrance.

It seemed this was the Restriction Formation that the System had mentioned.

After many years of erosion, many of the runes on the shimmering barrier were no longer flowing.

It was estimated that many of the Restrictions had become ineffective.

“First, let’s see what kind of Formation this is!”

Mu Feng opened the “Array Secrets.”

This was a book written by a Great Master of Formations named Xin, based on his insights and experiences in comprehending Formations. It contained various Formations and methods for breaking them.

“Phantasmagoric Sky Net Formation: An illusion Formation used to trap enemies.”

“Method for Breaking the Formation: The Formation Eye changes with the Formation’s orientation; finding the Formation Eye allows one to escape.”

“Based on its appearance, it shouldn’t be this one.”

The Phantasmagoric Sky Net Formation described in the book had a green light shield, while this one was blue.

Moreover, the flowing runes on it were different.

“Spirit Confinement Formation: A concealing Formation that can mask the spiritual energy fluctuations within the Formation.”

“Method for Breaking the Formation: The Formation Eye is in the exact center of the Formation and can be destroyed with brute force.”

“It doesn’t seem to be this one either.”

Mu Feng took out the book and compared them.

He shook his head.

He continued to look at the next Formation recorded in the book.

“Four Symbols Black Tortoise Formation: An earth-attribute Formation that can make rocks within tens of feet as hard as iron.”

Not this one either.

Next.

“Heavenly Wind Raging Formation: …”

Continue.

“Inverted Five Elements Array: A small Restriction Formation that inverts the Five Elements, covering a small area, with no active killing function. It can be used to create illusions to conceal mountain gates, confuse, and trap enemies.”

“Oh, it seems to be this one!”

Mu Feng compared the appearance and the flowing runes on the light shield and found that these two Formations were very similar.

Both had blue light shields.

The flowing runes on them were all vertical, and the patterns were the same.

However, because some of the flowing runes on this Formation had already become ineffective, Mu Feng was not entirely sure.

“First, let’s see how to break the Formation.”

“Method for Breaking the Formation: The Inverted Five Elements Array contains a total of five Formation Eyes. All corresponding Formation Eyes must be destroyed to break the Formation.”

“The Wood Formation’s Formation Eye is in the exact center, the Fire Formation’s Formation Eye is at the top of the Formation, the Metal Formation’s Formation Eye is in the illusory projection, the Water Formation’s Formation Eye is at the bottom, and the Earth Formation’s Formation Eye is on the flowing runes in the upper left.”

“That’s really troublesome…”

“To break the entire Formation, I actually need to destroy five Formation Eyes at once.”

No wonder the System had not been optimistic about his ability to break the Formation earlier.

If he didn’t have this “Array Secrets” book,

he estimated he would be utterly bewildered upon entering.

But now that he knew the method for breaking the Formation, he had a seventy to eighty percent chance of breaking it.

“Little Lizard, wait for me here.”

“If you find anything wrong with me, use this rope to pull me out!”

“At the same time, if anyone comes in, drive them away!”

To be safe,

Mu Feng did not bring the Little Lizard in with him.

Instead, he had it guard outside the Formation.

This way, if he couldn’t break the Formation, he wouldn’t be trapped and die inside.

Also, it was to prevent anyone or any Yao Beast from breaking in while he was breaking the Formation,

which could be disadvantageous to him.

“Swish swish…”

The Little Lizard nodded obediently.

Then it shook its head and walked to the teleportation Formation, dutifully staring at the entrance.

Seeing this,

Mu Feng tied the rope he had bought from the Transaction Channel around his waist, with the other end tied to the Little Lizard’s tail.

After making these preparations,

Mu Feng stepped into the Inverted Five Elements Array.

After a moment of dizziness,

the Immortal Cave entrance vanished before his eyes.

When he regained his senses, he was already in a dense bamboo forest.

A gentle breeze blew.

The bamboo leaves rustled.

His clothes fluttered with the wind.

It was a bit cool.

“What a realistic illusion Formation; it can even generate tactile sensations!”

If he hadn’t known it was an illusion Formation before entering,

he would have thought he had arrived in another Secret Realm space.

“It looks like it’s the Wood Formation.”

“The Formation Eye of the Wood Formation is in the center of the Formation.”

Before entering, Mu Feng had already memorized the methods for breaking each of the Five Elements illusion Formations.

Upon seeing that this was the Wood Formation,

he immediately thought of the method for breaking it.

However, before he could act,

the entire bamboo forest began to shake violently.

Immediately after, countless bamboo leaves fell from the bamboo stalks, transforming into sharp bamboo leaf Flying Swords, densely packed like a swarm of wasps, shooting towards him.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”

Hearing the constant whooshing sounds by his ears,

Mu Feng’s heart tightened.

He had a misconception that if he were killed by these bamboo leaf Flying Swords,

he might be trapped here forever.

The bamboo leaf Flying Swords were very fast.

In the blink of an eye, they were before him.

But his speed was even faster!

The moment the bamboo leaves fell, he immediately unleashed the Azure Dragon Flag.

With a flick of his hand seal,

the Azure Dragon Flag transformed into a two-meter-long battle flag.

Mu Feng vigorously waved the flag twice.

Immediately, four Azure Dragons flew out one after another.

They fused into a colossal Azure Dragon over ten meters in size.

This was the Azure Dragon Flag’s ultimate Move.

Illusory Azure Dragon!

After advancing to the Late Stage of Qi Condensation,

his use of the Azure Dragon Flag became increasingly proficient.

The increase in his magical power also gave him more confidence to use his Moves freely without fear of insufficient magical power.

As soon as the Azure Dragons fused, it immediately opened its large mouth and swallowed all the incoming bamboo leaf Flying Swords!

“Puff, puff, puff!”

The shooting bamboo leaf Flying Swords, upon encountering the Azure Dragon, were like duds, falling into its belly one after another.

The Azure Dragon accepted everything.

Its belly seemed like a bottomless pit, devouring all the bamboo leaves.

In a short while,

a thick layer of fallen leaves accumulated beneath the Azure Dragon.

It looked extremely spectacular!

However, Mu Feng had no time to appreciate it.

While the Azure Dragon confronted the bamboo leaf Flying Swords,

he quietly released his Divine Sense and began to observe the surroundings.

He was searching for the location of the Wood Formation’s Formation Eye.

After a period of searching,

he finally determined the location of the Wood Formation’s Formation Eye.

It was in the middle of a vibrant green bamboo stalk not far in front of him!

“Found it!”

This bamboo stalk was the only one in the entire bamboo forest Secret Realm that had not launched bamboo leaves.

It should be an illusion created by the Formation Flag that had been set up.

Target confirmed.

Mu Feng increased his magical power output while moving towards the central Formation Eye.

“Break for me!”

After getting close to the Formation Eye, Mu Feng flicked his finger.

Several green sword lights spun around and shot towards the vibrant green bamboo.

With a “crack” sound,

the vibrant green bamboo was directly cut into two halves by the green sword lights!

After reaching the Peak of the eleventh level of Qi Condensation,

the power of his sword lights had increased significantly.

Their power was already infinitely close to that of a top-grade Flying Sword.

Although this green bamboo was hard, it could not withstand multiple sword light attacks.

Furthermore, this Formation had been in disrepair for many years.

Its Formation power was less than one-tenth of its original.

This allowed him to easily break the Formation Eye.

As the green bamboo broke,

the countless dense bamboo stalks immediately vanished into thin air.

It was as if the previous attacks had never happened.