75: Breaking the Formation with Force

If it weren't for the Verdant Array Flag still stuck in the broken bamboo, he would have doubted if he had seen it wrong.

Mu Feng stepped forward and picked up the Verdant Array Flag.

He focused his attention.

Soon.

The information about the Verdant Array Flag appeared before his eyes.

【Verdant Array Flag (Damaged): The Formation Flag of the Wood Formation of the Inverted Five Elements Array, it is already damaged and needs to be repaired before it can be used again.】

"It can still be repaired and used!"

Mu Feng was excited.

He had just witnessed the power of this Inverted Five Elements Array.

Even knowing the method to break the Formation, it still took him a lot of effort to break the Wood Formation.

Mu Feng felt that even a Foundation Establishment Cultivator might not be able to escape if they were someone unfamiliar with Formations.

If he could repair all the Formation Flags.

Then he would be thrilled.

He wouldn't have to worry about the safety of his Immortal Cave after it opened!

With this Inverted Five Elements Array set up.

Even if a Foundation Establishment Yao Beast came, Mu Feng wouldn't panic.

Moreover, this Formation wasn't afraid of many people!

As long as they entered the illusion, everyone would experience something different.

He wasn't afraid of them working together to break it!

"Quickly see what Materials are needed for repair, hopefully, it's not too difficult!"

Mu Feng thought, then clicked to view the repair Materials.

【System Reminder: Repairing the Verdant Array Flag requires soul x5, Wood Spirit Stone x5. Your current Materials are insufficient, unable to repair.】

"Five souls and five Wood Spirit Stones?"

Phew, that's good!

Seeing the repair requirements.

Mu Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

The Materials weren't many, only two types were needed for repair.

And he already had one of the souls.

He also knew how to obtain them.

The remaining Wood Spirit Stones, however, were a problem.

He didn't know if they were the same type of item as the previous wind spirit stone.

"Forget it, I'll deal with it later."

"Let's break all of this Inverted Five Elements Array first."

Putting away the Verdant Array Flag.

Mu Feng left the Wood Formation.

After another dizzying spin.

He arrived in a scorching space filled with erupting volcanoes.

"The Five Elements are inverted within the Inverted Five Elements Array, so this should be the Fire Formation."

After a glance at the surroundings.

Mu Feng immediately recognized his location as the Fire Formation of the Inverted Five Elements Array.

However, what was strange was that.

He had been in this Formation for a while.

Yet he hadn't seen any illusion attacks from the Fire Formation.

Logically, these scorching volcanoes should erupt and attack him.

This was somewhat different from what was recorded in the Array Secrets.

"Could it be that the Fire Formation has become ineffective due to disrepair over the years?"

When he came in earlier, he had seen that several Formations inside had already become ineffective.

He looked up at the sky above the Fire Formation.

He found that the runes on the light barrier were indeed no longer flowing.

It seemed the Fire Formation was among the broken Formations.

Mu Feng was naturally delighted that he didn't have to break the Formation himself.

Speaking of which, the Cultivation Technique he Cultivated was wood-attributed.

He was still a little afraid of fire.

After locating a direction.

Mu Feng raised his hand and attacked the largest volcano above.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The Verdant Sword Mang struck the volcano, emitting metallic sounds like clashing swords.

The toughness of the Fire Formation was somewhat beyond Mu Feng's expectation.

He wondered if it was because its attribute was counter to his Cultivation Technique.

The difficulty of breaking the Formation was even greater than the previous Wood Formation.

Fortunately, the Formation here was already ineffective, otherwise, Mu Feng couldn't imagine how difficult it would be.

"Break for me!"

One attack failed.

Mu Feng attacked with both hands simultaneously.

A series of Verdant Sword Mang swarmed towards the scorching volcano, attacking continuously.

"Crack!"

With a cracking sound.

All the scorching volcanoes where Mu Feng was located disappeared.

What remained was only a fiery red Formation Flag.

Mu Feng quickly picked it up.

【Blazing Array Flag: The Formation Flag of the Fire Formation of the Inverted Five Elements Array, it is already damaged and needs to be repaired before it can be used again.】

Like the Verdant Array Flag.

The Blazing Array Flag was also damaged.

And the extent of the damage was much more severe than the previous Verdant Array Flag.

The flag pole was already somewhat incomplete.

It was full of large and small pits.

He estimated that the repair Materials would be even more than for the Verdant Array Flag.

He clicked to view.

【System Reminder: Repairing the Blazing Array Flag requires soul x5, fire spirit stone x5, lapis lazuli x3. Your current Materials are insufficient, unable to repair.】

As expected, repairing this Blazing Array Flag, in addition to requiring five souls and five fire spirit stones, also required a Material called lapis lazuli.

Because he was mentally prepared.

So Mu Feng wasn't surprised.

He just silently noted down these three Materials, then put the Blazing Array Flag into his Storage Pouch.

No matter what.

He was determined to repair this Inverted Five Elements Array.

This thing was incredibly powerful.

Most importantly, it was set up with Formation Flags, making it portable and flexible.

Unlike some Formations that, once set up, could only remain there.

Dismantling them was very troublesome.

He put away the Blazing Array Flag.

Another dizzying spin.

Mu Feng then appeared in a new illusion space.

"Hmm?"

As soon as he steadied himself, Mu Feng saw a very handsome and dashing man holding a battle flag walking towards him.

Mu Feng had only one word to describe him.

Handsome!

Two words: very handsome!

Three words: extremely handsome!

Every Move he made was so handsome and charming!

A true man!

Poems like "This man should only exist in heaven, rarely seen in the mortal world," or "People in the world are like jade, a Young Master without peer" were insufficient to describe his handsomeness.

His beauty made Mu Feng feel jealous, wishing he could go up and punch him.

"A bit familiar!"

"Oh, it's me!"

"Then never mind."

Yes, the one walking towards him, making him so eager, was himself.

And this was the effect of this Formation.

Mirror Clone.

A very familiar opponent.

"The mirror image of the Golden Formation."

"The method to break the Formation is on the illusory image that is manifested."

After silently reciting the Formation-breaking method, Mu Feng raised his palm, and several Verdant Sword Mang shot out, striking towards the mirror image's vital points.

Facing the most familiar stranger.

He chose to strike first!

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The mirror image waved the Azure Dragon Flag in its hand, and several Verdant Sword Mang were all struck down.

"As expected of me!"

"Even fighting looks so handsome!"

The mirror image's clean and decisive Moves made him very appreciative.

He couldn't help but praise it.

【You are so narcissistic...】

A red prompt appeared before Mu Feng's eyes.

"?"

"When I ask a question, it's not that I have a problem, it's that you have a problem!"

"How can this be called narcissistic!"

"Isn't this handsome enough?"

"I'll give you one more chance to rephrase, is it handsome or not!"

Mu Feng pulled out a forty-meter-long spear from below and questioned the System again.

【Handsome! So handsome! ¬ _ ¬ ｀】

That's right.

I like an honest System.

Mu Feng was very satisfied with the System's answer.

The Cloud Stepping Boots activated.

He reached the mirror image in a few steps.

He waved his long spear.

And engaged in close-quarters combat with the mirror image.

No one understood him better than himself.

If this mirror image was an illusion formed according to his physique.

Melee combat should be his weakness!

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The two spears clashed.

Emitting metallic collision sounds.

Both were very familiar with themselves.

Their Moves were largely similar.

After several rounds, neither could defeat the other.

However, it did allow Mu Feng to enjoy his spear-wielding addiction.

Since he obtained this Azure Dragon Flag, the opponents he had encountered were too weak.

He had never been able to fully utilize his close-quarters combat.

Now that he finally met a well-matched opponent.

He naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity to hone his close-quarters combat skills.

"Satisfying!"

"Again!"

Mu Feng's spear moved like a Dragon.

He continuously thrust at several points on the mirror image's chest, intending to break the Formation Eye on its body.

"Clang! Clang!"

Seeing Mu Feng's attack, the mirror image retreated a step, waving and spinning the Azure Dragon Flag to protect its vital chest.

It nullified all of Mu Feng's attacks.

At the same time, it moved back.

Close combat was not its strong suit; it wanted to create distance to use Spell attacks.

"Hmph! Trying to escape!"

He didn't want to clash with the opponent's spiritual power!

After all, the mirror image was an illusion, with infinite spiritual power.

His spiritual power, however, was limited.

Even if he won in the end, it would probably be a narrow victory.

There were still two Formations left.

A narrow victory was no different from losing!

Waving his long spear, Mu Feng chased after it.

Taking advantage of the opening revealed by the opponent's retreat.

Mu Feng accelerated his steps, raised the Azure Dragon Flag above his head, made a 180-degree turn, and smashed it towards the mirror's head.

The mirror image tried to raise its spear to block.

But it was ultimately not skilled in close combat, and its speed was much slower.

It was directly hit squarely by the Azure Dragon Flag!

"Shatter!"

The sound of shattering glass rang out.

A large section of the mirror image shattered.

"It's done!"

Mu Feng clenched his fist and cheered!

But soon his smile froze.

Because after he broke the mirror image, the illusion did not dissipate.

Instead, a large number of his mirror Clones were generated.

A dense, vast expanse.

"I'm done for, I'm surrounded by handsome guys!"

Mu Feng couldn't help but quip.

This time, he really tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice.

His cleverness backfired.

"It seems I can only use this Move!"

"I hope my judgment is correct!"

Seeing more and more mirror Clones appear.

Mu Feng gritted his teeth.

He put away the Azure Dragon Flag.

He raised both hands above his head.

A giant fireball appeared above his head.

"Please lend me your Origin Qi!"

After a chuunibyou-like declaration.

Mu Feng hurled the condensed super-large fireball towards all the mirror Clones!

This was a method he had just thought of when breaking the Fire Formation.

The Five Elements counter each other.

Since in this Formation, wood attribute had little effect on fire, then would fire have an excellent effect on metal?

As the super-large fireball smashed down.

The answer was quickly revealed!

Those mirror Clones, under the high-temperature refining of the super-large fireball, either exploded or melted.

It was literally a situation where one more look would make them explode.

And a little closer would make them melt.

"It's done!"

Looking at the golden Formation Flag that had materialized, Mu Feng's mouth curved into a Nike swoosh.

It wasn't easy.

Finally, it was broken!

He quickly picked up the golden Formation Flag.

【Golden Array Flag: The Formation Flag of the Golden Formation of the Inverted Five Elements Array, it is already damaged and needs to be repaired before it can be used.】

Seeing that the Formation Flag was damaged again.

Mu Feng felt a little heartache.

These were all his future treasures.

However, damage was unavoidable.

If the Formation Flag wasn't damaged.

He wouldn't be able to break the Formation.

He clicked to view the repair Materials.

【System Reminder: Repairing the Golden Array Flag requires soul x5, gold Spirit Stone x5. Your current Materials are insufficient, unable to repair.】

The Materials were similar to the previous Verdant Array Flag.

Mu Feng estimated that the next two, water and earth, would also be roughly the same.

He had initially thought that repairing wouldn't require many Materials.

But now, with five of them added up.

Mu Feng realized he had spoken too soon.

....

One hour later.

Mu Feng picked up the last yellow Formation Flag.

Which was the Formation Flag of the Earth Formation, the Yellow Sand Array Flag.

As the last illusion was broken.

All the illusions dissipated.

The Ancient Cultivator Cave once again appeared before him.

"It wasn't easy, I finally broke all five!"

Mu Feng sighed.

Actually, to be precise.

It should be three were broken.

Because the Fire Formation and Water Formation within the Inverted Five Elements Array were already dilapidated.

He easily passed these two.

But the final Earth Formation consumed a lot of his energy.

Because the Formation Eye of the Earth Formation moved with the flowing yellow sand.

He needed to find the direction in the sky full of yellow sand.

And he also had to break the sand and mud figures that interfered with him.

Fortunately, he was ultimately more skilled.

Otherwise, he might have been trapped inside forever.

It must be said.

This Inverted Five Elements Array was indeed exquisitely profound.

And each level was more difficult than the last.

This was still under the circumstances where he knew the Formation-breaking method, and this Formation had been in disrepair for a long time, with its power reduced to less than one-tenth.

If it were a complete Formation, Mu Feng wouldn't dare to imagine.

Let alone Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Perhaps even Core Formation Cultivators would have a hard time, right?

No wonder the Array Secrets said it was a minor Restriction Formation.

Its power was undeniable!

However, he had already broken the Formation.

And all the Formation Flags were in his hands!

For him, the stronger this Formation was, the better!

This way, after successful repair, it would be of greater help to him!

Speaking of repair.

Mu Feng gave a wry smile.

He took out the last two Formation Flags.

They were the blue Blue Abyss Array Flag and the yellow Yellow Sand Array Flag.

【Blue Abyss Array Flag: The Formation Flag of the Water Formation of the Inverted Five Elements Array, it is already damaged and needs to be repaired before it can be used.】

【System Reminder: Repairing the Blue Abyss Array Flag requires soul x5, water spirit stone x5, Sunken Wood x3. Your current Materials are insufficient, unable to repair.】

Since the Blue Abyss Array Flag was already damaged.

It required one more Material than the Yellow Sand Array Flag.

【Yellow Sand Array Flag: The Formation Flag of the Earth Formation of the Inverted Five Elements Array, it is already damaged and needs to be repaired before it can be used.】

【System Reminder: Repairing the Yellow Sand Array Flag requires soul x5, earth spirit stone x5. Your current Materials are insufficient, unable to repair.】

By now.

All five Formation Flags of the Inverted Five Elements Array had been broken and collected by him.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Here.

Seeing Mu Feng's figure reappear.

The Little Lizard guarding the door ran over and rubbed against his pant leg.

It was very happy.

Clearly, the Little Lizard was still very concerned about its master.

He patted the Little Lizard's head.

After responding, Mu Feng untied the rope hidden on his body.

Speaking of which,

He hadn't felt the rope on his body at all in the illusion just now.

He estimated that although his movements inside were very large.

They were all his own imagination.

The actual distance he moved was not significant.

With the Formation broken, it was time to go in and see this Ancient Cultivator Cave.

Thinking of the many treasures left behind by the ancient Cultivator inside, Mu Feng was filled with anticipation.