121: Chapter 121 The Power of the Great Formation Blocks the First Strike

The dust had not yet settled.

The dust kicked up by that earth-shattering strike was like a thick curtain, obscuring everyone's vision. Inside Baifeng City, millions of eyes were fixed intently on the center of that Chaos, as if even their breathing had stopped at this moment.

There were no screams.

There was no roar of collapsing houses.

There was only a heart-palpitating silence.

A wind rose.

High above in the sky, Golden Core Master Wu Yong waved his sleeve casually, and a fierce gale suddenly arose, instantly scattering the dust that filled the sky.

Immediately after, a scene that made everyone doubt their own eyes appeared clearly between heaven and earth.

In the center of the massive palm-print crater, in the middle of the street that had already turned into ruins.

One residence remained completely intact.

Four pillars of light reaching to the heavens—cyan, crimson, white, and black—guarded the four directions, weaving into a massive, translucent light barrier above Gu Garden. On the surface of the light barrier, iridescent light flowed, and countless complex and obscure runes darted about rapidly like swimming fish; although its radiance was a few shades dimmer than before, and it was even trembling slightly, it...

…did not break.

The Gu Family, which the Golden Core Master had declared would certainly be destroyed, had actually survived such a world-destroying strike!

"Blocked... it blocked it?"

It was unknown who first broke the silence, their voice dry and trembling.

Immediately after, the entire Baifeng City erupted in an uproar.

"Heavens! That was a full-strength strike from a Golden Core Master! It didn't even shatter a single roof tile of the Gu Family?"

"The power of the Four Symbols... what flows on that light barrier is the power of the Four Symbols! The Gu Family actually hides such a high-level Clan Protection Formation!"

On the tower of the City Lord's Mansion, the City Lord, who had been sitting dejectedly, suddenly stood up, his hands gripping the window frame so tightly that wood splinters pierced into his flesh without him even noticing. The despair in his eyes was receding, replaced by a fanatical light named "hope."

Being able to block a strike from a Golden Core Master.

This meant that the Gu Family now had the qualifications to negotiate!

High above in the sky.

The figure of Golden Core Master Wu Yong, standing with his hands behind his back, showed a slight stiffness for the first time.

The indifference and cruelty on his face seemed to have frozen, appearing particularly comical. He looked down at the man in green robes still standing tall before the mansion gate, his eye twitching uncontrollably.

Not dead.

A group of ants that could be extinguished with a wave of a hand had actually not died.

For a high and mighty Golden Core Master, this was more embarrassing than being slapped in the face in public.

"Good."

"Very good."

Golden Core Master Wu Yong laughed in extreme anger; his voice was no longer as high and mighty as before, but carried a chill that made one's marrow cold.

"A mere Foundation Establishment Family actually hides a Tier 4 Formation. No wonder they dare to be so rampant; so they were relying on a turtle shell."

He slowly extended his right hand, palm facing up, and gripped the air with his five fingers.

"I would like to see just how long this turtle shell of yours can remain hard!"

"And how much... Spirit Stone it can burn!"

Inside Gu Garden.

Gu Yan swallowed the mouthful of metallic-tasting blood in his throat and rapidly changed hand seals, forcefully suppressing the surging True Qi within his body.

It blocked it.

But the price was also huge.

[Beep! Defense successful!]

In his mind, the System's slightly boisterous voice rang out, its speech speed fast—clearly, it had also been quite frightened by that blow just now.

[Shield current integrity: 85%! Energy consumption: Extremely high!]

[Warning! Warning! The opponent is charging up; the second wave of attacks is arriving soon! Suggest host activate 'Energy Saving Mode'... oh wait, at a time like this, what the hell is there to save! Activate 'Money Burning Mode'!]

[Host! As long as the money is there, even a Golden Core Master can be wrecked! Burn it for me! Burn it fiercely!]

Without the System's reminder, Gu Yan could also feel the terrifying Spiritual Pressure frantically gathering above his head.

He did not hesitate at all and shouted sternly to Steward Gu Zhong behind him: "Spirit Stones! Bring up all the Spirit Stones! Hurry!"

Steward Gu Zhong had already brought a group of servants, carrying heavy chests, and stumbled into the martial arts arena where the Formation center was located.

The lids of the chests were opened.

They were filled to the brim with Low-Grade Spirit Stones emitting a lustrous glow.

This was the entire Family fortune accumulated by the Gu Family over the past few years relying on the Medicinal Pill business, a massive fortune sufficient to buy half of Baifeng City.

But at this moment, they were merely fuel.

Gu Yan waved his large sleeve.

Clatter!

Thousands of Spirit Stones rose into the air like a swarm of locusts, precisely falling into the grooves of the Formation center.

The Formation patterns, which had dimmed due to bearing the heavy blow, instantly erupted with blinding strong light after receiving the injection of this massive Spiritual Qi! The somewhat tottering four-colored light barrier once again became solid and thick!

At the same time.

High in the sky, Golden Core Master Wu Yong moved.

He no longer used the palm formed by Spiritual Qi but sacrificed his own Lifebound Treasure.

A small seal, pitch-black like ink and only the size of a palm, surrounded by eerie ghostly Qi, flew out from his mouth.

"Black Fiend Seal, go!"

Golden Core Master Wu Yong pointed with his fingers together.

That small seal expanded rapidly in the wind, in the blink of an eye turning into the size of a small mountain, carrying the force of ten thousand jun, accompanied by the sounds of shrill ghostly wails and howls, and smashed fiercely toward the four-colored light barrier below!

The might of a Magic Treasure is far superior to techniques!

Boom!!!!

The Black Fiend Seal slammed heavily onto the top of the light barrier.

This strike was no longer a large-scale suppression like before, but concentrated all its destructive power onto a single point!

Breaking the surface with a point!

The earth of the entire Gu Garden trembled violently.

That layer of continuously flowing four-colored light barrier, below the point of contact, suddenly dented downward by several zhang, as if it would be completely pierced through by that terrifying massive force at any moment!

Crack!

A faint cracking sound rang in the ears of all the Gu Family members.

On the light barrier, with the impact point as the center, several shocking cracks spread out.

"Hold on!"

Gu Yan's face was pale; his hands pressed tightly onto the Formation Plate, and the True Qi of his Foundation Establishment Second Layer was frantically poured in as if it were worthless.

"Explode!"

He gave a low shout.

Inside the Formation center, the thousands of Spirit Stones just filled in shattered all at once!

A torrential flood of Spiritual Qi followed the Formation patterns and instantly surged toward the damaged area of the light barrier.

Those few cracks that had just appeared, under the nourishment of the Spiritual Qi, healed rapidly, and the dented light barrier also relied on the powerful rebound force to suddenly push upward!

Bang!

The massive Black Fiend Seal was actually forcefully bounced back several zhang!

"Hmm?"

Golden Core Master Wu Yong's eyes flared with fierce light.

Blocked it again?

He, a dignified Golden Core Master, had used his Lifebound Treasure, and yet he couldn't break this turtle shell after smashing it twice?

Humiliation!

This was naked humiliation!

"Let's see how many times you can block it!"

Golden Core Master Wu Yong was thoroughly enraged. He no longer held back; the Dharma seals in his hands changed continuously, and the Black Fiend Seal that had been bounced back circled in the air, then smashed down fiercely again with even more terrifying might!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

One time, two times, three times...

Every impact was like the heavens collapsing and the earth splitting.

Every impact caused houses and roof tiles within Gu Garden to fall, and even servants with low cultivation were shaken until blood flowed from their noses and mouths.

This was the most primitive, most barbaric, and most cruel war of attrition.

It was not a comparison of technique, nor of Realm.

It was foundation! It was resources!

It was to see whether Golden Core Master Wu Yong's magic power ran out first, or the Gu Family's Spirit Stones were burned up first!

On the martial arts arena.

Gu Yan's face became paler and paler, and sweat had long since soaked his thick robes.

Beside him, those chests filled with Spirit Stones were emptying at a heart-stopping speed.

One chest... two chests... five chests...

Those riches that would make people drool on ordinary days were now like dry firewood thrown into a furnace, only capable of buying that momentary brightness of the Formation light barrier, after which they turned into a pile of worthless grayish-white powder, scattered by the wind.

"Not enough! Still not enough!"

Gu Yan looked at the Black Fiend Seal smashing down again, looking at the cracks on the light barrier healing slower and slower, and his heart turned cold.

At this rate of consumption.

The Gu Family's savings from the past few years could hold out for at most half an hour more!

After half an hour, the Spirit Stones would be exhausted.

The Formation would definitely break!

And outside the Formation, that Golden Core Master who had already fallen into a berserk state clearly did not intend to give them even a single breath of respite.

"Husband..."

Shen Qingxue carried the last chest of Spirit Stones and poured it into the Formation, looking at the empty storehouse, her voice trembling.

"The Spirit Stones... are gone."