285: What is a true formation?

Hearing this, all the Demonic Evils instantly broke down!

The last shred of hope was completely crushed.

The instinct for survival overwhelmed all reason.

They could no longer sit still.

"Run! Run, quickly!"

"Even His Majesty the Monarch has fled; staying here is just waiting for death!"

"Flee in different directions! There might be a slim chance of survival!"

"I don't want to die! I don't want my Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering!"

Desperate roars and cries instantly filled the entire carved-out Pocket-Dimension Cave.

The remaining Demonic Evils were like an ant nest doused with boiling water, turning into streaks of light of various colors.

They desperately fled toward the various tunnels of the cave!

They had only one thought at this moment.

Get away from that man! The further, the better!

However, facing this scene of chaotic flight like a boiling pot...

Chen Nian's lips merely curled slightly, forming a curve of extreme contempt.

"Still trying to escape?"

"Did I agree?"

"Weren't you all trying to form a Formation to block me just now? That Formation was so crude it was simply eyesore-inducing."

"Fine then, let me show you what a true Formation really is."

His voice wasn't loud, yet it clearly suppressed all the noise, carrying a playful tone like a cat playing with a mouse.

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Nian's gaze simply sharpened.

Xuanzhen Qi Sha Formation, activate!

There was no earth-shaking accumulation of Aura, nor any complex and lengthy incantation chanting.

"Hum—!"

A low hum that seemed capable of shaking the Soul's Origin suddenly resounded throughout the entire space, centered on Chen Nian!

In the next second, a massive, complex, and precisely detailed golden Magic Formation that was dazzling to behold appeared.

It instantly enveloped the entire cave, along with all the Demonic Evils attempting to flee!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Several muffled thuds followed one after another.

Those at the front, who were about to escape into the tunnels, were like hitting an invisible yet indestructible barrier!

The golden Formation walls shimmered with light, absorbing all their impact and bouncing it back.

Those Demonic Evils let out shrill screams, black smoke rising from their bodies as they were sent flying backward.

"What's going on?!"

"A Formation! It's a Formation! He's trapped us!"

"Break it! Quickly, combine our strength to break this Formation!"

"Attack one point! Concentrate all our power!"

The Demonic Evils were terrified, but their desire to live made them react quickly.

Under the organization of several high-Rank Demonic Evils, the remaining ones turned around one after another.

They transformed all their fear and despair into frantic energy, launching a storm-like attack against the same point on the Formation wall!

In an instant, all sorts of sinister and bizarre attacks poured onto the golden Formation wall like a torrential downpour.

Ripples appeared on the Formation's light screen, its glow flickering unsteadily.

However, no matter how fierce or concentrated these attacks were...

That seemingly thin layer of golden light wall remained as immovable as an ancient mountain!

When all the attacks hit it, they at most stirred up a slightly larger ripple.

They were easily neutralized, dispersed, and absorbed by the vast True Qi contained within the Formation and its exquisite energy-guiding structure.

They simply couldn't shake its foundation!

"Impossible! This is impossible!"

"With so many of us attacking together, how can this Formation be completely unaffected?"

"What Rank of Formation is this? The entire space has been locked down!"

"It's over, completely over. We're like turtles in a jar, birds in a cage!"

Despair spread rapidly among the Demonic Evils like a plague.

All their struggles and attacks seemed so futile and laughable.

They discovered with horror that the power they were so proud of was so tiny and powerless before the Formation this man had casually set up.

Seeing this, the Bone Staff Demon Commander, who was already on the verge of collapse, finally lost all reason.

Extreme fear transformed into hysterical madness!

"Aaaah! I'll fight you to the death!"

His eyes were bloodshot as he suddenly raised the bone staff in his hand.

The Nether Death Qi throughout his body churned frantically as if boiling.

His body instantly erupted with a ghastly, sickly green light.

An extremely unstable energy filled with an Aura of destruction was rapidly condensing and expanding!

"Even if I die, I'll make you pay the price! Nether Soul Explosion!!"

The Bone Staff Demon Commander roared hoarsely, intending to detonate his own Origin core to take Chen Nian down with him!

However, facing this seemingly tragic and desperate final gamble from the Bone Staff Demon Commander...

Chen Nian's gaze didn't even change in the slightest.

He just shook his head slightly, his tone carrying a hint of bored mockery.

"Self-detonation?"

"The idea is not bad, and your courage is commendable."

"Unfortunately, in my presence, you don't even have the right to choose how you die."

Just as the energy around the Bone Staff Demon Commander expanded to its limit, at the critical moment before it exploded—

Chen Nian moved.

He didn't make any exaggerated movements.

He simply raised his right hand casually and made a light clenching motion toward the Bone Staff Demon Commander from a distance.

"Poof—!"

Like a tomato crushed by an invisible giant hand.

The Bone Staff Demon Commander's violent energy, which had condensed to its Peak, along with his entire body and that bone staff shimmering with sickly green light...

...was instantly crushed by an incomprehensible and irresistible terrifying force!

There was no earth-shaking explosion, no expansion of energy shockwaves.

There was only a muffled sound so slight it was almost negligible.

In the place where the Bone Staff Demon Commander had been, only a wisp of slowly dissipating black smoke remained.

Along with a faint burnt smell lingering in the air.

It was as if he had never existed.

[Ding! Killed Peak Rank 7 Demonic Evil 'Bone Staff Demon Commander', gained 39,011 points!]

Silence!

A deathly silence!

All the Demonic Evils who were frantically attacking the Formation froze.

They stared blankly at the spot where the Bone Staff Demon Commander had vanished.

Then they looked at the man who hadn't even moved from his position from beginning to end.

The fear in their hearts reached an unprecedented Peak!

Lord Demon Commander couldn't even manage to self-detonate?

What kind of despair-inducing gap in strength was this?

Resist?

They knew they could never be this man's opponent.

They didn't even have the qualification to make him take them seriously.

At this moment, they didn't have the slightest thought of resistance in their hearts.

Only one thought remained in their minds: break the Formation!

The Demonic Evils went completely mad.

They poured all their power and all their despair onto the indestructible Xuanzhen Qi Sha Formation.

"Break the Formation! Only by breaking the Formation is there a slim chance of survival!"

"Attack! Keep attacking! Don't stop!"

"Aaaaah! I don't want to die!"

The light of Spells flashed frantically, and the sounds of impact were continuous.

However, that golden Formation wall remained as stable as ever; even the ripples were gradually becoming smaller.

The Formation was rapidly adapting to and absorbing the energy of these attacks.

Chen Nian watched this group of cornered Demonic Evils struggle at his leisure, as if enjoying a clumsy farce.

He gave a contemptuous smile and shook his head:

"Don't waste your energy."

"With your meager level of cultivation..."

"...even if you attack for another hundred years, don't even think about shaking this Formation in the slightest."

"You'd better prepare yourselves to die."