615: Twelve flags, twelve innate treasures

“No need.”

A fragrant breeze assailed him, and a stunning expanse of snow-white skin entered his vision. Gu Qing averted his gaze, held his breath, and said with a poker face,

“Hmph, you don’t know what’s good for you.” Qiu Yu’s eyes turned cold, and murderous intent surged within her.

“Lead the way.” Gu Qing looked at Fu Qi.

“Alright.”

Fu Qi put away his flying boat. He actually hoped that Gu Qing would remain arrogant and offend everyone to death.

Fu Qi took out a handful of formation flags, scattering them into the void, and chanted an incantation.

The formation flags erupted with brilliant law profound light, stabilizing the universe and time. Fu Qi then threw out several thousand more formation flags, three formation plates, and sixteen formation artifact divine swords, forming a grand formation.

“This grand formation should be a Level 10 grand formation, hidden within endless spatial layers. I’ve used a formation to seal this space and time. Yu Qing, my friend, quickly use your Dao Pupil to find and lock onto the formation.”

Fu Qi spoke urgently.

Years ago, he fought a cultivator at the God Emperor Seventh Realm Consummation and accidentally discovered this grand formation.

The two immediately shook hands and made peace, using their divine abilities to lock onto the grand formation and forcibly break in.

However, entering was easy, but finding the treasures nurtured by the grand formation was incredibly difficult.

Moreover, it was filled with killing intent, like a natural killing formation, and his opponent had perished within it.

If he hadn’t run fast, he would have died long ago.

After that, every time he entered, he had to search for hundreds, even thousands of years, to find the location of the grand formation.

Gu Qing, possessing a divine pupil that could see through illusions, should be able to find it in just a few years, right?

Once the grand formation was found, he would let Gu Qing take the lead and search for its center.

If it couldn’t be found, he would use a self-detonating formation to destroy the entire grand formation.

Fu Qi thought this.

“…”

Gu Qing was speechless.

How could Fu Qi have the nerve to choose treasures first when he couldn't even find the grand formation?

Gu Qing activated his Dao Pupil, scanning the boundless space, looking directly at its essence.

Soon, he saw a light spot, locked his gaze onto it, and penetrated it. Countless great dao divine runes appeared before his eyes.

Twelve banners were distributed in twelve directions, emitting the most primitive killing dao runes, forming an unparalleled killing formation.

Gu Qing gasped.

What the hell was this Level 10 grand formation?

It was clearly a Level 12 killing formation, condensing the most primitive source killing intent. Even a Heavenly Dao Realm expert would be at risk of perishing within it.

Moreover, there were no treasures inside; it was just an innate killing formation.

Of course, this killing formation itself was a set of ultimate killing treasures, a set of Level 12 Dao artifacts, even more precious and rare than innate treasures.

“I’ve struck it rich…” Gu Qing’s heart pounded wildly.

One must know that formation artifacts were inherently more valuable than magic treasures.

Furthermore, each banner was a Level 10 innate treasure, and the twelve combined formed a Level 12 Dao artifact.

The key was that this was a complete set of killing formations.

It couldn’t be compared to twelve individual innate treasures.

“Congratulations!” Youmeng said joyfully.

Although she possessed many innate treasures, she had never seen such a heaven-defying set of formation flags before.

“Hahaha, that’s right, don’t you see who I am? I’m the Son of Destiny now!” Gu Qing was immensely proud.

It wasn’t easy. He, Gu, had finally experienced the treatment of a protagonist.

As for the treasures he had encountered before, they were useless to him.

But these twelve banners were extremely useful to him.

In the future, if he encountered a strong Heavenly Dao Realm expert and couldn’t defeat them, he could unleash this unparalleled killing formation.

“Don’t get too ahead of yourself. These twelve banners aren’t easy to put away. A slight mistake could lead to your demise. You should be careful.”

Youmeng, unable to stand Gu Qing’s smugness, couldn’t help but pour cold water on him.

She wasn’t wrong.

Gu Qing’s current physical body couldn’t withstand the bombardment of the killing dao divine runes emitted by the banners.

Moreover, the Limitless Secret Realm was very special; it obliterated all soul bodies.

Once his physical body was destroyed, he would be obliterated by the rules of the Limitless Secret Realm.

“Don’t worry. Perhaps for others, putting away the banners is a near-death experience, but for me, it’s a piece of cake. I have the Dao Pupil that sees through essence; there won’t be any danger.” Gu Qing said confidently.

“That’s true. You should deal with these people first.” Youmeng said.

If Gu Qing couldn’t handle it, she would still be watching, and at a critical moment, she would act.

“Mm.”

Gu Qing hummed, used his divine ability, and locked onto this innate grand formation.

He looked at Fu Qi with pity.

It was a shame that Fu Qi was a God Emperor Eighth Realm Saint, yet he couldn’t even distinguish between a killing formation and a natural grand formation, mistakenly thinking it was Level 10.

However, it was normal for Fu Qi not to see the formation’s level.

Without reaching the Heavenly Dao Realm, one simply couldn't comprehend the profoundness of the Heavenly Dao Realm.

Gu Qing could see it all thanks to his Dao Pupil.

“Found it?”

“Quick, let’s attack together.”

Seeing Gu Qing find the grand formation so quickly, Fu Qi was overjoyed. With a thought, a divine sword flew out from his body.

The others were just as swift, all attacking the grand formation together.

In an instant, they blasted open a gap. The four of them were ecstatic, their figures transforming into streaks of light and rushing inside.

Gu Qing followed closely, entering a desolate red land. Boundless gravity pressed down, and Gu Qing grunted, feeling as if he carried a divine mountain.

The others were in the same situation, with Qiu Yu even being directly bent over by the pressure.

This gravity was terrifying, as if the sky was falling, with infinite gravity.

Moreover, the stronger the physical body, the stronger the gravity, with no upper limit.

It was similar to the Starlight Avenue that Gu Qing had climbed, making it hard to breathe, as if their hearts were being crushed.

“Don’t use your magic power.”

Fu Qi shouted loudly.

This grand formation was very special. Once magic power was used, it would immediately attract the bombardment of killing formation divine runes.

“Yu Qing, my friend, use your Dao Pupil to check the hidden formation runes. Can you decipher them?” Fu Qi asked.

Gu Qing heard this, said nothing unnecessary, and pretended to activate his Dao Pupil to examine. After a while, he withdrew his gaze.

He shook his head slightly: “This grand formation is extremely profound and completely integrated. I can’t find a way to break it.”

“Really?” Fu Qi frowned, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes.

Even Gu Qing couldn’t find a flaw in the formation. It seemed Gu Qing’s usefulness was very limited.

“Really.”

“Presumably, you understand the profoundness of this grand formation better than I do.” Gu Qing said.

“Is that so?” Qiu Yu still didn’t quite believe Gu Qing.

She felt that Gu Qing might be hiding his true abilities, fearing that he might trick them all.

“According to my observations, it is indeed as Yu Qing, my friend, said. The entire formation is completely integrated. Triggering any single formation rune will result in the entire formation’s destructive attack.”

Fu Qi said with a solemn expression.

“Then which direction should we go now?” Fu Yong asked in a deep voice.

He scanned the boundless red land. As Fu Qi had said, only by walking out of this hundreds of millions of miles of red land could they enter another layer of formation heaven and earth.

He didn’t know how many layers of formation heaven and earth this formation had in total.

“This way.”

Fu Qi pointed in a direction and said to Gu Qing, “Yu Qing, my friend, you have a divine pupil, so you lead the way.”

“Alright!”

Gu Qing didn’t waste words, striding forward, his mind filled with confusion.

Fu Qi had entered this grand formation before. Could it be that he always relied on his two legs to walk out of the hundreds of millions of miles of red land?

How many years would that take?

Soon, someone spoke for Gu Qing. Qiu Yu asked with a gloomy expression, “Are there no magic treasures to substitute?”

“None.”

Fu Qi had tried various magic treasures and puppets, but without exception, as long as they contained magic power or spiritual energy, they would immediately be bombarded by the killing formation divine runes.

Fu Qi felt that this must be the treasure choosing its master, testing the master’s perseverance.

Many treasures had similar tests.

“Then how many years will we have to walk?”

“Haven’t I told you? If we’re fast, we can walk out of the red land in fifty thousand years.”

“Sigh!”

Qiu Yu sighed, her face bitter.

Fifty thousand years, though short, to walk for fifty thousand years bearing boundless gravity, monotonously and tediously, was truly suffering.

How could a beautiful young woman like her endure it?

Qiu Yu’s eyes darted around, looking at Gu Qing, then at Fu Yong, Fu Qi, and Wu Bu Jie, her mind racing.