Chapter 825 Struggle
Li Yifeng's arrival was like lighting a torch in the darkness, bringing hope to everyone. Behind him followed hundreds of Tianxian Sect disciples, all of whom were powerful and clearly the elite among the elite.
"Master, are you okay?" Li Yifeng saw the pale Gu Jiuchen at a glance and hurried forward to ask.
Gu Jiuchen shook his head, but his eyes were fixed on the black shadow in the distance, and he said in a deep voice: "Yifeng, you are here just in time, set up the formation quickly and trap this black shadow!"
Li Yifeng followed Gu Jiuchen's gaze and saw that the black shadow was still standing quietly in the same place, as if he didn't care about their arrival at all. But he didn't dare to be careless at all, he knew that the existence that could easily injure Gu Jiuchen and others was definitely not something they could easily deal with.
"Yes!" Li Yifeng didn't ask any more questions, and immediately commanded the disciples behind him to quickly set up a huge formation to surround the black shadow.
As soon as the formation was completed, the light suddenly shone brightly, and runes flew in the air, forming an airtight barrier that isolated the black shadow from the outside world.
The black shadow seemed to feel the threat, slowly raised its head, and a red light flashed in its eyes. A terrifying aura emanated from it, and the surrounding space seemed to be crushed by this aura.
"Not good, he is going to attack!" Xuan Yu's face changed drastically and exclaimed.
Gu Jiuchen took a deep breath, resisting the surging blood in his body, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone be careful, the strength of this black shadow is unfathomable, don't fight hard!"
As soon as the voice fell, the black shadow moved. I saw its figure flash, and then it turned into a black light and rushed to the edge of the formation.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, the black shadow hit the barrier of the formation heavily, and the entire formation trembled violently, as if it would collapse at any time.
"Hold on!" Li Yifeng roared, frantically urging the spiritual power in his body to maintain the stability of the formation.
Other disciples also gritted their teeth and persisted, not daring to slack off.
Gu Jiuchen took this opportunity to sit cross-legged and quickly adjusted his breath in his body, while thinking about countermeasures in his mind.
He must come up with a solution as soon as possible, otherwise once the formation is broken, the consequences will be disastrous!
On the other side, Ye Linglong and Mingyue were treating the injured disciples. Mingyue gently fed the elixir to a disciple and whispered, "Don't worry, you will be fine."
Ye Linglong frowned while treating the injuries, full of doubts in her heart.
"What is the origin of this black shadow? Why is there such a powerful force?" She murmured to herself.
"I don't know." Mingyue shook her head, "But I always feel that the appearance of this black shadow does not seem to be accidental."
Ye Linglong's heart moved, and asked, "Do you suspect that someone is behind this?"
Mingyue did not speak, but looked at the black shadow in the distance with a deep gaze, and a trace of worry flashed in her eyes.
Neither of them noticed that not far behind them, under an inconspicuous stone, a black bug was quietly lurking, and heard their conversation clearly.
Ye Linglong skillfully injected a ball of green spiritual power into the body of a disciple. The warm energy dispelled the cold and gloomy air in the injured person's body, and the disciple's pale face gradually regained a trace of blood color. Mingyue handed over warm herbal soup and comforted him softly.
"Linglong, do you think this black shadow is a bit strange?" Mingyue asked in a low voice while busying herself, her delicate eyebrows slightly frowned.
Ye Linglong paused, looked up at the black shadow trapped in the formation in the distance, and pondered: "You mean, its attack method is different from the demons we encountered before?"
Mingyue nodded: "Well, although the demons are ferocious, they mostly rely on brute force and demonic energy, and this black shadow is more like" she paused, as if looking for the right words, "more like consciously controlling some kind of power."
Ye Linglong's heart trembled, Mingyue's feeling coincided with hers. This black shadow gave her the feeling that it was more like a controlled weapon than an enemy, cold, efficient, but lacking soul.
"Could it be that there is a more powerful existence behind this?" Ye Linglong murmured to herself, feeling uneasy.
At this time, on the other side, Xuan Yu was standing side by side with Li Yifeng, discussing countermeasures with a solemn expression.
"Brother Li, the power of this black shadow is too strange. We may not get any benefit if we fight it head-on." Xuan Yu said in a deep voice, "I suggest that we use the power of the formation to gather the power of all of us, and maybe we can fight it."
Li Yifeng frowned. He also knew that fighting head-on was not the best strategy, but to perfectly integrate the power of hundreds of people, it requires not only a powerful formation, but also the tacit cooperation of all people.
"Okay, as you say!" Li Yifeng finally nodded. He knew that this was the only way at the moment.
He took a deep breath and said loudly: "All disciples of the Tianxian Sect listen to the order and form the Tiangang Beidou formation!"
As soon as the voice fell, hundreds of disciples immediately took action and stood in specific positions. Each person radiated dazzling light. These lights connected to each other and finally formed a huge light formation, which illuminated the entire sky.
Gu Jiuchen looked at this scene with a flash of admiration in his eyes. The Tiangang Big Dipper Formation is the Tianxian Sect's protective formation. It is extremely powerful, but requires extremely high tacit understanding to unleash its full power. It seems that Li Yifeng has indeed trained these disciples very well over the years.
However, just as everyone was preparing to fight back with all their strength, the black shadow trapped in the formation suddenly moved. It slowly raised its head, and a red light shone brightly in its empty eye sockets. A suffocating pressure swept over, as if it was a fierce beast from ancient times, about to wake up.
The black shadow's movements were as fast as a ghost. Almost at the moment it raised its head, an invisible shock wave had spread out. The light of the Tiangang Beidou formation flickered violently, like a candle swaying in the wind, which could go out at any time.
"Stabilize the formation!" Li Yifeng roared, waving the long sword in his hand, and sword energy roared out like a silver dragon, tearing the shock wave apart. Other disciples also urged their spiritual power and tried their best to maintain the stability of the formation.
However, the black shadow's attack was far more than that. It flashed and actually passed through the defense of the formation and appeared in the crowd. For a while, screams came one after another, and several disciples were unable to dodge and were hit by the black shadow's claws, flying backwards, and their life and death were unknown.
"Damn it!" Xuan Yu gritted his teeth, quickly formed seals with his hands, and golden runes flew out, turning into indestructible barriers, trying to stop the black shadow's steps.
But these defenses were as fragile as paper in front of the black shadow, and were easily torn apart. The black shadow was incredibly fast, shuttling through the crowd, and every time it attacked, it would take away a fresh life.
Mingyue looked around anxiously while treating the wounded, looking for Ye Linglong's figure. She knew that with Ye Linglong's character, she would never sit idly by, but she was more worried that Ye Linglong would act impulsively and sacrifice in vain.
"Linglong, where are you?" Mingyue prayed in her heart, hoping that Ye Linglong would be safe.
On the other side, Gu Jiuchen had been watching the battle coldly, his eyes always locked on the black shadow, constantly analyzing its attack methods in his mind, looking for its weaknesses.
"Although its power is strong, it lacks flexibility, and..." Gu Jiuchen's eyes focused. He noticed that after each attack, the black shadow would pause for a moment, as if it was accumulating strength.
"Now!" Gu Jiuchen's heart moved, and he seized the brief gap after the black shadow's attack. His body turned into a stream of light and instantly appeared behind the black shadow. He put his right hand together to form a sword, and a sharp sword energy pointed directly at the back of the black shadow.
"Break!" Gu Jiuchen shouted in a low voice, and the sword energy shot out like lightning, and it was about to hit the black shadow. However, at this moment, the black shadow's body suddenly turned into a ball of black mist, and the sword energy penetrated through it, but did not hurt it at all.
The black shadow condensed into shape again, slowly turned around, and the red light flashed in the empty eye sockets, as if mocking Gu Jiuchen's self-confidence.
"It's not that simple," Gu Jiuchen said in his heart, but he did not give up. Instead, he calmed down, because he knew that he had found the flaw of the black shadow. The next step was how to use this flaw to give it a fatal blow!