Cultivating Disciples to Breakthrough

Chapter 2255: Endless Path Guardian Formation’s Self Destruction (2)

Leaving the collapsing ancient formation far faster than he had originally anticipated, Xuan Hao couldn’t help looking back at it with a somewhat bewildered look on his face. Never having expected his trip outside the sect to come to an end so fast after it had started. Part of him had even prepared to spend another few weeks exploring the collapsing formation while at the same time also navigating the dangerous environment that had no lack of powerful cultivators belonging to both major powers from the Western Central Region and the Southern Central Region.

But outside of things not working out the way he had originally believed they would, he was curious about one thing, and that was how things would work out after the ancient formation blew itself up.

After all, most of the powerful figures currently inside the ancient formation belonged to the Western Central Region. Even if the main backbone of the different temples stayed out of the collapsing ancient formation and avoided the upcoming self-destruction, the Western Central Region would still end up losing a large portion of their power following the self-destruction of the ancient formation. Potentially even giving the Southern Central Region an opportunity to expand their influence int the Southern Central Region.

The only thing that could safe those still unaware seniors inside the collapsing formation, was them having some kind of trump card on hand whose power surpassed the Profound Immortal Realm. Only then would they stand a chance at surviving the self-destruction of the ancient formation.

A fact that meant he would have the best opportunity possible to see just how many trump cards an average senior figure at the Star Creation Ream had at hand that would allow them to survive in the face of a power that exceeded the Profound Immortal Realm.

Hm? The formation... Is expanding!?

But just as he thought about finding somewhere nearby to wait for what was to come next, he noticed the ancient formation in the process of collapsing, suddenly began to expand outwards at a terrifying speed.

At first, he didn’t think that much about it, but quickly, he realized that the sudden expansion of the ancient formation should have something to do with the self-destruction procedure that the ancient formation spirit had mentioned to him-

Whoosh~!

And so, without the slightest bit of hesitation, he gave up his previous plans of watching the situation from afar. Wasting no time as he set off in the opposite direction of the ancient formation. Having felt a clear sense of dread looking towards the expanding formation, he came to the simple realization that ancient formation wouldn’t just affect the area covered by the formation itself but would end up affecting the area around the ancient formation as well.

The reason he came to this sudden realization had nothing to do with him guessing that the formation would blow up in a massive explosion once it had expanded enough. Instead, it was because he sensed the spatial environment around the expanding formation being forcibly rewritten by the ancient formation. Not only making it impossible for him to escape through the Dao of Space in the area forcibly rewritten by the ancient formation but also giving him a clue about what was going to happen next.

After all, while the changes taking place might be hidden to most, his comprehension of the Dao of Space allowed him to witness the countless changes taking place beneath the surface as the spatial environment seemingly began contracting towards the ancient formation.

Like a relaxed spring being pushed down, the space would inevitably reach a limit where it couldn’t contract anymore and would bounce back- and when that happened, a wave of destruction would sweep forth centered on the ancient formation.

Understandably, reaching this conclusion, Xuan Hao didn’t have the will to stay behind any longer and just wanted to get as far away from the ancient formation as possible. Unwilling to get caught up in the impending wave of destruction that was about to sweep through the surrounding space. Knowing full well that the destruction and power of the destructive wave would leave him with no way out but to bear it with his own body and hope it had weakened enough for him to survive it...

"This... Something is wrong..."

"I can see that much. How about we get out of here for now?"

"Good idea, I will be taking my leave first. In any case, this might be the ancient formation breaking down, can’t stay too far away."

And much like Xuan Hao who discovered the abnormality taking place, so did the different powerful figures who had been keeping an eye on the ancient formation the entire time, though different from him, they had no idea what was about to happen and didn’t take the danger they currently found themselves in anywhere as seriously as they should have.

Sure, there were a few among them who specialized in the Dao of Space that realized how deadly the current situation was becoming, but they either underestimated it and stayed behind or discreetly slipped away without informing anyone else about the danger they had just discovered.

After all, though everyone had been peacefully waiting outside the ancient formation alongside one another so far, they weren’t on friendly terms with one another and could instead be considered to be in a competitive relationship with everyone else for the precious resources hidden away within the depths of the ancient formation.

If the formation breaking down could take care of a handful of these competitors for them, they would be more than happy to just silently slip away and avoid the danger on their own. At most informing some of their friends about the situation so they would be able to avoid getting swallowed up by the impending danger.

Worse yet for those unaware about the danger, the ones who retreated made it seem like they were just scared away and made their retreat seem natural without evoking any suspicion from those who wanted to stay behind and be the first to rush over once the formation broke apart completely.