Immortality Through Array Formations

Chapter 2537: Chapter 32: Young Master Shi (3)

The city is sealed, people are dying, corpses are being refined...

Everything is progressing as if by fate.

Until an unusual fluctuation emanated from the Formation Pivot of the Yin Corpse Blood Refining Formation.

An older Evil Formation Master frowned, "Something’s wrong..."

Elder Fu looked up at the words, his gaze slightly shifting, and asked, "What is wrong?"

"This formation..." The Evil Formation Master’s frown deepened, "I don’t know if it hasn’t been used for many years, or if there was a mistake during the setup... The flow direction of the Formation Pivot seems to have a problem, some evil power is reversing..."

Elder Fu’s friendly expression faded, a hint of coldness appearing on his face, "Explain clearly..."

The Evil Formation Master hesitated, unsure if he should speak.

If he spoke and there was no issue, he would be punished.

After all, Elder Fu seemed amiable, but was actually ruthless and heartless.

But if there really was a problem and he remained silent, the consequences would be even worse...

The Evil Formation Master braced himself, slowly voicing his suspicion, "It seems like someone... has tampered with it..."

The pupils of several Golden Core cultivators from Yin Corpse Valley shrank.

Elder Fu’s gaze also turned cold, "Are you certain?"

The Evil Formation Master hesitated, not daring to be definitive, but spoke pertinently, "From the structure of the Formation Pivot and the flow of evil power, it appears so..."

These words sent a chill through everyone’s heart.

They all understood what this implied.

If the formation had been tampered with, it meant their plan to seal the city and slaughter its inhabitants had long been detected.

The fact that someone tampered with the formation indicates they hold "hostility" towards Yin Corpse Valley.

Secretly, they must have dug an unknown "trap."

And this formation for sealing the city and refining corpses by Yin Corpse Valley is a Second Grade Seventeen Patterns Compound Formation, more difficult than ordinary Second Grade High-Level Formations.

The ability to secretly tamper with such a high-grade compound formation indicates that the person’s formation skills are certainly extraordinary.

At the very least, they are a Second-Grade High-level Array Master.

Based on the cultivation standards of ordinary Formation Masters, a Second-Grade High-level Array Master would have at least the initial Golden Core, or even the late middle stage Golden Core cultivation.

A Golden Core cultivator, a Formation Master of the Golden Core Realm, tampering with the formation used by Yin Corpse Valley to slaughter and refine corpses...

"Who exactly is this person?"

"And what are their intentions?"

The faces of the Golden Core cultivators from Yin Corpse Valley grew solemn.

Even Young Master Shi had a deep gaze.

A Golden Core cultivator cannot possibly be unaffiliated; they must belong to either a family or a sect.

If they are from the Righteous Dao forces, then it’s certain they want to stop Yin Corpse Valley’s actions.

If they are from the Demon Path forces, then it’s certain they want to "rob from a rival"...

In any case, it’s not good news for Yin Corpse Valley.

Not to mention, the place of tampering is the formation itself...

The formation is the crucial point.

"Where is the formation reversing?" Elder Fu asked.

"At the East city gate..." The Evil Formation Master looked at the Formation Pivot and replied.

Elder Fu nodded, then turned around, saying, "Elder Xu, Elder Ma... bring a Formation Master and go to the East city gate to inspect whether there is a problem with the formation."

The two Golden Core cultivators from Yin Corpse Valley stood up and cupped their hands, "Yes."

Then, they led a Second-Grade Evil Formation Master of the Foundation Establishment Realm straight to the west city gate.

Afterwards, the people of Yin Corpse Valley anxiously waited inside the hall.

But after waiting 30 minutes, without the cultivators at the East gate finding the problem, the flow direction of the array power on the Formation Pivot went wrong again.

The face of the elderly Evil Formation Master changed, "The formation patterns at the West gate are also reversing..."

Elder Fu’s gaze sank, sensing a touch of cunningness in the deep black night.

But since there was a problem, it couldn’t be left unresolved.

He summoned two more Golden Core elders from Yin Corpse Valley, instructing them to take an Evil Formation Master to the West gate.

Once these people left, the more Elder Fu thought, the more he felt something was amiss.

He constantly sensed someone was toying with him in the shadows...

Yet everything seemed shrouded in darkness, making it hard to see clearly.

Another 30 minutes passed, and the situation changed again.

This time, the Evil Formation Master’s face turned completely white, exclaiming in shock:

"Elder Fu, this is bad, the flow of array power within the entire formation is completely distorted, and it’s all reversing towards the North gate..."

Elder Fu was both shocked and furious, with no trace of kindness on his face, cursing inwardly, and then he said to the last two Golden Core Demons:

"You two, take another Formation Master, and check the North gate."

"Yes."

The two Golden Core Demons were about to set off.

Elder Fu suddenly shivered and said, "Wait, something’s not right... we’ve been played..."

Elder Fu pondered for a moment, his face contorted, "How truly insidious and despicable."

"We’re not going to the North gate anymore..." Elder Fu immediately ordered, "There’s trouble at the East gate, West gate, and North gate. Checking them only scatters our manpower. This is all a facade, intended to mislead us, drawing us away..."

"So..." Elder Fu’s gaze sharpened, "Head directly to the South gate!"

"This is where the Formation Master’s real trickery lies, it must be at the South gate!"

"Send a message to Elder Xu and the others, if there’s no problem at the East and West gates, head directly to the South gate just like you..."

The two Golden Core Demons were enlightened, nodding approvingly, "Elder Fu is wise!"

Then these two Golden Core cultivators, along with an Evil Formation Master, headed directly to the South gate of Little Post City, intending to see for themselves.

In the great hall of the city, only Elder Fu, a Golden Core, and Young Master Shi remained.

Elder Fu tapped the table with his plump white fingers, still pondering, thinking if what he did was right, if there were any flaws.

As he thought, he suddenly sensed something was wrong again.

A chill gradually rose within him.

Elder Fu’s fingers trembled slightly, and at that moment, he understood clearly.

"Still... played for a fool..."

The East and West gates were deliberately misdirecting him to make him feel "smart."

The North and South gates were making him "overthink"...

Now, the East, West, and South gates all had people checking, leaving no one to observe the truly problematic North gate...

It had already been an hour, the formation’s real reversal had long persisted...

At this moment, the elderly Evil Formation Master remained full of fear and said:

"Elder Fu, the spiritual power reversal at the North gate is intensifying, and it’s getting stronger, it has already exceeded the critical point..."

Elder Fu felt as if he fell into an ice cellar. He immediately turned his head to look north, and then suddenly saw, a blaze of fire soared into the sky.

The northern sky was instantly lit up.

Amidst the loud rumbling and the strong spiritual power reversal, the North gate of Little Post City, along with large sections of the city walls, was blasted to pieces by the reversing formation power.

The city gate, guarded by no powerful Golden Core Demons, was instantly opened.

The originally sealed Little Post City now had a huge breach opened.

The explosion of the formation was like a bright flame, suspended in the sky.

It illuminated the shocked faces of the corpse cultivators of Yin Corpse Valley and pointed out a path to survival for the despairing cultivators within the city...