Mayhem
A white beam rose into the ether as Formation Palace took flight.
“Formation and Talisman Sect’s biggest mistake was having two leaders, one with each artefact that countered the other. I shall restart Formation and Talisman Sect and become the new patriarch!” Guffawing, Chan Tiancheng, jumped onto the first step, triggering the change.
“I don’t think so.” Mu Yu could see everyone outside Formation Palace from his sitting position in the Eight Trigrams formation. He was fully aware Chang Tiancheng was waiting for him to activate Formation Palace. “Formation Palace, let’s give our guests from Talisman Sect a warm welcome!”
Mu Yu fired a black and white formation line into the void, covering every step on Celestial Staircase in yin and yang qi. Phantasmal and killing formations activated as soon as Chang Tiancheng’s cohorts tried to follow him.
“Stick close to me, and the formations are nothing to fear.”
Chang Tiancheng defused Mu Yu’s formations with ease thanks to Formation and Talisman Stone. While Mu Yu was activating Formation Palace, Chang Tiancheng had ample time to work out the route up the staircase. As there was only so much space on each step, there was a long line down the staircase. Those trailing behind would follow the directions those in front provided. Regardless of their commendable coordination, the changing arrangements soon plunged those too far behind down deviating paths.
Splitting up the enemy was what Mu Yu aimed for as it made it easier to engage the larger group in guerrilla warfare than a one-off skirmish.
“Patriarch, it is your turn to take to the staircase to finish off those lost talisman master. I will support you all from here,” Mu Yu instructed.
“Got it.” Zhuge Xiaosheng ran his gaze past Situ Yangtian on its way to Lu Deyi. “Greater Heaven Caster Lu, stay here to protect Mu Yu. Everyone else, follow me! It’s time we send them to their graves!”
With knowledge of Celestial Staircase at their fingertips, Formation Sect’s group was able to swiftly locate Talisman Sect’s stragglers, but it wasn’t so easy to take them out. The talisman masters had to jump to other steps in order to avoid getting hit with formation techniques, thereby occupying almost every step. Mu Yu’s active formations also hampered the talisman masters’ fighting abilities. Additionally, Formation Sect’s formation casters could fly unlike the talisman masters.
Chi Huo caught two talisman masters in his heat formation, startling them. Zhuge Xiaosheng raced toward Chang Tiancheng.
“Patriarch, you cannot defeat Chang Tiancheng for as long as he has Formation and Talisman Stone in his possession. You handle the others,” Mu Yu said to Zhuge Xiaosheng.
“If nobody stops him, he’ll reach Formation Palace in no time, though!”
“His stone will not work against me. Furthermore, I have Greater Heaven Caster Lu taking care of me.”
Zhuge Xiaosheng reluctantly followed Mu Yu’s suggestion, knocking four talisman masters off the staircase for a greeting. He zoomed off again, reappearing at the outer perimeter of the staircase. Though the four guarding the rear weren’t restricted in any capacity due to their positions or at the mercy of Mu Yu’s formations, Mu Yu was confident Zhuge Xiaosheng could take them.
Zhuge Xiaosheng cast a formation at the four who turned to face him. Next, he whipped his hand, morphing his formation into a mammoth white tiger. The tiger easily chomped into a Spirit Severing Realm talisman realm’s shoulder and proceeded to shred him. Two Body Synthesis Realm talisman masters subsequently intervened to even the odds.
The Heaven Stage talisman masters and Celestial Star Sect strenuously broke through the layers of barricades, only for the dismantled formations to regenerate. It took no effort for Mu Yu to mend them once he was connected to Formation Palace.
Mu Yu turned his attention to Celestial Star Sect, surrounding them with killing formations. Owing to their lack of formation knowledge, Celestial Star Sect’s team armed themselves, not that it made any difference. Mu Yu teleported Talisman Sect’s Heaven Stage disciples to separate places in Formation Sect, splitting their force’s fighting power.
Cheng Zhuo led a large team to the places Mu Yu sent Talisman Sect’s disciples and treated the latter to savage beatings.
“Kill every Talisman Sect member you see!” Cheng Zhuo howled, charging in to do battle.
Chang Tiancheng had five companions at the start. Alas, only Zhou Jinglin kept up on the staircase. Chang Tiancheng, unsurprisingly, couldn’t give a toss if they died; all he cared about was the future of his ambition.
Both sides suffered substantial losses after four hours of constant fighting. During that time and over fifty jumps later, Chang Tiancheng and Zhou Jinglin also reached the top of the stairs.
“Yes, Formation Palace is now mine!” Chang Tiancheng enthused inwardly as he stepped into the majestic edifice.
Upon seeing Mu Yu and Lu Deyi spacing out behind him, Zhou Jinglin revealed a corner of his pearly whites.
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