Chapter 43: Sealing Formation Plate

Not far from Blood Eagle Gang’s base, three figures running through the forest, heading toward the distant mountains at an astonishing speed.

The woman in the middle wore a white robe that fluttered gently in the wind. Her beautiful face was cold and indifferent, without the slightest trace of fear.

Beside her were two other core disciples of the Azura Heaven Sect.

The man was called Gu Chen. He was tall and slender, with sharp facial features and a long sword hanging from his waist.

The other woman was called Mu Yan. She had a graceful figure and wore a blue robe. Her beautiful eyes were cold as she stared ahead.

"According to the information we received, the strongest cultivator in the Blood Eagle Gang should be a Nascent Soul Realm expert. With the three of us, this mission should have been extremely easy."

Hearing the disdain in his tone, Mu Yan said her with slightly furrowed.

"Their power was never the problem, but rather finding them."

Su Qingxue also nodded upon her. Her eyes swept across the mountains. This jungle was way too dense, which made finding them even harder.

Soon, they arrived in front of a huge canyon.

"This should be place."

Gu Chen pointed towards depth. As told by his gang member, Blood Eagle Gang’s headquarters was hidden deep within the canyon.

Mu Yan’s expression became slightly colder.

"Let’s finish this quickly."

The three figures descended slowly toward the Blood Eagle Gang’s headquarters.

As they came ahead, Gu Chen’s eyes swept across the surroundings. His expression suddenly became serious.

Something was wrong.

There were too many people. The Blood Eagle Gang had clearly been prepared for their arrival.

More than a hundred cultivators had already prepared with weapons in their hand. They had clearly been waiting for them.

Mu Yan’s beautiful eyes narrowed.

"They knew we were coming."

Su Qingxue also looked around.

Her expression remained calm, but her hand quietly moved toward the weapon at her waist.

The Blood Eagle Gang was supposed to have only a few dozen cultivators capable of fighting. Yet there were more than a hundred gathered here.

Moreover, every important figure of the gang seemed to be present.

Gu Chen’s eyes became sharper.

"They prepared this trap specifically for us."

Su Qingxue also told her thoughts, "It seems our mission information was deliberately leaked. There are quite a few people."

There was no doubt in her mind.

The Blood Eagle Gang had somehow learned that the Azura Heaven Sect was sending people to eliminate them.

That was why they had gathered everyone at their headquarters.

They wanted to use their home-ground advantage to deal with the disciples of the Azura Heaven Sect.

"But so what?"

There wasn’t a trace of guilt on Gu Chen’s face as he scoffed off. His hand slowly grasped the hilt of his sword.

"They may have prepared a trap for us, but they made one mistake."

"What mistake?" Mu Yan glanced at him. It wasn’t their first time, so she knew that he tends to be overconfident.

"They underestimated the disciples of the Azura Heaven Sect."

A powerful aura suddenly erupted from his body.

Boom!

The surrounding spiritual energy trembled. His cultivation at the Nascent Soul Realm was completely revealed.

"Hahh." Letting out a small sigh, Mu Yan didn’t held back anymore and released her aura.

The atmosphere instantly became heavy.

Even though the Blood Eagle Gang had the numerical advantage, the expressions of several members changed.

Two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators were already enough to make them nervous.

On the other side, Han Tianxiong’s eyes narrowed. He could naturally sense their confidence and the despair of his companions.

Several gang members began whispering among themselves.

"They actually sent two Nascent Soul Realm experts..."

"Can we really stop them?"

"Don’t panic! What’s there to fear?" He couldn’t held back and suddenly shouted. His voice immediately silenced everyone.

"Even if they are Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, there are only three of them. We have more than a hundred people. Furthermore, this is our place."

The panic in the gang members’ eyes gradually disappeared.

Han Tianxiong’s expression became cold.

"Today, we’ll show these so-called disciples of the Azura Heaven Sect that we aren’t also pushover!"

"Kill!"

"Kill them!"

The Blood Eagle Gang members roared. More than a hundred cultivators simultaneously rushed forward.

But Su Qingxue and her companions didn’t retreat. Gu Chen’s eyes flashed with fighting intent as he pulled out his sword.

"Good. Then let’s see how many of you can stop us."

Boom!

The battle erupted. Gu Chen’s sword swept forward. A terrifying sword light tore through the incoming crowd. Several Blood Eagle Gang members were forced backward.

Mu Yan also moved. Her spiritual energy surged, and countless streams of cold energy spread outward.

"Frost Moon!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Countless ice blades appeared in the air and shot toward the enemy. Su Qingxue followed closely behind.

Several ice crystals revolved around her body. She flicked her finger.

"Go."

The ice crystals shot forward.

Boom!

Several Golden Core Realm cultivators were forced to retreat.

The three disciples fought together. Their cooperation was extremely smooth. Even though they were surrounded by more than a hundred people, they didn’t show the slightest sign of fear.

This was the confidence of core disciples of a major sect.

They had fought countless battles before, their techniques were powerful, their foundations were solid.

However, Han Tianxiong remained unusually calm. He didn’t rush into the battlefield. Instead, he took out strange jade plate from his storage ring.

Buzz!

The moment the jade plate appeared, Gu Chen’s expression changed.

"A formation plate?"

Mu Qingyan’s expression also changed.

Even the Blood Eagle Gang members looked surprised. Not many among them knew that their leader possessed a powerful formation plate, nor they expected him to use it today.

A Formation Plate was a special treasure that had a formation engraved directly onto its surface.

Unlike ordinary formations, which required cultivators to arrange numerous formation materials and inscribe complicated formation patterns on the ground, a Formation Plate could store the entire formation within itself.

When activated, the user only needed to inject spiritual energy into the plate.

The engraved formation would then be released, spreading rapidly through the surrounding area and forming a complete formation in an extremely short period of time.

This made Formation Plates extremely valuable.

After all, a cultivator could carry a powerful formation with them and activate it whenever necessary.

Of course, the stronger the formation, the more precious the Formation Plate would be.

Seeing their shocked expressions, Han Tianxiong smiled coldly. He immediately poured his spiritual energy into the jade plate.

Buzz!

The formation plate immediately released a dazzling light. Spiritual patterns spread rapidly across the ground.

A powerful wave of spiritual energy erupted from it.

Countless complicated spiritual patterns shot out from the surface of the plate like streams of light and landed on the surrounding ground one after another.

The entire canyon suddenly trembled. Lines of dazzling spiritual light spread rapidly across the ground, connecting with one another and forming a gigantic formation pattern.

In just a few breaths, the formation had covered the entire battlefield.

A faint spiritual barrier rose from the edges of the formation, completely sealing the surrounding area.

At the same time, an invisible pressure descended upon everyone inside, making their movements sluggish.

"That’s a top tier Rank Four Sealing type Formation plate!"

Feeling the strange pressure upon him, Gu Chen’s expression changed slightly. Even he couldn’t remain completely indifferent.

Rank Four formations were comparable to Golden Core Realm experts. And this wasn’t an ordinary offensive formation.

It was a sealing formation.

Its purpose was to restrict movement and suppress the opponent. Even a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator would have difficulty breaking free immediately.

Although with their strength, they could eventually break through it. But during an intense battle, even a few breaths of restricted movement could be enough to change the outcome.

The Blood Eagle Gang members also became excited.

"Hahaha!"

"Leader actually prepared this!"

"With this formation, let’s see how they escape!"

Han Tianxiong sneered. "Since you came to destroy my Blood Eagle Gang, did you really think I wouldn’t prepare something for you?"

But the nervousness of the other side lasted only a short as Gu Chen glanced at the surrounding formation. Then he suddenly smiled.

"Is this your trump card?"

This made Han Tianxiong frowned. Gu Chen’s smile became wider. His eyes flashed with arrogance.

"You thought a Rank Four formation was enough to kill us? You’re overestimating yourself."

He pointed his sword towards him.

"Even if you restrict our movement, you’re still nothing more than a group of bandit cultivators. Do you really think numbers and a cheap formation can stop us?"

But before he could finish his words, a calm voice suddenly came from the side.

"Then what happens if you add me?"

The Blood Eagle Gang members immediately turned their face to see and found a middle aged figure slowly walked out from behind the stone hill.

His footsteps were calm, his expression was indifferent. But the moment his aura was released, their expressions changed.

It was none other than Patriarch Wang. He stopped beside Han Tianxiong.

Gu Chen’s pupils contracted, Mu Yan stared at him in disbelief.

"Nascent Soul Expert? Another one?"

Even Su Qingxue’s expression became serious. They only knew about one, so where did this second one come from?

Several Blood Eagle Gang members immediately became excited.

"Hahaha!"

"Look at how bad their condition has become."

The morale of the Blood Eagle Gang surged. Han Tianxiong also smiled coldly.

"Now, are you still confident?"

Gu Chen’s expression became serious. He didn’t answer immediately and carefully examined Patriarch Wang.

Something about this man made him uncomfortable. His aura was strange. There was no obvious emotional fluctuation.

It was as though killing was nothing more than breathing to him.

Gu Chen tightened his grip on his sword.

"Interesting. Looks like their are indeed many flaws in our information."

With a grim face, Mu Yan nodded.

"But that’s fine."

She stepped forward.

"One more Nascent Soul Realm cultivator doesn’t change the fact that we’re disciples of the Azura Heaven Sect."

Su Qingxue’s ice crystals slowly began revolving around her. Her beautiful eyes became cold.

"Then let’s fight."

Gu Chen smiled. He raised his sword and glanced at the surrounding Blood Eagle Gang members.

Han Tianxiong laughed and controlled the formation plate. The energy of the formation was slowing down their movement.

"Good! Then today, let’s see who dies here! Kill!"

The Blood Eagle Gang members roared once again. At the same time, Han Tianxiong and Patriarch Wang attacked.

Hundreds of spiritual attacks exploded inside the sealed battlefield.

The entire canyon shook. The battle had officially begun.