Chapter 650: Breaking the Formation
While Jiang Yue was studying the sacrificial formation, Yu Nianzhen left the protective formation.
"Senior Yu." Shangguan Hu greeted.
"Mmh." Yu Nianzhen nodded before speaking.
"XiaoYue and I have uncovered the cause of everything." He said but didn’t plan to explain.
After all, the sacrificial formation was not a glorious thing.
If possible, he didn’t want other people to know about it lest they have unhealthy ideas.
"Do you have eyes within the Black Tripod sect?" He suddenly asked.
"This..." Shangguan Hu sighed.
"I have tried many times but Kong Yunfei is too strong."
"My people were also discovered." Xu Yin, the city lord of Formation City said.
"None of us has had any luck." Li Gang, the city lord of Talisman City added.
"It doesn’t matter." Yu Nianzhen said and quickly continued.
"XiaoYue will need several days to prepare. Send some people to guard the Black Tripod sect within that time." He said.
"The people don’t need to be too close. They only need to be in a position to see what happens after XiaoYue and I deal with the situation in the secret realm."
"We understand." Shangguan Hu nodded.
Time passed quickly and before they knew it, it was sixteen days later.
On this day, Shangguan Hu and the other leaders came to find Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue.
"Are the people in place?" Jiang Yue asked.
In fact, he had long finished studying the map of the sacrificial formation.
However, he couldn’t move before the observers were in place.
"They are ready." Shangguan Hu said.
"Good." Jiang Yue nodded.
"Let them watch and report everything they see." Yu Nianzhen said.
Soon after, he and Jiang Yue entered the secret realm.
As before, the place was dark and gloomy.
The surroundings echoed with the loud screams of broken souls and dense death qi filled the air.
"I will need ten days to break the formation." Jiang Yue said.
"I will guard you."
After saying that, the two walked towards the formation.
Once there, Jiang Yue released his formation flags and began breaking the formation.
Time passed and on the ninth day, Jiang Yue finally reached the last node.
"This is the last one." He said.
"Thanks for your hard work."
"You have also worked hard." Jiang Yue said, looking at Yu Nianzhen with grateful eyes.
While he was breaking the formation, the swordsman didn’t rest.
Instead, he battled the broken souls and occasionally helped his lover dispel the accumulated death qi.
As a result, Yu Nianzhen was a little worn down while Jiang Yue was in peak condition.
However, the two didn’t keep scores.
For each other, they were willing to do anything.
"Do you want to rest for a while?" Yu Nianzhen asked but Jiang Yue shook his head.
"I want to get it done as soon as possible."
"Alright."
Four hours later, a loud crack broke the silence and the surrounding death qi began to riot.
At the same time, a black shadow emerged from the middle of the formation and rushed towards the two.
Seeing this, Yu Nianzhen didn’t hesitate.
He immediately waved his sword and a sword intent barrier appeared around them.
"Kong Yunfei left a strand of soul in the middle of the formation." Jiang Yue said, his face distorted in disgust.
At the same time, his complexion dulled and a thin sweat broke out of his forehead.
"Stay within the barrier. I will deal with the soul." Yu Nianzhen said, his eyes narrowed into slits.
"Mmh." Jiang Yue nodded.
He was exhausted from breaking the formation.
As a result, he couldn’t summon the qi or soul power to deal with Kong Yunfei’s strand of soul.
Barely a breath later, Yu Nianzhen left the sword intent barrier and began fighting with the strand of soul.
"Who are you? How dare you break my formation?" The soul angrily demanded.
Unfortunately, Yu Nianzhen was not in the mood to talk to it.
On one hand, he felt it didn’t deserve a response and on the other, he wanted to kill it as soon as possible so that he and Jiang Yue could leave the secret realm.
Thinking this way, Yu Nianzhen didn’t hold back.
A moment later, he swung his sword and a torrent of white light filled the surroundings.
Instantaneously, pain-filled screams echoed in the secret realm and black winds rose up in protest.
These winds were made up of broken souls.
When Yu Nianzhen attacked, he didn’t differentiate between Kong Yunfei’s soul and the broken souls.
After all, the broken souls were already stained with evil and death qi.
Even though they were originally innocent, they no longer were so and if allowed to exist, they would eventually integrate to form a ferocious soul monster.
Knowing this, Yu Nianzhen wasn’t soft-hearted.
"Are you from the righteous way? Do you know who I am? Do you believe my main soul will kill you?" Kong Yunfei’s soul angrily questioned.
"I don’t believe it." Yu Nianzhen sneered.
Not to mention that he and Jiang Yue were immortal realm masters, even if they weren’t, the soul in Kong Yunfei’s body was no longer a threat to nascent soul realm cultivators.
After all, the sacrificial formation was connected to Kong Yunfei.
Since the formation was broken, Kong Yunfei couldn’t escape the backlash.
If he was lucky, his cultivation would regress by several realms and if he was unlucky, his origin would be broken.
Most importantly, the strand of soul in the secret realm was weaker than Yu Nianzhen.
As long as Yu Nianzhen killed it, the main soul would be injured and its cultivation would further drop.
At that point, Kong Yunfei would be lucky to keep his life, let alone his cultivation.
’He probably divided a strand of soul to help him refine the broken souls into soul power. Unfortunately, XiaoYue and I interrupted his plans.’ Yu Nianzhen thought and sneered.
Simultaneously, he unleashed another torrent of sword lights and Kong Yunfei’s soul strand hurriedly erected a soul shield.
"It’s useless." Yu Nianzhen said.
