Chapter 2458: Chapter 2458: Strategies for Coping
"No worries! A disciple who knows to defend their master is a good disciple indeed! Haha..."
Fang Bai laughed heartily, pointed to the female disciple of Zixu Immortal Emperor, and said to her: "Are you known as Fairy Yun Yan?"
The female disciple had a face like an apple, her figure petite and delicate, looking quite adorable. She was not the timid, introverted type of Female Immortal. Upon hearing Fang Bai’s inquiry, she nodded and said: "Yes!"
Fang Bai smiled as he spoke: "You claim your master’s proficiency in the Array Path is unparalleled in the Immortal Realm, unable to be detected by other immortals. So, how did I manage to enter this formation then?"
"Well..."
Fairy Yun Yan was momentarily at a loss for words, her round face turning bright red.
Fang Bai laughed again and said: "There are countless powerful experts in the Immortal Realm, many of whom are well-versed in the Array Path. Throughout history, no immortal has dared to claim unrivaled mastery of formations! Take the eight top-tier Immortal Emperors for example; each of them is proficient in the Array Path. If they were near this Evil Fire Valley, the formation your master set would quickly be undone."
Regarding Fang Bai’s initial words, Zixu Immortal Emperor naturally disagreed. In his heart, his master’s proficiency in the Array Path is universally acknowledged as the best in the Immortal Realm. Speaking purely of formations, even the eight top-tier Immortal Emperors of today are unworthy to carry his master’s shoes!
However, it was evidently not the moment to dwell on this matter, particularly with the imminent pursuit of Golden Crow Palace’s experts in mind, causing Zixu Immortal Emperor some concern. Instinctively, he asked Fang Bai: "Upper Immortal, what should we do?"
As Fang Bai had mentioned earlier, those pursuing them included two mid-tier Immortal Emperor Realm experts from Golden Crow Palace. Not to mention several strong Immortal King Realm experts accompanying them, even facing these two Immortal Emperor Realm experts was beyond their capacity.
To Zixu Immortal Emperor, despite his master’s presence, his master in the current state, having undergone soul transfer and rebirth, returning to the Immortal Realm, possesses a weak cultivation level. If Golden Crow Palace’s experts were to attack, he likely wouldn’t be of much help.
"There are quite a few of Golden Crow Palace’s eyes around Evil Fire Valley. I managed to evade their notice by concealing myself from the outset. Indeed, let’s temporarily stay within this Concealment Formation and adapt as necessary. However, we can’t linger too long, or else if the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor arrives, this formation may not hold up. Given the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor’s prowess, even if he can’t unravel this formation, prolonged aggressive assaults would ultimately lead to its collapse!"
Fang Bai spoke earnestly and solemnly.
The strength of an Immortal Emperor is formidable enough to tear apart the void with bare hands. Should they indeed draw the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor here, escape would be impossible.
Fang Bai had already devised a reliable countermeasure on his way to Evil Fire Valley, hoping to successfully eliminate several Golden Crow Palace experts.
As for Feng Nie Fairy and Liuyan Fairy, if they were not involved in the past battle against the Emperor’s Palace and hadn’t killed any Emperor’s Palace disciples, Fang Bai might let them off. Otherwise, he would show no mercy.
Subsequently, Fang Bai and Zixu Immortal Emperor busied themselves together.
The two first refined the present Concealment Formation, then proceeded to set up several formations outside of it.
These formations were interconnected, forming a large array containing smaller arrays, culminating in a highly lethal Chain Killing Array.
Despite Fang Bai’s vast knowledge of Immortal Law, constrained by his cultivation level, the power of the formations set was weaker than that of Zixu Immortal Emperor.
Nevertheless, while Zixu Immortal Emperor was setting up the formations, Fang Bai could assist and guide, compensating for any deficiencies in Zixu Immortal Emperor’s formation setup, maximizing the formation’s power.
Once the formations were set, Fang Bai nodded in satisfaction and said to Zixu Immortal Emperor: "This Chain Killing Array is sufficient to trap one mid-tier Immortal Emperor Realm expert from Golden Crow Palace, and the other will be yours to handle. As for the other strong Immortal King Realm experts from Golden Crow Palace, the five of us can fend them off! This time, let’s ensure none of the Golden Crow Palace immortals make it back!"
As Fang Bai spoke, killing intent pervaded, with a few hints of coldness in his gaze.
Zixu Immortal Emperor was the same.
The Emperor’s Palace was annihilated, tens of thousands of Emperor’s Palace disciples suffered severe casualties—a deep-seated vendetta like this left both Fang Bai and Zixu Immortal Emperor deeply resentful towards the eight top-tier Immortal Emperors.
Any disciple of the eight top-tier forces with blood-stained hands from Emperor’s Palace disciples, they wished to slaughter without delay.
In the thousand years following the Emperor’s Palace’s fall, Zixu Immortal Emperor had been hiding and evading, constantly yearning for revenge for his master and his peers. But being alone, he hadn’t achieved much, so he planned for the long term, hibernated, and gathered disciples, gradually strengthening his own abilities.
He believed that the eight top-tier forces would eventually decline after peaking, and also believed that the Emperor’s Palace disciples who luckily survived in the past were similarly hiding across the Immortal Realm, just waiting for the right opportunity to rally under the Emperor’s Palace’s banner, unite, overthrow the eight top-tier forces, and revive the glory of the Emperor’s Palace.
Zixu Immortal Emperor’s four disciples couldn’t help much with setting up formations, only standing by to watch with wide eyes.
The more they watched, the more amazed they became, surprised that the young White-Clad Immortal could actually guide their master in setting up formations.
They were perpetually curious about Fang Bai’s identity, thinking that considering their master’s respect for this White-Clad Immortal, unless he was a direct disciple of some Immortal Emperor?
Yet even so, as a mid-tier Immortal Emperor Realm expert, their master wouldn’t be bowing in such a ceremonial fashion, surely?
They were itching for clarity, but dare not outright ask since their master remained silent.
"You four, come over here..."
Fang Bai didn’t let Fairy Yun Yan and the other four immortals idle for too long. In his spare time from setting up formations, he casually taught them the cooperative attack technique "Four Directions Infinite Array."
If Fairy Yun Yan and the other four immortals, with their fifth-ranked Immortal King Realm cultivation, could meticulously practice the Four Directions Infinite Array, then together they could easily contend against an eighth-ranked Immortal King Realm expert.
Of the seven immortals from Golden Crow Palace pursuing Emperor’s Palace disciples this time, besides Fang Bai, there were six more.
Qingyan Immortal King had been slain by Fang Bai during their journey.
Among the remaining five immortals, two mid-tier Immortal Emperor Realm experts, Zixu Immortal Emperor would personally deal with one, while the Chain Killing Array would trap another.
As for Feng Nie Fairy, an eighth-ranked Immortal King Realm, she would be encircled by Fairy Yun Yan and the other four immortals using the Four Directions Infinite Array. The remaining seventh-ranked Immortal King Realm experts Liuyan Fairy and Chiyang Immortal King, Fang Bai could take on both alone.
In this case, Fang Bai believed that unless Golden Crow Palace dispatched reinforcements, the odds of his side winning were high.
However, Fang Bai was also aware that the Evil Fire Valley area had many Golden Crow Palace watchers. Once the battle commenced, those watchers might likely intervene.
For this, Fang Bai had a plan too. The forests surrounding Evil Fire Valley abound with Immortal Birds and Immortal Beasts, ready to deploy the Beast Taming Scripture to command some to attack those Golden Crow Palace watchers when necessary.
In this battle, Fang Bai intended to fight a beautiful fight that would unsettle Golden Crow Palace for a while.
