23: Long Aotian wants to collect some interest first

Long Wudi left.

Wang An and Wang Sisong also left.

No one knew that the nightmare of the Shi Family had begun at this moment.

Long Aotian said he would flatten the Imperial City Shi Family in three years, but how could he wait three years to get his revenge?

Now, he could collect some interest from the Shi Family.

After Long Wudi left, Long Aotian began to silently engrave the Void Annihilation Array.

As he continued to learn Void Formation and deepen his understanding of it, his speed in setting up Formations also became faster and faster.

From the moment Long Wudi left, when he began to set up the Void Annihilation Array, until the grandfather and grandson of the Wang Family departed, a five-level Void Annihilation Array covering an area of six li had already been completed.

This Void Annihilation Array encompassed everyone from the Lei and Shi families, including Lei Zhen.

Lei Zhen, the Clan Chief of the Lei Family, one of the three great Cultivation Families of Thunder Dragon Royal City, did not have any deep-seated enmity with the Long Family; the two sides got along well. Originally, Long Aotian did not intend to deal with Lei Zhen as well, but he should not have dragged the Long Family into it.

If he hadn't said that the great Formation might be related to the Long Family, his grandfather would not have been coerced here to suffer a slap, and the Long Family and Shi Family would not have directly become enemies.

It could be said that Lei Zhen was the culprit who caused his grandfather's humiliation and the animosity between the Long and Shi families.

How could Long Aotian let him off?

Moreover, as soon as Lei Yunshan arrived, he told his grandfather to change his name, truly treating him as if he were their Long Family's ancestor?

Long Aotian was very angry, and the consequences would be severe!

In order to teach these two high and mighty Five Great Cultivation Families of the Imperial City a painful lesson, Long Aotian did not stop after setting up one Void Annihilation Array; he continued to engrave the second, third... up to the fifth.

Five five-level Void Annihilation Arrays, comparable to an ordinary six-level Formation, yet a Formation that even Out-of-Body Realm experts would be helpless against for a time.

Long Aotian observed everyone while engraving the Formation; as soon as someone tried to leave, he would immediately activate the Formation.

However, to his annoyance, even after he had set up five Void Annihilation Arrays, the other party still did not leave and even wanted to continue bombarding the defensive great Formation of Immortal Severing Mountain, which made him a little restless.

He knew his own capabilities; a five-level Void Formation absolutely could not withstand repeated bombardments from Out-of-Body Realm experts.

The reason his five-level Void Defensive Great Formation was so strong was because he had simultaneously incorporated the functions of power rebound and force redirection into the defensive Formation.

Each time the opponent bombarded the great Formation, the power was bounced back, and the great Formation would automatically adjust itself in that gap.

Coupled with the fact that his five-level Void Defensive Great Formation covered an area of a hundred li, the supplementary energy rapidly gathered from other parts of the great Formation was abundant, which allowed it to hold up under several bombardments from the opponent.

Of course, there was another point: this was a Void Formation, not an ordinary Formation they understood. They were completely clueless about Void Formations and did not know how to break them.

Look for the Formation core?

How could a Void Formation, integrated with heaven and earth, formless and colorless, be found?

This was the first time they had seen such a peculiar Formation, and it was impossible for them not to be surprised or curious.

Because of this, their desire to break the great Formation gradually turned into a desire to study and learn this great Formation.

But it was clear that the profundity of Void Formation was not something they could study just by wanting to.

Void Formation, integrated with heaven and earth, tends towards natural great Formations in the world and is the most difficult to learn.

Even if they were given the Cultivation Technique for Void Formation, they would not be able to make any Breakthrough in a short period.

A natural great Formation requires sufficient comprehension of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth and sufficient affinity with all things in heaven and earth. Only then can the Void Formation patterns engraved by Divine Sense be hidden in the Void Realm, becoming formless.

Otherwise, if the Formation patterns had fluctuations or wrinkles, others would immediately notice the anomaly in the Void Realm, and by investigating through the flaws, they could find the Formation. How then could it unexpectedly trap enemies within the Formation?

Long Aotian, who Cultivated the Chaos Dao Art, was undoubtedly a favored child of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. With so many powerful individuals here, he could quietly use his Divine Sense to engrave Void Formations almost right under their noses, yet not a single person noticed.

This shows how deeply Long Aotian was integrated with this part of heaven and earth.

Of course, another reason why the opponent couldn't detect his actions of engraving the Void Formation was that his Divine Sense was constantly in a released state, and in order to conceal the release of his Divine Sense and prevent the opponent from perceiving its existence, he drew inferences from one instance, thoroughly integrating the knowledge learned from Void Formation, and also merged his Divine Sense with this part of heaven and earth.

Under the perception of others, as long as he wished, his Divine Sense could give the same feeling whether it was released or not. How could others know that their environment was under his Divine Sense surveillance?

Therefore, even until Long Aotian had finished setting up the five Void Annihilation Arrays, Lei Yunshan, Shi Gandang, and the others had not discovered that their location was already enveloped by the five Void Annihilation Arrays.

After Long Wudi and the Wang Family grandfather and grandson left, a strange silence fell for a moment. Unable to study the peculiar Formation before them, they did not leave. Instead, they continued to bombard the defensive great Formation even more frantically, attempting to break it.

This utterly infuriated Long Aotian, who had still wanted to engrave a few more Void Annihilation Arrays.

Once the opponent frantically bombarded the defensive great Formation, could his defensive great Formation still hold up?

He told Long Wudi that the great Formation was peculiar and that even Spirit Division Realm experts couldn't break it, but that was merely to reassure Long Wudi and comfort him so he could return with peace of mind.

If a Spirit Division Realm expert truly came, this five-level Void Defensive Great Formation could be shattered in minutes.

One force breaks all methods!

In the face of absolute strength, any Formation is useless.

Only by upgrading the Void Formation to level six could he barely contend with a Spirit Division Realm expert for a while, and if that Spirit Division Realm expert was too foolish and fell into his trap, he might even be able to kill him.

But now, without having broken through to a six-level Void Formation, he had no confidence whatsoever.

Besides giving Shi Gandang and the others a profound lesson, he also wanted to make them deeply wary of Void Formation, so they wouldn't easily send their profound experts to break the Formation.

Otherwise, if even their profound experts came and suffered losses, it would greatly affect their Family's fall from grace.

As long as Spirit Division Realm experts did not come, and as long as Out-of-Body Realm experts did not forcefully attack, then his five-level Void Defensive Great Formation would temporarily remain safe.

But now, Shi Gandang and the others had started to forcefully attack again, and it was even more intense than the first time they attacked, so how could Long Aotian sit still?

With a thought, Long Aotian's Divine Sense directly triggered the five five-level Void Annihilation Arrays that enveloped Shi Gandang and the others.

At the moment the Formation activated, a terrifying sense of crisis assailed Shi Gandang, Lei Yunshan, Lei Zhen, and the others. Immediately afterward, countless Void Divine Sense Annihilation Wind Blades came at them from all directions, endless and boundless.

Void Formation integrates with heaven and earth, directly drawing upon the power of heaven and earth when engraving Void Formation patterns. This power of heaven and earth includes not only the power of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth but also the power of the stars.

This is also the fundamental reason why the setup of Void Formation does not require Formation Flags or Spirit Stones or other energy bodies to maintain the operation of the great Formation.

The vast and formless power of heaven and earth is the energy body that drives Void Formation.

That is to say, as long as the Void Formation is not broken, and as long as it is operating, its attacks are endless, with no concept of energy depletion.

This is also why Long Aotian was so eager for Void Formation. Besides being one level stronger than ordinary Formations of the same rank, if one learns it, its Formation-setting method is extremely simple, only requiring Divine Sense to engrave Void Formation patterns, and one doesn't have to pay out of pocket to provide energy to maintain the Formation's operation. The Void Formation patterns directly draw upon all the power between heaven and earth to maintain the Formation's operation.

Endless energy, it's simply maddening.

As the Void Annihilation Array was triggered, the Void Divine Sense Annihilation Wind Blades, like a flood of fierce beasts, engulfed everyone within the Formation in less than half a breath.

Immediately after.

Screams of being cut by the Void Divine Sense Annihilation Wind Blades and the enraged roars of Shi Gandang and others continuously emanated from the Annihilation Array...