51: Calculating the Great Ancestor

“Excellent!”

Long Aotian couldn't help but laugh when three Ancestors of the Spirit Division Realm, whose strength was not weak, headed towards the Small Valley.

This was what he wanted to see.

He didn't expect the ten Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays in the Small Valley to kill or severely wound these three Ancestors of the Spirit Division Realm from the Shi Family, because, as the Great Ancestor of the Shi Family said, as long as they were careful enough, a Level 6 Void Maelstrom Array really struggled to kill an Ancestor of the Spirit Division Realm.

What Long Aotian wanted was for the ten Void Annihilation Arrays to hold back these three Ancestors of the Spirit Division Realm.

The main battlefield this time was not the Small Valley, but near the defensive Grand Formation.

Long Aotian's target this time was not the Ancestors of the Spirit Division Realm, but those Soul Emergence Realm Protectors and Nascent Soul Realm Elders.

If, in the process, he could incidentally harvest a particularly unlucky Ancestor of the Spirit Division Realm, it would achieve his desired effect.

Killing an Ancestor of the Spirit Division Realm this time was just a bonus.

To kill two Ancestors of the Spirit Division Realm would be an unexpected surprise...

The Great Ancestor, Third Ancestor, and Fifth Elder appeared in the center of the Small Valley in the blink of an eye, their faces cold.

Their speed was astounding.

“Hmph, a provocation? Then we shall grant it to you!”

Appearing directly in the center of the Small Valley upon arrival, the contemptuous meaning could be felt even by a blind person.

And at this moment, Long Aotian, racing against time, had just finished inscribing the Level 6 Void Maelstrom Grand Array, spanning a thirty-mile radius, ensuring that as long as the Ancestors of the Spirit Division Realm did not break through this Grand Array, all other Soul Emergence Realm Protectors and Nascent Soul Realm Elders would surely die.

Thus, Long Aotian no longer hesitated, and in a single thought, the Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays in the Small Valley and near the defensive Grand Formation were activated simultaneously.

“Kill!”

In the Small Valley, the Great Ancestor detected the Formation's existence almost simultaneously with its activation, and before the Divine Sense Void Annihilation wind blades could attack, his spiritual power attack struck the Formation first.

That strike seemed to be a full-force blow delivered in hatred.

With just one strike, he broke one of the Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays in the Small Valley.

Seeing this, Long Aotian's expression also subtly changed: “The attack power of a Spirit Division Realm Ninth Revolution Peak Stage expert is indeed astonishing. If ten Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays can hold them three for ten breaths, it will be considered a success.”

Ten breaths, less than a minute.

It could be said that this was a race against time.

“Not good, there's also that strange killing Formation here!”

The Protectors and Elders, who had originally thought they could stand by and watch the show, did not expect that the moment the strange killing Formation in the Small Valley was activated, they also simultaneously felt themselves within a killing Formation, and a terrifying sense of crisis swept over them, causing their faces to change drastically, filled with shock and anger.

They had not detected that the opponent had also set up a killing Formation here, so how could they not be shocked?

The opponent dared to set up a killing Formation near the entrance and exit of the defensive Grand Formation; how could they not be angry?

“Damn it!”

The Great Ancestor and the other two in the Small Valley also noticed the sudden change near the defensive Grand Formation, and immediately their faces turned ashen, feeling that coming to the Small Valley was falling into the opponent's trap.

“Third Brother, Fifth Brother, attack the Formation with all your might. Break the Formation as quickly as possible and support Second Brother and the others!”

The Great Ancestor immediately issued the order.

He relied on his powerful cultivation and could ignore the Level 6 Void Maelstrom Array, but being within the Level 6 Void Maelstrom Array, he was also incredibly clear that Soul Emergence Realm Protectors and Nascent Soul Realm Elders would likely perish within three breaths in such a killing Formation.

The killing Formation's fragility was only relative to Ancestors of the Spirit Division Realm like them.

At this moment, they had vaguely understood that the opponent's target was not them, but those Soul Emergence Realm Protectors and Nascent Soul Realm Elders; the opponent merely wanted to hold them back.

The main battlefield was not in the Small Valley!

So.

They became anxious!

They began to madly attack the Void Annihilation Array, as if their lives depended on it.

In just one breath, the three of them broke two Formations, which made Long Aotian's scalp tingle.

There were only ten Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays in the Small Valley in total. Breaking three in less than two breaths, at this rate, the ten Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays wouldn't even be able to trap these three for five breaths.

Thinking of this, Long Aotian's expression turned cold. Since that was the case, he would strive to severely wound them with one strike!

In a single thought, six of the remaining seven Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays in the Small Valley were suddenly activated.

The first strike of the six Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays, stacked together, poured down on the three Ancestors of the Spirit Division Realm, and the previous five Void Annihilation Arrays were consequently rendered useless.

This was also the fundamental reason why Long Aotian did not simultaneously activate all stacked Void Annihilation Arrays, because such stacked Void Annihilation Arrays, if activated simultaneously, could only stack one attack, and the preceding stacked arrays would be directly rendered useless.

The attack power of the Shi Family's Great Ancestor and the others was too terrifying; a single Level 6 Void Maelstrom Array was simply serving them up on a platter. In desperation, Long Aotian could only resort to a ruthless move.

Not only that, but after the six Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays were activated, Long Aotian activated the last Level 6 Void Maelstrom Array after only a one-second interval, launching another double-array stacked attack.

This was Long Aotian's calculation.

Although the first strike, the six-array stacked attack, was strong, Long Aotian anticipated that the three Ancestors could block it, but it would be a close call.

The second strike, which would come unexpectedly and catch them off guard, was the main event. Whether it could severely wound them would depend on this second strike.

Within the killing Formation.

As Long Aotian expected, the six-array stack immediately made the three of them change their expressions.

This kind of killing Formation, its attacks could actually be stacked?!

At this moment, they felt as if they had been careless!

They say that enough ants can bite an elephant to death. While they could easily deal with a single Level 6 Void Maelstrom Array, they truly felt a bit uncertain about a stacked attack from a Maelstrom Array.

Especially since no one knew how many more of these strange killing Formations were actually in the Small Valley.

Countless thoughts flashed through the minds of the three Ancestors of the Spirit Division Realm in an instant, and at the same time, they felt a threat of death.

As long as the opponent set up enough of these strange killing Formations here to stack attacks on them, it would be possible to slay them!

It could be said that perhaps Long Aotian miscalculated this time, as he did not set up enough Level 6 Void Maelstrom Arrays in the Small Valley.

Otherwise, it would have been possible to replay the Immortal Severing Mountain moment, causing the three Ancestors of the Spirit Division Realm of the Shi Family to break down mentally.

As the six-array stacked attack came, the three Ancestors of the Shi Family simultaneously attacked without thinking to block it. The Great Ancestor stood at the very front, feeling the power of the six-array stacked attack most clearly.

The power was indeed terrifying!

But they still blocked it!

If the opponent had stacked a few more, they might really have perished on the spot.

The moment they blocked it, they all felt very fortunate.

Fortunate that Long Aotian had stacked a few less!

However, in the next second, the fortune in their hearts froze. The second wave of double-array stacked attack arrived, and they had no time to react at all.

Especially the Great Ancestor, who stood at the very front, blocking the killing Formation's firepower. Although he had blocked the six-array stacked attack, he was also shaken by this wave of attacks, his arms tingling, and his body almost lost balance and swayed.

It was in this instant that the second wave of attack struck. As he frantically tried to block the attack, his arms were taken by the Divine Sense Void Annihilation wind blades.

The attack from the last remaining Level 6 Void Maelstrom Array followed immediately. As the pain transmitted through his nerves to his brain, he watched as his severed arms were twisted into dozens of fragments by the Divine Sense Void Annihilation wind blades and scattered down.

At that very moment, the Third Ancestor and Fifth Elder felt they had been outmaneuvered. With a hateful, full-force strike, they broke the last Level 6 Void Maelstrom Array in the Small Valley.

“Ah—”

The Great Ancestor, having lost his arms, finally let out a tragic cry filled with grief and indignation...