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"Did we just barge in like that?!"

Lin Qi gazed around with a serious expression.

She suddenly raised her hand and pressed down on Ye Jian's shoulder, "Ye Shimei, the sound stopped!"

Both of their hearts skipped a beat.

At this point, the shouting stopped.

Either the Fifth Elder sensed them entering the formation, or the person who spoke is already dead.

And both possibilities are also likely.

It's not good news for the two of them.

After entering the Formation, Ye Jian could still sense the danger lurking around him, even without any spiritual energy.

She didn't dare to move, following closely behind Lin Qi.

Lin Qi also had her nerves on edge, afraid of making one wrong step and triggering the attack formation.

The two of them, lacking any spiritual energy, were utterly helpless against the activated formation.

Lin Qi held a blood-drawing compass in her left hand and a broken formation compass in her right. She looked around with a serious expression.

Eight golden lock gates spun around, thick bone chains interlaced and hung on the gates, making a rattling sound when they moved, giving one a creepy feeling.

There are eight doors outside, and there are also eight connected doors inside.

Take a step, and the surrounding scenery changes.

The sky suddenly darkened, and a number of skeletons suddenly emerged from the ground, accompanied by a series of cracking sounds.

Countless white bones and skulls gathered together, almost recreating the spectacle of the bone tomb's skeletal grandeur from that day.

Ye Jian subconsciously drew her sword to defend herself, but Lin Qi raised her hand to stop her.

"Sister Ye, don't move!"

Looking at the white skull step closer, Ye Jian involuntarily swallowed his saliva, but he still obeyed Lin Qi's words and made no other movements.

Seeing a pair of hollow black eyes approaching, Ye Jian tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword, his breathing growing heavy.

Lin Qi took a step forward at an unhurried pace.

Ye Jian was surprised to see white bones and skulls passing through her body.

She instinctively lowered her head, looking at the ground.

Wherever the white skeleton walked, there were deep and shallow footprints.

These skeletons are clearly solid.

She stared at Lin Qi with surprise, her eyes silently asking, "What's going on?"

Lin Qi glanced at her, said nothing, and continued walking forward.

Skeletons surged forward in waves, crowding the ground densely. Ye Jian and they passed through them, their backs slick with cold sweat.

For a fleeting moment, Ye Jian almost thought she was the one who was unreal.

After walking for a while, the white skull in front of them suddenly dissipated, and a door hung with golden chains appeared.

Lin Qi tapped on the door for a while, attaching a fourth-rank water magic formation disk to it. Turning around, she pulled Ye Jian forward two steps.

Just as I stepped out the door, a warrior on a magnificent steed, bearing a blood-red flag, rode majestically towards me.

Right behind him, there were thousands upon thousands of soldiers, roaring and screaming. In the midst of flashing blades and swords, Lin Qi pulled Ye Jian back frantically as they retreated.

Suddenly, a group of people also rushed out from the mist behind.

Both sides clashed, each wielding swords and blades, engaged in a fierce battle. The clash of weapons echoed with a clear and chaotic symphony of sound.

Thousands upon thousands of people surged forward, kicking up dust that shrouded half the sky. A heavy, oppressive atmosphere spread.

The roars of the soldiers' combat seemed able to pierce through the smoke and dust, straight into the sky.

Lin Qi and Ye Jian, both outsiders, watched with bated breath, their blood boiling.

Ye Jian finally spoke, asking Lin Qi: "This is different from before! This is real?"

Lin Qi whispered and shook her head.

"What you just saw was an illusion. If you feel fear and draw your sword to meet it, the skeletons will become real."

"...Half true, half false, I suppose..."

"Half-true, half-false?" This was the first time Ye Jian had ever heard of such a mirage.

This is an illusion projection, projecting past events into the formation, creating its own

"Boundary, if you recklessly step inside, I fear you will be trapped in this battle until it ends."

Ye Jian felt a wave of self-doubt. "A single formation could be so intricate… Seems like I’ve been living in ignorance."

After she finished speaking, her eyes lit up. "You're saying that if it were the Fifth Elder, since she doesn't understand formations, she would…"

Lin Qi mercilessly shattered her dream, "They didn't come in through this door, they wouldn't encounter this hurdle."

>However... I was also thinking the same thing.

A gleam of determination flashed in Lin Qi's eyes.

Ye Jian whispered, "Are you going to lead them into this room?"

Lin Qi nodded and smiled, "As expected, Sister Ye understands me."

Ye Jian was also quite proud, and she and Lin Qi complimented each other, "That's not because you, Junior Sister Lin, are so talented and intelligent. This is all thanks to your influence on me."

Lin Qi listened and fell silent for a moment.

How does she feel that Sister Ye, whom she brought along, also seems to have a lot of confidence?

Can Lin Qi say that she doesn't have a bit of confidence?

Needless to say, Lin Qi's actions didn't stop.

She and Ye Jian waited in place for a moment, when a new door appeared, Lin Qi again pasted a fire-based array on the door, along with countless explosive talismans.

Just as Ye Jian finished everything, she pricked up her ears to a faint rustling sound.

She looked up at Lin Qi, who calmly pasted the last talisman and then, with Ye Jian, retreated back through the first door.

In the next instant, the eight gates suddenly moved.

No longer rotating in a flip, it is staggered horizontally and vertically, even spinning around empty.

After reading it, Lin Qi couldn't help but sigh, "This formation cultivator is really amazing."

The leaves were unclear. Turning her head, she asked, "What's wrong?"

Lin Qi shook her head. "One sentence can't explain it. The same formation, from different hands, the power is vastly different. This formation has reached the limit of the Eight-Door Golden Lock Formation. Even if you change to a Ninth Rank Array Master, it may not be so powerful."

"That sounds impressive... I wish I could take it with me." Ye Jian subconsciously sighed.

Lin Qi smiled, taking it in stride.

In this world, formations can only be contained within meticulously crafted formation plates.

And making a formation into a battleground requires stronger array-building abilities.

As she said, this Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation has reached its limit. If it could be made into a formation disk… This Array Master is probably at least a Seventh Rank.

Discarding impractical thoughts, Lin Qi threw out five arrays in succession, beginning her plan to alter the formations.

Ye Jian crouched down and saw three fourth-order formations, two fifth-order formations on the ground. He was stunned for a moment: "What is this..."

"I can't do it, I'm not skilled enough. I can only rely on external help."

"But... is it worth it?" Ye Jian couldn't hold back and blurted out the question that had been puzzling her.

Lin Qi can come to save people at the risk of his life, it is already considered benevolence and righteousness.

Now, he's even spending so much to save those three whose lives are unknown... To put it bluntly, just the few formations Lin Qi took out could buy these three people's lives.

Most importantly, those three people's lives or deaths have nothing to do with Lin Qi at all?!

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