I've never seen the Yellow River of Nine Bends Formation, and I only learned of its name from Tong Tong when I left home this morning.
Fatty said that it was the most mysterious formation passed down by the ancestors of the Divination Sect. Once the formation was activated, yellow smoke would spread for a hundred and fifty kilometers, and its defensive power was like the Yellow River, endless.
"Back then, the old senior of the Divination Sect had set up this formation with the cultivation of an early-stage Seal Heavenly Master, and blocked three Great Seal Heavenly Masters in one fell swoop. One of them accidentally entered the formation, thinking that he could kill the person in charge of the formation and win in one fell swoop.
However, he didn't expect to go for wool and come home shorn. Instead, he lost his cultivation that he had painstakingly cultivated for decades.
If Fatty's description was true, with this formation, Li Yuan clearly wouldn't be able to gain an advantage.
Very soon, the fatty confirmed my conjecture. His hand seals stopped, but the magic formation surged and emitted yellow smoke. In just a short moment, it had covered the entire arena. From its momentum, it didn't seem to have any intention of stopping.
Li Yuan stood where he was and watched the yellow smoke slowly spread over his knees. He couldn't help but spit and said, "Damn fatty, you're about to die. Let's see what tricks you can play!"
With that, his hand signs changed, and he controlled the treasure sword to ruthlessly fall on Fatty.
The space that the Buddha formation could support was no more than ten meters, and the sword technique with the power of a prairie fire had long broken through its defense.
Now, with Li Yuan's full force, it landed in front of Fatty in an instant.
Even from afar, I could smell a burning smell.
Fatty was originally sitting cross-legged on the ground, but under the yellow smoke, I couldn't see him anymore.
I didn't know what he did in the yellow smoke, but the yellow smoke suddenly increased in speed. Just as the tip of the sword was about to land in front of him, the yellow smoke suddenly evaporated and wrapped around the flames in the air like dumplings.
At this moment, the space in the restriction barrier was completely filled with the red of the flames and the yellow of the sand. There was almost no gap, let alone Fatty and Li Yuan's figures.
Half of it was the blazing flames, and the other half was the vast yellow smoke.
Ah Fu was shocked by the scene before him. He swallowed his saliva and asked, "Young Master Lin, what formation is this? Why is it so mystical? This old servant has lived for most of his life and has never seen such a formation …"
Actually, it wasn't just him, even I, who was already prepared, was shocked by the scene that the fatty had created.
I told Fu the name of the Nine Bends Yellow River Great Formation. Then, my eyes returned to the arena.
The Nine Bends Yellow River Formation was indeed extraordinary. Although he did not know if the legend of it being able to cross realms to fight one against three and reducing the cultivation of others was true, its miraculousness was clear at a glance.
In less than a minute after Fatty activated the formation, the continuous stream of yellow smoke reached a state of balance with the raging fire.
The Prairie Blazing Sword Incantation, which was originally unparalleled in power and blazing fiercely, was defeated in front of the yellow smoke. In an instant, it retreated. Its figure shrank again and again, and its steps also retreated again and again, but in the end, it was unable to escape the encirclement of the yellow smoke.
The treasured sword let out a mournful cry, and the rising yellow smoke once again soared, instantly occupying the entire space on the arena.
Not long after, a scream came from the yellow smoke.
This scream came from Li Yuan.
Although it was still not clear what had happened in the yellow smoke, the result was already obvious.
After receiving Zhao Hao's instructions, Li Yuan, who did not hesitate to use the Prairie Blazing Sword Incantation at the cost of his entire body's true essence, was defeated by the fatty, who could only struggle from the beginning and use talismans to delay time.
Although this outcome was not beyond my expectations, it made the surrounding onlookers raise their eyebrows.
Before using the Prairie Blazing Sword Incantation, Zhao Hao was still clamoring for Li Yuan to subdue the fatty with his sword, but in less than ten minutes, Li Yuan, who had the winning ticket in his hand, had been defeated by the fatty.
Moreover, it was unknown whether he was alive or dead.
Thinking of this, I smiled and looked at Zhao Hao.
This guy's expression was not good at all. After noticing that I was looking at him, he gritted his teeth and said, "Zhou Yi, just you wait!"
After saying that, he did not even care about Li Yuan and hurriedly left the venue.
Because of Zhao Hao's warning at the beginning, the battle between the fatty and Li Yuan had unknowingly become the focus of everyone's attention.
Now that they had made such a big fuss, they had basically gathered the attention of the entire Heaven's Stewardship.
In the beginning, those people might have watched the battle with the mood of watching a good show, or with a bit of pity. But now, no matter what purpose they had in watching the battle, they looked at the fatty and the arena with admiration.
I smiled faintly and admired the fatty in my heart.
The Divination Sect was not good at fighting. In the Blessed Enclave, there were divination masters similar to the Divination Sect, so they knew very well.
As a divination master, he had defeated a sword cultivator with outstanding combat power in the same realm.
Such a record was probably the same as the fatty's previous record of using the formation to exhaust the opponent's Taoist Qi to win. It was the first record in the Blessed Enclave!
The yellow smoke on the arena turned into a tornado and gradually retreated to the earth's core. Finally, the figures of the fatty and Li Yuan appeared on the yellow arena.
The fatty was no different from before. He was still sitting cross-legged on the ground. When he noticed that I was looking at him, he winked at me.
However, Li Yuan wasn't so lucky. Before the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation was activated, he was standing ten meters away from the fatty. But now, he was lying next to the fatty. That overbearing treasured sword had turned into a pile of scrap metal and landed next to him.
I hastily walked forward and prepared to welcome the fatty. At that moment, the people from the Three Emperors Heavenly Abode also rushed onto the arena. They looked at me with deep meaning before leaving the arena with Li Yuan.
When I came to the fatty's side, he smiled at me and said, "How was it?
My performance wasn't bad, right? "
This fellow was still as cocky as ever.
Seeing that he had just won the battle, I didn't refute him. I only smiled and scolded him. I extended my hand and pulled him up to the viewing platform.
On the way, Ah Fu also rushed over to welcome me. Together with me, he carried the fatty to the viewing platform. After checking on the fatty's situation, he continuously praised the fatty as a young talent.
The word "modesty" did not exist in Fatty's dictionary. He laughed and agreed without a trace of politeness.
The arena that the Wangwu Heavenly Abode had arranged was extremely large, enough to accommodate ten battles at the same time.
Today was already the third round of the Allheaven Competition. Only the thirty-two Blessed Paradises were qualified to participate. In other words, there were only sixteen battles to be held.
Thus, all the battles today were held at the same time.
After the fatty's battle ended, more and more battles also came to an end.
The Heavenly Abode of the West City, where the Han family was located, had already finished their battles. As for the mysterious Zhu Youke of the Chen Province, the tribulation pills of Mount Gezao, and the other low-ranked Blessed Paradises, although they had performed well, they were still lacking in strength. In this round, they had finally reached the end and lost to the experts of the ten Great Paradises.
As for the Lu Liang Mountain Grotto, where Lin Xue was located, they once again made a comeback and entered the top 16.
I paid special attention to the battles of the Lu Liang Mountain Grotto. Not only were there people who had fought before, but there was also someone from the Changshan Mountain Grotto … It was obvious that the Changshan Mountain Grotto and the Lu Liang Mountain Grotto had joined forces.
Although the Corpse Yin Sect had perished, the remnants were still there …
In addition to them, as the battles continued, the top ten Heavenly Abode qualified to enter the fourth round were determined.
In this round, someone from the ten Great Paradises finally fell from their pedestal.
This Heavenly Abode was called the Kuo Cang Mountain Grotto, also known as the Cheng De Hidden Mysterious Heavenly Abode.
It was located in the northern part of the Magu Yan Mountain Range in the Chuzhou Province's Le An County. It was ruled by Duke Juanzi of the Northern Sea.
The entrance of the cave faced the majestic Kuo Cang Mountain Range in the east. Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty gave it the name "True Condensation Palace". The locals called it the 45th Cave. It was one of the orthodox Daoist cultivation grounds.
According to legend, since the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Kuo Cang Grotto was known as the Taoist Grotto.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Tai Chi Master, Xu Lai Lei, took a fancy to this place and became the first Cave Manager. He was in charge of a 300-kilometer radius around the Kuo Cang Cave.
Since then, the Kuo Cang Cave was blessed. According to historical records, there were 12 Daoist Masters who became immortals in the Northern Song Dynasty.
They were Xu Lai Lei and Wang Yuan from the Eastern Han Dynasty; Zuo Ci, Ge Xuan, and Cai Jing from the Three Kingdoms (Wu); Zheng Siyuan, Ping Zhongjie, and Yang Yi from the Jin Dynasty; Ye Zangzhi from the Tang Dynasty; and Chen Huizhen, Ma Zishan, and Wang Chongyou from the Song Dynasty.
Within the jurisdiction of Kuo Cang Cave, the legend of Wang Yuan and Magu meeting in Cai Jing's residence was passed down to the later generations, leaving behind such idioms as' the blue sea turns into mulberry fields' and 'Magu scratches an itch'.
Cai Jing's old residence was built as the Hidden Truth Palace by Emperor Liang Wu in the Southern Dynasty.
During the Kuo Cang Cave's heyday, it had a vast area. According to 1148 AD, during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, it had 1,169 mu of farmland, 1,276 mu of land, and 1,858 mu of forest.
It showed the importance and prosperity of the Kuo Cang Cave during the Tang and Song Dynasties.
Chen Renyu, the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War in the Southern Song Dynasty, had written the inscription 'The Farm of the Hidden Truth Palace' on a stone tablet.
Ge Xuan, the Daoist Master of Chongying, had built the Chunxi Temple near the Heavenly Abode during the reign of Sun Quan of the Three Kingdoms.
In the third year of Yonghe of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which was 347 AD, the Daoist Master of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Yang Yi, the younger brother of the first County Magistrate of Le 'an, Yang Xin (from Xiangyang, Hubei), was a County Lieutenant in Jiajiang County, Sichuan Province. After he was dismissed, he came to the Daoist Master of the Kuo Cang Cave to cultivate. Later on, he became an immortal.
After listening to Wang Can's information about the Kuo Cang Cave, I couldn't help but feel strange.
Logically speaking, with Kuocang Mountain having such a profound heritage background and being able to ascend to the throne of the Ten Major Grotto-Heavens, the cultivation resources and disciples they had accumulated over the years were definitely not something the small grotto-heavens outside of the Ten Major Grotto-Heavens could compare to. Who would have thought that they would be eliminated in this round?
It should be noted that the best ranking they could get after this round was less than ten places, which meant they would be in the middle of the thirty-six Minor Heavens. They would never be able to enter the top ten Heavens.
From then on, the Kuo Cang Cave's status was much higher than that of the top ten Heavens.
I was in the arena at that time, so I didn't pay attention to the details.
I felt sorry for them, but I was more curious about their opponents. Since they could eliminate the top ten Heavens, they couldn't be ordinary people.
After asking Wang Can, I found out who their opponents were.
Lu Zhenyang led the team from the Spiritual Mountain.
Just as I had guessed, Lu Zhenyang took out the Chiyou Tomahawk and gave it to Lu Chengyi.
That was why Lu Zhenyang and Lu Chengyi won easily.