As Chu Feng drew closer, he could see the grand formation that had trapped Young Master Li Ming more clearly.
It was an extremely powerful killing formation.
Although the formation was now fully revealed, from the marks on the surroundings, Chu Feng could tell that it must have been extremely well-concealed before.
Setting aside the fact that Young Master Li Ming had been trapped within it — if Chu Feng hadn't learned the safe route from Ying Mingchao, he likely would never have discovered this killing formation either.
Right now, the killing formation had Young Master Li Ming pinned inside, every mechanism activated, countless razor-sharp formation swords surrounding her, poised to pierce through her body.
These formation swords were no ordinary constructs. If struck, one's physical body would be nearly impossible to repair, and even one's soul would be destroyed — truly a death sentence.
Moreover, the formation's power was immense. Unless one's cultivation had stepped into the True Immortal realm, no amount of martial strength would make a difference.
Fortunately, Young Master Li Ming happened to be a Snake Mark-level Immortal Cloak Spirit World Master. Relying on the power of her barrier and a few formations of her own, she was barely managing to hold on. Otherwise… she truly would have been done for.
At this moment, Young Master Li Ming was in the depths of peril. She was pouring everything she had into countering the crisis with her formations and had not noticed Chu Feng's approach.
"Oh? Little lady, what are you up to here?" Chu Feng said with a grin.
Upon hearing those words, Young Master Li Ming's expression shifted instantly, and she cast her razor-sharp gaze toward Chu Feng.
At first, it was merely a look of wariness, but Chu Feng could clearly sense that the moment Young Master Li Ming recognized him, her gaze transformed from wariness into killing intent.
Yet she only glanced at him once before withdrawing her gaze entirely, without so much as a word — as though Chu Feng didn't exist.
"Little lady, it's going to be hard for you to break free from this formation on your own. But if I help, it'll be much easier."
"I'm willing to help you get out, but you have to let bygones be bygones," Chu Feng said.
However, Young Master Li Ming remained completely silent, as though she hadn't heard a single word.
Even though she ignored him, the smile on Chu Feng's face only deepened. "This killing formation is no joke. Relying on your own strength alone, I'm afraid it's going to be a struggle."
"Mind your own business," Young Master Li Ming said coldly.
"Sorry, but what I choose to do is none of your concern," Chu Feng replied.
"You!!!" Young Master Li Ming's expression darkened as she shot Chu Feng another murderous glare.
Yet seeing her reaction like this, the smile on Chu Feng's face only grew broader. He then swept his arms outward, and streams of barrier power surged forth from within his body.
The barrier power surged like a vast army, and Chu Feng was the commanding general directing every last soldier.
Under his command, the immense barrier power quickly shifted shape, transforming into a hundred golden rhinoceroses.
Each rhinoceros stood dozens of meters tall, and they were all linked to one another by chains.
It was a formation — a formation specifically designed to dismantle killing formations.
When Young Master Li Ming saw this, her expression changed once again. As a God Mark-level Immortal Cloak Spirit World Master, she could immediately recognize just how powerful Chu Feng's counter-formation was. Chu Feng… was going to help her.
"If you want to break this killing formation, you'd best work with me from the inside. Otherwise… it might backfire," Chu Feng warned.
"Even if you help me, I won't be grateful," Young Master Li Ming said coldly.
"I don't need your gratitude," Chu Feng replied, and with those words, he activated the formation.
ROAR—
The one hundred golden rhinoceroses forged from barrier power seemed to possess lives of their own, each one releasing a furious roar.
Then, the horns atop the rhinoceroses' heads blazed with brilliant light, and in that instant, they seemed to swell even larger.
BOOM—
BOOM—
BOOM—
A rapid succession of thunderous impacts rang out as the one hundred golden rhinoceroses charged into the killing formation at different points along its perimeter.
Seeing this, Young Master Li Ming hurriedly coordinated her efforts, bolstering her own assault against the killing formation.
With both of them working in tandem, a piercing roar of destruction erupted — and at last, the killing formation shattered apart.
"Die!!!"
But in that very instant, Young Master Li Ming struck a palm straight at Chu Feng.
As soon as the palm was launched, vast martial power rapidly coalesced, forming a colossal hand dozens of meters tall that pressed down toward Chu Feng.
The pressure felt like a golden mountain hurtling down to crush him to dust.