"How did he manage to set up such a formation?"
"Could this be why the Clan Master asked him to come help?"
Staring at the formation Chu Feng had laid out, everyone was both astonished and bewildered.
This was no ordinary barrier formation. It had been constructed using martial power, and it resonated with the aura of this very place.
The formation had clearly been transmitted from this location — it was the site's own formation.
"This formation must have been what Young Hero Chu Feng comprehended from that corridor, right?"
"Not only did he comprehend the complete formation, but he was actually able to deploy it as well. His powers of comprehension are incredible."
While everyone was still muddled, Long Fulai spoke up — loudly enough for all to hear clearly.
"That corridor?"
"Long Fulai, are you saying he derived this formation from that corridor, rather than knowing it beforehand?"
Upon hearing this, many people peppered him with questions.
When they had arrived, they had naturally noticed the oddities within the corridor as well, but none of them had been able to discern anything from it.
"That's right. The reason we walked out so slowly was because Young Hero Chu Feng kept studying the patterns and runes inside the corridor. He said at the time that he'd noticed something, but also mentioned that it would be best if it wasn't needed. So even back then, he already knew it was a formation and understood what it was for," Long Fulai explained.
"Really?"
"I looked at those things in the corridor too, and I couldn't figure out anything."
Despite Long Fulai's words, the others remained only half-convinced.
At that moment, under Chu Feng's activation, the stone statues began trembling violently — but their movements were strange.
It was as if they were on the verge of awakening, yet unable to fully rouse.
Whoosh —
Suddenly, Chu Feng swept his sleeve, and the formation immediately expanded to cover the entire elevated platform.
Those spreading sections were the formation nodes.
Simultaneously, Chu Feng's hand traced rapid patterns through the air, and a formation diagram materialized.
"All Spirit World Masters — anyone who can read this diagram, enter the formation nodes and channel your martial power in accordance with the diagram."
"Remember… it's martial power, not barrier energy," Chu Feng called out to everyone.
"Do as Chu Feng says."
Long Chengyu immediately shouted, while carefully observing the diagram himself.
He had realized that with Chu Feng activating this formation alone, the strain would be enormous — he needed help.
"This…"
At that moment, everyone turned their eyes to the formation diagram, but without exception, every single brow was furrowed.
Never mind the others — even Long Chengyu and Long Muxi were stumped.
Activating a formation through martial power was already far more difficult than using barrier energy, but the formation diagram was completely beyond them. Forget using martial power to activate it — they couldn't even do it with barrier energy!
"What are you waiting for?"
"Isn't this Divine Forbidden Martial Technique what you all want?"
Seeing that no one was stepping forward to help, Chu Feng grew somewhat anxious. He turned around and glared at the group with an irate voice.
"Brother Chu Feng, it's not that I don't want to help — I genuinely can't read it. And looking at them, I don't think they can either," Long Chengyu said, a little embarrassed.
"Chu Feng, I can't read it either," Long Zhizhi said.
"Young Hero Chu Feng, I can't make sense of it either," Long Fulai echoed.
After that, more and more people voiced the same — it wasn't that they didn't want to help, but that they truly could not understand the diagram.
"Is that so?"
Chu Feng's expression turned grave, but he seemed to understand.
The geniuses of the Totem Dragon Clan were formidable figures even in the vast cultivation world, but they specialized in martial power. This formation, though constructed through martial power, required a high level of attainment and intuition in the art of barriers.
Seeing that he couldn't count on them, a look of steely resolve surfaced in Chu Feng's eyes.
"Haaaah~~~"
The next moment, Chu Feng let out a powerful shout.
His entire body tensed, veins bulging beneath his skin, but at the same time, an immensely powerful force erupted from within.
His martial power, in a unique and special form, poured into the formation in an unceasing and incredibly rapid stream.
Chu Feng's martial power wasn't particularly strong — at least by their standards, it didn't compare to Long Chengyu, Long Muxi, or many others present. But right now, anyone could see that the formation was growing visibly stronger under his activation.
As the formation's power surged, the eight stone statues opened their eyes and simultaneously shot forth beams of light.
The beams swept across the distant sandstorm, and wherever they passed, the sand vanished, revealing everything with perfect clarity.
Before long, a ball of light was detected.
Once discovered, the light ball attempted to flee at tremendous speed.
But the eight statues launched themselves into the air as well.
Rather than all flying toward the light ball, only two pursued it while the other six flew off in different directions.
This move baffled everyone. If they had found the target, shouldn't all eight converge on it? Why were six statues flying away?
But soon, they understood the intent. The two statues chased the light ball while the remaining six set up a blocking formation ahead.
The eight statues had unconsciously deployed a pincer formation — it appeared loose and scattered, but in truth every piece was interconnected. By the time the light ball realized something was wrong, there was no escape left.
The light ball struggled, but one of the statues simply reached out with its massive hand and seized it.
After the capture, the eight statues leapt back and landed one by one upon the elevated platform.
The statue that had caught the light ball opened its palm, and now people could see — it was a scroll.
Upon it were inscribed four large characters: Divine Forbidden Martial Technique.
"We did it — we did it!"
At the sight of this, the entire realm was swallowed by jubilant cheers. The geniuses of the Totem Dragon Clan were swept into a frenzy of elation.
They had achieved a feat that even their predecessors could not!
"Brother Chu Feng, you're incredible."