"Someone needs to bring this formation into the sacrificial formation."
Chu Feng held the formation that shimmered with golden light as he spoke.
"I'll go."
"Let me go."
"I-I-I-I'll go."
There was no shortage of brave souls here. Many volunteered — not only the younger generation of geniuses, but even more from the older generation.
Even knowing the sacrificial formation was perilous and that going would be dangerous, many among them were unafraid.
"It's not enough to simply bring it in. You also need to be able to activate it."
As Chu Feng spoke, he turned to Bai Yunqing. "Brother, this task must fall to you."
"Big Brother Chu Feng, how do I activate it?" Bai Yunqing asked.
Chu Feng's formation was extremely profound. Though Bai Yunqing's mastery of barriers surpassed Chu Feng's, he still couldn't see through this formation.
"After you enter the sacrificial formation, simply activate this formation directly," Chu Feng said.
"Understood."
Bai Yunqing nodded firmly.
"Brother, go together with him. You can watch each other's backs."
Chu Feng looked toward Wang Qiang.
"N-n-no problem," Wang Qiang agreed.
"I'll go as well," Xianhai Shaoyu said.
"We should go too."
Huangfu Zhantian, the Huangfu Heavenly Clan's Patriarch, and the others also spoke up.
"There's no need for so many of you to go."
"The sacrificial formation looks dangerous, but it still has flaws. Before the formation is truly unleashed, it's really just intimidating to look at."
"I'm having Wang Qiang accompany him as a precaution against the unexpected. In truth, there shouldn't be any major problems."
"The truly difficult part is this formation below us. I'll need all of you to lend your strength to activate it."
As Chu Feng spoke, his hand seals shifted, and the various formation nodes radiated with energy.
Everyone sensed that activating this formation didn't necessarily require barrier power — it required the power of bloodlines.
This was precisely why Chu Feng had asked them to stay behind.
"Young friends, take this ship. It will be much faster."
The Huangfu Heavenly Clan's Patriarch produced a small vessel of radiant light. It was a single-use treasure that couldn't carry many people, but its speed was absolutely remarkable.
Wang Qiang and Bai Yunqing didn't dare delay. They boarded the ship and shot out of this world, racing straight toward the sacrificial formation that loomed high in the void.
Meanwhile, below, everyone aside from those still recovering from their injuries entered the formation nodes.
"Everyone, begin."
At Chu Feng's command, they activated the formation in unison. The massive array blazed with brilliant light, its might reaching toward the heavens.
Chu Feng gazed at the horizon with a complicated expression, then sat cross-legged at the center of the formation.
Directly beneath him, a formation disc gradually materialized, inscribed with countless incantations.
At this moment, all of the formation's power was converging into the disc beneath Chu Feng.
After a stretch of travel, Bai Yunqing and Wang Qiang finally entered the sacrificial formation.
The scene inside was, without question, even more terrifying. After all, they were closer to the red light now, and its appearance grew increasingly frequent.
An ordinary person wouldn't have been able to endure even the red light.
But Bai Yunqing couldn't afford to worry about that. He took out the formation Chu Feng had given him and prepared to activate it.
But just then, a powerful surge of black energy struck him, and a palm slammed into his back — knocking Bai Yunqing unconscious instantly.
It was Wang Qiang.
Looking at the unconscious Bai Yunqing, Wang Qiang said: "Brother Bai, I'm sorry."
"This sacrificial formation cannot be undone."
With that, he turned his gaze toward the formation, still clutched in Bai Yunqing's arms.
Wang Qiang gathered martial force in his palm, intending to destroy the formation.
But in the very next moment, the formation erupted with blinding light — a teleportation force shot skyward.
Then a figure, seated in a cross-legged posture, materialized from within that beam of teleportation energy.
It was Chu Feng.
"Brother?"
Seeing Chu Feng, Wang Qiang couldn't help but freeze in shock.