Wu Yong, Medicine Sovereign, and the others were somewhat dazed.
The Nine-Nine Unending Chain Formation — this was a grand formation personally arranged by Star Constellation Immortal Venerable, specifically designed to deal with Limitless Demon Venerable. According to rumors, it had taken the Limitless Demon Venerable of old breaking through a hundred formations before he finally broke free.
With their strength, how could they possibly breach such an insurmountable barrier?
What made their hearts even more anxious was the fact that they had to race against time. Time waited for no one — once Fate Gu was fully repaired, all hope of victory would be gone.
"What do we do?" Heavenly Lord Hundred-Legs furrowed his brow.
"This is Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's handiwork. No wonder! No wonder!" Xuan Jizi came to a sudden realization.
Chi Quyou said with difficulty, "Even if we gathered every Formation Path Gu Immortal in the world to break this grand formation together, we would likely fail more often than succeed. Let alone now, with our time growing shorter and shorter..."
This great formation master, one of the Southern Alliance leaders who had repeatedly played a decisive role since the war began, was also wavering.
Wu Yong suddenly burst into hearty laughter.
"Alliance Leader, why do you laugh? Have you found some brilliant strategy to break the formation?" Chi Quyou asked in confusion.
Wu Yong shook his head. "I don't have any brilliant strategy to break the formation, but I've already seen through the true state of the Heavenly Court. Everyone, there's no need to be so nervous. In my opinion, we've greatly overestimated the obstacle before us."
"Why so? Just think about it."
"The original Nine-Nine Unending Chain Formation was personally arranged by Star Constellation Immortal Venerable. Heavenly Court Gu Immortals entered the formation to resist Limitless Demon Venerable. But in the end, they couldn't hold him back, and Limitless Demon Venerable broke through. Since the formation was broken, this Nine-Nine Unending Chain Formation had already been utterly destroyed once."
"Even if the Heavenly Court has deep reserves and has repaired all the Immortal Gu — in the worst-case scenario, what we're facing now is a complete, or even improved, Nine-Nine Unending Chain Formation. But the Gu Immortals guarding it are no longer all Heavenly Court members. In fact, there probably aren't many true Heavenly Court members left. The Di Jun City battlefield has Li Huang and Qing Ye; the Heavenly Court battlefield has Lord Dragon, Zi Wei Immortal, Yuan Qiongdu, Che Wei, Conglai Yan, and others tied down. Central Continent, with our four regions attacking simultaneously, was forced to set up this grand formation here — which proves that after splitting their forces, they're short on manpower and can only defend passively."
Wu Yong's eyes gleamed with radiance, and for a moment his entire being exuded an aura of supreme confidence and masterful strategy.
He continued, "Most importantly, they've already revealed their inherent weakness! Previously, Chen Yi and Bai Cangshui came out of the formation to fight our Southern Alliance immortals, and Chen Yi was nearly killed by me. Everyone, if the Nine-Nine Unending Chain Formation were truly impregnable, why would Chen Yi and Bai Cangshui have risked their lives? They must have been buying time to set up new Gu formations in the rear."
"Before, with only our Southern Alliance on the offensive, we already forced them to take desperate risks. Now that our Southern Alliance has joined forces with our fellow immortals from the Northern Plains, there is much we can accomplish. The Nine-Nine Unending Chain Formation may be legendary, but it still depends on who's attacking and who's defending!"
"That's right, that makes sense!"
"Haha, exactly! The urgent priority is to intensify our attack. The Heavenly Court's defense isn't as strong as we thought."
"I'm ashamed — I was actually frightened by Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's reputation alone."
Wu Yong's words greatly boosted the morale of all the immortals, and their offensive, rather than weakening, grew even fiercer.
Wu Yong smiled, but inwardly he sighed.
Every immortal present was an outstanding figure. That they had been intimidated by the reputation of the Nine-Nine Unending Chain Formation wasn't because they lacked intelligence, but because the pressure was simply too great.
Bing Saichuan had shared the truth with many, binding them into a unified force to launch a powerful assault on the grand formation, attempting to seize the last sliver of a chance at victory. But this move had its pros and cons — every immortal present knew the situation was critical.
One slip, and their side would suffer a catastrophic defeat, inviting a Heavenly Court counterattack.
And this was in Central Continent.
They didn't have the Fixed Immortal Travel killer move — even if they did, the Heavenly Court likely had corresponding countermeasures.
So, for the immortals to retreat would be very difficult.
The safest and most reliable option would be to retreat now. The longer they delayed, the harder it would become to withdraw from Central Continent.
"The Gu Immortals of the Western Desert and Eastern Sea have probably already begun retreating. After all, those two regions are each a scattered pile of sand, unlike our Southern Border — or the Northern Plains — which can rally and coordinate the vast majority of Righteous Path forces."
"Now it all depends on whether our side can quickly break through the grand formation and intercept the last batch of successful Dao Marks."
"Sigh! Just moments ago, I was still pinning my hopes on Fang Yuan's Dream Path methods to deal with such a formation. I never expected that the Heavenly Court side had also mastered the Pure Dream Seeking True Body technique. Is it because of the capture of Demon Venerable Spectral Soul?"
"I wonder who inside the grand formation actually intervened to stop Fang Yuan?"
Wu Yong's mind kept speculating as he pondered the bigger picture.
Inside the Nine-Nine Unending Chain Formation, Feng Jiuge's face was pale, yet he wore a smile.
"Huang'er, well done!" He gazed at Feng Jinhuang, his smile full and his heart overflowing with pride.
The one who had stopped Fang Yuan was none other than Feng Jiuge's daughter — Feng Jinhuang!
Feng Jinhuang stuck out her tongue. "Father, your daughter doesn't dare claim credit. Being able to operate the Immortal Gu and unleash Immortal Path killer moves — all of that was made possible by the help of the entire formation."
"Even so, being able to stand against Fang Yuan and render his efforts futile — Feng Jinhuang, you've already rendered a great service," Bai Cangshui said with a smile.
Chen Yi nodded, glancing at Feng Jiuge and then at Feng Jinhuang. "Truly, a tiger father doesn't produce a dog daughter."
Feng Jiuge had saved his life, and Feng Jinhuang was so brilliantly talented — this filled Chen Yi's heart with gratitude and admiration for the father and daughter.
Heavenly Court.
A fierce assault had just drawn to a close.