I bear witness to immortality in the human world.

Chapter 241 Perfect Formation
"You flatter me, fellow disciples."

Wu Ming remained humble and unassuming in the face of Yu Yangyan and the others' reactions.

If he had never seen the view from the top, he would indeed be proud of his achievements in the first year of entering the seventh level of cultivation. However, he had not only come into contact with Dao Saints of the ninth level of cultivation, but also possessed the supreme treasure of the Demon Subduing Diagram, which allowed him to vaguely glimpse the scene of immortal beings above the ninth level of cultivation.

Compared to such beings, even though he was already a grandmaster, he had only just reached the foot of the mountain and still needed to look up at the sky. Therefore, he had no pride in his meager achievements.

After a brief conversation with the group, Wu Ming quietly walked to a corner of the town gate.

In this inconspicuous corner, he sat down cross-legged in the shadows, closing his eyes slightly as he recalled the previous battle and the insights he gained during it.

After exchanging words for a while, Yu Yangyan and the others also dispersed to sort out the gains from the great battle. Some gained nothing, while others seemed to have gained some insights.

……

"When wind and thunder meet, fire surges from the ground."

Wu Ming sat upright in the shadows, his primordial spirit residing within the Niwan Palace between his eyebrows. The array of its internal components split and disintegrated one by one according to Wu Ming's thoughts, and various Dao talismans and soul imprints were decomposed and then reassembled under his will.

Having gone through a great battle, the bottleneck that had been holding him back has begun to loosen. He now has many ideas on how to construct a perfect formation and is trying to verify them one by one.

but,

A perfect-level formation is ultimately extraordinary. Even though he started by constructing a skillful-level formation with the Dao patterns of six supreme secret techniques as its core, and has now even grasped the pinnacle of skillful-level formations, there is still a slight gap between it and the perfect-level formation.

This distance is like looking at flowers through the fog; although it's hazy and indistinct, you can already glimpse something, but you can't see it clearly.

But Wu Ming wasn't afraid of feeling vague, because he had plenty of time to try and deduce. After all, he had only been in the seventh level of cultivation for less than a year, so he wasn't in a hurry to build the formation.

in this way,

Time flies, and more than three months have passed.

Above the city gate, Yu Yangyan was bathed in raging flames, riding a celestial fire avatar, and was fighting a seventh-order demon emperor. The demon emperor condensed demonic energy into a black demon weapon covered with intricate patterns, and kept attacking Yu Yangyan. Yu Yangyan manipulated the avatar, releasing one after another raging fire to fight against it.

Just as the battle was getting intense, a strange aura suddenly emanated from the distant demonic clouds, and a beam of jet-black light shot out from the sky, heading straight for Yu Yangyan.

That was none other than a demon king that had been hiding in the demonic energy for a long time, suddenly making a move to try to ambush Yu Yangyan!

Just as the beam of black light was about to strike Yu Yangyan's Dharma form, a beam of dazzling white light suddenly appeared from the side, accompanied by crackling thunder, and collided with the black light with a bang.

The lightning and magical light rubbed against each other, emitting a loud buzzing sound, before exploding and shattering together.

"Thank you, Junior Brother Wu!"

Seeing this, Yu Yangyan breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Wu Ming, who was not far away.

With his strength and resources, although he wouldn't be killed outright by a sneak attack from a single demon king, he was being fully restrained by another demon king. If he were to take the sneak attack head-on, he would inevitably be beaten into a very sorry state.

"You're welcome."

Wu Mingping responded calmly, and then directly confronted the demon king that was suddenly attacking.

Over three months, the demon army entrenched in the abyss launched more than twenty attacks. Each battle lasted from several hours to one or two days, making it an extremely protracted war of attrition.

Having fought so many battles, Wu Ming is now extremely familiar with the battlefield. Benefiting from the experience of these consecutive battles, his abilities in almost every aspect are steadily improving.

In terms of formations, although he has not yet mastered perfect formations, compared to the feeling of seeing flowers through a fog three months ago, he is now only a hair's breadth away from completely constructing perfect formations, and he has basically seen the light at the end of the tunnel.

In addition,

He was already extremely accustomed to the battles at the seventh level of the Primordial Spirit Refinement, and his mastery of various Daoist techniques and Dharma forms had become more refined. The main point was that at this stage, it was not difficult for Daoist cultivators to draw upon the power of heaven and earth; the key was how to transform the power of heaven and earth into their own.

Before truly comprehending the laws of heaven and earth, it is almost impossible to completely control the power of heaven and earth, but this does not mean that it is impossible to control this power... In other words, the power of heaven and earth is like a river. Even if you cannot control the direction of this river, the situation is still completely different when going downstream and going upstream.

If Wu Ming was somewhat lacking in combat skills before, and was only able to withstand a top-tier seventh-tier Demon Emperor by relying entirely on the powerful recovery ability brought by the "Zhe" technique, then Wu Ming is now much more at ease in resisting.

in addition,

The battlefield is also where the law of killing is most active.

If the Law of Slaughter in the Law Hall of the Demon Subduing Realm is like a river that Wu Ming can clearly understand, then on this battlefield, it's like wisps of killing intent entwining and surrounding him, something he can tentatively touch.

However, comprehending the laws is not something that can be achieved overnight. Even after more than three months of fierce battles, Wu Ming's progress in understanding the laws was not significant. He had only gradually gained some understanding of the laws of slaughter.

boom!
Above the city gate, Qinglan was locked in fierce combat with an eighth-tier demon lord. The battle was incredibly powerful, far surpassing any ordinary battle between grandmasters.

Amidst the busy battle, Wu Ming still had time to pay attention to the fight on Qinglan's side. He had a very clear understanding of the strength of the Eighth Refinement Grandmaster, and his only feeling was that he was powerful!
In fact, Qinglan is not considered a particularly powerful expert among the Eighth Refinement Grandmasters. She is only at the "relatively strong" level. However, compared to the Seventh Refinement Grandmaster, there is still a huge gap between them. At least Wu Ming has no confidence in taking a single move from Qinglan.

Of course, Wu Ming's observation of Qing Lan was not to feel the power of Qing Lan's methods. The main reason was that Qing Lan, as an Eighth Refinement Grandmaster, was the only one among the disciples of Qingming Peak who had truly mastered the mysteries of the laws.

Although he did not cultivate the Law of Slaughter, he could still appreciate the mysteries of the law from Qinglan's battles and glimpse the power that Dao cultivators could unleash when they mastered and controlled the law.

The war continues.

After an unknown amount of time, the demonic energy finally thinned out again.

As the demonic energy faded, the boundless army of demons retreated just as quickly, like a tide following the receding demonic energy, and directly withdrew from the city gate, gradually becoming smaller and smaller.

"We've finally driven them back." "How long do these demons intend to keep fighting?"

After seeing the demons retreat, Yu Yangyan, Zhao Guang, and the others all breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu Ming has been here for more than three months, while many of them have been here for nearly half a year, experiencing more than forty battles continuously. Although as grandmasters, they are not exhausted, these battles are still extremely dangerous.

At the foot of Qingming Peak, more than a dozen disciples who had reached the sixth level of the Nascent Soul Refinement stage perished. All of them died suddenly, before others could rescue them, and were devoured by evil spirits.

As for the disciples of the peak master who have reached the seventh level of refinement, although none of them have perished, two of them have been seriously injured and had to leave the Abyss and return to the Holy Land to recuperate. They have not yet returned to the Abyss.

On the demon side, even more sixth-tier demons perished or were injured, and they also killed two seventh-tier demon emperors. However, after such a long battle, they still showed no signs of weakening.

The battle has continued until now. Among the participants, some have been tempered and benefited greatly, gaining insights into laws or formations. However, others have encountered constant dangers and have not made much progress.

"We can only fight alongside them for as long as they want."

Zhao Guang showed no signs of defeat; after half a year of fierce battles, his eyes shone even brighter.

Among the current disciples of Qingming Peak, he is not the youngest, but his strength is almost the strongest. After a series of battles, he has made continuous progress in formations, and he has even faintly seen his own perfect-level formation.

He wished this great battle could continue for another six months or even a year. As long as he didn't perish on the battlefield, he could hone his skills along the way and very likely become the first disciple of Qingming Peak to master a perfect-level formation!
And as everyone knows.

Once you master a perfect formation, breaking through to the eighth level of refinement is almost a certainty.

His cultivation had long since reached the peak of the seventh level. As long as he mastered the perfect-level formation, he would immediately attempt to break through to the eighth level and become a Grandmaster of Daoist arts. After a period of consolidation and accumulation, it wouldn't be long before his strength surpassed Qinglan's and he became the number one person under Qingming Peak.

While everyone was talking after the battle, Wu Ming quietly returned to his usual corner of the city gate.

For him, the longer this battle in the abyss lasts, the better. Although it seems dangerous, for him now, the life-or-death crisis is not that great.

If he had encountered some troublesome situations when he first arrived in the Abyss, such as an ambush by an eighth-rank demon lord, it would have indeed been a life-or-death threat to him. But now that the war has lasted for more than three months, he is no longer afraid of such situations.

Because the Demon-Suppressing Plate has accumulated a near-massive amount of demonic energy!
Even Wu Ming himself didn't know what kind of power such a massive amount of demonic energy could unleash if used to summon the projection of the Demon-Suppressing Disc.

All he knew was that even if only one-tenth of this demonic energy was used, the resulting projection of the Demon-Suppressing Disc would be enough to suppress a top-tier Daoist master at the seventh level of cultivation. If he were to summon such a massive quantity without regard for consequences, even a Daoist grandmaster at the eighth level like Qinglan would likely be suppressed on the spot!

The Demon-Subduing Diagram and the Demon-Suppressing Plate were his absolute source of confidence in this great battle, allowing him to be completely worry-free.

of course,

Unless absolutely necessary, the power of the Demon-Suppressing Disc should not be easily mobilized, as this power is too mysterious and will inevitably cause a lot of trouble if it is revealed.

In short, the benefits of this great battle are too numerous to list. The fact that it allows him to accumulate power for the Demon Suppression Disc alone makes him willing to participate in the battle for a long time. After all, he can vaguely sense that if he accumulates more demonic energy, he might even be able to summon the physical form of the Demon Suppression Disc!
What level of treasure is the Demon-Suppressing Plate?

Even with Wu Ming's current perspective, he still cannot make a clear judgment. He only knows that its essence must be superior to that of a top-grade spiritual treasure. It is a true supreme killing weapon. If such a weapon could be summoned into physical form, even if it could not exert its full power, but only one or two tenths of its power, it might be able to suppress a Martial Saint or Dao Saint who has undergone nine blood and nine refinements!
Of course, these are just thoughts for Wu Ming at the moment. After all, with his current strength, although he can continuously kill some sixth-order demons to fill the Demon Suppression Plate, the efficiency is not high. And the difference between the Demon Suppression Plate summoning projections and summoning physical entities is definitely immeasurable.

"The way of formations resides in the heart."

Wu Ming sat cross-legged in the shadows, not thinking too much about the Demon-Subduing Diagram and the Demon-Suppressing Plate, but instead focusing all his attention on the construction of the Primordial Spirit Array.

Based on six supreme secret techniques, half a year of deduction allowed him to master the formation to the peak of dexterity. Now, after more than three months of the Abyss War, he used actual combat to further understand the shortcomings of the formation and make repairs. It's like constantly laying and building up the foundation, piling it up little by little.

Wu Ming kept trying, building and rebuilding again and again.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

In a daze, Wu Ming felt as if he had climbed a step and stood on a high slope, looking down in all directions. As far as his eyes could see, there was a flat plain.

"Ok?"

Suddenly jolted awake, Wu Ming's consciousness instantly returned to normal.

He looked inward at his primordial spirit and could see that at the very core of his primordial spirit, there were six supreme secret techniques, with the six-character mantra of Lin, Bing, Dou, Zhe, Jie, Zhen as the core, overlapping with each other, and then extending outward to connect with one Dao talisman imprint after another, finally permeating the entire primordial spirit.

The formation looked much the same as before, but it gave him a feeling that it was no longer simply 'exquisite', but 'perfectly natural'.

It became.

The thought crossed Wu Ming's mind.

Although he had never tried it, he knew from the foundation of the array built within his primordial spirit that the array he had constructed had truly taken a big step forward, moving from the Dexterity level to the Perfect level!
With a slight thought, Wu Ming separated a wisp of his soul and entered the Demon-Subduing Diagram deep within his primordial spirit, arriving at the Demon-Subduing Realm.

The Demon Subduing Realm had always been his best training ground for practicing Taoist arts. Now that he had arrived above the crimson, blood-red land, he did not hesitate much and immediately unleashed a Divine Firmament Thunder Technique from mid-air.

boom! ! !
A bolt of lightning exploded, crashing into the earth and blasting a large crater into the blood-red ground.

"As expected of a perfect-level primordial spirit formation, it is indeed extraordinary."

Wu Ming stared at the destruction caused by his move and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

If a skillful array increases the power of the primordial spirit by about 20% to 30%, then a perfect array increases it by more than double. Furthermore, since it is an array that increases the power of the actual Dao technique, it also doubles the power of the Dao technique. This is undoubtedly a huge improvement!
Previously, Wu Ming's various Dao techniques could only barely reach the level of 'extremely strong', but now that he has constructed a perfect-level formation, his strength has undoubtedly entered the 'top' category!

Although his Taoist arts, Dharma forms, and other techniques have not yet been cultivated to the higher levels corresponding to the Seven Refinements, which is a hindrance, his most powerful means, the power that allows him to firmly reach the top level, is not his Taoist arts or Dharma forms.

The Art of War!

This supreme secret technique only truly unleashed its unparalleled power after he entered the seventh level of refinement and mastered the formation!
Wu Ming's soul can now be divided into nine parts. If he puts all his strength into these nine parts, he can control a total of nine weapons that reach the level of mid-grade spiritual treasures in his extreme state!
The nine killing handles, when combined into an array, will be far more powerful than his current Taoist magic and Dharma form!
(End of this chapter)