If you compare Phantom Step Art with Meteor Flight Art, Phantom Step Art can reach a maximum of thirty-six times normal speed, but it can be freely adjusted—however many times you want, you can set it. Meteor Flight Art is different: it directly multiplies your speed by a thousand, and if you’re using wings, you can reach up to fifteen hundred times speed.
But they have something in common: Evan Yang can stack both arts with his Fly‑Fire Boots and wind‑attribute power, making their multipliers even more terrifying. Meteor Flight Art is simply unbeatable when it comes to chasing people. Evan Yang muttered to himself, but he didn’t show it outwardly. After all, if someone’s strength is far above Evan’s, then no matter how fast he is, he still can’t outrun them.
When Evan Yang snapped back to reality, all the snow‑eagles around him were staring at him.
Evan Yang was curious about what the Eagle‑Idol God actually was, why it wanted to transmit these arts to him, and what kind of existence it represented. No matter how he searched, he couldn’t find the owner of the voice, so he could only give up and plan to leave.
At this moment, the snow‑eagles looked at Evan Yang with fear in their eyes, especially the demon that had dragged him here earlier—it was now staring at him with awe.
Evan Yang smiled, ignored them, and immediately headed down, quickly rushing through the snow‑eagle flock and out of the area where the sky was shielded by a barrier. The snow‑eagles behind exchanged confused looks, unable to understand what he meant by this.
Without paying them any mind, Evan Yang kept moving forward. After reaching a certain distance, he spread his wings—at several thousand times normal speed, he shot forward in a flash.
In just a moment, he left the gorge behind, leaving only a blur. The snow‑eagles were stunned. "Looks like he received the true inheritance from the Eagle‑Idol God. Does anyone know his name?" The demon who had brought Evan Yang over muttered, still curious and asking the others.
None of the snow‑eagles knew the identity of this eagle. Meanwhile, Evan Yang had already crossed a long distance and finally stopped after leaving the gorge.
"Damn, good thing I didn’t overshoot." The excessive speed just now startled Evan Yang, but fortunately he stopped in time, or he might have gone too far.
After passing through the snow‑eagle territory, Evan Yang released Snowbun, Richard, and Lora Luo.
Evan Yang reverted to his original form. Richard asked curiously, "Did we leave already?" "Yeah, we’re out of the snow‑eagle zone," Evan replied, smiling. He felt a bit excited inside—getting such a powerful movement art out of nowhere was almost too sudden.
Snowbun was overjoyed hearing they’d left the snowy lands. "We really left?"
"That’s right," Evan Yang replied. From here on, they’d have to rely on Snowbun, since this was her old home.
Snowbun was thrilled and said to Evan Yang, "Thank you, I finally made it back to my old grounds."
Evan Yang asked curiously, "Do you know about Snow‑Ghost Valley?"
"I know it, but it’s very desolate. We can only move around the outside," Snowbun said.
"So about how far is Snow‑Ghost Valley from here?" Evan Yang asked, still curious.
"It’d normally take about half a day to get there, but with your speed, maybe just an hour or two," Snowbun replied.
After hearing Snowbun’s answer, Evan Yang began to ponder, then said, "Tell me the exact route—I’m heading to Snow‑Ghost Valley now."
"Well..." Snowbun hesitated. She didn’t want Evan Yang to get into trouble, since in her mind, that place was deeply dangerous.
"What’s wrong?" Evan Yang asked, puzzled.
"It’s nothing. It’s just that the place is dangerous. I only know the outer area—I don’t know the way inside," Snowbun said.
"The way inside? Is something blocking the entrance?" Evan Yang asked, curious.
"Yeah, I’ve heard there’s a natural barrier there. You need some special method to get in," Snowbun said.
"Maybe it’s a formation. Let’s go check it out first. All right, we’re heading off now. You should go back to your tribe," Evan Yang said.
"You’re really leaving?" Snowbun said, reluctant to part.
Evan Yang smiled. "That’s right, it’s time for me to go. Hurry on—your family must miss you." "Thank you," Snowbun said.
Snowbun quickly disappeared from sight. Lora Luo asked, "So what now?"
"To save time, I might need you all to enter the Spirit Tower again," Evan Yang said.
"Why?" Richard asked, confused.
"Because I need to move fast, but at this speed, I can’t bring anyone with me. Only a space ring or something similar would work," Evan Yang explained.
Richard hadn’t expected to enter the tower again, but he didn’t mind—he trusted Evan Yang, and so did Lora Luo. Both of them entered Evan’s Spirit Tower.
Once they were inside, Evan Yang transformed into eagle form again. With this, his speed was even greater. In a flash, Meteor Flight Art activated, and he shot through the air like a giant eagle.
Suddenly, Evan Yang seemed to hit something and was sent flying backward. The impact was so strong that he rebounded dozens of meters away—luckily, he was tough enough to withstand it. He recovered his human form and looked at the barrier far ahead, muttering, "Did I reach Snow‑Ghost Valley so quickly?"
Evan Yang felt he’d spent almost no time at all before arriving at Snow‑Ghost Valley.
But he was blocked outside Snow‑Ghost Valley, so he released Richard and Lora Luo, then explained the situation. "It must be a formation," Richard said.
Evan Yang knew Richard specialized in formations, and Richard also knew Evan Yang was skilled in them. Lora Luo, meanwhile, was still a bit confused.
Evan Yang looked at the formation and said, "That’s right—it’s a high‑grade formation, at least seventh‑tier Immortal level."
"Do you have a way to break it?" Richard asked curiously.
Normally, when faced with a high‑grade formation, Evan Yang would look for the formation eye from inside. But now, stuck outside, he could only try breaking it externally—and his Heaven’s Eye Sight wasn’t advanced enough for this formation.
"No, unless I’m inside and can find the formation eye. It’s much harder from the outside," Evan Yang said.
"That’s right—breaking a formation from the inside is much easier than from outside," Richard agreed.
"So what do we do now?" Lora Luo asked, seeing that both Evan Yang and Richard were stumped.
"Let’s use our divine sense and see if there’s anything unusual in the formation. Maybe we’ll spot something different," Evan Yang suggested after thinking.
Richard agreed that Evan’s method was their best option. "Let’s do it," he said.
The three of them approached the formation and began searching. The valley outside looked like a giant canyon tunnel, with a clear path ahead, but a barrier blocked their way.
Their search took most of the day—Evan Yang even used Phantom Spirit Birds and other methods.
But even with all three working together, they couldn’t find the entrance, nor any way to break the formation.
"What now?" Richard looked at Evan Yang, hoping he could come up with a solution. Evan began to ponder.
He’d always been trapped inside formations before, where he could break out by finding the formation eye. But breaking in from outside was much harder. After a long while, Evan Yang still couldn’t figure out a solution, and the three kept thinking.
Lora Luo grew impatient. She occasionally got up to feel around the barrier but found nothing, then returned to sit, only to get bored and try again. Meanwhile, Evan Yang and Richard discussed formation theory.
"Breaking a formation with another formation—do you know how, Evan?" Richard asked.
"Breaking a formation with another formation? What kind of method is that?" Evan Yang asked, puzzled.
"It’s a profound technique from my sect. The principle is to use enough lower‑grade formations to break a higher‑grade one. For example, if this is a seventh‑tier Immortal formation, you’d need ten sixth‑tier Immortal formations to break it—maybe even more, depending on the quality," Richard explained.
"Really? Tell me more," Evan Yang said, finding the idea fascinating.
Richard began to explain the principle. The most important part was that all the formations had to be activated simultaneously, meaning at least ten people who could set up sixth‑tier Immortal formations would be needed. But as he spoke, he realized it was impossible and said helplessly, "Where are we supposed to find ten people who can set up sixth‑tier Immortal formations?"
After hearing the principle, Evan Yang had his own idea. Others couldn’t do it, but he could—activating a thousand formations at once was easy for him, and he could set up sixth‑tier Immortal formations. So he made up his mind.
"I’ll do it," Evan Yang said. He got up and began setting up ten formations outside the barrier.
Richard and Lora Luo watched Evan Yang curiously. Richard muttered in disbelief, "What’s he doing? Where’s he going to find ten people to activate formations at once?"
But what happened next shocked him. Evan Yang activated ten formations simultaneously, the steps perfectly synchronized.
Lora Luo didn’t understand formations, but Evan Yang’s actions amazed her as well.
"Genius," Richard couldn’t help but say.
Lora Luo asked curiously, "Senior, what is he doing?"
"He’s setting up formations," Richard replied.
"Formations? Why does it look like he’s doing the same thing ten times?" Lora Luo asked, confused.
"He’s setting up ten formations at once—amazing, and they’re all sixth‑tier Immortal formations," Richard said. At this point, he couldn’t view Evan Yang with ordinary eyes anymore.
Evan Yang focused completely on the formations. This was his first time setting up sixth‑tier Immortal formations, relying solely on his memory, so he was a bit clumsy and it took a long time.
Ten sixth‑tier Immortal formations—after half an hour, they were finally completed. Evan Yang said to Richard and Lora Luo, "Step back, I’m about to activate them."
Richard and Lora Luo nodded and quickly retreated. When they were nearly a hundred meters away, Evan Yang focused on the formations, controlling them with ten streams of divine sense, then retreated himself.
Once outside, Evan Yang closed his eyes, and the ten formations activated simultaneously.
The power of a single sixth‑tier Immortal formation was already immense. Ten, combined and layered as Richard described, was far more than just ten times the strength.