Several hours passed in the blink of an eye.
Ian Song kept forming array hand seals, probing the formation. The more he tested, the more he realized just how advanced and mysterious it was.
As he continued probing, he uncovered some of the array’s deeper mysteries. His expression grew more serious, and he became extra cautious with his hand seals, as if the formation before him was especially dangerous.
To truly break this formation would take a long time.
So Ian stopped and turned to Redmoon God-King and the others: "This array is complex to the extreme. Without months of work, it’ll be hard to break!"
"If we can’t break the formation, let’s just force our way through!"
Redmoon God-King said, "I don’t believe the three of us together can’t smash it!"
Ian said, "Sis, you really can’t. Not just God-Kings—even a God Emperor would struggle with this mountain’s array. And it’s not just a defensive formation; it contains all kinds of attack arrays. If you trigger a rebound, any of you could get hurt!"
"Is it really as powerful as you say?"
Redmoon God-King was doubtful. In the God Realm, once you reach God-King level, most arrays can’t touch you, since God-Kings can travel freely through the void.
"How about this, Sis? You give it a try—but don’t use too much force. We’ll step back first!"
As he spoke, Ian stepped away from the formation. Although Luna Ming often opposed Ian, she trusted him, so she also hurriedly retreated.
Knowing Ian wouldn’t warn them for no reason, Redmoon God-King also backed away, then controlled a divine artifact flying sword to strike the array.
Boom!
The flying sword slammed into the formation—a blow strong enough to kill any Upper Heavenly God.
But in that instant, the array flashed with light. A black beam shot out and hit the flying sword, vaporizing a top-grade artifact on the spot.
And that wasn’t all—the array seemed almost sentient, firing eighteen black beams straight at Redmoon God-King.
Bang bang bang!
Redmoon God-King punched out, smashing each black beam, but was deeply shocked. Every beam was as strong as a blow from an early-stage God-King.
Luckily she’d listened to Ian and didn’t go all out. If she had, the array’s rebound would have been even stronger; caught off guard, she might have been seriously injured.
What an incredible array!
Silverwing God-King and Snowsun God-King both noticed what was happening.
After a brief discussion, Redmoon God-King's true body stayed behind to protect Ian while he worked on breaking the array. Luna Ming remained as well, and Redmoon's two divine-spirit avatars went ahead with Silverwing and Snowsun to explore further, since breaking the array would take Ian at least several months.
Soon.
Silverwing God-King, Snowsun God-King, and Redmoon’s two avatars all left.
Ian returned to the front of the array and continued to probe it with careful hand seals. He was extremely cautious—if he accidentally triggered the formation, its attack could kill him instantly.
One day.
Two days.
Three days.
...
After ten straight days of probing, Ian finally stopped and sat down in front of the array, lost in thought. His soul had undergone thirteen metamorphoses, and his computational power was now freakishly high—no mortal supercomputer could match even a billionth of his mind.
After several days of contemplation, Ian finally deduced some of the array’s deeper mysteries.
The next moment, he stood up, walked to the array, and performed a string of profound hand seals. Ripples spread through the void. Redmoon God-King watched closely, ready to step in and rescue Ian if anything went wrong.
Ha ha!
Soon, the ripples faded away, revealing another layer of the formation.
Ian was thrilled—after breaking through the first layer, his formation Dao had improved by leaps and bounds.
Next, several hundred god-crystals appeared in his hand.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
He embedded the god-crystals into the ground around the void. His expression sharpened, and in just a few breaths, his hands flashed as he performed over a thousand array hand seals.
Done!