Chapter 1699 — The Hermit of Dragon Mountain
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 5
Yet the Divine Martial Two Guards were simply too strong; in a pure contest of attrition, Meng Yungui could not outlast him either! This was the general trend Shang Pingyin had spoken of.
So long as the Yuhua Camp's soldiers continued to fall, he would still emerge victorious!
Just then, Meng Yungui suddenly rose to his full height and drifted down from the tower, cutting sideways into the Yuhua Camp's formation diagram. Shang Pingyin laughed aloud and shook his head: "A commander entering the formation himself—how foolish! Once you enter the formation, you become a chess piece within it, unable to survey the whole board, unable to make formation changes at any time and place.
Meng Yungui, your greatest strength is your formation changes, and now you abandon this strength to become a mere man of valor—you are unworthy of being a Celestial Master!
" He immediately manipulated the Divine Martial Two Guards' formation diagram, using formation changes to trap the Yuhua Camp to death. Yet the Yuhua Camp's formation changed at the same moment, still holding the Divine Martial Two Guards' formation diagram in a death grip, making it difficult for them to change formations!
Even if Shang Pingyin forcibly changed formations, it would immediately be countered by the Yuhua Camp!
Meng Yungui was also a great expert at the Imperial Throne realm, moving through the formation diagram like a fish in water, slaying the Divine Martial Two Guards' great generals, inflicting casualties upon them!
"No—within the formation, he cannot survey the whole board.
How does he discern my formation changes? " Shang Pingyin's expression darkened, and he thought: "Moreover, situated within the formation, how does he direct all the Yuhua Camp's soldiers, commanding them as if they were his own limbs? Wait—it is Jingping's Three Primes Spirit Convergence Formula! " His expression changed drastically.
Among Jingping's reforms was a cultivation art called the Three Primes Spirit Convergence Formula, the most wondrous art on the battlefield, unmatched in the speed with which it deployed troops and directed generals. Back in the Grand Void, Emperor Yanfeng and Emperor Jingping's Imperial Preceptor Jiang Baigui, one transformed into a monk and the other into a Daoist, had led the armies of Wuyou Township and clashed repeatedly with the Celestial Court's forces, slaying countless enemies.
The Celestial Court's four Celestial Masters and four Heavenly Kings had found these two a frightful headache.
In the end, it was Meng Yungui who saw through the two men's true nature, broke Emperor Yanfeng's great formation, and pursued Emperor Yanfeng for tens of thousands of li, nearly slaying that bald monk. At the time, Meng Yungui had been able to break the formation because he had sent spies to Jingping to secretly learn the Three Primes Spirit Convergence Formula and discover the method to counter it!
Clearly, Meng Yungui had not only countered the Three Primes Spirit Convergence Formula but had also learned it himself!
"The Three Primes Spirit Convergence Formula—I do not know its methods, so I cannot counter it. But if Meng Yungui can grasp the whole situation, it means he must have eyes and ears outside, watching the battle!
" Shang Pingyin was exceedingly clever, and he immediately looked around, his gaze falling upon the area before the Southern Heaven Pass, where an oval, convex bright mirror hung before the pass.
Shang Pingyin raised his hand, took up his divine bow, drew it and loosed an arrow; the mirror instantly shattered into dust. He breathed a sigh of relief and changed formations once more—still countered by Meng Yungui.
Shang Pingyin frowned and continued looking around. Suddenly he drew his bow again, shooting out a sun in the sky so that it was extinguished! With that sun extinguished, the sky grew dim and uncertain.
Shang Pingyin looked again and saw that the formation was still suppressed by Meng Yungui. "He has other eyes and ears!