Top-tier Unruly Master-Chapter 1656 - 1693: Breaking the Formation
At this moment, Ding Fan was feeling quite serious, as he was still completely unaware of the situation outside. When Ding Fan released his Divine Sense to probe, he couldn’t detect what was going on outside the Sword Washing Pool, which was not a good thing for Ding Fan. Even the situation outside the cave couldn’t be detected with his powerful Divine Sense, considering the distance between the Sword Washing Pool and the cave entrance was rather remote.
Moreover, there was a formation in the Sword Washing Pool that suppressed Divine Sense; Ding Fan hadn’t undone this formation earlier. Initially, Ding Fan thought that the formation suppressing Divine Sense would be quite challenging to crack but wouldn’t have much impact on them, yet now, unexpectedly, this suppressing formation had made them so terrified.
However, Ding Fan wasn’t particularly worried at present. After all, he had already set up many formations around the Sword Washing Pool previously, fearing such a situation might occur, and thus had made arrangements in advance. Evidently, these formations now provided Ding Fan some peace of mind.
These formations, having been upgraded to the Seven Stars high-level formations by Ding Fan, could even leave a cultivator at the Soul Splitting Stage helpless against them. Ding Fan believed that even if faced with an Eight Star Yuan Beast, the formations he arranged could hold for some time.
But compared to Ding Fan’s calmness, Guo Linn was the most panic-stricken at the moment. He had previously witnessed too much peril within the Xuantian Secret Realm, and now, with such great commotion, he was truly scared, fearing that something enormously dangerous might happen.
It’s important to know that everyone still needed to stay in the Xuantian Secret Realm for two days and nights. This time might seem short, but if they encountered any perilous situation in the Sword Washing Pool, not to mention two days, it was quite likely they could perish here at any moment.
Guo Linn would never underestimate the dangers in the Xuantian Secret Realm, which could kill a person in an instant. How could he not be anxious at this time?
Rumble...
The entire Sword Washing Pool was rumbling continuously, and even the ground began to tremble slightly. Tiny fragments had started falling from the stone wall above the pool, seeming as though the Sword Washing Pool couldn’t withstand many more shakes.
For a moment, Ding Fan and his two companions were stricken with fear. They knew very well that if the Sword Washing Pool collapsed, they would be dead for certain. How could they not be tense, not panic? At this time, Guo Linn anxiously glanced around, pacing nervously as his mind was in turmoil. He urgently asked Ding Fan and Ah Du, his brow furrowed:
"Do you think this place is solid enough? Will it collapse? Should we get out?"
Hearing Guo Linn’s words, Ding Fan was also concerned, but he knew that such a great commotion here meant that the situation outside wouldn’t be peaceful. If they ventured out of the cave and encountered more dangers, that would be a lot worse. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Although the Sword Washing Pool was shaking violently right now, fortunately, it’s been around for tens of thousands of years. Additionally, there are many ancient formations around to support it. Ding Fan believed that the current level of shaking was not enough to cause the pool to collapse.
But this was just Ding Fan’s guess; he couldn’t say for sure what would happen next.
"We have only one option right now, and that is to rush out. Otherwise, we’ll die in here!"
At that moment, Ah Du said solemnly to Ding Fan and Guo Linn, although he didn’t know exactly what was happening outside. He also knew the situation outside didn’t seem much better than inside, but if they continued to stay here and the place collapsed, it would be too late to escape.
"I feel the same; we should hurry and get out!"
Guo Linn quickly nodded in agreement, knowing that although the outside might be more dangerous, those were visible dangers, which was better than the unseen danger here that offered no sense of security.
"We can’t go out right now; the Sword Washing Pool is supported by formations and won’t have problems temporarily!"
Ding Fan directly rejected what the two said.
Ding Fan knew that if everyone went out now, they might face a situation even more dangerous than right now, and according to Ding Fan’s assessment, the Sword Washing Pool could hold up for a while longer, given the support of ancient formations and many formations set by himself here. As a result, if they encountered any dangers here, their resistance would be much stronger than outside.
Hearing Ding Fan’s words, Guo Linn couldn’t help but worry about the current situation and said to his big brother Ding Fan:
"But big brother, if this place collapses, we will surely die!"
"Given the current level of shaking, the Sword Washing Pool will remain intact, and with the high-level formations I’ve set, if we truly encounter danger, our chances of survival here are much greater than outside."
Ding Fan explained with a serious expression.
Ah Du disagreed, saying:
"Even if there is a formation set up by you here, once it collapses, even if it’s an advanced array, it will be useless. We will all die here! And during this time, everyone’s strength has already improved. Of course, as for whether your strength has improved, I don’t know. Even if we get out, there’s a high chance for survival, but when it comes to you, I have no idea!"
Guo Linn heard the other party’s words and understood Ah Du’s implication, feeling more anxious and trying to persuade Ah Du:
"Now is not the time for us to argue. I believe big brother’s strength has definitely improved a lot. Big brother won’t abandon me, don’t forget that big brother has saved us many times before."
Ah Du remained indifferent, turned away, contemplated plans in his mind, and ignored the other’s words, not even glancing at Ding Fan. He had always felt disdainful towards Ding Fan; although he had to admit the other was about the same age as him, his strength was significantly greater.
However, now Ah Du had obtained what he considered the most precious martial arts in the Sword Washing Pool — the "Sword Drawing Technique". He had already cultivated to the Third Sword Technique of this "Sword Drawing Technique", and his strength had skyrocketed along with his cultivation, evidently making his power much greater than before.
Therefore, Ah Du was even more dissatisfied with Ding Fan at this time, and spiritually felt his current strength was perhaps not far behind the other!
Ding Fan heard the two of them speak, accustomed to Ah Du’s attitude. He knew there was no use dwelling on right and wrong at this point, and said to them:
"This is merely my personal opinion. If you don’t want to believe it, feel free. But if you do trust me, listen to my commands now. We need to move the formation towards the cave entrance slightly, this way, even if something goes wrong with the Sword Washing Pool, we can escape alive. Before that, those willing to listen to me, carefully protect me; I want to crack the formation suppressing Divine Sense in the Sword Washing Pool so that we can know the situation outside the cave!"
Ding Fan finished speaking, looked at Guo Linn. Guo Linn saw Ding Fan’s gaze, thought carefully, and solemnly nodded in agreement:
"I listen to you, big brother!"
Ding Fan nodded without saying anything. Ah Du heard Ding Fan and Guo Linn speaking, felt hesitant but reluctantly agreed to Ding Fan:
"I’ll check by the stone door."
Hearing this, Ding Fan said nothing, focusing on the time, taking out some Spirit Stones and tools for arranging formations, hastening to crack this suppressing Divine Sense formation. Although Ding Fan had previously understood this formation, it was his first attempt at breaking it.
Ah Du, although discontent with Ding Fan, felt Ding Fan’s plan was relatively feasible and at this time, it was absolutely unsuitable to act alone. After all, the danger here is such that even three people together might not be enough to crack it; facing it alone is impossible.
Additionally, Ah Du admitted Ding Fan made sense, but he was merely unwilling to accept Ding Fan being stronger and more competent than him. In this life-or-death situation, Ah Du could only reluctantly compromise, since everything pales in comparison to one’s life.
Thus, Ah Du and Guo Linn guarded separately, one at the stone door of the Sword Washing Pool, the other by Ding Fan’s side, placing all hope on him, since only Ding Fan had expertise in formations, while they were amateurs.
At this point, Ding Fan took some Spirit Stones for forming arrays, started arranging a small formation to counter the suppression of Divine Sense. He knew to crack the suppressing Divine Sense formation here, he must locate the Formation’s Critical Point, but the suppression made it impossible to locate using Divine Sense.
Therefore, Ding Fan first refined an Array Plate to cancel the suppression around him, enabling him to use Divine Sense to search for the array’s critical point gradually. Though this method was time-consuming and cumbersome, he knew it was the only current option, thus he proceeded accordingly.
After a short time, Ding Fan had completed the small array plate, granting him a five-meter radius around him in which he could resist the suppression of the Divine Sense array in the Sword Washing Pool. Although the range was small, Ding Fan had no other options.
The Sword Washing Pool continued to rumble, fragments from the stone wall still rolled down, making one feel the space might not hold much longer. Guo Linn and Ah Du were both increasingly anxious but had no other solutions, trusting Ding Fan.
Meanwhile, Ding Fan searched for the formation’s critical point while moving his arranged high-level formation slightly outward. He was also quite worried, fearing if the Sword Washing Pool couldn’t withstand the tremors and collapsed, they would be doomed.
However, Ding Fan also knew rashly rushing out of the cave would lead to quicker death. With intense curiosity, he wondered what was happening outside to cause such commotion.
