The affections and grudges of these Southern Border People are indeed quite intriguing, each wave beyond Lin Yun’s expectations.

However, he can no longer afford to continue watching this drama unfold, Lin Yun sensed the most important Formation had been activated. He couldn’t stay here any longer; he had to go and capture some unlucky wretch who was trapped in a cage.

At this moment, the High Priest, dressed in tattered clothes, had a face full of excitement.

The reason for her excitement was that she had endured too many grievances along the way.

She had seen people set traps before, but never one who set them quite like this.

It was precisely because she thought Lin Yun would soon be hot on her heels that she sought to leave even faster, opting to break through the Formation with brute force rather than taking an alternate route.

After forcibly breaking through many Formations, she realized that after breaking one after another, half an hour had passed, and she hadn’t even caught a glimpse of Lin Yun.

What a mess!

But this precisely gave the High Priest a sense of victory.

Why hasn’t Lin Yun come over after such a long time?

He must have thought that his mind would be affected by those messages on the flagpoles, and chose to turn back to take another path—he’s probably waiting there!

Seeing the road ahead and feeling the presence of a spatial barrier, she knew the exit was right before her eyes, and Lin Yun had still not arrived. Besides, even if he did, she could still run away.

It was not a difficult task to persist under Lin Yu’s hand for a while; she only feared Lin Yun’s golden spells, but this time she was prepared, and she would surely be safe.

With freedom just within reach, how could the High Priest not be excited?

"Hahaha, think yourself cunning as a ghost, but my might shall crush you."

After victory, it’s common to swagger a bit, the same goes for demons.

However, just as she had finished laughing, the High Priest suddenly saw another flagpole ahead, with the message: "The sea of bitterness is boundless, turning back is the shore, ahead lies a killing move, I urge you to turn back quickly."

High Priest: "..."

All the way up here, she didn’t know how many flags left by Lin Yun she had seen.

But the most infuriating thing was, whether he said there was a trap or no trap, there was a trap afterwards.

So, seeing a flag, just assume there’s a trap behind it.

There was only one path down the mountain and beside it was a steep cliff face.

At this moment, the High Priest harbored deep suspicions that there might be an Air Restriction Formation right next to her and that if she were deceived by Lin Yun’s words and tried to fly over from the side, there might well be an even more fearsome trap waiting.

They had said it was a killing move; this time, it had to be different from before!

Her heart tangled in conflict several times, the High Priest simply couldn’t make this decision.

But she was already at the edge now and turning back was not an option. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"I’ll gamble that your last threat is nothing but bluster!"

The trap must be right beside her.

The High Priest grabbed the flagpole with one hand and threw it toward the ground in front.

It was more likely that Lin Yun had laid out the Formation on the ground, as he had before on the ground.

As the flagpole hit the ground and nothing happened, the High Priest still cautiously took flight.

Again, nothing happened.

Taking a few cautious steps to the edge of the spatial barrier, still no traps were triggered.

The High Priest finally let go of his worries, and couldn’t help but feel proud of his own cunning.

"Hmph, I can lose many times, but as long as I win once, that’s enough. Wait for me to come back and seek revenge!"

After dropping his fierce declaration, the High Priest crashed into the space barrier.

This kind of enclosed space barrier only forbade Spatial Evasion techniques but didn’t stop normal movement, so with this step, the High Priest could traverse the cage and escape to freedom.

It was at this moment that a small Formation was triggered.

This was an Array Flag hidden beside the space barrier, which, when the High Priest passed through the space barrier, the resulting spatial fluctuations immediately activated it.

The small Formation, once triggered, enveloped the High Priest within.

Lin Yun wasn’t lying to her this time, this was indeed Lin Yun’s final move.

All the previous setups were just to wear down the High Priest’s patience and strength, and at the very last step, after the High Priest had gone through many tribulations to finally see a way out, that was when she was at her most relaxed.

Lin Yun had arranged his true killing move right there.

The previous small Formations, Lin Yun had casually used some materials he found, after discovering that the Demon Summoning Well had a storage function. Lin Yun casually stashed some materials in it, which were considered consumables; hence the power of those Formations naturally wasn’t significant.

But here, Lin Yun left the Classic of Mountains and Seas as the focal point of the Formation. Normally, the Classic of Mountains and Seas wasn’t much use in combat, only serving a supporting role and hadn’t shown any particular functions up to now, so it could only elevate the grade of the Formation somewhat by being used as the focal point.

And to speak of it, the Classic of Mountains and Seas might not be great in combat, but it was perfectly suitable for setting up Formations.

Perhaps because setting up a Formation is essentially borrowing the force of heaven and earth, and the Classic of Mountains and Seas contains a mini heaven and earth within, which could allow the Formation to exert significant power.

After arranging the Formation, Lin Yun knew that the High Priest, if he entered, would not be able to escape.

For the sake of certainty, he still added a bit of Great Mist into the Formation to hide the location of the focal point, lest he fail to catch the person and let the High Priest abscond with the Divine Artifact.

As for the other path, Lin Yun’s arrangement was roughly the same, leaving behind the Chaos Pearl and Moon Water Spirit Pearl to set up another trapping Formation.

It was a trap and not a lethal one, but it was nevertheless the strongest of moves, for if the High Priest couldn’t escape, she would be at his mercy.

The Great Mist obscured the High Priest’s judgment; she couldn’t find the focal point nor the way to break the Formation and could only attempt to brute force her way through it as before. And even if one doesn’t consider the vast amount of energy she had expended along the way, now when she exerted her full power slamming into the ground, the Formation didn’t budge an inch.

Who else could be so bold as to use a Divine Artifact as the focal point of a Formation?

Even if someone who possessed a Divine Artifact was willing, the Divine Artifact itself might not agree!

That would be degrading!

But in Lin Yun’s hands, there was no question of willingness.

After all, Lin Yun wasn’t some devil, nor would he burn anyone at the mere show of disobedience, it’s just that these Divine Artifacts were relatively loyal and protective of their master, leaping into action at the first command.

Just being a focal point, what’s the problem with that?

A Divine Artifact can go into battle to kill enemies, can support its master, and lying still is also a form of support.

In this way, Lin Yun set up a trapping Formation with Divine Artifacts as the focal point on both the front and back mountains.

Moreover, because the Divine Artifacts could sense their master, the moment the High Priest stepped into the Formation, Lin Yun felt it.

So, he stopped watching the show and hurried over to this side without delay.

He arrived just in time to see the High Priest summoning all her Demonic Qi, seemingly preparing a significant attack.

In her hands, Black and White Qi swirled around, matching her outfit.

This Black and White Qi though it looked somewhat like Yuxuan’s Yin Yang Penetration technique from the past, the High Priest’s spellcraft was far inferior to Yuxuan’s, and the Black and White Qi merely had the appearance without proper integration.

Despite that, this was still her strongest attack, but the Classic of Mountains and Seas didn’t react at all.

Watching her struggle for a long time, Lin Yun couldn’t help but remind her at last, "Stop scratching, it didn’t breach the defense..."