176. Three-Way Formation
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Meanwhile, Luoyin, Old man Bao, and Kai Zhen had risen to face Yu Wang, the demon king.
All three had the question, 'How?!'
According to Zhurong Fen's Star, Luoyin had to die for the demon seal to work, and according to Zhurong Fen herself, Weiyan had to die for Luoyin to really die!
But the two were alive, while Zhurong Fen who had aimed to resurrect the demon king had died
So how had the Demon King awakened?!
But in the face of such calamity, there was simply no time to dwell, and all three, each from a different generation of Immortals, bravely rose to surround the demonic giant in the sky.
Kai Zhen channeled his aura, making his large phantom Kirin appear, and it roared, shooting a deadly beam of gold light at Yu Wang...
At the same time, from behind him, Old man Bao's boney but strong fingers wove a series of complex seals which made a grand white seal appear above Yu Wang and his throne.
The seal glowed brightly, shooting forth a large crystal white sword, mighty enough to cleave mountains...
Meanwhile Luoyin's own sea blue seal had manifested beneath Yu Wang, and from within came a mighty ice dragon, roaring as it rose into the air, charging at Yu Wang...
The sheer energy from these three attacks was enough to bring down the entire city, and they all hit Yu Wang at the same time, causing a dense explosion of light and aura, powerful enough to affect a few demons below!
But the lights cleared and Yu Wang remained completely untouched, a calm sneer on his face.
"Oh? Are you so weak because you haven't eaten?" He taunted. "Should we take a short break for refreshments?"
Three pairs of eyes widened.
Their attacks could be described as merely 'testing the waters', so none had expected any grand effect.
But Old man Bao's attack should have affected Yu Wang at least a little!
"Hmph." Yu Wang simply smirked, and this snapped them back to action.
The three nodded to each other and leapt apart, their hands casting a synchronized series of seals.
Another massive formation flared to life, fanning out beneath Yu Wang, but this was an immensely beautiful seal which lit up the night sky in a multiple hued mix of blue, gold, and white auras.
Luoyin, Old man Bao, and Kai Zhen stood at points on the distant edge of the seal, dividing it into equal thirds and forming a perfect triangle around Yu Wang.
"Ho? What's this?" Yu Wang's black eyes shone. "I'd like to see what you can possibly do to m-."
He never finished...
...because a tiny finger lightly flicked his giant nose, and the force was enough to send him and his throne flying backwards.
He crashed into an invisible wall and slid down to the base of the seal which felt harder and more solid than the strongest metal!
It was like an invisible cylinder...
He was trapped within the strange multicoloured seal!
Yu Wang calmly rose to his feet.
"It was you who hit me?" He asked, his eyes settling on Old man Bao who currently stood where Yu Wang's nose had been just seconds ago!
But there was also a light blue phantom of Old man Bao, still standing in place at the edge of the seal, maintaining the triangle so the real Old man Bao could attack Yu Wang.
"I see..." Yu Wang laughed coldly. "A three-way formation where you all feed your strength to the strongest member."
Three-Way Formations did exactly that and were usually used when a team of cultivators faced a superior opponent.
In this case, Yu Wang certainly surpassed them, so it appeared their only chance was to raise Old man Bao's level to match his.
This made Yu Wang laugh coldly.
"Hao!" He suddenly unleashed more of his aura. "Then I'd like to see if your combined strength can match mine!"
In a flash, he was right before Old man Bao, his massive fist darting out in a punch that would surely reduce Old man Bao to nothingness.
But Old man Bao phased away, while a large majestic Kirin crashed into Yu Wang from behind, propelling him to his knees.
"You had it wrong..." Luoyin spoke, pacing a few steps to his left.
As if controlled by him, Old man Bao, who had returned to his position, took those exact step to his own left, and Kai Zhen did the same, maintaining the perfect triangle around Yu Wang.
"It's not only limited to the strongest member..." Luoyin continued. "I improved on the seal so any of us can attack you with our collective strengths combined!"
Before Yu Wang could react, a barrage of Luoyin's giant illusory swords shot up from below, flinging Yu Wang upwards.
"Hmph." Kai Zhen was suddenly there waiting for him, and with a downward wave of his hand, a gold ingot the size of a mountain crashed down upon Yu Wang, flattening him to the seal's floor.
Yu Wang growled in anger, pounding his fist to the Seal's floor.
'This awful fellow!' He internally raged.
In the regular Three-Way Formations, it was usually a fight between the opponent, and the strongest of the three, so it was straight-forward and often easy to break, especially if the so-called strongest was eliminated.
But Luoyin had foreseen that weakness, making it so any of the three could strike at the same time.
... which meant Yu Wang was now facing three opponents with combined strength all at once!
"Yin Xiaolon-!" Yu Wang roared and sprang to his massive feet, but a large airy wave swept his feet out from under him, and Old man Bao's giant white crystal sword was already descending towards his neck...
With a mighty roar, Yu Wang dissipated the sword, filling the air with even more of his aura, and rattling the seal space.
"I'm going to crush you!" Yu Wang sent a wave of deadly black aura outwards to the edge, but the three remained standing and calmly watched as it crashed into an invisible barrier.
"Did I forget to mention?" Luoyin raised a calm brow. "I also made it so no attack can reach us at the outer edge of the formation. But never fear..." He vanished and was suddenly above Yu Wang, leaving a Sea blue phantom at the edge.
"....You can always retaliate when we're within!" He finished, while sending thousands more of his illusory swords raining down on Yu Wang, and there were splatters of blackened blood as the gleaming aura-charged swords managed to slash through Yu Wang's thick scale-like skin.
Yu Wang shrieked in agony, swiping up at Luoyin, but Luoyin vanished to the edge, while Old man Bao was suddenly behind Yu Wang, sending a fresh wave of deadlier attacks.
Before Yu Wang could retaliate, Old man Bao vanished and Kai Zhen appeared, attacking from another angle!
It quickly became a shameless tag-tactic, where the three swapped in and out, viciously wearing down Yu Wang and sending him bumbling clumsily around the space.
Yu Wang's gigantic size only made things worse for him as the three could easily slip around him like flies, hiding in his blind spots and doling out several of their more brutal techniques.
And whenever he tried sensing any of them through their auras, there was Luoyin's anti-trace spell shielding them.
In mere seconds, they had succeeded in wounding Yu Wang severely, turning him into a bloody gigantic mess on the seal's brilliantly hued floor.
Silence descended as the three returned to the safety of the edge, waiting for the smog from the previous attacks to clear away.
At the center, Yu Wang panted there on all fours, expelling several mouthfuls of his black blood.
"I, the great Demon King, have been reduced to this state by you irritating immortals!" He rasped, shakily rising to his feet. "This temporary body is too inconvenient!
"Then..." He bent his massive fingers into a seal.
"Why don't I show you the real distance between us?!" He growled as a dense wave of his aura charged the space.
The surface of the red eerie lake restlessly churned below, and a second later, a large black dragon splashed out of the surface, rising into the skies in wide spirals, the moonlight glinting off its shiny wet black scales.
"Hmph!" Luoyin scoffed bitterly, a pure wave of fury running through him.
Here was the dragon which had caused so much bloodshed in both Sky Realm and the Mortal Realm.
A dragon which had fed on the blood of mortals for thousands and thousands of years.
The real Black Dragon had shown itself!
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