Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 338 Deploying the Formation Again

"I feel like I've seen this somewhere before, but I can't remember where. It's been too long," Liu Zhongtian murmured to himself.

"Most likely it's puppetry. I didn't expect this kid to have mastered such a strange and secret technique. Cultivators from the Seven Star Merchant Alliance are indeed extraordinary! But... the magic weapon in his hand is one thing, but what's the purpose of the storage bag at his waist?" Lin Musen's eyes flashed.

"According to Liao Mingyu, he was once defeated by Du Fan. Could it be because of this?" Sima Lie frowned.

"Fellow Daoist Du indeed has a backup plan." A moment later, Shang Yutang let out a soft breath, and as she raised her arm, a whip shadow materialized.

This time, the whip shadows were not countless phantoms, but only five small green snakes, each two fingers thick and three feet long. These five green snakes had red eyes, ferocious heads, and were extremely agile, as if they were alive. Their forked tongues flickered in and out of their mouths.

At the same time, the three-colored deer beside the woman suddenly gleamed with ferocity in its eyes, paved the ground fiercely with its four hooves, and shot out in an instant, rushing towards Du Fan with overwhelming momentum.

"Go!" Du Fan shouted, and the green flames in the eyes of the skeleton beside him suddenly blazed brightly. After a blur, it immediately met the three-colored deer. With a flick of his green staff, countless green staff shadows appeared and smashed directly forward.

The three-colored elk was fearless and showed no intention of dodging. Suddenly, its three antlers flashed red, yellow, and blue light respectively. Then, the elk, relying solely on its three antlers, plunged headfirst into the shadow of the stick.

After a loud "boom".

The large swath of staff shadows immediately collapsed, and the three-colored deer crashed into the chest of the skeleton. The skeleton was instantly sent flying, directly hitting the barrier light screen around the arena, and then crashed to the ground.

The tricolor elk, however, was completely unharmed. With its four hooves pawing the ground, it charged straight at the white skeleton lying on its back in the distance. The elk's feet trod on tricolor flames, and its antlers gleamed coldly, exuding an extremely astonishing aura.

Witnessing this scene, Du Fan's eyes twitched slightly. This three-colored deer was already so powerful with just its physical strength. If it were to unleash a few more supernatural abilities, the skeleton might not be its match.

However, Du Fan wasn't too worried. Even if the skeleton couldn't defeat the three-colored deer, it didn't matter. The skeleton's bones were at least at the Golden Core level, so no matter how powerful the three-colored deer was, it certainly wouldn't be able to harm it.

Given the current situation, all we need to do is have the skeletons hold off the opponent, and then we can secretly use that method. If everything goes smoothly, winning this battle won't be difficult.

The only thing that frustrated Du Fan was that the skeleton wasn't a completely inanimate object, unlike a puppet. It contained a soul within it, meaning that when the skeleton was attacked, it could also feel pain...

Du Fan patted his storage bag with one hand, and the Xuanmu Silkworm, which was in a concealed state, flew out.

"Work with the skeletons to entangle that tricolor deer; we absolutely cannot let it charge over," Du Fan immediately transmitted a divine thought.

Having done all this, Du Fan felt much more at ease. But just then, as if sensing something, he immediately formed hand seals, and two light shields, one blue and one gold, materialized, one in front of him and the other behind.

"Bang bang bang..." After a few sounds, the two light shields shattered. At the same time, a flash of blue light appeared, and five small blue snakes shot out from nowhere, instantly shattering the two light shields.

Du Fan's figure disappeared immediately, and when he reappeared, he was already behind Shang Yutang. Without saying a word, he grabbed at the air with one hand, and the silver sword weapon suddenly appeared in his hand. Then, he swung his arm and a two-zhang-long black and blue sword shadow was slashed out.

A giant cyan axe immediately appeared behind Shang Yutang, instantly shattering the whistling Water Shadow Sword, and after a burst of cyan light, it slashed straight at Du Fan.

Du Fan snorted coldly, clenched his left hand, and threw a punch. As soon as a huge golden fist shadow appeared, it collided with the cyan giant axe. After a loud bang, both disappeared at the same time.

Shang Yutang turned around, and with a flick of her soft whip, five small green snakes appeared out of thin air. As they opened their mouths, five beams of green light shot out, heading straight for Du Fan. They arrived in an instant with incredible speed.

With a single hand gesture, Du Fan conjured the Arhat Shield once more. At the same time, he flicked his right hand, and a golden ray of light swept out from the magical weapon, instantly transforming into a sword and six blades that shone brightly, resonating with each other as they shot out with a whooshing sound.

And so, Du Fan and Shang Yutang clashed again, exchanging blows, and it was difficult to determine a winner in a short time.

On the second arena, another battle was taking place.

The three-colored deer trod on flames, its body shrouded in divine light, moving freely and invincible. With just its three antlers, it forced the skeleton to retreat step by step. If it weren't for the Xuanmu silkworm constantly firing arrows from the side, the deer would have already knocked the skeleton away and helped Shang Yutang defeat Du Fan.

Even so, the situation of the skeleton and the black silkworm is not optimistic.

Actually, the skeleton is alright. Although it was badly beaten by the three-colored deer in one move, its bones are incredibly tough. No matter how badly it is beaten, it won't be seriously injured. Within the time limit of the spirit possession technique, it can be said to be invincible.

However, the Xuanmu Silkworm was not so lucky. After shooting out four or five white silk threads in succession, the silkworm's expression became noticeably weak. At this point, it could no longer even hide and could only fly to a high place to avoid the wrath of the three-colored deer.

The Xuanmu Silkworm once again spat out a thin white thread, and the three-colored deer raised its head and let out an angry roar at the Xuanmu Silkworm in the air.

However, the deer was clearly very wary of that incredibly sharp white thread, and had no choice but to sway its body to dodge it.

Taking this opportunity, the skeleton patted its storage bag at its waist with one hand, and more than ten black crystals flew out and landed on the ground.

Just as the skeleton was about to take something out of its storage bag, a flash of three-colored light appeared in front of it, and the three-colored deer appeared instantly, charging straight at it.

With a "bang," the white skeleton was sent flying once again.

This time, however, the skeleton seemed to have gained some combat experience. The moment it flew out, it suddenly swung its blue staff, and a large number of blue staff shadows appeared and swept towards the three-colored deer.

The skeleton's intention was clear: even in its dying moments, it wanted to take someone down with it.

The tricolor deer originally intended to return to its master's side to assist in the battle after this attack, but faced with a large number of blue staff shadows, although it was not afraid, it would not be able to remain unharmed if its body were directly hit by such a blow.

The deer let out another angry roar, its three antlers gleaming, and reluctantly charged forward.

As a series of cracking sounds rang out, the blue stick shadows vanished one after another. The three-colored deer perked up and was about to rush straight to its master when a slender white thread pierced through the air.

The deer let out a pitiful howl, but could only sway its body to barely dodge the attack.

After a short while, the skeleton returned, displaying an indomitable and resilient spirit.

As the white skeletal arm swung, a blue staff shadow swept out, while another bone palm slammed into the storage bag, causing various colored magical lights to flash out and fall to the ground, transforming into eight or nine array-setting magical tools.

Upon seeing this scene, all the cultivators who were watching the battle were taken aback, but then they all showed strange expressions. They could tell at a glance that the things scattered on the ground were array tools and related auxiliary materials.

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"Brother Lin, this boy's actions should be considered a foul, right?" A Golden Core Protector from Fallen Leaf Island spoke in a deep voice beside Lin Musen, a hint of anger in his eyes.

"This... shouldn't count."

"I only said that defensive formations should not be used during a chaotic battle, but I didn't emphasize that in a duel between the two of us." Lin Musen's gaze towards Du Fan also carried a hint of hostility.

"So we're just going to let this junior run wild? Brother Lin, Shang Yutang isn't just representing our Fallen Leaf Island in this battle, he's also representing Senior Hua."

Senior Hua intends to give Shang a chance to hone her skills, but if she is defeated by the other party's despicable methods and suffers some injustice, we will have a hard time explaining to Senior Hua.” The protector was indignant and transmitted his voice again.

"It's just a defensive formation, how could he possibly turn the tide of battle with that?"

"Brother Lu, rest assured, if this boy dares to use the defensive formation to create a stalemate, I, Lin, will immediately disqualify him from the competition, and even invalidate his previous results!"

Lin Musen was also somewhat annoyed. In his opinion, this junior named Du Fan was too ignorant of his place. He actually planned to create a draw and hoped to advance to the top five in the competition. It was simply wishful thinking!

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"Du Fan, if you intend to fight me to a draw using only defensive formations, I advise you to stop immediately. Otherwise, Protector Lin will definitely not stand idly by and might even erase your previous achievements. You should think carefully!"

Shang Yutang naturally noticed the situation with the skeleton. After a moment's thought, she guessed what was going on and wondered what the woman's purpose was in saying those words to Du Fan.

"Thank you so much, Fellow Daoist Shang, for considering my needs. However, I have my own plans, so I won't trouble you." Du Fan smiled slightly and then stopped talking. With a wave of his hands, various spells were formed.

In an instant, a roar arose, and a dazzling light shot into the sky as the two engaged in battle once more.

In another battleground, after such a long period of maneuvering, a rather large magic array was beginning to take shape.