BXBX NOVEL Chapter 1009 1009 - Without Grace
"This is bad! Even my spirit energy has been locked!"
"It\'s the Ancient Spirit Lock Formation!"
The expressions of the Martial Grandmasters changed and they could no longer control their bodies as they fell from midair one after another.
This time around, everyone truly panicked.
There was an Ancient Spirit Lock Formation and an Ancient Essence Lock Formation.
They were almost entirely crippled!
Coupled with a trap formation, the small little town was now a cage!
Among the three formations, the trap formation and ancient spirit lock formation were laid down by Aiden during his free time while accompanying the now late old cap.
Given his martial arts realm, he could not comprehend the Ancient Essence Lock Formation nor could he set it up yet.
The reason why he could activate the ancient formation was because of the 49 formation flags that he had obtained from the old temple at the bottom of the Ancient Forbidden Grounds.
The set of formation flags was from the old destroyed empire\'s palace and was later kept in the old temple after the empire was destroyed.
On the surface, they seemed like unassuming flags.
However, in reality, a lot of work was put into the production of each flag.
The flagpoles were made from the bones of fiend demons and the flag banners were made from the skin of fiend demons with additional reinforcement.
The hair of the fiend demons was used as the thread to secure and tie the flagpole and the banner.
The blood of fiend demons was used as ink to draw the patterns on the flag using a brush made of Divine power!
With the 49 flagpoles, all Aiden had to do was draft out the radius of the Ancient Essence Lock Formation and calculate where to place the formation eyes. Thereafter, he could activate the formation after plotting the formation flags.
Formations had many requirements, took a long time to set up, and were passive. Coupled with the fact that many ancient formations had gone missing, the Dao of formation had been on the decline.
However, there was naturally a reason why the formations were still passed down from history as one of the four unorthodox groups.
The ancient era when the formations flourished the most was also the period of time when mortals established their foundations!
Mortals were innately weak and relied on countless ancient formations, in the beginning, to defend against the thousands of races.
Because formations required a fixed location and a preplanned setup, it was extremely difficult to use them – the stronger the formation, the longer it required to set them up.
There was no way any party would wait for the other to set up a formation before fighting to the death.
That was the reason why an emperor invented formation flags to make up for the weakness of the formations!
The emperor was known as the Formation Emperor and he was one of the ancient emperors who was ranked alongside the Weapon Emperor who created the Demon Revealing Mirror!
The bottom of the Dragon Burial Valley did not only contain the legacies of the Daming and Fahua Monasteries – there were also old massive items of the North Region from the past as well as the legacy of the old ex-Great Empire.
Aiden was dormant at the bottom of the Dragon Burial Valley for 20 years isolated from the world. As such, his strength had already grown to a terrifying degree!
His growth was not merely in terms of his comprehension of faith.
His understanding of formations deepened as time went by as well.
The three formations were interlinked and it would be difficult to achieve the current effect if even one of them was missing.
To the many mortals, something seemed to have happened to the high and mighty immortals up in the skies as they fell one after another.
"How could this be?"
"Could the heavens be serving justice?"
In the midst of the mortals\' confusion, a figure rose slowly into the skies!
The person wore a set of gray robes and had refined features. His expression was cold and there was a deep murderous look in his eyes as he wielded a ebony-colored long thick blade!
"He looks familiar."
"He looks like…"
The old lady\'s mouth opened slightly as she stared at the figure in the skies with disbelief, muttering continuously, "It\'s him, it\'s him!"
"Granny, who is that?"
The child in her embrace also saw the figure in midair and asked out of curiosity.
"He is the Young Master that came to town a couple of times! The master of old Han!"
The old lady said with a trembling voice.
The old lady was stunned.
It was a familiar act and she felt like she had returned to the past in the blink of an eye.
The child\'s eyes widened without blinking.
This was an immortal as well.
However, the child did not feel any fear or pressure from Aiden.
The initially pounding heart of the child calmed down.
Wielding Rygintarth the ebony blade, Aiden stood in midair and looked down at the Martial Grandmasters who were scurrying to escape in small little town with a mocking look in his eyes.
"You\'re still trying to escape?"
Aiden descended from the air with his arms raised and Rygintarth buzzed loudly, as though it was extremely excited. He slashed down at the crowd!
A blood beam burst forth!
Boom!
The crowd split into two and a ravine tore the ground asunder! Seven Martial Grandmasters were cleaved into two by the blood beam and their organs splattered onto the ground with a nauseating blood stench!
This was the first time Rygintarth consumed blood after its rebirth.
The blade shone with a bright malevolent aura!
Aiden moved and burst into the crowd in a flash.
Rygintarth swept horizontally.
Buzz!
A blood-colored ripple spread out across the air across the crowd!
Poof! Poof! Poof!
Enveloped by the blood-colored ripple, more than 10 Martial Grandmasters had their heads sliced off with blood spewing, as though a sharp blade had cut them off!
Their Essence Spirits were locked and perished on the spot without a chance to even escape!
"Fellow Mighty Lords, let\'s stop running! If we continue escaping, we\'ll definitely be killed by this beast one after another!"
"Mighty Lord John San, hurry and dispel the formation while we fight against him to buy time for you!"
"That\'s right! Let\'s join forces!"
Everyone shouted and regrouped together, sending forth a burst of blood energy towards Aiden.
The Mighty Lords at the front were body tempered warriors who released their blood energy and charged forward with dancing halberds and swords.
Splash!
Aiden\'s blood energy surged with the sound of tsunamis as he slashed in reverse with a shocking momentum.
His blade stances resembled waves crashing onto shores!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Rygintarth collided heavily against the weapons of the Martial Grandmasters and released a tremendous force that resembled an unstoppable tidal wave!
"Pfft!"
Someone could not withstand it and spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot. His palm was split and his weapon was repelled as he fell over.
With their Essence Spirits and spirit energy-restricted, the Mighty Lords were only left with their physiques and blood energy.
However, none of them could compete against Aiden in terms of physique and blood energy!
They wielded Divine weapons but they could not channel their Divine powers with their Essence Spirits restricted. As such, they could not unleash the true power of the Divine weapons and could not defend against the edge of Rygintarth!
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
Blood light flashed intermittently and the remaining Martial Grandmasters could not defend against Aiden\'s slaughter even when they grouped together!
After obtaining the legacy of the blade Emperor and this generation\'s Asura, Aiden\'s understanding of the blade had already reached a relatively frightening degree!
There was the Creation, Raging Tides, Vortex, and Ripple of the Void Splitting Manual.
There was the Ghost Howl, Blood Flow, Hell, White Bones, Phantom, and Corpse of the Asura blade.
At times, it was tough and resolute; at times, it was fluid as water; at times, it was majestic and mighty; at times, it was sinister and eerie…
Rygintarth drank an endless amount of fresh blood in the hands of Aiden!
The blood gleam on the blade intensified as though Rygintarth was getting excited!
In the town, some mortals who were slightly more daring could not hold back their curiosity and opened a small gap in their doors to peek outside. Because of that, they caught sight of a scene that they would not forget for their entire lives.
The immortal that was initially high and mighty and declared that he was going to leave no survivors in small little town was now scurrying to escape in a pathetic manner without the grace of an immortal at all.