Seeing that Litian had successfully drawn the attention of all the other parties, Zhang Yuhe continued to focus on arranging the formation.
As the array flags were waved, he quickly set up a massive formation around Mirror Sky City.
Zhang Yuhe pinched a magic gesture with his hand.
"Rise."
Suddenly, the wind and clouds within a thousand-mile radius changed.
Dark clouds gathered above Mirror Sky City, and countless spiritual qi surged toward the area.
The clouds quickly formed a huge vortex, and bucket-sized lightning bolts began to generate from it.
Zhang Yuhe continuously pinched the magic gesture, controlling the lightning bolts, directing them toward the sky above Mirror Sky City.
Boom...
As the lightning quickly struck, the light curtain surrounding Mirror Sky City trembled.
This was the Decanic Water-Inducing Thunder Array.
It was a sixth-tier large-area attack formation.
Such a formation isn't very useful during normal monk battles, as it takes considerable time to arrange the dehydration minefield.
Moreover, this formation doesn't have a restricting effect.
In other words, when others see the formation activating, they can run outside.
As long as they escape the enveloping range, the formation becomes ineffective.
However, when used against a fixed target, the Kwai Shui Mine Array works wonders.
As is the case now, Mirror Sky City is a stationary target, relying solely on its defense array.
Given the constant barrage of lightning generated by the Kwai Shui Mine Array, the Nine Python Forbidden Spirit Array of Mirror Sky City will likely not hold for long.
Zhang Yuhe kept manipulating the formation, and the lightning rained down like a fast-moving storm, relentlessly striking Mirror Sky City.
Each lightning bolt was far stronger than the Flame Fist Shadow from earlier.
As for the frequency of the strikes, the lightning bolts were far quicker than any monk's attack.
Since the lightning is generated by the formation, it has an unparalleled continuity that the monk's attacks can't match.
The best part was that these lightning strikes didn't drain Zhang Yuhe's mana. He only needed to occasionally replenish the formation with spirit stones.
Seeing the sky change around them, Concubine Mingyue and the others couldn't help but be surprised.
Initially, when they saw Zhang Yuhe preparing the formation, they were uneasy.
However, being far from the action, they couldn't focus on Zhang Yuhe at that moment.
In their minds, Litian, as the senior brother of the Dao Holy Sect, was much more difficult to deal with than Zhang Yuhe.
So, they decided to focus on eliminating the other threats first, assuming that Zhang Yuhe would be easy to handle once they had time.
However, it wasn't long before Zhang Yuhe set up such a potent formation.
Not only were Concubine Mingyue and the others shocked, but even Litian was taken aback by what he saw.
He hadn't expected Zhang Yuhe to be so skilled in the art of formation.
A formation like the one Zhang Yuhe had set up wasn't something just anyone could arrange.
It wasn't just a simple formation plate or a set of formation flags, which are typically only effective on individuals.
A large-scale formation like the one Zhang Yuhe had created required a master of formations—someone extremely proficient—to execute.
Watching the lightning strike the light curtain around Mirror Sky City, Concubine Mingyue and the others grew increasingly anxious.
If the city's defensive formation was breached, Zhang Yuhe could control the lightning bolts and direct them at the altar inside the city.
Once that happened, all their plans would be futile—like a moon reflected in water or a flower in a mirror.
Thinking of this, Concubine Mingyue shouted to the others.
"I'll hold off Litian. You find an opening and either kill that kid or at least break the formation. We can't let him control the formation to attack Jingkong City without interference."
After giving the orders, Concubine Mingyue took out a shining knife.
A mid-grade Tongtian Lingbao—Slashing Knife.
She pinched a magic gesture and poured her mana into the weapon.
"Go."
The Divine Slashing Knife expanded rapidly, turning into a massive long blade that cut across the sky.
Sensing the immense spiritual pressure from the sword light, Litian was taken aback. He quickly retrieved a shield glowing with spiritual light to block the incoming attack.
The Feiyan Leaves Fire Shield.
It was also a mid-grade spiritual treasure, a life-saving trump card.
Typically, an Avatar Monk could only wield a low-grade Tongtian Spirit Treasure at most.
A mid-grade Tongtian Spirit Treasure required at least a Void Realm cultivator to control it.
However, Litian and Concubine Mingyue weren't ordinary people; their special techniques and talents allowed them to use mid-grade Tongtian Spirit Treasures, despite the enormous energy cost.
Rumble...
The sword light collided with the shield, leaving only a shallow scratch. However, the shield quickly recovered.
Though protected by a mid-grade Spirit Treasure, Litian was still pushed back several hundred miles by the force of the blow.
Seeing Litian pushed back, the other cultivators turned their attention to Zhang Yuhe.
"Damn, this is bad."
Zhang Yuhe, still focused on controlling the formation to attack Mirror Sky City, saw six god-transforming cultivators rushing toward him.
Countless thoughts ran through his mind.
"This senior brother is too unreliable! He told me to focus on setting up the formation, but now six of them are coming after me. Unbelievable."
Of the seven enemies, six were coming for him.
However, Zhang Yuhe understood that Litian had already done his best.
So, what could he say? It wasn't like he could blame the national army for being incompetent...
As the six god-transforming cultivators closed in, Zhang Yuhe waved his right hand, and nine flying swords, shining with various colors of spiritual light, appeared around him, slowly swirling.
These were the Nine Heavens Mixed Yuan Swords.
There were nine in total, and each was a low-grade Tongtian Spirit Treasure.
Every time Zhang Yuhe's cultivation realm broke through, he would upgrade the Nine Heavens Mixed Yuan Array.
At his current level, he could only refine low-grade Tongtian Spirit Treasures.
Previously, Zhang Yuhe had thought that as a god-transforming cultivator, possessing low-grade Tongtian Spirit Treasures should be sufficient.
This was his first time facing off directly against cultivators of the same rank.
The six god-transforming cultivators arrived around Zhang Yuhe, eyeing the sword light curtain surrounding him.
But they had little time to linger, as Concubine Mingyue wasn't sure how long she could delay Litian.
If he broke through, things would get even more troublesome.
The man with the scar shouted.
"I'll take care of him."
He quickly drew a small hammer that glittered with energy and infused it with mana.
The hammer grew into a massive hammer phantom and swung toward Zhang Yuhe.