Su Luo stood beside Li Tianjue, silent.
However, using the vision of a hundred birds, she could see the situation in various parts of the city.
A magpie landed on a pavilion, surveying its surroundings. This was the renowned Hundred Fragrance Garden in Jade Void City, planted with countless precious flowers and trees, boasting beautiful scenery. It was a place where many young men and women, as well as nobles, came to relax and play.
Su Luo sensed something, a faint ripple spreading through the air.
"How strange, what kind of ripple is this..."
The magpie spoke human words, but it was Su Luo's voice. It flapped its wings and soared high into the sky again.
Using this magpie's eyes, Su Luo flew around the Hundred Fragrance Garden and quickly discovered something amiss.
Several men, who appeared to be strolling through the garden, stood motionless beside a rockery, as if guarding something. Anyone who tried to approach was driven away.
Su Luo flew to the rockery and clearly perceived a distinct ripple through the stones.
"Seven Stars Reversal Formation?"
The Divine Eye Mirror immediately detected it.
Beneath the passage formed by the rockery lay a massive formation made of blood-red gems, emitting a scarlet glow. This was the Seven Stars Reversal Formation. Its level was not high, but its functions were numerous. Su Luo was temporarily unsure of the purpose of setting up this formation here.
When the Seven Stars Reversal Formation was in its positive state, it not only extracted spiritual energy from the earth's veins, promoting the growth of spiritual flowers and herbs, but also aided cultivators in achieving twice the results with half the effort.
However, when used as a reversal formation, the effects were terrifying.
It could cause spiritual herbs to grow wildly, and the people and spirit beasts around them would gradually descend into madness, their temperaments changing drastically...
Su Luo felt the seriousness of the situation. It was impossible for someone to casually set up a Seven Stars Reversal Formation here. Furthermore, the formation was named Seven Stars, and it should have used seven different types of gems to determine its exact purpose.
Now, there were only blood-red gems, which meant...
The formation was incomplete!
There should be six other locations.
But this formation base alone was ten feet wide and five layers high, requiring over ten thousand blood-red gems. To complete a full Seven Stars Reversal Formation, the other six locations would also need such diverse gems. But where were they set up?
Beside Li Tianjue, Su Luo suddenly spoke, "I found it. Someone has set up a Seven Stars Reversal Formation within Jade Void City. One of the locations is in the Hundred Fragrance Garden. This formation base must be destroyed immediately."
Without a word, Chu Tianshu immediately gave orders, and a troop of imperial guards headed for the Hundred Fragrance Garden...
At the same time, Su Luo's other ninety-nine bird scouts also discovered other locations where formation bases were set up.
"Wind Moon Pavilion, Star Gazing Tower, Snow Plum Garden, Listening Rain Bridge..."
One by one, the place names of the city were spoken by Su Luo. Her expression was grave, tinged with a chilling killing intent.
Chu Tianshu had never seen his junior sister like this before. Startled, he continuously ordered troops of imperial guards to these locations to destroy the formation bases, ordering that not a single demonic sect member be allowed to escape.
After speaking, Su Luo took a deep breath and looked at Li Tianjue, saying, "Senior Brother, this kidnapping incident is very serious. On the surface, it's just dozens of children being abducted, but the involvement of the Seven Stars Reversal Formation makes the problem much more severe."
This was because what she had discovered was a super-sized Seven Stars Reversal Formation.
The demonic sect would certainly not set up a positive formation; it would absolutely be a reversal formation, using the entire city as its base. Once activated, everyone in Jade Void City, including those in the imperial palace, would be in trouble.
Li Tianjue did not ask further. He trusted Su Luo. "Where is the formation eye?"
"It's at Spring Gushing Pavilion. People are setting up the formation there. Senior Brother, we need to hurry there immediately."
Su Luo, controlling a sparrow perched on a treetop, saw that all the people in Spring Gushing Pavilion had been subdued. Some demonic sect disciples were opening boxes and moving large quantities of begonia stones out.
An old man with a long beard, wearing a grey robe, was constantly placing begonia stones into the formation base, clearly a formation master.
Suddenly, he sensed something.
"Who's there, peeking sneakily..."
A beam of spiritual light shot out from the old man's fingertips. The small sparrow instantly exploded into a mist of blood, and Su Luo's divine consciousness was also shattered, rendering her unable to see anything.
Ignoring the pain in her head, she said, "Senior Brother, let's hurry. They've already discovered us."
Without hesitation, Li Tianjue took Su Luo and rapidly headed towards the location of Spring Gushing Pavilion. Chu Tianshu and Lu Jixing, along with other imperial guards, went to search for other demonic cultivators who had infiltrated Jade Void City. Troops of imperial guards passed through the streets, and pedestrians quickly made way.
Shang Xie Shao Qing hesitated for a moment and did not chase after Su Luo. Instead, he went with Tang Xiao Guo to another formation base.
After running only a couple of steps, the voice of Emperor Haotian blurted out, "Stinking brat, this is a golden opportunity for you to show off. You're not going after Su girl, where are you trying to go?"
"Your Majesty, I, I want to help. But Brother Li is with Luo Luo, so my going would be redundant. Wouldn't it be better if..."
"You idiot, you get cowardly when others are present? How did I end up with a coward like you!"
"It's not that, Your Majesty. The situation is urgent now, Xiao Guo and I need to hurry to the Wind Moon Pavilion..."
"Alas, forget it, forget it. Go, go."
Emperor Haotian also understood the special circumstances and could not be too demanding. After saying a few words, he fell silent.
On the other side, Li Tianjue, with Su Luo, moved like the wind, heading rapidly towards Spring Gushing Pavilion. Before they arrived, he sensed waves of intangible fluctuations spreading outwards like surging tides.
The entire Jade Void City was gradually enveloped.
Su Luo became increasingly uneasy. "Hurry, Senior Brother. Once they set up the formation eye, everyone in the city will be in trouble. Not to mention Xiao Bai and the others, even all the citizens of Jade Void City will suffer severe harm."
What made her even more uneasy was not knowing the consequences.
The unknown made people fear even more.
Suddenly, the sky darkened. The originally clear sky was rapidly shrouded by masses of dark clouds, signaling an impending storm.
"Hahahaha... This is truly marvelous. In a short while, the entire Jade Void City will be within my grasp." An ominous and chilling voice rang out, carrying a powerful oppressive aura that swept across the entire city.
Li Tianjue and Su Luo looked ahead. A black-robed man, who had appeared stealthily, hovered above Spring Gushing Pavilion. He was completely shrouded in black mist, his true appearance unclear, his robes fluttering wildly. He spread his arms and uttered words that shocked everyone in the city.
The events in Jade Void City had long since alerted various factions. Not only those whose children had gone missing, but even previously unaware forces and families were shocked by this anomaly and flew into the sky to investigate.
Li Tianjue looked at the black-robed man and asked coldly, "Who are you?"
"Hahahaha... Li Tianjue, you've been hunting me for years, and you still don't recognize me?" The black mist in front of the black-robed man gradually dissipated, revealing a strange and ugly face that greatly surprised everyone.
The black-robed man's face was adorned with bizarre grey-green markings, covered in pustules and boils, making his appearance extremely hideous. Coupled with his bulging eyes and wide, thick lips, he resembled an oversized toad.
Li Tianjue frowned deeply. "King Poison Toad, it really is you!"