"Let's wait until the boss arrives," Li Mingbo whispered to Liu Qichao.
Undeniably, Liu Qichao's saber techniques were formidable, especially since he had comprehended a sliver of saber intent himself.
However, even so, Li Mingbo didn't believe he could break through the Sun Base's formation.
It wasn't just Li Mingbo who thought so; Ye Yuhan beside him felt the same.
Among Li Mingbo, Liu Qichao, and Ye Yuhan, Ye Yuhan's cultivation realm was the lowest, only at the late Grandmaster stage.
Yet, her talent in formations was the highest among the three.
In the base defense formations Ye Yuhan had encountered before, the Sun Base's formation was undoubtedly the most powerful.
"This formation not only absorbs the attacks of martial artists but can even reflect damage. It's truly unbelievable..." Ye Yuhan murmured to herself.
Hearing Ye Yuhan's words, Li Mingbo and Liu Qichao on either side glanced at her.
Throughout their journey, the trio had encountered numerous bases with various defensive formations. Ye Yuhan could analyze the basic principles behind each of them.
Only the Sun Base's formation was an exception.
"It seems we shouldn't act rashly," they concluded.
The consensus was to quietly await the arrival of their boss, Ye Ningze, confident that with his skills, he could easily break the formation.
Liu Qichao's earlier action was solely because the guards on the city wall had insulted Ye Yuhan, their boss's sister.
A sliver of saber intent was Liu Qichao's greatest trump card. Having played it without achieving the desired effect, he could only temporarily cease his assault.
The tree wishes to be still, but the wind does not cease.
Although Liu Qichao and Li Mingbo intended to stand down, the guards on the city wall had no intention of stopping.
At the Sun Base, atop the city gate tower.
The leading guard, Brother Dao, had a grim expression. His triangular eyes were fixed on the trio below the city wall.
As his gaze swept over Liu Qichao, his right eyelid twitched violently.
Others might not know the power of this brat's saber techniques, but how could he not?
When the fire dragon exploded above the city wall earlier, Brother Dao had endured at least seventy percent of the saber intent damage!
As the highest-ranking guard at the main gate, Brother Dao was the formation's core.
If not for this, a dignified Grandmaster realm martial artist like him would never be assigned to guard the city gates.
"The Sun Base's advanced formation is indeed powerful, but without the core's augmentation, this brat could probably break it with a single saber strike!"
Facing Liu Qichao, who had comprehended a sliver of saber intent, Brother Dao, within the formation, dared not be careless.
Yet, even so, Brother Dao still had no intention of letting them leave.
What a joke.
After all, Liu Qichao was a domain wielder of saber intent. If he could capture and interrogate him, he might be able to uncover the key to wielding saber intent.
Brother Dao himself was obsessed with saber techniques and was confident he could achieve saber intent domain; he just lacked the opportunity.
With this misplaced confidence, Brother Dao shouted down.
"You country bumpkins below, listen up! If you throw down your weapons, I might consider letting you in!"
Brother Dao believed that once Liu Qichao and the other two dropped their weapons, they could be easily subdued using the base's protective city formation!
Brother Dao had no doubt about the power of the Sun Base's advanced formation.
After all, he had been guarding the city gates before Ye Ningze even arrived at the Sun Base.
Having guarded the city gates for most of his life, he had seen many formations, but the advanced formation deployed by the Song family this time was incredibly powerful, unlike anything Brother Dao had ever witnessed.
Not only did it weaken attacks, but it also reflected damage. It was outrageously powerful.
Now, Brother Dao began to believe what the Song family's Supreme Elder, Song Qinglian, had said: as long as the formation remained unbroken, even a Supreme Beast would be unable to step into the Sun Base.
Brother Dao was unsure if the base's formation could withstand a Supreme Beast, but he was certain it could trap Liu Qichao and the other two.
"Man is the fish, I am the chopping block!"
Once he seized Liu Qichao's saber intent, his own cultivation realm could advance to the Great Grandmaster level.
"In this apocalyptic era where beasts roam, only the strong survive. As long as I comprehend the saber intent domain, the Song family will have to beg me to become a member of their clan."
"Song Xinyu, you only dare to boss me around because you're a clan disciple, don't you?"
Brother Dao thought to himself, eventually letting out a laugh.
"This time, as long as I break through to become a Great Grandmaster of the saber path, I'll definitely make you pay, haha!"
As a martial artist at the early Grandmaster stage, Brother Dao wouldn't have had to work so hard to personally guard the city gates.
But it was precisely because of Song Xinyu, a disciple of the Song family, who had caused trouble for him, that he ended up as a mere watchman.
However, now he had seized a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become a Great Grandmaster of the saber path; this was his fortune!
Brother Dao was not the only guard on the city wall.
While Brother Dao coveted Liu Qichao's saber intent, the lesser guards were secretly coveting Ye Yuhan's beauty.
When they heard Brother Dao tell Liu Qichao and the other two to drop their weapons, the guards all began to shout.
"That's right, obediently put down your weapons, and we'll let you in!"
"The men drop their weapons, and the women take off their clothes, hehehe."
"Behave yourselves. If you don't do as our boss says, we'll make you regret it."
"..."
Hearing the shouts of the guards on the city wall, Liu Qichao and Li Mingbo's expressions turned grim.
Especially when they heard the guards insult Ye Yuhan, Liu Qichao and Li Mingbo could no longer tolerate it.
"It's bad enough they insult us, but they're repeatedly harassing the boss's sister!"
Liu Qichao and Li Mingbo exchanged glances, once again drawing their weapons, preparing to attack the guards on the city wall again.
Seeing this, Brother Dao's mouth twitched violently.
"No, we can't let them attack again!"
When Liu Qichao's sliver of saber intent struck earlier, although the guards on the city wall were not affected, Brother Dao, as the formation's core, had borne considerable pressure.
With that single self-detonation, more than half of Brother Dao's internal primal energy was drained to maintain the formation's normal operation.
He couldn't imagine what would happen if Liu Qichao and the other two unleashed another fire dragon self-detonation; his internal primal energy might not be enough.
Although a martial artist's internal primal energy could regenerate and recover slowly through meditation and cultivation, if too much was drained at once, leading to exhaustion, it might affect their cultivation realm.
At that time, Brother Dao's realm was just at the early Grandmaster stage. If he dropped further, he might not even be able to maintain the Grandmaster realm!