"Ignorant fool, the five-pointed star formation is already activated. You think of escaping now? It's too late!"
Brother Dao watched Liu Qichao and the other two preparing to retreat from the city wall, a smug smile playing on his lips.
Once locked onto by the five-pointed star formation, escape was impossible unless one possessed top-tier speed talent.
After all, the Sun Base had deployed an advanced formation. While the Su family's overall strength wasn't as formidable as the Song family's, they possessed unique expertise in formations.
It was precisely because Brother Dao knew this that he felt no fear facing Liu Qichao, who possessed the talent of Sword Intent.
What was a mere Grandmaster of the Way of the Sword?
No matter how strong you were, could you contend against the formation masters of the entire Su family?
Just as Brother Dao was contemplating how to hide Liu Qichao to prevent the Song family elders from discovering his awakened Sword Dao talent, Liu Qichao and the other two had already disappeared from sight below the city wall.
It turned out that upon receiving Ye Yuhan's warning, Li Mingbo and Liu Qichao had immediately retreated at extreme speed, temporarily distancing themselves from the Sun Base.
According to Ye Yuhan, the vital energy contained within the stone lion formation was astonishing, far beyond what Liu Qichao and the other could contend with.
Although Ye Yuhan's cultivation level was only at the Grandmaster realm, her awakening of Ice Mastery made her extremely sensitive to the vital energy in the world.
In her perception, to withstand the stone lion formation, one would need strength surpassing the King level.
Liu Qichao and Li Mingbo, however, were merely at the Grandmaster realm, not even having touched the threshold of Transcendent. How could they possibly withstand the offensive of an advanced formation?
Only by temporarily moving beyond the range of the Sun Base's formation coverage could they perhaps evade the vital energy attacks.
Undeniably, Ye Yuhan was sensitive to the vital energy flow within the formation, but she was ultimately a step too late.
On the ground at the city gate, two stone lions shot up beams of light, forming spiral vital energy that spun and circulated frantically.
Boom boom boom!!
The spiral light pillars erupted with terrifying sounds!
Even though Li Mingbo and the other two were already some distance from the stone lions, they could still hear the sounds clearly.
"This intensity of formation vital energy has likely surpassed the scope of advanced formations!"
Ye Yuhan's face turned a shade of pale.
Although she was not a cultivator specializing in formations, her Ice Physique made her exceptionally sensitive to the vital energy in the world.
As soon as the stone lion formation began to unleash its power, Ye Yuhan felt a growing sense of dread.
It seemed she had underestimated the formations at the Sun Base!
She had thought advanced formations would only be so powerful, but who knew they could be so fierce!
This level of vital energy formation, let alone King level martial artists, even beings surpassing the King level might not be able to withstand it.
Ye Yuhan herself was merely a minor Grandmaster martial artist. Forget the King level, even the Grandmaster realm was still some distance away from her.
Due to her insufficient cultivation, Ye Yuhan did not truly grasp the concept of a King level martial artist.
However, based on her understanding, once an advanced formation was deployed, its target audience could only be those above the King level.
As everyone knows.
The perceptions and concepts in a person's mind cannot replace actual experience.
Ye Yuhan currently remained solely at the stage of recognition and comprehension. Without personal experience, how could she accurately grasp the killing power of an advanced formation?
In Ye Yuhan's more than ten years of martial arts experience, the current situation was undoubtedly the most perilous she had ever encountered.
Even though she still couldn't comprehend how an advanced formation could unleash such a degree of vital energy offense, she could clearly feel it all.
Endless vital energy surged from the stone lion formation, pressing towards them with an irresistible force.
Ye Yuhan had only experienced such fierce vital energy attacks from Ye Ningze, but even that was inferior to the formation's vital energy before her.
"Brother should be on his way, I hope the formation's attack doesn't affect him..." Ye Yuhan began to pray silently in her heart.
In Ye Yuhan's view, even if her brother Ye Ningze arrived, he likely wouldn't be able to withstand the attack of the stone lion formation.
As his sister, Ye Yuhan believed she understood her brother's martial arts realm very well.
When they parted ways at the Qingcheng Base, Ye Ningze was only at the Grandmaster level.
Although they hadn't seen each other for over half a year, how much could his strength have improved in such a short time?
However, what Ye Yuhan didn't know was that back at the Qingcheng Base, Ye Ningze already possessed sufficient strength to protect her!
Although the advanced formation before them seemed to possess infinite vital energy, its energy ultimately originated from Brother Dao's group of guards.
The highest-level guard at the main entrance of the Sun Base was Brother Dao himself, a martial artist at the initial stage of the Grandmaster realm.
Coupled with a group of guards below the Grandmaster realm, even if their vital energy could be amplified through the formation, human strength had its limits!
Ye Ningze, possessing the talent of divine strength, coupled with the augmentation of vital energy, could easily overturn not just a mere advanced formation, but even a top-tier formation without any operators!
However, none of this was known to Ye Yuhan, his sister.
"What do we do? The vital energy attack is getting closer!"
Seeing the spiral light pillars emanating from the stone lions about to reach them, Liu Qichao shouted to Li Mingbo.
At this moment, Liu Qichao was filled with despair.
Ye Ningze had entrusted his sister to their protection, but who would have thought they would encounter such a powerful formation attack?
He recalled half a month ago, facing Ye Ningze's instructions, Liu Qichao had patted his chest and assured him that nothing could trouble him after awakening his Sword Dao talent. He hadn't expected to be so arrogant!
Facing Liu Qichao's inquiry, Li Mingbo was also helpless.
Between Liu Qichao and Li Mingbo, while Liu Qichao was one level lower in cultivation, in terms of strength, Li Mingbo was no match for Liu Qichao.
After all, Liu Qichao was a Grandmaster of the Way of the Sword who had awakened a sliver of Sword Intent. Not only was he, a late-stage Grandmaster, no match for him, but even ordinary Transcendent beings would be his adversaries.
It was precisely because of this disparity in strength that Li Mingbo felt even more despair than Liu Qichao.
"There's no other way. It doesn't matter if we die, but Big Brother's sister must not be harmed!" Li Mingbo gritted his teeth, squeezing out these words.
Liu Qichao didn't even need to look at Li Mingbo's expression; he could feel the anger in his voice.
In truth, Liu Qichao felt no differently.
He had thought they were already home and the mission was successfully completed, only to encounter such a predicament.
"Listen, you take Yuhan and leave first. I'll stay behind to delay them for a moment. I'm sure Big Brother will arrive soon!" Liu Qichao said resolutely.