The grand formation and anything else would not harm Long Ling and the others.
"Sigh."
Suddenly, a sigh sounded in Long Ling's mind.
The sigh was incredibly familiar.
A look of joy immediately appeared on Long Ling's face, and she was about to speak.
"Silence."
Chen Fan was beside himself.
He hadn't intended to come out, but he had no choice. Long Ling was clearly about to fight to the death.
He had never expected Long Ling to be so enraged by his supposed death.
She was even about to use the last resort left by Yi Fu, preparing to bury an entire city.
If he didn't appear now, he was afraid he would be buried too.
At this moment, he could only transmit his voice helplessly, "I originally planned to let them kill each other, and I would emerge later as the mantis stalking the cicada."
Upon hearing Chen Fan's words, Long Ling immediately reacted. When Chen Fan was enveloped by the storm of destruction, his supposed death had not caused any dispersal of laws.
Without the dispersion of laws, how could he be dead?
The fall of an Imperial Emperor would inevitably be accompanied by the dispersal of laws.
"Understood."
Long Ling's face turned red. She knew she had ruined the City Lord's plan.
They were conversing through telepathic transmission, so others couldn't hear them.
At this point, Chen Fan said again, "We'll have to find another way."
"I'm sorry," Long Ling transmitted back, apologizing.
"It's fine."
Chen Fan's voice entered Long Ling's mind again. "I ask you, can the method you are currently using truly bury a city?"
"Yes, it can."
Long Ling responded with absolute certainty.
"How much longer until this grand formation explodes?"
"One minute."
"Can it be canceled?"
"Yes, it can be canceled at any time."
"Then like this."
Chen Fan continued to transmit, "I need you to continue to activate the grand formation, and cancel it when there are only ten seconds left. Can you do it?"
"Yes, I can."
Because of her own actions, she had disrupted the City Lord's plan.
Long Ling felt a degree of self-reproach.
Now that the City Lord had a new plan, she would accomplish it no matter what.
"Good," Chen Fan transmitted again. "Continue to activate the grand formation, make a bigger scene, and at the critical moment, I will launch a sneak attack."
"Yes."
Chen Fan's voice fell silent.
At this moment, Long Ling did not notice that the Monk Meng in the distance was staring at her with an interested expression.
The Angler in the sky had not moved. But if even Monk Meng could sense something, how could the Angler, as the Angler, be unaware?
...
The conversation between Chen Fan and Long Ling lasted only a fleeting moment.
At this moment, various forces had already converged.
Yi Fu's actions had caused panic to spread.
The various factions gathered together, pooling all their strength to prepare to withstand the aftermath left by Yi Fu.
Outside the central area, people were frantically attacking the light barrier covering the entire city, trying to break the seal and escape the City of Freedom.
This was too terrifying.
At this moment, the City of Freedom trembled even more violently.
"Rumble."
The great city shook, and an aura that seemed capable of destroying heaven and earth hung in the sky.
The aura grew stronger and stronger.
"What is beneath the City of Freedom?" This question amplified the surrounding panic.
Now, everyone knew that something extremely dangerous was awakening beneath the City of Freedom.
And in the sky, the Angler remained unfazed, but his mind was pondering, "Emperor Heavenly Emperor? The aura doesn't seem right. Yi Fu, what exactly did you leave behind?"
The Angler was curious, and Monk Meng was also very curious.
He had fought with Yi Fu back then, and they had both ended up injured.
He was also very curious about what Yi Fu's methods were.
"Rumble."
The various forces joined forces.
All sorts of treasures were brought out, and they waited in strict formation for whatever was emerging from beneath the City of Freedom.
The entire City of Freedom was in chaos.
Time passed slowly.
Many people were urging Long Ling to stop, but she seemed prepared for mutual destruction and resolutely refused to back down.
"Chirp."
Someone tried to sneak attack Long Ling.
"Go away."
An An stood with her sword in hand, protecting her Eldest Senior Sister.
An An, with her pure heart, only recognized her Eldest Senior Sister.
Long Ling's eyes were closed, but she was calculating the time.
This realm was enveloped by an aura of destruction.
No one noticed, or rather, no one had the time to notice the anomalies around them.
Facing the methods left behind by Yi Fu, no one dared to be careless.
At this moment, everyone's attention was focused below, sensing the increasingly powerful aura of destruction emanating from beneath their feet.
At a certain moment...
"Roar."
A roar, like the descent of a thunder god.
Suddenly, an unparalleled thunderous aura appeared on the ground of the City of Freedom, an aura as vast as a dragon.
Thunder.
"Boom."
Thunder exploded beneath their feet.
"Defense."
Stern voices rang out one after another.
The various forces prepared to resist the thunder.
And at this very moment...
"Chirp."
Above the Hundred Flowers Pavilion, a river of laws unfurled.
It appeared silently.
Among the crowd, only Monk Meng turned his head to look.
The Angler did not move, unsure if he had truly not noticed.
As the river of laws unfurled, a sword emerged from the river and slashed downwards.
Pfft.
A splash of blood flew.
It was too fast, so fast that no one could react before the sword disappeared.
Then, above another force, the river of laws appeared, and the sword slashed down once more.
"Abei, you must take good care of our Martial Aunt," Xiao Hua said earnestly to the person beside her.
Xiao Hua held a high position in the Hundred Flowers Pavilion, and the Martial Aunt she mentioned was the spokesperson for the Hundred Flowers Pavilion at this ceremony.
Abei was her protector and could protect the Martial Aunt.
"..."
No one responded.
"Abei?"
Xiao Hua called out again, but still no one answered.
Confused, Xiao Hua turned her head, "Abei, why aren't you..."
Before she could finish speaking, Xiao Hua froze in place.
Abei, standing behind her, had closed his eyes at some unknown time, and a bloodline on his forehead was continuously bleeding.
At this moment, a surprised cry came from nearby.
"Be careful, someone is attacking from the shadows, it's..."
Pfft.
They looked in the direction of the sound.
The person from Thunder Valley had just started to shout when his head flew off.
"What's going on?"
Everyone panicked again.
Chirp.
At this moment, the river of laws reappeared.
This time, Chen Fan no longer concealed himself. Ten sword strikes fell, and no titled emperor could block them.
"Boom."
A sword strike descended, killing a titled emperor from Thunder Valley.
"Be careful..."
Exclamations of alarm continued to ring out.
But what followed were names called out with intense fear.
"Abei."
"Lei Zhenzi."
"Tu Huang."
Amidst the shouts, people called out for their respective titled emperors.
Many were crying out.
Unfortunately, those they called out for could no longer answer.
Because they were all dead.
"Haha."
Chen Fan's laughter echoed through heaven and earth, "Eldest Senior Sister, you can stop now."
"Alright."
Long Ling quickly stopped, concealing the spreading thunder beneath her feet.
Although the initial plan had been disrupted, the outcome seemed good now.