Chapter 408: Xiao Nanfeng's Plan

Yin's howl had forced the crown prince and two Heaven Immortal guards to retreat. Then, he reached out for the Yanluo Court.

"Tiger Yanluo, you dare claim my Yanluo Court?!" the Goat Yanluo demanded from afar, trapped by a group of Immortal cultivators.

"Goat Yanluo, you'll have to pay the price for scheming against me time and time again. I'll take your Yanluo Court as recompense." Yin smirked.

He sent a palm strike against the Yanluo Court. The Yanluo Court suddenly radiated with light, deflecting the attack.

"Do you think it'll be that easy to claim my Yanluo Court? Leave it be, Tiger Yanluo. Once I deal with these ants, I'll get rid of you."

The Tiger Yanluo grew angry. His eyes flashed coldly. "Your Yanluo Court will become mine today!"

"Be careful, Master!" a shout rang out from afar.

Commander Lie Yang, whom Xiao Nanfeng had forced out of Fengdu, had just made a reappearance in the battlefield as he warned Yin.

Yin turned to see the crown prince and his two Heaven Immortaly guards slashing at him. The three swords in unison formed three rivers of light that surged forth.

"The Yanluo Court is mine. Attack!" the crown prince shouted.

Yin's face turned cold. He retaliated with a wave of his arm, shattering the three rivers of light.

"Overconfident fools. I spared you once, but I won't do so again!" Yin shot toward the crown prince.

"Protect the crown prince!"

"Crown Prince, he's only a peak Heaven Immortal. We can take him on."

"Kill!"

The three Heaven Immortals launched another simultaneous attack at Yin.

Yin sent the three cultivators flying with tremendous force. The crown prince was so badly injured that he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"I simply wanted to rein in my strength so Heaven's Hand wouldn't notice me. Even as a Heaven Immortal, I can sweep aside the likes of you. For daring to covet my possessions, all of you shall die!" Yin declared.

He shot toward the three cultivators once again, who hastily defended themselves. However, Yin was simply too strong. A single palm strike sent them smashing toward the ground, whereupon they formed three huge craters.

Yin had been roused to slaughter. If the three cultivators were to drop their guard, Yin might well kill them instantly. They had no choice but to climb out of the pits into which they had fallen and defend against him at full force. They were in a critical situation.

"I shouldn't have listened to my brother—he told me that I'd be able to pacify the land with just a few Heaven Immortals. Damn it! Was he trying to scheme against me?!" the crown prince shouted in shock.

He was feeling particularly worried; Yin could kill him at any moment.

Atop the eastern watchtower, Xiao Nanfeng and his subordinates were all watching the fight unfold.

"Yin and the Goat Yanluo are too strong. Even the Heaven Immortals dispatched by the Immortal Emperor are slowly being suppressed, and they're all injured. If this fight were to drag out further, they'd surely die," Chang Bing murmured.

Xiao Nanfeng sucked in a deep breath. He shouted, "Heaven Immortals of the divine empire of Dayin, focus all your attention on Yin. Leave the Goat Yanluo to me!"

The Goat Yanluo, Yin, and gathered Heaven Immortals were all shocked by Xiao Nanfeng's pronouncement.

"Xiao Nanfeng, you're only at late-stage Yin Body. Do you think you can take on the Goat Yanluo? Ha! Just you wait. Once I handle everything here, I'll deal with you!" Yin roared in laughter.

"Xiao Nanfeng, do you think a mere Human Immortal like you can handle me? Come try it, then!" The Goat Yanluo also sneered.

The two Yanluo Lords had more than enough experience to analyze Xiao Nanfeng's strength, and neither deemed him a worthy opponent.

The crown prince was able to relax for a moment thanks to Xiao Nanfeng's pronouncement, but he too seemed disdainful. They had been skulking about Fengdu over the past few days and had gained some understanding of Xiao Nanfeng's strength. The Goat Yanluo, whom even a group of Heaven Immortals couldn't take down together—how could Xiao Nanfeng take him on?

"Goat Yanluo, let's try it, then. Stars, seal!" Xiao Nanfeng commanded.

A beam of starlight shot down from the heavens, striking the Goat Yanluo. The Goat Yanluo frowned and looked up to see 361 stars shining brightly across the night sky, each forming a starlit beam targeted at the Goat Yanluo.

He could guess that something was problematic with the starlight, but didn't think that Xiao Nanfeng could hear him. Furthermore, he was still surrounded by a group of Heaven Immortals. If he attempted to dodge and weave around the beams, he would surely end up hurt. Rather, he used his crystalline barrier to block the starlight.

That moment's hesitation, however, was enough for all 361 stars to lock in on him, forming a starlit barrier that encapsulated him.

"What? How?" the Goat Yanluo exclaimed.

He waved a hand as his eyes flashed. "Crystalline annihilation!"

The starlit barrier trembled; the crystal knife shattered.

"Impossible. How could this barrier be stronger than my divine blade? Break!" the Goat Yanluo shouted, punching at it with a fist.

The barrier shook, but didn't break.

"What sort of formation is this?" the Heaven Immortals cried out.

How could the Goat Yanluo, whom none of them could handle, be restrained by a formation?

"The power of the stars? Is this a formation that incorporates natural law?!" Yin's eyes widened.

The Goat Yanluo smashed into the starlit barrier several times, but was unable to break out of it. He blanched, knowing that this could prove disastrous. He immediately howled, "Hurry up and find where the cultivator maintaining this formation is and kill him—and destroy the foundation of the formation too! Hurry!"

"Understood!" his cursed effigies replied.

Countless cursed effigies rushed into the forests all around the abyss. Just then, gusts of blue mist rose into the air, surrounding and trapping them all in the Formation of the Complete Heavens.

"What an impressive formation!" the crown prince exclaimed.

Yin roared in laughter. "Good, very good! Now that you've trapped the Goat Yanluo, I can easily claim his Yanluo Court."

Just then, from within the blue mist, Blue Lantern shouted, "Starlit blades, strike!"

A series of starlit blades manifested in the air, directed at Yin. Yin frowned and punched at the heavens; the next moment, the 361 starlit blades shot toward him.

"What?" Yin exclaimed.

The blades landed a direct hit, causing an explosion of fire and wind that forced the Heaven Immortals nearby back.

"This formation is ridiculously strong..." the crown prince murmured.

"Crown Prince, these starlit blades are about as strong as a Heaven Immortal's blow. With 361 of them together..."

"Xiao Nanfeng's been hiding this under our noses. Did he arrange this formation? There has to be an incredible formations expert in our vicinity."

"What a potent formation!"

The Heaven Immortals were all taken by surprise.

Just then, Yin emerged from the explosion. He was frighteningly strong, and the starlit blades had only dealt superficial damage to his clothing. Even so, he was infuriated. "Xiao Nanfeng, I'll kill you!"

𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Xiao Nanfeng shouted, "Heaven Immortals of Dayin, I've trapped the Goat Yanluo. Leave him to me. The rest of you can deal with Yin; as for the Yanluo Court, let's fight over it after we handle the two cursed kings!"

The crown prince's eyes turned cold. He wanted to secure the Yanluo Court at any cost; he certainly wasn't about to listen to Xiao Nanfeng.

"Strike with me!" the crown prince commanded.

While Xiao Nanfeng took on the two cursed kings, he would claim the Yanluo Court for himself.

The Immortals all shot toward the Yanluo Court.

Yin was seething at Xiao Nanfeng, but he had no intention of allowing the Heaven Immortals to claim his prize.

"I'll deal with you later, Xiao Nanfeng!" Yin shouted.

Then, he slammed a palm toward the crown prince.

"Protect the crown prince!" the Heaven Immortals cried out.

They had no choice but to strike at Yin instead. The confrontation spawned a huge tempest.

Just then, a shout came from within the explosion. "Starlit blades!"

Everyone glanced up at the heavens. Worried that they would become the blades' targets, they dodged to the side. The blades, however, headed straight toward the Goat Yanluo.

The Goat Yanluo was trapped within the starlit barrier. When he saw the starlit blades headed his way, he instantly felt a budding sense of familiarity: that was how he tended to take down his targets, with the combination of the crystal orb and his crystal knife. He raged, "Xiao Nanfeng, I'll kill you!"

He instantly spawned a crystalline barrier around himself as protection.

The starlit blades struck the crystalline barrier in a flaming mushroom cloud, so bright, that the cultivators all around gaped in surprise.

Chang Bing glanced toward Xiao Nanfeng in surprise. "Division Leader Xiao, when did you put down such a formation?"

"Rather than counting on others, we might as well count on ourselves. I never hoped that the Immortal Emperor's reinforcements would save us. I was only delaying while I came up with a strategy of my own. It's been more than half a month—sufficient time for me to dispatch cultivators from Dazheng to assist me. They've been preparing the formation over the last few days," Xiao Nanfeng explained.

"But hasn't Dazheng just advanced into a divine empire? How could it possess such an incredible formations expert?" Chang Bing exclaimed.

"Perhaps you simply haven't seen enough of the world," Xiao Nanfeng replied calmly.

Chang Bing murmured to himself, "Is that so? Or are you the weird one?"

To be frank, Xiao Nanfeng was likewise amazed by Blue Lantern's talent with formations. Despite no longer having the Star Map of the Complete Heavens, he really had managed to devise a substitute relic to manifest the formation in full, an incredible feat.

Afar, after the explosion subsided, the starlit barrier was revealed once more. Within it, the Goat Yanluo's crystalline orb had shattered. He was bleeding all over and in a wretched state.

"Xiao Nanfeng, remove this damned barrier and fight me honestly if you dare!" the Goat Yanluo thundered, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"Goat Yanluo, how could someone like you say something so immature? I've already taken you down. Why should I free you?" Xiao Nanfeng chuckled, then commanded, "Blue Lantern, take him down!"

"Understood!" Blue Lantern shouted, "Starlit blades, strike!"