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Yi Yan slightly raised his hands, as if he was hugging slowly, but in reality, he moved quickly in front of his body. Gold and silver energy surged out from his hands, condensing into a rapidly spinning Taiji Fish.

The purple lightning smashed right into the center of the Taiji Fish, causing it to slightly pause for a moment. In an instant, the Taiji Fish began to spin even more frantically as streams of thunder and lightning energy were drawn out and merged into the Taiji Fish.

Although Yi Yan successfully blocked the lightning attack, a massive force instantly smashed Yi Yan tens of thousands of meters down from the sky. Yi Yan crashed into the ground at an even faster speed than when he charged up!

Yi Yan urged the Taiji Fish in his hand to spin quickly while trying to control the sword to stabilize his body.

Finally, Yi Yan stopped his descent when he was only a few dozen meters away from the ground.

At this point, the terrifying dark purple lightning was completely absorbed by the Taiji Fish in Yi Yan's hands, disappearing without a trace.

It was a bit rash this time.

Yi Yan couldn't help but blame himself in his heart.

In order to verify what he had comprehended in the Qin Mountains, Yi Yan planned to use Tai Chi's force dissipation method to lure the lightning away.

However, just as the lightning was about to come into contact with the Taiji Fish, a thought flashed across Yi Yan's mind: Since the Yin Yang energy was the most powerful energy in the universe, second only to the Power of Life and Death, could it absorb other energies for its own use?

Yi Yan was unable to calm himself down once this idea appeared in his mind.

Fortunately, Yi Yan's idea worked.

Although he was almost severely injured, Yi Yan felt that it was worth it because he found a shortcut to quickly improve his own strength.

Right now, Yi Yan's mental cultivation level is sufficient, the only thing restricting his strength is the energy in his body. If he can continue to absorb the energy in nature according to this method, it is expected for his cultivation level to increase quickly!

What made Yi Yan even happier was that Yi Yan had finally verified that the martial arts of Secular Realm could be used by cultivators after the modification!

Unlike cultivators, mortals, due to the limitation of their energy, could only constantly increase the power of their moves in order to enhance their combat strength.

The moves that Yi Yan had learned were all the essence left behind by the thousands of years of tempering by various sects. It could be said that they had reached the limit of Secular Realm martial arts.

After Yi Yan's wholehearted effort to break up the formation, even if it was a mortal training, he could still reach the pinnacle of martial arts and the Dao of the Dao!

After a true Elemental Energy was poured into a move, it would possess a great amount of power if it was put to use by a cultivator.

Although it was still incomplete and could not be used in the battle of cultivators, it was still difficult in the beginning. As long as he could determine the direction and firmly continue, Yi Yan believed that one day, through continuous application and training, he would be able to create a martial arts cultivation technique developed from mortal martial arts!

At that time, his close combat capabilities would not lose to ordinary martial artists. His long-range attacks would have the power of yin and yang, a top-level power that surpassed the true Elemental Energy. It would be difficult to find a rival among his peers.

Thinking about this, Yi Yan firmly gripped his sword, with a deep determination and longing for the future in his eyes.

Although he had a strong confidence in himself, Yi Yan knew that he couldn't let his guard down no matter what happened. A moment of carelessness might cost him his life.

Yi Yan raised his head and looked at the sky.

At this moment, the soldiers that were originally surrounding them were all broken by the lightning that shot out from the dark clouds, Yi Yan did not put them in his eyes.

Tens of thousands meters in the air, the dark clouds that had covered half of the sky seemed to have consumed too much energy from the deep purple lightning, and were now only the size of a millstone.

Yi Yan didn't want to stay any longer. He raised his hand to stop Tang Dao and used the most powerful move of the 'Seven Deadly Art' and slashed out with both of his hands.

A crescent-shaped saber light instantly separated from the saber and slashed at the feeble dark clouds in the sky.

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With a crisp sound, a golden and silver colored saber light flashed across the dark cloud and cut the cloud in half.

In a flash, the Yin-Yang energy pulled the lightning energy from the two parts of the dark clouds towards the crack in the middle.

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An explosive sound could be heard as the lightning and thunder energies from the two black clouds clashed against each other. The violent explosion from the collision had completely dispersed the black clouds.

However, the sound of the explosion seemed to have triggered some sort of mechanism, and the surrounding environment of Yi Yan underwent a drastic change.

At this moment, Yi Yan was in the middle of a sea. A wave that was a thousand feet high hit him from the face, as if Yi Yan wouldn't rest until he was smashed into smithereens.

Yi Yan was already prepared for this. That black cloud was the core of the scene before him. Once the black cloud disintegrated, the scene would also dissipate.

Now, Yi Yan was more and more curious about the thing that the Magic Array was hiding.

It could be seen that the Magic Array had existed for countless of years, and many places no longer had enough energy, which was why Yi Yan was able to see through it.

It could be imagined how powerful it would be when the array was fully activated. At the very least, Yi Yan would not dare to charge through it in his current state.

How could such a tight defensive formation be ordinary?

Yi Yan urged the Taiji Fish in his hand to spin quickly while trying to control the sword to stabilize his body.

Since he had already seen through the Magic Array, Yi Yan did not stay any longer and rushed out with his blade in hand.

But strangely, Yi Yan's flight path was not a straight line, but a zigzag trajectory. Sometimes he would fly in a zigzag trajectory, sometimes he would fly straight through the waves, and sometimes he would even turn around and fly back. It was really incomprehensible.

However, if one were to look from outside the Magic Array, he would realize that the zigzag flight path was caused by the Magic Array's influence. In reality, Yi Yan was following a straight path forward!

Not long after, Yi Yan stopped at a huge whirlpool that swept in a radius of dozens of miles, and dived down without any hesitation.

When Yi Yan first touched the surging waves surrounding the whirlpool, it was as if he was electrocuted. Yi Yan's body abruptly turned, forcefully stopping his momentum. He tried his best to move horizontally until the whirlpool could no longer be seen, then he carefully landed on the ground.

The moment Yi Yan's feet touched the ground, the endless ocean disappeared in an instant. The scene before his eyes turned back into the dense forest.

Wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, Yi Yan knew that he had passed through the Magic Array outside and entered the core protected by the Magic Array.

Yi Yan was looking forward to it. He didn't know what kind of surprise this mysterious place, which was so closely guarded, could bring him.

Yi Yan put away his sword and carefully looked around.

This was a small, calabash shaped valley surrounded by a large mountain. The valley was wide at both ends and narrow in the middle.

He raised his eyes and saw a thin layer of mist drifting leisurely around him. Through the mist, he could vaguely see the endless mountain walls in the distance.

The gloomy forest outside was bright with sunlight. The warm sunlight passed through the gaps between the treetops and embraced the land without reservation.

The surrounding was no longer deathly still outside the Magic Array, and the sounds of the Bug Songbirds floated in his ears, causing him to be unable to help from relaxing his mind, and he wholeheartedly enjoyed this pure and natural scenery.

However, Yi Yan didn't dare to relax in the slightest. He carefully looked at the small lake in front of him. This lake was close to the mountain wall at the waist of the valley. The gourd-shaped valley was split into two halves.

The water was clear and green. The surface of the lake was rippling under the influence of the gentle breeze. There was nothing abnormal about it.

However, Yi Yan still didn't dare to let his guard down because he knew that this small lake was the boundless ocean he saw in the illusion. He almost planted himself on it!

It turned out that the huge whirlpool was a whirlpool formed in the middle of the lake. That whirlpool was also the core of the Magic Array's defense.

Just as Yi Yan touched the whirlpool and passed through the Magic Array, an extremely condensed murderous aura fiercely pierced the drop of his soul!

This murderous aura was not only extremely sharp, but it also held the perfect timing.

To pass through the Magic Array outside, one would have to come into contact with the gigantic whirlpool, and launch an attack against the soul the instant the situation underwent a drastic change.

This was not a simple Magic Array at all, but a top tier composite killing array!

The huge and complicated Magic Array were only used to confuse intruders, but the real killing intent arrived when their minds were at their most relaxed. It was really dangerous to the extreme!

Yi Yan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Luckily, his soul had condensed into a droplet, so he was able to resist this killing intent.

The thoughts of the formation's creator were extremely meticulous.

Actually, what Yi Yan didn't notice was that when the murderous aura was about to attack the drop of his soul, the Taiji Fish floating above the drop of his soul suddenly accelerated its rotation speed, and shot out an energy that was wrapped by the power of life and death, crushing the murderous aura in an instant.

However, when Yi Yan was suddenly attacked, his first reaction was to quickly change his direction and avoid the range of the swirl, which was why he didn't notice this change.

All of a sudden, Yi Yan didn't notice where the killing intent came from, but now, Yi Yan was trying really hard to find it.

Only by finding the source of the killing intent would he be able to completely destroy this formation.

It was obvious that the murderous aura was well-hidden. After that one attack, it had stopped moving.

Everything around him was normal, but it was this that made Yi Yan more cautious.

The principle behind formations was to attract the natural energy of the world for one's own use. The higher the grade of a formation, the more untraceable it was.

Although he couldn't find the source of the killing intent at the moment, it was very clear that it was hidden in the vicinity of the lake.

Yi Yan had already used his Spiritual Sense to scan half of the valley on his side. There was nothing wrong with it. Obviously, the guardian formation was on the other side of the lake!

However, Yi Yan's Spiritual Awareness could not reach the top of the lake no matter what. The air above the lake seemed to have frozen and his Spiritual Awareness was greatly weakened. Even Yi Yan's Spiritual Awareness was only able to explore one-third of the lake's width.

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