Zhao Yunxiao, Pu Feixiang, and Gui Longcan rushed straight back without bothering with the monkey monsters that were still struggling with the traps along the way.
By the time they arrived, they could see that Chu Han was back as well, now fully focused on his role of supporting Mo Mian once again.
Having already set up everything beforehand, all Chu Han had to do for the grand array was activate it.
After which, he would no longer have to remain there to personally maintain it, not unless something went wrong with the array somehow.
Yet even with his support, Mo Mian was starting to look tired at this point. His hands were starting to shake, and his breaths were getting heavier.
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“Terra Seal Formation!” Mo Mian shouted without hesitation.
They had tried the direct approach earlier, but the result was lacklustre, to say the least.
All they managed was to create a small wound on the monkey demon – one that even ordinary mortals could brush off as an insignificant injury.
Since that was the case, they would just have to rely on battle formations to take down the monkey demon!
“Understood!” the rest of the party answered simultaneously.
All of them quickly got into position, forming a circle as they surrounded the monkey demon and Mo Mian, though they made sure to keep their distance as well.
With that done, they immediately extended their spiritual sense to encompass one another.
They had already practised this numerous times on this trip.
Even though it was not nearly to the extent of being able to do it subconsciously, it was definitely not too difficult either, as they were all rather familiar with doing so by now.
Along with their spiritual senses, their essence energy spread out and started intertwining with one another’s.
Despite all of them possessing essence energies with fundamentally different traits, the distinctly different streams of essence energy started to synchronise upon coming together, eventually forming a cumulative whole.
A globe of light formed, slowly growing till it became as tall as a man as it hovered directly above the monkey demon.
Mo Mian could not help but let out a faint smile upon seeing this.
Being able to perform well during practice was completely different from being able to do so in a life and death situation.
Many a time, cultivators would succumb to the pressure of a real life situation and end up failing to live up to the stellar results that they recorded during practice.
Thankfully, there was no such issue here with Zhao Yunxiao.
Or, at the very least, it was all good so far.
“Physical Seal, activate!” Chu Han shouted.
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Another seal fell upon the monkey demon, this time no longer physical in nature.
Instead, it served to restrict the monkey demon’s ability to call upon the elements. This was an ability that many demons possessed, albeit in various different forms.
“Vitality Seal, activate!” it was Pu Feixiang’s turn this time.
The globe of light pulsed again, and a trace of red light now joined the yellow and grey from earlier.
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The monkey demon immediately felt that its blood and energy were being sapped away bit by bit. At this rate, it would only get weaker and weaker as time passed, and that was even if it did nothing but stand there and wait.
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The result of this was the formation of a globe of light comprising light waves of five distinctly different colours.
These five colours represented the five different seals that they had activated this time – Physical Seal, Elemental Seal, Vitality Seal, Mental Seal, and Temporal Seal.
With that, they attempted to seal off all possible moves that the monkey demon could possibly have up its sleeves, even finishing off with the Temporal Seal to cut off any attempts at time manipulation!
This was why the Terra Seal Formation was considered a staple among the Black Tortoise Sect disciples when it came to battle formations.
Not only was it relatively easy to execute, but it was also terrifyingly effective in battle!
Just as practised!
Snarl-!
The monkey demon roared in rage.
It might not understand the underlying concepts behind the battle formation that had just been used against it, but it could definitely feel its effects.
It was almost as though it had suddenly fallen into a quagmire, and that was certainly not a pleasant experience.
Unwilling to just sit and wait, the monkey demon’s muscles bulged, and it leapt towards Mo Mian once more.
Unfortunately, the result of doing so was obvious.
It was already incapable of catching Mo Mian before, so how would it be possible to do so now that it had become even slower?
In response to the approaching monkey demon, Mo Mian smirked in a relaxed manner as he easily sidestepped the attack.
At the same time, he started to focus his essence energy at the very tip of his sword.
“Take this!” Mo Mian slashed out with all his might.
Against Mo Mian’s swift attack, the weakened monkey demon simply could not react in time.
Now that Mo Mian no longer had to worry as much about evasive measures, numerous more attacking options instantly opened up to him.
“My turn!” Pu Feixiang shouted as he thrust his spear forward.
Distracted and weakened, the monkey demon tried to swat away the spear thrust but was unable to do so in time.
Pierce-!
Pu Feixiang’s spear strike similarly got past the layer of thick hair and stabbed into the monkey demon’s arm.
While it did not create as serious an injury as Mo Mian’s sword slash, it still drew blood nonetheless.
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Bang-!
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