Chapter 21: Initial Breakthrough of the Array Technique

  Xie Li had guessed that killing a fourth-grade cultivator in the later period was his limit, but he still secretly held onto a glimmer of hope. Now, hearing Lin Huan personally confirm it, he couldn't help but feel greatly disappointed. Moreover, Lin Huan could at least kill Yang De Song, a fourth-grade cultivator in the later period, while the other elders found it difficult to do so.

  "I also know that this matter is of great importance, and I have been a bit too much for you to handle. Since we met, my sister and I, as well as the entire Hidden Sect, have been constantly causing trouble for you, and I deeply feel apologetic about it in my heart. However, now that I am at a dead end, with thousands of disciples in the Hidden Sect, there is only one person who has the ability to help the Hidden Sect and is willing to do so sincerely - and that is you. Even if you dislike me, my sister and I have no choice but to rely on you... The great kindness of Master Lin will never be forgotten by the Hidden Sect as long as my sister and I are here."

  Lin Heng was so choked that he rolled his eyes, and the other person's tone was so righteous and confident, which was a first for him.

  It must be said that the other party is so sincere and open with themselves, although they are being "cheated", but they don't feel a bit of resentment.

  "I have two top-notch martial arts manuals, the highest-level martial arts secrets in our sect, second only to the three great treasures of the sect. Originally, they were reserved for disciples who made great contributions to the sect as a reward, and even elders couldn't practice them. As long as you agree, regardless of whether we win or lose this battle, you can choose one of them as our sect's reward to you."

  Four supreme martial arts, for a small sect like the Weixing Sect, should be the ultimate martial arts. As he said, their sect's elders didn't even have the qualifications to cultivate it, and Xie Li was able to offer such a reward, which was already very generous of him.

  Lin Heng sank into thought for a moment, then said, "Let me think about this for a few days."

  Xie Lixing nodded solemnly: "The crisis we are facing this time is more severe than Yang Desong's betrayal." He let out a deep sigh that was not suitable for his age, saying: "Lin Shixiong, the Hidden Sect is my father's legacy. I am young and weak, and my abilities are insufficient. But I do not want it to perish in my hands, so its life and death can only be entrusted to you."

  Although Lin Guang had not yet agreed, the news that Di Yin Zong was about to ask Lin Guang to substitute for him in battle quickly spread. Whether it was outside or inside the sect, it caused a stir of discussion.

  The news of Lin Heng killing the Great Elder Yang Desong was originally only spread within a small circle, and outsiders rarely knew his name. As this news came out, the name "Lin Heng" suddenly appeared frequently in various sects of the Shoujing Mountains.

  If Zuo Xiang is summoned as a reinforcement, it means that Lin Feng is under the age of twenty-five; it also means that the higher-ups in the Zuo Xiang Sect believe he can fight against a group of five strong experts!

  This mysterious young man, where did he come from? The other sects of the Shoujing Mountains, especially the ten sects involved in the trial, immediately sent people to search for information about Lin Hang everywhere.

  "Do you think Lin will agree to fight? I heard he's only at the third-grade cultivation level, and facing those fifth-grade powerhouses, if he gets hit by one of them, it'll be a disaster..."

  "Although Lin Shixiong is only a third-grade cultivator, he can kill Yang Desong, that treacherous villain. How could he be so incompetent? Otherwise, the Young Master wouldn't have let them represent our sect in battle. There are rumors circulating within the sect that he's the direct disciple of Guest Elder Qing, and although he's only a third-grade cultivator, his actual strength far surpasses his level... Alas, compared to a fifth-grade strongman, there's still a huge gap. Unfortunately, all the experts in our sect are too useless, whoever goes out to fight this battle won't have any hope of winning..."

  "Yes. Although Lin is formidable, he's facing fifth-grade powerhouses, how can Yang DeSong, a fourth-grade powerhouse, compare? Moreover, the 'Refining Crystal Vein' is a golden egg-laying hen, and the newly discovered 'Fire Crystal Vein' are gold mines of inestimable value, which sect wouldn't go all out to fight for them? Lin's chances of winning against those desperate fifth-grade powerhouses are basically zero..."

  "'Lian Jing Mine' has been in our Yu Yin Sect for 20 years, and the sect has become so prosperous, its credit is the greatest. Two months later, it's estimated that we'll have to hand it over to others, at that time the days within the sect will definitely be difficult to get through, perhaps the entire sect will disperse us low-ranking disciples..."

  Whether on the walking path or in the martial arts arena, as long as they gathered in threes and twos, they were whispering to each other, discussing the competition two months later.

  Outside was a heated discussion, but Lin Hang didn't bother to pay attention.

  At this time, he was outside the cave house of Guifeng Ridge, narrowing his eyes and constantly peeping at the large array on the half mountain waist covered by clouds and fog.

  He looked at it for a while, then squatted on the ground with twigs, writing Arabic numerals to calculate, or drawing line segments to simulate.

  With his strength, it was naturally impossible to understand such a high-level formation. But he could learn step by step, explore bit by bit, and grow from there.

  "The Turtle-Shaped Shield Array" This magnificent reality array is far beyond the small, simulated spell arrays of Lin Huan and others. It's complexity is tens of thousands of times greater, requiring a nearly countless amount of space stones and materials.

  Every piece of space stone must land without any deviation, and every energy track must be precisely aligned with the heavens to produce an energetic reaction. Such a massive project is mentally and physically exhausting, and extremely time-consuming.

  Lin Heng had thoroughly digested the few books of great array essentials obtained from Zuo Xuan's sect, but after all, it was just theoretical knowledge from books, lacking a specific research object.

  This "Turtle Shell Formation" is undoubtedly his best combat textbook.

  Formation methods, like the warrior's ranking system, are also divided into ranks according to their complexity and difficulty. From low to high, they are divided into one to nine ranks. For example, the "Turtle Shield Formation" in front of us is a fourth-rank formation method.

  Lin Heng finally cracked a faint smile from noon till afternoon.

  He picked up a large pile of hard stones with his clothes, and came to the southeast direction of the big array. He observed for a moment, took out three stones and threw them in three calculated directions, using his inner strength to throw them one by one. Immediately afterwards, he quickly threw two more stones into the gap between the fluctuations of the two arrays' energy.

  The massive array suddenly shook, and Lin Hong stepped forward with a large stride, breaking through the counter-shock force that the array had unleashed.

  He raised his hand and a stone fell, the direction of the inner array was calculated to be good, like raindrops splashing out six blocks, a three-meter-long road appeared in front of him. Lin walked into it, at this time, the big array underwent a significant change, the fluctuating energy was completely different from before.

  Lin Heng was confident and turned his body towards a formation eye in the northeast corner, striking out another stone.

  In this way, after a brief moment of tea-drinking, Lin's figure flashed and suddenly appeared inside the cave.

  "Haha...... Successful penetration......" Lin Hengxi's face lit up with joy and satisfaction.

  With his excellent mathematical abilities in his past life, he mastered the array technique that others could hardly grasp after years of hard study within a few days. He broke through the fourth-grade array technique at once, and this kind of dark satisfaction and joy made him excited. Of course, what he did was just breaking through, not cracking. Breaking through means finding the loopholes in the array technique and finding a way to enter it. Cracking is thoroughly making the big array collapse. The difficulty between the two is far apart.

  Lin Heng broke through the "Turtle Shield Formation", allowing only one person to enter the formation. Because once inside, every step would cause the formation to change immediately, even if someone was closely following him, they couldn't keep up. Even if he tied a rope around his waist and had someone follow behind, they still couldn't keep up. This is because the formation belongs to a special energy space with countless spatial rifts; when two people are connected by a rope, any change in energy would cause all objects to be cut off by space.

  That's the difference between law array and maze array.

  "It seems that my current knowledge of formation techniques will allow me to study that mysterious book on formations! If I diligently research for a period of time, given enough time, I will definitely be able to crack the secrets of this 4th-grade 'Turtle Shell Formation' and not just penetrate it."

  This time, Lin Huan did not use the "Array Soul Shocking Heaven Treasure". He is currently in the stage of absorbing array knowledge and does not want to use any external objects. Otherwise, the "Array Soul Shocking Heaven Treasure" would become a hindrance to his progress, rather than promoting it.

  As he became more and more fascinated with the formation method, Lin Heng spent every day cultivating for a short period of time, while the rest of his time was immersed in that nameless formation method book.

  This book is indeed profound and abstruse, extremely mysterious.

  Logically, Lin Heng has accumulated and understood the key points of previous formations, making him a formation master with intermediate ability in formation knowledge. He can roughly integrate most formations and has no problem with deep-layered formations.

  But he spent three days before he grasped the contents of the first page of the secret book.

  He couldn't help but exclaim that this book was too powerful, and that the world actually had such a perverted way of arranging arrays! The array thinking in this book was simply unprecedented, and it completely deviated from all the knowledge of arrays that Lin had ever seen.

  For example, in traditional array methods, there is usually only one "master stone" to ensure the core command of the large array and avoid energy conflicts. However, this book describes an array with twelve master stones, all of which can independently command, but not simply a rough collection. For instance, the array eye in a large array is often the weakest point, feared to be discovered by others, so the array controller usually makes various disguises to cover it up; however, this book does the opposite, exposing its array eyes everywhere, and they are all real array eyes, not fake ones. Only when the array breaker breaks through the array eye, another one immediately appears, and after breaking through three array eyes in a row, the array eye will be completely destroyed, turning the large array into an array without an array eye. In other words, the opponent cleverly forms a small-scale magic array with the three array eyes. To crack this array, it is absolutely impossible to attack from the array eye; otherwise, it will help the opponent perfect the large array.

  Lin Heng's eyes widened in shock as he sucked in a breath of cold air. Such an array must be an ancient relic!

  No wonder Uncle Righteous would put this book and "Xuan Xin Qi Duan Ao Jue" together, these two books are actually from the same place.