Chapter 78

In the fog of Blood Mist Valley, where not even an inch ahead could be seen, only in Yushin Yun's eyes did the five-colored radiance of Baiqing Jie Hei Jin (White Green Red Black Gold) shine from all directions.

The light was emanating from the deceased buried throughout Blood Mist Valley.

"It's been a while."

He felt a renewed sense of reflection.

Blood Mist Valley was the place where he first created a skeleton using the body of a martial artist to prepare for his battle with Yujin Sang.

However, his moment of reminiscence was brief.

For some reason, Yushin Yun's brows were furrowed.

"Something is different from before."

From the moment he immersed himself in the fog of Blood Mist Valley, he had felt an indescribable foreign sensation within his body.

The energy, which had been accumulating imperceptibly like snowflakes falling from the sky, soon revealed its true nature.

"Is it a corrosive poison or a potent venom?"

The poisons mixed in the fog made it difficult for Yushin Yun to control his inner energy. They were even more lethal and powerful than the corrosive poison from the Black Sand Whirlwind he had experienced in the Ten Thousand Phenomena Cave.

There was only one reason for such a sudden change.

"Is it because I have reached the pinnacle of martial arts?"

Apparently, the higher one's martial arts skills, the greater the negative impact the formation in Blood Mist Valley had on intruders.

"Quite a dangerous situation."

However, contrary to his words, Yushin Yun's face was calm.

Indeed, the fog of Blood Mist Valley posed no threat to him.

Rumble!

He then drew upon the dark mana and natural forces.

"If I only had inner energy, it would have been a different story."

As the energies surged within his body, the discomfort he had felt began to completely dissipate.

With a body as light as a feather, Yushin Yun moved through the beams of light, gradually heading deeper into the valley.

He had returned to Blood Mist Valley for three reasons.

"It's been too many battles. It's time to replenish my depleted inner energy."

The first reason was that a significant portion of the inner energy he had accumulated from extracting the life force of the deceased had been depleted.

The inner energy absorbed from the deceased through life force extraction was one-time use. Once used, it disappeared.

Therefore, he had continuously absorbed the energy of his enemies as he defeated them, but the amount consumed during battles was much greater.

The second reason was to increase his actual combat strength.

The confrontation with the massive sects of Huangluo Escort Agency, Huangshan Sect, and Nine Dragons Hall was imminent.

"Although it's a pity that the highest level of the deceased in Blood Mist Valley is only at the peak of the realm, it's still crucial to secure as many summonable beings as possible."

For a necromancer, there was no simpler or easier way to increase combat strength than by increasing the number of summonable beings.

The third and final reason was to resolve the deceased's wishes and, in return, obtain as many high-level martial arts techniques as possible.

Of course, it was not for Yushin Yun to master them.

He already possessed much higher-level martial arts techniques.

However, he needed these techniques to serve as a foundation for creating basic martial arts techniques to teach to the subordinates of the escort agency.

Thud.

At that moment, Yushin Yun stopped.

Despite his lingering regret, he continued to search the interior of Blood Mist Valley, but it seemed there were no deceased of a higher level than gold.

Yushin Yun smacked his lips.

Swoosh.

"Out of necessity."

He reached out to a nearby gold-level deceased.

Rumble!

He immediately cast the life force extraction skill.

However, the skill did not activate properly.

A familiar system message appeared before his eyes.

[Skill, Life Force Extraction, has been rejected.]

[To contact the deceased, the formation in Blood Mist Valley, '??', must be deactivated.]

'Same as before.'

The reason he left Blood Mist Valley previously was due to this warning message.

However, Yushin Yun had brought the key to solve this problem.

He immediately activated a new skill.

"Formation Disruption."

As he spoke, the greatest power given to him by Manshang began to take effect.

[Skill has been successfully activated.]

[Formation detected.]

[Disruption of the unknown formation, '??', has begun.]

Whoosh! Whoosh!

A mysterious aura began to swirl in his eyes.

"Is this...!"

Although there was no visible change, the surroundings as seen through Yushin Yun's eyes were completely transformed.

The thick fog began to gradually dissipate.

All the large and small things in Blood Mist Valley were decomposed and reinterpreted through Yushin Yun's eyes.

[Weak points of the unknown formation, '??', have been identified.]

[The formation has been in place for an excessively long time since its initial deployment.]

[The formation is extremely aged, with collapse points scattered throughout.]

[Disruption complete. The true nature of the unknown formation, '??', has been revealed.]

Yushin Yun was greatly surprised by the content of the message revealing the true nature of the formation in Blood Mist Valley.

"Was there a physical form to the formation in Blood Mist Valley?"

According to what he knew, the formation that enveloped Blood Mist Valley was the result of the mixing of the formations from both sides after the great battle between the righteous and the evil.

It was a kind of mutation that occurred by chance, without any intention from either side.

Therefore, no one dared to even consider dismantling the formation.

[Congratulations. You have discovered the formation, 'Xuewu Tianluo Formation (Blood Mist Heavenly Net Formation)', for the first time.]

Manshang had solved it with ease.

"Xuewu Tianluo Formation."

Yushin Yun repeated it several times, recalling another memory of the future stored in his mind.

However, it was a name he had never heard of, even from the righteous, evil, or demonic sects, let alone the Blood Sect.

"If I can disrupt such an unconventional formation, as Manshang said, I might be able to dismantle all formations in the world with this single skill."

As a new system message appeared, Yushin Yun's eyes sparkled.

[Conditions met. Hidden effect of the skill, 'Formation Disruption', has been activated.]

[Additional effect, 'Formation Reconstruct', has been obtained.]

[The formation, 'Xuewu Tianluo Formation', has been added to the list of reconstructable formations.]

The content was astonishing.

Whether it was intentional on Manshang's part or the power he left behind merged with Yushin Yun's interface system to advance to a new level, the Formation Disruption skill had evolved beyond just dismantling formations.

[Formation Disruption]

Level: SS

Proficiency: 3.1%

Understanding the principles of all formations in the world means being able to disrupt them all.

Disrupts the formation designated by the user.

The formation must be within the user's field of vision.

-Additional effect: 'Formation Reconstruct'

Can freely activate a formation that has been disrupted.

Current number of formations: 1.

Yushin Yun ignored the description of the Formation Disruption skill and repeatedly confirmed the additional effect at the bottom.

"Can I use the formations I have disrupted?"

Indeed, it seemed that those who were destined to succeed would do so.

Formations that had been successfully dismantled could now be used freely.

Yushin Yun inwardly rejoiced and checked the newly obtained formation.

[Xuewu Tianluo Formation]

A hybrid formation that was completed when the Extermination Heavenly Net Formation (滅魔天羅陣), created by the martial arts alliance by combining the 108 Arhats Formation (百八羅漢陣) of Shaolin Temple, the Xuantian Taiji Formation (玄天太極陣) of Wudang Sect, and the Cangqiong Wuai Formation (蒼穹無涯陣) of Nangong, and the Nine Heavens Blood Mist Formation (九天血霧陣), the most fearsome formation of the Heavenly Mountain Demon Sect, accidentally merged 200 years ago.

Because it is a formation that combines the essence of the formations of the martial arts alliance and the demon sect, it is impossible to dismantle it unless one is proficient in both sides' formations.

When the formation is activated, a thick fog that obscures even the nearest view is spread, and the higher the martial arts level of the person within the formation, the more potent the poison that is dispersed.

"Indeed, it is almost impossible to dismantle."

Yushin Yun immediately recognized the uniqueness of the Xuewu Tianluo Formation.

The formations of Shaolin, Wudang, and Nangong, as well as the demon sect, mentioned in the description, were the highest-level formations of each faction, and naturally, the most closely guarded secrets.

Therefore, there would be no one who could master the principles of all these formations.

In other words,

Yushin Yun had obtained the strongest formation that could completely hide him from others' sight, which he could activate anywhere from this moment on.

"This is fortunate."

It was the ability he needed most for the upcoming battles.

Yushin Yun could not hide his joy, but he took a deep breath to calm his excited heart.

"There is still much to do."

He had only taken the first step by dismantling the formation.

The original plan had not even begun.

"Reconstruct, Xuewu Tianluo Formation."

He reactivated the formation he had dismantled.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

In an instant, a massive fog enveloped the surroundings.

Originally, to activate a formation, a martial artist needed many preparations and steps, but the Reconstruct skill solved everything with a single word.

However, it was not just a matter of appearance.

The destructive power of the formation was vastly different.

Unbelievably, the formation that had been in place in Blood Mist Valley for countless years had weakened significantly.

The formation Yushin Yun activated now proved this by emitting a thick, suffocating poison throughout the valley.

Of course, Yushin Yun had control over the Xuewu Tianluo Formation, so the area around him was free of any fog or poison.

"This will probably make the sinister legend of Blood Mist Valley even more intense because of me."

Yushin Yun scratched the back of his head.

A short while later,

Yushin Yun began to move toward the very center of Blood Mist Valley, a place he had not even known existed before.

The moment the formation's seal was broken, he felt the presence of numerous deceased with a level far exceeding gold.

Finally,

"There they are!"

Dozens of deceased were buried in the ground, separated by a long sword mark as if drawn by a powerful force.

They appeared to have ended in a mutual destruction after a fierce battle.

They were shining with a new color of radiance.

One was a green radiance, and the other was a gray radiance.

Judging by the intensity of the energy emitted, the deceased emitting the gray radiance seemed to