Chapter 944: Chapter 10 Core Formation

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The True Yuan is exhausted, the situation desperate.

Merely over two hundred Golden Lightning Jie Lei, now an inescapable doom for Yan Yu.

The only means he has left are the Huangting Kunwu Sword and the Yin-Yang Dust Sword, as well as Puppet Azhen. The two Flying Swords cannot be treated as disposable items. Using them to shatter seven or eight Tribulation Thunders wouldn’t be an issue, but they certainly can’t withstand over two hundred.

Similarly, Puppet A-Zhen’s Crimson Feather Nine Phoenix Fire, a cutting-type spell, has absolute killing power against a single target but is quite ineffective against groups.

The only thing worth relying on is the Yin-Yang Dust Sword Formation, which needs the Yin-Yang Micro Dust Sword to activate. A single burst of Sword Qi only has to pierce the target, using less True Yuan than the Crimson Feather Nine Phoenix Fire, but without forming a Sword Array, it still serves as a single-target capability. How to deal with over two hundred Tribulation Thunders then?

And Yan Yu’s True Yuan can no longer sustain the consumption of the Sword Formation.

The people at headquarters watched the live screen in silence, as the atmosphere gradually turned bleak.

Everyone knew, were they in Yan Yu’s current predicament, they’d likely have no chance to turn the tide, doomed to be sitting ducks.

“I’m going out for a walk.” Zhou Hongyu turned to leave.

“Don’t be foolish enough to think about trying to save him at the Crossing Tribulation site.” Chen Lingyun warned, “If he has a glimmer of hope, your intrusion would ensure his certain death.”

“I won’t.” Zhou Hongyu left the command center with a cold retort.

Tang Xiaolian watched Zhou Hongyu’s retreating figure and suddenly asked Chen Lingyun:

“Does Captain Yan really have a glimmer of hope?”

“Don’t know.” Chen Lingyun replied, “I can only say, him circling around those Tribulation Thunders is definitely not for the sake of dying a few minutes later.”

Upon hearing this, Tang Xiaolian was speechless and after a long pause she said:

“I’m going to the restroom.”

Her eyes red, she too left the room. The atmosphere within grew heavier, until Zhang Huaide spoke up:

“I also believe Captain Yan won’t make meaningless moves, but in this situation, I really can’t see how he’ll turn it around. He should’ve prepared more large-scale strike capabilities.”

Chen Lingyun neither agreed nor disagreed. Did Yan Yu dislike large-scale attack methods? Of course not. Like letting a puppet use the Great Bright Fire, which might shatter three or four dozen Tribulation Thunders at a time, but the same True Yuan spent to activate the Yin-Yang Dust Sword Formation, with more precise control and sharper judgment, could directly shatter hundreds.

Considering the cost-effectiveness of the True Yuan, Yan Yu’s chosen tactic was already optimal. If there were any shortcomings, it would be not having prepared enough Ten Thousand Bamboo Swords and small Xuan Guang Rulers–but who could have foreseen that? Lu Country had given Yan Yu nearly all the resources they could produce in a short time.

She watched the live screen silently, her face unusually without a smile.

Yan Yu, if you have any ace up your sleeve, now’s the time to use it.

Don’t worry me any further.

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With the efforts of the cultivators, the turmoil in the vicinity gradually subsided.

The four great combat teams returned to the Wudang Mountain base, girls of the Zhenhai Team rushed to the command center, only to be informed upon entry that Yan Yu had run out of options and was now struggling in his last stand at the Crossing Tribulation site.

“Is there no way at all?” Su Yunjin urgently asked.

“None.” Mei Yingxue answered, “Once the Crossing Tribulation begins, everything is up to him. Any form of external intervention can only backfire.”

Su Yunjin looked despondent and dispirited, but then heard Zhao Yuanzhen laugh heartily:

“Don’t worry, Yan Yu will certainly be fine.”

“Right.” Xie Ruoxi also voiced her agreement with a firm expression, “Our captain is the strongest.”

I wish I could be irrationally confident like you… Su Yunjin felt helpless, could only anxiously gaze at the live screen, wishing she could rush in and aid the captain right away.

“Why does he keep circling?” Lin Ning suddenly asked.

“Don’t know.” replied Chen Lingyun, “But there’s definitely a deeper purpose.”

“I’ve got it!” Liu Longtao burst in from outside, followed by Li Minghu with his sword on his back, exclaiming loudly.

“It’s all resolved?” Mei Yingxue asked the two.

“Yes.” Li Minghu nodded, “The lead was Shinyori Simie from Chongying, I’ve killed him a few times, but he managed to escape using the Paperman as a substitute for death.”

The Four Great Demon Kings of Chongying basically represent the highest Combat Power of the Yin Yang Bureau. For Li Minghu to kill the adversary alone was already a remarkable feat, but no one had the time to worry about that at the moment.

“Old Yan is in a bad spot.” After watching the screen for a while, Liu Longtao spoke gravely, “He surely doesn’t have much True Yuan left, otherwise, he would have utilized the Yin-Yang Dust Sword Formation and resolved this long ago! Now being chased by the Tribulation Thunder, even Sword Flight consumes his True Yuan, isn’t he going to be exhausted to death?”

“If it’s something everyone can see, there’s no need for you to analyze and repeat it.” Chen Lingyun said with a not-so-friendly smile.

“Given his personality, he won’t just sit and wait for death.” Li Minghu said calmly, “But I also don’t understand what he’s doing.”

“Just keeps circling.” Lin Ning frowned, speculating, “Is he testing the turning capability of the Tribulation Thunder?”

“If he’s testing the maximum angular velocity, wouldn’t it be obvious after one or two rotations?” Li Minghu shook his head.

“There’s another point.” Mei Yingxue joined the discussion, “Each time he circles, it seems he takes the same route, but there’s a certain deviation in angle and position each time.”

“Of course there’d be deviation.” Liu Longtao retorted, “Old Yan doesn’t have a laser guidance system in his brain, how could he travel the exact same trajectory each circle, without a single deviation?”

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