Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies Chapter 1677: The Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams Formation

Facing the Gatekeeper of the Underworld’s overwhelmingly domineering strike, Zhang Yi finally revealed his ability to unite time and space.

Different-colored spirals of light shimmered in his eyes. Two intermingled forces locked onto the attack high in the sky!

“Reversal of Time and Space!”

An invisible force surged from his eyes. There was no dazzling display of supernatural power, yet the Gatekeeper of the Underworld’s attack, descending from the sky, suddenly showed signs of disintegrating, as if something had dissolved it!

This was Zhang Yi’s new ability, [Reversal of Time and Space]. It could reverse and rewind an enemy’s attack, dissolving every attack they unleashed!

Against an opponent weaker than Zhang Yi, this move could instantly nullify their abilities.

But against the incomparably powerful Gatekeeper of the Underworld, it could only weaken his attack.

Even so, Zhang Yi had already achieved his goal!

After absorbing the Essences of Ruan Ping and Silver Armor [Thunder], Zhang Yi’s ability index had reached 28,000 points!

It had only been a short time, after all. The power accumulated within his body would slowly fuse with him over the years to come.

Even so, his combat strength was now close to White Bishop Level, and he had newly comprehended a skill. At last, he and Shang Daowen had managed to join forces and withstand the Gatekeeper of the Underworld’s strike!

Zhang Yi and Shang Daowen exchanged a glance. A hint of relief appeared in both their eyes.

The Gatekeeper of the Underworld before them was indeed terrifyingly powerful, but they were not entirely without means to fight back!

Even the Gatekeeper of the Underworld himself seemed surprised that two humans had managed to block his attack.

He folded his arms and looked down at them with interest, his gaze settling on Zhang Yi.

“Time and space, two powerful forces, concentrated in a single person. Even among the Wuluan Tribe, geniuses like you are few and far between.”

He spoke to Zhang Yi in a deep, human tongue.

“But what a pity. You are not one of us, after all! If you survive today, I might consider turning you into a war puppet!”

Zhang Yi thought of a former opponent, the Sky Dragon King. The strange appearance and anguished, despairing expression the other had worn before dying still haunted his nightmares.

Zhang Yi raised his head and shouted at the Gatekeeper of the Underworld, “Do you really think victory is already yours?”

The Gatekeeper of the Underworld gave a cold laugh.

“You struggled with all your might just to block one casual attack of mine. Are you proud of yourself?”

As far as he was concerned, that had been nothing more than a casual punch.

Zhang Yi and Shang Daowen’s performance had certainly impressed him, but it was like an ant surviving after being stepped on by a human. Nothing more.

“No. We’ve already achieved what we wanted!”

The corners of Zhang Yi’s mouth slowly curled upward.

He had never been arrogant enough to believe that he and Shang Daowen alone could stop the terrifying fiend before them!

Meanwhile, when the Gatekeeper of the Underworld had been lured into the heart of Tianshui City, Houtu slowly spoke from her seat aboard a train speeding through an ethereal realm.

“Begin!”

The Tiangang Members had already dispersed throughout the areas surrounding Tianshui City. At the order, they closed their eyes without hesitation and sank into the earth, their bodies like stone pillars.

The leader of the Tiangang Members was Song Ming, the Tiangang Star, a man in his forties with a small goatee. He pressed his palms together and activated his ability.

“Brightly, the Eight Trigrams; secretly, the Nine Palaces. Zhuge Wuhou, lend me your aid. This formation will not trap a thousand armies, but a single foe within its bounds!”

The most elite members of the Dragon’s Roar Guards in Shengjing district were the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits.

The leader of this special unit, the Tiangang Star Song Ming, possessed an extraordinary ability called the [Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation].

By combining the power of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits, they could create a rule-based formation that confined all enemies within a maze.

However, this ability had one major drawback. Activating it required a large number of Transcendents, and they could not move once it was in effect.

If these thirty-six people relied solely on their own abilities, they might even be able to trap an Epsilon-class opponent.

But if they tried to trap the Gatekeeper of the Underworld, he could easily kill them with a wide-area attack.

However, paired with Zhang Yi and the other four members of the decapitation squad, they could produce an excellent result!

As the Tiangang Star activated his ability, the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation took shape.

In an instant, the sky above Tianshui City changed. Thick, dark clouds spread out and shrouded the entire city!

Everything became hazy and invisible. Only the Tiangang Star himself could grasp what was happening within the formation.

The Eight Trigrams Formation could trap a thousand armies. It combined a restraining formation with a maze, causing enemies inside to lose their sense of direction and misjudge the surrounding space.

Seeing the changes between heaven and earth, the Gatekeeper of the Underworld showed no surprise at all.

Instead, he gave an interested “Oh?”

It seemed that watching these insignificant humans struggle on the brink of death was pleasing to him.

“How magnificent life is. Even ants cherish their lives.”

“But,” he spread his arms wide, “the harder you struggle, the more I can feel the pleasure of destroying a civilization!”

Terrifying black energy rapidly emerged across the Gatekeeper of the Underworld’s arms. At that moment, he felt just like a human-shaped Love of Death, ready at any moment to unleash a force capable of destroying everything!

But just then, the sound of a train roaring suddenly reached his ears.

“Hmm?”

The Gatekeeper of the Underworld had been about to launch an indiscriminate attack on his surroundings and wipe out those who had set up the formation. But suddenly, he sensed a faint trace of danger.

That strange sound had put him on guard.

Instinctively, he threw a fierce punch toward the area to his front left!

A vast stretch of mist was blasted away. In the void, a huge black train appeared, racing through midair!

Four figures stood or crouched aboard it.

Chaos Zhang Yi; Li Changgong, Gouchen the Great Emperor; Alexei Ivanov, God of Thunder Perun; and Shang Daowen, Ksitigarbha King.

Inside the train, a black-clad young woman sat by the window, carving a rough likeness of the Gatekeeper of the Underworld with a carving knife.

Facing the Gatekeeper of the Underworld’s overwhelmingly domineering strike, Zhang Yi did not act. Instead, the weakest of them, Li Changgong, charged forward. With a sharp “shing,” he drew the gleaming long saber from his waist!

“I am the will of Heaven! Everything in this world will be split apart by my blade!”

Li Changgong’s blade cut through the air. Even the Gatekeeper of the Underworld’s overwhelmingly domineering attack was instantly cleaved apart when it met this absolute, unbreakable rule!

Zhang Yi’s philosophy was that [absolute defense is the best offense].

Li Changgong’s philosophy was the exact opposite. He believed that [offense is the best defense]!

If used properly, his ability could produce an astonishingly powerful effect.

That was why, despite having an ability index of only 18,000 points, he had still been included in the subjugation squad!