Immortality Through Array Formations Chapter 2180 Chapter 1021: The Siege Battle

This incident has once more ignited widespread fury.

"No way... I was only kidding, did he actually hide out in the inner city?"

"The team is battling with everything they've got, and he's just cowering?"

"He could at least step out and launch a couple of fireballs. Skulking around in hiding like this, what's the point?"

"Scared of getting killed?"

In the midst of these fiery debates, a handful of keen-sighted cultivators pointed out:

"Could Mo Hua be arranging a formation?"

One person scoffed, "Setting up a formation isn't that tough, is it?"

"They're all prepared ahead of time."

"For the sword discussion, all formations get sketched out beforehand, checked by the elders, and brought into the fight. You merely deploy them in combat, but does it really need this much time squatting there fiddling around?"

Though formations pack a punch, their setup demands far too much time.

In the past, cultivators would always ready their formations prior to clashes, deploying them well in advance.

If not, trying to craft one right in the heat of battle would prove too slow.

The Sword Discussion Conference follows the same pattern.

With Mo Hua hunkered down there, "fiddling" endlessly, insisting he's laying a formation, yet to onlookers, it appears as though he's just "stalling" and "goofing off" completely.

"He's slacking so much in the fight, won't Taixu Gate step in?"

"Will Taixu Gate put up with this?"

"I swear he's not the Sect Leader's secret son; it's the Sect Leader who's his secret son. How else would he get pampered like 'a father'...

The sword discussion presses on.

Taixu Gate starts off weaker in raw power.

They're also handicapped by the event's rules.

Facing these stacked odds, a so-called "Crown Prince" opts for outright passive defiance.

The fight's result hangs obvious in the air.

The Heavenly Sword Sect's Sword Qi blazed like a brilliant rainbow, surging forward relentlessly, shattering two city gates one after another, sweeping past the outer city, and barreling toward the inner city.

This advance felt effortless, straightforward, and utterly inevitable.

Linghu Xiao and his group poured their strength into the fray, desperately holding the line.

Yet their resistance only bought a brief delay, stirring no real disturbance.

Before long, they fell back steadily, pushed all the way to the inner city.

The five Heavenly Sword Sect disciples assembled right outside the inner city gates.

This stood as the last barrier.

Should they smash through the gate ahead, storm the inner city, reach the central hall, eliminate every Taixu Gate disciple blocking their path, and topple the City Lord's statue, victory in this sword discussion round would be theirs.

The Heavenly Sword Sect would claim yet another triumph, inching nearer to dominating the Four Great Sects in the sword discussion rankings.

It marked one more overwhelming conquest.

"Taixu Gate is about to lose once more..."

This notion crept into the thoughts of most cultivators watching from beyond the

arena.

Furthermore, defeat felt more and more expected.

No twists or turns in sight.

A few spectators outside let out sighs, growing weary of the spectacle.

"This sort of sword discussion is such a drag on time..."

"I could predict the rest blindfolded..."

"It'll just be the Heavenly Sword Sect folks smashing the gate, rushing inside, a brutal clash, followed by Linghu Xiao and his crew getting cut down...

"That kid Mo Hua would hit the Dao Discussion Jade once more and bolt to safety."

"After that, the Heavenly Sword Sect hacks the City Lord's statue, and that's it..."

"The divide between the Four Great Sects and Taixu Gate remains vast; Taixu Gate has no shot at winning..."

Atop the Shangguan Family's observation deck.

Yu Er lowered his head, his young face etched with letdown.

Wenren Wan softly stroked Yu Er's head, offering quiet reassurance.

Zhang Lan and the rest appeared somewhat downcast too.

The mood turned somber briefly.

Within the sword discussion field, the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples had unleashed the Sky Star Sword, its pristine white Sword Qi surging with immense might, slamming hard against the gate.

Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, and Ouyang Xuan rushed up to intercept.

Linghu Xiao ignited his Chongxu Sword Qi as well, clashing against the incoming Sword Qi from the Heavenly Sword Sect.

However, the Heavenly Sword Sect's Sword Qi overwhelmed everything. With all five combining forces, bolstered by heavenly might, it crashed like an unyielding tide, impossible to withstand directly.

Cheng Mo and his allies yielded ground repeatedly.

Even Linghu Xiao couldn't stand firm by himself.

The immaculate white Sky Star Sword Qi wave upon wave battered the gate, each hit jabbing like a dagger into the hearts of Taixu Gate's allied cultivators.

Every blow sent their spirits trembling.

Should the gate fall, the bout would end right there.

Everything afterward would lose all purpose.

Numerous onlookers hoped the gate would hold, hoped Taixu Gate wouldn't fall.

But far more awaited the instant it crumbled.

Awaited the sight of Taixu Gate's disciples felled one after another by the blades.

Time dragged on amid this nail-biting suspense.

The Heavenly Sword Sect disciples kept pounding the gate with Sword Qi.

The gate persisted in "resisting" valiantly.

Yet despite the prolonged onslaught, the gate refused to give way...

From the stands, viewers exchanged puzzled glances, sensing something off.

A bit more time passed, and the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples continued hammering the gate.

The gate quietly absorbed the barrage of Sky Star Sword Qi, looking on the verge of collapse any second, but after what felt like ages, nothing shifted.

This gate acted like it was forged from "unbreakable iron."

By now, faces across the crowd twisted in surprise.

"What in the world..."

"Is something faulty with this gate?"

"It's not the gate; it's the formation etched on it... it feels strange?"

Then, cultivators skilled in formations, along with various sects' Formation Arts Elders, scrutinized the faint formation radiance on the gate, barely visible through the thick Sword Qi.

Upon closer inspection, one gasped in shock, leaping to their feet:

"High-Rank Formation!!"

"Taixu Gate deployed a High-Rank Formation during the sword discussion?!"

The area fell quiet for a beat, then burst into chaos.

It was like tossing a boulder into calm waters, ripples exploding everywhere.

The audience descended into total clamor.

"Second Grade High-Level Formation?!"

"You've got to be kidding?"

"Aren't sword discussion formations capped at Second Grade Middle-Level?"

"This breaks the rules..."

"Cheating?"

"Taixu Gate pulling cheats?"