Chapter 2865: Too Inefficient!

While Ye Yuan and Wang Yan were chatting, Feng Xiaotian suddenly announced loudly, “Brothers in the city, anyone who understands formations, please gather at the southern city wall!”

“I do!”

“I do too!”

“City Lord Feng needs us, let’s go!”

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In an instant, those experts who understood formations surged toward the city wall.

Ye Yuan witnessed what it meant to have a hundred responses to a single call.

Being able to serve Feng Xiaotian seemed to become a kind of honor.

“I can’t talk to you anymore. I’m also a fifth-rank celestial formation master. Since City Lord Feng has called, I have to go!” With that, Wang Yan ignored Ye Yuan and ran off eagerly.

For a formation of this level, a fifth-grade celestial formation master would naturally not be needed.

But now, Feng Xiaotian was also grasping at straws.

Ye Yuan did not hesitate and joined those celestial formation masters.

"Eh, Brother Ye is also a celestial formation master?" Wang Yan was quite surprised when he saw Ye Yuan coming over.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "I know a little."

Wang Yan nodded and said, "Well, this is a critical moment. Everyone contributes what they can. Later, follow me, and if there's anything you don't understand, you can ask me."

Ye Yuan nodded and said, "Then I'll thank Brother Wang in advance."

Soon, over a thousand celestial formation masters gathered below the southern city wall, ranging from fifth-grade to sixth-grade.

As for seventh-grade and eighth-grade celestial formation masters, they were already top-tier experts and were currently repairing the grand formation on the city wall.

Feng Xiaotian cupped his hands to the crowd and said, "Brothers, as you can all see, the city's protective grand formation is severely damaged and nearly paralyzed. The blood clan is attacking us with increasing frequency. In at most five days, they will return in full force. Without the protective grand formation, it will be difficult for us to hold Nanqi Giant City. Therefore, Feng requests everyone's help!"

"It is our honor to serve City Lord Feng!" Those celestial formation masters immediately responded.

A flicker of reluctance passed through Feng Xiaotian's eyes as he bowed deeply to the thousand or so Heaven Array Masters.

The realm of fifth- and sixth-grade Heaven Array Masters was too low; repairing a grand formation close to the level of the source carried great risk.

If they were careless, the source power within the formation would drain them dry.

But at this moment, Feng Xiaotian had no other choice.

Ye Yuan couldn't help but sigh—this place was truly different!

With just one call from Feng Xiaotian, over a thousand Heaven Array Masters stepped forward resolutely, without a moment's hesitation.

This was simply unimaginable in the Extreme Medicine Sect.

This was a matter of life and death!

"Feng... entrusts this to all of you!" Feng Xiaotian choked out.

"Lord Feng, no need to be polite—this is our duty!" the crowd said in unison.

It had to be said, Feng Xiaotian possessed great leadership qualities.

Every move he made gave people a sense of approachability.

And Ye Yuan could see that Feng Xiaotian truly valued his subordinates; it didn't seem feigned.

Soon, many seventh-grade Heaven Array Masters came over and led away the thousand-plus people.

Fifth- and sixth-grade Heaven Array Masters could only repair a small part, but many hands make light work—their participation would speed up the restoration of the grand formation.

"One sixth-grade Heaven Array Master leads ten fifth-grade ones. You ten sixth-grade masters follow me to assist in repairing the formation. Do exactly as I say, and never act on your own. Understood?" A seventh-grade Heaven Array Master came before Ye Yuan and the others, directly selecting a hundred and ten people to leave.

The same was done for the others.

This method of grouping minimized casualties.

"I have broken down the foundation of this seventh-grade Heaven Array. You eleven are responsible for this area! Remember, be extremely careful—don't make the slightest mistake!"

"Yes, Lord Qili!" The sixth-grade Heaven Array Master leading Ye Yuan replied respectfully.

This man was called Liu Yi, and he was said to have considerable achievements in the way of arrays.

Ye Yuan paid no heed to Qi Li's instructions, already beginning to survey this majestic and astonishing grand formation.

In the texts of the Lost Spirit Sect, Ye Yuan had also seen many formations of immense power, and his knowledge was incomparable to that of these people.

This city-guarding grand formation was an extremely complex linked formation, touching upon the realm of origins, only a step away from a true origin grand formation.

A linked grand formation could not be laid out by a single ninth-grade celestial formation master; it must have been the joint effort of many celestial formation masters.

This formation connected to the Absolute Heaven Barrier, sealing off all retreat.

For the blood clan to break into the Absolute Heaven Barrier, they had to conquer Nanqi Giant City.

However, after successive fierce battles in Nanqi Giant City, the formation's power had long been reduced to less than a tenth.

After the previous battle, it was now even more dilapidated.

From this, one could imagine how terrifying the battle before their arrival had been.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, a scream came, startling Ye Yuan.

A fifth-grade celestial formation master had been devoured by the formation.

But the others did not even look back.

They were not callous; they were racing against time.

In Nanqi Giant City, death was all too common.

Emotions like grief were the most useless.

When someone died, blood must be repaid with blood!

Repairing the formation would allow them to kill more blood clan and avenge everyone!

"Kid, what are you standing there for? In Nanqi Giant City, there's no time for you to wallow in sentimentality! Get to work!" Liu Yi barked coldly at Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan glanced at him and said, "Repairing it like this, not to mention five days, even fifty days won't be enough to finish."

Liu Yi frowned, thinking this newcomer had too much nonsense.

Whether it could be repaired or not was for the seniors to decide; what business was it of a mere Saint Emperor Heaven?

"That's not your concern! Just do the repairs, and don't worry about anything else!"

Ye Yuan still showed no intention of starting, merely saying calmly, "This thousand-plus people are barely a drop in the bucket. Even if they all die, the repairs won't be completed. And the repaired formation will still be fragile. If so, we're just wasting time."

Liu Yi exploded upon hearing this, sneering, "Oh? So you mean we should just sit here and wait for death? Newcomer, I don't care what kind of genius you are elsewhere, in Nanqi Giant City, you just obey orders! Are you going to work or not? If not, get the hell out!"

Ye Yuan was not angry, merely saying calmly, "Give me half an hour, and I think I can repair this section of the formation base alone."

Ye Yuan pointed to the area covered by these hundred and ten people, not just their group of ten.

These hundred and ten celestial formation masters were involved with tens of thousands of formation nodes.

Even if they worked nonstop, they couldn't finish in less than a day.

Now Ye Yuan brazenly claimed that he alone could complete the repairs in half an hour—wasn't that ridiculous?

Liu Yi laughed in anger, "Kid, I think you're not here to repair the formation but to cause trouble! Get lost! I don't have time to listen to your bullshit!"

Wang Yan also hadn't expected Ye Yuan to be such a braggart.

Did you come to Nanqi Giant City just to show off?

But didn't you know this was no place for showing off?

Here, there was only killing and obedience!

"Ye Yuan, this isn't the Extreme Medicine Sect! Can you read the room before you brag?" Wang Yan advised.

Ye Yuan said helplessly, "I'm not bragging. Whether I can do it or not, we'll know in half an hour! Also, I hope everyone stops. Repairing like this only costs lives and is too inefficient!"

"Ha, kid, you've got a big mouth! If these thousand people stop for half an hour, do you know how much work will be delayed? Can you afford that loss?"

"Exactly, even the ninth-grade celestial formation master Ziyang has no solution, and you, a mere Saint Emperor Heaven, think you're better than him?"

"Get lost now! Keep causing trouble and wasting everyone's time, and we'll send you on your way!"

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In an instant, everyone's矛头 turned against Ye Yuan.