Array formations are carved and inscribed with countless intricate runes and strokes.
They conform to the laws of heaven and earth, containing infinite subtleties and being mysterious and changeable. It appears to be a flat surface, but in reality, the nodes hidden within are as vast as the sea, boundless and immeasurable.
At the end of the Demon God Era, Fuxi set up numerous grand formations to seal his divine soul within the palace. The method he employed was the most ancient and typical defensive formation.
Ji Chang stood in place, watching the formation before him tremble under the might of countless weak Daoist techniques, on the verge of collapse. He couldn't help but chuckle.
Although this defensive formation was merely the first layer of sealing his divine soul, with more restrictions set behind it, breaking through the main gate wouldn't grant him freedom.
But with the Heavenly Book in hand, what difficulty would there be in breaking the formation?
As long as he could get this body into the palace, the remaining seven layers of Fuxi's restrictions would be utterly incapable of stopping him.
Ruling the world was within reach!
A cold smile played on the Demon God's lips. It was time. The formation on the gate was already in disrepair. With a single strike on the formation's core, he could shatter it!
"Come, let me end it with my own hands!" Ji Chang's face contorted, and the Demon God raised his halberd.
Since it was a formation sealing him, he had to break it himself. Otherwise, even if the seal were broken, a mental block would remain, preventing him from regaining his peak strength.
Just as Ji Chang's body, grinning ferociously, clenched his halberd, seemingly about to charge and shatter the seal the next moment, an unforeseen event occurred.
"Stop right there!"
The divine beast remnant guarding this area finally detected Ji Chang's presence. The Qiongqi, which had fought with Yaohuo before, let out a furious roar. Then, using its innate divine ability, it instantly tore through space and, with a thunderous growl, slammed a claw at the young general.
"Yaohuo, save me quickly, or you won't be able to continue breaking the formation!"
In this moment of crisis, the Demon God cried out loudly, his halberd still held high.
He exposed his entire back, completely undefended.
The Demon God still intended to break the formation, believing that these greedy humans would not let him die so easily!
"Attack together!"
Without the Demon God's plea, Yaohuo had sensed his presence the instant the Qiongqi appeared. In a flash, its heavenly and earthly manifestation unleashed hundreds of punches, each capable of easily shattering mountains, and even a divine beast's physique could not easily withstand them.
But the most powerful Qiongqi completely ignored Yaohuo at this moment. It disregarded all formidable Daoist attacks, opened its gaping maw, and aimed only to devour the young general.
This was because the Demon God was less than ten steps away from touching the formation.
The consequence of this door being opened could very well be the world's demise!
"How dare you, beast!"
Countless Domain Lords and powerful cultivators simultaneously ceased their attacks, each unleashing their supreme abilities. With a resounding roar, the Qiongqi, whose form resembled a mountain, was repelled hundreds of feet.
All of this happened in an instant. Thus, Ji Chang's body was still five steps away from the formation.
"At seven o'clock, distance four hundred forty-five point seven three zero six four meters. Wind direction zero. Bullet velocity will not decrease uniformly, but it will hit the target in three point two four seconds."
Gray-white pupils raised the Browning M91 in his hand, squinting one eye. Within the scope was Ji Chang's figure.
"In one point two five seconds, Yaohuo, Yun Miaomiao, and thirteen other Domain Lords' abilities will overlap and explode from different directions, such as East Thirty, Southeast Thirty-one, Southwest Twenty-three, etc. The wind and shockwaves generated during this period will cause irregular movement for my Magnum bullet with a critical factor of one point four five..."
Xu Mu's brain raced, simulating countless shooting possibilities within his mind, instantly filtering out thousands of firing timings and trajectories.
This was an unimaginable calculation. Charles shook his head, his consciousness already emitting white smoke, ceasing to calculate.
If Xu Mu were holding an AWM or any other advanced high-tech sniper rifle, he might have been able to barely try.
But the handgun he held now was beyond its effective range at over four hundred meters.
Although they could, through absolute computing power, account for all natural changes in the world and calculate the bullet's trajectory to achieve a hit, the current interference was too great, making the calculation thousands of times more difficult.
Unless he was on Blue Star with his complete body, where he could instantly simulate trillions of scenarios and then select the most precise ballistic path.
But now he couldn't. He was merely a soul, incapable of such a feat.
"Shoot here."
Zero point three seconds later, Gray-white pupils' arm moved to the right, and Vitayan's figure was no longer in the scope.
His index finger suddenly pulled the trigger, a process that took zero point zero one two seconds.
"Bang!"
A faint spark erupted from the muzzle of the Browning handgun. Immediately, the barrel would rise due to recoil, but because Xu Mu's palm suddenly applied irregular pressure, it remained firmly in place without even a tremor, as if it were cemented into concrete.
"Can it hit?"
This was the second time in decades that Charles doubted the young soul before him.
"Yes, there's a ninety-nine point four three percent probability."
The two souls communicated in an instant.
In the Celestial Palace, Xu Mu used his shadow to fix his gaze on the bullet that had been fired.
His expression was grave. This was something he absolutely could not do, nor did he believe anyone could.
Even this one who called himself the Child of Destiny and seemed all-powerful.
Unless he wasn't human.
"Rumble!"
"Crack!"
"Ding dong!"
Countless powerful abilities exploded simultaneously. Flames, lightning, and shockwaves composed of various peculiar elemental abilities shook the entire world. Even Yaohuo's manifestation struggled to maintain its footing, almost being knocked over.
Yet, amidst this turbulent flow, which even King-level experts could not stabilize, a relatively true feather-light object, defying all rules, pierced through.
Then, it was tossed about by the firewaves, flying diagonally seventy-eight times. Just as it was about to make its seventy-ninth turn, the second shockwave from the side, a transparent ice crystal, swept through and firmly froze it.
Without pause, the previous flames, having touched other abilities, shed a few embers. An ability controlled by a wind element Domain Lord blew them onto the bullet, melting the ice crystal.
Charles, Xu Mu, and Gray-white pupils watched the bullet, not daring to blink for a second, observing it weave through countless abilities. It was tossed about by their residual energies, its trajectory altered, yet it "fortunately" was redirected by another shockwave.
The cycle continued, like a tiny sparrow dancing amidst a steel battlefield. The dense barrage of projectiles, any one of which could have been its death, yet it survived.
Only the residual energies could affect the bullet. They constantly altered its trajectory, using the forces to borrow momentum. After another collision between the Qiongqi and Yaohuo's manifestations, the bullet tumbled over four hundred times, becoming perfectly straight.
It shot directly towards a point zero point six four meters in front of Ji Chang.
At this moment, Ji Chang was less than two meters away from the grand formation.
With his current speed, he would likely collide with the bullet in less than half a second.