Over The World, Beyond Heaven

"The Demon Monster Beast Shadow Group is a group of spirit and darkness demon monster beasts. They live in darkness and use the fear of others as their energy. The more fear their enemies feel, the stronger they become. However, those demon monster beasts have not left the Demon Monster Beast Boundary for a long time. They did not even participate in the previous war!"

Zi-Dong-Lei explained to Zheng-Fu the characteristics and abilities of the Demon Monster Beast Shadow Group and said that the chance to encounter them was very low. Even in the previous battle when the demon monster beast hordes invaded his city, they did not participate.

"So that's how it is! No wonder I can't see who is staring at us. It's actually because they're spirit demon monster beasts. It's getting dark now, I think we should hurry. Master Zi, do you know how we can deal with them?"

Zheng-Fu understood immediately after hearing that. However, he had never seen that type of demon monster beast before. He did not know how to deal with them, so he had to ask Zi-Dong-Lei, who had encountered and probably fought them before, if there was a way to deal with them.

"They're very afraid of light. My clan has a light-element tactical formation located under my main mansion. Once we activate it, they won't be able to enter the city and the outskirts within ten lis away! But..." Zi-Dong-Lei replied before pausing with a not-so-good expression as if something had happened to that tactical formation.

"But what?! If it's something to do with spell characters, I can help you," Zheng-Fu said with a more serious expression. If it were what he thought, then it would not be hard to solve. But if it was not, and too hard to solve, then he would find other ways.

"You're only half right, Little Comrade! In fact, this light element tactical formation hasn't been used for a long time, plus it's hundreds of years old, so it doesn't work as well as it should. And the most important problem is... its core, the Light Element Deity Energy Stone, has broken, so we can't activate it anymore unless we can find the new Light Element Deity Energy Stone..."

Flop!

"Is it like this?"

Before Zi-Dong-Lei could finish speaking, Zheng-Fu interrupted him and took out a blindingly bright golden crystal and placed it on the table. He then asked Zi-Dong-Lei if the Light Element Deity Energy Stone he was talking about was the Light Element Divine Crystal he had taken out.

"Yes, this is it... Hey!" Zi-Dong-Lei nodded slightly before exclaiming loudly in surprise. "Little Comrade, where did you find this perfect Light Element Deity Energy Stone?"

Zi-Dong-Lei was shocked because the Light Element Divine Crystal that Zheng-Fu had taken out was an extremely valuable, perfect Light Element Deity Energy Stone. More importantly, it was extremely rare.

"Then, can it be used as the core of light-element tactical formation?" Zheng-Fu did not understand Zi-Dong-Lei's feelings at all. He did not know why Zi-Dong-Lei would be so shocked, since he had many more Light Element Divine Crystals in his ore mine. But in order not to make Zi-Dong-Leader even more shocked, he did not mention it.

"Absolutely! Do you know that this stone can make the light element tactical formation work continuously for ten years without having to turn it off? Let alone turn it on only when needed, it can last for thousands of years, maybe even tens of thousands of years."

Zi-Dong-Lei was like a different person now. His composure and coolness had all disappeared when he saw Zheng-Fu's Light Element Divine Crystal. His expression at that time was like a kid who had just seen a toy for the first time in his life.

"I understand, City Governor Zi. But can you move your face a little further? It's giving me goosebumps when you're this close!" Zheng-Fu ignored Zi-Dong-Lei's excited and happy expression but was shocked when the latter leaned his face so close that it was almost touching his face.

Ah!

Hearing that, Zi-Dong-Lei immediately pulled his face away, feeling extremely embarrassed.

Thank you!

"Then can you take me to the light element tactical formation? If what we think is true and we continue to delay... Demon's Hill City will definitely be in chaos and danger."

Sure!

"I'll take you there myself!" Zi-Dong-Lei's expression immediately became serious upon hearing Zheng-Fu's words of warning about the situation at that time. Since the location of the tactical formation was in the Zi Clan's restricted area, he had to personally take Zheng-Fu there.

"Big Brother, I think you should stay here. If Mou Clan, Xin Clan, Gong Clan, and Lun Clan find out that you're not here, I'm afraid something bad will happen. So, it'd be better if I took him there!" However, the Third Elder suddenly interrupted. He offered to take Zheng-Fu to the tactical formation under the Zi Clan's main mansion. Because he was afraid that something bad would happen while Zi-Dong-Lei was not in the defense position.

"That's right, Big Brother! Let Third Brother go instead of you. He also has some knowledge of spells. Maybe it'll be useful to Little Comrade Zheng-Fu," the Second Elder agreed.

"All right! Then I'll leave Little Comrade with you, Third Brother. If there are any problems or if you need anything else, please contact me immediately!" Zi-Dong-Lei thought for a moment before agreeing. Although he really wanted to go, for everyone's safety, he had to remain at that point.

"Big Brother, rest assured!" The Third Elder clasped his hands together and firmly accepted Zi-Dong-Lei's words before turning to Zheng-Fu. "Little Comrade Zheng-Fu, I'm Zi-Leng-Kong, Third Elder of the Zi Clan, pleased to meet you. I have admired you and wanted to talk to you for a long time, but I have never had the chance. After this battle is over, can we have a drink?"

Zi-Leng-Kong had been interested in Zheng-Fu since the banquet, and after seeing Zheng-Fu use Explosive Blood Powder Tactical Formation, he was even more interested and wanted to talk to Zheng-Fu. However, every time he was about to have the chance, something happened, causing him to be unable to talk to Zheng-Fu until now.

"Pleased to meet you, too, Master Elder Zi-Leng-Kong! Thank you for taking the time to guide me. Let's hurry to the tactical formation. After this task and the battle is over, I'll definitely go drinking with you!" Zheng-Fu was not an arrogant or unsociable person, so he gladly accepted Zi-Leng-Kong's invitation.

Umm!

"Then let's go."

Zi-Leng-Kong immediately took Zheng-Fu to the place where the light-element tactical formation spell was inscribed. It only took them ten minutes to get there.

Zheng-Fu found that in addition to the light-element tactical formation, there was a five-star Deity Attack Tactical Formation that could easily kill the eighth level of the Great Deity Stage cultivator, but its condition was almost broken, so it could not be activated.

There were also three-star Defensive Deity Tactical Formation, a moving tactical formation of unknown level, and an energy-gathering tactical formation. Each tactical formation was engraved with complex spell characters, and there were some characters that even Zheng-Fu did not know what they were or how to use them.

However, the purpose of his coming there was not to study those tactical formations. He had to repair and replace the energy core of the light element tactical formation so that it could function before the sky darkened and the sunlight could not be seen. And he only had less than half a shichen left.

"We're here, Little Comrade! Since my knowledge of spells is too limited, I can't repair it to make it work as before. Furthermore, we don't have the Light Element Deity Energy Stone, so we have to leave it like this!" Zi-Leng-Kong pointed to the area where the light element tactical formation was located in front of them and explained to Zheng-Fu.

Umm!

"This tactical formation is inscribed with extremely complicated spell characters. At first glance, you wouldn't see how complicated it is. However, in fact, there are three layers of tactical formations overlapping each other. The damaged part is on the second layer, with this character... this character... and that character! In addition to these three damaged characters that were damaged, there was also a connector between the first and second layers!"

Zheng-Fu needed only a quick glance to understand the operations of the light element tactical formation. He thought that the person who created that type of tactical formation was quite skilled because they were able to create something that looked like a simple tactical formation while concealing a lot of complexity. However, it could not escape Zheng-Fu's eyes. And the reason he spoke out loud, pointing out which characters were damaged, was because he wanted Zi-Leng-Kong to know.

Oh!

"So that's how it is. No wonder I can't understand and repair it. It's actually because this tactical formation has three overlapping layers!" Zi-Leng-Kong immediately understood after receiving Zheng-Fu's advice. This greatly increased his knowledge of the spell characters used to create the light-element tactical formation. But suddenly…

Booooooom!!!

Aaaaaaah!

The energy within his body suddenly erupted, before it exploded. And it indicated that he had advanced to another energy level.

I… I…!?

"Congratulations to Master Elder Zi-Leng-Kong for advancing your energy level!" Zheng-Fu knew what had happened to Zi-Leng-Kong, as he had experienced such incidents many times before.

"Thank you, Little Comrade! Without your guidance, I would not have met such a fortune!" Zi-Leng-Kong was very grateful to Zheng-Fu. Not only had he gained more knowledge of spell characters, but his energy level had also increased from the third level of the Great Deity Stage to the fourth level.

Hmm!

"Master Elder Zi-Leng-Kong is praising me too much!"