Chapter 161 The Use of the Concession Token
"As long as you're satisfied." Li Xing smiled slightly, pointing to a nearby table and explaining, "You rest here for a moment; someone will soon bring what a Soul Master needs."
"Understood." Fang Che nodded, walked to the table, sat down, and checked the array books in his storage ring.
These arrays were all one-time use; after Fang Che memorized the contents of the books, the books instantly vanished.
After reading for a while, a knock sounded at the door.
Li Xing left for a moment, then quickly returned to the room, placing a storage ring in front of Fang Che and explaining, "This contains what a Soul Master needs; give it to him now."
Fang Che nodded, took out the communication token, injected energy, and said, "I am Fang Che. I have gathered the materials you requested. How should I give them to you?"
A moment later, Gu Ning's voice came from the communication token: "Just place the items on the token."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che placed the storage ring on the token. Immediately after, the storage ring slowly merged into the token and disappeared.
Immediately after, Gu Ning's voice came from the communication token again: "Thank you. What do you know about those Bandits? Are they planning to hunt Soul Masters?"
Fang Che immediately replied, "I'm not clear about this matter. I only know that the Bandits have occupied some areas particularly suitable for setting up arrays.
The Bandits might be setting up terrifying arrays. For safety, our group wants to purchase some tools that can destroy arrays from you, and we are willing to pay any price."
After saying these words, Fang Che waited for Gu Ning's reply.
Li Xing, beside him, watched the communication token with anticipation.
A moment later, a ray of light shot out from the communication token, like a sharp blade cutting through the void, opening a crack.
A storage ring fell out of the crack, and then the crack closed again.
Fang Che reached out, caught the storage ring, and handed it to Li Xing, while he listened to the new message from Gu Ning:
"There's an array inside the storage ring. Once this array is set up, it can disable all Other Planes' arrays.
This array doesn't make money; I'm giving it to you. However, to activate the array, you need a Concession Token. I don't have enough of these right now, so you'll have to find a way yourselves."
Hearing about the Concession Token, Fang Che recalled that after driving back the dog-like Intruder, he had taken the soul to trade with Gu Ning.
Gu Ning had taken out ten Concession Tokens and given them to Fang Che.
As Fang Che pondered, Li Xing, beside him, spoke somewhat eagerly, "I've heard of this Concession Token. This item is very rare; our Iron Hand Group can't buy it at all. Can we beg the Soul Master?"
Fang Che gently shook his head and said, "Since he said he doesn't have enough himself, he certainly won't give it to me."
Li Xing put down his notebook with a disappointed look and said, "If there's no Concession Token, this array is useless."
Fang Che reached out, picked up the notebook, and carefully flipped through it.
After flipping a few pages, Fang Che suddenly thought, if he integrated the Concession Token into the Real Domain, could the Real Domain gain the ability of the Concession Token?
If the Real Domain could actively concede and retreat when encountering Other Planes, then the Real Domain's survival capability could be greatly enhanced.
Fang Che sped up and quickly finished reading the array.
At this moment, Li Xing asked, "Do you have a way to solve the Concession Token problem?"
Fang Che gently shook his head and said, "Not for now. This Junior needs to go back and think."
Li Xing waved his hand gently and said, "Go."
"This Junior takes his leave."
After Fang Che left Li Xing's office, he quickly returned to his residence and took out the Temporary Child of the Plane Token to solve the problem of integrating the Real Domain and the Concession Token.
Fang Che found that the probability of the Concession Token and the Real Domain merging was unexpectedly high. The Concession Token seemed to be a part of the Plane, without any rejection.
Additionally, the array previously improved and integrated into the Real Domain also underwent a huge change, establishing a completely new system centered around the Concession Token.
This new system was even better at hiding the Plane than the previous array system!
Furthermore, this Plane and the Emperor Plane mutually repelled each other. This repulsive force cut off the connection between the Concession Token and the Emperor Plane, so there was no need to worry about the Emperor Plane discovering the Real Domain through the Concession Token!
Fang Che was somewhat excited and tried to add more Concession Tokens to the Real Domain.
As the number of Concession Tokens increased, the array system continuously changed, and its hiding ability multiplied.
When Fang Che added eight Concession Tokens, the Plane's bearing capacity reached its limit.
If he continued to add Concession Tokens, the power of the Concession Tokens would increase, ignoring the repulsive force and the connection with the Emperor Plane.
This was unacceptable to Fang Che.
Therefore, Fang Che stopped merging more Concession Tokens and took out the two extra Concession Tokens.
Fang Che looked at the two Concession Tokens, pondered for a moment, then put one away, deciding to use the other Concession Token to sign some contracts with the Iron Hand Group.
Fang Che quickly arrived at Li Xing's office and knocked on the door.
When Li Xing opened the door, Fang Che said, "Senior, this Junior can provide a Concession Token."
Upon hearing this, Li Xing asked somewhat excitedly, "Did the Soul Master agree to give us a Concession Token?"
Fang Che shook his head and replied, "One of the reasons the Soul Master lacks Concession Tokens is that he often gives them away.
He gave me two Concession Tokens before, and now I've decided to take out one Concession Token to help the Iron Hand Group!"
Upon hearing this, Li Xing said somewhat excitedly, "As long as you give me the Concession Token, I am willing to pay any price!"
Fang Che said, "I need to sign a contract with the Iron Hand Group: you are not allowed to demand the other Concession Token from me, and you are not allowed to reveal that I possess Concession Tokens.
I also need the Iron Hand Group to help me collect array knowledge and a batch of resources.
Finally, I need to sign a friendly contract with the Iron Hand Group. In the future, when I have trouble, the Iron Hand Group must unconditionally support me and be my backer!"
Upon hearing this, Li Xing said, "Other conditions are easy to discuss, but I cannot make decisions on the friendly contract; I need to ask the leader. Please wait a moment."
After saying this, Li Xing took out his communication token and relayed all of Fang Che's conditions.
Then came a long wait.
After a long time, the leader's voice came from the communication token: "We can only be a backer conditionally. We will support Fang Che once, and Fang Che must pay a corresponding price.
Furthermore, if Fang Che actively causes trouble, we will not support him."
Li Xing looked up at Fang Che and asked, "What do you think?"
Fang Che nodded without hesitation and said, "No problem."
Fang Che sought the Iron Hand Group as a backer mainly to avoid unwarranted harassment from others and to deter groups inferior to the Iron Hand Group.
If someone truly intended to provoke Fang Che, the Iron Hand Group would not be able to resolve it.
As for actively causing trouble, relying on the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, it would not be discovered anyway.
Therefore, the leader's suggestion was effectively meaningless to Fang Che.
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Chapter 162 Bandit Chen Heng
Li Xing saw Fang Che agree to the leader's suggestion and immediately took out paper and pen to write the contract.
A moment later, the contract was signed, and Li Xing handed it to Fang Che, saying, "See if there are any problems."
Fang Che took the contract, carefully checked it twice, and replied, "No problem."
Then, Fang Che released a burst of energy, which merged into the contract, and then handed the contract to Li Xing.
Li Xing took out his iron hand gang badge, pressed it on the contract, and instantly completed the contract.
Li Xing put away the contract and said with some anticipation, "The contract is complete, shouldn't you give me the Concession Token?"
Fang Che nodded and immediately handed the Concession Token to Li Xing.
Li Xing took the Concession Token and smiled, "I will arrange for someone to collect array formation books for you and deliver them to the mailbox outside your room; also, if you need any resources, you can write them down and give them to me, and I will help you collect them."
Fang Che replied, "The resources Junior has on hand are still enough; I can wait for a while first."
Regarding promotion resources, Fang Che can now obtain them by eliminating Bandits, and if he really can't gather enough, it's not too late to ask the group for help.
If he can collect enough promotion resources himself, he can ask for some materials for refining Curse Tools.
Li Xing heard Fang Che's words and said, "Then come find me when you need resources. You go back and rest first; I need to arrange for people to set up the array formation."
Fang Che respectfully said, "Junior takes his leave."
Fang Che turned and left Iron Hand Academy, threw the Voodoo Doll on the ground, and continued to search for traces of Bandits.
Fang Che, on the other hand, found a hidden place, took the Temporary Child of the Plane Token out of his Niwan Palace, activated the Transformation Array to change his appearance, and then improved the array formation he had purchased earlier.
At the same time, Li Xing went to Iron Hand Academy and requested a batch of resources for setting up array formations.
Then he ordered the Array Master Professionals of the Iron Hand Group to set up array formations within the Iron Hand Academy controlled area.
Li Xing stayed at the Iron Hand Group's station to set up the core array formation for placing the Concession Token.
Array formations were quietly set up one after another.
When all the array formations were set up, Li Xing took out the Concession Token and placed it into the core array formation.
The Concession Token instantly transformed into a ball of energy, merging into the core array formation.
Immediately after, the core array formation sank underground, and all traces disappeared without a trace.
Only an invisible energy spread underground, connecting other array formations.
The connected array formations also merged into the ground, disappearing without a trace.
In just a quarter of an hour, all the newly set up array formations had merged into the ground.
Immediately after, in the Iron Hand Group's core array formation area, a map of the Iron Hand Academy area materialized out of thin air.
On the map, various array formations were marked, and even those array formations that had not yet been successfully set up were displayed.
Seeing this, Li Xing ordered, "Randomly set up a few array formations around."
The Array Masters waiting nearby immediately began to set up array formations.
Immediately after, the core array formation area displayed the array formation patterns that the Array Masters were setting up.
Li Xing reached out and slapped one of the array formation patterns being set up, and the pattern instantly dissipated.
At the same time, all the materials used by the Array Masters to set up the array formation shattered, losing their array-forming effect.
Other Array Masters continued to set up array formations, and when the array formations took shape, Li Xing again reached out and slapped the array formation pattern.
The array formation pattern dissipated instantly without any resistance.
At the same time, the already formed array formation instantly shattered, failing to exert any effect.
Seeing this, Li Xing excitedly said, "This is truly a good treasure! With this array formation, our Iron Hand Group's control over this area can be further enhanced, and no one will be able to harm our interests!"
The surrounding Array Masters also nodded excitedly.
Array Masters are most aware of the destructive power of array formations, and now that they can monitor array formations, they no longer have to worry about threats from array formations.
And as Array Masters of the Iron Hand Group, everyone will certainly not be affected by this, which allows everyone to set up array formations to their heart's content and fight against enemies.
Li Xing stared at the core array formation for a long time, then said:
"Build a house here to hide this core array formation, and set up patrolling guards around it; also, when you go back, try to create hidden array formations, create as many as you can, and you must use all your abilities, I will buy them at a high price."
The Array Masters said in unison, "As you command."
At this moment, in another Plane, a group of Bandits were gathered in a large hall, observing the map in the center of the hall.
The Bandit previously released by Hong Yi sat in the highest position and asked, "How many array formations can be set up with the collected resources?"
A Bandit next to him replied, "Reporting to benefactor, the resources currently collected can be used to set up nine Imprison Dragon Formations and one Tu Long Formation. Due to the various academies focusing on Professionals, our collection speed has slowed down significantly."
The Bandit in the highest position nodded slightly and said, "It doesn't matter if it's a bit slow. We'll collect materials for five more Imprison Dragon Formations, and then we can activate all the array formations and destroy the academy in the Tu Long Formation area!"
Upon hearing this, the many Bandits looked excited.
The Bandit in the highest position narrated expressionlessly, "Destroying an academy is just one step for over two thousand Bandits to complete their Professional awakening; therefore, when we destroy an academy, we only need to send over two thousand people. As for the others, let them go to the Imprison Dragon Formation area to pin down the enemies and prevent reinforcements!"
The Bandits said in unison, "As you command!"
The Bandit in the high position waved his hand and said, "You may all withdraw."
"Your subordinates take their leave."
Everyone left, and after they were gone, the Bandit in the high position gently waved his hand, and the map in the palace immediately transformed into an array formation pattern.
Most of this array formation pattern glowed, while a small portion of the area was dim.
The Bandit carefully observed the array formation pattern and muttered to himself, "With this array formation left by the Cult Master, I, Chen Heng, will soon be able to summon a Soul Master and become a true Bandit; this is a true Bandit that hasn't appeared for tens of thousands of years, just thinking about it makes me excited!"
The Bandit Chen Heng, with a smile on his face, got up and walked to the palace entrance, watching the Bandits outside as if they were cattle and sheep waiting to be slaughtered, his eyes filled with the joy of harvest.
And the Bandits outside the palace were just diligently digging soil and setting up various array formations.
The Bandits who were previously in the palace were patrolling around, shouting:
"Once the array formations are set up, we will be able to ignore the Emperor Plane Will and forcibly summon Soul Masters over! To become true Bandits, everyone, work hard!"
Upon hearing this, the Bandits cheered a few times and then worked even harder to set up the array formations.
Whenever an array formation was completed, the dim array formation pattern inside the palace would light up again.
Chen Heng watched all this, his smile growing even brighter.
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, more than a month had passed.
In the Emperor Plane, Fang Che had collected a massive amount of resources and was currently improving the brand-new array formation provided by the Iron Hand Group.
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Chapter 163: The Dragon Trapping Formation is Instantly Activated and Destroyed
During this period, Fang Che obtained many hidden formations from the Iron Hand Group.
At one point, Fang Che had a sudden idea to integrate other types of formations into his Real Domain, but he discovered that hidden formations were not compatible with other formations.
The result of adding other formations was a reduction in the power of the hidden formations.
Therefore, Fang Che gave up on the idea of adding other formations.
One day, as Fang Che was improving a new formation, his communication token began to heat up.
After injecting a trace of energy, Li Xing's voice came from the communication token: "The Bandits occupying the shops are behaving unusually, and many Bandits have secretly infiltrated the Iron Hand Academy area.
I suspect they are transporting resources, preparing to set up formations.
You can return to the Iron Hand Academy area now, to the easternmost market. There are our own people there. You and they will seize the Bandits' resources. How much you can get depends on your luck."
Upon receiving this information, Fang Che immediately got up and returned to the Iron Hand Academy area, arriving at a market.
As soon as he entered the market, Fang Che noticed some subtle markings.
Fang Che followed the markings to the Iron Hand Group's gathering point and found that General Gao Ping was already waiting there, surrounded by many Third-Order Professionals.
At the gathering point, there were several mirrors, displaying the situation around the formation shops in the market, as well as the situation at several entrances to the market.
General Gao Ping, who was observing the mirrors, glanced at Fang Che and smiled, "Fang Che is here. We'll just stay here for now and do nothing. Our other brothers will help seize the resources and share them with us."
The others smiled and nodded, showing no reluctance.
Fang Che looked around and realized that everyone present had previously served as bodyguards and participated in negotiation missions with General Gao Ping; Fang Che knew all of them.
Fang Che smiled and nodded to everyone, as a greeting, then walked to the mirrors and observed the images within.
After observing for a moment, Fang Che asked, "If the Bandits directly transport items through a teleportation formation, can we collect these items?"
General Gao Ping nodded and said, "Yes, but in that case, we will obtain fewer resources.
It's not that we need to split them evenly with the group, but rather the Vice Leader is worried that the Bandits might be using multiple resource transmissions to test for safety.
Only when the Bandits begin to set up their formations can we confirm that they have completed resource transmission. At that point, destroying the formations the Bandits are setting up will consume some resources, and our gains will also be reduced."
Fang Che nodded slightly upon hearing this.
When setting up a formation, to prevent it from being affected, the teleportation formation will be closed.
Therefore, when the Bandits are setting up their formation, it can be ensured that they have finished transporting resources. Destroying the formation at this time can ensure maximum profit.
Just then, a Professional skilled in Observe nearby spoke up, "Bandits have entered the market. The first group, depart immediately to monitor them. Apprehend them when they approach the shops."
After the order was given, several Professionals opened a crack in the wall and slipped through.
Fang Che looked at the mirror and quickly found the disguised Bandit.
The Bandit quickly moved out of the mirror's surveillance.
A few seconds later, the first group, who had previously left the gathering point, appeared in the mirror, stealthily following the person disguised as a Bandit.
Next, more Bandits appeared at the market entrance, and eighty percent of the Professionals at the gathering point were dispatched.
However, these Bandits did not approach the occupied shops but instead found a hotel in the market to stay.
At this moment, no one was sure whether these Bandits had truly brought resources or if they were here to test the surrounding situation. Therefore, everyone could only wait patiently.
At this moment, inside the Iron Hand Group, Li Xing looked at the massive teleportation formation patterns that suddenly condensed at the core of the formation and said:
"It seems that the Bandits appearing outside were deliberately trying to attract our attention. These Bandits truly paid a lot to successfully set up the formation."
As he spoke, all the teleportation formation patterns disappeared.
After a quarter of an hour, the teleportation formation patterns reappeared.
Li Xing smiled slightly and said confidently, "Their probing methods are quite interesting, but unfortunately, I can monitor them at all times here.
As soon as they start setting up their formation, I can stop them immediately. They won't be able to escape."
Next, a pile of teleportation formation patterns would appear at the core of the formation at regular intervals.
Li Xing remained calm and watched quietly.
When the teleportation formation patterns disappeared once again, a pile of strange and bizarre formations suddenly appeared at the core of the formation.
The moment these formations appeared, they took shape and connected to each other, activating instantly.
Immediately after, illusory chains appeared out of thin air throughout the entire Iron Hand Academy area.
Cracks appeared around the chains in some areas, and countless Bandits leaped out of the cracks.
However, in the next second, the surrounding chains slowly disappeared.
As the chains disappeared, the cracks that were transmitting Bandits instantly closed, and countless Bandits' bodies were cut in half.
The Bandits who successfully transmitted over, seeing this situation, were all terrified and quickly hid, completely losing their previous desire to go on a rampage.
Inside the Iron Hand Group, Li Xing looked at the formation patterns he had just destroyed, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said in disbelief:
"I didn't expect them to be able to skip the formation setup process and directly form the formations. If we hadn't prepared in advance, we would have been in trouble!"
An Array Master nearby spoke with some panic, "We didn't consider the issue of instantaneous formation. Other places probably wouldn't consider it either.
We can solve the formation problem, but other places might not be able to. In that case, the joint operation plan is scrapped!"
Li Xing stated with a serious expression, "Don't panic. Have everyone execute emergency plan one. Abandon all other plans!"
Upon hearing this, the surrounding people quickly took out their communication tokens and transmitted the information.
At this moment, in the Plane occupied by the Bandits, Chen Heng looked at the inexplicably closed cracks and the panicked Bandits, frowned, and shouted:
"Everyone, don't panic. There's a problem with the Tu Long Formation in the northeast corner. The formations in other places are fine. Everyone, queue up nearby and transmit to other places!"
The Bandits quickly calmed down and then queued up next to the other cracks.
A moment later, most of the Bandits had left.
Chen Heng looked at the remaining two thousand-plus Bandits and said:
"Those who just left don't know they're going to the Imprison Dragon Formation area. They will attack the Academy as planned, helping us buy time.
We will now head to the Tu Long Formation area, destroy the Academy in the shortest possible time, then activate the teleportation item and return immediately. Does everyone understand?"
"Understood!" the Bandits shouted, quickly diving into the cracks before them.
At this moment, a managing Bandit asked with some concern, "Benefactor, the area where the crack closed is the Iron Hand Academy. The Iron Hand Academy should be able to solve the Imprison Dragon Formation. What should we do next?"
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Chapter 164 The Reason for the Rapid Arrangement of the Dragon Trapping Formation
Several of the managing Bandits were very worried about Iron Hand Academy destroying the Imprison Dragon Formation.
Chen Heng, however, calmly replied, "Solving the Imprison Dragon Formation requires a massive amount of resources and preparation in advance.
Even if Iron Hand Academy tells other academies around them how to solve it, they won't be able to complete it in a short time, not to mention the Bandits harassing them, making it impossible for them to set up the Array.
Iron Hand Academy would also need a long time to break the Iron Hand Array from the outside, and they can't determine our true target of attack, so we have enough time to destroy an academy!"
The managing Bandits trusted Chen Heng implicitly, and upon hearing his words, they all relaxed.
However, Chen Heng's heart was not as relaxed as he appeared on the surface.
Chen Heng's original idea was that after destroying an academy, he would immediately return to this Plane, then sacrifice all Bandits to activate the Array and summon an opposite sex Soul Master.
The order between these two things must absolutely not be reversed.
Because in the eyes of the Emperor Plane Will, a Soul Master is a hundred times more important than an academy.
Destroying an academy would not draw too much attention from the Plane Will, and there would still be an opportunity to eliminate the Soul Master.
However, if a Soul Master were killed, the Plane Will would definitely fixate on Chen Heng and all the Bandits, and there would be no further opportunity to destroy an academy.
Iron Hand Academy destroying the Imprison Dragon Formation in the Iron Hand Academy Area disrupted Chen Heng's plan, which made him very anxious.
However, Chen Heng could not show his anxiety, otherwise morale would collapse, and things would develop even less smoothly.
A moment later, all the Bandits passed through the crack to destroy the academy.
In a gathering point of a certain market in the Iron Hand Academy Area, Fang Che and others were observing the surroundings with extreme vigilance.
The inexplicable chains that had appeared earlier had weakened everyone's bodies.
But not long after, the chains disappeared, leaving everyone somewhat confused.
Through the aura emitted by the chains, Fang Che could confirm that it was an Array.
However, the Array should have been forcibly cut off by the Array provided by Gu Ning during its setup phase.
Now that the Array had been successfully set up, Fang Che guessed that the Iron Hand Group might have been attacked, otherwise it would be impossible.
Just as Fang Che was about to contact Li Xing, his communication token suddenly heated up, and Li Xing's voice came through:
"The Bandits have transmitted all resources, and furthermore, they possess a special method that allows them to skip the Array setup process, making the Array instantly form.
Now the Array has been resolved, and I have suffered no losses here; you go and check on the Bandits' situation, and also execute emergency plan number one, abandoning all other plans."
Fang Che and the Professionals beside him breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that their group's stronghold was fine.
Immediately after, everyone frowned.
Since the Array was instantly set up successfully, it meant that the Bandits had already used up all their resources, and everyone had essentially made a wasted trip.
A Professional sighed and commanded, "Immediately enter the shops and eliminate the Bandits."
The remaining combat-proficient Professionals in the gathering point immediately opened crack on all surfaces, instantly teleporting to the vicinity of various shops and beginning their operation.
At the same time, a Professional took out a communication token and contacted the Professional who had gone out earlier to supervise the Bandits: "Capture the Bandits in the hotel."
After the Professional relayed the message, General Gao Ping, who was nearby, said with some anticipation, "I hope the Bandits in the hotel can bring some good things, so we don't make a wasted trip."
Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes also revealed a hint of anticipation.
A moment later, a Professional who had captured Bandits walked out of the Array selling shop, made a safe gesture, and then made a gesture indicating the need for Observe.
Upon seeing the gestures, everyone in the gathering point immediately opened crack on the wall and arrived outside the shop.
After Fang Che followed the others into the shop, he saw the service staff disguised as Bandits had turned into desiccated mummies, with strange patterns drawn on their faces and hands.
Beneath the corpse, there was also a broken Array.
General Gao Ping asked, "Can the Array Master determine the Array's condition?"
An Array Master replied, "This should be the Imprison Dragon Formation, judging by its setup method, it's an un-modified version from a long time ago."
After saying this, the Array Master walked to the mummy and removed its clothes.
The mummy's body was covered in patterns, all interconnected, like an Array drawn on the body.
General Gao Ping exclaimed, "The Array on his body looks very similar to the Array on the ground!"
The Array Master replied, "This is an associated Array; a normal associated Array allows the Array Master to borrow a part of the Array's power and gain Array changes.
However, this associated Array has been modified, and its function has also changed to: sacrificing life to make the Imprison Dragon Formation instantly set up successfully.
Arrays in other places should also have been set up using this method, but the Imprison Dragon Formation is very large, and after being set up, it still needs time to connect and activate.
Relying on these Array Masters, it should not be so easy to activate the Imprison Dragon Formation."
The Array Master fell into thought.
Meanwhile, Fang Che, based on his experience with modifying Arrays, instantly thought of the Bandits who had checked into the hotel; those Bandits had chosen very good hotel locations.
If those Bandits also had corresponding Arrays drawn on their bodies, they could help connect and activate the Imprison Dragon Formation, at the cost of their lives.
Just then, the Professionals who had captured other Bandits ran into the shop, then took out a pile of mummies from their storage rings.
A Professional handed a storage ring to General Gao Ping and said, "When we arrived, the Bandits who had checked into the hotel had all turned into this; furthermore, they carried very few resources, and everything in the storage ring is all their resources!"
General Gao Ping took the storage ring and examined it carefully.
The Array Master, meanwhile, stripped the Bandits' clothes, looked at the Arrays on their bodies, and suddenly realized:
"I understand now, these Bandits sacrificed their lives to instantly connect and activate the Imprison Dragon Formation.
To set up the Array throughout the entire Iron Hand Academy Area, at least 1,200 lives must be consumed; the person who orchestrated this is ruthless!"
Upon hearing this, everyone remained silent.
A moment later, General Gao Ping finished looking at the contents of the storage ring, casually handed it to the person next to him, and said:
"Since the Bandits here have been dealt with, let's execute emergency plan number one.
Our strength is weak, so we won't explore outwards; we will stay in the market now, gather the Professionals in the market, and wait for the group's powerhouses to rendezvous with us."
Everyone nodded in agreement, left the shop, spread the word about the Bandit problem, and summoned the surrounding Professionals.
Fang Che was not good with words, so he followed behind General Gao Ping, watching him gather the Professionals.
The Professionals in the market already knew about the Bandits; they had seen the chains appear out of nowhere before and had experienced their effects.
Therefore, when the Iron Hand Group members persuaded them to defend together, they readily agreed.
Subsequently, numerous Professionals spread out throughout the market, defending against Bandit attacks.
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Chapter 165: Method to Ignore the Dragon Trapping Formation
While Fang Che and others were defending the market, the Professionals of the Iron Hand Group were also exploring outside, eliminating Bandits.
Since there were very few Bandits teleported over, the Iron Hand Group quickly eliminated all Bandits and set up defenses at the edge of the Plane.
The Iron Hand Group members defending the market quickly received Li Xing's orders and moved to the edge of the territory, with only the Professionals living in the market responsible for defending it.
Fang Che followed the team, moving towards the edge of the territory, and soon saw a wall constructed of iron chains.
Through the gaps in the iron chain wall, one could see countless illusory chains interwoven inside another Academy area, exactly like the Iron Hand Academy previously.
At this time, the Professionals of the Iron Hand Group stood near the iron chains, wary of attacks from other areas.
Not long after, Li Xing appeared in this area.
Li Xing flew in mid-air and spoke in a loud voice:
"Many areas around us are now bound by these iron chain formations. After our research, we believe that the Bandits must have key attack targets;"
"However, other areas have not been able to stop the Bandits' formations, nor can they determine the differences in the formations;"
"We have now selected three most likely targets to be attacked by the enemy. Our next goal is to move towards these three places;"
"Our current mission is to break the chains in front of us. Everyone, move out!"
As soon as he finished speaking, countless formations activated, and more than a dozen skills smashed towards the iron chains.
Immediately after, others around also released skills, attacking the chains in the same area.
As soon as the skills touched the chains, they instantly broke open several gaps.
However, these chains possessed powerful self-healing abilities, and the gaps quickly healed themselves, as if they had never been damaged.
The Professionals of the Iron Hand Group continued to attack, and the attack power quickly exceeded the healing power, causing the gaps on the iron chains to slowly expand.
When the gaps expanded to a certain extent, all attack power concentrated on the edges of the gaps, turning the center of the gaps into a safe zone.
At this point, Li Xing took out a wooden carving of a fierce tiger prop and threw it directly through the gap.
After the wooden fierce tiger landed, cracks appeared on its surface. Immediately after, the cracks rapidly expanded, and at the same time, massive yellow energy filled the cracks, eventually transforming into a giant tiger.
The tiger opened its mouth and bit the illusory iron chains next to it. The chains instantly broke, and the speed at which everyone released skills to destroy the iron chain wall also increased significantly.
Li Xing threw out more wood, conjuring more beasts, continuously destroying the chains.
Immediately after, Li Xing threw a transparent crystal ball over.
The crystal ball instantly turned black.
As the iron chains continuously shattered, the color of the crystal ball also became lighter and lighter.
When the crystal ball was completely transparent, Li Xing said, "The formation's influence on this area has disappeared. Zhang Yuan, go in and take a look!"
Upon hearing this command, the fifth-tier Captain Zhang Yuan immediately condensed a golden protective shield on his body, flew through the gap, and landed next to the crystal ball.
Zhang Yuan paused in place for two seconds, then shouted, "This place will not be affected by the formation, come over!"
As Zhang Yuan spoke, the Professionals skilled in defense immediately drilled through the gap, guarding against the surrounding situation.
Immediately after, the Array Masters all drilled into the gap and set up formations.
Beside Li Xing, there was also a group of Array Masters setting up the same formation.
A moment later, the two formations were completed, simultaneously condensing hundreds of energy tentacles that spread towards the iron chain gap.
When all the tentacles connected, they instantly transformed into a passage, bridging the center of the gap.
At this point, Li Xing said, "Stop attacking!"
Everyone immediately stopped, and the iron chains quickly healed.
However, when the healing iron chains touched the passage condensed by the tentacles, they stopped healing, as if losing vitality, remaining motionless.
Li Xing flew directly through the passage, and after confirming that the passage was fine, he beckoned:
"The attack teams all go through, others stay in place. If you find any signs of the passage healing, throw the prepared resources into the formation to strengthen the passage's power."
After saying this, Li Xing directed everyone to destroy the chains in a certain direction and set up formations.
Fang Che did not join the attack team, so he stayed in place.
After waiting for a moment in place, Fang Che approached an Array Master and said, "Bandits who want to cause destruction will definitely draw associated formations on their bodies to avoid being affected by the Imprison Dragon Formation. Have you all studied the Bandits' corpses?"
The Array Master looked at Fang Che with some appreciation and smiled, "You have a very thorough understanding of the Imprison Dragon Formation;"
"The Bandits we captured earlier all had associated formations drawn on them, allowing them to ignore the effects of the Imprison Dragon Formation;"
"It's just that these associated formations are specifically prepared for Bandits, and other Professionals cannot use them. If we were to modify them, it would take a long time, and we cannot wait that long."
Fang Che said, "I can find a way to solve the associated formation problem. Can I see the Bandit corpses?"
Upon hearing this, the Array Master remembered that Fang Che knew a Soul Master. So, the Array Master took out several Bandit corpses from his storage ring and placed them in front of Fang Che.
On the corpses, peculiar associated formations were drawn.
Fang Che examined the corpses, noted down the associated formations, and understood the situation of the associated formations.
The associated formations were indeed specifically prepared for Bandit Professionals to counter the Imprison Dragon Formation.
However, after Bandit Professionals activated the formation, their aptitude would continuously decline, and it would be irreversible.
Additionally, some useless interference information was added to the associated formations. If the interference information could not be cleared, the formation could not be successfully set up and could not be used.
After Fang Che confirmed that he had memorized the formation, he said, "I will go solve the formation problem. Excuse me."
The Array Master said, "After solving the formation problem, just tell the Vice Leader."
Fang Che nodded gently, "Understood."
Afterward, Fang Che moved away from the crowd, hid in an unmanned corner, took out the Temporary Child of the Plane Token, and used his eye ability to observe the formation.
Not long after, Fang Che completed the modification of the formation.
The current formation has cleared all interference information and solved the aptitude decline problem, allowing all Professionals to use it.
The only problem is that using this formation will consume many resources.
Fang Che didn't care about this matter; anyway, Fang Che didn't need to fight; this was something Li Xing and his group were responsible for.
After Fang Che drew the formation, he translated the formation pattern into text information based on the Array Master's Professional terminology.
After writing this information, Fang Che began to write a modified version of the formation that helps Bandits hide their profession.
Originally, Fang Che was planning to reveal the modified formation only when the Bandit disaster expanded to an unsolvable extent, allowing everyone to distinguish Bandits.
The current situation is very bad, and even with the formation, it won't be very effective.
However, revealing it now can still gain some benefits, which is better than saying nothing at all.
After writing all the information, Fang Che activated the communication token to contact Li Xing and said:
"Senior, I have obtained a method to distinguish Bandits and a formation that allows everyone to be unaffected by the Imprison Dragon Formation."