Chapter 4278 — You Dare Disobey?
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Yet one glance from Wei Zhao told him that the wasteland before them seemed no different from before—merely a little brighter, that was all. No wondrous formation had manifested.
"Where exactly is this so-called Moon Shadow Formation?" Wei Zhao wondered inwardly. But judging by Chang Daoping's manner, surely the man could not be putting on an act?
Wait—Moon Shadow Formation! A flash of insight suddenly lit Wei Zhao's mind, and when he looked again at the wasteland ahead, he finally began to make out something of the trick.
When he had observed this wasteland before, beyond its barrenness there had been nothing remarkable at all. But now, looking closely again—especially deliberately fixing his attention on the shadows cast upon the ground—he could detect something peculiar.
The wasteland was pitted and uneven, so it was hardly strange for shadows to fall in a blur. An ordinary person would never notice. Yet Wei Zhao's gaze came to rest upon eight rather unusual shadows: one at the very center shaped like a half-moon, and the other seven shaped like stars.
If those seven star-shaped shadows were joined together, they formed none other than a constellation known to all the world—the Big Dipper—and the center it enclosed was precisely that half-moon shadow.
The wasteland was at most merely uneven ground. Had there been no special arrangement, how could shadows of such peculiar shape have appeared out of nowhere?
By now, Wei Zhao could be a hundred percent certain: the Big Dipper together with the half-moon shadow must be the very Moon Shadow Formation Chang Daoping had spoken of.
Even as Wei Zhao was reasoning this out, Chang Daoping took a small flag from his pack. At first glance it looked just like the cheering flags secular-world fans waved at matches, nothing special about it at all. Yet on closer inspection, one would find that this little flag was not so simple as it appeared on the surface. The mystery and profundity faintly emanating from it was scarcely inferior to the formations Wei Zhao had seen before.
"A formation flag?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback. Though he did not possess such a thing himself, it was not as though he could fail to recognize one. This was a highly specialized tool of formation craft, absolutely indispensable whether for setting a formation or breaking one.
Moreover, a formation flag was not something that just any skilled hand could pick up and make use of. Its intricacies were in no way inferior to such trades as alchemy or artifact forging. It required specialized training to use; ordinary people could not wield it at all—and indeed would never even come by one.
From this it was clear that Chang Daoping was either a formation expert himself, or had gone to considerable trouble to study the subject specifically for the purpose of breaking the Moon Shadow Formation. Either way, this man was no simple figure.
"You, go over there." Chang Daoping pointed at Luo Tuoxiang, then pointed to a spot out in the wasteland. Just as Wei Zhao had expected, that spot was one of the Big Dipper points he had observed.
"Ah? Brother Chang, didn't you say that once you go in, you can't come out?" Luo Tuoxiang gave a start, staring at Chang Daoping in terror, waving his hands frantically as he backed away.
Once one rashly entered the Moon Shadow Formation, one would be utterly lost within it, and no one could save them. Those were Chang Daoping's own words from just a moment ago.
"You dare defy even my word?" Chang Daoping knitted his brows, and a trace of chilling killing intent suddenly rose from his already domineering, overbearing bearing! (To be continued...) R527