‘Instead of a barrier, how about I make it instead?’ when facing with Nightstalker King, Manstein had to make sure to be able to defend himself.

‘The barrier is full of energy, which is a good energy for that to work. Other than that, there is no other way to get out from this without him protecting me.’

Since the start, Manstein had always searched for the weakness he currently had due to the restriction the world gave to him. And the second one was he could only use what the cultivators called soul force instead.

In his world, the term ‘soul force’ only became popular just when Alice became the second person to try the experiment, resulting in the current situation.

‘In my world, there is no raw and abundant magical energy so we need to produce the energy just to let the machine work. But here, there’s qi! It could be said that this kind of energy will be more than enough to do this soul technique. And my previous action also proved this point!’

But sadly, the initial stage to properly learn the soul force was at Nascent Soul stage which was far away from his reach.

Then Manstein placed both his index finger at the certain place of the barrier.

“So what if I am a subordinate of that person? Did that change anything?” Nightstalker King spoke as his black figure constantly disappeared before reappeared again in the dark.

“No, but because of that reason I have to eliminate you!” Wang Yu could not activate the formation in the city because of this unexpected obstruction. And the more reason to fight Nightstalker King because of that statement.

They battled right in the front of Manstein and the force they exerted was not small. While Nightstalker King kept playing hide and seek, Wang Yu was forced into a passive defense.

“Don’t worry about me, keep working!” because of that statement Manstein decided to leave the matter to Wang Yu.

“Ai, don’t tell me you..” Wang Yu then noticed the gesture Manstein made at the moment. He suddenly realized what he wanted to do.

“Yes, the mobile defensive formation type. But it needs the energy to create it and to maintain it. And in addition to that Nightstalker King, we need to make this as fast as we can.” Manstein said while sweat began to appear on his forehead.

The formation could be said to be the type that followed the user. But of course, comparing itself to the large formation like Coiling Dragon Formation was useless because the formation he needed now was the small and reliable ones.

‘I’m afraid that the formation I need to make now will only last for a full day with this energy maintaining the formation.’

After confirming and recalculating the time, Manstein then informed Wang Yu about the time they had to remove the Forbidden Fountain that ranked tenth Treasure.

“A full day. You really want to test this old man’s strength or is it just the fact?” with that time limit, Wang Yu thought that the young man Alice entrusted him with was more straight to the point. It was because he saw the eyes of someone who determined to get the work done.

“What else? I’ll just repel Nightstalker King with this formation.” Actually, there was another agenda Manstein had to do.

Then Wang Yu finally agreed.

After that, Manstein imbued his index finger with the minuscule energy he could gather. He could not properly direct those energies if he did not understand the essential things for a cultivator.

‘Qi Condensation stage, other refers it as the introduction stage. This is where the body started to adapt itself to the presence of the strange, really powerful energy. But of course not everyone can become a cultivator, there’s a requirement for it after all.’

While he was thinking about the plan he had to make in order to let him walk the path of the strong, Manstein used that minuscule energy to alter the direction of the barrier’s energy.

‘Spiritual Roots, Willpower, and Determination. The three aspects that cultivators should reconsider in their path. I already lacked Spiritual Roots so the only two aspects, I cannot lose on those two!’

The longer he delayed, the more sweats his forehead had. His finger moved in a manner that it was like spinning a silk with his finger. Nevertheless, he lacked the time and so he hastened the process.

Then a clanking sound could be heard right in the front of him. Fortunately, a transparent layer prevented the attack to hit Manstein but for some reason, the attack kept going.

“Good, very good! For some ordinary beings to obstruct my way is indeed praiseworthy but in the end, it’s no use! Break for me.”

‘Not good. Please make it quick!’ Manstein realized it when the Nightstalker King used a certain method to compress the energy it had to form a penetrating force strong enough to break the current barrier.

Yes, when Manstein altered the energy current was also the weakest moment but he also did not have much choice since the speed to make the small formation was also short.

The Nightstalker King then slashed horizontally, even the force clashed with the transparent layer shaking the entire place around them.

The force affected Manstein but not the formation making process. No matter what, he had to succeed! As for why he could defend himself, blood started to appear and flowed down from his index finger.

‘Completed!’ but sadly, his injury also spread to his internal organs so he coughed out a small amount of blood. His vision blurred but he also saw the spectacular light flowing like the wind before he lost his consciousness while sitting cross-legged.

“Ugh!” sensing that moment made Wang Yu felt really bitter.

“But he also trusted me, to make that formation. Did he know that the formation itself is hard to understand? But from the looks of it, he has succeeded!” Wang Yu also felt proud of the achievement Manstein could do.

‘Vajra Turtle Minor Scale, truly a good formation for small group self-defends. It covers the entrance to this place with such success.’

Wang Yu could not help himself but recall that person who made this formation. Even the creator needed several times of failure to get the formation working by using another barrier as a supply energy but the young man did it just as fast as an incense stick burn.

In front of him now was the Forbidden Fountain. The Treasure itself was actually more than enough to cause a large catastrophe for Xuan City and its neighboring vicinity.

‘Forbidden Fountain ah, truly troublesome. I recall that Ye Guhan called something above the sky two years ago in the forest. So that day where the seals were weakened was used to make the riot but fortunately, there is an emergency system that activated after the leak of the black water.’

Wang Yu knew that during the weakened day of the barriers protecting the fountain, even The Queen of Yellow Bees barely managed to stay calm and almost succumbed to its temptation.

‘And the water, it is like a stimulant to increased the battle power of any beings in contact but at the same time reducing their own intelligence. That is why this fountain was sealed by us all but to think that she cannot keep the fountain any longer.’

Wang Yu also found out the reason why Theresa wanted to remove the fountain from her hive. There was a low-level detector at that place!

‘Looks like this is just a prevention but how bad that the person who placed the detector was a complete amateur, rendering the full function of it useless. Originally, this is the highest degree of detector back then. Pity.’

He knew who the person that tried to safeguard the fountain with such care. Of course, it was the same person who betrayed him!

That person also knew about their secrets so everything they had the knowledge of, he must have known about it too.

Wang Yu then let out his power. The vessel now had the power of Nascent Soul cultivators supporting its body. The power of his cultivation base then wrapped around the edge of the fountain, slowly closed it.

The energy then covered the entire fountain before it abruptly stopped at the distance of only a meter left before it touched the fountain.

-

“Now is the time.” Wang Yu’s real body was placed at the center of Coiling Dragon Formation and he always kept the safety and security of the whole Xuan City. Even this unknown city was still a city so he had to keep watching for those large power.

Ever since he saved those disciples, he tried to mediate them. But obviously, they wanted to go back to their sect.

‘Maybe they should just see it for themselves to understand..’ Wang Yu planned to let them go. But of course with him erasing every single trace about this city from their body and memories!

“Master Wang, is this the right thing?” at his side, Hou Fei opened his arms wide. From his hands, several strings of energy with the mix of Soulforce in it flowed to the formation’s body.

“Yes, this is essential to help them move that item from its place.” Wang Yu also poured his energy to the formation.

The formation was in a sealed space different from the city. This was the reason why he could assist them to retrieve the item. But Wan Yu also knew about The Forbidden Fountain’s characteristic.

“And remember about that aura? Looks like a lot of beasts are attracted to it.” Wang Yu saw numerous birds and even bugs moved towards the forest. And his lips curved upwards as if knowing the event that happened on the other side.

“Is it good or bad?”

“Don’t know but we have to do our duty.”

-

“What is your animal trait resemble from?” Ye Xiaobai asked Yue. He took a glance at her animal ear that formed a triangular form and the silver color hair that now displayed fully because of the light that came perfectly from above.

Currently, she wore a plain robe but that did not hinder her beauty from his eyesight.

“My father said that we have the power of Silver Fox flowed within our blood. But the thing that you should take priority now is to get out of this place as soon as possible!” Yue warned him.

“Why is that?” all of them now moved with their energy to the royal chamber where the throne was placed while Li Ling pondered and asked about Yue’s statement.

“It is dangerous. Can’t you see that the number of those beasts just increasing with every second pass? Therefore, we have to move deeper.” Yue explained.

“Yes, you should listen to her.” Added Ye Xiaobai, agreeing with Yue. When he remembered that the little girl was someone who had a close relationship with both his aunt and the daughter of the mayor, Ye Xiaobai felt awkward.

“Humph, you don’t understand. Jack, are those knights still in that place or are you order them to move out?”

Because the plan was created by her, Li Ling did not want to let them become the one who shouldered the burden. It should be her instead since the idea came from her.

“Currently they are retreating with haste. And as for the rear, they are the last to arrive so we maybe meet them.” Even though the knight regiment of the hive was strong but against the entire forest, they did not stand a chance.

“We should help them. And, do you still dislike us?” because of his heightened sense, Ye Qingcheng could feel the presence of those beasts more clearly.

“Thank you for the concern. And as for the previous matter, let’s just say it never happened.”

They could feel the hive shook and the sound those beasts made increasing along with the passing of time. And they were forced to the deeper part of the hive while regrouping with the rest of the beeknight.