Escaping The Trap

 Ryker quickly head in a straight line, hoping it would not take too long for him to reach the edge of the formation. Unfortunately, it took him a long time, and not because it took long, but because he ran into several top experts of the Birak Kingdom, all of them at the 7th Stage of Noble realm or stronger. 

 While he could still run from 6th Stage and below, above that, it is impossible. However, if anyone learnt that a 3rd Stage Genesis Sea expert could run from even a 1st Stage Noble expert, they would have gawked at that person in disbelief, as the different of power is too vast.

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 'Looks like this path is a no go,' he said to himself. He could feel the strength of the barrier and deduct it would be impossible for him to break it. Even using his expertise in Law of Space, the barrier still remained undaunted, stopping him from creating a path to escape.

 Not to mention, with him being a Rank 8 Formation Expert, a single attack would alerted them to his position, except, he could use it to his advantage.

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 'It should be one of the formation nodes,' he thought as he spot a powerful expert nearby. The man is at the 7th Stage of Noble realm, and his position is the closest to a part of the barrier. However, he could not make assumption and still need to seek out the other nodes.

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 "There is a lot of small nodes but attacking those would not do much, but if I attack enough it could weaken the formation somewhat.

 But attacking those would make them realize my position, and that is also troublesome. And even if I destroy the small nodes, the big nodes would make it hard to escape, as it would help maintain some power to the formation before the formation would go down.

 So, I need to make sure, I destroy enough small nodes and cause some havoc, and then I need to attack the big nodes. Or should I attack the big one after attracting the ones who guard it. Oh well, I will act depending on the situation," he shrugged before taking out several Talisman Paper.

 After all, he keep all of his tool to create pills, talismans and formations in case he ever need it in the field, to even the odds against his target or foes.

 Right now, he planned on using Talisman to cause as much havoc as possible. With him being underground, it would be hard for them to detect him.

 As for the reason why he did not just dive deeper underground before going horizontal, he already did that, and failed to escape as well. He might be able to do so if he dive deeper but he could feel some dangerous entities down there. Whether they are beast or other things, it is best to not aggravate them.

 "You force me to do this. Don't blame me for making sure not many of you able to escape with your life,"

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 "This should be enough," he planted several Talisman at the last spot. He already finished planting it elsewhere. He could tell, even if the Formation Master is good, he still unable to do much in a short amount of time.

 Hence, there are several holes the formation defense that allow him to pass through easily. He could guess there should be some as well in the big nodes, as it needed to most refinement as well preparation. 

 Even if the Formation Master can concentrate on the big one while the smaller one is handled by Formation Experts, it would still a burden to make all three in a short time. So, the weakness there would be the greatest.

 "Let us begin,"

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 Talisman has one weakness, if it can be called a weakness in the first place. It require qi to be powered, unless it is a trigger type in which there will be some left over qi, and it would be activated when someone touch it or use their qi around it.

 However, he could not make it the former as it would mean he need to be there personally. But with the sheer amount of talisman, it would be impossible. 

 So, the only option left is to create the trigger-type. He had make it into a fuse like type and activate each one. The length of each fuse depends on when he first put it, with the first one placed being the longest while the last one is the shortest.

 With this, he was able to control the Talisman and activate it at the same time. As for the Talisman he used, it is called, Exploding Talisman.

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 'BOOM!!'

 "He's here!" one of the Noble expert in charge of the protection of the main formation nodes, he make his move, hoping to intercept their target.

 Yet, when he arrive at the site, he sees only a blown up area. He unleashed his Soul Sense, but unable to find the person presence. As he search the area, a series of explosion occur everywhere.

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'BOOM!!'

'BOOM!!'

'BOOM!!'

 "He is here!"

 "No, he is here!"

 "He is-" 'BOOM!!' "Aaargh!"

'BOOM!!' "My legs!"

 "Be careful! There is some talisman hidden around all over the place!"

 "Wait, what if he used the talisman to conceal his true intention?"

 "Crap! The formation nodes have been destroyed!"

 "How many?!"

 "All of them! All the minor ones is being destroyed!"

 "Quick, get back to your nodes or he wou-"

 "The barrier just went down!"

 "would do that,"

 "Quick find him and don't allow him to escape!"

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 Ryker let out a sigh of relief, his plan worked perfectly. The last thing he need to do is escape.

 "There he is!" he cursed under his breath, his eyes fell on the Noble expert. Without caring for the consequences, as he would not be able to worry about it if he die, he quickly tear the space in front of him before jumping inside the tear.

 At the same time, the Noble expert unleash his aura and his Noble Tower, before blasting the tear with his full might.

 While the tear is small and make most of the attack pass through harmlessly, it still able to destabilize the already unstable rip on space, with some of the attack manage to hit him.

 While it is just a small amount, it still a full blown attack of a Noble expert, resulting in him being injured badly by it.

 As the Noble expert watched the tear closed, he let out a scream that was able to rip the surrounding area, "CRAP!"