As soon as those words were spoken, an extremely absurd feeling arose in the hearts of everyone present.

Inscribing a defensive Formation, especially a city-defense-grade grand Formation that covered the entire city wall, was such a colossal project.

Even the seemingly flimsy Level 4 Formation in Donghai City back then had been painstakingly inscribed by four veteran Formation Masters, working around the clock without sleep for a whole week before a prototype was barely completed.

The subsequent refinement and debugging had taken a full month and more.

Yet, the silver-haired young man in front of them actually claimed that he could complete the overall upgrade of the east city wall's defensive Formation in just one hour?

If this wasn't sheer fantasy, what was it?

Even novels wouldn't dare to write it this way!

If Lord Li Gang believed his nonsense, he would truly have seen a ghost.

Everyone on the city wall almost subconsciously thought that Li Gang would flatly reject this ridiculous proposal.

However, Li Gang's reaction completely exceeded their expectations.

He did not immediately refuse; those sharp, tiger-like eyes stared fixedly at Moria as he fell into a brief contemplation.

A moment later, he asked a question that caused everyone's jaws to drop.

"What Level can the upgraded defensive Formation roughly reach?"

Moria's voice was resolute and decisive, without a shred of hesitation.

"At least, it can reach Level 6!"

"Boom!"

As soon as those words came out, the crowd instantly exploded into an uproar, even noisier than when they heard about the million-strong beast tide just now.

"Level 6? He must be crazy!"

"What kind of joke is this! One hour, upgrading from Level 4 to Level 6? Who does he think he is? The God of Formations?"

As everyone knew, the higher the Level of a Formation, the more complex its structure, and the time and energy required grew exponentially.

Wanting to inscribe a Level 6 grand Formation capable of covering thousands of meters of city walls—even if they invited the absolute top Formation Grandmasters from the entire Great Xia Nation to form a team, it would be impossible to complete it in a mere hour!

As long as Lord Li Gang wasn't a fool, he would absolutely not believe this young man's nonsense.

Others might not know, but Li Gang had some understanding of the youth's heaven-defying means before him.

Back in the underground cave, the other party had also spoken with such absolute certainty, saying that they could rescue him from the heavy guards of the Radiant Alliance.

At that time, Li Gang also felt that it was sheer fantasy and nonsense.

But the other party had stubbornly relied on unfathomable means to guide him step by step out of that mortal trap.

Upon careful review later, Li Gang had surmised that the tens of thousands of magic crystals that had mysteriously vanished in the underground cave were very likely the handiwork of the other party as well.

This was simply playing the entire Radiant Alliance in the palm of their hand!

With a person holding such means, Li Gang had already silently put a thick filter over the other party in his heart.

No matter how bizarre the other party's words sounded, Li Gang felt that this person was definitely not shooting arrows without a target and must have his own certainty.

He stared at Moria, and for the first time, a trace of tension appeared on that weathered face.

"Are these words true?"

"True!"

Li Gang took a deep breath, having already made his decision in his heart.

Anyway, in front of a million-strong beast tide, having or not having this Level 4 defensive Formation made practically no difference; it would be broken sooner or later.

Rather than sit and wait for death, it was better to treat a dead horse as a live one and gamble on this!

He abruptly turned his head to look at the grim-faced Zhang Chiming beside him and issued an order.

"Zhang Chiming! Immediately have people shut down the defensive Formation!"

Hearing this, Zhang Chiming could no longer hold back. He took a stride forward, rushed in front of Li Gang, and roared excitedly.

"Minister Li! Have you lost your mind?!"

"How can you listen to this brat's one-sided word?! This is simply treating everyone's lives like a joke!"

Li Gang's gaze instantly turned icy. He grabbed Zhang Chiming by the collar, his voice like a Siberian cold front.

"A joke?"

"I'm asking you! Wanting to withstand a beast tide of this scale head-on, how long do you think this Level 4 Formation can hold? One minute? Or thirty seconds?!"

"Instead of hugging this rotten plank of wood and waiting to die! We might as well go all out!"

"Now! Right now! Immediately! Obey my order!"

Zhang Chiming shuddered all over from Li Gang's Killing Intent-filled gaze, and the rest of his words were forcefully choked back.

He opened his mouth, but in the end, he could only droop his head dejectedly and wave his hand at his subordinates behind him with utmost unwillingness.

"Shut down... the defensive Formation."

Buzz—

Following his order, the light blue translucent barrier enveloping the entire east city wall began to dim at a speed visible to the naked eye. After flickering a few times, it completely vanished into the air.

Lacking the protection of the Formation, a chilling cold wind from the wilderness instantly flooded the entire city wall.

Everyone instinctively shivered.

That feeling was like standing stark naked in a world of ice and snow, leaving not even a shred of the last sense of security.

Li Gang released Zhang Chiming's collar, turned his gaze to Moria, and spoke in an extremely solemn voice.

"Kid, from here on out, it's up to you."

"Don't let me down!"

Zhou Huai solemnly nodded and did not say another word.

He turned around and let out a clear shout toward the crowd of the Evernight Guild.

"Zhuge Kongming!"

As soon as the voice fell, a figure stepped out from the crowd.

The newcomer was dressed in a plain white cloak, holding an exquisite feather fan. His face was like jade, with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, and his brow naturally carried an air of heroism and composure.

The gazes of everyone on the city wall were uncontrollably drawn to him.

"This... who is this person again?"

"Could he be the Formation Master of the Evernight Guild?"

Before everyone could figure it out, Moria's figure had already moved.

He grabbed Zhuge Kongming's wrist, and without a moment's hesitation, the two leaped forward, floating down from the hundred-meter-high city wall!

They landed steadily on that cold patch of land outside the city wall.

A confident arc curled up at the corner of Zhou Huai's mouth.

Next, it was Zhuge Kongming's turn to perform.

It was also time to let these people witness what a ceiling-level Formation Master was truly like!

The reason Zhou Huai had such confidence to guarantee that he could complete the upgrade of the defensive Formation within an hour relied precisely on the heaven-defying skill that Zhuge Kongming had comprehended when he reached Level 5.

【Multi-Tasking (LV1)】

【Skill Effect: After releasing the skill, it consumes 10 points of mana per second. During this period, you can simultaneously use your mind to control multiple targets for inscription. The stronger the Mental Strength, the higher the number of controllable targets.】

Beneath the city wall, Zhuge Kongming stood firmly.

He glanced at the already inscribed Level 4 Formation foundation at the base of the city wall, gently shaking his feather fan with a flash of disdain in his eyes.

"Such a crude Formation, and it even dares to be called a city-defense grand Formation?"

As soon as his voice fell, his cloak swept out fiercely!

Clatter!

A massive pile of rare materials flashing with various colors materialized out of thin air beside his feet like a small mountain.

These were all top-tier Formation materials looted from that underground ruin; any single piece of them would be enough to make external Formation Masters break their heads fighting for it.

On the city wall, a few knowledgeable Formation Masters nearly popped their eyes out upon seeing those materials, their breathing instantly turning extremely heavy.

"Heavens... Good heavens! That is... That is Star Iron?!"

"And that piece over there, is... is that Sinking Silver Wood?! T-These are all top-grade materials!"

Among them were even dozens of magic crystals.

Seeing this scene, Li Gang became even more certain in his heart that the magic crystals in the underground cave had indeed been taken by them.

However, what would shock them even more was yet to come!

Only to see Zhuge Kongming's eyes slightly closed as a massive wave of Mental Strength swept out explosively with him at the center!

"Buzz!"

From within the mountain-like pile of materials, six ancient-style carving knives simultaneously let out a soft hum and soared straight into the sky!

Like six living spirits, they hovered in mid-air, their blade tips flashing with a grim, chilling glare!

"Go!"

Following Zhuge Kongming's soft shout.

The six carving knives transformed into six streams of light, shooting toward the different nodes of the Level 4 Formation at the base of the city wall respectively!

The next second, a scene that everyone present would never forget in their lifetime occurred!

Hiss, hiss, hiss—!

The harsh screech of friction was endless, and sparks flew in all directions!

Only to see those six carving knives, under the multi-tasking control of Zhuge Kongming, beginning a frenzied inscription at an unimaginable speed upon the original Formation foundations!

At times they danced like wild dragons, grand and unconstrained, carving out deep primary energy veins!

At times they slithered like spirit snakes, meticulously carving and outlining complex rune nodes!

Six carving knives, six positions, operating simultaneously yet echoing each other without mutual interference!

That movement was precise to the absolute extreme!

That speed was so fast that one could only see a string of blurry afterimages!

Under their inscription, the foundation of the entire Level 4 Formation was being covered by increasingly complex and profound patterns at a speed visible to the naked eye.