<h4>Chapter 1288: Chapter 1285: Encounter with a Formidable Enemy</h4>


    Xu Wendong instinctively looked towards the direction of the voice, only to see arge ship over a kilometer long and several tens of meters high rapidly approaching from the north.


    A blood-red skull emblem adorned the sails, and even at night, this skull emitted a dark red glow, giving an eerie feeling.


    On the deck stood hundreds of cultivators, most of them Mahayana Period Cultivators, along with some powerful Loose Immortals.


    Leading them was a middle-aged man with long purple hair and three eyes.


    The dark red vertical pupil in the center of his forehead added a touch of wickedness.


    "Pang Qiao?"


    Upon seeing the three-eyed middle-aged man, Xu Wendong couldn’t help but furrow his brows, a hint of seriousness in his eyes.


    He had never met Pang Qiao.


    However.


    His clone had encountered him before and suffered a great loss at his hands.


    It was just that.


    The clone and Pang Qiao had met in a sea region tens of thousands of miles away, and now with him appearing here, it was clear that he had pursued him.


    On the Ruyi Vessel, Lei Nanxiang and the others also saw these pirates, and their expressions appeared somewhat serious due to therge number of opponents.


    There were as many as twelve Scattered Immortal-level existences alone.


    With Xu Wendong’s strength, defeating them posed quite a significant challenge.


    "Sister Nanxiang, should we help Young Master Xu?" Bai Tao nervously looked at Lei Nanxiang, knowing that her cultivation level was quite high, reaching the Third-Level Hermit Immortal grade.


    Lei Nanxiang slightly shook her head: "It’s not convenient for us to intervene now."


    Actually, she very much wanted to help Xu Wendong, because with her strength, crushing this pirate gang wasn’t difficult.


    However.


    She couldn’t see through the cultivation level of the old man beside Xu Wendong.


    Therefore.


    The best approach was to watch and see how things unfold.


    "We don’t need to intervene in this battle." Ling Yun came to the deck, calmly remarked: "In this world, those who can kill Young Master Xu are very few."


    She knew Xu Wendong’s trump card; leaving aside other factors, merely the existence of the Peni Immortal Ind Minor World could ensure Xu Wendong’s invincibility.


    Let alone, he now had a clone.


    Even if the opponents were Third-Level Hermit Immortals, he could still kill them unexpectedly.


    "The old guy beside you, wouldn’t he be your helper?" Pang Qiao looked at Xu Wendong, half-smiling, with a hint of a sinister smile in his eyes.


    Xu Wendong whispered: "Senior, these people areing aggressively. Later, I’ll hold them off, and you should find an opportunity to slip away!"


    Since they were here for him, he couldn’t drag Yin Zou into this no matter what.


    Yin Zou ignored it and said: "Benefactor, your words are mistaken. You saved my life before, and now with enemies before us, how can I escape alone?"


    Xu Wendong didn’t respond, and as he soared into the sky, countless Spirit Stone Ore flew in all directions, forming an array in an instant, enveloping this small world within.


    He pinched the spell with both hands.


    In an instant.


    A glowing white light shot skyward, forming a massive light curtain covering hundreds of miles of the sea.


    The white light emitted a faint glow, illuminating this world.


    "You actually know formations?" Pang Qiao slightly frowned, clearly not expecting Xu Wendong to have such means.


    Xu Wendong looked at him with a smile: "Don’t you want to kill me? Then break through the formation!"


    The matter of the clone getting hurt is ultimately Xu Wendong’s responsibility.


    If the clone had some Spirit Stones to set up a formation during the mission, how would Pang Qiao’s Third-Level Hermit Immortal strength matter?


    Even if he couldn’t defeat him, he could escape without severe injury.


    However.


    Xu Wendong couldn’t be med entirely since he didn’t have many Spirit Stones.


    "Xu Wendong, don’t you think that relying on this formation alone can resist our Blood Skull Pirate Group?" Pang Qiao’s eyes were full of disdain.


    Even though they were trapped within the formation, he didn’t take Xu Wendong seriously.


    Because.


    His pirate group had formation experts.


    At this moment, a middle-aged man with crafty eyes and wearing a white robe walked to Pang Qiao’s side and said with a smile: "Boss, why don’t you go inside and enjoy yourself with women while I break this formation; by the time you finish, it’ll be done!"


    "Fifteen minutes is enough!"


    Upon hearing this, Xu Wendongughed loudly: "So Big Brother Pang can onlyst for fifteen minutes!"


    Pang Qiao’s face turned ferocious, staring maliciously at the underling, and angrily said: "If you can’t break this formation within fifteen minutes, I’ll kill you right now!"


    The middle-aged man shivered and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes!"


    With that, he sat on the deck cross-legged, emptying his mind, feeling the formation wave fluctuations between heaven and earth.


    For an Array Master, to break a formation, one must first understand what type of formation the opponent has set up.


    Only by understanding the type of formation can the method to break it be found.


    Seeing this, Yin Zou couldn’t help but say: "Benefactor, these pirates have impressive cultivation, your formation likely won’t hold them for long. In my opinion, we should leave quickly before they break the formation!"


    "As long as we reach an ind inhabited by human cultivators, we can shake off these pirates."


    Pirates aremon in the Chaotic Star Sea.


    These people are ruthless andmit all sorts of evils, but to shake them off is quite simple, as long as one enters a particr ind.


    No matter how powerful the pirates are, they dare not approach inds inhabited by human cultivators, as once they get close, they face everyone’s joint assault.


    Xu Wendong dismissively said: "Don’t worry, senior, they won’t break my formation."


    "We’ll just wait and see how it ys out."


    Although his achievements in formations might not be the pinnacle, they are definitely not something amon Array Master could break.


    "Can this formation withstand the Blood Skull Pirate Group?" On the Ruyi Vessel, Luo Li’s face was devoid of color.


    She had wandered the seas with Tu Jin before and naturally heard about the infamous Blood Skull Pirate Group’s reputation; this pirate group was very strong.


    Not only do they have more than ten Scattered Immortal-level experts.


    Their ship even has a formation expert whose aplishments in formations are impressive; rumors say he once broke a damaged Immortal Level Array.


    Although it was a damaged Immortal Level Array, it still showed his strength.


    Ling Yun’s face curved with a charming smile: "Don’t worry, sisters, Young Master Xu’s achievements in formations are not something ordinary cultivators can rival!"


    She knew Xu Wendong’s aplishments in formations and had absolute confidence in him.


    Meanwhile.


    On the Skeleton Ship, the middle-aged man named Shi Tu suddenly opened his eyes, filled with excitement: "Boss, this formation is a confinement array, it’s easy to break."


    Pang Qiao’s eyes shed: "Quickly break the array; once it’s broken, I want to kill Xu Wendong first!"


    Shi Tu’s hands pinched the spell, his eyes shining with madness, continuously dismantling the formation.


    "Break for me!"


    Apanied by Shi Tu’s angry roar, arge opening appeared in the formation enveloping the sky, causing the Blood Skull Pirate Group members to be extremely excited.


    Pang Qiao coldly smiled at Xu Wendong: "I’m really puzzled, why didn’t you flee earlier?"