"This is..." Seeing the light shield enveloping him, Wu Tian's eyes widened, finding it hard to believe such a scene.
He was also a novel reader, and logically, such things should only appear in fantasy stories.
But witnessing it firsthand today, how could he not feel deeply astonished?
Gong Chunling said, "Wu Tian, the formation is now complete. The rest is up to you."
Wu Tian's expression became a little more serious. He wasn't inexperienced in dealing with formations, but the current situation was clearly different.
This was a true spiritual formation. Compared to what he had experienced before, those were like child's play.
He took a deep breath and said solemnly, "I understand. Bring it on."
Gong Chunling nodded, then said loudly, "Activate!"
Instantly, the five elders formed hand seals.
The spiritual formation's rotation speed increased dramatically, and a powerful pressure surged towards Wu Tian.
Wu Tian frantically mobilized the spiritual energy within him, then stomped his foot and charged directly at the elder in front of him.
The elder did not expect Wu Tian to be so fast.
His expression changed slightly, and he quickly chanted a spell.
Suddenly, a stream of flames erupted from in front of him and rushed towards Wu Tian!
Wu Tian's heart jolted, and he quickly stopped, bracing his hands forward to form a transparent spiritual energy shield.
The flames collided with the spiritual energy shield and immediately engulfed Wu Tian.
Seeing this, Gong Chunling said with a slight surprise, "So you really are a spiritual cultivator. No wonder."
The flames flowed past Wu Tian along the spiritual energy shield.
Although the flames did not directly touch Wu Tian, they still made him feel a scorching heat.
Wu Tian finally understood. This spiritual formation was indeed extraordinary.
Attacks like this were beyond the capabilities of ordinary spiritual cultivators. Yet, the five elders, who were not spiritual cultivators, possessed such abilities, which was truly incredible.
After resisting the flames for half a minute, Wu Tian felt he couldn't continue like this.
His spiritual energy was finite, and who knew how much energy this spiritual formation possessed.
If he continued to resist like this, the formation might not be broken, but he would end up with depleted spiritual energy, which would be bad.
So, he retreated in time, then stomped his foot and charged in another direction.
As he reached the front of another elder, he found himself unable to move.
Upon closer inspection, he realized that his limbs were bound by vines that appeared out of nowhere.
Undoubtedly, the direction he was trying to break through was the "wood" element in the Five Elements.
The resilient vines tightly bound Wu Tian. These vines were like snakes, constricting his limbs, and tightening with each passing moment, even causing his veins to bulge.
He tried to struggle, but he couldn't break free.
Many people thought trees were fragile, but that was incorrect. Trees were filled with tenacious vitality; they were actually the most resilient things.
Wu Tian gritted his teeth and struggled with all his might.
However, even with his body strengthened by spiritual energy, he was still unable to do so.
Gong Chunling said, "Wu Tian, don't use brute force. The more you struggle, the tighter the vines will bind you. If this continues, you will eventually injure yourself."
Wu Tian gritted his teeth, a fierce smile appearing on his face, and said, "Is that so? Don't underestimate me!"
As his voice fell, the spiritual energy within him was rapidly mobilized.
In an instant, a fierce aura erupted from his body.
And at this moment, he suddenly spread his arms, and the vines were directly torn apart!
He landed on the ground and smiled at Gong Chunling, saying, "How about it? I'm still capable, right?"
Gong Chunling was momentarily stunned, then smiled and said, "It seems you are not only a spiritual cultivator, but your spiritual energy level is likely not low either."
"But it won't do to continue like this. Although you can break free from the vines by unleashing your spiritual energy, how many such bursts can you sustain?"
Gong Chunling's words struck a chord with Wu Tian.
Gong Chunling was right. He had indeed broken free from the vines by unleashing his spiritual energy, but continuing like this was unsustainable; he would eventually run out of energy.
At this moment, Gong Chunling said again, "Furthermore, Wu Tian, I must tell you some bad news."
"We were just letting you adapt to the Five Elements Binding Spiritual Formation. Now... the real test begins!"
As she uttered the last word, Gong Chunling's voice suddenly rose, and Wu Tian realized something was wrong.
Danger was approaching from all directions!
Within a few seconds, exceptionally strong lights illuminated the feet of the five elders!
And as the five elders shouted in unison, attacks from the five directions of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth flew towards him!
"Oh my, this is a full-on assault!" Wu Tian was startled.
Sword blades, vines, water bullets, flames, and earth – attacks from the five elements rushed towards Wu Tian from five directions.
Helpless, Wu Tian could only leap upwards.
He looked down, and the vines shot up, devouring him like dozens of snakes.
He didn't want to waste more energy breaking free from these vines, so he directly punched them.
Lightning instantly struck the vines, and they began to burn fiercely, eventually turning into ash.