Chapter 00483: Trash Are Just Cannon Fodder
# Trash Are Just Cannon Fodder
Chapter 483
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 483: Trash Are Just Cannon Fodder
Thirty-six formation flags swiftly took their positions as a formation disk enveloped the entire space.
Zha Yu stared blankly at the scene before him.
How had the Heavenly Gang Formation Disk’s base and all thirty-six formation flags suddenly appeared? Not only that, but the formation disk had been successfully activated, forming a Heavenly Gang Formation?
At that moment, Lan Xiaobu’s voice abruptly echoed in his ears, “Trash, hurry up and attack Ji Yun…”
Though Zha Yu hadn’t figured out how Lan Xiaobu had appeared, he instantly understood what was happening.
Lan Xiaobu’s backup plan was the Heavenly Gang Formation Disk and the other thirty-five formation flags.
The moment Ji Yun took out the thirty-sixth formation flag, Lan Xiaobu had abruptly activated the formation disk.
Now that all thirty-six flags were in the same space, they resonated with each other, forming the Heavenly Gang Formation.
And Ji Yun, the Traveler, was trapped right in the middle of it.
This was Lan Xiaobu’s so-called “feasible method.”
*What a brilliant move!*
Once Zha Yu grasped the situation, he disregarded his own crippled state and summoned his magic treasure, hurling it at Ji Yun with all his might.
Since Lan Xiaobu had managed to pull this off, it meant he hadn’t been bluffing.
Their plan had already taken its first successful step, so Zha Yu had no choice but to follow Lan Xiaobu’s instructions and attack Ji Yun like a madman.
Logically, Lan Xiaobu should have been attacking Ji Yun alongside Zha Yu with everything he had.
But instead, Lan Xiaobu completely ignored Ji Yun and lunged straight for the Fortune Formation Disk.
The moment Zha Yu saw Lan Xiaobu going for the disk, he realized he’d been played.
*Wasn’t the plan for Lan Xiaobu to use the Heavenly Gang Formation to help me attack Ji Yun? Why am I the one attacking while he goes for the Fortune Formation Disk?*
Zha Yu knew he’d been turned into cannon fodder.
But at this point, he had no way out.
His only hope for survival was to keep attacking Ji Yun like a madman.
“Idiot…” Ji Yun sneered as he watched Zha Yu’s frenzied assault.
With a cold snort, he formed a divine essence handprint and reached for Zha Yu’s skull.
But the moment his handprint extended, a terrifying restraining force filled the space, slowing his movements.
Not only that, but the power of his attack became clearly visible.
With such an obvious trajectory and force, even someone as weak as Zha Yu could barely block it with his magic treasure.
Along with the restraining force came a tearing power that seemed intent on dragging Ji Yun straight into the heart of the Heavenly Gang Formation Disk.
Ji Yun didn’t care.
The current power of the Heavenly Gang Formation Disk wasn’t even a billionth of its peak strength.
Even if he had to drag it out, he could still wear Lan Xiaobu and Zha Yu down to death.
What reassured him most was that Lan Xiaobu had gone for the Fortune Formation Disk instead of trying to seize control of the thirty-sixth formation flag—the one Ji Yun had once controlled.
*Greed blinds even the sharpest minds.*
Anyone would have gone for the Fortune Formation Disk first.
And that suited Ji Yun just fine.
Right now, the Heavenly Gang Formation had just been activated, giving Lan Xiaobu and Zha Yu the upper hand.
But given a little more time, he’d make Lan Xiaobu understand why the old ginger was spicier.
Because the Heavenly Gang Formation Disk’s power would keep weakening until it became nothing more than an ordinary disk—one he could simply bend down and pick up.
Yes, in the end, the formation disk would be something he could just *pick up*.
Did Lan Xiaobu really think his Fortune Formation Disk was so easy to take? Even if Lan Xiaobu possessed the most supreme world treasure, he wouldn’t be able to snatch the disk right under Ji Yun’s nose.
Unlike Zha Yu, who’d let Lan Xiaobu steal the Life and Death Cauldron right in front of him, Ji Yun would never let such a thing happen.
Lan Xiaobu frantically threw out formation flags, as if trying to lock down the Fortune Formation Disk, while Zha Yu’s attacks seemed to buy him time.
Zha Yu was suffering in silence.
Even with the Heavenly Gang Formation’s suppression, he could feel himself struggling more and more.
On the surface, it looked like he was holding his own, but in reality, the space for him to maneuver was shrinking.
He couldn’t even speak anymore.
Zha Yu wasn’t stupid.
He could vaguely sense that the Heavenly Gang Formation’s power was waning.
Thankfully, his Eight Treasures Chest gave him just enough leeway to cling to life.
All he could do was pray that Lan Xiaobu would hurry up and secure the Fortune Formation Disk before coming to his aid.
Half an incense stick’s time later, Ji Yun snorted coldly.
“Time to die…”
With those words, a broken blade light sliced through the space between him and Zha Yu.
Despite the Heavenly Gang Formation’s suppression, the blade light didn’t slow in the slightest as it tore into Zha Yu’s chest.
Zha Yu’s face turned as pale as paper.
He saw the blade coming, had enough time to block it—yet somehow, he couldn’t.
*Pfft!*
A mist of blood exploded as Zha Yu was sent flying like a broken kite, crashing into the edge of the Heavenly Gang Formation.
Countless blade lights surged toward him, ready to shred him into pieces.
Ji Yun didn’t even spare Zha Yu a glance.
With a twist of his body, he formed another handprint and reached for Lan Xiaobu’s head.
At that moment, the Heavenly Gang Formation’s aura abruptly weakened.
The formation disk itself seemed to stop functioning.
Even Zha Yu, half-dead in the corner, understood why.
It was because of the thirty-sixth formation flag.
The Heavenly Gang Formation required one formation disk and thirty-six flags.
Lan Xiaobu had brought the disk and thirty-five flags, using them to activate the formation.
The thirty-sixth flag, under the disk’s influence, had automatically joined the formation.
But that thirty-sixth flag didn’t belong to Lan Xiaobu—it belonged to Ji Yun.
Ji Yun had been slowly recovering from the formation’s initial suppression.
Now, he was undoubtedly working to peel that thirty-sixth flag away from the formation.
Once Ji Yun succeeded, both Lan Xiaobu and Zha Yu were dead.
Even if Zha Yu somehow survived thanks to the formation’s weakening power, he felt no joy.
“I told you… you underestimated Ji Yun…” Zha Yu muttered weakly from where he lay.
A powerhouse like Ji Yun only needed the slightest opening to turn the tables.
And Lan Xiaobu hadn’t just given him an opening—he’d practically handed over the keys to victory.
*You should’ve gone for the thirty-sixth flag first, not the Fortune Formation Disk.*
If it were him…
Zha Yu hesitated.
If it were him, he’d have gone for the Fortune Formation Disk too.
The benefits of seizing it were too great.
First, taking the disk would drastically weaken Ji Yun’s strength within the formation.
Without the Fortune Formation Disk’s support, Ji Yun would be like a toothless tiger—one without a strong body to boot.
Second, and most importantly, stealing the disk would cripple Ji Yun’s fortune.
And for someone like Ji Yun, fortune was everything.
It was the reason he’d survived this long.
Not to mention, snatching the disk mid-battle would throw Ji Yun into chaos.
But Lan Xiaobu had failed.
If it were him…
Zha Yu sighed.
Now that he thought about it calmly, he’d have failed too.
If he could’ve succeeded, Ji Yun wouldn’t have let it happen.
The fact that Ji Yun hadn’t stopped Lan Xiaobu meant he’d known Lan Xiaobu wouldn’t succeed.
Though Ji Yun’s handprint was slowed and distorted by the Heavenly Gang Formation’s interference, the formation’s weakening power meant it still locked onto Lan Xiaobu’s life force.
Just as the handprint was about to seize Lan Xiaobu’s skull, Lan Xiaobu suddenly waved his hand.
Countless formation flags lit up as a brand-new defensive immortal formation materialized between him and Ji Yun.
Ji Yun froze, then immediately understood.
So all that time Lan Xiaobu had spent setting up formation flags wasn’t to take the Fortune Formation Disk—it was to block him at this critical moment.
Wait, no…
Ji Yun quickly realized something was off.
Only a fool would waste so much effort on something so pointless.
No matter how strong Lan Xiaobu’s defensive formation was, it could only delay him for an instant.
Had Lan Xiaobu really spent all that time, sacrificed Zha Yu, just to buy himself a single moment?
That didn’t sound like Lan Xiaobu at all.
Just as this thought crossed Ji Yun’s mind, he felt the spiritual imprint on the thirty-sixth Heavenly Gang Formation flag—the one he controlled—begin to fade.
In the next instant, it vanished completely.
If Ji Yun still didn’t understand Lan Xiaobu’s plan now, he might as well be a pig.
Lan Xiaobu’s first step had been using the Heavenly Gang Formation Disk and thirty-five flags to activate the formation.
His second step was pushing Zha Yu forward to stall Ji Yun.
On the surface, it looked like Lan Xiaobu was using Zha Yu and the formation disk to buy time to seize the Fortune Formation Disk.
But in reality, Lan Xiaobu had never intended to take the disk.
He’d been setting up *replacement formation纹* the entire time.
While laying down these replacement纹, he’d also used the flags around the Fortune Formation Disk to complete a defensive formation.
That defensive formation was step three—delaying Ji Yun just long enough to execute his real plan.
Step four was what Lan Xiaobu had truly been after.
To avoid drawing Ji Yun’s attention, he’d been silently carving replacement纹 in the void.
Hidden within the formation’s space, Ji Yun hadn’t noticed.
Now that step three was complete, Lan Xiaobu had used the defensive formation’s momentary delay to replace the one formation flag Ji Yun could still control.
The replacement纹 worked swiftly.
By the time Ji Yun tore through the defensive formation, Lan Xiaobu had already erased all of Ji Yun’s imprints on the thirty-sixth flag and claimed it as his own.
Ji Yun didn’t continue his pursuit.
He knew it was too late.
Now, he was truly trapped within a fully activated Heavenly Gang Formation.
When the formation had first been activated, even if the space wasn’t under his control, Ji Yun could still protect himself.
But now, he knew self-preservation would be a struggle.
His thoughts were no longer on killing Lan Xiaobu and taking the formation disk.
All he wanted now was to grab the Fortune Formation Disk and flee.
(That’s all for today’s update.
Goodnight, friends!)
(End of Chapter)