The residents of Little Immortal Island were all disciples of the Misty Rain Pavilion. They were skilled practitioners and well-trained, and the island often conducted evacuation drills.
Especially in the past few days, Hai Furong had alerted everyone. The bracelets everyone wore vibrated and emitted a sound, waking everyone from their slumber.
Without bothering to dress, they immediately rushed to their wardrobes, opened them, and parted the clothes hanging inside to reveal a palm-sized keypad.
They entered the password, then placed their fingers on the keypad's sensor for fingerprint unlocking. Immediately, a beam of light shot out from the keypad, covering the person's face.
The bottom of this wardrobe was actually a secret tunnel for escape. To prevent intruders from descending through the tunnel, the island's security designers had specifically created these three locks.
Only by first entering the correct password could the fingerprint scanner be activated. After verifying the fingerprint, the facial scanning light would be emitted. Finally, after passing the facial recognition and all three passwords were confirmed, the tunnel door would open.
Next, the back panel behind the wardrobe suddenly opened to the sides, revealing the entrance to the tunnel.
The people of Little Immortal Island jumped into the tunnel entrance. Once inside, they immediately entered a slide, spiraling downwards, and finally arrived at the underground shelter.
After they entered, the tunnel entrance would close again, and the wardrobe would return to its original state. Without a thorough inspection, it would be impossible to tell that it was a tunnel entrance.
On the north side of Little Immortal Island, Boya Zhuomo brought over thirty people. Among these thirty people, seven or eight were Onmyoji, all elites under his command. The remaining people were ninjas from the Ise Grand Shrine.
In fact, in Japan, ninjas did not directly belong to any single force. Their schools and families often attached themselves and pledged loyalty to certain powers.
They relied on serving these powers to obtain money, resources, and protection from them.
However, the ninjas of the Ise Grand Shrine were different. They were ninjas directly subordinate to the Ise Grand Shrine.
This group of ninjas differed from other ninjas in Japan. Their biggest difference was that almost every ninja from the Ise Grand Shrine mastered a form of the Five Elements Escape Technique!
The Five Elements Escape Technique here was not like the deceptive tricks of other ninjas. Instead, it was the mastery of a genuine Five Elements spell!
If ninjas from the Ise Grand Shrine encountered ninjas from other Japanese schools in a life-or-death battle, they could even kill the opponent's Jonin (high-level ninja) despite being of a lower rank.
However, similarly, the biggest problem for the ninjas of the Ise Grand Shrine was their small numbers, with only a total of over fifty people. Today, Boya Zhuomo brought out half of them.
The selection process for this group of ninjas had an extremely high elimination rate from the start. They had to possess certain qualifications, be able to absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth, and be able to use spells to be eligible for training at the Ise Grand Shrine. Today, Boya Zhuomo had truly spared no expense.
Soon, these thirty-odd people, wading through the icy seawater, arrived at Little Immortal Island.
As soon as they landed on the island, Boya Zhuomo's face lit up with joy. He immediately realized that the situation on this island was indeed unusual.
Outside the island, tens of meters away on the sea, the north wind howled, and the cold air was piercing. Yet, on the island, the temperature was four to five degrees higher than on the sea, and the wind force and speed were much weaker!
At this moment, Boya Zhuomo was inexplicably excited. The scene before him far exceeded his expectations.
After initial exploration outside the island, he had thought that the island's natural conditions were very superior, which was why the spiritual energy from heaven and earth was so abundant.
But now, after landing on the island, he discovered that the concentration of spiritual energy from heaven and earth was three to four times that of the outside!
Clearly, such a thing would not happen in nature. There could only be one explanation: someone had placed a Spirit Gathering Array here!
This discovery further solidified Boya Zhuomo's resolve. He had already decided that no matter the cost, he would obtain this island today!
At this moment, Boya Genzo also walked forward.
"Lord Zhuomo, this island seems unusual. I even feel that if I could cultivate here for a few days, I would soon achieve a breakthrough!"
"Heh heh, Genzo, you are correct. This island is indeed a blessed land. Today, no matter what, we must obtain this island. If anyone on the island resists, kill them without mercy!"
A murderous intent appeared on Boya Zhuomo's face. Although he knew that such a massacre might arouse suspicion from others, he was determined to get this island!
The group rushed onto Little Immortal Island and headed towards the residential buildings on the island. Little did Boya Zhuomo and his companions know that their every move was being clearly observed by two owls in the northeast sky.
About ten minutes later, they reached the highest point of the island. About a kilometer away, the buildings of Hell Paradise Island were faintly visible.
At this moment, Ling Tian, who was in his room, took out several jade talismans from the Spirit Realm space. He first confirmed the information represented by the patterns on these talismans, and then Ling Tian clasped his hands and crushed them.
As the jade talismans in Ling Tian's hands shattered, the basin-sized jade tablets buried underground in different directions on the island also shattered!
A few minutes later, a thin mist rose from the ground of the island. This mist gradually became thicker and thicker, eventually enveloping the entire Little Immortal Island!
The formation personally designed and laid out by Ling Tian was not that simple. When Ling Tian set up the formation, he had considered the possibility of invasion, so he left a backdoor.
As long as he crushed the jade talisman in his hand, the larger jade tablet on the island corresponding to this jade talisman, which was the formation's eye, would also be shattered.
Once the formation's eye was destroyed, the formation's original function would dissipate.
However, Ling Tian's design was even more ingenious. Although the Spirit Gathering Array could no longer be used normally after the formation's eye was destroyed, the damaged Spirit Gathering Array had perfectly transformed into a Maze Array!
Ling Tian's move of "stealing the beams and replacing the pillars" was executed brilliantly, and his opponents had not noticed the trickery at all.
Even the mist rising around them did not arouse much vigilance. After all, it was by the sea, and it was quite normal for some mist to rise from the sea in winter!
As they walked, Boya Zhuomo began to realize something was wrong!