The Heart-Destructive Formation—a Third-tier Formation—was an exceptionally powerful illusionary killing array.
Once trapped, any warrior below the Divine Sea Realm would lose their minds, fall prey to their inner demons, and go insane.
As soon as Jiang Chen activated the formation, the weaker members of the Black Tiger Adventure Group immediately showed signs of distress.
Their faces twisted in pain.
"Ah… You killed my family! I'll rip you apart!"
"Hahaha… I am the leader of the Black Tiger Adventure Group! Obey me and prosper; defy me and perish!"
"Die! All of you, die!"
In mere moments, the warriors of the Black Tiger Adventure Group descended into madness.
They roared and turned on each other, attacking their comrades with frenzied abandon.
The courtyard erupted into chaos.
Metal clashed against metal, and agonized screams filled the air.
Within five minutes, the entire Black Tiger Adventure Group was in disarray.
Only Lu Heihu and the other ninth-level Qi Protection Realm enforcer remained unaffected.
"Stop! Stop this madness!"
Lu Heihu's eyes widened in horror as he watched his men slaughter each other. He shouted desperately, but it was futile.
The warriors, consumed by the formation-induced madness, couldn't hear him.
Two crazed middle-aged men even turned and charged at Lu Heihu himself, their eyes vacant with rage.
The onlookers gasped, unable to believe their eyes.
Jiang Chen had turned the elite Black Tiger warriors against each other with a single formation.
"Unbelievable! He's a Third-Grade Formation Master?!"
"Lu Heihu was a fool to provoke someone like that. The Black Tiger Adventure Group is done for!"
"Hahaha… Serves them right! They've terrorized Thunderstone City for too long."
Those who had been bullied by the Black Tiger Adventure Group now watched the spectacle with satisfaction, seeing it as long-overdue retribution.
Behind Jiang Chen, Ye Qingshuang and the members of the Azure Adventure Group stood in stunned silence.
The power on display was beyond anything they had imagined.
"He's… incredible."
"Defeating warriors at the eighth level of Qi Protection with ease is one thing, but this… a single formation wiping out the Black Tiger Group…"
Their respect and awe for Jiang Chen grew exponentially. Words failed to capture the magnitude of his power.
"Jiang Chen!"
Lu Heihu's face contorted with fury. "You killed my son! You've destroyed my Black Tiger Adventure Group! I'll kill you!"
Even a warrior as powerful as Lu Heihu, a ninth-level Qi Protection Realm expert, began to lose his mind under the formation's influence.
Consumed by madness, he lashed out, cutting down his own men like a wild beast.
In moments, only Lu Heihu and the ninth-level enforcer remained.
The two turned on each other, locked in a desperate battle.
Their swords clashed in a frenzy of strikes.
After a brutal exchange of hundreds of moves, both were mortally wounded, collapsing from exhaustion.
The once-feared Black Tiger Adventure Group lay in ruins, annihilated by Jiang Chen's formidable Heart-Destructive Formation.