The Ultimate Borer

Chapter 142: 8-Gate Golden Lock Formation, Searching for the Unbeatable Ma Chao

"Oh no, oh no, President, something terrible has happened!"

On the way to school the next day, a group of people suddenly encountered Jiang Gan who was rushing towards the Cao family. After some inquiries, everyone learned that in order to help Hua Xiong regain his face yesterday, Hedong University had set up the "Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation" at the school gate, which was known as "the best formation in the world"!

"Everyone, I'm Li Ru from Hedong High School, and this is Mei Niang from Hedong High School. The reason we've set up the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation at your school today is, firstly, to seek justice for Hua Xiong from our school. Yesterday, he ran back with his underwear gone! Secondly, we demand that you hand over Zhao Yun, who's causing trouble at Hedong High School. If you meet these two demands, we at Hedong High School will withdraw immediately, without hesitation!"

At the gate of Donghai Academy, Li Ru, holding a loudspeaker, spoke to the huge crowd of teachers and students at the school gate.

"Oh my, what trouble has this Zhao Yun caused again? He just chased away Hua Xiong from Hedong High School yesterday, and now a bunch of people from Hedong High School are here again!"

Wang Yun complained. Although there was some dissatisfaction in his tone, his brows were furrowed. He looked around for Zhao Yun, hoping that he would not appear here.

"Could it be that he rescued Adou at Changbanpo?"

Xiu whispered something to Zhang Fei, but Cao Cao saw his action. As he poured his internal energy into his ears, Cao Cao heard everything Xiu said.

"Jiang Gan!"

"Yes! (Similar to the meaning of answering "yes" in daily life)"

As Cao Cao shouted, Jiang Gan immediately appeared beside Cao Cao.

"Do you know what Zhao Yun did at Changbanpo?"

"President, I truly admire you. The reason Hua Xiong came to our Donghan Academy yesterday to cause trouble was because not long ago, people from Hedong University kidnapped elementary school students all over the country and forced them to sign life-long agreements to serve Hedong University. A week ago, Zhao Yun heard the news and immediately rushed to Changbanpo, the location of the Hedong University affiliated elementary school, defeated all the guards there, and rescued all the elementary school students!"

Jiang Gan told Cao Cao the information he had found. When it comes to studying, he is just as bad as Jin Bao San from the Golden Time, but when it comes to the ability to gather intelligence, both of them are equally powerful!

"Sure enough, whether it's Fang Mu or Liu Bei, they should not be underestimated!"

Cao Cao looked at Fang Mu and Xiu and nodded slightly. One of them pretended to be doing nothing on weekdays, but the other's ability to hide information made Cao Cao sure that he was not simple at all. The other one was very secretive and knew a lot of news that even he had never heard of. Cao Cao only hoped that the two of them would not do anything that was detrimental to the Eastern Han Academy, otherwise these two people would be very troublesome opponents.

"Principal, the three of us brothers are applying to break the formation!"

Seeing Li Ru and Mei Niang from Hedong High School being so arrogant, Guan Yu, who was full of justice, immediately asked for orders, but was overtaken by Zhao Yun who ran out from the side.

"I admit that I was late yesterday, but I arrived just in time today, and the other party happened to be looking for me, so let me come!"

Amid the cheers of the girls, Zhao Yun touched the siman in his hand and unloaded the weapon. Then, Zhao Yun took the Zhuifeng Xiyin Spear and entered the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation with great momentum.

However, Zhao Yun soon made a fool of himself as he failed to master the formation and was ridiculed by the people of Hedong University.

"It seems this Zhao guy isn't that great!"

Zhang Fei held his hands in his arms. Because the other party had opposed his second brother yesterday, Zhang Fei looked down on Zhao Yun and then asked Wang Yun to break the formation.

"Brother Fang, do you want to come with us?"

Before leaving, Guan Yu asked Fang Mu. Fang Mu thought about it, smiled for a moment and shook his head. You know, in the original drama, after the three of them went in, Xiu was trapped in the formation. At that time, Fang Mu wondered whether this formation was spiritual. Could it be that this formation knew that Xiu's ability index exceeded the standard and deliberately gave Xiu a "title"?

Therefore, after some thought, Fang Mu rejected Guan Yu's invitation. Guan Yu didn't think much about it, and then took Xiu and Zhang Fei into the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation.

Just like in the drama, after the three of them rushed into the formation several times, Xiu was trapped in it. Then Xiao Qiao, who didn't believe in evil, also rushed into the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, but her crow's mouth came into effect and she was also trapped in the formation.

"Everyone, don't go in anymore!"

Cao Cao quickly grabbed Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, who were about to rush into the battle to rescue Xiu and Xiao Qiao, and spoke earnestly.

"The Eight-Gate Golden Lock Formation was designed by the great magician Zuo Ci. It's full of mysteries and its complex, unpredictable formation is said to be able to trap thousands of troops. If you rush in without understanding the principles behind the formation, it will be a waste of time and may even get you killed. I think we should retreat for now and make a long-term plan!"

What Cao Cao said did make sense, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were eager to save their brother, so they chose to listen to Cao Cao.

"But leaving Liu Bei and Xiao Qiao inside is always a hassle. What if the people from Hedong High School use them to threaten us and prevent us from breaking the formation? That would be troublesome!"

Fang Mu dropped a sentence and then rushed into the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation in the surprised eyes of everyone.

"Hey, Brother Fang!"

Cao Cao was unable to stop him and could only watch Fang Mu enter the formation, sighing secretly. He had originally wanted to let Fang Mu participate in breaking the formation later, but now seeing that the other party was so reckless and there was a high possibility that he would not be able to get out, he immediately gave up this idea.

At this moment, Fang Mu, who entered through the "open door", successfully found Xiu and Xiao Qiao while searching for a way to break the formation, and brought them out.

(Because Fang Mu's subjective intention here was not to break the formation but to find someone, he was not "banned" by the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation)

By the way, the order of breaking through the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array is: Open Gate, Rest Gate, Life Gate, Injury Gate, Closure Gate, Scenery Gate, Death Gate, and Shock Gate.

(The above order of breaking through the levels is from the game "Xian Guo Zhi". If you have friends who will participate in the Ultimate Three Kingdoms in the future, you can use this trick to pretend)

"Hey, Fang Mu is out, and he brought Big Brother and Xiao Qiao with him!"

Just as everyone was about to leave, Zhang Fei suddenly saw three people walking out of the formation and shouted.

"Brother Fang, I didn't expect you could even break the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation. I really admire you. You even helped me rescue my elder brother. Please accept my respect!"

Fang Mu quickly supported Guan Yu, as he could not bear the other party's gift.

"Brother Guan, you're too kind. I just rushed into the formation on impulse. I was lucky to be able to bring Liu Bei and Xiao Qiao out!"

"Xiao Qiao, great, you're okay!"

Diao Chan also immediately came forward and hugged Xiao Qiao, and the two good sisters hugged each other and cried.

"This Fang Mu is truly remarkable. I never thought he could break this formation that left Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun helpless. Fang Mu, how much more do you have hidden that I don't know?"

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly, and had already labeled Fang Mu as "dangerous" in his mind. However, the most urgent task was to break the formation and let the students return to school. Cao Cao did not dwell on this matter. After ordering the guards to escort the students home, he invited Fang Mu and the other four, as well as Zhao Yun, to the Cao family to discuss countermeasures.

"As the saying goes, Tai Chi gives birth to two opposites, two opposites give birth to four symbols, and four symbols give birth to eight trigrams. In my opinion, to break this eight-door golden lock formation, at least eight people are needed!"

Cao Cao spoke earnestly, and at the same time informed everyone that the Eastern Han Academy could no longer gather the eight people needed to break the formation.

"But you don't have to worry. Eight people are the safest configuration to break the formation. However, with the skills of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun, I think with two more people, we should be able to break the formation!"

Cao Cao looked at Fang Mu and said meaningfully.

"And based on Brother Fang's performance today, I believe that with his leadership, our chances of breaking the formation will be even greater!"

"I already told you it was just luck!"

Fang Mu quickly waved his hands to defend himself, saying that Cao Cao was so smart, if he showed off his ability and ended up not being able to gather the Five Tiger Generals, how much regret would he have then?

Cao Cao ignored Fang Mu's excuses and turned on the computer directly, logging into the Cao family's exclusive information system, "Crisis Encyclopedia". Any crisis could be found on it.

"This is the person I think is most suitable. His name is Ma Chao, he's 18 years old, and he was born into a family of martial artists. His grandfather was the founder of the National Martial Arts Academy, and his mother is the author of Harry Potter and the Prince of Kung Fu. Therefore, Ma Chao has received strict training since he was a child, and his moves are solid and his Kung Fu is orthodox!"

Cao Cao looked at Zhang Fei's somewhat disdainful expression and reminded him patiently.

"The world is vast, and it is said that he has never been defeated in battle. He is very durable and no one has ever been able to defeat him!"

"Then without further ado, let's go find him first!"

Guan Yu immediately became interested in Ma Chao and wanted to meet the legendary undefeated Ma Chao. At the same time, Guan Yu took Xiu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Fang Mu on a journey to find Ma Chao, while Cao Cao still stayed in the Cao family compound, looking for the key to breaking the formation alone.