Chapter 856: The Fifth Floor

Having learned new things from Senior Xukong, Lin Mu felt a little better and the slight depressive state he had after the fight had faded away. Learning new things would always fix his mind and help improve his mood.

"You should head on now. It's not good to tarry anymore." Xukong reminded Lin Mu.

"Ah yes!" Lin Mu said and jumped into the gap that had been created in the formation array.

While it seemed like Lin Mu had talked to senior Xukong for a while, in reality, it had barely been five seconds since he split open the formation array, thus it didn't seem that different to the others that were watching.

~shua~

Ten seconds after Lin Mu entered the formation array, it closed up behind it and went back to its normal state. Lin Mu looked at it and nodded his head.

"Just as I thought. The moment meld's effect ended, the split formation array's realigned." Lin Mu muttered.

While it did look like Lin Mu had destroyed the formation array, it was not so. Rather than that, he had simply dislocated them and expanded the space between them. Meld was still working and the sword intent was simply used to force the opening to be created.

Other than that, the fomentation array was intact. What Lin Mu had done here was the same as him ripping open the barrier surrounding the ruins. Expect here the target was a complex formation array that would cause a lot of damage to him and the surroundings if he attacked it directly, unlike the relatively simple barrier.

In simple words, he got the same result using a different method.

Once Lin Mu was gone and the formation array closed behind him, the disciples were nervous.

"Will he be fine?" A male disciple questioned.

"If he was sure of doing this, he should be fine." Someone answered. 

The disciples looked at the person who was none other than Jing Luo and nodded their heads. Here Jing Luo was the closest person to Lin Mu. Of course, this excluded Little Shrubby, but he wasn't exactly a 'Person'.

"Though… is it just me, or did Senior Lin Mu look different?" A male disciple questioned.

"What do you mean?" His companion asked.

"Now that I think of it… he did seem 'bigger'." A female disciple chimed in.

"He did! Didn't he?" The male disciple agreed.

"Nonsense. How can he just grow bigger all of a sudden? You two must be mistaken." Another disciple said in a dismissive tone.

The two disciples who seemed to be in agreement, looked on awkwa