I Picked Up Talents in the Interstellar Battlefield

A few minutes ago, with a cracking sound, a purple crystal wall appeared in the clouds, the earth tore open, and the entire city swayed, plunging into the void.
At this moment, Yue Shenghe, Fu Ning, and Zhongli Ying all looked at Zhuge Yu, their hearts filled with unease.
Zhuge Yu was indeed correct; this life-and-death crisis had still arrived.
Currently, Zhuge Yu frowned, wishing he had truly miscalculated rather than seeing this scene unfold before him.
To uproot an entire city and exile it to the chaotic currents of the void—this was at least the work of a Ninth-Tier expert.
However, the Oriental Family's control over the Genius Battle was extremely strict, making it impossible for even a Ninth-Tier expert to secretly infiltrate Shuiyue New City on Yingmu Star.
Therefore, the creator of this disaster was most likely one of the participants.
The most suspicious individual was the A Grade Examiner, Ghost, who had never shown his face.
Lei Yao's team was in danger.
"Wu Ziyan, Shangguan Lei!" Zhuge Yu shouted at the two panicked teams nearby.
"Come over here."
The sudden changes made the two teams anxious, so when Zhuge Yu called for them to gather, they immediately approached as if they had found their backbone.
"Zhuge Yu, what exactly is going on?" Wu Ziyan asked nervously.
"I don't know either."
Zhuge Yu shook his head and said, "However, this must be a conspiracy targeting us and the Oriental Family. When I entered Shuiyue New City, I cast a divination for myself, and the hexagram indicated great misfortune, meaning that I and everyone present would face a life-or-death crisis. Now it seems the crisis has arrived."
What!!!
Upon hearing this, the hearts of many geniuses grew even more panicked. Everyone knew about the Zhuge Family's Heavenly Secret Bloodline; their divinations rarely went wrong.
"I suspect all of this was caused by that Ghost Examiner, and his target is everyone here."
Zhuge Yu said in a grave voice, "Everyone, we must unite now. Let's hold on for as long as possible. I believe the Oriental Family will do everything in their power to save us."
"Alright, what do you suggest we do?"
With Zhuge Yu present at this critical moment, everyone was willing to follow his lead and obey his commands.
"Form a formation. I will be the formation core, and you will be the formation eyes."

Zhuge Yu said in a deep voice, "You must obey my commands. When I give an order, you cannot hesitate for a moment."
"Alright, no problem."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Shangguan Lei, activate your Heart Net and connect everyone," Zhuge Yu gave his first command.
"Alright!"
Shangguan Lei's eyes flashed, and an invisible spiritual force spread out, connecting everyone's souls, forming a Heart Net where everyone was interconnected.
"Next, Fu Ning, you and Zhongli Ying stand at the Life Gate."
"Yue Shenghe, you stand at the Death Gate."
"Wu Ziyan, you stand at the Rest Gate."
"Shangguan Lei, you stand at the Scenery Gate."
Zhuge Yu assigned everyone to different formation eyes of the Eight Trigrams Formation based on their abilities. At this time, Huang Yuhui and the other four also rushed over in a panic, but Lei Yao was nowhere to be seen.
Everyone guessed that Lei Yao was probably already in grave danger.
"You five, enter the formation!" Zhuge Yu had no time to explain and directly instructed the few to stand at different formation eyes.
The arrival of these five would not disrupt his formation plan; on the contrary, in this situation, the more people, the better.
The Marquis Wu's Eight Trigrams Formation was unpredictable. Let alone a mere dozen people, even tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people could be arranged within the Eight Trigrams Formation.
Everyone took their positions, and the Eight Trigrams Formation activated.
In an instant, the world changed colors!
Buzz—A brilliant golden light pillar shot up from beneath Zhuge Yu's feet, piercing straight into the sky.
Immediately after, eight light pillars of various colors rose sequentially from the formation eyes where Fu Ning, Zhongli Ying, Yue Shenghe, and others were located, interweaving in the air to form a massive Eight Trigrams diagram.
"Qian three lines, Kun six breaks!" Zhuge Yu formed hand seals, and his robes fluttered without wind.
The Eight Trigrams diagram suspended in the air began to rotate slowly. With each rotation, a layer of pale golden light curtain descended, enveloping everyone.
Just then, footsteps approached from a distance.
A figure appeared at the end of the street, clad in pitch-black armor and wearing a demonic mask, like a fierce ghost emerging from hell, staring at everyone with those scarlet eyes.
"Marquis Wu's Eight Trigrams Formation."
Ghost stared intently at Zhuge Yu at the center of the Marquis Wu's Eight Trigrams Formation. The Marquis Wu's Eight Trigrams Formation was renowned throughout the world—a legendary formation recorded in history, profound and possessing the power to change the world.
Even though he had made ample preparations, when he saw the Marquis Wu's Eight Trigrams Formation, he couldn't help but frown.
"Marquis Wu's Eight Trigrams Formation—it is indeed extraordinary."
Ghost's voice was hoarse and deep, like countless departed souls whispering. He slowly raised his hand, his sleeves billowing, and an extremely cold aura suddenly erupted!
"But unfortunately, you cannot stop me."
Before his words finished, he clenched his five fingers abruptly—"Ten Thousand Ghosts Devour the Heavens!"
Boom—!
In an instant, the entire world seemed to plunge into a netherworld hell! Countless mournful ghost wails echoed from all directions, black mist surged and churned, and ferocious ghosts crawled out of the void, their scarlet eyes fixed on the people within the Eight Trigrams Formation.
Some were skeletal, some were covered in rot, and even more transformed into distorted black shadows, madly charging towards the great formation!
"They're here!" Zhuge Yu's pupils contracted, and he shouted, "Eight Trigrams rotation, Yin-Yang suppress evil!"
Whoosh—!
The Eight Trigrams diagram suddenly accelerated its rotation, the eight light pillars shone dazzlingly, and as the formation patterns flowed, layers of golden light curtains spread outwards like a tide.
The moment the evil spirits crashed into the light curtain, they let out piercing shrieks and were burned to ashes.
However, the tide of ghosts was endless, charging the great formation one after another, and the light curtain began to tremble violently!
"Everyone, maintain the formation eyes with all your might!" Cold sweat seeped from Zhuge Yu's forehead as he formed hand seals, and spiritual energy surged wildly into the formation core.
"Understood!" Everyone responded in unison, each activating their power.
Fu Ning and Zhongli Ying stood at the Life Gate, their spiritual energies merging to form a vibrant barrier, resisting the erosion of ghost qi; Yue Shenghe guarded the Death Gate, his killing intent awe-inspiring, sweeping out with his Coiled Dragon Fist Intent, shredding nearby evil spirits; Shangguan Lei stood at the Scenery Gate, his Heart Net fully open, precisely capturing every weak point, assisting in directing everyone to reinforce defenses; Wu Ziyan at the Rest Gate continuously supplied spiritual energy to the great formation, maintaining its operation!
Seeing this, Ghost snorted coldly, "Dying struggles!"
He suddenly raised his hand, and a pitch-black talisman appeared in his palm, which he slammed onto the ground—"Nine Nether Ghost King, appear!"
Rumble! The earth cracked, a gigantic ghost hand broke through the ground, and then, a hundred-zhang-tall Ghost King slowly crawled out, its scarlet eyes looking down at everyone, opening its mouth to spew out a torrent of black flames!
"Not good!" Zhuge Yu's expression changed slightly, and he shouted, "Eight Trigrams unify, Heaven and ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) Earth reverse!"
The Eight Trigrams diagram suddenly contracted, the eight light pillars converged at the center, transforming into a brilliant golden light sword that slashed directly at the Ghost King!
Boom—!!!
The heavens and earth trembled, golden light and black flames collided fiercely, and a violent energy storm swept in all directions!
Ghost's figure flickered in and out of sight within the storm, and a cold smile tugged at the corner of his mouth beneath the mask: "Interesting—but how much longer can you last?"
Zhuge Yu gritted his teeth, blood faintly seeping from the corner of his mouth.
A Sixth-Tier, Nine-Star. This was a Sixth-Tier, Nine-Star Bloodline Warrior.