Forcing Their Way Through the Array

In any case, having an extra Ice Crystal Illusion Pearl is ultimately a good thing.

This thing, activated only by its residual Demon Power, can affect two Newly Promoted True Monarch, making it definitely Fourth-Order High-Grade Spirit Item.

Moreover, it's a very rare Illusionary Type, which makes it even more valuable.

Afterwards, Xiao Chen also tasted the Ice Crystal Jellyfish with everyone else.

The taste was surprisingly good.

The main reason is that the Spiritual Power content within Fourth-Order great demon is extremely abundant, making it a truly high-end ingredient.

Therefore, it will taste good no matter how you cook it, and it's not easy to make it taste bad.

But after this lighthearted little incident, everyone will soon face a major challenge.

From the second day onwards, for about ten days in a row, the Human Race failed to make any effective progress.

We've tried every possible method of investigation.

However, instead of finding any weaknesses in the Linked Grand Array, they gained an even deeper understanding of its power.

"Among the Sea Race Great Demon, there must be some who are proficient in formations. Every three days, they will adjust the distribution of some of the restrictions and change the flow of Spiritual Power."

Gang Yuan True Monarch said with a hint of helplessness, "Most of the intelligence we have now is outdated."

"The rest will expire in a few days."

"Faced with this situation, we either have to force our way in and disrupt their rhythm to interfere with their formation changes."

"Either we'll have to spend more time waiting until they've used up all the tricks they have and start repeatedly adjusting the distribution of restrictions before we can find any loopholes."

Neither of these are good choices.

The former is too reckless and carries a high degree of danger.

The latter, however, is unpredictable and requires an unknown amount of time to process, making it too uncontrollable.

"Since the Sea Race want to stall for time, we can't easily give in to their wishes."

Cloud Vortex True Monarch suggested, "Let's try to break in first thing tomorrow morning and see if we can destroy part of the outer Array Foundation."

As Sword Cultivator, he didn't want to drag things out.

Iron Fan True Monarch nodded in agreement. "In my opinion, if we are careful and don't go too deep into it, there shouldn't be any major problems."

"No matter what changes occur, just withdraw first."

"Let's try it no matter what, and if it doesn't work, we'll think of another way."

From the very beginning, Xiao Chen had already expressed his willingness to act as the vanguard, and of course, he wouldn't object.

So everyone finalized the plan and route, and prepared to charge forward.

The best time to act is naturally after the morning Spiritual Qi Tide ends.

Taking advantage of this brief period of weakened Spiritual Power, the eight Human True Lord who had previously participated in clearing the formation joined hands and broke into the Linked Grand Array from the right side.

The first word that came to everyone's mind was "fiery".

On the outermost side of the right, the Fire Array has just been rotated.

Outwardly, there was nothing unusual, but once inside, one could immediately feel the scorching heat rising up, carrying with it a violent Fire Spiritual Power that washed over everyone's bodies.

Everyone clearly cultivates a golden body that is impervious to heat and cold from the Golden Core stage onwards.

However, standing in this fiery formation is like an ordinary person entering a Flame Mountain.

Within just a few breaths, he was drenched in sweat, the heat becoming unbearable, forcing him to expend his true energy to resist.

It can be said that they were already under tremendous pressure from the very beginning.

Moreover, this isn't a Negative Status; it's genuinely high temperatures.

Therefore, Xiao Chen was not exempt either, and he activated the Four Symbols Suppressing Mountain Shield to resist the heat wave.

Fortunately, it wasn't all bad news.

Perhaps because they disliked the stifling heat within the Fire Array, there seemed to be no Sea Race Great Demon stationed there.

In any case, the group did not encounter any additional attacks immediately after entering.

That's a good start.

"Everyone, keep your distance and don't get separated!"

Gang Yuan True Monarch, in the center, commanded, "Our goal this time is to dismantle two nearby Array Foundation, so let's start from here."

He pointed ninety feet away, indicating that he should start from that Normal Array Foundation.

Everyone immediately understood and moved towards that direction.

However, they had only gone halfway when a wall of fire rose up and blocked their way in front of the Array Foundation.

Immediately afterwards, countless walls of fire rose up from all directions, trapping everyone inside in an instant.

Xiao Chen looked around and roughly counted at least eight or nine hundred.

The next moment, apart from the location of the Array Foundation, the fire walls from the other three directions seemed to come alive, and they all rushed towards the group.

"I'm blocking the left side."

Xiao Chen moved to his left side, releasing his true essence to expand the coverage of the Four Symbols Suppressing Mountain Shield until it enveloped the entire left side.

"Leave the rest to me."

Iron Fan True Monarch simply held his fan upright behind everyone.

He opened his mouth and blew out a breath of Spiritual Qi, and the Iron Fan immediately expanded to a size of several hundred feet, completely sealing off the back.

It seems that his fan can not only serve as a weapon, but also has additional functions.

"Then I'll handle the right side."

Crane Cry True Monarch took a step to the right, took out a brocade handkerchief from his sleeve, and gently shook it open.

The handkerchief then emitted a shimmering white spiritual light, which grew increasingly intense, eventually transforming into a White Jade- like wall on the spot.

As the continuous stream of shimmering white light shone upon it, the White Jade wall grew thicker and thicker.

Before the wall of fire arrived, it had actually expanded to a full ten feet wide.

"Boom! Boom!"

Soon after, a series of violent explosions rang out.

Xiao Chen immediately felt waves of impact penetrating the Four Symbols Suppressing Mountain Shield and heading directly towards him.

This wall of fire was almost as powerful as a Law Technique by Nascent Soul Great Demon.

With hundreds and thousands of walls of fire stacked up, it was as if a dozen or so Great Demon were attacking them in turns.

Fortunately, Xiao Chen had already acquired the Vermilion Bird Spirit Pattern, which could effectively resist the bombardment of Fire Element Spell.

As the Vermilion Bird spreads its wings on the surface of the Four Symbols Suppressing Mountain Shield Cover, the impact of the fire wall is immediately reduced by 20%.

Despite the series of impacts, the Four Symbols Suppressing Mountain Shield remained completely unmoved.

This was probably the easiest one to deal with.

Iron Fan True Monarch sensed something was wrong and promptly Hand Seals, imbuing his Iron Fan with a layer of spiritual restriction.

With the blessing of the spirit barrier, the Iron Fan, which had been swaying under the bombardment, immediately stabilized and successfully blocked all the attacks.

However, it wasn't so easy for Crane Cry True Monarch.

He clearly hadn't expected the attack intensity within the formation to be so high.

The White Jade wall that had been opened was shattered piece by piece upon impact, quickly shrinking from more than ten feet wide to less than two feet wide.

At the critical moment, he reached into his robes and pulled out a Talisman, which he then placed behind the White Jade wall.

This barely managed to stabilize the situation.

However, before everyone could even relax, less than three breaths later, hundreds and thousands of walls of fire appeared outside again.

They squeezed back towards the center.

Xiao Chen, through the Four Symbols Suppressing Mountain Shield, discovered that the quantity this time was even greater than before.

Then came the third and fourth waves, each with more firewalls than the previous one.

The resulting pressure naturally increases.

Xiao Chen was alright; with Hextech Buff, he was least afraid of attacks that were numerous but whose individual quality was not high.

If this level of attack intensity is maintained, then even if the number increases several times over, it won't be a big problem.

But the others didn't have it so easy.

When the fourth wave of fire walls arrived, Iron Fan True Monarch also took out Talisman to help alleviate the pressure on the Spirit Artifact.

As early as when the third wave of fire wall attack came, Crane Cry True Monarch had already taken out a Pearl Umbrella and replaced the original brocade handkerchief.

This new Spirit Artifact is clearly more effective, and it's also easier to defend against attacks.

However, this is only a temporary relief. As the number of firewalls continues to increase, it will become increasingly difficult in the future.

In short, even before the Great Demon guarding the formation could launch an attack, the formation's own attacks were already putting immense pressure on everyone.

Of course, during this process, Gang Yuan True Monarch and the others were not idle either.

Together, they quickly broke through the wall of fire blocking their path and arrived at the base of the Array Foundation.

Silver Hair True Monarch was responsible for blocking the wall of fire in front, while Gang Yuan True Monarch and Han Chuan True Monarch were busy dismantling the Array Foundation.

The reason it's called disassembly, rather than simple destruction, is because it involves disassembly.

The idea was that by taking the Array Foundation out, they might be able to find the weaknesses in the large array more quickly.

However, this also slows down the speed considerably.

Even with the two of them working together, the dismantling process was extremely slow.

The fifth wave, the sixth wave... the eleventh wave.

"Daoist Gang Yuan, how much longer?"

Two quarters of an hour later, Iron Fan True Monarch's face was flushed, and his Spiritual Power was surging, even causing his robes to flutter.

At first glance, it seems like a lot of effort, but in reality, it's more than just a lot of effort.

Rather, it's a sign that the excessive depletion of true essence in a short period of time has led to some loss of control over Spiritual Power.

"It'll be quick, just a quarter of an hour more."

Gang Yuan True Monarch was also not having an easy time. At this moment, his robes were also bulging, but he couldn't bother to deal with it. He was focused on using the Compass in his hand to fight against the layers of array restrictions.

This doesn't mean he lacks skill.

However, forcibly removing the Array Foundation from a functioning array is indeed several times more difficult than simply destroying the Array Foundation.

If a less Array Master were to come, they wouldn't be able to do it even if given several hours.

However, the Sea Race would not stand idly by and watch the Array Foundation be taken away.

In fact, Hai Hong received a warning the moment the Human Race entered the formation.

However, it was also quite clever. Instead of rushing out, it led the Demonic Beasts to hide to the side and carefully observed the movements of the Human Race True Monarchs.

It does this for three reasons.

The first objective is to use the formation to deplete the true essence of the Human Race cultivators, thereby weakening their combat power.

The second objective was to probe their respective methods by attacking the formation.

For example, right now, Iron Fan True Monarch has revealed the versatility of his Iron Fan, which can be used for both offense and defense.

Crane Cry True Monarch has already revealed two of his Spirit Artifact.

This includes information such as Xiao Chen possessing an exceptionally strong Spiritual Power Barrier, and Gang Yuan True Monarch and Han Chuan True Monarch being more proficient in formations.

In addition, there was the incident on the first day when Qian Shu True Monarch manipulated the puppet.

The general situation on the Human Race has been largely understood.

Hai Hong's third objective was to lure the enemy deep into her territory.

If they had rushed out to intercept the Human Race as soon as they entered, the humans would have remained only on the perimeter.

But if they hide, deliberately not showing themselves.

Perhaps the Human Race will push deeper into the formation.

Since there are no enemies blocking our way, aren't you really going to come in and take a look?

If someone gets separated from the group, or if a large group ventures deep into the territory, they will have an opportunity to surround and kill them.

If we can kill one or two Human Race before they become familiar with the formation, we can create a greater advantage.

Therefore, Hai Hong and the Demonic Beasts patiently waited nearby, guarding the area for a full quarter of an hour without going out.

Until they realized that the Human Race seemed to be heading straight for the Array Foundation.

There's absolutely no indication that they intend to delve deeper into the matter.

The Six-fin Barracuda finally couldn't help but speak up, "Your Excellency, we can't let them dismantle the Array Foundation like this."

"I know them too well. Once they achieve this goal, they definitely won't go any further; they'll just run away."

"Why don't we take action now and try to keep that weakest old man completely?"

Hai Hong originally thought that even if one of these basic Array Foundation were missing, it wouldn't matter at all.

Therefore, it planned to wait until the Human Race dismantled the first Array Foundation and continued to advance before taking action.

However, after hearing the advice of the Six-fin Barracuda, they couldn't help but waver a little.

"Sir, if we delay going out any longer, it seems a bit too deliberate."

The Thousand-Year Sea Turtle also spoke up, saying, "Human Race cultivators are known for their shrewdness; they might very well know when to stop while they're ahead."

That's what it said, and it immediately changed Hai Hong's mind.

However, it didn't immediately order an attack, but instead hesitated, saying, "What you've said makes sense, but I think we should wait a little longer."

The Six-fin Barracuda grew anxious. "Sir, if we wait any longer, they'll get away!"

Hai Hong quietly scolded, "Shut up, you idiot!"

"This is a plan, don't you understand?"

"What if they turn around and run away if we go out now?"

"Let's wait until the Human Race cultivator in the very center is just a hair's breadth away from dismantling the Array Foundation before we make our move."

"By then, after all that hard work and seeing that success is within reach, they definitely won't be willing to give up."

"But if we leave it here, it will take a little while longer before it can be completely removed."

"At that time, we can not only use the Array Foundation as bait to lure them in, but also force them to stay and fight us inside the great array."

"At the same time, the Array Foundation can also restrain at least one person, preventing them from making a move."

"Isn't this a hundred times better than you recklessly rushing out now?"

Hai Hong's plan startled all the surrounding Demonic Beasts.

The Six-fin Barracuda was taken aback at first, but then, instead of being annoyed, it exclaimed excitedly, "You are truly brilliant, even more astute than Human Race!"

"The timing was perfect!"

This is the difference between Sea Race and Human Race. Even though Sea Race have awakened Spiritual Intelligence, most of the Great Demon have not yet developed concepts such as dignity.

They still follow the rule that the weak submit to the strong.

Even if someone in a subordinate position is publicly rebuked as an idiot by someone in a superior position, they won't be particularly angry.

Of course, there are also Great Demon that are almost indistinguishable from Human Race, but these are mostly a small number of races with innate intelligence, such as fox demons, or Land Demonic Beast that frequently come into contact with Human Race.

This does not include the Sea Fish Sea Beast that came from the Far Sea.

Soon, another fifteen minutes passed.

The outer firewall has reached its seventeenth wave.

The number has also expanded from nearly a thousand at the beginning to almost six thousand now.

At this scale, even Xiao Chen felt a certain amount of pressure.

Although the Four Symbols Suppressing Mountain Shield can still hold, he still needs to actively channel his true essence to repair it.

Iron Fan True Monarch was now truly blushing.

One reason was the extreme heat, and the other was that his Iron Fan had turned red-hot in the flames.

The influence on one's natal Spirit Artifact will naturally also affect the cultivator himself.

Fortunately, his Iron Fan, though made of some unknown material, was of exceptional quality.

Even though it had been burned to this state, it still showed no signs of deformation and continued to block the ever-growing wall of fire.

All I can say is that Custom Spirit Tool are indeed powerful.

As for Crane Cry True Monarch, he has now taken out his third Spirit Artifact, which he is using in conjunction with the Pearl Umbrella to defend against the attack.

It was a seemingly ordinary palm-leaf fan, but with each wave, it could drive away a large amount of flames several hundred feet away.

With the help of this wondrous fan, his guard duty has become much easier.

Xiao Chen and the others saw all of this.

It can only be said that as a successor of the Esteem Truth Temple, Crane Cry True Monarch possesses quite a few Spirit Artifact.

In conclusion, everyone Divine Ability and successfully persevered until now.

The dismantling of the Array Foundation Gang Yuan True Monarch and Ji has reached its final stage.

Just then, Hai Hong, who had been hiding in the shadows for half a day, finally gave the order, "Now! Follow me and kill!"

Having said that, he was the first to reveal himself and rush out.

As soon as it came up, it fully revealed its true form: a Red Crab that was over six hundred feet long.

Compared to the Gilded Overlord Crab behind him, which was only 300 feet long, it was twice the size.

The pair of giant pincers on its head were even more extraordinary, with the pincers alone measuring seventy or eighty feet in length, and when opened, they could almost clamp down on a small mountain.

More importantly, it is different from other crabs.

The light-colored carapace is barely visible on the abdomen.

You have to stare intently and search carefully to find a small, light red area about three feet in the very center.

Compared to its enormous body, this small weakness is almost negligible.

Furthermore, if it can continue to purify its bloodline or make breakthroughs in its cultivation in the future, it can continue to reduce its weaknesses until they disappear completely.

By then, all enemy attacks will be blocked by the solid, deep red armor.

In addition to the four Shallow Sky Sea Demon Beast mentioned by Iron Fan True Monarch earlier.

There were also three giant sea turtles, each four hundred feet long, Lionfish over two hundred feet long, and an Sea Anemone Shrimp just under two hundred feet long.

The former was also reinforcements sent by the Venerable One, while the latter two were among the three Great Demon who had previously escaped from the Listening Wave Sea.

With the addition of the Six-fin Barracuda, a total of eleven Fourth-Order great demon suddenly appeared.

This is assuming that Xiao Chen had already killed the previous Ice Crystal Jellyfish; otherwise, there would have been twelve.

To be honest, this number far exceeded the expectations of the Human Race.

They truly hadn't expected that Great Demon from the Sea Race would suddenly appear.

It should be noted that the Shallow Sky Sea originally only had four Great Demon, and even if the number doubled, there should only be eight.

Therefore, according to everyone's speculation, even if there is some error, the total number of Sea Race will not exceed ten.

Considering that Xiao Chen has already captured the Ice Crystal Jellyfish, there should be at most nine left in the formation.

This is one of the main reasons why everyone felt it was worthwhile to attempt a forced charge.

If everyone had known from the beginning that there were eleven powerful Sea Race Great Demon within the Linked Grand Array, they certainly wouldn't have come.

But now, looking at the murderous Demon Beast around him...

No one complained or blamed anyone else.

Everyone here is at the Nascent Soul, so they can all distinguish between what is important and what is urgent.

The most urgent task is to unite as one and overcome the crisis together.

Even if you want to curse, you have to get back alive first.

Therefore, apart from Xiao Chen and Gang Yuan True Monarch, everyone silently took out elixirs to speed up the recovery of their true essence and swallowed them.

Then they each unleashed their Spirit Artifact and Talisman, preparing for the impending fierce battle.

"Senior brother, it's too late."

Seeing that Han Chuan True Monarch was still urging the Compass to dismantle the Array Foundation, Gang Yuan True Monarch quickly whispered a reminder: "There are just too many Sea Race. We need to find a way to break through now."

"There's no time left for us to continue dismantling the Array Foundation."

Gang Yuan True Monarch was actually aware of this as well.

But just as Hai Hong had planned, he was extremely unwilling to accept it!

If things had changed earlier, he would definitely have stopped.

But now he's only a tiny bit away, just a tiny bit, less than the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, before he can store the Array Foundation in his Storage Ring and take it away.

However, the Sea Race chose this exact moment to make their move.

This made Gang Yuan True Monarch extremely sad, and he felt a thousand regrets in his heart.

Hearing his junior brother's advice, he turned to Xiao Chen and said, "Daoist Xiao, we can take away the Array Foundation in the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea."

"Whether we go straight or try it out, it's up to you."

At this critical moment, he wanted to know if his side could hold on.

Xiao Chen was taken aback when he was asked to make this decision, and immediately replied, "If we stay, I can't guarantee everyone's safe departure."

"But I'm confident I can fight my way out, and I can be the last one to leave."

"Whether to stay or leave is up to everyone's opinion."

Although it's unrealistic to fight against so many Sea Race within the large formation.

Fortunately, due to the influence of the earth's veins, the Sea Race were also unable to unleash attacks far exceeding the fourth rank through the great formation.

At the same time, Xiao Chen also has a good habit of hiding his trump cards.

It's worth noting that he also learned two very crucial Auxiliary Spells.

Those are the "Swift Wonder Fire Avoiding Art" and the "Wave Dividing Sea Stabilizing Spell".

The former can effectively weaken the power of Fire Element Spell, which is just right to deal with the fire array where everyone is.

The latter can suppress the surrounding Water Spiritual Power, making it especially effective when fighting against Sea Race.

When Xiao Chen was resisting the wall of fire, he deliberately did not activate his Fire Avoiding Spiritual Light, just in case.

If we reveal these two cards...

Even if his side is outnumbered and at a disadvantage in terms of environment, he is confident that he can help everyone break through.

However, as Xiao Chen said, breaking through is one thing.

Whether everyone gets out alive is another matter.

"Daoist Xiao, you..."

Upon hearing Han Chuan True Monarch was first greatly surprised.

He then looked at the crowd around him and said, "Fellow Daoists, shall we give it a try?"

Cloud Vortex True Monarch's lips curled into a smile as he drew his Flying Sword: "Since we're already here, let's have a fight before we leave."

Crane Cry True Monarch once again took out a banner and a small drum from his robes. "I trust Fellow Daoist Xiao's judgment."

Iron Fan True Monarch and Silver Hair True Monarch exchanged a glance and nodded simultaneously. "We have no problem."

Qian Shu True Monarch remained silent, but took out all six Fourth-Order Puppet he had accumulated over the years in one go.