Dust-Avoiding Spirit Array Disk!

"But since you ran into me today, try again in your next life!"

Seeing this, Zhao Chen decisively fired several more arrows.

Ice Soul Wolf Bone Arrows were only third-level and could not support truly powerful force.

The arrows he used now were Fire Cloud Tiger Bone Arrows, crafted from the bones of the Fifth-Level Spirit Beast Fire Cloud Tiger!

At the same time, he directly employed the Nine Thunder Arrow Technique.

Several Fire Cloud Tiger Bone Arrows carrying the might of lightning shot toward the Reverse Scale at incredible speed.

Although the Dark Green Water Python tried to block them, it found them exceedingly difficult to defend against.

"Roar!"

The Dark Green Water Python raised its head and roared, then suddenly opened its bloody maw wide and spewed an immensely dense dark green poisonous mist at the Fire Cloud Tiger Bone Arrows.

In the blink of an eye, the flashing lightning and blazing firelight on the Fire Cloud Tiger Bone Arrows were affected by the dark green poisonous mist, slowing their speed.

"Hmph!"

Yet Zhao Chen made no unnecessary move upon seeing this.

So what if there was poisonous mist? The Fire Cloud Tiger Bone Arrows came from a Fifth-Level Spirit Beast Fire Cloud Tiger.

Moreover, they carried his immense strength and the power of the Asura Bow!

As well as the lightning enhancement granted by the formidable offensive spirit art, the Nine Thunder Arrow Technique!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

A string of piercing whistles tore straight through the dark green poisonous mist.

The several Fire Cloud Tiger Bone Arrows did not share the same target.

Two Fire Cloud Tiger Bone Arrows flew toward the Dark Green Water Python's Reverse Scale, while another pierced its emerald vertical pupil with ease before it could even react.

Green blood burst forth in an instant.

The excruciating pain made it impossible for the Dark Green Water Python to remain calm. Its limited intelligence completely collapsed at that moment.

The already turbulent Dark Green Marsh instantly heaved into massive waves.

The Dark Green Water Python rolled continuously within it, blood flowing from its wounds and floating across the surface as a thick stench of blood spread through the air.

Screech!

The two Fire Cloud Tiger Bone Arrows shot into the Dark Green Water Python's body.

The intense might of lightning instantly paralyzed its entire body.

The scorching Fire Cloud Tiger Bone Arrows made it feel as though it were being roasted alive.

Seizing the opportunity, Zhao Chen retrieved the Blood-Red Dragon Scale Arrow. He then drew the Asura Bow again and aimed at the Dark Green Water Python's head.

He had changed his mind. He would no longer attack the Reverse Scale.

Instead, he would target the Dark Green Water Python's head!

Though the Dark Green Water Python kept rolling about and was difficult to lock onto,

a blood-red arrow streak pierced straight into its head. Meeting little resistance, it completely bored through its skull, sending a vast amount of blood spraying out.

"Roar..."

Although Zhao Chen had already blown apart the Dark Green Water Python's head with a single arrow, it still retained instinctive reactions and continued rolling around within the Dark Green Marsh.

Along the way, it crushed countless low-level snake spirit beasts to death.

Zhao Chen arrived beside the bluestone and plucked the Water Python Grass and the Dark Green Water Python Fruit it had borne.

As time passed, the Fifth-Level Spirit Beast Dark Green Water Python finally fell completely still.

A dark green soul essence orb emerged from beneath the water's surface. Within it was a miniature Dark Green Water Python, which actually attempted to flee.

Zhao Chen snorted coldly, grabbed it at extreme speed, and stored it inside the Crimson Token.

The higher a spirit beast's level, the more its soul essence knew how to seek fortune and avoid calamity.

Just now, if the Dark Green Water Python's soul essence had escaped and possessed a spirit beast of the same kind, it might have had a chance to make a comeback.

At that moment, he looked toward the depths of the Dark Green Marsh.

"Three fourth-level spirit beasts. It seems they are subordinates of the Dark Green Water Python."

People formed factions, and spirit beasts with intelligence naturally could not truly fight alone either.

Especially in a special place like the Dark Green Marsh.

The Dark Green Water Python, a fifth-level spirit beast on the verge of breaking through to the sixth level, was the highest ruler here. The entire Dark Green Marsh was its territory.

And aside from the Dark Green Water Python, the Dark Green Marsh would inevitably contain other powerful spirit beasts.

The three poison-attributed snake spirit beasts instinctively wanted to flee the Dark Green Marsh and avoid disaster after discovering that Zhao Chen had killed the Dark Green Water Python.

But how could Zhao Chen, who had long known that the Dark Green Marsh held more than just the Dark Green Water Python, let them leave?

With Zhao Chen's strength, he effortlessly brought back the soul essences of the three fourth-level snake spirit beasts.

"Ding! Successfully killed three fourth-level spirit beasts and one fifth-level spirit beast. One check-in opportunity obtained!"

As the system notification rang in his ears, Zhao Chen silently recited with practiced ease,

"Check in!"

"Ding! Checking in at the fifth-level spirit beast—Dark Green Water Python. Check-in successful!"

"Ding! Congratulations, Host, on successfully checking in. You have received the check-in reward—Dust-Avoiding Spirit Array!"

Zhao Chen looked inward at his Mustard Seed Bracelet and found a palm-sized disk within it.

It was engraved with many obscure runes that formed a special array, making it somewhat dizzying to look at.

"Dust-Avoiding Spirit Array?"

Zhao Chen froze for a moment. Clearly, this was a spirit array disk.

Special professions such as Spirit Array Masters and Spirit Tool Masters were exceptionally prominent.

The latter forged spirit tools and were treated as honored guests by many major powers, all so those powers could possess powerful divine weapons.

The former, Spirit Array Masters, could set up all kinds of arrays, such as defensive arrays, offensive arrays, teleportation arrays, and Spirit Gathering Arrays.

They could be said to be an extremely sought-after special profession in the Great Thousand World.

Some powerful Spirit Array Masters could even construct incomparably powerful arrays with a wave of their hands, using the might of their arrays to overturn seas and mountains, destroy heaven and earth!

The only issue was that they required spiritual power.

There was no spiritual power in the Spirit Road, so spirit arrays naturally could not be used.

Some astonishingly talented Spirit Array Masters had considered all kinds of situations. For example, in special environments like the Spirit Road, where spiritual power could not be used, they still needed the ability to attack or defend.

Thus, they created a special item.

That was the spirit array disk in Zhao Chen's Mustard Seed Bracelet. It stored spiritual power itself and could absorb Spiritual Energy from heaven and earth through a special spirit array, allowing it to be used again after some time.

Within a special trial space like the Spirit Road, where Spiritual Energy could neither be sensed nor absorbed, the Spiritual Energy inside the spirit array disk would certainly grow less and less after use.

This meant that activating the spirit array disk came with a limit on the number of uses.

It was difficult to say whether other geniuses might possess similar spirit array disks as their trump cards.

At this thought, Zhao Chen's expression became somewhat grave.

Just imagine it: someone else activated a spirit array disk and unleashed an incomparably powerful offensive spirit array, while he could only use his physical body to block and counterattack.

That was an inherent disadvantage.

As Zhao Chen's consciousness touched the spirit array disk, a stream of information came back to him.

"Dust-Avoiding Spirit Array Disk. Once activated, it forms a spiritual power barrier around the user. Impervious to water and fire, immune to a hundred poisons. It can be used three times without spiritual power replenishment. It can absorb spiritual power from spirit beasts and spiritual herbs to replenish itself."

He froze, finding it hard to believe. Had he read that wrong?

How could this Dust-Avoiding Spirit Array Disk absorb spiritual power from spirit beasts and spiritual herbs to replenish itself!?

In theory, spiritual power could not be sensed or used within the Spirit Road Trial Space.

Zhao Chen's eyes suddenly lit up as he murmured,

"Wait, this rule seems to apply only to us trial participants..."

This meant the Dust-Avoiding Spirit Array Disk did not need to worry about exhausting its spiritual power at all!