Right Saint stood there in a daze for a long while, scratching his head. "That's not right. When I entered the array back then, the sky was full of thunder and fire, followed by the mad assault of Five Elements elemental power. Why is it so quiet here? Hmm, could it be that the array has not yet been activated? Right, that must be it. What lies before us is merely an illusion array. Yiyuan Sect must have feared accidentally killing ordinary people who wandered into the array, so they laid an illusion array over it. Hmm, as long as we trigger the movement of the array, we can get out."
No sooner said than done. Without caring what his subordinates behind him thought, he sent a grayish-white bolt of Yin Lightning straight at the sky. The Yin Lightning, no larger than a longan fruit, immediately expanded into a gray ball the size of a wicker basket after leaving his hand. Accompanied by wisps of ghostly howls, it flew toward the heavens. With a soft boom, rings of cloudy ripples spread wildly in all directions. The motionless little peaks immediately began spinning at high speed, then vanished into thin air.
Right Saint froze. "Eh? That's not right. Why did they disappear? That array back then didn't look like this."
Before his words had even faded, endless flames came roaring toward them. They were Nine Earth True Fire, enough to burn a cultivator's Primordial Spirit to ashes. Within the true fire, countless enormous logs, each hundreds of zhang long, crashed into one another. Every collision sent out endless flashes of lightning, while the true fire wrapped around the logs and blazed fiercely. Fire and wood complemented each other, multiplying their power by more than a hundredfold.
Right Saint began to panic. "Why are fire and wood arriving together here? That array before had metal, wood, water, fire, and earth taking the field in turns. Damn it, why is it like this? Ah, why is there metal inside the fire?... Damn it, there's water inside the metal... Absurd! How can earth be mixed into water? Isn't the mutual generation and restraint of the Five Elements completely thrown into chaos? Absurd, absurd! What kind of jumbled-up array did Yiyuan Sect set down? It doesn't follow the rules at all."
The Four Divine Lords nearly fainted. Had they not feared Right Saint, they would have cursed aloud long ago. "Damn it, this is the array known as the Primordial First Killing Array, and you just rashly led us charging into it? This, this... Yiyuan Sect calls itself the foremost orthodox sect, so naturally it has some hidden tricks. You yourself said you didn't know the first thing about arrays, so why are you pretending to be some great elephant with a big nose?"
Still, Right Saint's demonic arts truly were astonishing. Seeing the Five Elements elemental powers around him coordinating as they charged in for the kill, he let out a shrill howl toward the sky. Then a black beam shot from his forehead, and three tiny naked figures wrapped in black smoke flew out. The little figures issued their command in unison. "Damn it, follow your grandpa and charge! While no one from Yiyuan Sect is here, we'll break this array by force. Hmph, Yiyuan Sect dares ignore the rules of the Five Elements? Damn it, fire is actually erupting from the earth too?"
The three little black figures suddenly transformed into thousands. Black smoke coiled through the air, and ghostly howls shook the heavens. Right Saint's robes flew entirely upward, rustling in the wind as they became an incomparably huge black curtain that tightly shielded him and his subordinates behind him. The Nascent Soul avatars he had conjured raised their hands, unleashing countless bolts of Yin Lightning. Their tremendous force blasted the earth and sky into upheaval, forcibly driving back the Five Elements spiritual energy around them by thousands of zhang. The enormous logs, countless golden blades, huge boulders, towering flames, and crashing waves were all blown into fragments filling the sky the instant they touched that rain-like barrage of Yin Lightning, then dissolved into heaven and earth spiritual energy.
The Four Divine Lords struck at the same time, shooting all kinds of light from their hands. Strange-shaped magic treasures, carrying yin winds and ghostly qi, slashed wildly at heaven and earth. The entire space began to tremble. Phantoms flickered chaotically through the air, while the vanished mountain peaks repeatedly appeared and disappeared again. Some peaks had clearly suffered tremendous shocks, fine cracks beginning to spread across them. They looked as though they could no longer hold out.
It was then, sensing the spatial tremors, that Zhao Yue'er brought Little Cat rushing to the front of Qingyun Flat. Seeing the sinister winds rolling through the sky and the ghostly qi hanging thick in the air, her expression changed. With no time for further words, she raised both hands and sent out thirty-six streams of spiritual energy at full strength, pouring them into the God Slaying Array, which was on the verge of collapse. Five floating peaks appeared at once. With a flash of golden light, the heaven and earth spiritual energy accumulated within the Nine Yang Gathering Yuan Array behind Qingyun Flat was drawn over like a giant whale drinking in water and replenished the array.
Zhao Yue'er's entire body went weak. She knew her cultivation was nowhere near enough to drive the changes of the Great Five Elements Exterminating God Array, so she hurriedly said, "Little Cat, go check the Alchemy Rooms of Eldest Disciple Brother and Second Disciple Brother. Their injuries were lighter, so see whether they have regained consciousness. So long as they preside over the array, outsiders will never get in. Go quickly." Little Cat roared at the sky, its body expanding by more than three times again. With a single leap of over twenty zhang, it raced toward where Ling Guangzi and Liu Xingzi were in seclusion, recuperating.
Zhao Yue'er herself did not dare remain on Qingyun Flat. She secretly hid within a bamboo grove and swiftly set up an Illusionary Tracking Array to conceal herself.
Black light flashed wildly through the air. After wave upon wave of black smoke passed, more than a hundred soaked, grim-faced, bizarre-looking people appeared in the sky. Zhao Yue'er was shocked. The Great Five Elements Exterminating God Array was still operating, so how had these people broken through? They had actually arrived without a sound? Just how profound were their powers?
Then she saw the thin old man leading them spit out a mouthful of icy water and curse loudly, "Damn it, why is there such a strange magic treasure inside the Rivers and Mountains Painting? It nearly got your grandpa killed in there."
After Zhao Yue'er had driven a change in the array, endless heaven and earth spiritual energy had poured into it, and the pressure on Right Saint and his men had instantly increased by more than a hundredfold. Their subordinates continuously formed hand seals, dispersing the Five Elements elemental power surging in from all around. Yet the pressure was too great, and the bones throughout their bodies gave groaning creaks and squeaks. Right Saint himself felt the tremors battering his Primordial Spirit grow ever stronger, while his physical body shook without pause. He was clearly about to fail to hold on.
After all, this was the array Yiyuan Sect used to guard its gates. Even though Right Saint and the Four Divine Lords possessed formidable demonic arts, they were still battered until they were scorched and bedraggled. In particular, Right Saint, who led them, did not understand the complete transformations of the God Slaying Array at all. He was purely relying on his True Essence to fight it head-on. No matter how profound their cultivation or how great their magical power, how could they contend against the endless heaven and earth spiritual energy drawn in by the Nine Yang Gathering Yuan Array?
As lightning flashed chaotically all around and an immense pressure descended over their heads, Right Saint shrieked, "Not good..." The God Slaying Array's "lightning tribulation" had been triggered.
Just as the entire group was about to die on the spot, Illusionary Spirit Divine Lord suddenly realized something. "The Rivers and Mountains Painting... legend says it possesses the immense power to break through the void and connect to the netherworld... why not..." With a raised hand, he sacrificed the Rivers and Mountains Painting and drew their entire group into it. The Rivers and Mountains Painting was linked to his will and carried them outside the Great Five Elements Exterminating God Array, sparing them from this calamity.
Yet Zhao Yue'er had added the unusual treasure True Water Realm into the Rivers and Mountains Painting. Right Saint and the others, who had just rejoiced at escaping the lightning tribulation within the painting, were caught entirely off guard as the True Water Realm swept them up. Countless icebergs mixed with billions of tons of seawater came crashing down upon them. More than thirty black-clad men, whose cultivation was relatively shallow and whose vigilance was lacking, were blasted until their souls scattered and spirits dispersed. By the time Right Saint used his magic to retrieve the True Water Realm, they had already been brought into Qingyun Flat.
Looking down at Qingyun Flat, which resembled an immortal realm, the old Right Saint let out a triumphant shriek of laughter. "Heh heh, so this is Yiyuan Sect's old nest? Heh heh, they are always shouting slogans about slaying demons and eliminating devils. Today, we evil demons will destroy the Dao... Children, burn it, kill them, search everything! Take away every valuable thing, dig up every spirit herb, and kill every person. Heh heh, leave Yiyuan Sect's sect leader's wife and daughter for your grandpa. Your grandpa has been worrying over finding fine cauldrons to nourish himself with. Hmph, with their primordial yin, your grandpa should be able to break through into the Void Glimpse realm, shouldn't I?"
Holding the True Water Realm in his right hand, he muttered in a low voice, "What a fine treasure. It has fallen into your grandpa's hands cheaply enough. Hmph, what are you still standing around for? Having entered a treasure mountain, do you intend to return empty-handed? Hurry up. Exterminate them all, leave not one alive. Then your grandpa will use immense magic power to seal the entire mountain and announce to the outside world that Yiyuan Sect has shut its gates for a hundred years of quiet cultivation. Heh heh..."
Zhao Yue'er trembled all over. She could feel the demonic qi on those black-clad men growing stronger and stronger. Yes, Zhao Yue'er was certain again. It was not demon qi, but demonic qi—the most orthodox demonic qi. Strands of black smoke wound around the black-clad men as they flew off in groups in every direction. Only Right Saint, accompanied by the Four Divine Lords and followed by over thirty subordinates whose black smoke was especially dense, their figures completely obscured, descended to the ground and began wandering about.
Balls of flame ignited as the black-clad men screamed wildly and destroyed everything before them. What they breathed out was pale-white Nine Nether Yin Fire. Wherever the yin fire reached, trees turned to ash, flowers and grass vanished without trace, and mountain rocks shattered to dust. Everywhere they passed became like a desert in an instant. The black-clad men laughed madly, their greedy hands constantly reaching for the rare spirit herbs. Countless medicinal materials went into their pockets. Several black-clad men had already discovered the caves on Lingtian Peak and begun bombarding them with Yin Lightning.
Zhao Yue'er gritted her teeth and suddenly rushed out. She could not endure these black-clad men wantonly destroying everything on Qingyun Flat. Raising her hand, she sent a streak of golden light stabbing toward Right Saint's heart. Right Saint sneered. "The light of a grain of rice, daring to shine? Daring to shine before your grandpa? Pah..." He spat out a thick glob of phlegm, and Zhao Yue'er's fine flying sword was immediately smashed into two pieces, turning into common iron as it fell back to the ground, its spiritual energy entirely dispersed.
Zhao Yue'er trembled in shock. Raising both hands, she sent triangular ripples of light down over Right Saint and his men. Streams of icy qi shot in all directions; they were the razor-sharp qi of Great White Refined Gold. Right Saint gave a surprised sound. "What a fine treasure, what a fine treasure... It must have shredded quite a few flying swords and magic treasures, eh? Little girl, this treasure belongs to me now." He pointed with his right hand, and a stream of black qi shot out. The triangular Sky Shattering Ring immediately lost all its radiance and, with a clang, fell into Right Saint's palm.
Right Saint's greedy eyes turned toward Zhao Yue'er. "Wonderful, wonderful. What a lovely beauty. Catch this little girl for me. Once Yiyuan Sect has been destroyed, your grandpa will enjoy her properly for a few days first, then suck dry her essence so your grandpa can attain the Great Dao... Heh heh, little beauty, don't run. Your grandpa has all the pleasure you could want here. Heh heh, come back to the immortal palace with your grandpa, and you'll have plenty to enjoy. Heh heh... Don't run! Catch her for me."
Right Saint sent three black-clad subordinates after Zhao Yue'er. He did not send the Four Divine Lords, nor did he use magic to restrict Zhao Yue'er's movements. He felt there was no need. Any one of those three subordinates was far stronger than Zhao Yue'er, so he was not afraid of where she might run. More than anything, he loved tormenting others psychologically. At the thought of Zhao Yue'er's twisted expression as she fled, he felt an indescribable pleasure.
Zhao Yue'er trembled from head to toe, intimidated by the utterly evil aura emanating from the enemies before her. Gritting her teeth, she turned into a streak of escaping light and fled toward the rear of Qingyun Flat. The three black-clad men understood their superior's intentions. Rather than attack Zhao Yue'er, they followed close behind her, releasing strange laughter again and again. They drove her into a state where there was no road to heaven and no door into earth, until she could only flee Qingyun Flat in her escaping light and fly far toward the northwest.
Right Saint laughed triumphantly. "Hahahaha, children, get to work! Dig, blast, search! Whatever good things you find, hand half over to your grandpa, and the other half is yours... Hmm, Illusionary Spirit, you four go too. Hahahaha, let's see whether your luck can find you anything good." Illusionary Spirit Divine Lord and the other three had long been burning with impatience. Hearing Right Saint's command, they immediately gave a cheer and led the black-clad men behind them away in streak after streak of black smoke.
After wildly laughing several times at the sky, Right Saint's eyes emitted an utterly savage green light. That light completely extinguished human nature; even when he looked at his own subordinates, it was as though he were looking at a group of corpses. Yet the light vanished in an instant, and Right Saint immediately returned to normal. Apart from being somewhat crazed and somewhat wicked, there was nothing different about him. Turning around, he said softly to the three black-clad men following tightly behind him, "You three go as well. Heh heh, your eyes are far sharper than theirs, so don't overlook any good treasure. Hmm, whoever kills a Yiyuan Sect disciple gets that disciple's Nascent Soul. Heh heh, go."
The same exceedingly ferocious gleam appeared in the eyes of the three black-clad men. Their bodies flashed out of sight, and they were considerably faster even than the Four Divine Lords. Right Saint smugly raised his hand and released over a hundred balls of Yin Lightning in succession. The area within a li instantly became scorched earth. Strands of black smoke slowly seeped from underground, and the life force of that land had clearly been utterly extinguished.
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