The awakened "Mr. Tu" swept his pitch-black eyes over his surroundings. He saw the trembling grand array, saw Mr. Tu's blood-soaked yet slowly healing chest, and his expression turned icy.
A hoarse voice, mingled with the voices of men, women, old people, children, and who knew how many Grievous Souls and Fierce Ghosts, rang out:
"Who... has disrupted my grand array..."
"Mr. Tu" released his Divine Consciousness and connected with the Taotie Array. He immediately sensed a "little thing" frantically fleeing toward the outside of the array, and he attempted to use his Divine Thought to control the array and seize that "little thing."
Yet the moment his Divine Thought moved, it was like mud sinking into the sea, without the slightest response.
"Mr. Tu" narrowed his eyes slightly. "The grand array... is out of control?"
After a brief moment of thought, "Mr. Tu's" pupils deepened. "No, it will not allow me... to catch that little thing..."
"The Taotie Array has rebelled. It is protecting him..."
"Who... is this child..."
The blackness in "Mr. Tu's" eyes became even more sinister.
At the same time, Ghostly Patterns flickered in and out within his eyes. Before long, the flashing Ghostly Path patterns ceased, and "Mr. Tu's" eyes became as unfathomable as an Abyss.
From his lips, he softly murmured a name:
"The Great Wilderness'... Divine Shaman."
At that same instant, within the Taotie Array, Mo Hua felt his heart suddenly constrict and every hair on his body stand on end. He immediately stopped considering anything else, drove the Flowing Water Step to its utmost limit, and slapped on another Wind-Walking Talisman. The powers of wind and water layered together as he accelerated toward the edge of the array.
Waterlight and windlight streaked across the air in a long line, flashing away in