"Watch out for his arrays!"
A low shout interrupted Su Qingxia and Ji Hongluan's standoff.
The two women looked toward the white-robed old man emerging from the crowd. The wrathful intent on their faces gradually subsided as they respectfully retreated to one side.
Tuoba Huang clasped his hands and asked the old man, "Old Mo, is that brat planning to use the arrays to escape?"
Ji Hongluan added, "Where could he possibly escape to? They're merely arrays laid out on the ground. We can simply leap over them through the air—it won't even take a few breaths."
Mo Qianqiu shook his head and explained, "He has not fled. He has hidden himself in the depths of No Return Gorge. These arrays are not meant to obstruct us either, but serve as a defensive barrier for his own protection."
Tuoba Huang immediately lost some of his urgency to pursue, saying with a mocking smile, "The brat knows he can't escape, so is he planning to sit still and await death?"
Ji Hongluan shot Tuoba Huang a disdainful glance. "If he truly intended to surrender without resistance and await death, why would he have laid down so many arrays?"
Suspicion appeared on Su Qingxia's face. "Using arrays to defend himself, he may well be preparing some great killing move. Don't forget, not long ago he managed to concoct the Five Hells Absolute Killing Array, a vicious array thought lost to the ages. Who can say whether he has something similar in hand?"
At her words, everyone turned their eyes toward Mo Qianqiu.
In the path of arrays, he was an authority beyond dispute. Decades ago, his attainments in the Dao of Arrays had already shaken the soulmaster world, earning him the title of the Thousand Array Ghost Strategist.
His strength was equally