Heaven List Ninth, One Finger Slaughter

As Lu Feng followed Feng Yuan toward Demonic Ape Mountain.

Profound Gold City, where Linliu Pavilion was located.

Sun Liuliu was intently refining the Heaven Marrow Ice Crystals Lu Feng had given her within a secret chamber, using them to suppress the increasingly unstable Yin Force inside her body. Just as she reached a critical juncture, a thunderous crash like something shattering erupted from outside. Startled and distracted, her breath went awry, pain immediately flashing across her face as the suppression was forcibly interrupted.

After briefly steadying her inner breath, Sun Liuliu swiftly exited the secret chamber and warily scanned her surroundings. Yet the outer room still held only Uncle Ya and Jin Guan Kai; no assassins or other intruders had broken in.

That earlier loud crash had been entirely caused by Jin Guan Kai's failure while developing an array.

Jin Guan Kai was now covered in soot and dust, with several bloody gashes on his chin. He looked exactly like someone who had failed to set an array and been injured by the backlash of an "array explosion."

In truth, had Uncle Ya not been present, Jin Guan Kai would have suffered far more than such superficial wounds.

Sun Liuliu looked around and spotted less than half a shattered piece of Blue Jade Marrow on the floor, along with corrosive scorch marks splattered everywhere.

"Couldn't set it up?"

Sun Liuliu stared at Jin Guan Kai in astonishment, unable to understand. He had clearly sworn before that he possessed absolute confidence, which was why she had allowed him to try here. How had it ended like this?

With some apology and reluctance, Jin Guan Kai explained, "I failed to stabilize the Nether Void Liquid at the final stage of forming the array, causing a tiny flaw in the Blue Jade