Just as Ling Tian's Clone was leading a group of cultivators skilled in array patterns and restrictions in repairing the first grand array, a wave of modified Nine Nether Nether Soldiers suddenly surged out of the Demon God Forbidden Ground. They immediately unleashed Explosive Impact Arrows. At the same time, many ordinary Nether Soldiers skilled in repeated Impact Arrows joined the attack. In an instant, the grand array, which had only just been partially repaired, was destroyed once more, and Chi Xue and the others had no choice but to retreat for the time being.
Although these Nine Nether Nether Soldiers weren't enough to pose any threat to Chi Xue and the others, and the group could suppress them again by repeatedly unleashing Space Shatter, giving Ling Tian's Clone and the others another chance to repair the grand array, more modified Nine Nether Nether Soldiers could rush over later and launch their strongest attacks, stopping the repairs once again. After all, Chi Xue and the others couldn't completely block the rain of attacks with their abilities. If even a few attacks got through, the fragile grand array would be destroyed again.
"Exactly. The Lord of the Universe simply won't let us repair the destroyed grand arrays. He knows full well that once we do—especially after repairing so many of them—it'll be much harder for him to kill or drive us away. There might not even be any hope of doing so. So even if he has to sacrifice some modified Nine Nether Nether Soldiers, he'll still stop us from repairing the arrays." Ling Tian's Clone nodded, then sighed. "Most importantly, as long as even a few modified Nine Nether Nether Soldiers attack—especially when they're backed by so many Nether Soldiers skilled in repeated Impact Arrows—they can destroy a grand array