Bzz—!
A deep hum sounded, as if it came from the very depths of the earth.
Han Wuji's expression changed dramatically.
Something was wrong!
This was... an array?!
When had it been set up? Why hadn't his Spiritual Sense detected anything unusual when he searched the area just now?
He tried to pull back, but it was already too late!
His streak of Spiritual Power was like the final straw that broke the camel's back, triggering the entire trap!
It's here.
Hidden in the shadow cast by the enormous Alchemy Furnace, Chen Ye was almost one with the darkness. He had suppressed every trace of his presence, even slowing his heartbeat to a minimum with a secret technique.
He was like a real rock.
He watched Han Wuji charge in, grinning viciously and completely off guard, just as he'd expected.
He watched Han Wuji release his oppressive aura and attack.
Everything was under control.
This array was the "Sha-Guiding Array," hastily cobbled together from every scrap of knowledge in his mind.
It had no offensive power of its own. Its only purpose was to guide.
Using Han Wuji's own power as the catalyst and Ling Feiyan's spirit body as the beacon, it would draw upon the violent energy accumulated over hundreds of years in the Earthfire Alchemy Chamber!
The stones were the array's foundation.
The damaged array disc was its core.
And the inconspicuous black powder was the residue of "Fire Dragon Saliva" he had found in a medicine box, an extremely unstable alchemy catalyst.
The moment Han Wuji's Spiritual Power struck the "beacon" where Ling Feiyan was hiding, the Sha-Guiding Array activated.
The Earth Vein Fire Fiend in the entire chamber was no longer in a chaotic, uncontrolled state. An invisible force forcibly directed it, gathering and compressing