Fang Mo moved faster and faster.
Once all thirty-six main Array Bases were in place, he began laying out the seventy-two auxiliary Array Bases.
This time, his figure was nearly a blur as he darted across the plaza and through the ruins around it. Each auxiliary base he set down resonated with the nearest main base. Dark Gold light crisscrossed in the air, gradually forming a three-dimensional network.
Finally, he drove nine central main Array Base stones into the ground.
Fang Mo returned to the center of the plaza and formed hand seals.
One complicated, profound incantation after another flew from his hands, each landing precisely on an Array Base stone. The stones slowly rose into the air, hovering in a Nine Palaces arrangement.
"Earth veins, rise!"
Fang Mo gave a low shout and lightly stamped his right foot.
The entire thousand-li area around Pingfeng City trembled violently. It wasn't a destructive quake; it was as if something slumbering had been awakened.
Nine streams of earthy-yellow spiritual energy rose from underground, like nine Earth Dragons coiling around the nine Array Base stones.
"Heavenly stars, heed my call!"
Fang Mo raised both hands toward the sky.
It was dusk, and the first star had just appeared. As if answering his call, it suddenly shone twice as brightly. A nearly imperceptible glimmer of starlight descended, pierced the Ancient Realm's hazy gray sky, and poured into the central Array Base stone.
Then came the second star, the third...
The nine Array Base stones corresponded to nine stars.
"The array is complete. Open!"
Fang Mo cast the final hand seal.
An invisible wave swept out from the plaza. Wherever it passed, dust shook loose from the ruins, and cracks in the ground slowly sealed.
The thirty-six main Array Bases and seventy-two auxiliary Array Bases