Turning Against Each Other

Chen Huan is at the sixth level of Qi Cultivation. While the Human-Faced Spider's mind isn't fully developed, it's not an idiot once it reaches the Foundation Establishment stage. Wouldn't it be the first to chase down Xiao Tasha, who's slower?

What's the difference between this and letting her take Huang and Zhang's place to die?

Hearing this, Huang Xian and Zhang Zhongqin's eyes flickered, and they didn't say anything further.

Chen Huan sighed and said, "Junior Sister Xiao, don't worry, how could I not look out for you? Look, here's a Qi Concealing Talisman. This is the last one. You're an Array Cultivator, you can use formations to speed up. Once you've escaped far away, use this talisman to hide. How about that?"

"The last one?" Xiao Tasha, who was originally angry and anxious, felt a little embarrassed upon hearing this. After hesitating for a moment, she didn't take it. Instead, she said in a low voice, "Then... then you keep it, Senior Brother Chen. I am an Array Cultivator after all, I might have other ways to escape."

Chen Huan shoved the talisman into her hand without further ado, then said to Huang Xian and Zhang Zhongqin, "There's no time to delay! The Human-Faced Spider will likely catch up soon. Hurry to the sub-array!"

Huang Xian and Zhang Zhongqin exchanged a look. Both of them were completely depleted of their vital essence and were on their last breath. They really had no better options, so they clasped their fists and said, "Yes!"

They hurried towards the sub-array. Chen Huan gazed into the distance for a while, and after confirming that both junior brothers had left, he suddenly turned and instructed the still apprehensive Xiao Tasha, "Once they enter the sub-array, immediately activate the formation and refine everyone into the Soul Summoning Banner."

"...Huh?" Xiao Tasha was stunned. She didn't react for a moment, rubbing the hem of her clothes and staring at him blankly.

"The sub-array couldn't even trap Pei Ling, how could it trap the Human-Faced Spider?" Chen Huan suppressed the anxiety in his heart and said gently, "Everything I said just now was to keep them calm. After all, they knew full well that the Human-Faced Spider was beyond our match, yet they still dragged us into this. It's clear they have ill intentions. If I told them the truth, we wouldn't be able to escape with them. Rather than being wiped out entirely, it's better to cut off a limb to save the body... But if I said that, they might fight us to the death."

"And they're not innocent either."

"Don't forget, Mei'er went with them just now. Only the two of them returned. It's possible Mei'er was harmed by them, used to delay the Human-Faced Spider."

"If it were just me, it wouldn't matter. At worst, we'd escape together. I'm at the sixth level of Qi Cultivation, I'm faster than them no matter what."

"But what about you, Junior Sister Xiao? You're at the fifth level of Qi Cultivation, just like them. They're not confident they can escape back to Luoshan City before the Human-Faced Spider catches up. How can you escape the threat?"

"Are you suggesting I abandon you?"

"But if I take you with me, neither of us might be able to escape!"

As he spoke, a ruthless glint flashed across his brows. "The only way now is to sacrifice the two junior brothers and refine the Soul Summoning Banner in advance. Only then can you and I have a sliver of hope."

Xiao Tasha was initially very shocked. After all, in her eyes, although Chen Huan was cunning and ruthless to outsiders, he had always been sincere with his own people. Who would have thought that the senior brother who had just blamed her for Huang Xian and Zhang Zhongqin would turn around and want to refine these two junior brothers into the Soul Summoning Banner?

But hearing Chen Huan's words, which seemed to be for her consideration, Xiao Tasha, who already had feelings for him, couldn't help but feel a sweetness in her heart.

Thinking about how Huang Xian and Zhang Zhongqin had often spoken coldly to her, and just now, they had blamed her quite a bit for Pei Ling's escape. Every time this happened, it was only Chen Huan who came to her defense.

Now, even helping Chen Huan refine them seemed like the right thing to do.

With this thought, Xiao Tasha no longer hesitated and nodded, "Okay! But Senior Brother Chen, the two of them are severely injured now, and the timing isn't right. I'm afraid the effect won't be as good as with Pei Ling."

"We have to act according to the circumstances, we can't afford to worry about that much," Chen Huan urged. "The Human-Faced Spider could catch up at any moment, Junior Sister, please hurry! Otherwise, if the two junior brothers sense something is wrong, complications might arise."

Xiao Tasha no longer hesitated. She hurried into the Mother Array, took out the array disk, and repeatedly formed hand seals. The array patterns on the ground, which had originally emitted a faint blood-red light, gradually lit up. The entire ground seemed to twist like a living thing, and then a slow but firm pulse was transmitted outwards...

In the canyon below, the sub-array received the summons from the Mother Array. The illusory trees that were originally there shattered with a roar.

In their place, countless blood-red tentacles surged out, covering the sky and pressing down on Huang Xian and Zhang Zhongqin, who were recovering with great fear.

"What?!" At first, they sensed the movement and thought the Human-Faced Spider had caught up. They leaped up in a hurry, but instead of the strange human face they saw, there were countless tentacles. They were both greatly shocked. "This is the soul-extracting and blood-refining effect of the sub-array... The Human-Faced Spider hasn't even entered the array, why has it activated?!"

"Chen Huan, you beast!!!" After a moment of stunned realization, the two understood what was happening and couldn't help but curse, "I've been working myself to death for you for so long, and you're actually going to sell me out?!"

In the Mother Array, Chen Huan ignored the curses coming from the canyon and only asked Xiao Tasha, "How much longer?"

"Soon!" Xiao Tasha was also anxious in her heart, as the Human-Faced Spider could appear at any moment. Her spiritual power had not fully recovered from her previous exertion. She could only swallow a pill and forcefully activate the array, saying, "Please wait a moment, Senior Brother, at most a cup of tea's time."

Chen Huan's eyes flickered. "Okay... By the way, Junior Sister, can this Mother Array trap the Human-Faced Spider? I see the Mother Array is much more complicated than the sub-array. If it can, perhaps we can use it to scheme against that monstrous beast?"

"No, Senior Brother," Xiao Tasha was operating the array at full power and didn't have time to think. She replied casually, "The Soul Devouring Mother-Child Array's sub-array is specifically for trapping and killing, so it has the effect of encirclement. As for the Mother Array, it can only be used to refine talismans and artifacts. Let alone scheming against a Foundation Establishment stage demonic beast like the Human-Faced Spider, it can't even trap an ordinary Enlightenment stage demonic beast, as entry and exit are clearly visible."

As she spoke, the patterns on the ground of the Mother Array trembled. Immediately, two streams of blood-red light, carrying souls, were forcibly pulled from the sub-array and flowed into the Soul Summoning Banner along the array patterns.

The Soul Summoning Banner moved without wind, and blood waves seemed to surge on its surface. The souls within, who had previously cursed Chen Huan and the others, were both surprised and delighted: "Huang Xian, Zhang Zhongqin? Hahaha, you have your day too!"

"Good, good, good. I was blind to judge people back then. To see you dogs biting each other today, I can die in peace."

"Huang Xian, you beast, I'll fight you to the death!!"

"A barking dog doesn't bite. Zhang Zhongqin, you traitor disguised as loyal. Now you're no different from me, a vengeful spirit."

The souls immediately started fighting amongst themselves. Only Xiao Tasha's cousin stood by, watching with a cold sneer. She looked at Xiao Tasha with extreme venom and said coldly, "Bitch! I'll wait for you to enter the banner too. Then I'll tear you to shreds with my own hands!"

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