Chen Mo suppressed his emotions and quickly activated the Restriction in secret, triggering the array he had previously set up here.
At once, waves of mist churned into existence. Within mere seconds, they filled the space around the road, while the Isolation Array, Muting Formation, Illusion Array, and other formations all activated.
As a result, everyone proceeding along the bluestone road beyond the mountain gate was trapped within the array. Companions just a short distance away vanished into the mist, and they lost all sense of direction, able only to feel their way forward.
Because the activated array concealed all the Martial Artists' movements, the energy cores of the Diamond Golems that had been starting up gradually went dark under the control cores' influence, falling silent. If those stone puppet statues had activated, even Chen Mo would have had to run.
Fortunately, although the stone statues had been placed along both sides of the road beyond the mountain gate to guard it, they would not activate as long as they were not disturbed.
Chen Mo had observed this while setting up the array. That was why he had not told the others about it. As long as the sound was isolated and there was no movement, the stone puppet statues posed no threat.
What did great strength matter? As long as they did not alarm those stone puppet statues, all the Martial Artists would be safe.
Thus, by activating the array, Chen Mo had indirectly saved every Martial Artist's life. But he could not say so. He could only quietly protect everyone while keeping his merits hidden.
"A Mo, this is..." Ouyang Ruo Xi saw the dense fog blocking their view and hurriedly grabbed Chen Mo, about to ask in surprise.
"Don't worry. It's fine." Chen Mo held Ruo Xi's