"That really is an extraordinary kid."
The desolate aura throughout the lair plunged the atmosphere into an eerie, deathly stillness. After a moment, Second Elder Marin looked at Xiao Yan with considerable delight.
"Ahem..."
Xiao Yan opened his eyes. Indeed, a considerable amount of wild origin aura now resided within his body, though this type of aura was far too illusory and ethereal to be used for cultivation. However, using it to temporarily control this array presented absolutely no problem.
Although the Wild Origin Ancient Array was terrifyingly formidable, when the First Elder had deployed it, he had not injected array stones for control; he had only added the origin power of the Desolate to seal this place, thus leaving behind numerous exploitable openings for future generations-presumably also as a contingency plan for his descendants.
"I can temporarily manipulate this array to assist the two of you. Senior predecessors, begin."
Xiao Yan gazed with a solemn expression at the center of the lair's array, where the First Elder sat quietly alongside the golden coffin and the statue of Goddess Yaoji.
No matter which of these three one considered, none of them were simple in the slightest!
Of the three, the statue of Goddess Yaoji was the most massive, standing dozens of meters tall. Next was the golden coffin, corroded by wisps of black qi, from which terrifying auras capable of stirring the soul emerged. Finally came the First Elder, sitting quietly like a living dead.
"Hmph, where did this brat come from, actually ruining this seat's good deed!"
A frigid voice, accompanied by an extremely viscous black liquid, crept out from the cracks of the golden coffin. The moment that suffocating evil qi spread, the entire array space was filled with an extreme tremor.
Darkness raged, instantly flooding this land