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[Detected Martial Array: Blood Sacrifice Array; Convertible to: Blood Sea Soul-Locking Array; Remaining conversions for today: 1.] "Convert!" Chu Yuan did not hesitate, issuing the command to the system within his mind. As the conversion count was consumed, something miraculous occurred... The world seemed to fall silent, all turbulence suppressed by a certain force! The blood-colored light curtain that had shrouded the entirety of Chenyang City dissipated silently... much like a soap bubble. Yet, the aura between heaven and earth became increasingly ferocious! The sensation it gave was as if the previous feeling of being swallowed by a giant beast was, compared to this... merely a kitten yawning? Yan Xuan froze. Under the stimulation of this aura, the hairs on his skin stood on end, and he nearly collapsed to the ground. *Could the Blood Sacrifice Array have such a transformation? The Lord never mentioned this...* Most crucially, why had he suddenly lost control of the array? At that moment, Qi Da's attack had already arrived. With no time to overthink, Yan Xuan instinctively swept out with a leg! The void hummed, and the shockwaves from their clash kicked up a violent gale, blowing Chu Yuan away! Qi Da also sensed that something was wrong, but his hatred for Yan Xuan outweighed everything else! There was no longer a need to resist the Blood-Sucking Array, nor was there a need to worry about the teachers and students of First High School... Since Yan Xuan no longer possessed the power of the array, he would beat him to death right here! Yan Xuan was no match for Qi Da, yet he felt no urgency at this moment. Suppressing the doubts in his heart, he still managed to mock, "Old dog, are you not leaving?" The Blood Sacrifice Array could not forcibly refine a Supernatural Realm martial artist, but that did not mean they could come and go as they pleased within it. If one were beaten into a heavy injury... the Blood Sacrifice Array could naturally refine them as well! Qi Da's expression was grim. He said nothing and smashed another punch forward. Blood seeped from the corner of Yan Xuan's mouth as he retreated, his gaze inadvertently catching a figure standing in mid-air... It was none other than Chu Yuan, who had just been blown away by the shockwaves! He was once again incredulous. Standing in the void... that was something only an Air-Traversing Realm martial artist could do. How could Chu Yuan possibly have reached the Air-Traversing Realm? Qi Da followed his gaze, his expression complex, though it did not delay his continued assault... ... Chu Yuan was simply absorbing the information regarding the Blood Sea Soul-Locking Array. Once the array conversion was complete, it was naturally under his full control. Information far more vast than the Foundation Establishment methods or the Sword Control Technique emerged from nothingness, manifesting in his mind... However, the Blood Sea Soul-Locking Array, converted from the Blood Sacrifice Array, was naturally no benevolent thing. One could tell as much from the name alone... It could be considered a super-upgraded version of the Blood Sacrifice Array. It had two functions: One was to refine the body, the other to refine the soul! It would not leave behind a mere dried corpse; it would refine a person so thoroughly that not even dregs remained! Beyond that, it would refine the human soul; Either to be forged into weapons to use against enemies, or to strengthen one's own spiritual origin... It was truly the method of an immortal cultivator; its primary focus was on not letting anything go to waste! Except for Chu Yuan, no one knew that the lives of over a million people in Chenyang City now hung on his every thought! The Blood Sea Soul-Locking Array was not some low-end product like the Blood Sacrifice Array; the efficiency was simply not on the same level. If he wished, he could refine everyone in Chenyang City within ten breaths... including those martial artists! Thereby turning them into resources for his own path of cultivation... But he would not do such a thing. From the array, Chu Yuan sensed life auras of varying intensities. Most were incredibly weak, like wisps of fireflies—these were naturally the ordinary people. And those like candles, like lamps... were the martial artists! Chu Yuan felt conflicted. He had mastered the method to deploy the array, but... such a vicious and cruel formation must absolutely never be used within the Great Qin! Even if it were to be used, it would have to wait until the day he reached the Outer-Heaven Battlefield to use it against those Alien Races! In other words, this trump card could not provide him with any help in the short term.
In truth, his original goal was merely to save others and himself.
"Suppress!"
Chu Yuan pointed into the void, and a dark red talisman suddenly manifested beneath his fingertip.
It was mysterious and wicked.
While it inspired dread, it simultaneously compelled one to understand it, to master it.
This talisman erupted with an evil yet formidable aura, instantly drawing the attention of Yan Xuan and Qi Da.
However, before they could clearly discern the talisman's appearance, it flickered and vanished like a bubble.
"Chu Yuan, what are you doing!?" For some reason, a sense of foreboding surged in Yan Xuan's heart.
Chu Yuan merely glanced at him, as if looking at a dead man.
He then reached out and grasped at the void.
"Absorb!"
Thump!
It was as if the heart of some colossal behemoth had suddenly skipped a beat. The sky, where all anomalies had previously vanished, turned dark red once more.
Countless complex and profound runes emerged silently from the void, centering on Chu Yuan's body like a blood-colored scroll.
The dark red patterns flowed slowly, possessing a hint of an elegant artistic conception.
Over a dozen cocoons shot in from the distance, coming to a halt not far from Chu Yuan.
Yan Xuan looked over, his pupils constricting in an instant.
Wrapped within those cocoons were, shockingly, individual specters.
There were Fourth Realm ones, Fifth Realm ones... yet regardless of their cultivation, they were currently bound like hogs waiting to be slaughtered.
"You seized control of the array!?" Yan Xuan exclaimed.
But he immediately dismissed his own claim.
The Blood Sacrifice Array could only affect flesh-and-blood creatures and was incapable of harming martial artists in the Supernatural Realm.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have needed to drag these specters along to set up layers of barriers on the outskirts of Chenyang City.
Furthermore, it was common knowledge that specters were harder to deal with than martial artists. Even if Chu Yuan had used some method he couldn't comprehend to seize control of the Blood Sacrifice Array, it would be impossible to achieve this level of mastery.
Yet, Chu Yuan still ignored him.
He formed a hand seal, and the cocoons began to shrink accordingly.
Amidst a series of shrill, venomous screams, the specters' forms were gradually compressed and obliterated.
In the end, they actually transformed into round, pill-like objects.
They were slightly white and translucent, shimmering with a faint glow.
Chu Yuan felt a surge of joy and hurriedly gathered them up.
This sudden chaos... he had finally managed to recoup his losses.
To a cultivator, specters were actually less troublesome than martial artists; they were merely pests by the roadside.
Trapped within the Blood Sea Soul-Locking Array, they were equivalent to ingredients that had already prepared themselves.
"Chu Yuan! Answer me!" In his shock and rage, Yan Xuan disregarded his injuries to trade blows with Qi Da, using the momentum to lunge toward Chu Yuan.
A heavy sense of unease gripped his heart as he reached out to throttle Chu Yuan's throat.
"Suppress!"
The array patterns surrounding Chu Yuan seemed to accelerate their flow by a fraction.
An inconceivable force descended, and it felt as if every inch of his body was being torn apart.
Just as Yan Xuan felt the pain, he saw a mist of blood explode before his eyes. The source of the blood mist... was himself?
His strength seemed to vanish into thin air, and he stared blankly at his own two arms.
What met his eyes were bones that had been stripped clean, white and bare.
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