Fourth-Order Array Dao Perfection

Southern Ling Province, Nether Abyss Valley.

Five streaks of Evasion Light landed at the valley entrance.

The demonic qi in the valley was thicker than last time. Dark purple mist billowed up from the valley floor, carrying a pungent, corrosive stench.

Li Yuan spread his passive perception across eighteen hundred zhang. The scene beyond the fissure at the valley floor appeared at once in his sea of consciousness.

Two Spirit Transformation-level presences of demonic qi.

There had only been one last time. Now another had appeared. The original presence was heavy and oppressive; the new one was more violent, its spiritual power fluctuating rapidly as it hammered at the seal across the fissure.

The Six-Point Resonant Sealing Array trembled within the valley walls. All six Spatial-Attribute Spirit Stone Array Eyes lit up, the Spatial Folding chains pulled taut, and the Abyss-Sealing Resonance Permanent Affix sent the array's operating state into his sea of consciousness.

The Main Array could still hold.

But the auxiliary seals around it had already shattered. The first Spatial Lockdown Array Li Yuan had installed was reduced to fragments of Spirit Patterns scattered across the valley wall. Several parts of the Starlock Devil-Sealing Mark had loosened, letting demonic qi seep through the gaps. Cracks had appeared in the Demon-Suppressing Essence-Locking Array's chains too. A few more rounds of blows would break them.

Li Yuan descended along the valley wall and stopped inside the Six-Point Resonant Sealing Array.

Waves of Spirit Transformation-level demonic qi struck one after another, each separated by dozens of breaths. The force passed through the fissure and slammed into the seal, sending tremors through the valley walls.

He activated the Spatial Restriction Technique.

An Imprisonment Field spread across the space before the fissure. The shock wave struck it, warping the field's edges without breaking