Ancient Array Immortal (I)

On the day he took over the Infinite Starfield, Li Wei returned to the previous Qingzhou cover mission scene via Shadow Street, spending a certain number of points. This time, it wasn't a mandatory mission, nor was there any so-called power balance; Li Wei naturally entered with the strength of a Star King.

After the spatial shift, Li Wei arrived at a bustling town, which was Qingzhou Prefecture, the same place he had entered during his last mission.

Although he hadn't been gone long, Li Wei felt as if he had been in another world. He had come specifically to find the cripple, but there was no rush. As he strolled through the streets, looking at the various passersby around him, Li Wei couldn't help but feel a strange sensation.

The mission world is self-contained, and the people here live according to the rules of this world. Vendors, merchants, performers, geishas, and all kinds of professions gather together. They themselves have no idea that for a reincarnator like Li Wei, they are just insignificant little characters in the mission world.

Reaching a relatively spacious area, Li Wei saw the Fortune Comes Inn, a place that used to be popular, but was now closed down. Out of curiosity, Li Wei inquired and learned that the owner had suddenly disappeared.

Walking further ahead, he saw three or five strong men rushing towards a certain place, and many others were also heading in that direction. Out of curiosity, Li Wei followed them. Soon he came to a wide open space, which was already surrounded by people in layers. In the center of the open space stood a fighting platform.

Below the arena, on the north and south sides, there was a grand chair with two people sitting on it. One of them was dressed in a cloth shirt, around thirty years old, and was refined and calm. However, it would be a big mistake to mistake him for an ordinary person. At least with Li Wei's Detection, he could tell at a glance that this was a martial arts master. In terms of combat strength, he had reached the B-level.

The other person, dressed in a blue Daoist robe with a silver bun, exuded an air of otherworldly elegance, resembling a peerless master. It was none other than the long-unseen Wandering Dragon Hermit. His combat strength had also increased considerably; at least in Li Wei's opinion, it had reached a certain level. "It seems this old man has also made significant breakthroughs!" Li Wei chuckled, then inquired of those nearby, knowing that setting up a fighting arena with such fanfare must indicate something was amiss.

"Young man, you're obviously from out of town. Otherwise, how could you not know about such an important event? Did you see that? That venerable old man with the air of a hermit is the number one figure in this prefecture, the leader of the Wandering Dragon Sect, Wandering Dragon Hermit. And that refined Daoist over there is an outsider expert who's planning to establish his own sect in Qingzhou Prefecture. If he wants to gain a foothold, he naturally has to challenge the number one person in Qingzhou Prefecture. But it's said that this person knows some strange arts. That's why we all came to watch the show after hearing that he's going to challenge Wandering Dragon Hermit."

Li Wei finally understood. This matter seemed extremely ordinary. The best way for an outsider to gain a foothold in a place was to challenge the local leader. If he could win, he could earn enough reputation and fame in a very short time. Moreover, judging from the current situation, if Wandering Dragon Hermit were to fight that person, he would most likely lose.

"Now that we've left this world, there's no need to get entangled with it anymore. However, if we encounter it, let's help it!" Li Wei was referring to Wandering Dragon Hermit.

At this moment, Wandering Dragon Hermit and his opponent had already jumped onto the arena, and a commotion immediately broke out below. A moment later, the two began to fight.

Clap clap clap clap!

A dozen or so moves passed in the blink of an eye, and Wandering Dragon Hermit knew that he could only last three or four more moves before he was about to be defeated. Just then, a series of incantations suddenly rang in Wandering Dragon Hermit's mind, like the sound of a bell, vast and boundless. At the same time, a surge of righteous energy suddenly entered from the top of his head, surging into all the acupoints of his body. This righteous energy was no ordinary true energy; it actually roamed freely through all the major meridians. In just a moment, several major acupoints that Wandering Dragon Hermit had never been able to move before were opened and connected. Then, the righteous energy circulated on its own, forming a tremendous force to temper his body. Wandering Dragon Hermit was surprised to find that in the blink of an eye, his martial arts realm had broken through one after another, reaching a level that he had never dared to imagine before.

"Who?"

The astonishment of Wandering Dragon Hermit was beyond description; his roar stunned the person opposite him.

"Wandering Dragon Hermit, who are you calling?" The man clearly had no idea what kind of madness this old man had gone mad with. But soon, his expression became serious, and a moment later, his face changed drastically.

"This... this is impossible! How could Wandering Dragon Hermit suddenly become so unpredictable? I could have defeated him in just a few moves... Could it be that this old fox deliberately feigned weakness to hide his strength?" This person probably couldn't fathom the truth no matter how hard he tried.

At this moment, Li Wei looked down at the arena from the sky, let out a long laugh, and disappeared in a streak of light. He no longer cared about the final outcome of the competition. Wandering Dragon Hermit's body had been tempered by the righteous energy of Li Wei, a Star King-level expert, and a trace of his aura remained. His cultivation level had directly broken through from C-level to A-level. With such cultivation, not to mention ordinary humans, even some powerful demons would definitely not be a match for Wandering Dragon Hermit, and the challenger was no exception.

Having done all this, Li Wei was already above Quyin Mountain in the next second. At the same time, Wandering Dragon Hermit also looked up at the sky as if he had a premonition, but he could not see anything.

Things are different now. When Li Wei arrived above Quyin Mountain, he saw a vast, desolate mountain range stretching endlessly through the sky and earth, with countless demonic energies emanating from it. It was definitely a place where no living person should approach. It was here that he killed the Wolf King and also here that he met the cripple.

However, most of the demonic energy in the entire Quyin Mountain was blocked by an invisible wave. Li Wei's mind stirred, and his eyes gleamed as he saw a supreme array set up in the four directions of Qu Yang Mountain. This array enveloped the entire Quyin Mountain, preventing even a demon king-level expert from leaving. Upon closer inspection, Li Wei was astonished. The four array sources were actually located at the exits of four 'Underground Yin Spring'. In this way, the entire array could be driven by a continuous source of energy, truly a masterpiece of nature. When Li Wei first came here, he did not have such perception, but now he was filled with admiration for the person who set up this Demon-Sealing Formation. At least, with Li Wei's current abilities, killing all the demons in the entire Quyin Mountain would be effortless, but setting up such an array would be extremely difficult.

"The Underground Yin Spring is the pure Yin energy that I mentioned when I studied the Yin Deity Transformation Chapter. If I could cultivate in this spring, I would definitely make great progress in the Divine Realm, advancing by leaps and bounds. It's a pity I didn't have that kind of vision back then, otherwise..." Li Wei reminisced for a while, then suddenly released his Star King-level perception.

The difference between the Star King level and the previous Divine Origin realm is like heaven and earth. Even a thousand or ten thousand Divine Origin realm cultivators cannot compare to the Star King level. In the past, when he was at the Divine Origin realm, Li Wei could extend his perception to a range of ten miles. But now, when Li Wei releases his perception, it is like a surging ocean or an eternal starry sky. In just an instant, it completely envelops the Quyin Mountain, which stretches for tens of thousands of miles. In a short time, all the great and small demonic energy of the entire Qu Yin Mountain entered Li Wei's perception range.

At the same time, all the demons in Quyin Mountain looked up at the sky in unison, their faces filled with horror. The lower-level demons were so frightened by this aura that they cowered on the ground, while the more powerful ones, such as the Demon Kings, secretly wondered who this powerful being was. Of course, they could choose to go out and find out, but they didn't know whether the owner of this perception was friend or foe. Going out without even understanding the other party's intentions would be tantamount to courting death. What if it was some Daoist from the celestial realm who came to slay demons? Wouldn't running out then be a suicide mission?

Beasts that possess intelligence are called demons. But what is intelligence? If they don't even have this much thought, then they wouldn't be called demons by the world. For a time, all the demons, big and small, in Quyin Mountain cowered in their respective caves, afraid to come out.

Li Wei, meanwhile, soared through the air, closing his eyes to sift through the millions of demonic energies in his mind. He wanted to find the cripple within these energies. Li Wei had already memorized the demonic energy on the cripple's body last time, and as long as he could sense it again, he would definitely recognize it. The methods of a Star King level cultivator were completely beyond the imagination of ordinary people. If it were an ordinary person, even searching through millions of demonic energies, they would certainly not be able to find it. However, Li Wei managed to capture a wisp of demonic energy after more than ten minutes.

"Found it!" Li Wei opened his eyes, and in a flash, he disappeared into thin air.

The Heavenly Lion Stone Platform, the dwelling place of the Purple-Winged Heavenly Lion King, ranked second among the Ten Great Demon Kings of Quyin Mountain, is a gigantic rock. The rock is flat and covers a full kilometer. Normally, no demon dares to come here, because all the demons of Quyin Mountain know that this is the territory of the Purple-Winged Heavenly Lion King. The Purple-Winged Heavenly Lion King is already a powerful late-stage Demon King and belongs to the category of exotic beasts.

So-called exotic beasts are different from ordinary wild animals. For example, the number one 'Qilin King' of Quyin Mountain is an exotic beast. They are not wild animals that can be seen in ordinary times. Exotic beasts are even rarer, and the better their talent is in cultivating into a demon, the better. In fact, all ten demon kings of Quyin Mountain belong to the category of exotic beasts.

At this moment, on the Heavenly Lion Stone Platform, the Purple-Winged Heavenly Lion King felt a trace of fear from the powerful aura it had just witnessed. Although it had reached the late stage of the Demon King realm, meaning that in the entire Quyin Mountain, apart from the Qilin King who could rival it, no other Demon King dared to provoke it, this powerful being, whose roars could usually make low-level Demon Kings tremble, was now restless. Soon, its body stiffened, and it looked up to see that, without its knowledge, there was now another person on its Heavenly Lion Stone Platform.