Zhang Yu swept aside the obstructions and charged straight at the approaching man.
Though his direction was clear, everyone who sensed it assumed he meant to intercept the newcomer and buy time for those below to destroy the garrison rampart. Thus, no one gave it much thought at first.
The newcomer this time was an upper true cultivator surnamed Qi from the Lower Hall. Sensing Zhang Yu charging toward him, his thoughts turned. If the garrison rampart was destroyed, they could simply build another. But if he could lure a cultivator seeking the Complete Dao into the trap and slay him, even if it was only an external incarnation, it would still count as merit.
So he halted instead of continuing forward, retreating backward with considerable cunning.
His fundamental Dao method was called All-Transmission Borrowing and Return. It could borrow power from every place and turn it to his own use. So long as something lay within the range of his perception and clearly belonged to his own side, whether array artifact or magical power, he could immediately borrow it.
Given enough contact time, once his Dao method was brought to its utmost operation, he could even turn another's possessions into his own. In principle, he could manipulate even those of the same level, though that required almost limitless contact time. But for those beneath his cultivation, with a turn of qi, he could make them obey his command.
For instance, the Celestial Xia Profound Venerables who had entered here—if Zhang Yu did not stop him, he would need only a few breaths to make all these external incarnations submit to his will.
Because his Dao method was exceptionally suited to defense, Sheng Zheng and the others had not sent him out to battle. Instead, they had kept him here