While Zhang Yu was fighting Wu Xianmo, Liang Yi and the others, having defeated the Dao Soldiers blocking their way, charged into the final layer of the forbidden array.
Yet this forbidden array did not suppress intruders with array force. Instead, it resembled a labyrinth, winding and twisting within, leaving one unable to find an exit for the moment.
A few cultivators who had entered it not long before, however, emerged with remarkable ease.
This had in fact been intentional on Lu Xuanhe's part. Every moment, he was growing stronger than before. Once the potent medicine was fully purged, he could ride the momentum and achieve the rank of Xuanzun in one burst.
But once this process stopped, it would become much harder to resume.
Yet he had no choice but to stop.
Though he controlled the array hub, he had no way to mobilize too much array force. This, too, had been deliberately arranged by his teacher.
He understood clearly that this was another trial his teacher had left for him, and likewise a tribulation he had to face before attaining the Dao.
But within tribulation, there was also a glimmer of life.
He knew he could not deal with so many cultivators at once, but he could use the forbidden array to divide the invading cultivators into batches and eliminate them one by one.
After leaving the forbidden array, those few cultivators discussed matters among themselves, then headed straight for the main hall. With no obstruction along the way, they rushed all the way to the platform above.
Yet the moment they stepped into the hall, before they saw anyone at all, crisp bell chimes rang out one after another. At first, the sound was clear and lingering, making one unable to resist listening after it. But later,