The following day, Richard and Old Li stood on the Main Altar.
Scattered below the stage were tens of thousands of Source Star creatures of all sizes.
"My name is Richard Zu Qinglan!"
"The younger generation of Source Star..."
"Ten thousand years ago, your ancestors and I risked our lives to seal away a calamity that was about to befall the Source Star."
"Over the course of a hundred thousand years, Source Star has held one brutal Centennial Spirit Festival after another! It has managed to maintain the seal of the Source Realm!"
"We paid the price with the blood, flesh, and souls of countless lives..."
" The Source of Ultimate Evil sealed in the Source Realm still plagues us, and plagues the Source Star!"
Old Li's words silenced the leaders of various ethnic groups below the stage, who lowered their heads in silence.
They were also bewildered, but for the sake of Source Star, for the sake of their home, they could only persevere generation after generation, no matter how terrible the price...
"Ten thousand years ago, we failed to achieve our goal, leaving behind only the scourge for future generations..."
"Will we leave this problem to our descendants 100,000 years from now?"
A slight commotion began to rise from the audience.
No, we don't want to!
The leaders of various tribes were screaming wildly in their hearts.
"The fate of Source Star should not be like this, nor should the beings of Source Star be like this!"
Old Li raised his right hand, clenched his fist, and said emphatically:
"Today, we will completely eradicate this cancer on Source Star!"
"Give our descendants a bright future!"
The Giant Bear King stood upright and roared angrily:
"Our ancestors were right! Let's give our descendants a bright future!"
With the Giant Bear King leading the way, the other tribal leaders could no longer suppress their surging emotions and roared with righteous indignation:
"Give our descendants a bright future!"
"Give our descendants a bright future!"
After the leaders below the stage had vented their emotions, Old Li began to assign tasks.
The Purification Array that Richard and Old Li finally perfected had a total of 365 array nodes. To maximize the purification effect of this array, these 365 array nodes must be evenly distributed on the Source Star.
Sufficient manpower must be reserved for each magic array node to start and support its operation.
This requires the Myriad Races of Source Star to be divided into 365 legions, with one legion deployed at each magic array node.
Richard and Old Li crafted 365 Array Tower as the base for the magic array nodes.
The Ape King was one of the strongest beings on Source Star, and he knew very well who among these Source Star powerhouses was strong and who was weak. He quickly selected 364 legion commanders besides himself.
Old Li distributed the Array Tower to the various legion commanders, instructing them to form their respective legions and set up the array bases. Afterward, Richard and Old Li split up, opening Portal to draw purification array patterns around the Array Tower.
It took them a full day and night to finally complete drawing all the array patterns.
365 legions guarded their respective bases. Richard and Old Li returned to the Main Altar on the Vast Sea Plain, which connected to the Source Realm seal of the earth's core and was also the main battlefield for purifying the Thing of Ultimate Evil.
After exchanging a glance, Old Li said in a deep voice, "Activate the magic array!"
Richard nodded in response, "Okay!"
He formed hand seals, unleashing all the crimson Mana within him. The magnificent Mana caused the entire Source Star to tremble.
He roared, "Activate the Purification Array!"
Crimson Mana surged into the sky, splitting into 365 parts at an altitude of ten thousand meters, scattering and falling towards the 365 array bases distributed on the Source Star.
The Ape King, guarding the Giant Elephant Valley, suddenly stood up as he watched the crimson stream of Mana descend and shouted, "Get ready, it's about to begin!"
The crimson Mana flowed into the Array Tower, and the purification array patterns around the Array Tower instantly lit up. One crimson array pattern after another shot into the sky, and the 365 crimson array patterns quickly connected together. Soon, the entire Source Star was enveloped by a huge and precise magic array.
"Phew~" Richard let out a soft breath and sat cross-legged on the ground.
"The magic array has been successfully activated!"
Old Li looked up at the crimson magic circle in the sky, which was filled with cryptic text, and nodded, saying, "Once you've recovered, I'll immediately lift the seal and bring the Dead Sun here!"
"Be careful in everything..." Richard cautioned, then closed his eyes and began to focus on restoring his depleted Mana.
On the Source Star, 365 legions stood silently guarding the Array Tower, awaiting orders.
It was midnight, and the sun had long since set, but the Source Star, shrouded in a crimson magic circle, was still bright and red.
Richard opened his eyes and stood up.
" Old Li, let's begin!"
Old Li nodded silently, then slowly closed his eyes, communicating with the Source Realm seal at the Earth's core.
"Seal, release!"
As soon as the sound subsided, the earth roared, and the entire Vast Sea Plain trembled like ocean waves.
The crimson patterns scattered across the plains rapidly evolved, and the sealed space at the Earth's core instantly collapsed.
Countless silver streams of light converged within the space, forcefully propelling the Dead Sun high in the sky to break through layers of the earth's mantle and rush up to the sky above the Vast Sea Plain along the inscribed blood-red patterns.
Old Li's eyes widened, and he roared again, "Seal! Release!"
The Dead Sun, suspended above the Main Altar, began to tremble, and the silver streams of light surrounding it frantically danced about.
The next second, fine cracks appeared on the surface of the Dead Sun. The cracks expanded rapidly, covering the entire grayish-white surface of the Dead Sun in the blink of an eye.
'Click!'
A fragment of the seal fell off the main body of the seal, and soon fragments of various sizes began to Stripping one after another.
A mass of grayish-black jelly wriggled and deformed in mid-air, sometimes transforming into a planet, sometimes into a giant beast, and sometimes into other twisted and evil shapes.
The surrounding remnants of living beings scattered with a roar, instinctively fearing this ominous creature that looked disgusting and unsettling.
The gray-black jelly seemed to sense the presence of Richard and Old Li below. The Thing of Ultimate Evil, which had been twisted into the shape of a giant whale just a moment ago, instantly expanded into a large gray-black net that enveloped the two of them.
Richard's eyes lit up, and his hands moved swiftly, causing the Purification Array above the Source Star to change once again.
A series of scorching crimson rays descended from the sky, rapidly slicing through the massive, spread-out gray-black net.
The Thing of Ultimate Evil, acting solely on instinct, had no time to react before being swiftly divided into 365 equal parts.
Richard's eyes blazed with crimson Mana flames as he roared, "All legions, heed my command!"
"Connect the Array Tower and activate its Array Tower patterns!"
The 365 legion commanders who had been guarding the Array Tower responded with a resounding roar. They placed their hooves, claws, branches, and leaves on the Array Tower, and the other legion members took turns placing their hooves, claws, branches, and leaves on the members in front of them.
An irresistible suction force emanated from the Array Tower, instantly turning weak creatures into skeletons.
Their dead bodies still stand, serving as a bridge connecting the entire legion's energy transmission.
The next second, 365 enormous Mana Vortex shot into the sky from the Array Tower, and the Thing of Ultimate Evil that had been divided into 365 parts was directly carried into the Mana Vortex by the crimson rays that had transformed into hooks.
'boom!'
Behind Richard, pairs of illusory arms appeared, and figures emerged from behind him. Soon, 364 Mana Clone scattered across the Main Altar.
Richard and his Mana Clone each controlled a giant Mana Vortex, which began to spin wildly at an accelerated speed.
Immediately afterwards, sharp water blades condensed from the Mana Vortex, slicing towards the Thing of Ultimate Evil...