At Pei Buji's sharp shout, Yang Qing and the others all looked down at the ground.
Sure enough, at some point, blood-red lines had spread across the entire clearing.
These lines were even more distinct than the ones they had seen in the Martial Arts Arena.
Jiang Zhizhou's expression changed. He sprang into the air, then quickly returned to Yang Qing's side.
"What did you find?"
Seeing Jiang Zhizhou's grave expression, Yang Qing's heart sank.
"The Mu Family has been playing a grand game. They actually laid out an enormous Evil Spirit Array throughout Azure Cloud Fortress."
In other words, wherever they stood within Azure Cloud Fortress, they were all pawns in this Evil Spirit Array.
Once the Evil Spirit Array gathered enough energy, it would activate on its own.
"I thought destroying the Evil Spirit Array in the Martial Arts Arena would stop the Mu Family's mad plan."
"But I never imagined they would find another path."
As Jiang Zhizhou spoke, the sheer madness of the Mu Family's actions sent waves of alarm through him.
"To prepare for this day, the Mu Family must have poured their entire clan's strength into it," Yang Qing said.
The strength of an entire clan, decades or even a century of effort—all for this one moment.
"Human greed can truly be this terrifying!"
Mo Beixing let out a long sigh as well.
"This is bad. We have to leave immediately."
Coming to his senses, Jiang Zhizhou joined Bu Er in seizing Yang Qing's and Mo Beixing's arms.
Then they leaped into the air, heading straight for the gate tower.
At that moment, a sinister smile spread across Mu Haiyun's face.
He paid no heed to Yang Qing and the others rushing up onto the gate tower, his gaze fixed firmly on the Mu