Chapter 486: Golden Lock, Three Lotus Ground Fire

In Mo Hua's pale void of consciousness.

The zombie elder, with a grotesque face and corpse-like form, looked utterly astonished.

A Qi Condensation cultivator could possess such abundant spiritual awareness?

Without hesitation, it immediately sucked in deeply.

Sweet, pure, crystalline, endlessly lingering, even carrying a faint trace of profound and mysterious Dao essence.

The zombie elder immediately widened its eyes.

Supreme spiritual awareness!

In its entire life, it had never tasted such delicious spiritual awareness.

And this spiritual awareness was so abundant—it could feed it for a long time.

If it consumed and digested this brat's spiritual awareness, its spiritual sense would become far more solid, and its strength would surge forward dramatically.

Even the Ancestor would take great notice of it…

The zombie elder's ugly face flushed with excitement; it prepared to bite again, unaware that Mo Hua, hidden nearby, was watching it coldly.

"You ate my spiritual awareness? Spit it all back out!"

Mo Hua pointed his fingers, and a Fireball Technique shot forth, arriving in an instant.

On the Fireball Technique, spiritual energy surged violently.

The crimson spiritual energy, manifested as flame, wove like fine threads, twisting and entangling, carrying terrifying burning power.

The Fireball Technique exploded instantly upon the zombie elder.

The flames scorched its spiritual manifestation's clothing and eroded its physical form.

The filamentous spiritual flame seeped everywhere, like red-hot blades slicing through its flesh and skin.

The zombie elder's expression changed drastically.

"What the hell is this?"

A technique?

It instantly transformed into full zombie form—its body swelled, veins bulged, cold corpse qi spread, extinguishing the burning flames on its body.

But even so, it suffered considerable injury.

"Who?"

The zombie elder roared.

Yet this anger carried a hint of panic.

From the side, Mo Hua gradually revealed his form—small stature, cold little face, his aura strangely unfathomable.

Seeing Mo Hua, the zombie elder was startled.

Within the void of consciousness, the aura was thick and profound, capable of manifesting its own form and casting techniques—this was no ordinary brat…

Miscalculated.

Fooled by this brat.

His childish appearance was just an illusion—he was actually a tough one…

The zombie elder bowed respectfully:

"Young friend, I entered without permission—I was impolite."

Mo Hua's little face remained stern, ignoring him.

The zombie elder's gloomy gaze shifted slightly, negotiating:

"But my actions are understandable…"

"I won't hide it, young friend—I've been starving for over a month, not a drop of water passed my lips. Could you, as host, offer me some hospitality? Have mercy on this old man—let me eat a bit of spiritual awareness to stave off hunger, and I'll leave immediately."

Its ugly face and sinister gaze made a pleading expression.

Mo Hua was speechless.

Truly a zombie—what thick skin.

Mo Hua no longer wished to waste words.

He was stealing—time was limited; he needed to act with thunderous speed, finish swiftly, lest Lu Chengyun discover him and cause complications.

Mo Hua raised his hand and cast another Fireball Technique.

Seeing Mo Hua refuse both persuasion and force, the zombie elder flew into a rage:

"Wretched brat! Using your minor skills to bully others is going too far!"

It tried to dodge, but the Fireball Technique was too fast and precise—it couldn't avoid it, and had to take the blow head-on.

The Fireball Technique exploded, engulfing the zombie elder in flames, its skin blackened and its form dimmed slightly.

At the same time, Mo Hua clenched his small hand.

The filamentous Water Prison Technique instantly formed a hundred threads, binding the zombie elder tightly, and on the spiritual threads, bars solidified, locking it firmly in place.

The zombie elder's expression changed abruptly, desperately struggling to break free.

But before it could break loose—

Mo Hua pointed a finger, stirred his spiritual awareness, and began manifesting the Golden Lock Array beneath its feet.

From the array's core, golden runes bloomed like peonies, spreading outward across the ground, and within moments, a golden array solidified.

Upon the array, Jin Guang shimmered brilliantly.

Spiritual energy formed chains, locking the zombie elder in place.

The zombie elder was utterly horrified.

What technique is this?

An array?

Is this really inside the mind sea?

Isn't the mind sea where spiritual perceptions battle each other? How can there be arrays here?

But it's not over yet.

Mo Hua clasped his hands, closed his eyes, and pushed his spiritual perception to its limit.

Outside the Golden Lock Array, red light flared abruptly; fiery spiritual energy twisted like a divine brush painting with demonic strokes, simultaneously forming three Earth-Fire Arrays.

The intersection of the three Earth-Fire Arrays was the Golden Lock Array in the center.

That is, the Golden Lock Array was binding the Zombie Elder!

This was a compound array designed by Mo Hua himself.

Named the Jin Suosanlian Earth-Fire Compound Array.

It was constructed independently based on his understanding of the trapping and killing arrays within the Five Elements Demon-Slaying Array, forming a small-scale trapping-and-killing compound array.

The Golden Lock Array trapped the enemy.

Outside the Golden Lock Array were three Earth-Fire Arrays, resembling three fire lotuses; when they exploded, their power overlapped at the Golden Lock Array to destroy ghostly and demonic entities.

As soon as the array formed, the Zombie Elder's eyes filled with terror.

"Little…"

It still tried to beg, but Mo Hua had no time for its words.

"Detonate!"

Mo Hua cried out sharply.

The triple Earth-Fire Arrays exploded instantly.

Three fire lotuses bloomed, spreading searing spiritual energy.

Xiong Xiong flames engulfed the Zombie Elder.

Moments later, the flames dissipated; the Zombie Elder's limbs were burned to ash, no longer in human form, its figure dimmed to near nothingness—clearly severely wounded.

A sequence of spells and arrays struck in one fluid combo, utterly destroying the Zombie Elder.

Mo Hua nodded.

The power of the Jin Suosanlian Earth-Fire Compound Array pleased him greatly.

More importantly, it combined trapping and killing in one.

Trap first, then kill.

As long as the enemy was within my killing range, I could kill it—no escape possible.

The Zombie Elder still had one breath left; though not yet slain, it could not flee.

It looked at Mo Hua, filled with disbelief.

What kind of divine being is this little brat?

How could it be so terrifying?

Spells and arrays came one after another; in just a few exchanges, I, a Iron Zombie Elder with Foundation Establishment-level spiritual perception, was silently crushed without even a chance to fight back!

Am I truly going to be obliterated today?!

Filled with terror and unwillingness, it clung to its last breath and rasped:

"You… dare kill a Zhang family Elder? My… my Laozu Sect will not spare you…"

Mo Hua smiled brightly, his smile innocent and pure:

"Funny—I had no intention of sparing your Laozu Sect either."

The Zombie Elder's eyes widened suddenly. "You…"

Before it could finish, Mo Hua sent it to its end with several Fireball Spells.

The once-ferocious Zombie Elder was blasted into smoke by Mo Hua.

Mo Hua used the array to trap the smoke, planning to refine it later when he had time.

Now is not the right moment—Lu Chengyun is still outside.

Mo Hua withdrew from the mind sea, opened his eyes, and his spirit was clear and sharp.

Lu Chengyun was still meditating on the contemplation map, completely unaware of everything.

The contemplation map had changed little—only one Zhang family ancestor had vanished from the corner seat.

Mo Hua tried to summarize the battle.

He found nothing worth summarizing.

It was simply: his spiritual perception manifested spells and arrays, trapped a Foundation Establishment-level Iron Zombie Elder, then killed it.

A seamless, fluid combo of spells and arrays.

Overwhelming strength crushed weakness.

It looked like a small one bullying a large one, but in truth, it was a "great" crushing a "small."

Natural, effortless, no complications.

Yet Mo Hua felt a small sense of pride.

His spiritual perception's killing ability was indeed still very strong.

The Guidao Ren incident was purely an accident.

Guidao Ren was unfathomably deep—unknown realm, unknown methods, beyond ordinary logic.

Aside from him, ordinary ghostly and demonic entities in the mind sea should not be his match.

Just need to be cautious.

Inside the altar, silence reigned.

Mo Hua had "eaten" an Iron Zombie Elder, satisfied for now, and decided not to strike again—quietly hiding behind the altar, he waited for Lu Chengyun to leave.

Half a shichen later, Lu Chengyun finished his contemplation, and indeed felt his divine sense brimming, his face full of joy.

The Visualization Diagram truly lived up to its reputation as a formation master's supreme treasure.

After contemplation, it could nourish the Sea of Consciousness, strengthen divine sense, and even enhance one's comprehension of the Great Dao.

Lu Chengyun stroked the Ancestral Master's Diagram, loath to put it down.

He cherished and valued it as he carefully put the Ancestral Master's Diagram away, but just as he was storing it, he suddenly froze.

This diagram… why does it seem a little off…

He examined it carefully once more, and could not help but frown.

On this diagram, it seemed a person was missing?

"Where did they go?"

Lu Chengyun was somewhat dazed.

He stared at the diagram for a while longer, still puzzled and unable to make sense of it.

Had he seen it wrong?

Or was it because he had contemplated it time and again, too many times, and damaged the diagram, which was why it now appeared incomplete?

Lu Chengyun nodded, thinking that was probably the case.

This diagram was in his hands, and only he looked at it, only he contemplated it, only he visualized it.

If something went wrong, it had to be his own fault.

Lu Chengyun felt a pang of heartache, then his gaze darkened slightly, a faint sinister smile flashing across his face, and he murmured:

"Looks like I need to find a way to get someone to feed this diagram…"

(End of this chapter)