Chapter 281: Cleverness is undone by cleverness!

Boom!

Following the collision between the Nascent Soul Dharma Images, a ball of light as blinding as the Sun appeared in the sky above Kumu Temple in the blink of an eye.

The shockwave swept across the surroundings without restraint, instantly blowing the Cultivators and mortals who had barely managed to escape the perimeter to the ground, where they let out waves of mournful cries.

After falling, the few Cultivators who struggled to climb back up lifted their dirt-covered heads.

Then, they saw a streak of Golden Light flying backward out of the large ball of light in the sky; just as it seemed about to land on the ground in front of them, it stopped abruptly one hundred meters above the earth.

This also meant the aftermath only shaved off a layer of topsoil from the ground.

When the dust settled, the figure of Abbot Xuanmu was revealed in the light and shadow before those Cultivators.

It immediately made these people widen their eyes and gasp in cold air.

The Abbot Xuanmu, who was almost omnipotent in their hearts and the very heaven of this region... was actually in quite a sorry state!

His left arm was even missing from the shoulder down.

Furthermore, this was also reflected in the thousand-meter-tall Golden Light Arhat Dharma Image in the sky.

The originally two-headed, four-armed Arhat Dharma Image now only had the two arms on its right side remaining.

One strike had blown apart the majority of the Bone Evil Ghost palm in mid-air!

Afterward, the flying bone fragments transformed into individual Bone Evil Ghosts one or two meters tall in the air, still wanting to fly back to recombine and restore themselves.

A shout of "Wait!" from the Alliance Leader rang out by their ears, causing Abbot Xuanmu and the others to hurriedly stop their attacks.

Immediately following, the entire mountain-protecting Array of Kumu Temple was activated.

Fortunately, just as these Cultivators and mortals sensed something was wrong and wailed in pain, a Buddhist chant of "My Fo is merciful" exploded in the air.

Yet, they saw blood-colored light suddenly descend from the sky.

"Alliance Leader... the Alliance Leader must be right. Could those wicked disciples have bypassed the restrictions of the Master Token?"

And at the wound where the Arhat Dharma Image's arm was severed, faint black Qi lingered, preventing the Shenchong from recovering.

"Does the Alliance Leader not believe that I have deactivated the Array?"

It also carried a strange charm; once it was heard, it would burrow into a person's mind like an insect.

Although his heart found it hard to accept, recalling the incredible things the Alliance Leader had brought him, as well as the current state of Kumu Temple, he had to believe it even if he didn't want to!

Boom, boom, boom!

The Blood Light Giant Hand plunged directly into the black mist and struck deep into the underground.

Only hearing Su Ping say:

"Let this seat go first."

The mountain-protecting Array had been improved and reinforced by generations of Old Ancestors since the sect was founded, and it had been passed down to this day.

The Demon Venerable phantom attached to him, along with several other demon heads, also revealed looks of shock.

As Abbot Xuanmu raised the Master Token, he unleashed a streak of Golden Light.

Any Cultivator above the Golden Core stage could feel the protection shrouding the perimeter of Kumu Temple vanish instantly.

Suddenly!

But!

And if a Nascent Soul Old Ancestor who had obtained the true transmission of the Array's mysteries were to preside over it with full power, its might could be multiplied!

From then on, only those permitted by Him could enter the Earth Palace to pay respects to the other party.

Considering it might be a probe, he endured it...

A sense of evil beauty inexplicably appeared on this white-browed old monk.

To speed things up, Su Ping had East Sea Dragon Lord Aoli help provide an acceleration service.

This was no probing attack!

Nor was it a harmless magical ability attack against the Array!

The other party's target was not them at all; from the very beginning, it was to destroy the Array nodes!

And by relying on the power of a Secret Treasure, they had destroyed the nodes everywhere before they could react!

"Join this seat in slaying these Demonic Path evildoers!"

The moment a heart-trembling sense of crisis struck them!

For that one instant.

The agile figure of the Demon Emperor White Ape appeared directly in front of Abbot Xuanmu and swung an Iron Staff, striking the giant bone hand with one blow.

Yet, everyone saw that the Alliance Leader's figure had not moved a single bit.

After saying these words.

"Senior Brother Xuanmu, why not join me in defecting to our Zunjhu!"

Su Ping watched as the light of the nuclear explosion gradually dimmed. With a wave of his hand.

"With the Master Token, Daoists need not worry about being troubled by the Array."

It was merely a ripple, at most making those hiding in the temple feel a tiny bit of a threat.

While flying faster and more nimbly, the sea of insects formed by the Black Armored Flying Insects even began to crazily crash into the Demon Emperor White Ape's protective divine light.

Within the Array, however, streaks of black light surged out, shining upon the swarm of Black Armored Flying Insects.

The four great Demon Emperors responded to the summons in unison, manifesting their true forms and beginning to act.

After descending, He turned that Earth Palace into a mobile Cave Heaven Secret Realm.

Matching the increasingly eerie Black Lotus Mark between his brows.

If that were the case, it would be much easier!

"If it weren't for you, Senior Brother, constantly going into seclusion for forty or fifty years, leaving all affairs to be managed by those below, and never paying attention to those matters even when you finally came out of seclusion... how could we have achieved this level right under your nose!"

Although the enemy before them looked very difficult to deal with.

"The opponent's Array has been more than half broken; less than one-tenth of its remaining power is left!"

Relying on the Array to draw fire and exhaust the foundation of this Beidi is enough.

They even let the water flow to allow that Demon Emperor White Ape to break through the boundary of the Array with a single strike.

The Xuejian Sect Sect Master pinched a sword finger with his right hand and waved it; the Precious Sword on his back flew out, transforming in mid-air into a giant sword several hundred meters long.

As for which region or space the Earth Palace Secret Realm is anchored to... only that son of the Evil God knows.

In their view, it would be best if the opponent accidentally fell into the trap.

The black fog area suddenly shrank by more than half.

Suddenly, many Cultivators were surprised to discover that the Array, which had originally been unlocked by Abbot Xuanmu, had actually reappeared!

And it wasn't just the long-range attacks; they also hid high-powered Secret Treasures with no Spirit Qi fluctuations in their hands.

Making these Secret Treasures 【effective】 when not targeting these powerhouses.

"After all, Senior Brother, you have also played an indispensable role in Kumu Temple ending up like this!"

Without hesitation, he directly grabbed Abbot Xuanmu and then flashed back to the edge of the Array.

Letting the scorching light and heat cover the entire Kumu Temple region in the blink of an eye.

"However, the Master Token of this temple's Array... is still in my hands."

One claw shattered the remaining arms of the Golden Light Arhat!

This also caused Abbot Xuanmu to groan again, with golden blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

Afterwards, watching as another bone giant hand appeared to grab the retreating Abbot Xuanmu.

Seeing the reinforcements arrive, the old monk Baimei did not continue to pursue.

After returning to the deck, Abbot Xuanmu panted and said:

Without saying much more, he simply had Abbot Xuanmu swallow a Pill to stabilize his injuries, then flew back toward the high sky above Kumu Temple with Chang Sheng Guan Zhu and the Xuejian Sect Sect Master.

"Fellow allies!"

"Very good!"

It only takes a few breaths to drive a Qi Refining Cultivator insane!

Just then, the Demon Emperor White Ape suddenly transformed into its three-thousand-meter-tall true form, and then swung an iron rod phantom almost as long as its body again, simultaneously smashing the entire bone arm to pieces.

However, any Cultivator with slightly higher perception can detect it.

Damn it!

It only allowed the giant face of the Blood God's true form to emerge in the sky, while pairs of tightly clenched Blood Light Giant Hands were reaching out from the blood light.

The Array that could originally be measured in months of wear... this time, it cracked with a 'Crack!' sound.

Seeing things go so smoothly, many Cultivators showed smiles and prepared to strike.

Sensing the degree of damage to the Array, the old monk Baimei felt so distressed he wanted to vomit blood.

After speaking, somewhat reluctantly, Abbot Xuanmu still took out the Master Token.

I didn't expect the changes to come so quickly!

Relying on the Demon Venerable's knowledge, the control rights of the Master Token for Kumu Temple's mountain-protecting Array had naturally been tampered with long ago.

Abbot Xuanmu was the most anxious, after all, his wicked disciples were all down there.

Although the black fog surged back over again very quickly.

And the Array itself had been modified with Evil Qi, making it more beneficial for these evil cultivators to fight.

Bang!

The bone giant struck again, knocking Abbot Xuanmu away once more.

His gaze turned to the old monk Baimei, who was also looking over.

Their plan was also very simple: to lure the opponent in as much as possible to surround and kill them with the help of the Array.

Who could have imagined!

He gathered all the Cultivators and mortals on the ground into his Kasaya.

Although the true form can only be considered a fourth-tier Array, its foundation is deep enough to resist the siege of multiple powerhouses of the same rank.

As it stands, it happened just in time for when Abbot Xuanmu was at a disadvantage but had not yet been seriously injured.

He was just about to chant a Fo name as the vanguard.

And then.

And there is also the unfathomable Alliance Leader!

In this battle, the advantage is with me!

At the same time, it added a bit of confidence for the upcoming great battle.

The voice of the old monk Baimei echoed continuously in this airspace.

If one is unlucky and no big fish takes the bait, that is fine too.

Su Ping couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.

"I have failed my master!"

Abbot Xuanmu realized what was going on in an instant.

Then, under the swing of the Demon Emperor White Ape's iron rod, the Array was forcibly breached, allowing the Demon Emperor White Ape to carry Abbot Xuanmu out.

The moment their eyes met, Su Ping could vaguely see the shadow of the Earth Palace Demon Venerable on the other party.

Then he looked toward Kumu Temple.

Su Ping looked at the Master Token.

And collided with the divine light, creating ripples.

The mountain-protecting Array above Kumu Temple.

Countless Black Armored Flying Insects turned into ashes within the fireball.

Everyone looked toward Su Ping on the deck.

The current Dharma Array clearly had problems in every aspect.

The Demon Emperor White Ape was just about to swing its iron rod when it suddenly heard Su Ping's Secret Language.

Facing the combined strike of seven Nascent Soul powerhouses.

Seeing the direction of these Blood Light Giant Hands, Abbot Xuanmu's eyelids twitched.

This time, one was truly too clever for one's own good!

Cleared the demonic insects from their minds for them.

"By the way, hand over the position of Abbot to me as well."

More Black Armored Flying Insects turned into small fireballs under the firestorm.

Yet even this momentary flaw was seized by the old monk Baimei.

But in the past, there was indeed a period of time when it shone brilliantly.

The dominant old monk Baimei sat cross-legged on the head of the bone giant, looking at the disheveled Abbot Xuanmu, his mouth splitting wider and wider, and black ram horns slowly growing on his head.

He didn't want to seek out the other party, yet the other party was thinking of him.

The bone giant's giant hand appeared in front of Abbot Xuanmu in an instant, after colliding once more with the hastily defended Arhat Dharma Image.

Although he was unlucky now, previously there was only Abbot Xuanmu as a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Instead, he smiled toward the direction of the Immortal Boat, then vanished into the black mist.

It seems the mountain-protecting Dharma Array of Kumu Temple has limited capability without Abbot Xuanmu presiding over it!

Then, it brought about an astonishing momentum and thrust over.

Boom!

Where all the Blood Light Giant Hands landed, a light that pierced through the black mist suddenly bloomed!

Immediately, while the earth shook and the mountains swayed, more than twenty large fireballs soared into the sky.

Among the three major sects of Beidi, when it comes to defensive capability, Kumu Temple is definitely the leader among them.

The Bone Evil Ghosts in the air also exploded in unison under the immense pressure, turning into flying ash!

Further away, under the illumination of ten thousand rays of rosy light, dozens of large Immortal Boats broke through the air under the protection of the divine ability of a thousand-meter-long true dragon.

Su Ping's gaze swept across the Kumu Temple, which was filled with Evil Qi, and saw the Black Armored Flying Insects continuously pouring out from the black mist.

Then those Black Armored Flying Insects seemed to be plated with a layer of black light.

Only through understanding did he know that this Avatar of the Seventh Son, the son of the evil god, was arrogant in his speech, but he was also a cautious god.

Seeing that it was indeed so, Abbot Xuanmu also said "ashamed" in shame, then mercilessly summoned the Arhat Golden Light Dharma Image again to strike over.

This was also why these evil cultivators and demon heads deliberately did not activate the Dharma Array to deal with him when dealing with Abbot Xuanmu.

Abbot Xuanmu, bearing internal injuries, still first used the Kasaya on his body to fiercely roll and retract.

As the Abbot, he naturally knew that these places were actually important nodes of the Kumu Temple's mountain-protecting Dharma Array!

"Why would the Alliance Leader attack these places?"

Then, more than twenty pairs of tightly clenched Blood Light Giant Hands rushed directly toward the various mountain peaks and lakes around Kumu Temple that had long been shrouded in black mist.

Just as the old monk Baimei, located deep in the black mist, and the Demon Sect disciples headed by that young true disciple, hiding deep in the Earth Palace, were silently waiting for the probing of those external enemies to end, and then personally enter the range of the Dharma Array.

But on their side, they had several Nascent Soul Old Ancestors!

At that time, Kumu Temple had multiple High Monks at the late Nascent Soul stage.

"Hehehehe!"

"I am ashamed, it is also because this poor monk was addicted to cultivation and neglected the inspection of disciples and the foundation."

After capturing the Demon Heart Old Monster, it wasn't that Su Ping hadn't thought about taking the initiative to strike first, taking advantage of the fact that the other party was clearly not prepared.

The Dharma Array nodes at the blasted locations... had already been severely damaged and could not be repaired in a short time.

"Hehehe! Choosing you back then was a mistake by Master!"

Chang Sheng Guan Zhu took out a whisk, and with one sweep, a storm like a blade rushed out.

From the perspective of those evil cultivators in Kumu Temple.

If they had known that the other party could destroy the Dharma Array nodes with one strike... they should have activated the Dharma Array from the beginning and chosen to fight a war of attrition with the other party!

In his haste, the old monk Baimei hurriedly activated the Dharma Array.

When the other party was exhausted, the Mozun Huashen would lead the demon heads from all over to launch a surprise attack, thereby defeating the enemy in one fell swoop!

Yet he did not expect that Xueshen Laozu would not play by the rules!

He actually attacked from a distance.

On the deck of the Immortal Boat, the Cultivators who saw this scene all praised his great skill.

"Alliance Leader!"

The sky seemed to split open all at once.

One more time!

Then the sky was seen to split open completely!

The blood light poured down like a waterfall.

Landing in the black mist, it emitted bursts of sizzling corrosive sounds.