Chapter 805: Subsequent Arrangements

It was at this very moment.

Boom!

A thunderous roar suddenly resounded from within the endless dark chaos.

The eyes of the woman in green and the others flashed wildly; within their line of sight, a terrifying fire erupted from inside Black Ancient Stronghold.

"What happened?" the woman in green exclaimed in shock.

The next instant.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!

Terrifying fire erupted simultaneously throughout the entire Black Ancient Stronghold, the explosions destroying everything and shattering all the buildings.

This scene was exceptionally horrifying.

The woman in green and the others were stunned for a moment, then the woman in green immediately reacted:

"Someone else is dealing with Black Ancient Stronghold!"

As her voice fell, the leaf-shaped boat beneath her feet sped rapidly toward the direction of Black Ancient Stronghold.

At the same time.

The Sea of Malice churned like boiling tar, and Chen Yan's figure appeared and disappeared within the turbid waves.

After the explosions rang out, Chen Yan activated a spatial array, his figure vanishing into the Sea of Malice.

"Enemy attack!!!"

Inside Black Ancient Stronghold, a jackal-headed guard holding a spear who was in the middle of urinating was so startled by the explosion that he began to roar without even pulling up his pants.

Beside him, an inconspicuous brick suddenly flickered, and the space around the brick immediately began to wrinkle and distort.

Chen Yan's figure appeared beside the jackal-headed guard, and as he thrust out a finger, his Third-Grade Spear Soul erupted.

Third-Grade, Extreme Piercing Spear Soul!

The fingertip thrust forward suddenly like a spear tip; in an instant, silver light burst out from his body, and the Spear Soul, wrapped in the sharp whistling of tearing wind, instantly pierced through the jackal-headed guard's head.

Chen Yan casually collected the corpse into his Origin Space and grabbed the black spear the opponent had been holding into his own hand.

As Chen Yan operated the spatial array again, his figure vanished into the distance.

He had let the deer-headed man bring in thirty spatial array disks, and Chen Yan could shuttle freely between these thirty array disks.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The chain reaction triggered by the explosive array disks caused the entire stronghold to shake.

The roof of the main stronghold was like a tin can pried open by a giant, revealing the dozen or so figures inside who were feasting on humanoid creatures.

Chen Yan broke in, stepping over splashing wood fragments, his spear carving out a miserable, brilliant arc of light, splitting a brawny man with six ears along with his anvil into two halves.

"Who are you!!!"

The eagle-headed man growled at the suddenly appearing Chen Yan.

"Court death!"

A pig-headed woman attacked instantly; while she was still flying in mid-air, Chen Yan had already made a move to retreat backward.

"Chase!"

Seeing that Chen Yan was about to flee, the eagle-headed man and the remaining law enforcers pursued him together.

But the moment they rushed out of the shattered doorway.

The explosive array disk that the deer-headed man had placed by the threshold in advance flickered instantly.

Boom!

A terrifying explosion erupted once more.

"Ah!"

"Damn it!!!"

Smoke and dust filled the air, and screams rang out from within the firelight.

Chen Yan stood outside the center of the explosion, and as he grabbed out with one hand, rays of azure blood-energy light flickered in his palm.

As Chen Yan twisted his palm.

Crack, crack, crack!

The blood energy condensed, transforming into an azure array disk.

Immediately following, one became two, two became four, and four became eight.

With a wave of his hand, Chen Yan sent eight Morning Star-grade explosive array disks flying in all directions.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

Explosion!

The terrifying explosion swallowed everything.

If it weren't for the fact that Chen Yan's current blood-energy strength was too weak to support more complex Bright Moon-grade or Sun-grade arrays.

Otherwise, Chen Yan could have directly wiped out this place with a single Sun-grade Grade-A explosive array disk.

"You beast!!!"

A roar resounded from within the explosion; the eagle-headed man, his face unrecognizable, rushed out from the firelight, raising the machete in his hand to slash at Chen Yan.

Chen Yan's gaze was indifferent; with a wave of his hand, he casually threw out three Morning Star-grade explosive array disks.

Boom, boom, boom!

The eagle-headed man was caught in the explosion before he could dodge.

Chen Yan's spear, like a steel whip or iron cable, thrust out instantly, carrying a point of extreme piercing light, driving straight into the depths of the flames and carving out a spray of blood.

Immediately after, Chen Yan's figure vanished again, arriving at the location of another spatial array disk.

"Ah, ah, ah!"

"It's over!"

"Damn it, do you know who we have backing us?!"

Cries of unwillingness and terror rang out one after another amidst the flames.

Chen Yan swept through with his spear, relaxed and effortless.

His combat instinct had long since matured to a realm of perfection.

Suddenly.

The sound of a baby crying suddenly came from the rear stockade.

When Chen Yan slashed open the iron door, his pupils constricted slightly; over thirty Tainted Blood humans locked in iron chains were shivering.

"Don't come over!"

A man holding a long saber, possessing a shark head with pitch-black tentacles surging in his eyes, roared viciously, holding the long saber against the neck of a kneeling Tainted Blood human before him.

"No... don't..."

That kneeling Tainted Blood human wailed incessantly, his whole body trembling.

Chen Yan's eyes sharpened, sensing the emotions.

The next instant.

Boom!

Driven by his Third-Grade Fist Soul, his physical body unleashed a massive fist imprint; as it struck out, the space erupted with a low roar like a collapsing mountain or a surging sea.

"Ahhh!!!"

The shark-head was momentarily scared witless and let out a loud scream.

Chen Yan immediately and secretly deployed 【Decay Control - Holy Condensation Origin】, influencing the shark-headed man.

The next instant, Chen Yan had already arrived and thrust his spear out.

This spear thrust, however, was not aimed at the shark-headed man, but at the Tainted Blood human being held hostage by him.

Puchi!

The forehead of the Tainted Blood human who had been kneeling was pierced through by the long spear; until his death, he did not know how Chen Yan had discovered he was faking it.

Immediately following.

Slap!

Chen Yan struck the chest of the already terrified shark-head with a palm, the terrifying force blasting him away, shattering the wall as he rolled out over a hundred meters.

Immediately following.

On the shark-head's chest, where Chen Yan's palm had struck, an explosive array disk instantly flashed with intense light.

Boom!

The shark-headed man was instantly blown into pieces of gore.

Chen Yan stood quietly on the spot, his eyes cold and clear.

As his realm gradually recovered, the grade of arrays he could deploy was becoming higher and higher.

It was not that Chen Yan could not deploy them before.

It was that Chen Yan's initial Qi and blood, or force, would likely have been completely exhausted after outlining just the corner of a Morning Star-grade array.

As for Willpower, he could naturally deploy high-grade arrays.

Although Chen Yan did not have a Willpower Domain, Willpower could still be generated within his body.

But Willpower was too limited now, and Chen Yan did not dare to expose his Immortal Will by using 【Decay Control - Holy Will Bewilderment】.

Chen Yan sensed the change in the aura in the distance and stopped moving, choosing instead to stand and wait.

After a while.

Clap, clap, clap!

A sound of applause rang out from behind Chen Yan.

Five people walked over, stepping across burning, broken furniture and ruined walls destroyed by the explosion.

They looked at the spatial array disk on the ground, some clicking their tongues in wonder.

The person clapping was the green-clad woman walking at the very front:

"I am Mu Yanwan of Luo Town, I wonder who you are..."

"Chen Yan."

Chen Yan spoke up:

"Can I go to your Luo Town to study arrays?"

Chen Yan's directness left even Mu Yanwan stunned:

"Who are you..."

She was somewhat puzzled; the array attainments Chen Yan had displayed must surely have come from a master.

"A person from Chen Prefecture, saved by White Village, currently residing in White Village," Chen Yan smiled.

Mu Yanwan nodded, understanding, though Chen Yan's way of speaking was just a bit too direct.

"You may certainly come to my Luo Town to study the way of arrays; the fact that you wiped out Black Ancient Stockade today proves your talent..."

Chen Yan smiled:

"Can I bring people with me?"

Mu Yanwan pursed her lips, as she hadn't finished speaking:

"That is certainly allowed."

Chen Yan nodded and began to collect the corpses on the ground while discussing subsequent matters with Mu Yanwan.

By the time Chen Yan finished gathering all the spoils of war, it had only been about a minute, and the discussion with Mu Yanwan had already concluded.

When Chen Yan jumped onto the boat leaf he had arrived on, he said to Mu Yanwan on the shore:

"Since that is the case, I shall wait in White Town."

Mu Yanwan nodded, watching Chen Yan depart.

Behind Mu Yanwan, someone spoke up:

"Is he in such a rush to go back and eat?"

Mu Yanwan shook her head slightly:

"You don't understand; an elephant cannot be bothered to converse too much with an ant."

As Mu Yanwan's voice fell, the person behind her was startled:

"This person's combat power is indeed formidable, but he can only create Morning Star-level arrays; why compare us to him as ants to an elephant?"

Mu Yanwan swept a faint glance at the unconvinced person:

"I have met many big figures, but not a single one of them has been able to make me feel awe like he does.

He appears to be relying on me to get to Luo Town, but in reality, without me, he still has ten thousand ways to get to Luo Town.

Therefore, he simply does not wish to converse with me too much."

Mu Yanwan watched Chen Yan disappear into the chaotic darkness, stood with her hands behind her back, and spoke slowly:

"A woman's sixth sense is very keen."

Chen Yan returned to White Village, unnoticed by anyone.

The residents near the shore were not inside their rooms.

Chen Yan did not care; after putting the boat leaf he had used into his Origin Space, he went to look for Bai Ling, and upon discovering that Bai Ling was also not there, he returned to his own room.

After a while.

The sound of firecrackers crackled throughout the village.

At this moment.

In the courtyard where the Village Chief resided, most of the villagers were gathered, sitting at tables and beaming with joy.

Sister Chun, with a glowing face, sat at a table with the Village Chief, and from time to time, people would come over to offer congratulations:

"I never expected Sister Chun to be going to White Town as well; you must come back to visit often."

Sister Chun smoothed her hair and smiled:

"That goes without saying."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but sit up straight.

Bai Ling walked over and said earnestly to Sister Chun:

"Sister Chun, I will miss you."

Sister Chun pulled at Bai Ling's sleeve unnaturally and said:

"After I leave, you must take good care of yourself; don't always be so good to others, you need to worry about yourself too."

Bai Ling nodded and quickly returned to her seat.

Sister Chun glanced at Bai Ling and sighed inwardly.

People from White Town had suddenly arrived, wanting to select a woman under the age of thirty from their White Village to serve as an Array Attendant; naturally, the younger, the better.

In White Village, the only ones under the age of thirty were her and Bai Ling.

Clearly, Bai Ling was more suitable.

However, Sister Chun had always been close to the Village Chief, and plus, the Chen Yan that Bai Ling brought had somewhat affected the quota for Hei Shan.

After much deliberation, the Village Chief still gave this Array Attendant quota to Sister Chun.

Sister Chun felt guilty, thinking that she had snatched Bai Ling's opportunity.

But once she thought about the things Bai Ling had done in the past, she felt that Bai Ling was indeed unworthy of this Array Attendant quota.

To the side, the Village Chief poured Sister Chun a cup of sweet wine brewed from medicinal herbs and smiled:

"Do not blame yourself; my not choosing Bai Ling has nothing to do with you. You are clever, and once you go to White Town, you can help Hei Shan more."

Sister Chun opened her mouth, swept a glance at Bai Ling from the corner of her eye, puffed out her chest, drank the wine, and shook her head, saying in a low voice:

"That's right, this little girl Bai Ling is so rash; who knows, she might even cause trouble if she went to White Town."