Chapter 906: Martyring Oneself to the Array

At the same time.

Central Divine Soil.

"With two hundred Ancient God auras upon him, is the Xia Lord not going to see him?"

Chen Fazheng looked toward the Lord of Blood and Qi and asked:

"Or is it that the Xia Lord cannot resolve those two hundred Ancient God auras?"

Chen Fazheng saw it very clearly.

After the Xia Lord condensed a Dharma Image using their status, they once again drew out the status of Will.

This had already revealed the cards.

The Xia Lord was the Lord of Will.

Since the path of Will specifically counters malice.

Then the Xia Lord could also resolve the problem Chen Yan was currently facing.

Xia Zhiyang's dragon robe billowed:

"His affairs, I do not understand."

Chen Fazheng frowned:

"I cannot make sense of you people."

He shook his head.

The Xia Lord's way of doing things was truly unfathomable, and ordinary people could not understand it.

Previously, when the Chen Lord killed Chen Yan, the Xia Lord did not appear.

This time, when the Ancient Gods were to kill Chen Yan, the Xia Lord still did not intervene to help.

Did the Xia Lord trust Chen Yan too much, or did the Xia Lord not care about Chen Yan at all?

"Whatever you Xia clan members do, I consider it normal."

Chen Fazheng smiled faintly:

"Although my Chen clan acts in a domineering way, there is still logic to it.

But you Xia clan members have sons and granddaughters trying to find ways to deal with their ancestors, the inferior rising against the superior.

The ancestor wants to kill the son and suppress the granddaughter.

Listen to me, you father and daughter cannot win against him.

The statuses of us Lords of Martial Dao were all brought out, yet were devoured by him alone.

His methods shocked us."

As Chen Fazheng spoke, Xia Zhiyang's eyes narrowed, and cold light erupted within them.

Chen Fazheng gave a faint smile and changed the subject:

"Since that is the case, I will no longer worry about Chen Yan's affairs; do whatever you like."

Xia Zhiyang narrowed his eyes, and the next moment, his figure dissipated.

The smile on Chen Fazheng's face faded, turning icy cold:

"No matter which of you blocks my path, I, Chen Fazheng, will never be soft-handed."

The next moment.

A strange look flashed across Chen Fazheng's face.

"He has entered the Eighth Refining!"

He waved one hand, and array patterns swirled, condensing into an image.

Within the image.

A tall, plump figure in white clothes walked out of the Profound One Dao Abode.

Xuan Yi stepped through the void, and beneath his feet, sword souls, saber souls, spear souls, and others roared and gathered; cold light pierced the sky, and every step he took was accompanied by the humming of weapon souls.

"He is coming to the Central Divine Soil." Chen Fazheng narrowed his eyes.

At the same time.

Gaze after gaze was cast toward the Profound One Dao Abode.

Xuan Yi displayed supreme majesty and said indifferently:

"Xuan Yi shall take the Emperor Fruit on this trip; whoever comes to stop me will only become a ghost under my hand."

Domineering and peerless, with supreme majesty.

Xuan Yi's aura had already suppressed the current generation.

Following that, Xuan Yi looked toward the Yun Hai Dao Abode, his gaze shifting.

Chen Yan's promotion to the Ninth Rank made him a great enemy.

But Chen Yan's advancement failed, and his strength only increased to the twenty-ninth strongest in the mortal world.

Moreover, with two hundred Ancient God auras upon him, he could die suddenly at any moment.

Chen Yan was no longer worthy of being viewed as an enemy by him.

"The powerful of the universe are all like the raging waves of the vast sea, competing in the firmament."

Xuan Yi spoke indifferently and shook his head slightly:

"The opportunity is unique; once lost, it is gone forever."

Xuan Yi ceased his attention.

At the same time.

Lord Wuhen walked out of the Wuhen Dao Abode, traveling with a sword in hand.

His eyes were calm, without sorrow or joy.

Within the dead-silent Dao Fu occupied by ink-colored hues, black light surged and transformed into a man in ink-colored robes.

"Xuan Yi, have you grown impatient?"

The man in ink-colored robes let out a low roar:

"Do you really think I cannot kill you?!"

He transformed into ink-colored light, rapidly merging into the firmament above, like a shadow prowling through the night.

…………

Time passed slowly.

One day, two days...

Twenty days later.

In the Yun Hai Dao Fu, Chen Yan opened his eyes.

On his body, the aura of deathly silence grew increasingly intense, and the sense of twilight became more and more apparent.

Yet, as he sat there, he was like a God King guarding the mortal world alone, his world-weary eyes seeming to have seen through all of humanity.

Twenty days of time.

The 【Force】 and 【Defense】 arrays entered the God-level!

Chen Yan ascended to the Eighth Rank, his aura of life and death underwent a qualitative change, and his understanding of the rules became increasingly clear.

Most crucially.

It was these twenty days of time, where his Will Status constantly battled against that Ancient God Status.

The true essence belonging solely to the Ninth Rank Death Realm Status was gradually mastered by Chen Yan.

The 【Force】 and 【Defense】 God-arrays were originally derived from observing the Tempering Status.

This time, the process of Chen Yan comprehending the God-arrays was as natural as water flowing into a channel.

In Yu Province, over at Zhang Huizhi's side.

A protective pattern belonging solely to Chen Yan himself had also been condensed.

It combined the abilities of rapid speed and concealment.

However, the protective pattern was not yet mature.

Because Chen Yan intended to have Zhang Huizhi integrate all three great God-arrays—【Annihilation】, 【Force】, and 【Defense】—into the protective pattern.

By then.

The protective pattern would combine the five great effects of energy, force, defense, concealment, and rapid speed.

It would become the strongest offensive and defensive array.

For such a great array, it is actually best for the master of the array to create it.

But with the Yu Clan exerting the power of their entire clan to establish a research laboratory, with tens of thousands of scientific researchers participating in the development, the future results would certainly not be inferior.

This was, after all, the power of Martial Dao piled up with money and technology.

Chen Yan opened his eyes and looked toward a certain spot within the great hall.

The next moment.

The light and flames within the hall gathered and dispersed like fireflies, transforming into a woman in a red dress.

Ruan Qingwu stood there, her face like peach blossoms covered in dew, her brows like distant mountains containing dark ink, her eyes like the rippling waves of autumn water.

"Greetings, Brother Chen."

Ruan Qingwu bowed, walking toward Chen Yan; her skirt fluttered lightly with her steps like burning flames, her posture upright yet not lacking in gentle grace.

"Brother Chen has experienced quite a great setback; Qingwu feels both admiration and pity in her heart."

Chen Yan watched calmly, able to feel strands of invisible life-and-death aura assailing him.

With every step Ruan Qingwu took, every sound she made, and even every subtle expression of Ruan Qingwu's, they were all combined together.

They formed a certain powerful Rule Martial Art.

If not for the vibration of his Will Status, Chen Yan would not have been able to detect it at all.

Precisely because of this, the moment the Ancient God Status suppressed his Will Status, malice instantly erupted upon Chen Yan's physical body.

Ruan Qingwu's expression changed slightly, and she paused in place.

"Brother Chen, you..." Ruan Qingwu asked, her voice entering his ears, that sense of bewitchment growing increasingly intense.

Chen Yan no longer resisted this sense of bewitchment.

Instead, he temporarily allowed Zhao Zhugui's cognition to connect to his true self.

This way, even if Ruan Qingwu bewitched Chen Yan's true self, Zhao Zhugui would still transmit the cognition Chen Yan ought to have in real-time.

Chen Yan marveled in his heart.

This was absolutely the strongest Rule Martial Art he had ever seen.

The depth of its mysteries even exceeded Chen Yan's 【Decay-Control - Holy Intent Bewitchment】.

No.

The reason 【Decay-Control - Holy Intent Bewitchment】 could modify others' cognition relied mainly on the characteristics of Will power.

【Decay-Control - Holy Intent Bewitchment】 itself was not considered overly profound.

But what Ruan Qingwu was displaying at this moment.

Was the strongest Rule Martial Art belonging solely to Ruan Qingwu herself.

Even Ruan Qingwu's very face was a part of the martial art.

If even Chen Yan could be influenced so deeply by it, let alone others.

"It is nothing." Chen Yan spoke calmly, and as he slowly raised his head, his world-weary eyes had already become a few shades more hollow.

Ruan Qingwu had shallow dimples, her smile beautiful and charming.

Chen Yan was currently in a weakened state, and indeed, he was gradually being controlled by her.

The next moment.

Petals bloomed one by one behind Ruan Qingwu.

The petal array suddenly took shape, the scarlet petals shimmering with an eerie luster, nesting together as precisely as interlocking gears.

"Brother Chen?"

Ruan Qingwu spoke in a soft voice:

"Can you see the anomaly behind me?"

"What anomaly?" Chen Yan asked indifferently.

Ruan Qingwu nodded, revealing a charming smile; as the petals behind her rotated, they emitted a faint humming sound, like a whisper seducing the soul.

Until a certain moment.

The operation of this entire array concluded.

The smile at the corners of Ruan Qingwu's mouth became increasingly apparent:

"Brother Chen has the bearing of a celestial being and can fight the strongest ancient divine beasts alone, standing as an enemy to Xuan Yi.

Qingwu wishes to deal with Xuan Yi, and Brother Chen will surely help me, right?"

As she spoke, Chen Yan, who was opposite her, stood up.

"Naturally."

…………

At the same time.

Great Xia, Qi Province.

After the battle, the world was deathly silent, and the scorched earth was permeated with the smell of gunpowder.

A man and a woman, both wrapped in heavy cloaks, walked through the ruins.

Zhao Zhugui suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" the Ji Lord asked in surprise.

"Nothing." Zhao Zhugui slowly shook his head.

Zhao Zhugui narrowed his eyes; because the main body's will status had to contend with the ancient divine status, it had allowed Ruan Qingwu to find an opening.

Chen Yan's cognition had been indirectly affected.

However, this was of no consequence.

Because Chen Yan and the three newborn bodies were, in essence, the same consciousness.

The main body's consciousness was affected and could not make the correct choice.

But Zhao Zhugui and the other two could tell the main body what the correct cognition was.

It was as if Chen Yan's cognition had already been affected.

But the other three people would constantly tell Chen Yan what the correct cognition was.

Moreover, Chen Yan trusted these three people unconditionally.

Because these three people were Chen Yan himself.

Ruan Qingwu was indeed formidable, and her personal combat strength might not be the strongest.

Yet, this method of bewitchment was the strongest Chen Yan had ever seen.

But the opponent had overlooked one most important point.

That was, if she wanted to completely control Chen Yan.

She had to simultaneously control Chen Yan and the other three newborn bodies.

However, Zhao Zhugui did not intend to let Chen Yan kill Ruan Qingwu directly.

On one hand, Chen Yan's current condition was very poor.

On the other hand, the opponent's goal was to deal with Xuan Yi.

Xuan Yi just happened to be blocking Chen Yan's path as well.

"You've been very strange lately."

The Ji Lord's voice suddenly rang out.

She looked at Zhao Zhugui and said:

"When I first met you, your ideal was only to travel the human world, but now, you are placing god-level arrays all over the land."

Zhao Zhugui said quietly:

"You are wrong."

"Wrong?" The Ji Lord frowned.

Zhao Zhugui said indifferently:

"Haven't you noticed?

I am watching this human world at every moment."

Zhao Zhugui stared at the Ji Lord:

"On the contrary, it is you who keep talking about the living people of Ji Province.

Yet ancient divine beasts run rampant in Ji Province, the people suffer, and you have always sat high on your throne, unable to see these things."

The Ji Lord's expression tightened:

"I... I am just focusing on the big picture and letting the small things go."

Zhao Zhugui chuckled:

"Little do you know that it is this constant letting go of small things that has destined your Ji Province to perish."

"If there were no Chen Yan, there would be a Ji Yan, there would be a Li Yan."

The Master of Ji was momentarily speechless:

"You speak so lightly, yet you are blindly building Divine Arrays all over the world.

How do you intend to operate these great arrays when the time comes?

Faced with the threat of the Ancient Gods, you are merely engaging in futile actions."

Zhao Zhugui chuckled softly:

"So, you still cannot figure out what I intend to do?"

"Naturally!" The Master of Ji stared at Zhao Zhugui:

"Operating tens of thousands of god-level arrays simultaneously will drain your flesh and blood in an instant!"

Zhao Zhugui pulled the brim of his cloak lower, revealing only a pair of calm eyes:

"I know."

"Since you know..." The Master of Ji's eyes narrowed, and the next moment, she looked at Zhao Zhugui in disbelief.

Zhao Zhugui stepped forward:

"Three Saints Slaughtering Demons, Three Saints Slaughtering Demons!

You know as well as I do that it is Three Saints Slaughtering Demons, not I, Zhao Zhugui, alone.

Why would you assume that just because I, Zhao Zhugui, built the arrays, they must be operated by me, Zhao Zhugui?"

Watching the Master of Ji's incredulous gaze, Zhao Zhugui replied calmly:

"Why not by the other two sages?"

Zhao Zhugui spread his arms:

"The day the world's arrays are completed will be the moment I, Zhao Zhugui, sacrifice my body to the arrays.

I have made full preparations; the rest can be left to the people of the world."

The Master of Ji's entire body stiffened, her pupils suddenly contracting.

She looked at Zhao Zhugui, her red lips slightly parted, as if words were stuck in her throat.