Chapter 205

System! Don't fucking report the obituary! Wang Shan let out a roar, directly cutting off the nagging alarm in his mind, "That old thing has a ship and a tray, I still have this whole cave! Immediately redo the deduction! Abandon all conventional defenses, twist all energy, all seals into a single rope for me! I want to set a deadly trap for him here!"

【Received instruction……Currently based on the 'Return to Origin Purification Procedure' and 'Environmental Resonance' abilities, replanning the trap scheme……】

The system's response was still scrolling, but Wang Shan had already moved.

He ignored Li Hu and Zhang Mei's terrified gazes, striding to the lakeside, his half-human, half-beast face filled with mad determination.

"That old thing doesn't count the cost; I'll let him see what a real cost is!"

He fiercely stretched out his right hand covered in scales, fingers curled into claws, and viciously plunged it into the ground beneath his feet!

"Rise!"

Accompanied by a low roar, his internal mutagenic power erupted without reserve. The entire cave seemed to tremble slightly, a strand of pure life energy was violently drawn from the earth vein beneath the lake, turning into a jade-green flow that coiled around his arm.

Almost at the same time, the immense pressure of a Golden Core cultivator seeping in from the outside world was also forcibly drawn by his spiritual sense. It was a gray, twisted energy bearing the air of looking down on all beings.

The two energies of utterly opposite nature were thus forcibly pulled together by Wang Shan.

"Zila——"

A piercing screech sounded in the air, like ice and fire colliding. The jade-green life energy and the gray defeat pressure energy violently clashed, canceling each other out, bursting forth in waves of chaotic fluctuation.

"Grandfather!" Wang Zheze turned pale with fright.

"Shut up! Watch closely!" Wang Shan roared without turning his head, "This is power! Either you control it, or it tears you apart! There's no third way!"

He not only didn't loosen his grip, but increased the output of power. His spiritual sense turned into countless invisible threads, forcibly weaving, kneading, and blending the two violent energies. The process was excruciating, each second feeling like countless needles pricking his brain, yet his expression grew increasingly ferocious and excited.

What he wanted was exactly this chaos! A normal cultivator coming to this place of mixed, chaotic energy would have his spiritual sense severely disturbed, and his spiritual power operation would become murky. He wanted to turn this place into a mire extremely unfriendly to Golden Core cultivators!

"Not enough!"

Wang Shan's other hand formed a sword-like finger and fiercely slashed his scale-covered chest!

"Pfft!"

Foul-smelling, scalding mutagenic blood spurted out. The blood was not red but a strange dark gold, within which countless tiny runes seemed to swim.

"With my blood as a guide, I command all things, hear my orders!"

He dipped his own blood and began frantically carving on the cave's stone walls. His speed was so fast only afterimages remained; the dark gold blood traces spread rapidly across the walls, forming a huge, intricate blood-colored network. Each rune seemed like a living thing, deeply embedded in the stone, greedily absorbing the surrounding mixed energy.

As the blood-colored runes took shape, the entire cave seemed to be given life. The stone walls were no longer dead matter; Wang Shan could clearly feel that his will, through these blood-vessel runes, was tightly connected to the whole mountain.

"Boom—..."

Deep in the cave, several originally inconspicuous massive stone pillars suddenly began to slowly rotate. They were ancient mechanisms left by the Beast Taming Sect; Wang Shan had never dared touch them before, but now he activated them with his bloodline.

An invisible, spirit-sense-twisting wave emanated from the stone pillars, blending with the intertwined energy in the air, making the whole space's perception even more chaotic. Li Hu and Zhang Mei merely standing there felt dizzy and light‑headed, as if they might collapse at any moment.

"Done……" Wang Shan panted heavily, feeling his connection with the Cave, a sense of control unprecedented welling up. He could even feel that the few "rule fragments" he had "robbed" from that ancient will were also subconsciously merged into this blood vein grand Array. This gave the entire Array a natural affinity for the energy of the Ten Thousand Beasts Origin, allowing it to automatically draw the frenzied energy from the lakebed as a power source.

"This is no longer an Array; it is a living hunting ground!"

"Li Hu! Zhang Mei!"

"Here, here!" The two forced themselves despite discomfort and ran over.

"Stuff all the Talismans, all the one‑time trinkets, into those stone crevices at the spots I told you!" Wang Shan pointed to a few inconspicuous nodes on the rock wall, "Don't worry about wasting them! When that old thing comes in later, just give it hell for me!"

"Yes!"

The two received the order and left, swiftly beginning to set up.

After doing all this, Wang Shan finally turned and walked toward his two grandsons.

He first looked at Wang Zhizhe, who was clutching the Beast‑Origin Pearl with a tense expression.

"Zhizhe." His voice softened a bit but remained stern, "This pearl, and the whole lake, are now your weapons. Later, you will hide behind that rock, pay attention to nothing, and stir up this lake water with all your strength—make it as murky as possible! I want to turn this place into a pot of boiling water; anyone who comes in will get scalded."

He then pointed to a corner deep in the Array, covered by vines: "Do you see that? That is the core of the entire grand Array, and also the safest spot. If… I mean if, Grandpa can't hold out, you take your brother and hide in there. Then, take this pearl and smash it against that stone at the core!"

Wang Zhizhe blinked: "Smash it?"

"Yes, smash it!" A fierce glint flashed in Wang Shan's eyes, "That is the detonation point of the entire Earth Vein. If I live, you live; if I die, let that Wan surname and this whole mountain be buried with the Wang Family!"

This final mutually destructive measure made Wang Zhizhe's small body tremble involuntarily. But looking at his grandfather's eyes, bloodshot and strained, he firmly nodded and clenched the stone pearl tighter.

"I understand, Grandfather!"

Wang Shan patted his little head, then turned to the silent Wang Zhitao beside him.

"You, protect your brother. If he loses even a single hair, I'll flay you alive."

Wang Zhitao said nothing, merely walking over silently and standing in front of Wang Zhizhe, using his small frame to block most of the line of sight.

After arranging all this, Wang Shan finally glanced at the Cave, now utterly transformed by his alterations.

With a thought, his "Environmental Resonance" ability activated.

"Grow!"

Just one word.

"Whoosh——"

The plants in the Cave instantly went berserk. The ordinary vines that had dotted the rock walls grew wildly at a visible speed, within a few breaths becoming thicker than a person's thigh and covered in ferocious barbs. Countless strange fungi sprouted from the damp corners, exuding multicolored toxic miasma. The spirit plants by the banks twisted and deformed, their petals turning into blades, their roots into mobile tentacles.

These mutated plants intertwined, instantly forming natural mazes and barriers. They were no longer mere plants; they were extensions of Wang Shan's will, the claws of this living trap. They could not only hinder Wan Tiande's movements, but under Wang Shan's control they could launch deadly attacks from any unexpected angle.

Traditional Arrays were completely overturned at this moment.

The Cave had shifted from a natural sanctuary into a massive death‑trap brimming with both life and killing intent, waiting for prey to walk in.

And he, Wang Shan, was the master of that trap.

He slowly walked to the Cave's entrance, his back to the crowd, his half‑human, half‑beast form merging into the darkness. The pressure emanating from Wan Tiande was already close at hand, as if a few more layers of rock would reveal the opponent's silhouette.

Wang Shan grinned, revealing a mouthful of stark white fangs, a sickly yet anticipatory smile spreading across his face.

"Wan Tiande……"

"My "Ten Thousand Beasts Garden" is open for business."