Chapter 211: Great Array of the Immortal King? A Bit Weak

The core zone of the Myriad Medicine Divine Garden has terrain completely different from its outskirts.

There is no lush forest sea; all that meets the eye is dark‑gold soil.

The ground is laid out with intricate jade‑stone array patterns; after countless epochs of erosion, these lines have not dimmed but have instead drawn in massive heavenly and earthly essence, circulating with a heart‑pounding sheen.

Gu Zhan strides forward with his stone‑hard, sturdy legs, stepping into the area.

Behind him, the vast army of flora and trees halts beyond the boundary line, daring not to cross the forbidden line even a step.

It is a fear rooted deep in the bloodline, a rule left by the Myriad Medicine Divine Lord: those who trespass the core shall die.

"Brother Tie Niu, be careful."

Nine‑leaf Sword Grass clings to Gu Zhan's left shoulder; the three remaining frayed leaves stand upright, Sword Intent flickers, "Evergreen Guard has awakened."

As the words fall, tall black silhouettes rise on the dark‑gold horizon ahead.

They are three hundred puppets, each wholly assembled from Purple-patterned Immortal Gold and Ten‑thousand‑year Thunder‑struck Wood.

They have no facial features; their faces consist of a single crystal core flashing with red light.

They each wield a standardized long‑gou, its blade engraved with anti‑law runes.

Individually, each puppet is only of Great Saint Realm strength, but when the three hundred are arranged along a certain arcane formation, their qi interweaves into a net, forcibly elevating them to Mid‑True Immortal level.

A pressure like a mountain wave pushes forward, blowing the rocky shell on Gu Zhan's body, shedding dust.

"Halt, intruder."

The three hundred puppets speak in unison, their sound waves overlapping, stiff and mechanical: "Unauthorized entry into the Core Sanctum, initiating Eradication Protocol."

Gu Zhan stops, scratching his bald stone skull.

Before leaving, the young master instructed that one must reason first; the Gu Family is not a gang.

He clears his throat, trying to make his voice sound friendly.

"Brothers of Iron Lump, I am Zhan·Tie Niu, a traveler."

Gu Zhan activates his searching mind power and sincere bluff, shouting loudly,

"We all work for the Divine Lord; why risk our lives? The Divine Lord vanished long ago, so what's the point in guarding this empty shell? Come with me; our young master is wealthy, providing food, lodging, and even regular polishing maintenance!"

Red light flickers. The Evergreen Guard's crystal core spins faster, the long‑gous rise in unison, pointing at Gu Zhan.

"Eradicate."

Without emotion or hesitation, three hundred annihilation beams converge into a destructive column ten zhang in diameter, piercing the void straight toward Gu Zhan's face.

"Why won't you listen!"

Gu Zhan sidesteps, the beam grazing his shoulder, carving a bottomless trench into the ground behind.

He looks down at the small charred rock on his shoulder, his temper flaring.

"You think you can insult me? I speak kindly to befriend you, and you hit me with this thing?"

Reasoning with soulless objects is like playing a lute to a cow. Gu Zhan's already scant patience is now completely exhausted.

"Sword Grass brothers, Xiao Qing, you two step back. Today I must dismantle this junk metal for scrap!"

Gu Zhan stomps the ground with both feet.

Accompanied by a deep earth‑splitting roar, his three‑zhang‑tall body surges with the wind, instantly transforming into a ten‑zhang‑tall True Immortal Form.

Pale gold qi and blood burst outward, solidifying on the rock surface into tangible armor.

The Evergreen Guard changes formation.

The three hundred puppets become three long serpents, head to tail, encircling Gu Zhan at the center.

The long‑gous interlace, forming a meat‑grinder‑like lethal Great Array. Mid‑True Immortal law pressure solidifies into chains, attempting to bind Gu Zhan's limbs.

"Even junk metal dares to trap me!"

Gu Zhan does not retreat but advances, meeting the impenetrable gou shadows, thrusting out his right fist.

No flashy divine skill, no law collision—just pure, brutally unreasonable force.

His fist collides with the foremost row of long‑gous.

The long‑gou forged from Immortal Gold is as fragile under Gu Zhan's monstrous strength as a dried branch.

A crisp cracking sound fills the air. Gu Zhan's fist, undiminished, smashes the chests of the foremost puppets.

Purple‑patterned Immortal Gold dents, Thunder‑struck Wood trunks snap. The crystal cores shatter with a dense clatter, and several puppets are hammered into airborne fragments.

"Left wing, fill the gap. Formation contracts."

The Evergreen Guard's command core mechanically reallocates.

The remaining puppets, disregarding wear, press forward in succession. The formation operates, dispersing Gu Zhan's power.

"This turtle shell is rather annoying."

Gu Zhan throws several punches; though he shatters over a dozen puppets, it feels like striking cotton—the formation siphons the force, only thirty percent of his full power manifests.

"Brother Tie Niu, strike their array eyes!"

Nine‑leaf Sword Grass calls out from afar,

"This formation has three cores, located at Qian, Kun, and Li. Break any one, and the array collapses!"

"Should've said so earlier!"

Gu Zhan locks onto the direction.

He inhales deeply, forcibly activating the thread of chaotic origin granted by Gu Cangsheng within his body.

Gray‑purple light adheres to the surface of his stone fist.

"Open for me!"

Gu Zhan bends his legs, his whole body like a cannonball, disregarding the surrounding thrusting long‑gous, bearing a dozen attacks, and crashes directly into the Qian position's array eye.

A long‑gou pierces his external rock armor, lodging in the stone crevice, yet cannot harm his core.

The special puppet serving as the array eye had not yet shifted when Gu Zhan's fist struck it squarely.

Destroying the withered and breaking the rotten.

The fist infused with chaos primordial origin ignored the immortal metal's defense and directly smashed that array-eye puppet from head to toe into powder.

As the array eye shattered, the Qi flow was instantly thrown into disorder. The originally smooth and fitting mid-stage True Immortal's aura suffered a deadly stall.

The Nine-Leaf Swordgrass seized this opening.

Three tattered leaves trembled in unison, and a thread-thin yet extremely sharp ink-colored sword Qi lashed out sideways. The sword Qi precisely struck the stagnant point in the array's operation, cleaving more than ten puppets at the waist.

Xiao Qing also refused to be outdone.

The green lotus seed spun around, releasing a circle of bluish haze.

As the halo swept over, the spiritual energy circulation routes inside the Evergreen Guard were forcibly twisted, making their movements sluggish and stiff.

"Nice work!"

Gu Zhan laughed loudly, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.

Without the array's unification, these Great Sage realm puppets were nothing but a pile of toys waiting to be taken apart before him.

Punches, kicks, shoulder bumps.

The ground was littered with scattered crystal cores and immortal metal fragments.

In less than half an hour, the three hundred Evergreen Guards were completely dismantled.

Gu Zhan brushed off the metal debris on his hands and walked up to the magnificent World Heart Divine Palace. He looked up at the layer of light curtain flowing with Immortal King's laws surrounding the palace, and curled his lip.

"Immortal King Great Array? That's it? I thought it would be formidable."

Gu Zhan turned to look at the Nine-Leaf Swordgrass, saying, "Swordgrass brother, you said this place was dangerous and scary, but I see it's nothing much. This Immortal King's restriction is way too weak—it didn't even hold for the time it takes to burn an incense stick."

The Nine-Leaf Swordgrass fell silent for a moment, its leaves swaying slightly:

"Something's off. The Evergreen Guard's power is weaker than my memory by over thirty percent. Moreover, the array's operation is extremely sluggish, as if... part of its control had been siphoned away from within."

"Who cares, weakness is good—saves me the effort."

Gu Zhan strode toward the palace gates, preparing to study how to retrieve the treasure called World Heart inside.