Chapter 142: Bai Yuan's Strongest Thing

A killing intent nearly solidified, rampaging through heaven and earth; half the world turned blood‑red, the other half remained colorful.

The endless killing intent surged into Mu Junwu's mind, trying to corrode her soul, but it had no effect on her.

Yet even the tiniest whiff of god‑level killing intent made the weaker Title Douluos stare blankly, and the stronger Title Douluos show a frantic look, as if suppressing an unknown murderous urge, ready to go on a rampage.

But these scenes were irrelevant to the two at the battle's core; what mattered was whether the Abyss Saint Lord's sword light could slay or severely wound Mu Junwu.

With the Asura Sword and Asura God's power empowering it, that sword could already easily cut down a priest, even a third‑tier god.

It can only be described as terrifying.

Mu Junwu's counterattack, without the Abyss Saint Lord's strike, was not that earth‑shaking; she merely clenched her small, pure pink fist.

Wrapped in multicolored radiance, she smashed a plain, unrefined punch toward the incoming blood‑red sword light!

Space collapsed under the punch; the blood‑red beam and the multicolored glow merged into one, then suddenly erupted.

The rational Title Douluos and Soul Beasts only felt an energy countless times larger than a mountain collapse or tsunami bearing down on them.

Qian Daoliu stepped in front of the Title Douluos.

After being healed by Bi Ji, the seemingly restored Di Tian at that moment reverted to his true form, stepped forward, and blocked the beasts.

In the next instant, everyone sensed a god‑level power they could not resist suffusing the Title Douluos and Soul Beasts, making them utterly unable to defend.

Even Di Tian could only hold on for a heartbeat before falling back; his dragon scales began to crack, massive cracks appeared in his body, and he could not withstand it.

This drove everyone to the brink of despair.

But immediately after, they felt that power vanish; when they opened their eyes again, they found themselves inside a bubble, and their wounds were rapidly healing under a strange energy.

"What is this?" the people and beasts all asked, bewildered.

They turned their gaze toward the center of the battlefield.

The fight had already ended, and Mu Junwu, like a child who made a mistake, bowed her head slightly, standing before Bai Yuan, unwilling to look at him.

"Senior Brother, it's my junior sister's fault again; we let them escape."

Mu Junwu no longer knew what to say.

Bai Yuan sighed helplessly, "It's not your fault; if you hadn't saved them, we would have suffered heavy losses this time."

Mu Junwu let the Abyss Saint Lord escape solely because she was distracted, tending to the Title Douluos and beasts.

That also gave the Abyss Saint Lord the chance to use the Asura Sword to cleave the four‑direction heavens and that layer of water curtain.

Mu Junwu shook her head, "It's my junior sister's fault; she didn't consider they'd be affected. Even if we had isolated them earlier, she still couldn't have let him run."

The last time Tang Chen was let loose, he was knocked out of the Five Elements Array's range; this time Mu Junwu failed to isolate the others in advance.

Bai Yuan patted Mu Junwu's head, comforting, "Junwu, don't worry, the Abyss Saint Lord can't get away now."

Mu Junwu looked puzzled at her master, then turned her gaze to the horizon, where Poseci fled with the Abyss Saint Lord, who was almost vanishing.

Bai Yuan said, "Gather the heaven‑and‑earth spirit energy."

Mu Junwu obeyed without hesitation.

At once, a massive influx of heaven‑and‑earth spirit energy from within the Five Elements Array converged, and her body swiftly transmuted it into the purest Five Elements spiritual power.

Bai Yuan stared at the Abyss Saint Lord's silhouette on the horizon, let out a cold snort, and as he raised his hand, the space in his palm shattered, a strange true array materialized, hovering above his palm.

It was a square array that resembled wood in texture.

The array was etched with dense runes, covered in mysterious patterns, as if containing the ultimate principles of heaven and earth, the profound Dao.

This is the Five Elements Array, the most essential foundation of the Five Elements Array.

But it is not limited to arranging the Five Elements Array.

【The Five Elements Array can, by infusing spiritual power, activate the Five Elements Mixed‑Primordial Grand Array; the power it can unleash depends on the amount of spiritual power infused, and at its peak can contend with a True Immortal.】

This item is the highest‑grade among all Bai Yuan's possessions; back then he used it during the early Foundation Establishment stage to counter numerous Title Douluos equivalent to mid‑ and late‑stage Golden Core.

Of course, with only early Foundation Establishment cultivation, unless he constantly took pills to restore internal spiritual power, he could not have used the Five Elements Array to unleash such might.

"Do you really think you can run away?" Bai Yuan said coldly.

In fact, the current Bai Yuan doesn't need the Five Elements Array; merely relying on this array he could match the Abyss Saint Lord, yet he dares not employ it.

Previously in the Star Dou Great Forest, no deity paid attention; now if he uses it, the Asura God will certainly take notice.

As the saying goes, not fearing thieves to steal, but fearing thieves to keep an eye on you.

But if the Abyss Saint Lord were to escape now,

they wouldn't dare show their faces in public.

And if they were separated from Mu Junwu, they might all suffer the Abyss Saint Lord's lethal mechanisms, especially since the Five Elements Array cannot be moved at will.

Indeed, moving it requires time to set up.

Thus Bai Yuan plans to eliminate the problem once and for all!

The Five Elements Array was withdrawn, the array collapsed instantly, and Mu Junwu suddenly felt her power vanish; the spirit energy she had just gathered and the transmuted Five Elements spiritual power slipped from her control and began to disperse.

"Inject spiritual power into it," Bai Yuan ordered.

Mu Junwu did not hesitate, pouring all her spiritual power into it, leaving not a trace of the fully cultivated internal power.

As massive spiritual power poured in, the square, wood‑like array in Bai Yuan's hand suddenly emitted an extremely brilliant five‑colored light.

That light was peculiar, similar to the multicolored radiance surrounding Mu Junwu, yet even more strange and profound.

The five colors merged into one yet remained distinct, appearing both real and illusory, making the whole world seem dreamlike.

With all internal spiritual power injected, Mu Junwu's multicolored aura vanished; she spread her arms and hugged Bai Yuan, lest she fall into the sea.

Bai Yuan paid no mind to this; he simply lifted the Five Elements Array with both hands, and it floated up from his palm, hanging in the sky.

At that moment, the great sun in the sky lost its brilliance, and the multicolored light illuminated the world, bringing great comfort to all beings.

At this time, the Abyss Saint Lord, having fled with Poseci, just exhaled, turned back to watch Mu Junwu's pursuit, and saw a five‑colored great sun rise on the horizon.

Accompanying it was an indescribable sense of crisis rising in the Abyss Saint Lord's heart.

(End of Chapter)