Chapter 416: Evil Array

Violent booming sounds rang out incessantly. Chen Jing's hands were covered in explosive True Qi; she snapped the giant stone axe she held in her grip in one go, then lunged forward with a heavy stride, slamming a fist into the body of the giant Puppet.

"Crack, crack—" The heavily battered Puppet could no longer hold on and crumbled into a pile of fragments.

After defeating this Puppet, Chen Jing could no longer support herself; her body swayed violently, and she nearly collapsed to the ground. Inside the great hall, there were countless Puppet fragments, clearly all caused by Chen Jing's own hand.

"You've reached your limit, haven't you? Is this peak combat power already comparable to the Golden Core Early Stage?" Lingyun maintained the Domain around him, where few Puppets remained. "Since the goal has been achieved, you are no longer of any use!"

Terrifying power surged from the Domain, pouring into the bodies of these Puppets with unstoppable force, savagely tearing their cores to shreds. The figures of the Puppets still struggling in the Domain suddenly froze, then disintegrated into a pile of fragments.

The moment Chen Jing was about to fall, Lingyun flashed to her side and caught her.

"Lingyun, is my current strength... okay?" Chen Jing asked weakly.

"It's great!" Lingyun said with a smile. "The Puppets in the Front Hall have all been wiped out. Let's go to the Central Hall and take a look; Mother's ashes should be in that place."

Lingyun supported Chen Jing as they stepped into the Main Hall. The first thing they saw was an Array suspended in mid-air, and in the center of the Array was a gorgeously crafted box.

Seeing that box, Chen Jing could not hold back her tears. Although she had not verified it directly, she could feel that the box contained her mother's ashes.

"Don't be impulsive!" Seeing Chen Jing wanting to go and retrieve the box, Lingyun reached out and pulled her back.

Chen Jing looked at Lingyun with some confusion.

"This Array is strange!" Lingyun stared at the Array, his eyes flickering with an obscure light. He had never seen this Array before; it must be a new one developed by later generations. But all things share the same origin, and one can always discern some clues.

After staring at the Array for a while, a flash of anger suddenly crossed Lingyun's eyes. This Array was actually a modified version of a Fate-devouring Array. This kind of Fate-devouring Array could not only devour the Fate of the person or object serving as the Array Eye, but could even devour the Fate of everything related to the Array Eye; it was an extremely evil Array. It was also because of this Array that Chen Jing's luck had always been so poor, and why the Chen Family could remain standing after committing so many evil deeds.

"Four Symbols Dragon Sword Art!" Lingyun grabbed with one hand, and four giant dragons rose up from his side, bombarding the direction of the Array.

The moment the giant dragons touched the edge of the Array, an invisible barrier appeared around it. The dragons slammed into the barrier, causing the entire barrier to tremble, and at the same time, a blood-colored light shot up into the sky.

"This barrier is connected to the entire Underground Palace; it will distribute the power of the attack evenly across the whole palace. In other words, to break through this barrier, one must have the power to shatter the entire Underground Palace." Watching the barrier tremble under the bombardment of the Four Symbols Dragon Sword Art, along with the shaking of the Underground Palace itself, Lingyun muttered to himself.

The blood-colored light erupting from the Underground Palace had only reached a height of three or four meters when it was blocked by an invisible barrier. The people in the Chen Family were unable to receive the alarm signal sent from the Underground Palace.

The Four Symbols Dragon Sword Art circled the barrier for a long time but could not break through this resilient barrier. Moreover, because the Underground Palace was filled with powerful restoration Arrays, the damage caused by the Four Symbols Dragon Sword Art was repaired before long.

"Lingyun, this..." Chen Jing looked at the scene before her, her expression changing slightly.

"If we could first break the restoration Arrays in this Underground Palace, breaking this barrier would be much easier, but we don't have that much time now. This place is tied to the lifeblood of the Chen Family; they will definitely come to check on it periodically. We killed the Oni King here, so they will certainly be on guard once they see it, and it won't be easy to make a move then," Lingyun said.

"I'm sorry, it's all because I wasted too much time on those Puppets," Chen Jing said sadly.

"Don't say any more. You go to the Front Hall first; if anything happens, crush the Jade Talisman I gave you," Lingyun said, patting Chen Jing's head. "Leave the matter here to me. The move I am about to use is quite powerful, and I won't be able to look after your safety."

Chen Jing looked at Lingyun, nodded, and then turned and ran out of the hall.

Lingyun looked at the barrier in front of him and slowly closed his eyes. Terrifying Source Power boiled frantically around him. Relying on the entire Underground Palace, this barrier could withstand a full-force strike from a Nascent Soul expert, so he had no choice but to go all out.

"Zzz—" As Lingyun fully mobilized the Source Power within his body, small electric arcs popped up around him. The ground beneath his feet seemed unable to bear the powerful Source Power on Lingyun's body and began to crack with small fissures.

Lingyun took a deep breath, and countless points of light gathered on his right fist, forming a small golden ball of light. In the space near his fist, cracks in space actually appeared.

"Haokong Cloud Breaking Collapse!" A deep shout came from Lingyun's mouth, and the ball of light in his hand released a blinding radiance.

Haokong Cloud Breaking Collapse was a unique skill Lingyun had created back then to shatter the Continent; the destructive power contained in this move was very effective against this kind of defensive barrier. Although it was absolutely impossible for Lingyun to unleash a true Haokong Cloud Breaking Collapse with his current strength, creating a simplified version was no problem.

"Break—for me!" Lingyun let out a deep shout, and the ball of light in his hand slammed heavily into the barrier.

"Crack, crack—" Under Lingyun's powerful bombardment, countless cracks appeared on the barrier.

As cracks appeared on the barrier, countless cracks also appeared on the walls of the Underground Palace. After these cracks appeared, the entire Underground Palace shook, appearing as if it might collapse at any moment.

With a "bang," the barrier finally turned into fragments and vanished. Lingyun flipped his hand, and a silver light shot out from his palm, slamming heavily into the Array. Upon striking the Array, the silver light revealed its true form: it was a rapidly spinning silver shuttle—the Array-Breaking Shuttle!

Under the bombardment of the Array-Breaking Shuttle, the Array surrounding the box immediately developed countless cracks, then shattered into fragments filling the sky.

Lingyun leaped forward, grabbed the box in his hand, and then his figure turned into an afterimage as he dashed toward the outside of the hall. The moment he dashed out of the hall, the entire hall collapsed.

"Lingyun, quick, it's going to collapse!" Seeing Lingyun dash out of the hall, Chen Jing said loudly with an anxious face.

Lingyun flashed repeatedly, appearing quickly by Chen Jing's side.

"Go!"

Lingyun reached out and pulled Chen Jing into his arms, and a purple Array suddenly appeared beneath their feet. With a flash of purple light, both of them vanished from the Front Hall simultaneously.

After the two disappeared, this Underground Palace could no longer support itself; countless giant stones fell from the ceiling of the Underground Palace, smashing the structures of the Front Hall to pieces. This Underground Palace collapsed completely.