Chapter 100: Xiao Liu Paths Sumeru Array (Three chapters today, please add to your library!)

Seeing two cultivators instantly killed, Zhuge Qing was so angry her fair face turned crimson. These two must have been terrified out of their wits by the momentum of the two-headed demon snake and dodged a fraction too slowly! That was why they were struck by the black beam of light!

"Everyone, be careful! As long as we lure it into the great array, the demon snake's attacks won't be so terrifying!"

While fleeing, Zhuge Qing kept trying to boost the others' morale. In the current situation, they hadn't even officially begun the battle with the two-headed snake, yet they had already lost two Foundation Establishment Mid-stage existences. If they lost one more person, even if they lured the demon snake into the array, they likely wouldn't be able to kill it!

Zhang Nuo had never felt a distance of ten-plus miles to be so vast. Behind him, the black snake head of the two-headed snake continuously spat out black beams of light to attack them, while the waves of immense Spiritual Pressure emanating from its body made him almost unable to catch his breath.

"Boom! Boom!"

Two black beams of light exploded almost right beside Zhang Nuo. Had he been half a beat slower, he might have followed in the footsteps of the previous two cultivators.

Behind the four of them, the two-headed demon snake's body twisted on the ground, and it would immediately lunge forward nearly a hundred yards. In this way, the distance between it and Zhang Nuo's group was closing more and more!

And the four of them were getting closer and closer to the location of the great array! As if they had no regard for their lives, the four of them had their feet almost off the ground, traveling through the air.

A cold glint flashed in the four eyes of the giant two-headed snake. Its massive body twisted several times in succession, and in the blink of an eye, it had already charged to the rear of the four people. Zhang Nuo and the others could even smell the foul odor spewing from the black and white snake mouths!

A sharp screech erupted from the giant snake's mouth, and its thick tail coiled, sweeping toward the four fleeing people! Seeing the situation was dire, Zhuge Qing violently flicked her sleeve backward, and a Small Shield of gold and steel immediately flashed out. The Small Shield was only an inch in size at first, but as it grew against the wind, it transformed to several yards in size.

With a loud "Bang," the snake tail, over a yard thick, struck the gold and steel shield. The four heard a "crack, crack" sound of shattering. Sweeping their Divine Sense backward, they saw that the gold and steel shield Zhuge Qing had just unleashed had turned into countless fragments under the strike of the snake tail!

Cold sweat broke out on all four of them. If not for the gold and steel shield just now, the four of them would likely have been hit. But what they were most thankful for was that just a few yards ahead lay the territory of the 'Xiao Liu Paths Sumeru Array'!

Taking advantage of the time the snake tail spent shattering the shield, the four leaped simultaneously and landed inside the great array. The moment their feet touched the ground, Zhuge Qing let out a loud shout:

"Activate the array!"

As soon as the words fell, the six array-forming cultivators hidden in the surroundings began to act! Within a radius of several miles, array flags of various colors emerged from the ground one after another. These array flags were wreathed in five-colored spiritual light; when they rose to several dozen yards in mid-air, they flashed and vanished without a trace.

Following the disappearance of the array flags, streaks of five-colored halos began to appear in the sky. These halos swirled incessantly in the air, becoming increasingly dense, until finally, one could not even see the original color of the sky.

Seeing the great array activate, Zhang Nuo and the others immediately put distance between themselves and the two-headed snake. At the same time, the scenery all around began to blur. Streaks of dark golden Fowen rose from the ground and vanished into the void in the blink of an eye, and the six array-forming cultivators began to chant bitter, incomprehensible incantations.

In an instant, it was as if a heaven-and-earth-shaking change had occurred within the entire great array. Not only had the surrounding scenery changed, but even the ground beneath everyone's feet became illusory, as if everyone were standing in the void, with no feeling of being on solid ground at all.

Accompanied by a low shout from the six array-forming cultivators, everything stopped. Zhang Nuo and the others, along with the two-headed snake, seemed to be in an unknown world. There were no mountains here, no trees, and even the air had become very thin!

Only then did the heart Zhuge Qing had been holding in her throat finally drop. Her beautiful eyes looked toward the direction where the two-headed snake had originally been, and she saw the massive snake body shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the end, the giant snake, which had been over twenty yards long, was reduced to less than ten yards.

Seeing all this, Zhang Nuo and the others wore expressions of astonishment. Not only had the two-headed snake's body shrunk, but the previously overbearing and powerful Spiritual Pressure had also lessened quite a bit!

"This is the marvelous utility of the 'Xiao Liu Paths Sumeru Array'. This array can weaken the magic power of the demon beast within it through the changes between the Six Paths and Sumeru. However, this is only temporary! Remember, we only have the time it takes for one incense stick to burn. Once that time passes, this array will immediately collapse, and the demon snake's cultivation will recover!"

Fearing that the three did not understand the severity of the situation and would think that everything was fine just because they had lured the two-headed snake into the array, Zhuge Qing reminded them solemnly.

"It's just a pity that the six people forming the array only have Foundation Establishment initial cultivation. If Golden Core Cultivators were to form this array, the effect would be even better!"

Yu Lei feigned an appearance of being very knowledgeable, shaking his head and sighing incessantly.

Zhang Nuo listened to the two, but his Divine Sense kept sweeping over the shrinking two-headed snake. Just as their voices fell, he suddenly gave a light hum and said:

"The three of you, stop discussing the array for a moment and look at the opponent's cultivation first!"

The three heard this and first glanced at Zhang Nuo's expression. They saw a faint, bitter smile on his face, with not a hint of joy. The three hurriedly swept their Divine Sense toward the two-headed snake, and upon doing so, their complexions all changed!

They saw that although a portion of the two-headed snake's cultivation had been suppressed by the 'Xiao Liu Paths Sumeru Array', its remaining cultivation was still around that of a Fifth Rank demon beast.

A Fifth Rank demon beast! That was equivalent to a human Golden Core Cultivator! Plus, with the demon beast's inherently formidable physical body, even a demon beast that had just stepped into the Fifth Rank was more powerful than an average human Golden Core Initial Stage cultivator!

"Its cultivation has become this terrifying! If not for this array! We..."

Yu Lei took a deep breath of the cold air, and a layer of cold sweat had already seeped onto his forehead. Zhang Nuo and the others all understood what he meant; if not for this great array, they would have had no path to survival under the pursuit of the two-headed snake!

At this moment, the two-headed snake had already adapted to its shrunken body. The two snake heads looked at each other and simultaneously let out a piercing, shrill screech. Although its cultivation had been suppressed, the shrill sound still made Zhang Nuo and the others' hearts jump!

"Things have reached this point! There is no turning back! If we cannot kill it within the time it takes for one incense stick to burn, once the array breaks and the two-headed snake's cultivation recovers, we will surely die!"

After only a brief moment of contemplation, Zhuge Qing understood the gravity of the situation! With a faint sentence, she slapped the Storage Bag at her waist with one hand.

Five-colored rays of light erupted from the mouth of the bag, and she revealed her Magic Treasure!