Chapter 185: This Was Not Voluntary

Swords descended like rain, the terrifying sword light tearing everything apart, as if time and space were trembling and twisting under the Sword Qi.

Soon, Mo Xi's aura was completely extinguished beneath the Sword Qi. Yet, even though his aura was entirely gone, Shen Yu's sword did not cease.

One sword strike after another, as if intending to completely annihilate everything that might exist in the surroundings.

With an old monster like Mo Xi, who knew how many life-saving ultimate techniques he might have; being cautious was always the right choice.

"System, sign in!"

"Sign-in successful, obtained Absolute Defense, can ignore any attack within one quarter of an hour!"

"Holy cow!" A flash of fluorescent light passed, and a great deal of information flooded into Shen Yu's mind; his entire being instantly felt invigorated.

This was Absolute Defense; the mere fact that it ignored any attack was enough to keep him in an invincible position regardless of who he faced.

Although it only lasted for a quarter of an hour, he possessed No-Distance Power, so if he couldn't win, he could still run. Put that way, couldn't he just act recklessly in the future without fear of getting himself killed?

Looking at this massive harvest, one could see the level of danger Mo Xi posed; feeding on resentment and various other negative emotions in itself spoke volumes.

It was easy to imagine how much sin this creature had accumulated over so many years; if he were still alive, there was no telling how much destruction he would have caused to this World in the future.

It was understandable to get such a huge harvest from finishing off such a person; if he could do this a couple more times, wouldn't he just soar!

Putting all his gains into his pocket, Shen Yu then leisurely found Gu Ying, who was still waiting anxiously at this time.

Just as he had said, if Shen Yu could win, then he and his clansmen could all live. If Shen Yu lost, then everyone here would have only one fate.

When he saw Shen Yu return, although Gu Ying had already guessed the result, he still asked with some uncertainty, "Sir, you have returned; has there been a result?"

"Yes, the Master you pledged loyalty to is dead!"

"Really?" Feeling that Mo Xi's aura was indeed gone from within the Great Array, Gu Ying's entire person seemed to instantly relax, as if he had set down a thousand-pound burden.

"Sir Shen, you saved my clan from fire and water; I truly do not know how to thank you..."

He fell to his knees with a thud, his eye sockets reddening and his voice choking with sobs; at this moment, he looked as if he wanted to shout at Shen Yu, "Do you know how I have lived these past years!"

"If Sir Shen has any requests in the future, my entire clan will surely go all out; even through mountains of blades and seas of fire, we will have no regrets even in death!"

"No need, I reckon I won't have any use for you all!" It wasn't that Shen Yu looked down on them, but he really didn't think much of these few measly experts here.

"Just keep your hearts firm and do not be corrupted again. Now that matters here are settled, I should be going!"

"Sir Shen, won't you stay a little longer? You saved our entire clan, so we should express our gratitude to you!"

"No need, there are many things outside waiting for me to handle. I have been away for several days already, and I don't know how Xichuan is doing now. I'm leaving, no need to see me off!"

Having said this, Shen Yu's figure disappeared from the spot in the blink of an eye, and he soon passed through the outermost Great Array and left this place.

Sensing a fluctuation coming from the Great Array outside, Gu Ying finally confirmed that Shen Yu had left, and he slowly climbed up from the ground; the gratitude on his face had long since vanished.

"Shen Yu, heh, this person whom those trash are so wary of is nothing more than this!"

He smiled with disdain, and then Gu Ying slowly walked into the valley. At this time, his face was full of fanaticism and greed, and his eyes revealed an ambition that had swelled to the point of being hard to suppress.

He looked at the valley surrounded by the Great Array as if he were looking at a pile of treasures worth more than a nation. Soon, everything here would belong to him.

"I have waited for so long, finally waiting for this day; it was worth the long wait!"

He stepped into the Great Array with ease; the array seemed to have no obstruction for him at all, and he entered very effortlessly.

If Shen Yu had seen this scene, he would have definitely known that Gu Ying had hidden something from him before; at the very least, regarding the control of this Great Array, Gu Ying was absolutely not as strained as he had appeared.

One had to know that the method of controlling the Great Array that Gu Ying had given him could only slightly mobilize the power of the array and could not possibly pass through it so easily.

The reason Shen Yu had been able to pass through the Great Array and easily reach the inside just now was because of the Void Power that ignored all obstacles, which he had obtained from signing in, rather than relying on the array's control method.

Being able to easily shuttle in and out of the Great Array showed that Gu Ying could not only easily mobilize the power of this array, but he was also absolutely adept at it.

"Sure enough, it has been wiped out completely!" Walking inside the Great Array, Gu Ying did not feel the slightest bit of fear.

This was his home turf; holding the power of the Great Array, he naturally feared nothing. Let alone that Mo Xi had already perished, even if he hadn't, he wouldn't be able to hurt him in the slightest.

"I never thought you would have this day. My clan suppressed and wore down your power for generations, yet we could never completely destroy you; I had almost given up."

"But I never expected that once Shen Yu arrived, you would be gone. I must say, this tool is truly quite useful!"

"However, rest assured, you are dead, but your power remains!"

"I will live on in your stead, letting the world know of the power that belonged to you, letting them all know the terror of your power!"

"Hahaha!" A wild laugh rang out from within the Great Array, and Gu Ying stretched out his hands as the energy in the array gathered into his body in a steady stream.

For countless days and nights, the Great Array had been constantly absorbing Mo Xi's energy; those energies, including the scattered origin after Mo Xi was finally defeated, had all been absorbed by the Great Array.

It was just that these powers were not fed back to the Great Array itself, but were stored up.

Now, Gu Ying mobilized the Great Array, bringing all those stored powers into his own body.

Accompanied by the influx of endless power, his aura was also rising crazily, and the negative energy, dense to the extreme, wrapped him within it; he was practically a second Mo Xi.

The true function of this Great Array was not suppression, but absorption and transformation; the so-called weakening of Mo Xi's power was merely to make the subsequent transformation more convenient.

It was to absorb and transform Mo Xi's power into a form that others could absorb, thereby allowing someone to replace Mo Xi, control these negative energies, and become a second Mo Xi.

How great was the ambition of the person who set up this array!

Feeling the terrifying sensation coming from his entire body, Gu Ying could vaguely sense just how powerful Mo Xi had been back then.

Being able to absorb resentment and all kinds of negative emotions, turning them all into his own sustenance and his own power—this kind of terrifying ability was enough to lead a person to the very pinnacle.

And precisely because the Great Array was under his control, these arrays specifically targeting Mo Xi's power did not target him, and Gu Ying was not sealed by the array.

The array before him could even act as his aid, helping him spread his Mental Power so as to absorb negative energy from further away and more broadly.

It wouldn't be long before he surpassed Mo Xi, surpassed Shen Yu, and trampled everyone under his feet; the entire world would crawl and tremble beneath him.

"I will control the entire World, I will become the only King!"

"Your ambition is not small, and your tone is even bigger; control the world? Why don't you fly up to the heavens!"

Just at this moment, a cold voice came over, giving Gu Ying a start. He was very familiar with this voice, so familiar that one couldn't help but feel wary upon hearing it.

He had clearly just left, so how could he have returned, how could he appear here?

"Gu Ying, you were indeed lying to me from beginning to end!"

"Shen Yu, you actually didn't leave? I clearly felt that you had already left!"

"If I didn't leave, how could I see you looking like this now? As for trying to deceive you, is that such a difficult thing?"