Chapter 584: I Want to See How You Will Choose

"He is deliberately talking nonsense to us!"

As if realizing something, the leading old man waved his hand, and his subordinates moved quickly to stand at the four corners of the Great Array, continuously pouring their cultivation power into it.

"We are waiting for his poison to flare up, but isn't Shen Yu also using this opportunity to stall for time, trying to suppress the toxins in his body?"

"We can't wait any longer. Strike while he's down, kill him!"

Following the old man's order, with the combined efforts of so many experts around, layers of Golden Runes rose up, like a giant Jail trying to seal Shen Yu inside.

As the Golden Runes approached, Shen Yu also retreated repeatedly, appearing extremely wary.

Although these Runes looked unremarkable one by one, when combined, they possessed a heart-palpitating power. Even in his prime, he would not dare to relax in the slightest.

Not to mention that he was now suffering from a deadly poison, with all his cultivation power locked in a desperate struggle against the toxins within, leaving him with little remaining strength to use.

Just at this moment, a sword appeared in Shen Yu's hand. And at this time, he seemed to have completely transformed into a sword—a sword that seemed capable of severing the stars, shattering time and space, and was indestructible.

This Sword Intent was only slightly revealed, yet it made people feel as if needles were pricking their backs, and a wave of suffocating, heart-palpitating sensation surged into their hearts.

Looking at Shen Yu in the array, the old man also felt a lingering fear. It was fortunate they had not chosen to clash head-on; otherwise, all these experts of theirs might not have been enough to be cut down.

At the thought of the scene back then when they had exhausted all their experts to deal with Mu Zishan, his heart trembled.

He would never forget that feeling of being dominated, that utter, powerless terror. All the experts recruited by their entire organization had gathered, and so many top-tier experts had surrounded and attacked, yet they were directly cut through.

Even now, whenever he recalled the past, a lingering shadow remained in his heart.

Seeing Shen Yu at this moment was like seeing the Mu Zishan of the past. The same white robes, the same swordsman, the same unyielding back—it made one feel both terrified and unable to help but feel a touch of madness.

If he could successfully kill Shen Yu this time, he would surely be able to mend the flaws in his own heart; from then on, his state of mind would be perfect, with no more gaps.

Fortunately, they were not arrogant enough to resist head-on this time; the scourge before them would eventually be crushed to death by them.

Just as the old man was recalling the past, the heaven-piercing Sword Intent in the array had already risen, as if cutting across time and space.

With one swing of the sword, even space itself trembled and shattered. The fierce Sword Intent seemed to want to annihilate everything, and streaks of Golden Runes rapidly collapsed and were destroyed under the Sword Intent.

What terrified the old man even more was that Shen Yu's sword seemed to strike directly at the weak points of the array. It was as if this flawless array had been laid bare, its shortcomings found by this young man before him.

However, the moment the runes collapsed, another rune would be generated the next.

This sword strike was like facing a torrent flowing down from the nine heavens, a water flow that could never be cut off. Once the Golden Runes shattered, they would condense again. Over and over, endless and inexhaustible.

At the same time, the entire Anzhou City seemed to be trembling, and many houses on the ground were damaged by the violent shaking.

Yet after the sword strike, the opponent's Great Array suffered no damage at all; instead, Shen Yu's complexion became even paler, and the blue-purple color on his body showed a tendency to turn completely black.

Throughout the process, Shen Yu seemed to be completely suppressed, appearing exceptionally disheveled. This was likely the most disheveled moment he had experienced in recent times.

"This array..." Holding his sword in one hand, Shen Yu frowned and stared at his surroundings. How could this array be connected to the earth veins of Anzhou?

As an Array Master, he knew very well that an array of this scale could not be set up in a single day. Moreover, such a massive workload required people to cooperate.

Even for him, it would take some time to set up such a Great Array.

In other words, this array must have been set up long ago, and it carried a familiar feeling.

Looking up at his surroundings, this feeling was so similar to the array he encountered when he first arrived in Xichuan and wiped out the Tingfeng Pavilion. At that time, the Tingfeng Pavilion's array had also been connected to the earth veins of Anzhou City.

However, it also had a hint of the Blood Sacrifice Array set up by the Medicine King Xue Muchen, and he also remembered that the Blood Sacrifice Array set up by Xue Muchen had also utilized the Tingfeng Pavilion's array.

Arrays are difficult to enter, even harder to master, and as for becoming an Array Master, that is one in ten thousand.

How could one Anzhou City encounter so many arrays in succession, and ones that were interconnected at that?

Ordinary arrays are difficult to merge, but these arrays appearing in Anzhou City were able to connect and utilize each other; the only possibility was that they originated from the same source!

In this instant, a flash of insight appeared in his mind, as if it made him suddenly understand something.

"Continue!" Seeing Shen Yu becoming increasingly weak, the old man on the side was very excited; he knew the young man opposite was at his limit.

Just two more strikes, and either he would have to resist the poison while resisting the array, which would exhaust him to death.

Or he would give up resisting the poison to focus on dealing with their Great Array, only to have the toxins reach his heart and die from the poison flare-up.

No matter which one, he seemed to see the dawn of victory beckoning to him.

At the thought of this, the old man controlled the array even more vigorously. With so many of their experts out, he didn't believe they couldn't take down one Shen Yu.

The next moment, Shen Yu swung his sword again, and this strike was even fiercer and stronger. With majestic grandeur, it seemed to want to pierce through the sky.

However, even with such a terrifying sword, it was just like before, as if it were a futile effort; the Golden Runes collapsed only to recover again. It remained a cycle, endless and inexhaustible.

But the old man knew this sword was too terrifying. With the help of the Great Array, not only did they fail to injure Shen Yu, but he had managed to hack out two strikes with a *crack-crack* sound.

Once their power could not keep up and the speed of the runes' collapse exceeded the speed of their recovery, the Great Array would have the possibility of collapsing.

Even on the verge of a desperate situation, this young man was still terrifyingly strong.

But looking at his body, which was now almost entirely black, one could tell that the toxins had spread throughout his entire body and had likely reached his internal organs.

If he were to recklessly give up suppressing the poison and crazily unleash two more sword strikes, the poison would take his life.

Taking a deep breath, the old man focused his mind and continued his frantic output. He was about to win, but one who travels a hundred miles may stop at ninety; at this critical moment, he could not be careless.

"Shen Yu, give up your resistance; isn't it better to just wait for death? Do you know that this Great Array not only connects to the Anzhou earth veins but can also absorb the power of all the commoners in the city for our use?"

"In other words, you are not just fighting us, but everyone in the entire Anzhou City!"

"What do you mean? Threatening me?"

"How could it be a threat? We are just stating a fact!"

Facing Shen Yu, who appeared to be baring his fangs and brandishing his claws but was actually at the end of his rope, the old man couldn't help but laugh, laughing extremely heartily. Being able to make these so-called geniuses suffer was truly one of the great joys of his life.

"Shen Yu, if the Great Array faces a real crisis, this array will extract the power and even the life force of all the commoners in Anzhou City to replenish the power of the Great Array!"

"In other words, you, Shen Yu, are actually slaughtering the entire city with your own hands!"

"I have heard that Master Shen cares most about these lowly commoners. I want to see how you will choose this time. Will you continue to resist, or will you surrender?"