Chapter 781: Breaking the Array

"Oh no!"

She had not looked closely at the macro-layout of Jingcheng before; only by looking from the sky could she see it clearly.

The layout of these residences that had suffered great disasters was not arranged randomly; there were sub-layouts in the east, south, west, and north, faintly outlining a Great Array!

Immediately after, he thought that the extermination events at these residences killed several birds with one stone—not only to disrupt and scheme against the Imperial Preceptor and bring out those playboys, but also to further lay the groundwork for the next major event.

There is not much time left.

At this moment, the Emperor was still delivering his inspiring speech, and the whole city was rejoicing. In normal times, Gaoyuan Marquis would have let him continue; even if he spoke for several hours, as long as he had words to say and people loved to listen, others would not care.

"It's now!"

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But at this moment, he had to interrupt the most high-spirited moment of the Emperor's life.

The Golden Crows were not flying randomly; they lowered their heads as if picking up something, and those light spears were like hypodermic needles, extracting something from the ground. More and more of these picked-up things gathered together, causing black spots to appear on the Golden Crows and the light spears.

The youth gazed at the ground and shook his head, saying: "Isn't this a paradox? The future me guides the past me, so the present me can discover this conspiracy; therefore, if the future me did not remind me, the present me could not actively discover it, and then the future me would not know either. So, how was this conspiracy discovered in the first place?"

Thinking this, he reached out and stroked the air, and a Sunlight Changmao appeared at his side, floating around him.

These spears landed on the ground, their tips piercing deep into the earth, each with a pole of about a zhang exposed, as if Jingcheng were being pierced by ten thousand arrows.

He made the spears one by one, and in a short while, his surroundings were surrounded by rays of light. A few actually looked a bit like the Emperor's Son of Heaven Sword, so he hurriedly touched them up to make all the spears the same length of one zhang, which looked aesthetically pleasing with a sense of rhythm.

Some people in Jingcheng discovered the spears and were even nearly impaled by them, causing panic. But they were all on the ground and could only see the spears in front of them; they could not see that those spears, while appearing scattered, were actually faintly forming a massive Array.

There is a saying that if you master one Law, you master all Laws. While the sword and the Rune Formula are by no means similar fields, even if one were a Sword Saint, one could not immediately become a Rune Master without any knowledge of Rune Formulas. However, if one previously had considerable attainments in Rune Formulas, as one's strength and realm increased, looking back to study Rune Formulas could provide new perspectives and experiences, which is also of great benefit to the refinement of one's skills.

As he flew, golden light surged all around.

No one could see clearly, because the sky was full of brilliant Sunlight; how could a Mortal look directly at the sun?

Even though it was only dawn and the sky was still dim, once the sun rose, it would be broad daylight.

Gaoyuan Marquis said decisively: "This has nothing to do with strength. There are specialties in every trade; only I can handle this matter. Your Majesty, please return to the palace; it will be fine by tomorrow morning."

Tang Zhao opened his eyes abruptly, and only the sound of "Whoosh—" wind could be heard as all the golden light spears around him fell at once!

Boom!

Dozens of spears scattered in mid-air and landed on the ground of Jingcheng from all directions. Although the number of spears was large and scattered, they landed neatly, emitting only one loud noise.

The Array was triggered by Qi, not Yin energy; it was indeed the handiwork of a traitor!

It looks like it was set to trigger automatically when the time came, rather than being operated remotely. In that case, the probability of an important traitor hiding inside Jingcheng is greatly reduced.

His old profession... was of course a Talisman Sword Master.

Countless golden lights rushed into the sky, simultaneously pulling a layer of objects from the ground. Everyone clearly saw a layer of gray, hazy color emerging beneath the gold, as if some kind of filth was being forcibly pulled out of the ground by the Golden Crows and the golden spears. After pulling out these gray-black colors, the ground of Jingcheng seemed to become much cleaner, and the people's hearts seemed to lose their burdens, suddenly feeling refreshed.

For example, right now, Tang Zhao looked down at this Great Array and felt that the hills and valleys were self-generating, and he had a general idea in his mind.

"I wonder how the Marquis and the others in the punishment division are doing..."

Yet when the youth saved him, outside the mirror surface, this "Gaoyuan Marquis" was clearly also there, still fighting, and had never walked away once. In the same world, there were two of him existing simultaneously.

The Sunlight and the youth were almost indistinguishable.

Following a loud shout from the Heavenly Being, the Golden Crows flapped their wings and flew high, and the golden spears rose from the ground!

A crow's cry came from the sky!

Everyone looked up and vaguely saw the Golden Crows spreading their wings in the sky!

Seems like it...

He thought for a moment and only said: "Take care of yourself."

The Emperor was in a hurry and ordered Commander Cao: "Maintain the curfew and let the commoners go home."

If the escaped Prince Shun were to take a look at this moment, he would surely be shocked; the true appearance of this "Gaoyuan Marquis" was exactly the same as the youth from the Sun Court who saved him.

This sentence was transmitted directly to the Emperor's ears. The Emperor frowned slightly and turned back, saying: "I will handle it."

Although he is now known by everyone for his outstanding strength, the master he apprenticed under back then taught Rune Formulas, and his first time wandering the world and making a name for himself was also at the Mid-Spring Assembly of Talisman Sword Masters.

Now, those seething Qi were about to become nutrients for the new Array.

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This is also fine; then Tang Zhao can eradicate the Array much more calmly.

This... is also not difficult.

The higher she flew, the white hair on her head fell off in the wind, her withered skin became smooth, and even her figure gradually stretched and grew several feet taller.

Commander Cao agreed. Although he felt that these commoners had come spontaneously to support the Emperor, and that it was heartless to drive them away as soon as the Emperor came down, the Emperor had now come and gone, not only seizing power but also demonstrating unparalleled strength, and his prestige and power were already vastly different. Previously he was merely a figurehead, but now he had the air of a strong monarch; Commander Cao did not dare to disobey in the slightest and hurriedly went to handle the matter.

Although it seems like a long time ago, many people among his peers probably still remember the name "Tang Zhao", right?

When his strength was still insignificant, he had participated in some extremely difficult tasks with his excellent Rune Formula skills; later, when his strength increased, he had no opportunity to show his skills.

At this moment, the layers of ruins below began to become restless; although no glaring Yin energy emerged, the surrounding Qi was surging with undercurrents.

Seeing the palace gates close and most of the commoners driven home, Tang Zhao took a deep breath and closed his eyes to feel the flow of Qi. At this moment, he still missed the feeling of using the Clear Vision Sword; that way, he only needed to take one look, which was very worry-free.

"Rise!"

The Emperor weighed it slightly and felt that since it had come to this point, he should not take risks, saying: "Very well. Marquis Xun..."

That was brilliant Sunlight.

What kind of great disaster is this again?

Why are there so many disasters in the world?

As soon as the Emperor went down, Gaoyuan Marquis did not say a word and flew into the sky.

Now, he re-examined Jingcheng and rummaged through the memory drawers for those slightly outdated pieces of knowledge.

"Rise!"

Each spear was an Array Eye, which precisely fixed the Qi circuit of the original Array.

Originally, these flowing lights were just rays of light, but gradually the rays turned from virtual to real, transforming into Golden Crows flying close to the ground. If viewed from the sky, the light spears in Jingcheng were dazzling, the Golden Crows were spirited, and the flowing lights were colorful; it was a magnificent scene, even more splendid than the Golden Mountain Lantern Festival under Zijin Mountain back then.

The Emperor looked back at the sky, discovered that the Gaoyuan Marquis had vanished, and then turned around to hurry back to his sleeping quarters. He certainly could not sleep at a time like this, but he had to ensure his own safety first, so he entered the inner palace. In truth, he was far from a battle-hardened fanatic; having held his breath and stood his ground without retreating, once that breath was spent and he was hidden deep within the palace pavilions, he felt quite uneasy.

After all, isn't today still the Lantern Festival?

The New Year has only just finished passing.

With that, the Emperor hurriedly ended his speech. Although it was not long, perhaps it was precisely because it was short and to the point, ending before he could start repeating himself, that the effect was excellent. When he descended from the sky, the entire Jingcheng was filled with cheers of "Long live." Once on the ground, a group of officials came to receive him. It was a pity that most of the high-ranking officials had been taken away at Jindinglou, so those who came to receive him lacked sufficient weight, but precisely because of this, there were many of his confidants, as well as the Inspector of the Land Survey Division whom he had dispatched back to clean up the Yin Calamity.

Although the Golden Crow in the sun could not be seen, the fact that the sun had risen once more still made people instinctively feel at ease. These past few days, thunderclouds had been thick, not only blocking the Sunlight but also making people's moods become stifled; once Clearing Clouds to See the Sun occurred, the hearts of the common people also became much brighter.

One could see that not only was the sky brilliant and radiant, but Sunlight also began to flow across the ground of Jingcheng. Those dozens of light spears were like dozens of light sources, with countless streams of light flowing between these light spears.

After all, the State Preceptor had made the defenses of Jingcheng airtight back in the day; it was impossible for the Demon Sect to bring in large numbers of people to operate. To have silently gathered so many playboys as Inner agents was already very impressive; if it hadn't been for the chaos throughout the Imperial Court over the past few years, the Demon Sect could not have recruited personnel so easily.

When he stopped at high altitude, he had completely lost his original aged appearance and had turned into a handsome youth of seventeen or eighteen, with the surrounding Sunlight shining brilliantly, almost merging into one with him.

It was a pity that when he used the imitation, he overdrawn the power of the core Dharma Artifact to continuously reverse time, not only suffering injuries himself but also overdrawing the Dharma Artifact and the Glasses together; he would likely find it difficult to imitate this sword again in the future. He also did not allow himself to rely too much on power that was not his own.

Breaking an Array with an Array!

He thought about it but still could not grasp the essence, so he had to shelve this near-philosophical thought for now, and he whispered softly: "This kind of Array is indeed vast and grand, however... it has been a long time since I used my old skills to take action."

"This is Grandpa Golden Crow pulling out poison and driving away evil for Jingcheng! Once those bad omens are gone, everyone will surely have good luck in the coming New Year!" The common people did not understand much, their guesses were very simple and honest, and they also pinned their hopes for a good new year on it.

Once the New Year is over, the new year will be a good time.

The Emperor watched from below and suddenly said to the person beside him: "This Golden Crow... is there someone beside Marquis Xun who uses this Sword Image?"