As he spoke, he extended his palm and pointed to the stern-faced, white-eyebrowed elder beside him. “Allow me to introduce him to everyone. This is Array Saint Mu Bosang, whom I invited from the Southwest Domain.”
“The Southwest Domain!”
Lin Xiao was startled inwardly.
The Southwest Domain, like the Southeast Domain where he came from, lay beyond the seas surrounding the Central Continent.
One was to the southeast of the Central Continent, the other to the southwest, each merely a small continent.
The Southeast Domain seas had restrictions. Back then, let alone Martial Saints, even Martial Emperors had struggled to cross over.
The Southwest Domain was probably different and lacked such barriers.
Otherwise, this Mu Bosang could never have arrived.
An Array Saint was doubtless someone who had reached sainthood through array dao, a Martial Saint-level existence.
Lin Xiao recalled Ma Bi, who cultivated arrays, mentioning her plan to go to the Southwest Domain to study array dao.
Array dao flourished in the Southwest Domain, so producing a Martial Saint-level array master was not impossible.
However, array cultivators were extremely rare and highly specialised. One suddenly appearing in the Central Continent could cause massive upheaval, even tremendous shock.
If his guess was correct, the formation here had likely been set up by this Array Saint.
“Brother Mu’s array dao ranks among the top in the Southwest Domain. Therefore, none of you will leave here alive today. I have no fear of word spreading. This is the source of my confidence, Ying Yi.”
Ying Yi spoke slowly. “Brother Mu has arranged two layers of formations within. Thus, we can ensure the Martial Saints die first. Their Martial Saint blood will be sacrificed to the Blood Demon Body. The rest of you will die slowly after the Blood Demon Body achieves sainthood.”
“Hmph. Ying Yi, your Ying family is not so kind-hearted. Would you truly allow the Blood Demon Body to grow strong?
After dealing with us, you would surely turn on the Blood Demon Body next, would you not?”
Tianji Holy Land’s Martial Saint Yi Zhigong snorted coldly, striking at the heart of the matter in an attempt to sow discord between the two sides.
“Heh heh. We are cooperating. The Blood Demon Body will share that item with me. Tell me, is helping her breakthrough and eliminating three Martial Saints worth it?
Your attempt at discord is useless against us.”
Having said that, Ying Yi ignored the three and turned to Mu Bosang. “The time is nearly here. Brother Mu, it is up to you!”
Mu Bosang nodded. He took out an array flag and spoke in a cold, emotionless voice. “The three of you, it is time to depart this life.”
With that, the array flag in Mu Bosang’s hand shot out a beam of light forward. A formation barrier emerged around the hundred-li radius, and then an inexplicable force suddenly enveloped the area.
The three Martial Saints inside seemed drawn by this mysterious power, pulled towards the centre.
The three reacted instantly, each erupting with terrifying strength.
Yet the formation’s power was too great. All three were dragged dozens of li.
At the centre, within a seventy-li radius, another formation barrier appeared, enclosing the three and isolating them from the crowd outside.
The two-layered formation was complete.
The outer formation trapped everyone else. The inner one was designed specifically to deal with Martial Saints.
This caused everyone’s expressions to grow grave.
The formation was truly miraculous. It could even drag Martial Saints inside for individual targeting?
And since Martial Saint blood could be sacrificed, how exactly would it reach the Blood Demon Body?
Did the formation draw the blood directly through the void, or seep it underground to converge?
And where exactly was the Blood Demon Body?
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
Hong Lie, Jiang You, and Yi Zhigong unleashed Martial Saint combat power. Terrifying forces slammed into the formation.
Massive explosions rang out. The ground trembled. Towering waves of qi erupted within the roughly seventy-li formation barrier. Vast, unparalleled fluctuations surged back from inside the barrier, enveloping the three.
In an instant, the three were engulfed by rolling energy waves and fluctuations, vanishing from everyone’s sight.
The onlookers outside were all alarmed.
The formation was indeed fearsome. Even strikes from three Martial Saints could not break it.
Moreover, the rebounding fluctuations were genuine Martial Saint-level power.
When the three attacked simultaneously, they endured the superimposed fluctuations of all three strikes. That power, if they were inside, could probably kill everyone present in a single wave.
Fortunately, the Blood Demon Body’s sacrifice required only Martial Saint blood.
Lin Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This way, he would not need to reveal his identity.
Nor would he be dragged in and targeted as a Martial Saint.
Once Huo Ruyan broke through, his crisis would be resolved.
Now he was somewhat worried whether the Blood Demon Body truly was Huo Ruyan.
If it was not, he did not wish for a Blood Demon Body Martial Saint to appear in the world.
An uncontrolled Blood Demon Body was an extremely dangerous existence. Who knew how many would die in the future?
Moreover, he was unsure how strong the outer formation truly was. If the Blood Demon Body was not Huo Ruyan, whether he could break this formation was questionable.
With an Array Saint and one Martial Saint outside, his situation was far from ideal.
For now, he could only silently hope the Blood Demon Body was Huo Ruyan.
Or that the three inside might mutually wound the two outside, giving them a chance.
However, since the Blood Sect had boldly lured three Martial Saints here, the odds of the three emerging safely were probably minuscule.
“An array arranged by this old man would not be so easily broken.”
Mu Bosang remained calm. His figure flashed as he soared into the void above the formation. He waved the array flag and uttered coldly, “Saint-Slaying Killing Array, activate!”
As he spoke, power shot from the array flag, triggering the formation. Dazzling array patterns suddenly flashed on the ground in all four directions within the seventy-li barrier. Terrifying forces blasted out from the patterns.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
Explosions rang out continuously. The formation seemed capable of sensing the three’s positions. The forces from the ground patterns had no fixed targets and shifted with the three’s movements.
Moreover, the eruptions inside affected the entire seventy-li area. The three endured multiple layers of assault.
Even if they unleashed power to strike the formation forces, it would rebound and hit them.
If they held back, they could only endure the formation’s attacks.
Thus, it was an unsolvable onslaught.
“Boom, boom, boom!”
“Boom, boom, boom!”
“Boom, boom, boom!”
The explosions never ceased. The ground shook endlessly, as if a massive earthquake raged. Vast, ocean-like qi waves erupted repeatedly. Terrifying fluctuations oscillated back and forth. Dazzling, intense light filled the space.
The ground patterns seemed inscribed with boundless energy, continuously unleashing powerful forces without end.
“How terrifying!”
Lin Xiao was shocked inwardly.
Under such overlapping, relentless assaults, even he inside would soon be reduced to slag.
Worthy of an Array Saint. The array power he arranged was far too fearsome.
If the attacks continued like this, none of the three would likely survive.
Everyone else’s faces changed. Even outside the Saint-Slaying Killing Array, they felt world-destroying energy.
No one believed the three had any chance of survival under such terrifying assaults.
Unless the attacks could only last a short time.
But it appeared endless, possibly continuing for a very long while.
Even Ying Yi outside could not help changing colour.
Array attacks were truly fearsome. The erupted power far exceeded what one could unleash personally.
“Fortunately, setting up formations requires immense time. Otherwise, he could rampage unchecked across the Central Continent.”
Ying Yi sighed inwardly.
