Seeing Zhou Yu’s arrival, Mo Sheng’s eyes flickered with intrigue before he approached.
“Zhou Yu, you’ve finally arrived!”
As he spoke, Mo Sheng’s gaze lingered on the Azure Sky Saint Dragon Zhou Yu led, his heart stirring.
This dragon, a primordial relic, boasted a bloodline surpassing most dragons, its aura stronger than typical Near-Path Realm cultivators.
That Zhou Yu could subdue such a beast was astonishing.
Zhou Yu smiled faintly. “Capturing this beast delayed me slightly, but it seems I’m not too late.”
Mo Sheng’s eyes flashed with displeasure, catching the subtle jab at their failure to breach the Blood God Sect.
“With three Ninth-Grade arrays outside, bolstered by a Supreme Saint Weapon as the eye, do you have a way to break them, Zhou Yu?” Mo Sheng asked calmly.
If Zhou Yu deemed them incompetent, Mo Sheng wanted to see his prowess.
Zhou Yu glanced at the arrays, producing a rhomboid, dark-green gem etched with intricate secret patterns, dizzying even to top Nine-Step Saint Kings.
“While capturing this beast, I chanced upon this *Array-Suppressing Stone*. Let’s test its power,” Zhou Yu said.
Mo Sheng’s eyes glinted, fixating on the gem. “A terrestrial array master controls the arrays. Can this stone suppress them?”
“We’ll know by trying,” Zhou Yu replied, his calm tone brimming with confidence.
He launched the *Array-Suppressing Stone*, infusing it with holy energy.
Its surface glowed with interwoven secret patterns, pressing toward the arrays.
“Not good! An *Array-Suppressing Stone*!” Xiao Hei’s expression shifted.
No one understood such stones better than an array master. Crafted by terrestrial array masters, they required rare materials and high expertise, designed solely to suppress array patterns, weakening or nullifying arrays.
Non-Ninth-Grade arrays collapsed instantly under their power.
In a duel between equal array masters, a stone granted a massive advantage.
*Boom.*
The stone’s power surged, shaking the arrays.
Some patterns dimmed, exposing vulnerabilities.
“Perfect chance!” Mo Sheng’s eyes gleamed, urging the *Nether Sun Divine Wheel* to attack.
The wheel became a gray sun, plummeting from the sky.
*Boom.*
The arrays’ barrier held briefly before collapsing.
Xiao Hei reacted swiftly, fleeing with the *Demonstone Realm Mirror* to Infant Lord Peak.
“Zhang Ruochen, we’re in trouble. Zhou Yu’s here with an *Array-Suppressing Stone*. Infant Lord Peak’s defenses may not hold,” Xiao Hei said urgently.
Zhang Ruochen frowned. “Can’t you counter it?”
“That stone’s exceptional, suppressing my restored arrays. Likely crafted by the King of Seas and Lands. My array mastery, barely at the Lord of Mountains and Rivers, makes countering it incredibly tough,” Xiao Hei said gravely.
The Lord of Mountains and Rivers and King of Seas and Lands were terrestrial array master tiers, their arrays vastly differing in power.
Legend held that top array masters rivaled peak Great Saints.
At Saint King, most array masters reached only the preliminary Lord of Mountains and Rivers tier.
Xiao Hei’s words sobered everyone. They were in dire straits.
Outside, the Black Demon Realm’s forces buzzed with excitement. With the arrays broken, nothing barred their path.
“End this quickly. Spare only the Thousand Bones Empress’s heir; kill the rest,” Mo Sheng ordered coldly.
*Whoosh.*
Black Demon Realm fighters swarmed into the sect.
The sect had sunk hundreds of zhang below ground.
Mo Sheng’s *Nether Sun Divine Wheel* sealed all exits with divine power, ensuring Zhang Ruochen couldn’t escape with the *Inscriptions*.
Zhou Yu, leading the Azure Sky Saint Dragon, followed.
“What’s happening? My life essence is draining!” a panicked voice cried.
A Black Demon Realm Three-Step Saint King aged rapidly, skin wrinkling, hair graying.
More suffered the same fate, the phenomenon spreading like a plague, affecting even Nine-Step Saint Kings.
*Bang.*
A sudden zhang-wide spatial rift bisected a Five-Step Saint King, swallowing his upper half.
A space collapsed, engulfing two nearby Saint Kings.
“Hold still! Zhang Ruochen set time and space arrays in the sect!” Mo Sheng shouted, his face darkening.
The Black Demon Realm forces halted, warily scanning their surroundings.
Zhou Yu, unfazed, said, “Before absolute power, such tricks are laughable.”
He raised a hand, a radiant holy light forming a small sun in his palm.
The light expanded, illuminating the sect like a rising dawn.
It shattered, scattering countless light motes.
On Infant Lord Peak, Zhang Ruochen’s gaze grew grave, watching Zhou Yu.
His pre-set time and space arrays confirmed Zhou Yu’s might.
With minimal effort, Zhou Yu nullified all arrays without collateral damage.
“Such profound Light Path mastery. His light rules exceed 100,000,” Zhang Ruochen thought, stunned.
Zhou Yu, the Light Controller, nurtured by the Light Temple’s giants, blessed with immense fortune, was a true prodigy.
Not just Zhang Ruochen, the Black Demon Realm fighters were shocked, even Mo Sheng showing newfound respect.
Proud, especially after activating the *Nether Sun Divine Wheel*, Mo Sheng felt equal to Zhou Yu. But Zhou Yu’s display revealed unfathomable depths.
The arrays’ destruction saved some Black Demon Realm fighters, but others perished, survivors heavily weakened.
Zhou Yu’s gaze met Zhang Ruochen’s on Infant Lord Peak. “Come with me to Paradise Realm, Zhang Ruochen. You might live.”
He saw Zhang Ruochen’s secrets as more valuable alive than dead.
If uncooperative, Zhou Yu would kill him.
Paradise Realm wouldn’t tolerate such a threat.
Zhang Ruochen sneered. “Paradise Realm despises me, wanting me ground to dust. You offer life? Do you take me for a fool?”
“My fate isn’t for Paradise Realm to decide.”
Zhou Yu, unshaken, shook his head. “I gave you a chance, Zhang Ruochen. You squandered it. Your life is mine.”
He launched the *Array-Suppressing Stone* toward Infant Lord Peak.
A holy *Light Heaven Scripture* appeared in his hand, woven with countless light rules, exuding divine aura.
“*Light Heaven Scripture*,” Mo Sheng noted.
Left by a Light Path god, it held countless light-based saint techniques, unleashable with sufficient cultivation.
Zhou Yu aimed to personally breach Infant Lord Peak and kill Zhang Ruochen.
The *Array-Suppressing Stone* activated, suppressing some divine patterns.
Infant Lord Peak’s defenses weakened, no longer impregnable.
Zhou Yu opened the *Light Heaven Scripture*. A light beam formed a *Light Holy Sword*, slashing at the peak.
Another beam became a *Light Divine Thunder*, radiating terrifying destructive aura.
*Boom.*
Infant Lord Peak’s defenses crumbled, unable to withstand Zhou Yu’s onslaught.
