Chapter 00335: The Disappearance of the Void Array Gate
# The Disappearance of the Void Array Gate
Chapter 335
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 335: The Disappearance of the Void Array Gate
May 6, 2022
"Master Lan, with this ninth-grade trapping and killing array, I believe the Nightmare Demons will be driven out of the Mo Xuan Immortal Domain. Your contribution to the Mo Xuan Immortal Domain is something I, Wu Jiong, will make sure everyone knows about," Wu Jiong said respectfully, bowing to Lan Xiaobu.
Previously, Wu Jiong had been polite to Lan Xiaobu out of respect for his alchemy skills and strength, as well as the fact that Lan Xiaobu had a formidable master.
But now, Wu Jiong genuinely respected Lan Xiaobu.
To use such top-tier materials to set up a ninth-grade array was something most cultivators would hesitate to do.
Most cultivators pursued the Dao for their own benefit.
When faced with a choice, few would sacrifice their own great interests for something that didn't bring them much personal gain.
Wu Jiong thought this way because he understood that Lan Xiaobu was different.
Whether Lan Xiaobu's master existed or not, Lan Xiaobu had the opportunity to leave the Mo Xuan Immortal Domain.
If his master existed, leaving would be simple—just follow his master.
If his master didn't exist, Lan Xiaobu, as a ninth-grade array master with the cultivation of an Immortal Venerable, could go anywhere he pleased.
Lan Xiaobu smiled and said, "No need to mention my name. I'm worried someone might still covet the things I have and come after me."
"Understood," Wu Jiong replied with another bow.
This time, he fully understood that Lan Xiaobu's master likely didn't exist.
Lan Xiaobu handed Wu Jiong a jade slip.
"This is the formula for the Clear Spirit Pill. A first-grade Nightmare Demon core can refine a first-grade Clear Spirit Pill, and a second-grade core can refine a second-grade pill. This pill can enhance divine sense and heal soul injuries. Please deliver this to Daoist Mu Zifeng. In the future, when dealing with Nightmare Demons, everyone should be more proactive."
Wu Jiong was stunned by Lan Xiaobu's words.
If Nightmare Demon cores had such effects, even without the ninth-grade array, the Nightmare Demons would likely be hunted to extinction.
The main reason many were reluctant to fight the Nightmare Demons was that their cores were currently useless.
Aside from the cores, Nightmare Demons had nothing else of value.
As for the ninth-grade Nightmare Demons with physical forms, how many people could actually obtain their cores?
With such a benefit, countless people would rush to hunt Nightmare Demons.
The value of this pill formula was no less than that of the Rootless Snow Mist Pill.
Given the abundance of Nightmare Demon cores, it was even possible to refine ninth-grade Clear Spirit Pills.
Thus, this formula might be even more valuable than the Rootless Snow Mist Pill.
Wu Jiong was truly impressed by Lan Xiaobu's generosity.
He solemnly stored the Clear Spirit Pill formula and bowed again.
"Master Lan, you truly deserve the title of the top alchemist."
Lan Xiaobu understood the implication in Wu Jiong's words but didn't mind.
At that moment, Wu Jiong's communication bead began flashing more frequently.
He hurriedly bid farewell to Lan Xiaobu and rushed toward the cultivator army.
He was worried that if he didn't show up soon, the so-called Immortal Emperors, Immortal Court Kings, and the cultivator army would retreat en masse.
Indeed, without an eighth-grade array master, the cultivators stood no chance against the Nightmare Demons.
"Alliance Leader Wu, you've finally arrived. The Nightmare Demons are just a dozen breaths away from breaking into our array," said Xia Busang, the Immortal Court King of the Moon Mirror Immortal Court, and Mi Youlan, the Immortal Court King of the Jade Toad Immortal Court, both visibly relieved.
Wu Jiong was the leader of the Mo Xuan Immortal Domain's Array Alliance, but this position wasn't highly regarded by the Immortal Court Kings.
However, in this battle against the Nightmare Demons, without Wu Jiong, the cultivator army wouldn't last long.
Wu Jiong waved his hand and said with enthusiasm, "Don't worry, everyone. Master Lan Xiaobu's master has arrived..."
Hearing that Lan Xiaobu's master had come, the crowd erupted in excitement.
During the previous beast tide in the Black Pottery Forest Range, which nearly flattened the Mo Xuan Path Immortal City, Lan Xiaobu's master had arrived and effortlessly set up a few ninth-grade arrays, annihilating most of the demonic beasts.
"Has that senior really come?" Mi Youlan's voice trembled with excitement.
Although he had been resisting the Nightmare Demons, deep down, he had been hoping for Lan Xiaobu's master to appear.
He had missed the opportunity during the beast tide in the Black Pottery Forest Range, but now, after holding out for so long, he had finally waited for Lan Xiaobu's master.
Boom! Endless Nightmare Demons surged into the eighth-grade trapping and killing array.
However, the cultivator army had yet to receive any orders, so no one had engaged in battle.
"Alliance Leader Wu, this eighth-grade array won't last half an incense stick's time," an Immortal Emperor said, his voice shaking.
In fact, without the cultivator army taking action, the array wouldn't even last a tenth of an incense stick's time.
Wu Jiong calmly replied, "No need to worry. That senior has already set up ninth-grade trapping and killing arrays here. The only issue is that we're short on high-grade immortal spirit veins. If any of you have some, I need to implant them now."
"I have three," Xia Busang said without hesitation, handing over a storage ring.
"I have four," Mi Youlan followed suit, also handing over a ring.
Wu Jiong took the rings and rushed out, simultaneously dropping array flags.
A series of rumbling sounds echoed around, as if a giant shovel were leveling the entire Mo Xuan Ancient Battlefield.
At that moment, all the cultivators realized that Lan Xiaobu's master had set up ninth-grade trapping and killing arrays here.
They were now waiting for the arrays to activate.
As the dull rumbling continued, everyone felt their divine sense and vision obscured by a gray, misty space.
A violent killing intent emanated from the mist, almost tangible.
Screams echoed continuously as Wu Jiong dropped another array flag, allowing everyone to see the scene within the trapping array.
Clouds of Nightmare Demons were trapped and annihilated by the killing array, turning to ash.
These Nightmare Demons, which had nearly overwhelmed the Mo Xuan Immortal Domain's cultivator army, were now helpless against the terrifying arrays.
While everyone was excited, they also felt a sense of dread.
The two Immortal Court Kings remained silent.
If they didn't have a ninth-grade array master—and indeed, they didn't—what would happen if a ninth-grade array master set up a ninth-grade trapping array in their Immortal Court?
They didn't dare to think further.
Although such a scenario was unlikely, as they wouldn't allow a ninth-grade trapping array to be set up, what if it happened? What then?
...
From a distance, Lan Xiaobu watched as piles of Nightmare Demons were obliterated.
He breathed a sigh of relief, having worried that even the ninth-grade arrays might not be enough to deal with the Nightmare Demons.
Lan Xiaobu entered the trapping array, casually collecting dozens of eighth-grade and a few ninth-grade Nightmare Demon cores before leaving again.
...
The Mo Xuan Ancient Battlefield was vast.
The trapping array Lan Xiaobu had set up was mainly aimed at the direction from which the Nightmare Demons were charging.
He had searched this area when setting up the array and was certain there was no teleportation gate here.
Now that the Nightmare Demons were no longer his concern, he needed to continue searching for the teleportation gate Shi Yan had mentioned, the one leading to the Five Realms Immortal World.
Three days later, Lan Xiaobu stood before a void teleportation gate.
This wasn't the gate Shi Yan had mentioned but the one through which the Nightmare Demons had arrived.
He had learned its location from Wu Jiong.
Based on the Nightmare Demon teleportation gate in the Lingwei Immortal Domain, this gate should have been continuously sending Nightmare Demons through.
However, after waiting for half a day, Lan Xiaobu didn't see a single Nightmare Demon emerge from the gate, nor did he see any approaching it.
He wondered if his two ninth-grade arrays had wiped out all the Nightmare Demons or if there was another reason.
While having the Cosmic Dimension Matrix construct a model of this teleportation gate, Lan Xiaobu also began setting up ninth-grade trapping and killing arrays.
He wanted to ensure that any Nightmare Demons emerging from this gate would be annihilated.
Before the Cosmic Dimension Matrix could fully complete the model, Lan Xiaobu was surprised to see the void teleportation gate gradually fade and then disappear entirely.
Was this really man-made?
Lan Xiaobu quickly confirmed that it was.
Perhaps the person who had set up this gate to summon Nightmare Demons had realized that with a ninth-grade array master here, the Nightmare Demons couldn't overcome this domain, so they had withdrawn the gate.
Lan Xiaobu thought to himself, what kind of despicable person would set up such a gate? What was their purpose in summoning Nightmare Demons? Simply to destroy a realm?
Unfortunately, Lan Xiaobu had no answers.
He could only watch as the gate disappeared, taking all the Nightmare Demons with it.
From this day on, the Nightmare Demons would no longer be seen in the Mo Xuan Immortal Domain.
It had been three months since Lan Xiaobu began searching the Mo Xuan Ancient Battlefield.
During this time, he had scoured every corner of the battlefield, some places even two or three times, but found nothing.
However, today Lan Xiaobu stopped.
Before him was a massive boulder that had existed for who knows how long.
Such boulders were common in the ancient battlefield, but this one gave Lan Xiaobu a faint sense of spatial fluctuation.
An ordinary person might not notice it, but Lan Xiaobu had touched the surface of spatial rules.
His top-tier divine ability, Boundless, was a spatial ability.
Although he had only just begun to grasp spatial abilities, Boundless remained his most powerful technique.
Lan Xiaobu crouched down, closed his eyes, and placed his hand on the boulder.
He sensed faint void array patterns.
After setting up two ninth-grade arrays in the ancient battlefield, Lan Xiaobu could now barely inscribe seventh-grade void array patterns.
Logically, void array patterns existed only in the void.
This was the first time Lan Xiaobu had sensed void array patterns inscribed on a physical object like a boulder.
This opened a new door for him.
He realized his thinking had been too rigid.
Why should void array patterns exist only in the void? They could just as easily be inscribed on physical objects.
(End of Chapter)