Chapter 30
Chapter 30
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 30
Chapter Title: The Master of Heaven Mending Peak
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In his previous life, Lu Yang had painstakingly studied array formations. The grand array he ultimately inscribed upon the Blood Sun Sword Pellet was a sword array, named the "Sword Array of the Blood-Washed Heavenly River."
The array was divided according to the Three Talents and Nine Palaces, with the river of sword qi unleashed by the Blood Sun Sword Pellet as its core and the Heavenly Demon's Blood Transformation Divine Light as support. Lu Yang had also specifically designed three hundred and sixty array nodes. According to his plan, if he could find three hundred and sixty cultivators to preside over them, the array's power could be unleashed to its absolute maximum.
He had already thought this through as well.
Once he reclaimed his Innate Primal Qi Ten Thousand Spirits Banner from Liu Xin, he would have the banner spirits occupy the array nodes. Not only would it be effortless and convenient, but he could also carry it with him.
For now, however, he had to control the array himself.
"Open!" Lu Yang formed a hand seal. The Blood Sun Sword Pellet hummed, and within the array, a heavenly river surged from south to north, covering the sky, its expanse seemingly endless.
Lu Yuanchun, Zhao Xuhe, and all the others now found themselves within this heavenly river. The river's waters churned violently, equivalent to being struck by infinite sword qi every second. A few of the weaker cultivators only had time to let out a single wretched scream before dissolving into blossoms of blood within the river.
Seeing this, Lu Yuanchun's expression changed drastically.
"This is impossible! Although Master mentioned this person knew array formations, I gave him no time to set one up. How did we still end up trapped in an array?"
Lu Yuanchun naturally couldn't comprehend it.
The Blood Sun Sword Pellet was no ordinary magic treasure; it was an array treasure. An array treasure was one that embodied an array, forming it with a mere thought. There was no need to set it up!
Being trapped within the array was far beyond Lu Yuanchun's expectations.
After all, array formations harnessed the wonders of heaven and earth, borrowing their power, and were reputed to be invincible against those in the same realm. Though he prided himself on his strength, being caught in an array had shaken his confidence.
Could it be that he would truly meet his end in such a pathetic way today?
At this thought, Lu Yuanchun's expression grew uglier, losing its earlier certainty of victory. Even Zhao Xuhe beside him became anxious.
"Senior Brother, this array..."
"Be careful, Junior Brother. I'm afraid today's events have taken an unexpected turn," Lu Yuanchun instructed in a low voice while simultaneously summoning the Golden Light Treasure Mirror to hover in the air and protect him.
A sliver of hope still lingered in Lu Yuanchun's heart. In his view, Lu Yang was just an ordinary disciple who had stumbled upon some good fortune. Although he knew a few things, he had joined the sect only a short time ago. Even if he understood array formations, how much could he have possibly mastered? As for the array before them, perhaps it was just a relic left by a predecessor?
However, in the next second, Lu Yang shattered his illusion.
With a cold expression, Lu Yang's thoughts stirred. He pointed a finger, and the once-clear river of sword qi instantly took on a piercing crimson hue.
The Heavenly Demon's Blood Transformation Divine Light!
Although this divine ability was immensely powerful, hailed as "a scratch injures, a touch kills," it also meant that its power was only manifest upon a direct hit.
If it didn't hit, it was useless.
Yet, within the Sword Array of the Blood-Washed Heavenly River, Lu Yang had solved this flaw. As long as one was inside the array, it was equivalent to being submerged in the divine light itself!
In other words, once unleashed, it was a guaranteed hit!
In an instant, Lu Yuanchun felt the world shake. His remaining junior brothers screamed one after another, and then, in a flash, they were reduced to nothing but skin!
"Not good!"
Lu Yuanchun's face paled instantly. He gritted his teeth, his hand seals changing. The aura of the Golden Light Treasure Mirror above his head suddenly became chaotic and violent.
Lu Yang took one look and understood immediately.
"Self-detonating a magic treasure? How naive!"
The Golden Light Treasure Mirror was clearly a superior magic treasure. If Lu Yuanchun were to detonate it, he did indeed have a chance of tearing open the array diagram and creating an escape route.
But that was only on the premise that Lu Yang didn't understand array formations.
An ordinary array, even with someone presiding over it, could only operate according to its predetermined rules—it was a dead array. However, with an array master at the helm, it was a completely different story.
A qualified array master could adjust the array on the fly according to the changing tides of battle. In this way, a dead array became a living one, its power incomparable to before. Not to mention, the Sword Array of the Blood-Washed Heavenly River was created by Lu Yang himself; using it was as natural as moving his own limbs.
Thus, the moment Lu Yuanchun began to detonate his magic treasure, Lu Yang moved.
One hand performed calculations while the other manipulated the array patterns, instantly dispersing the power of the explosion, which was concentrated on a single point, to all four corners of the array. The moment the explosion was dispersed, its power was reduced severalfold.
The array, which should have been breached, naturally remained unharmed. It even seized the opening created by the shattering of the Golden Light Treasure Mirror to swallow Lu Yuanchun and Zhao Xuhe in one fell swoop.
Zhao Xuhe didn't even have time to scream before he was turned into a mummified corpse.
"Impossible! This villain is an array master!?"
Lu Yuanchun's face was deathly pale. He felt his flesh and blood pouring out of him like a breached dam. It seemed he was about to follow in Zhao Xuhe's footsteps and die a violent death.
"Blood Transformation Divine Light..."
At the precipice of life and death, intense fear quickly extinguished his rage. Lu Yuanchun's eyes were wide with fury, yet he was utterly helpless. Finally, as if accepting his fate, he lowered his head.
"Rumble!"
The next second, a jade pendant on Lu Yuanchun's waist silently shattered, then burst forth with an infinite, magnificent light that tore through Lu Yang's grand array in an instant!
Lu Yang's pupils constricted at the sight as he looked up at the sky.
Where his gaze fell, the magnificent light coalesced, forming a massive face in the sky, ten thousand feet above his head—a face that was serene and solemn, commanding awe without a hint of anger!
No emotion could be discerned on that face. Its eyes were as bright as the sun and moon. The mere instant Lu Yang's gaze met his, his own eyes stung and streamed with tears. His true qi was sapped by seventy to eighty percent out of thin air, and he nearly lost control of his light-form, almost plummeting from the sky.
The face looked down, its voice like thunder rolling out from a mountain:
"Audacious!"
The voice wasn't loud, yet it was as if his words were heavenly law, making Lu Yang an existence despised by heaven and earth. The surrounding spiritual qi even seemed to flee from him in avoidance.
The formless gaze seemed to carry the weight of a great mountain, pressing down on Lu Yang's body.
The ground around him even began to crack and split inch by inch.
Such a scene naturally alarmed the entirety of Heaven Mending Peak.
In an instant, countless disciples in seclusion on the peak were startled awake. They emerged from their cave abodes and looked at the giant face in the sky, their own faces filled with terror.
"Greetings, Peak Master!"
"Greetings, Peak Master!"
Some of the older disciples of Heaven Mending Peak recognized the face's features. Their scalps tingled, and without a second thought, they fell to their knees, kowtowing repeatedly.
The Master of Heaven Mending Peak!
Lu Yang finally knew the identity of Zhao Xuhe's mysterious master—the Master of Heaven Mending Peak, one of the Foundation Establishment Perfected Beings who presided over the Four Inner Sect Peaks of the Primal Saint Sect!
"Rumble!"
As the voice fell, the array diagram Lu Yang had painstakingly refined in his previous life began to collapse. Large swaths of array patterns even exploded on the spot.
Witnessing this, a hint of resignation appeared on Lu Yang's face.
The gap between Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment completely surpassed his imagination. The fruit of his twenty years of hard work was defeated by just two words from a Foundation Establishment Perfected Being!
A single soft reprimand, and it had come to this?