Chapter 639: Life and Death Are In Your Hands!
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In fact, Hao Ren detaining her on the Vast Peak was to prepare for her control over the sect's disciples.
Just like how Hao Ren commands troops in the East Sea, he acts as the commander while his subordinates control their respective soldiers.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
In three different directions around Vast Peak, three beams of light of varying colors rose up.
Zhen Ciming buried different array disks from various angles. Previously, he had arranged the "North Star Cluster Array" with only one disk hidden in Hao Ren's cave residence, which also served as the core. However, this time, he would use a total of fifteen array disks!
Amongst the fifteen Core Formation Elders, there were several who specialized in arrays. Upon seeing the array disks that Zhen Ciming took out, made from materials they had never seen before, with intricate patterns and designs, their hearts were filled with astonishment.
Such array disks likely originated from ancient cultivators, leaving behind magical tools with dense spiritual energy rising as soon as they were buried in the ground!
Moreover, gathering a set of fifteen was truly extraordinary! They doubted that even at their Core Formation realm level, they would be unable to disrupt any one of them.
The fifteen array disks were sequentially buried into the soil around the valley, causing fifteen beams of light in various colors to rise up around Vast Peak.
These beams of light formed a circle, enveloping the entire Vast Peak. Almost simultaneously, the spiritual energy concentration at the center of Vast Peak sharply increased, reaching the density of some rare spiritual veins found in the Sixth Layer!
The cultivators standing near Vast Peak felt the changes in spiritual energy and were alarmed.
Such an array capable of altering heaven and earth, they had never even seen before! Let alone witness its formation with their own eyes!
Among them, three beams of light shone the brightest. They connected to form a virtual beam in the center of Vast Peak. The three light rays projected onto the center formed 120-degree angles.
It was clear that Zhen Ciming had carefully calculated their positions; otherwise, they wouldn't be so precise without any deviation.
Buzz Buzz!
The three beams of light connected to form a triangle and swept around Vast Peak.
"Start!" Zhen Ciming stepped onto the black circular disk, flew high above Vast Peak, and threw out an extraordinary spirit stone as large as a grinding wheel!
These cultivators from the Sixth Layer had never seen such a colossal極品靈石before!
The overwhelming spiritual energy almost tempted them to grab it!
The spirit stone thumped into the center of the valley, where three beams of light converged.
Rush rush rush...
Reflecting off numerous rays of light, it activated the other twelve beams!
In an instant, Vast Peak was illuminated brilliantly. The twelve beams connected to form lines with the virtual beam in the center and then intersected with the three initial beams' light to create nodes.
Within the circular range of Vast Peak appeared a giant triangle along with fifteen evenly radiating rays.
The complex reflections dazzled the surrounding cultivators.
The buzzing sound of the grand array about to activate made these Core Formation cultivators feel extremely uncomfortable.
Fifteen beams of light slowly rotated, and where they intersected with triangular lights kept changing.
The lights spun faster and faster until it looked like a triangle rotating within a circle on its own.
Hao Ren looked up at the sky and only saw different colored lights flashing continuously, even more complex than neon lights in cities.
Cultivators of slightly lower levels started to feel dizzy—this was an array, a truly grand array!
Even those core formation cultivators had never seen such a complicated array. They inwardly calmed their minds and wondered what kind of divine being the Medicine King Ancestor actually was that he could create this sort of array.
Their fear towards the ethereal peak's Medicine King Ancestor deepened—such an array, not only core formation cultivators but even Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators would likely find it hard to escape if they fell into it!
Hum!
The triangular light and fifteen beams of radiating light rotated for a while before suddenly stopping.
A number of initial Core Formation cultivators started feeling lightheaded and collapsed on the ground. Just watching this array rotate had hurt their eyes!
Varying reflections formed 150 large light spots and 1,500 small light spots in the valley.
Hao Ren pointed at Duan Yao beside him with his finger, "Core Formation cultivators stand on the big dots, Foundation Establishment cultivators on the small ones."
Duan Yao snapped out of her shock and looked at Hao Ren before gritting her teeth and making some high gestures.
Heaven Mountain Sect had its own way of setting up arrays; special hand signals represented specific meanings. Occasionally, sects would clash violently, and in those situations, setting up an array was crucially important.
Duan Yao, as the daughter of Heaven Mountain Sect's掌門, naturally knew how to set up arrays. With her gestures, 150 Core Formation cultivators from Heaven Mountain Sect and 1,500 Foundation Establishment cultivators each took their respective positions.
In this situation, Duan Yao dared not make any small movements; these were disciples under her control, and if the array went wrong in any way, all of these Heaven Mountain Sect cultivators might meet a fatal end!
Although she was determined to leave the Heaven Mountain Sect, she didn't want to see these disciples suffer unexpected harm.
Beyond the valley, 15 Spirit Fetus Realm cultivators followed Zhen Cunming's instructions and placed their hands on the array disk.
In an instant, the Spirit Fetus cultivators felt their spiritual energy spilling out wildly; this massive array seemed like a bottomless pit that suddenly wanted to suck all of their powers!
The other unrelated cultivators near the array suddenly felt an intense counterforce and were all pushed away.
Seven-star Eight-diagram Array, activate!
The sky changed color as clouds rushed in; a clear blue sky instantly turned dark red!
The golden shield within the valley didn't dare to make any moves either and actively hid inside Hao Ren's芥子space.
Xiaobai saw things weren't looking good and also retreated into its dog bed. Lu L琳琳and Lu莉莉stood beside Hao Ren, fearing that anything might happen with this array.
If there were any mistakes in such a grand array, all the cultivators within would suffer consequences of sudden destruction!
The robes of the 15 Spirit Fetus Realm cultivators swelled up one by one, proving that their spiritual energy was being pushed to its limits. If they weren't careful, even their flesh and bones might be sucked into this array disk!
Such a perilous array formation is even the ancient barbaric grand arrays might not have! However, at this moment, they are unable to control their own bodies; there's no chance for them to regret!
In the valley, stepping on light points and following Hao Ren’s commands and Duan Yao's control of 150 Core Formation cultivators and 1500 Foundation Establishment cultivators release their power at varying speeds, each drenched in sweat.
Just one wrong step or half a beat late could mean the end!
Duan Yao listened to Hao Ren's commands, her delicate palms sweating profusely. She truly dared not make any mistakes as the lives of over a thousand disciples from the Heavenly Mountain Sect were in her hands. If the array formation suddenly collapsed, these Heavenly Mountain Sect disciples would be hit first.
Xie Yujia stood beside Hao Ren and was also very anxious. But she didn’t expect that these Heavenly Mountain Sect disciples had proper composure, their movements steady as they followed Duan Yao’s instructions meticulously.
The Heavenly Mountain Sect isn't so incapable if it doesn't anger the matriarch, Xie Yujia thought to herself.
She looked at Duan Yao again and felt that this Duan Yao was quite capable. Blood was flowing from Duan Yao’s wrist, but she still endured the pain, fearing any delay in her movements would cost Heavenly Mountain Sect disciples their lives.
Hao Ren maintained a calm expression as he guided Duan Yao on how to control the actions of the Heavenly Mountain Sect based on changes in light and the incantation Smart甄 taught him.
From this perspective, Hao Ren and Duan Yao seemed to work very well together. Standing beside him, Duan Yao looked petite and adorable.
The array formation enveloping Vague Peak flickered between brightness and darkness as it entered a critical phase. The 15 Soul Formation Elders providing spiritual energy support for the massive array were almost at their limit.
Smart甄 used them like stable output stones, but such ancient barbaric arrays are not something mere Soul Formation can sustain!
Seeing the situation worsening, these Soul Formation ancestors could only spit out their essence blood and use their life-bound spiritual energy.
This method would inevitably deplete their power, but there was no other way now!
The 15 Soul Formation Elders simultaneously spat blood!
In the valley, the 150 Core Formation cultivators and 1500 Foundation Establishment cultivators felt increasingly heavy footsteps. They were risking everything to drive the array formation’s operation; it was like over a thousand cultivators collectively pushing a giant millstone!
The cultivators thrown out were shocked by the light swirling around Vague Peak. Such an array is likely only found in ancient secret realms!
The 15 Soul Formation cultivators felt their spiritual energy surging outwards, even drawing essence blood connected to their lives. As three mid-stage Soul Formation Heavenly Mountain Sect Elders were about to collapse, the countless swirling lights suddenly converged.
Bang!
In the valley, the 150 Core Formation cultivators and 1500 Foundation Establishment cultivators suddenly fell to their knees. Exhausted from the strain, they could no longer stand when the array formation completed itself in an instant.
Duan Yao let out a long sigh of relief and turned to look at Hao Ren, about to reveal her joy but then suddenly shifted into anger.
She and Hao Ren have irreconcilable conflicts; this will never change!
The Heavenly Mountain Sect disciples didn’t dare linger around Vague Peak and hastily ran out from the valley entrance. Their spiritual energy was almost depleted, making it effortless for Medicine King Ancestor to kill them.
Leader Ye Yan glanced back at Duan Yao; seeing her beside Hao Ren made him feel conflicted. Sending Duan Yao to Vague Peak meant banishing her from Heavenly Mountain Sect, and he didn’t want any association with her. Therefore, he distanced himself, but now it seemed that Duan Yao had truly attached herself to a powerful figure who would surpass him in the future.
The array formation suddenly converged into a perfect circular light shield. This white shield reflected blue skies and clouds like a glass mirror.
But soon enough, the stabilized array became completely transparent as if it didn’t exist anymore. Vague Peak remained shrouded in mist, becoming mysterious and unfathomable once more.
The Soul Formation Elders who lost between 100 to 200 years of cultivation power spat blood while hurriedly returning to their camps to quickly treat their injuries.
Although their realm has recovered, the cost was extremely severe. Without a hundred years of seclusion, they couldn't hope to regain this level of cultivation.
The three small sects around Mystic Peak were isolated outside the array formation and not part of the grand array's coverage. However, who would dare trouble them given their connection with Ancestor Medicine King
During these few days, when the six-layer Heaven sects couldn't find Ancestor Medicine King, they all flattered these three small sects, treating them as if they were from the seventh layer of heaven.
Now, relying on Mystic Peak, the status of these three small sects that acted as intermediaries for Mystic Peak's spirit herbs and elixirs business has sharply risen to become the most famous and valuable sects in the fifth layer of heaven.
The completion of Mystic Peak’s grand array made these three small sects more daring. However, they didn't rely on their connection with Ancestor Medicine King to act like tigers themselves; instead, they became even more cautious – being close to a tiger is dangerous, and if the ancestor gets dissatisfied, it would be them who suffer first.
"Hmph!" Zhen Caiming returned to Mystic Peak on his black disk with an expression of satisfaction.
This was the first time he had implemented such a grand array, yet unexpectedly, it was accomplished smoothly.
"How powerful is this really" Hao Ren asked him.
Initially wanting to receive praise from Hao Ren, Zhen Caiming's face turned red when he heard Hao Ren’s slightly questioning tone. "You can have them try!"
"Alright!" Hao Ren also wanted to test it out – if the array formation was just for show, he would make Zhen Caiming redo it.
He then turned to look at the Lu sisters.
"Young Master, we will give it a try!" The Lu sisters understood Hao Ren's intentions and shot out of the valley in an instant.
The cultivators watching from afar but not daring to approach Mystic Peak were surprised when they saw two female cultivators emerge from the valley.
However, their faces turned pale as soon as the Lu sisters revealed their late-stage Core Formation realm power.
"Attack!"
The Lu sisters shouted and simultaneously launched their black and white rings.
The array formation covering Mystic Peak emitted a flash of white light and bounced back the Lu sisters' Yin-Yang Rings.
Lu L琳琳和陸莉莉接住圓環，再猛地打出去。剛剛那一下，她們不敢用儘全力，而這一下，卻是加足了功力。
嘭……
震天巨響，飄渺峰絲毫未損，陸琳琳和陸莉莉的陰陽雙環，卻被彈出千米之外。
"你們！一起啊！”陸琳琳看了看周圍的修士，尤其是那三個用靈草換符籙，已經恢複境界的元嬰期修士，催促說道。
藥王老祖的弟子的命令，誰敢不從，於是乎，數千個結丹期的修士，以及三位功力未損的元嬰老祖，都打出自己的法寶。
轟隆隆隆……幾乎能夠把礦山都炸平的猛烈攻擊，卻絲毫不能撼動飄渺峰，站在山穀裡的郝仁，甚至感覺不到晃動！
這樣打了一陣，那些跟著陸家姐妹猛攻飄渺峰的修士們，越打越心驚——這樣變態的陣法，誰見過啊！
隻是用半個時辰就完成的陣法，就如此牢固……惹誰都不要惹藥王老祖！
“收手吧。”謝雨嘉笑了一笑，對著郝仁說道。
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The Lu sisters caught their rings and launched them again with full power. There was an earth-shattering explosion; Mystic Peak remained unscathed while the Yin-Yang Rings were sent flying a kilometer away.
"You all! Join in!" Lu L琳琳 saw the three recovered Core Formation cultivators around her, urging them to attack together.
With no one daring to defy Medicine King’s disciples’ orders, thousands of Core Formation cultivators and three undamaged late-stage Core Formation powerhouses launched their treasures.
The barrage was powerful enough to level mountains, yet Mystic Peak didn't budge. Standing in the valley, Hao Ren felt nothing but calm!
After this assault, those attacking alongside the Lu sisters were increasingly alarmed – who had seen such a monstrous array formation
A half-hour completion time and already so robust… no one should provoke Medicine King Ancestor.
"Stop," Xie Yujia smiled at Hao Ren and said.hones out, taking pictures hurriedly."The president's cultivation level is getting stronger and stronger. Before, we could sense his spiritual energy. Now he has reached a realm where it's undetectabl...