Divining the Aura to Decipher the Death Trap Formation

Hiss, hiss, hiss—

Under the corrosion of the Yin energy, the True Qi protective shield emitted a teeth-aching dissolving sound. The faces of the two grand eunuchs were already pale as paper. Before the cold sweat on their foreheads could drop, it was frozen into ice shards by the extreme cold of their surroundings.

Your Majesty, the Yin and baleful energy here is getting heavier. The consumption rate of our True Qi is more than ten times faster than before! The hand Yu Huatian used to hold his sword was trembling slightly, but he still stood firmly to protect Wang Hao.

In contrast, Wang Hao, who was protected in the middle by the two, had a very solemn expression.

Emperor's Qi Observation Technique, full power!

Deep in Wang Hao's eyes, a faint golden light surfaced. In this state, the world in his eyes once again turned into an abstract realm composed of countless lines, cyclones, and nodes.

Do not stop. Continue forward for twelve steps, then stop. Wang Hao's voice rang out in the silent ghostly domain without a trace of panic.

Wei Zhongxian and Yu Huatian were extremely loyal, and they pushed forward without hesitation according to the instructions.

When they took the twelfth step, the black mist in front of them suddenly rolled violently like boiling water. A terrifying pressure far exceeding before crashed down like a hundred thousand mountains, pressing Wei Zhongxian and Yu Huatian's legs to bend, almost making them kneel directly on the ground.

What... what kind of monster is that?! Wei Zhongxian jerked his head up, his shrill voice revealing unconcealable fear.

Less than thirty strides ahead of them, the black mist dispersed, revealing the true core of this ghostly domain—the array core!

It was a high platform piled up with countless ghastly white bones. Above the high platform floated a black bead the size of a millstone, emitting a faint green light. Countless visible Yin energy chains gathered from all directions and connected to this bead, maintaining the operation of the entire ghostly domain.

And at the very front of the bone platform, entrenched an extremely terrifying behemoth.

It was a deformed monster up to three zhang tall. It had no lower body; its lower half was completely merged with the underground bone platform. Its upper body looked like an extremely swollen flesh tumor, densely covered with hundreds of withered arms, each holding a wailing human head. The most creepy thing was that its abdomen split open into a huge mouth, filled with interlocking fangs, like an abyss leading to hell. At the lowest end of the monster was an umbilical cord connected to the black bead.

This was the true body of the Tier-Six Great Omen Anomaly—the Hundred-Armed Wailing Skeleton Lord! That black bead was also a part of the Hundred-Armed Wailing Skeleton Lord's body. It was exactly this bead that maintained the operation of the ghostly domain. Anyone who wanted to destroy the bead had to step over its dead body first.

Hehehe—the smell of the living... the smell of fresh blood...

From the huge mouth on the monster's abdomen came an eerie laughter. Along with its laughter, the surrounding Yin and baleful energy turned into hundreds of visible black wind blades, spinning madly around it.

Gulp. Yu Huatian swallowed hard. Your Majesty, that is the true body of a Tier-Six anomaly... The baleful energy on its body has already condensed into a tangible protective astral shield. With the cultivation of this servant and Eunuch Wei, let alone killing it, we cannot even break its defense!

A Tier-Six anomaly was equivalent to the peak of the Sixth Realm of Martial Arts, the True Intent Realm, among human martial artists. With the enhancement of the ghostly domain, it could even burst out the terrifying strength of the Seventh Realm of Martial Arts, the Astral Qi Realm!

Of course, we cannot fight it head-on.

Wang Hao narrowed his eyes slightly, the Emperor's Qi Observation Technique locking firmly onto that monster.

In his field of vision, the seemingly indestructible baleful energy astral shield on the monster's body was actually full of mixed intersections of various airflows. Especially that huge mouth on its abdomen; every time it breathed, it would extract the surrounding Yin energy, simultaneously exposing an extremely brief energy fault.

And the array core black bead behind it was the hub of the entire array's operation. Although the monster was powerful, it had to divert thirty percent of its strength through those Yin energy chains to maintain the barrier of the ghostly domain, resisting the frantic bombardment of Sun Li and others from the outside.

Boom—!!!

Right at this moment, an extremely muffled loud noise came from above the ghostly domain. The entire space shook violently, and a huge depression was smashed into the black mist overhead. Obviously, that was the grand eunuch Sun Li outside, attacking the ghostly domain barrier like a madman.

Wang Hao keenly caught that at the moment the loud noise came from outside, in order to stabilize the array, the baleful energy on the monster's body inevitably surged towards its head, causing a fist-sized, extremely hidden fatal luck point to appear where its abdomen and lower body's umbilical cord connected to the bone platform!

That fatal point was the most deadly flaw when the array was running! As long as that place was cut off, the connection between the monster and the array core would be instantly severed, and the ghostly domain would collapse on its own!

So that is how it is... A cold arc curled up at the corner of Wang Hao's mouth.

Although his Emperor's Qi Observation Technique could not kill enemies directly, being able to see through the enemy's fatal weakness on this rapidly changing battlefield made it a top-tier divine skill!

Wei Zhongxian, Yu Huatian, listen carefully. Wang Hao lowered his voice.

This servant is here!

Although this monster is formidable, in order to resist the attacks outside, it has already bound most of its strength to the array core. It is now a living array node; pulling one hair will move the whole body. Wang Hao's gaze was as cold as a knife. I do not need you to kill it, and you cannot kill it either.

I want you to be the bait!

Bait? Both of them were stunned.

That is right. Sun Li outside will launch the fiercest astral energy bombardment every three breaths. When the third bombardment falls, this monster's attention will be completely drawn upwards. At that instant, the two of you must abandon all defense, squeeze out all the True Qi in your bodies, and attack that huge mouth on its abdomen from the left and right sides respectively!

Wang Hao's voice revealed a hint of madness. Remember, do not hold anything back, and do not think about defending. Even if it means risking serious injury, you must attract all its attention to yourselves for me!

Yu Huatian and Wei Zhongxian looked at each other, both seeing the hesitation in the other's eyes. For Fifth Realm martial artists to abandon defense and forcefully attack a Tier-Six anomaly, how was this any different from courting death?

But they were the Emperor's hounds. If the monarch wanted the subject to die, the subject had to die! Moreover, this was also their only chance to survive!

This servant obeys the decree! The two bit the tips of their tongues, using the severe pain to stimulate their nearly dried-up dantians, their eyes turning completely crimson.

As for Wang Hao, he quietly took half a step back, completely hiding his figure in the blind spot of the shadows behind the two.

Looking from afar, there was no True Qi fluctuation. In this ghostly domain filled with berserk Yin and baleful energy, as long as he did not actively expose himself, he was like a lifeless stone, making it hard to attract the monster's attention.

He was going to fish in troubled waters. He was going to catch that fleeting flaw in this life-and-death moment!

Three! Wang Hao counted silently in his heart, feeling the energy fluctuations of the array barrier above.

Two! The astral energy fluctuations outside were getting more and more berserk, as if a volcano was about to erupt.

"One!"

"BOOM!!!"

An unprecedented, earth-shattering explosion detonated right above their heads. Outside, Sun Li was clearly putting his very life on the line. The sheer power of his strike pierced through the barrier, shaking the high altar of white bones so violently that cracks began to form across its surface.

"Now! Strike!" Wang Hao let out a fierce, low growl.