Mo Tianxiao suddenly revealed his figure, badly startling Zi Ling'er who was covered in cold sweat beside him.
"Senior?!"
Seeing the senior's incredibly excited and ferocious smile, she felt an inexplicable chill.
"Rumble!!"
Accompanied by a roar like that of an ancient behemoth, a monstrous grand array rose up with the Sixth Elder of the Zi family at its center, covering a radius of a hundred miles and enveloping dozens of figures within.
The spiritual energy within their bodies dissipated with lightning speed.
Everyone's expressions changed drastically in horror, a thick layer of cold sweat breaking out on their backs.
"It's a trap!"
The three elders reacted instantly. Their eyes widened fiercely as if they were about to pop out, making them look exceptionally ferocious.
"A triple high-tier Spirit Sealing Array!!"
"No! There's also a high-tier Concealment Array!"
The members of the Zi family were all experienced people who had seen the world; they recognized these as high-tier arrays at a glance.
The triple high-tier Spirit Sealing Array had been hidden beneath the high-tier Concealment Array, preventing them from noticing it at all.
"The opponent is actually a high-tier Array Master!?"
Before the crowd could fully react, the spiritual energy in their bodies rapidly drained away, and they began to plummet from the sky. During their fall, the air suddenly grew damp, and traces of purple electrical arcs slowly began to flash.
"Crack!!!"
Incredibly thick purple lightning bolts, like divine punishment, tore through the air. Mixing with the rain conjured by the array, they violently blasted toward the dozens of falling figures.
"Roar!!"
Lightning dragons roared, instantly turning the surrounding hundred miles into a sea of lightning. Countless flowers, grass, and trees were mercilessly shredded, and the smell of burning filled the air.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
Tragic, agonizing screams erupted within the grand array. With their spiritual energy sealed, the crowd could only use their physical bodies to endure the divine lightning punishment, which possessed power comparable to a Primordial Spirit Realm attack.
"A high-tier Lightning Punishment Array!?"
The three elders looked utterly horrified. They completely hadn't expected the opponent to be so ruthless. A mere rogue cultivator was actually a high-tier Array Master with such an exaggerated foundation.
Besides the grand Concealment Array and the triple Spirit Sealing Array, there was also a Rainmaking Array and a Lightning Punishment Array. Five arrays in total, all of them high-tier arrays.
Just the wealth required to set up these arrays would reach tens of millions of spirit stones!
How could a mere rogue cultivator be so rich!?
However, the current situation left them no time to think so much. The roaring lightning dragons bombarded their bodies, every strike tearing their skin and sending blood and flesh flying.
The Profound Comprehension Realm cultivators couldn't even withstand a single bolt of lightning punishment, dying on the spot!
The Void Refinement Realm cultivators were also unable to endure so many lightning attacks for long. Before long, they were all at death's door, their bodies mangled and broken.
Only the three elders were left struggling to hold on, the wounds on their bodies growing in number and becoming ever more gruesome.
"Hold on!"
Seeing such heavy casualties in just a short moment, the Sixth Elder's gaze instantly became extremely ferocious, his eyes blood-red like a demon crawling out of hell.
"Rogue cultivator!!"
The next second, unable to bear it any longer, he took out a large bell from his spatial ring.
"Seventh Elder, Eighth Elder! Join me, pour your spiritual energy into the Xuanhuang Bell!"
The Spirit Sealing Array could suppress their cultivation and seal their spiritual energy.
But ultimately, it couldn't achieve a complete seal. Even a triple Spirit Sealing Array still left them with a tiny bit of spiritual energy.
However, injecting just that tiny bit of spiritual energy into the quasi-Saint weapon, the Xuanhuang Bell, failed to stir up even the slightest ripple.
"F*ck!!"
"Li Yu! You will die today!!"
Seeing that they couldn't even activate the Xuanhuang Bell, the Sixth Elder instantly flew into a thundering rage. He roared the rogue cultivator's name. At this moment, he truly took this rogue cultivator who had entrapped them seriously.
"Hold on! This Spirit Sealing Array will dispel in a quarter of an hour at most! As long as we hold on until the Spirit Sealing Array ends, it will be their time to die!!"
The three elders, blasted into bloody messes by the lightning, wore expressions of extreme ferocity and malice.
Even if their bodies were blasted to pieces, they were going to kill this bastard!
A mere Profound Comprehension Realm rogue cultivator dared to scheme against their Zi family. What audacity!!
"Keh keh keh keh..."
"You don't think it ends here, do you?"
Mo Tianxiao's voice echoed into the grand array from all directions. The voice was shrill and grim, like a life-claiming judge from the underworld. A chill shot from the soles of the Zi family members' feet straight to the crowns of their heads. Their hairs stood on end, and they immediately felt that things were taking a turn for the worse.
The Sixth Elder hoarsely shouted, "Li Yu! Stop the grand array at once! Hand over Zi Ling'er, and I can let you join the Zi family and become an elder!"
Although he desperately wanted to curse this thief out and then slice him into a thousand pieces, they were currently at a disadvantage. They were the prey.
He could only feign compliance for now to get the enemy to release them. Once they caught their breath, they would bring him to justice!
A rogue cultivator who had killed so many members of the Zi family could absolutely never join them. The Zi family always exacted revenge for any grudge. No matter how capable the opponent was, having killed their people, there was only one outcome: death.
"Join the Zi family? What the hell is your Zi family worth? You think you can accommodate me?"
Mo Tianxiao couldn't help but want to laugh.
Why was a family that didn't even have a Saint Realm expert so confident?
Perhaps the Zi family could be considered powerful on this continent, but in Mo Tianxiao's eyes, they really were worth nothing.
Any random friend he pulled out would have a status more impressive than the entire Zi family combined.
Not to mention, he was the personal disciple of the sect master of a top-tier sect. The people he usually interacted with were all Saint Realm big shots, or even Quasi-Emperor experts.
Having spent so much time with big shots, he couldn't even feel a trace of pressure when seeing these ordinary factions.
This was the confidence brought by a massive background.
"You dare underestimate the Zi family! Li Yu, you will pay a price, a painful price!"
The Sixth Elder took out a jade token from his spatial ring, spoke a few words into it, and then crushed it. Instantly, a brilliant light erupted from the jade token, shooting into the sky and rushing toward the Immortal City.
"I have already sent your information to the Huangfu family. Brat, and you too, Zi Ling'er, just you wait! If the Zi family can't suppress you, let's see if the Huangfu family can!"
The Sixth Elder's eyes widened in fury, his mouth curling into a ferocious, wild laugh. His tone was incredibly sinister. "Do you know what I said? I said you two are an adulterous couple! Li Yu, you touched Young Master Huangfu's woman. Do you know what your fate will be?"
"You don't need to worry about my fate. You'd better worry about yourself."
Mo Tianxiao calmly snapped his fingers, activating the one hundred high-tier Explosive Flame Talismans buried beneath the array.
"Bang!!!"
Terrifying flames erupted with a boom, devouring everything within a hundred miles. The violent explosion sent out terrifying shockwaves that shook the earth and mountains, making it impossible for Zi Ling'er to even stand steadily.
The blinding firelight instantly surged thousands of meters high, tearing a hideous vortex into the clouds in the sky.
The explosion lasted for several minutes, and a mushroom cloud gradually rose.
In the massive primeval forest, a pitch-black, scorched area appeared. Thick smoke billowed in a scene resembling an apocalyptic disaster. For a hundred miles around, not a single blade of grass survived, leaving onlookers utterly shocked.
Not long after, heavy rain began to pour from the sky. Mixing with the thick smoke, a strange smell rushed into the noses of Mo Tianxiao and Zi Ling'er.
Amidst the thick smoke and torrential rain, the residual might of the Lightning Punishment Array was still unleashing its power. Tendrils of purple lightning continued to crackle and surge relentlessly through the black haze, wreaking havoc as if determined to obliterate every last enemy.
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
Cheng's father told him he was getting remarried—to a wealthy woman. Cao Cheng realized his time had finally come: he was about to become a second-generation rich kid. Sure, it might be a watered-down version, but hey, at least he'd have status now, right? The wealthy woman also had four daughters!! Which meant, starting today, Cao Cheng gained four stunning older sisters?? But that wasn't even the whole story... "My name is Cao Cheng—'Cheng' as in 'honest, smooth-talking gentleman'!"
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
