Chapter 1273: Chapter 968: Mistaken Identity
Jiang Yuan chose a double insurance approach: first he threw out the Capture Net, aiming to render the Array Master’s methods useless; then, just in case, he directly pressed down with the Chaotic Heaven Bell.
However, Ugly Slave’s reaction really wasn’t slow.
Sensing something wrong, he almost reflexively took out a set of Arrays from his Storage Bag and smashed it open by his feet!
"Bang!"
The Array that unfolded amid billowing white smoke turned the thrown one-use Capture Net into scrap.
First time fighting an Array Master, Jiang Yuan’s eyes were opened as well—white smoke billowed, shrouding Ugly Slave, while layers of golden, armor-like "petals" folded toward the center, spreading larger and larger until a seated golden lotus with a diameter of at least over ten meters grew out of the ground.
The system popped up a detailed analysis: this was a single-person Defensive Array that could even withstand a full-power strike from a Void Refinement Realm Cultivator.
"What a pity, such a pretty and practical Defensive Array is actually a one-time consumable." Since it couldn’t be recycled, it was completely meaningless to the hoarder rat; he immediately adjusted the size of the Chaotic Heaven Bell and smashed it straight down.
"Creak~"
"Boom!"
All this—from Jiang Yuan launching his attack, to the opponent putting up Defense, to the Chaotic Heaven Bell coming down like Mount Tai—happened within just a few brief breaths.
That golden lotus Array only held for one second before being crushed; feeling his Defensive Array instantly destroyed, Ugly Slave’s heart jolted, and he immediately realized he was now in pitch darkness.
With no Spiritual Energy and even the Spiritual Power in his body shackled, he held the glazed bottle in his left arm; his right hand kept groping at the Storage Bag, trying again and again, but he could no longer take out anything. He panicked like crazy on the spot.
"Aiya, if I’d known it’d come to this, why did I even set Arrays to prohibit teleportation?" He regretted it to no end.
Back when he designed the Arrays in the Tribulation Crossing Holy Land, to be safe, he had deliberately layered them to block all teleportation, to prevent any disciple from leaking the Holy Land’s secrets.
Who would’ve thought that the Arrays he personally laid would end up screwing him over!
If teleportation wasn’t restricted, the moment he sensed something off he would’ve greased his heels and run; how would he have fallen to this point?
In his panic he threw out the golden lotus Array, thinking he’d first save his own skin and delay for a while, pass a message out and calmly wait for rescue. Who knew the visitor came with ill intent, and the high-level Array he’d finally forged was shattered in an instant; with no way to use his other methods and no way to send a cry for help, what the hell was he supposed to do!
Jiang Yuan flew down beside the Chaotic Heaven Bell, glanced at the broken Array remnants under his feet, then clicked to check the details inside the Bell and chose to first take out the glazed bottle.
Thus, the treasure Ugly Slave had been hugging in his arms vanished for no apparent reason, scaring him into repeatedly stumbling backward. He strained his throat, shouting hoarsely, "Daoist friend, just who might you be? I am the disciple of the Array Master Hao Daqiang. I can now be considered accomplished in my studies and also rich as a nation. Whatever you want, we can talk it out!"
In the darkness it was absolutely silent; he could only hear the pounding bang-bang of his own rapidly beating heart.
"A hundred thousand Essence, and it can actually be stuffed into such a small bottle." Jiang Yuan was holding the glazed treasure bottle, examining it. The exquisite bottle body reflected seven-colored light, making the bottle full of tiny points of light look even more dreamlike.
How many living human lives did it take to refine a hundred thousand Essence!
Forcing down his anger, Jiang Yuan first put away the glazed bottle, then selected Ugly Slave. The next second, the other party felt his vision suddenly brighten, and immediately begged for mercy, "I don’t know how I’ve offended Daoist friend. I hope you can be magnanimous and spare me!"
As he spoke, he flailed and kicked with his deformed arms and legs, selling his misery: "Just look at this ghost of a body and you’ll know I’m a wretch by birth, abused and crippled since I was a child.
It wasn’t easy for me to Cultivate to the point of Transformation, yet I still look neither like a man nor a ghost. Not only am I discriminated against all the time, I get ordered around every single day. They sent me to check the Arrays here, and I have to come work myself to death in this freezing weather..."
"Tsk tsk!" Jiang Yuan cut off his sob story while madly tapping to cast the Soul-Devouring Demon Skill, mocking, "Ugly Slave, you were born crippled and abandoned by your race, yet your esteemed master took you in. And you go around outside slandering him for abusing you. So ungrateful, heartless like a wolf and dog—does your master know?"
Damn, turns out it’s someone I know?!
Ugly Slave froze for a moment, then became enraged from embarrassment.
The name "Ugly Slave" was indeed one he’d changed to himself, but that didn’t mean he was willing to let others call him that to his face! Whether it was Evil Cultivators in the Leisure Sect, or Cultivators he interacted with daily, who didn’t respectfully call him "Ugly Lord" or "Master"?
He thought to himself that this guy was hiding his aura with a bronze mask; he must be someone extremely familiar with me, otherwise it would be impossible for him to know the secret of my abandonment.
Who could it be?
As he split off a Divine Split in thought, he belatedly realized his Spiritual Power and vitality were draining away, and immediately reacted, "Soul-Devouring Demon Skill?! Qi Baijun, you actually ambushed me! Fellow disciples must not slaughter each other, the Sect Leader regularly conducts strict inspections. You’ve committed a capital crime!"
Jiang Yuan: ???
Who’s that? Since he also knows the Soul-Devouring Demon Skill, if I catch him and drain his Lifespan, there’s a chance I can trigger skill absorption and learning, merge them and level up the Soul-Devouring Demon Skill!
"I’ll give you a chance to live for now." Frenziedly spamming the skill, he watched the other’s HP drop into a sliver before finally stopping, still unsatisfied, and asked, "Where is your master Hao Daqiang now?"
Ugly Slave’s Spiritual Power was completely gone, and his remaining vitality wasn’t much either. He drooped his head listlessly and tilted his eyes to look at him, sneering, "So you still plan to delusionally recruit my master under your banner.
Heh, that madman who only knows how to study Arrays will never submit to you, give up on that idea.
Though my Array forging skill can’t compare to my master’s, as long as I’m around to pass messages back and forth, if you provide enough Spirit Stones and materials, he can forge whatever Array you want. Why do you need to use such base methods to harm me?"
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