My Synthesizer Has Talent

Chapter 233: Chapter 231: First Battle Using an Array

Su Qing didn’t want to get too entangled with these guys.

They completed the transaction on the spot.

After receiving the Spirit Stones, the man and woman from the Holy Spirit Race left, one after the other.

The woman looked like she was about to explode, glaring at the man in the Qi Cultivation Realm throughout the transaction.

It looked like he was going to be taught a lesson when they got back.

At least the Female Cultivator from the Holy Spirit Race understood the situation.

’This wasn’t their Holy Spirit Race’s territory, after all.’

Su Qing felt that the Cultivators on the islands were even more vicious than those on the Continent.

First, there was the matter of identity.

Second, it was easy to flee.

Third, the sea regions had too many factions, and the population was a chaotic mix.

As a result, it was common for Cultivators here to kill someone and then simply disappear.

They were especially hard to find. Once they fled, it was impossible to track them down without special means.

Otherwise, it was truly like trying to find a needle in an ocean.

For this very reason, most Cultivators in the sea regions were careful not to offend others easily.

’Besides, who could tell if someone was a Demon Cultivator or an Immortal Cultivator?’

Everything was uncertain.

...

After Su Qing went inside, he continued to research Arrays.

When Su Hongshang entered what she believed to be a Small Secret Realm, what greeted her was a colossal, petrified hand.

It was loosely clenched into a fist, rising hundreds of meters from the ground with its palm held vertically.

It was a severed hand.

Upon seeing the giant, petrified hand, Su Hongshang realized this was no Small Secret Realm.

It was a Secret Realm of unimaginable size. She tried to turn back, only to find that the entrance had already vanished.

Many other Cultivators had arrived as well.

Everyone realized that something was wrong with this Secret Realm. They had been deceived.

The Secret Realms weren’t connected!

...

「Several days passed.」

A good number of Cultivators from the Holy Spirit Race had appeared on Profound Bright Island.

When Su Qing went out, he noticed that these members of the Holy Spirit Race hardly had powerful Cultivation.

The strongest among them were only at the Foundation Establishment Realm.

However, the most important thing was that anyone with a mark on their forehead, no matter how faint, could practice Cultivation.

This was the most incredible part. ’The Holy Spirit Race... can their entire race practice Cultivation?’

Su Qing glanced at the bounty board.

His name was still on the list.

Su Qing paid it no mind.

’This was to be expected.’

The reward had now reached a Tier Seven Spirit Medicine.

’How terrifying.’

It seemed that after these people learned about the miraculous uses of Immortal Qi, they had immediately increased the reward.

Heh.

Su Qing chuckled to himself.

Just then, a Cultivator from the Holy Spirit Race appeared beside him.

He was at Foundation Establishment Perfection.

"What does the Holy Spirit Race want with me?"

"I hear you bullied my people?" The Foundation Establishment Realm Perfection cultivator spoke with an air of arrogant confidence.

"How so?"

"You raised the price when buying the Array Plate? And used your presence to bully a junior?"

Su Qing sneered. "Are you looking for a fight? I, Le, have never been one to be afraid, even of someone at the Foundation Establishment Realm."

"Hmph, underestimating my Holy Spirit Race?" The Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator from the Holy Spirit Race snorted, his eyes filled with contempt.

At the same time, he launched a subtle Soul Killing Technique.

It shot forward like a thin viper, aiming to burrow into the space between Su Qing’s eyebrows.

Su Qing frowned. "A clever move. A Soul Killing Technique."

He effortlessly dissipated the other’s Soul Killing Technique.

Then, he turned to leave.

"Hm?" The Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator from the Holy Spirit Race was displeased. ’I even used a Soul Killing Technique, and you think you can just walk away?’

’If a covert attack won’t work, then don’t blame me for being overt.’

"Golden Transformation Shuttle!" A terrifying beam of light, born from the synergy of Magic and Magical Artifact, shot toward Su Qing’s back in a sneak attack.

Su Qing spun around.

BOOM!

A stone house collapsed, sending up a great cloud of dust.

Su Qing whirled back around.

A glint of light flashed in his eyes.

The Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the Holy Spirit Race suddenly sensed that something was amiss.

Just as he was about to move, an Array materialized around him, trapping him completely.

The Holy Spirit Race member recognized it as a Tier Two Top Grade Array: the Returning Yuan River-Suppression Array.

This Array was originally meant to suppress water veins and force them into a steady flow, yet now it had him trapped.

The Array had been formed without any supplementary materials.

And its core was nowhere to be found.

"Member of the Holy Spirit Race, look at the ’power’ of your people now."

"Do you believe that I could slaughter every member of the Holy Spirit Race in the Profound Bright Islands today?" Su Qing’s eyes were unnervingly calm.

This was true disdain.

This was true arrogance.

And it was the final straw, a deep sting to the dignity of the Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the Holy Spirit Race.

He was trapped within a mere three-foot space, completely immobile.

The Array held him fast.

The Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the Holy Spirit Race felt a deep sense of contempt—contempt directed at him.

He seethed with indignation.

The mountain-shaped mark on his forehead pulsed with light.

The onlookers had all fled the moment the conflict began.

Even the mortals had scattered.

"The mark on your forehead is shining?"

"Are you actually planning to use your ultimate move against me?"

"Heh..."

That single, contemptuous sound completely enraged him.

The entire mark on his forehead flared with brilliant light.

In that instant, the man’s power erupted, his aura surging to that of the Golden Core Realm.

It was only an aura, however.

One couldn’t just break through to a major Realm in the middle of a fight.

The Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the Holy Spirit Race actually managed to shatter Su Qing’s Tier Two Array.

The Holy Spirit Race member saw a look in Su Qing’s dark eyes that was even more scornful than his own.

The feeling, as if his entire race were being humiliated, made the blood rush to his head.

"Die!" Having broken the confining Array, he once again manipulated his Magical Artifact, unleashing an even more ferocious attack on Su Qing.

The Flying Shuttle Magical Artifact emitted three rays of golden light. They were not only incredibly resilient but also possessed immense piercing power.

Its target was Su Qing.

Banishing Array.

With a single gesture, a Tier Three Banishing Array appeared, abruptly severing the man’s connection to his Magical Artifact.

With another wave of his hand, Su Qing deployed a Tier Three Forbidden God Grand Array.

It formed at the man’s feet.

He was trapped once more.

The Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator’s forehead continued to glow as Magical Power erupted from his body, forming a spearhead that seemed capable of piercing through anything.

He intended to shatter the Array.

Unfortunately...

Even after the terrifying surge of Magical Power, the Array remained unshaken.

"Just stay here quietly. The Array will dissipate on its own after a day."

Su Qing shot him a disgusted glance, then looked at the destruction around them.

He turned, shook his head, and walked away.

THUD.

The Holy Spirit Race member, no longer able to support himself, collapsed to the ground. The mark on his forehead had grown incredibly faint.

’Second Realm strength, yet a Tier Three Array Master?’

The man from the Holy Spirit Race couldn’t believe it. ’How can there be such a heaven-defying Array Master on this island? One who can even perform Void Array Formation without any materials?’

...

The wonders of Arrays.

This was the first time Su Qing had ever used an Array in combat, the first time he’d used his own Magical Power for Array Formation.

’It was surprisingly powerful.’

’As for that member of the Holy Spirit Race, he can’t die!’

’And I can’t kill him openly.’

’Otherwise, I’d just have to move again.’

After using an Array in combat, Su Qing found himself a little mesmerized. The feeling was incredible.

Not only could he deploy arrays with a wave of his hand, but he could also set up various Defensive Arrays around himself.

Although it couldn’t compare to his true power, this was something he had learned himself.

And it was remarkably effective. How could he not be pleased?

’Still, I have to make a calculation.’

After returning, Su Qing took out Xiaoqing.

"Xiaoqing, perform an Inference for me. Will some old timer from the Holy Spirit Race come to settle the score?"

"Yes, Master." Xiaoqing began its calculations.

"Master, there is a ninety percent probability that the Holy Spirit Race will send a Golden Core Realm expert to settle the score. There is a fifty percent probability they will send a Nascent Soul Realm expert. And there is a five percent probability they will not seek retribution at all!"

"A Golden Core Realm expert?" Su Qing silently assessed his situation. ’The only methods I’ve used so far are Arrays.’

’So there’s a high probability my identity won’t be exposed.’

The only fear was the classic scenario: beat the junior, and the senior will show up.

’A ninety percent chance the Holy Spirit Race sends a Golden Core Realm cultivator to get even... and a fifty percent chance they send someone from the Nascent Soul Realm.’

"..."

"If a Nascent Soul Realm expert comes looking for trouble, there’s a very real chance my identity will be exposed," Su Qing sighed softly.

’Never mind anything else, if a Nascent Soul expert came for me, I would have no choice but to kill them.’

’It’s time...’