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Chapter 41: The Fierce Battle
Chapter 41: The Fierce Battle
“You think relying on a 7th Grade Grand Array makes you untouchable, demon?”
Ouyang Haoze sneered at Lv Yang across the shimmering barrier of the array. “Array Art is just an inanimate object. We Cultivators’ true strength lies in our Cultivation Realms!”
“In the end, only a fight will settle this.”
Lv Yang’s instincts screamed warnings, though his expression remained calm. “If you’re so confident, step into the array and prove it. Otherwise, retreat quietly.”
“Fool! You’ve signed your own death warrant!”
With a chilling grin, Ouyang Haoze strode forward, then inhaled sharply and unleashed a thunderous roar from his throat. This was the Divine Martial Gate’s supreme technique, the “Thousand-Mile Shattering Void Voice”—a secret technique that harnessed Heaven and Earth's spiritual energy and infused it with the gate’s unique third-tier true qi, the Divine Martial True Qi. The resulting sonic waves would reduce everything within a thousand miles to dust, friend or foe alike.
The devastating sound wave crashed into the array.
Runic lines shattered, revealing skeletal soldiers of varied forms. The grand array itself split open, torn apart by sheer force!
Without pause, Ouyang Haoze drew a circular mirror.
“Call forth the Tai Xiao Patriarch!”
With a seal, he hurled the mirror skyward. A colossal beam of light erupted, freezing the breach in the array mid-air.
The marketplace trembled violently.
Cultivators scrambled backward, avoiding the array’s edges, their faces pale with panic.
Fairy Feixia’s face went deathly white. In the next breath, she whirled on Lu Yuanchun, who stood with an odd expression, and snapped, “Stay here. Don’t you dare move an inch!”
After being betrayed before, she trusted him even less now. Her beautiful face twisted into something almost feral. “If not for Brother Lv, you’d already be dead outside this marketplace. Try fleeing again, and I’ll kill you myself, no matter the cost!”
“You’ve misunderstood, Fei Xia…”
Lu Yuanchun chuckled nervously, cowed by her murderous glare. He swallowed the dark thoughts rising in his mind.
The chaos soon stabilized as two Late Foundation Building cultivators held their ground.
Still, everyone knew this was temporary.
The outcome between Lv Yang and Ouyang Haoze would be the final straw that broke the camel’s back. For now, Fairy Feixia could only place her faith in Lv Yang.
Faith that he could create a miracle.
“This… is a Spirit Treasure?”
Lv Yang stared at the mirror above, his face darkening. “No ordinary one—it’s a yang-attribute Spirit Treasure designed to counter the Hundred-Bone Reanimation Array!”
Ouyang Haoze laughed triumphantly. “The Hundred-Bone Reanimation Array has stood in Skull Mountain for centuries. Do you think the Divine Martial Gate would act without preparing countermeasures?”
“With the Celestial Mirror, your death is sealed today!”
This treasure wasn’t even his own—it belonged to a Foundation Building expert from the Divine Martial Gate, forged specifically to dismantle the Hundred-Bone Reanimation Array. Its power was unquestionable.
Above the marketplace, Lv Yang’s face tightened. Without a word, he turned to flee.
“Hmph! Running now?”
Ouyang Haoze shot forward without hesitation, roaring again. The sound wave pulverized the skeletal soldiers around him as he chased.
But then—chaos erupted!
The moment Ouyang Haoze stepped deeper into the array, his expression shifted. Instinctively, he tried to retreat, only to find himself surrounded by crimson runic lines.
“You actually dared to enter…”
Lv Yang halted mid-flight, turning to face Ouyang Haoze. The panic on his face vanished, replaced by a chilling smile.
“This is impossible!”
Ouyang Haoze’s eye twitched, his voice rising in disbelief. “The Hundred-Bone Reanimation Array was clearly sealed by the Celestial Mirror! Why does another array exist here? When was this second array set up? How did I miss all traces of its formation?”
“I didn’t need to set one up.”
Lv Yang smirked inwardly. His Bloodwash Celestial River Sword Array Diagram relied entirely on the Blood Sun Sword Core, an array treasure that formed the array instantly upon command—leaving no traces behind!
In a flash, a fluttering banner appeared in his hand—
The Primordial Qi Ten-Thousand Spirit Banner!
As it waved, countless banner spirits soared out, positioning themselves at the array’s nodes. Each spirit moved as if guided by unseen forces.
Lv Yang had designed the array with this banner in mind. Now, ten thousand souls from the banner occupied the nodes, unleashing a crimson tide. The heavens turned red as a river of blood surged northward, crashing down on Ouyang Haoze like a celestial waterfall!
Ouyang Haoze grunted in pain, staggering.
The Heavenly Demon Blood Transformation Ray!
Trapped in the array, he couldn’t evade the divine light’s wrath. His once-potent vitality now drained like a broken dam.
“Celestial Radiance, save me!”
Golden armor gleamed as layers of treasure light enveloped him, halting the Heavenly Demon Ray’s pull.
The Celestial Radiance Armor—forged from Demon-Subduing Radiance—clashed with the ray, creating a stalemate.
Finally, Ouyang Haoze exhaled in relief.
He hadn’t expected that even with the Celestial Mirror and Celestial Radiance Armor, two Spirit Treasures, and his own formidable cultivation, he’d nearly been undone.
“No escape now…”
His eyes burned crimson. Rather than retreat, he fixed Lv Yang with a killing intent so thick it choked the air.
“…Only counterattack!”
As a true heir to his sect, his will was unshakable. He knew well the rule of the sword: “Victory goes to the brave in a narrow path.” Fleeing would only let Lv Yang toy with him until death. To survive, he had to kill Lv Yang—destroy the master, and the array would collapse!
Boom!
Protected by his armor, Ouyang Haoze lunged at Lv Yang, his spear aimed at the Primordial Qi Ten-Thousand Spirit Banner in his hand.
“If I can’t kill Lv Yang, destroying that banner might still save me…”
“Perfect!”
Lv Yang waved the banner. A figure materialized—Liu Xin, his face blank, still dazed.
Then—
“Explode!”
With a deafening blast, Liu Xin’s mouth wrenched open, roaring a single word: “Kill!”
A Slaughter Incantation—a self-destructive technique meant for mutual annihilation.
Lv Yang had long thought Liu Xin too timid in using the banner. After all, the banner spirits were immortal—they could be endlessly revived as long as their true spirits endured. Why waste time on cautious battles?
Let them fight with reckless abandon!
Let them unleash techniques that sacrificed themselves to destroy the enemy!
The battlefield erupted in a tidal wave of energy.
When the dust settled, Liu Xin was gone. Ouyang Haoze hovered mid-air, his face dark as storm clouds.
He’d used every trick—techniques, Spirit Treasures, and cultivation suppression.
A Late Foundation Building opponent should’ve been an easy kill. Yet nothing had worked.
And his spiritual power was nearly depleted.
“If this keeps up, I’ll die here…”
A flash of cruelty crossed his face. He sealed his hands, and the Celestial Radiance Armor suddenly shrieked.
“This is bad!”
Lv Yang’s expression shifted. In a blink, he repositioned behind the Blood Sun Sword Core, summoning its shadow to shield him.
Boom!!!
The Celestial Radiance Armor self-destructed!
The explosion rivaled Xiao Shiye’s might, tearing through Lv Yang’s array diagram and revealing the open sky.
Though Lv Yang swiftly reformed the array, Ouyang Haoze was faster. At the last moment, he broke free. Lv Yang managed one last sweep of the Heavenly Demon Blood Transformation Ray, stripping another thirty percent of his vitality, leaving him a skeletal husk.
“You’ve destroyed my treasures… I’ll rip you apart until not a single bone remains, to erase this hatred!”
Standing outside the marketplace, Ouyang Haoze’s face contorted. Pouring his remaining spiritual power into the Celestial Mirror, he forced it to wail.
“At the cost of all my treasures today, I’ll see if you have a third array left in you!”
(End of Chapter)
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