"Be careful."

As Yuan Ming uttered the warning, he had already maneuvered the black inkstone to block the attack from above once more.

The next moment, a streak of lightning suddenly burst with a loud crack.

The green Thunder Ball exploded, lighting up a dazzling green flash, and three green Thunder Spears shot out, aiming at Yuan Ming and the two others.

With a "boom",

the green Thunder Spears struck the black inkstone, blasting a large web of green lightning across it, with the sound of electrical arcs crackling continuously.

The black inkstone spun back and fell to the ground, its surface showing a fine crack.

Elsewhere, the three earth walls on the ground were all shattered, and behind them, Elder Lu Shen's shoulder was scorched black, his face showing fear that for the first time overcame his anger.

Bai Ye had a talisman attached to his chest, with a white protective shield surrounding him, his complexion pale.

This white protective shield, at first glance, seemed unremarkable, but upon closer inspection, its light flickered slightly, as if it was about to fail to hold up.

"We can't go on like this; the Array's offensive power is too formidable," Bai Ye said as he clutched a mid-grade Spirit Stone, channeling mana into the white protective shield.

"Let's just hold on for now," Lu Shen said somberly.

Yuan Ming was crouching on the ground, with one hand propped on the earth, a slender vine emerging from underground, touching his palm.

He had his eyes closed slightly, as if sensing something.

However, as his sensing continued, his brows furrowed deeper, and his expression became increasingly grim.

He had earlier quietly sent out Hua Zhi underground to investigate the Array's layout, hoping to use the vine's power to destabilize the Array from beneath and help them escape.

Yet, the response that Hua Zhi brought back was that there was also a thunder Barrier underground, making it impossible to touch.

...

Meanwhile, outside the Array.

"Shi Dian, make it quick. Why is the Xiao Family's Array this weak?" Sha Hao said discontentedly.

Upon hearing those words, Shi Dian's chest heaved slightly, his hands resting on his sword as he let out a fierce yell.

The next moment, a green light radiated from his body, flowing like tide water up his arms and into the bronze giant sword he held.

The patterns on the bronze giant sword lit up, and the ground within dozens of zhang from the center began to tremble; the entire Thunder Array glowed with a burst of green light and spilled over with electricity, clearly indicating that the next strike would be formidable.

Yuan Ming felt a sudden heaviness in his heart and frantically absorbed the mid-grade Spirit Stone in his hand.

"Hagon, I've doomed you!" Bai Ye exclaimed, pressing a circular Heart Protector onto his chest.

As the copper mirror protected his chest, a large amount of golden light emerged, spreading and forming a set of translucent golden armor, covering the vital parts of his body.

Lu Shen also took out a bronze small bell the size of a fist and tossed it above his head.

The bronze small bell spun above him, casting a shadow of an earthy-yellow bronze bell, enveloping Elder Lu Shen completely within it.

Outside the shadow of the bronze bell, there were also three layers of yellow earth walls, enclosing him entirely.

At this moment, they could only fend for themselves.

"Boom"

"Boom"

"Boom"

Three consecutive thunderous blasts rang out as three thick green Light Pillars fell straight down from above the Array, smashing towards Lu Shen, Bai Ye, and Yuan Ming respectively.

Lu Shen, hiding behind layers of Earth Element walls, could not escape being penetrated by the green lightning; the bronze small bell, meant for protection, rang once before bursting apart.

Bai Ye's golden armor fared no better, also being shattered, and the Heart Protector at his chest broke, the golden armor scattering like sparks.

Yuan Ming defended with one hand holding up the black inkstone, while dense vines surged from the ground in front of him, forming several layers of vine armor to barely meet the Light Pillar.

With a "boom",

the moment the green Light Pillar hit the black inkstone, the already overwhelmed inkstone burst into countless black crystal powder fragments, exploding.

The green Light Pillar shrank slightly, but continued to pierce down, landing on the Purple-black Vine Shield.

The first layer of the Vine Shield barely resisted before turning to ash, and the green Light Pillar shrank a bit more,

the second layer held up slightly longer but was also torn by the green light, and the Light Pillar shrank yet again,

the third layer of the Vine Shield held up even longer, but it too couldn't withstand the pressure…

"Thank you!" Yuan Ming used the Communication Talisman from Xi Ying for the first time!

As the layers of vine shields were penetrated one by one, the green Light Pillar was rapidly depleted.

But in the end, the cyan light pillar still fell upon Yuan Ming, accompanied by a series of crackling sounds, enveloping his entire being.

In the midst of the Thunder Array, the three individuals, despite deploying their most powerful defensive techniques, all fell to the ground under this barrage of Thunder Strikes, turned into three charred human figures.

Thunder Skill attacks are renowned in the Cultivation World for surpassing Fire Techniques, rightfully earning the title of the most formidable offensive power, and the enhancement from the Array made it overwhelmingly mighty, an unstoppable force by mere mortals!

After this attack, the Thunder Array itself seemed to have exhausted most of its strength, becoming dim and maintaining only its most basic form.

Shi Dian, the man who operated the Array, now had a gaunt look with his cheeks sunken in. He looked as if half of his life force had been drained, lacking the domineering presence he had earlier.

He let go of the bronze giant sword and barely managed to sit on the ground. Without a word, he took out an elixir, consumed it, and started to recover through Breathing Control.

"Are they all dead?" After a long while, He Wendao tentatively asked.

"Shut up, who could possibly survive that?" Shi Dian suddenly opened his eyes wide and snapped back, angered.

"I've always believed in Brother Shi's abilities. You have played the most crucial role this time, and with the treasures we've obtained, you can choose one first. Wrap up the Array, and you should rest for a while," He Wendao immediately said with a smile.

"That's more like it!" Shi Dian snorted, then stood up and walked towards the pile of rocks. He pulled the bronze giant sword out of the ground, where the Thunder Attribute Spirit Stone embedded in the hilt had disappeared. Shi Dian shook his head in regret.

He then walked over to a corner, bent down and reached for the ground. In just a moment, he pulled out a cyan engraved copper pillar the thickness of an arm and three feet long from the earth and put it into his storage ring. In a certain order, he extracted seven identical pillars from the ground, dismantling the entire Array, and then sat down to recover.

Sha Hao released his Divine Sense to investigate and nodded, saying, "I can no longer sense any Spiritual Power fluctuations from those three."

He Wendao circled around the charred corpses of Yuan Ming and the other two.

"Brother Shi, the Bronze Thunder Pattern Array that you reluctantly sought from the Xiao Family after traveling thousands of miles from the Southern Border is indeed powerful. However, it's too troublesome to set up and consumes too much Spirit Stones. With such a huge consumption, if it weren't for killing three at the Foundation Establishment Stage in one go, we'd end up making a loss rather than a profit..." He Wendao said, shaking his head back and forth.

While speaking, he moved forward to take off the Storage Ring from Bai Ye's hand and then reached into his chest to pull out a Storage Bag.

He couldn't just take it for himself in front of both Sha Hao and Shi Dian, so he held it in his hand and went on to take Elder Lu Shen's Storage Ring as well.

"You old fool, acting all high and mighty in front of me. You must have quite a few elixirs, right?" As he spoke, He Wendao spat out a mouthful of saliva and couldn't resist kicking Elder Lu Shen's body.

After that, he finally turned towards Yuan Ming.

Among these three individuals, the weakest was this "Hagon", who had previously been exempted from the strength test recommended by Bai Ye, much to He Wendao's dissatisfaction. Now being the last one to deal with, naturally, he thought about taking his belongings and destroying his body along with it.

"Pah, impostor of the Southern Border People," He Wendao muttered as he approached Yuan Ming.

Soon after, he bent down and removed the storage ring from Yuan Ming's charred finger.

Just as he was about to inspect the contents of the ring, a shiver ran through his heart.

At the same time, Sha Hao also noticed a sudden surge of intense mana fluctuations emanating from Yuan Ming's body.

He had just thought to warn out loud when he felt a chill on the back of his neck. Quickly dodging, he twisted around to look.

He saw a slender shadow flash in the void, then vanish without a trace.

When he looked back towards He Wendao, he could only see Yuan Ming with a short dagger in his hand, the color of peacock tail feathers, plunged into his chest.

He Wendao had not even managed to release his Protective Treasure Light before his heart was pierced through.

Blood gushed from He Wendao's chest, and before he could utter a word, the blood turned black, and his life force dissipated rapidly.

Sha Hao frowned and murmured, "Faked death!"

It was apparent to him that He Wendao was beyond help, but he couldn't understand how Yuan Ming had so perfectly concealed his mana fluctuations and even the breath of life to feign death.

Before he could figure it out, Yuan Ming had already flung He Wendao's corpse aside, taken all the storage magic tools he had collected and his own storage ring back. At the same time, the charred parts of his body peeled off, revealing something similar to sawdust.

In the next moment, using Shadowless Step with the Cold Star Sword in hand, Yuan Ming charged towards Sha Hao.

During that last strike of Thunder, at the very last moment, Hua Zhi had abandoned most of its body to form a Vine Shield that covered Yuan Ming entirely, isolating the Thunder and bearing the final attack, allowing him to escape death.

He had also pushed the Hidden Element Technique to its limit at the last moment, completely concealing his mana breath and creating an illusion of death.

Seeing Yuan Ming's approach, Sha Hao furrowed his brows and waved his hand lightly in front of him. The space in front of him rippled as if water was disturbed, flickering slightly.

But as he made the move, his brows furrowed suddenly, his face changing color instantly, and he alerted the towering figure of Shi Dian, "Be careful, he's coming for you."

As he shouted, he swiftly tapped the ground with the tip of his foot, lunging directly towards Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming, as if "cooperating" with his words, indeed turned halfway through his charge and twisted his body, rushing towards Shi Dian.

Shi Dian stopped his Breathing Control, grabbed the bronze giant sword, and took a large step forward, leaping towards the oncoming Yuan Ming.

As he swung the giant sword around, three ancient runes lit up on its blade, followed by a crackling of electric light covering the entire sword.

The bronze giant sword, now enveloped in cyan Thunder, turned into a six-foot-long Thunder Light Pillar and slashed down upon Yuan Ming.

This shift in offensive and defensive maneuvers placed Yuan Ming between a rock and a hard place, turning from attacker to being sandwiched between Shi Dian in front and Sha Hao's pursuit from behind.

Just when he was about to clash with Shi Dian, Yuan Ming suddenly came to a halt, twisted sharply, and cast his arm towards Sha Hao behind him, throwing the Short Jade Dagger in his direction.

The dagger shot out like a wisp of ghostly light, while Yuan Ming's back was left wide open, seemingly content to meet Shi Dian's giant sword head-on with his flesh and blood.

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