Chapter 589: Mysterious Black Qi

Torrents of fresh blood flowed, creating a hell on earth.

Ge Puzi and the others’ eyes instantly turned bloodshot, their faces contorted with rage. ’To prevent news from spreading, Elder Tianyi is going to slaughter every last citizen and Martial Artist present.’

Ge Puzi roared in fury, "Elder Tianyi, what are you doing?!"

Elder Tianyi gave a sinister grin. "These people were going to die anyway. Why not let them become nourishment for my Soul-Devouring Skeletons and feed my Skull Staff? Isn’t that a wonderful idea?"

He licked his lips, a crazed look in his eyes.

Enraged, Elder Dong activated his Thick Earth Seal and hurled it at Elder Tianyi, shouting in shocked fury, "Elder Tianyi, you monster!"

"Monster?" Elder Tianyi blocked the Thick Earth Seal and sneered. "It’s not just these Martial Artists. All of you will die here today."

"Is that so?" Ye Xuan’s eyes were like ice, fury building in his heart. He never considered himself a merciful person, but Elder Tianyi’s blatant disregard for human life—treating it as if it were worthless—infuriated him nonetheless.

Ye Xuan quickly activated the Seven Star Earth Element Array. In an instant, a tidal wave of seven-colored light surged toward every member of the three major powers.

BOOM!

One of the seven-colored beams shot directly at the green-robed youth, staggering him. His power was originally no match for Su Xiuyi’s; he had only managed a stalemate by relying on a powerful Spiritual Treasure and his martial soul. Now, disrupted by the Seven Star Earth Element Array’s killing formation, he immediately revealed an opening.

Su Xiuyi seized the opportunity. His eyes flashed, and the ancient book in his left hand flew open with a RUSTLE. A rainbow-hued light erupted, blasting the green-robed youth backward and making him cough up blood.

"Tianyi, look what you’ve done!" The green-robed youth wiped the blood from his mouth and snarled, his expression savage.

He wasn’t the only one. The other Martial Artists from the three major powers were also relentlessly attacked by the Seven Star Earth Element Array’s killing formation. One by one, they coughed up blood, and many fell.

By now, after fighting for so long, the nearly one hundred Martial King experts from the major powers had been reduced to just twenty or thirty, all of them injured and in a wretched state.

"Damn you." Elder Tianyi glared at Ye Xuan. "Brat, do you think it matters that you control the Tianquan Array Base of the Seven Star Earth Element Array? Since this Seven Star Earth Element Array no longer belongs to me, then I’ll destroy it myself!"

With a savage expression, Elder Tianyi spat out a mouthful of blood—PFFT! A strange, blood-red glyph materialized in his hand, and he suddenly pointed it at a distant, half-demolished building.

Ye Xuan’s expression changed instantly. He exclaimed in shock, "That’s... the Yuheng Array Base of the Seven Star Earth Element Array!"

If the Tianquan Array Base was the control center of the Seven Star Earth Element Array, then the Yuheng Array Base was its power source. Over eighty percent of the array’s energy was supplied by the Yuheng Array Base.

The moment Elder Tianyi’s blood-red glyph landed, a violent roar erupted from beneath the old building, as if the sky were falling and the earth were cracking. The entire Ancient Yang City trembled and rumbled from the blast.

RUMBLE! RUMBLE!

A series of massive explosions rang out, and terrifying shockwaves swept outward. Countless citizens in the vicinity were blasted into dust, vaporizing into a bloody mist.

CRACKLE! CRACK!

Massive chasms rapidly split open across the ground of Ancient Yang City. The entire city began to collapse.

’This Elder Tianyi has gone completely mad.’

Ye Xuan watched in horror. The Seven Star Earth Element Array was a top-tier Seventh-level Array, and the energy it required was absolutely colossal. The number of Profound Stones contained within its main power source, the Yuheng Array Base, must have been astronomical.

This detonation by Elder Tianyi was far more terrifying than a full-power attack from Su Xiuyi and the others.

All of Ancient Yang City roared as the ground split apart. After several thousand years of existence, the ancient city was doomed to be destroyed by Elder Tianyi’s strike.

BUZZ!

While Ye Xuan was still reeling from the shock, the Sword of Autocracy on his back suddenly began to radiate a scorching heat. The sensation was so intense that it became almost unbearable against his back.

Startled, Ye Xuan immediately drew the Sword of Autocracy. He saw that the originally black and broken blade was now inexplicably shimmering with rainbow-hued lights, as if undergoing some sort of transformation.

At the same time, a sense of dread inexplicably rose in Ye Xuan’s heart.

It wasn’t just him. Even Su Xiuyi, the green-robed youth, Elder Tianyi, and the others in the sky seemed to sense that something was wrong. They all looked down toward Ancient Yang City.

Ancient Yang City continued to fracture, revealing bottomless fissures. From these fissures, wisps of black mist suddenly began to emerge. The black mist swirled and rapidly spread toward the many citizens and Martial Artists in the city.

A horrifying scene unfolded. Any citizen or Martial Artist touched by the black mist was instantly turned to ash before they could even scream. Nothing was left behind.

"What in the world is that?"

Everyone stared in terror at the black mist that was suddenly engulfing Ancient Yang City, their faces filled with dread.

In the blink of an eye, the nearly one million citizens of Ancient Yang City were all enveloped by the black mist and vanished into thin air. Nothing remained.

GULP!

Everyone couldn’t help but swallow hard, their faces masks of horror.

After annihilating countless people, the black mist suddenly surged, rushing toward the Martial King experts in the air and forcing them to retreat in terror.

One of the Martial Kings was in a bad position and didn’t manage to retreat in time. The black mist touched his legs.

Silently, his legs were instantly annihilated, leaving nothing behind. The black mist rapidly spread from where his legs had been up to the rest of his body.

His eyes widened in shocked fury, but before he could even let out a howl, he was completely turned to ash.

This scene terrified all the Martial Kings. With a WHOOSH, they all shot several hundred meters higher into the air, their eyes wide with shock and fear.

By now, Ge Puzi and the others had long since scattered and stopped fighting. They stared down in horror, their faces pale. "What in the world is that?" one asked.

The Martial Kings who had survived the battle this long were all elites. The one who just died was a Martial King at the Peak of Tier Seven Second Layer from the Bright Moon Empire. For such an expert to be turned to ash by this black mist without even a chance to scream—the scene stunned everyone present.

"What is this damn thing? I’ll see for myself what’s hiding under Ancient Yang City." Elder Tianyi’s expression was grim as he slammed a palm downward.

RUMBLE! RUMBLE!

A giant hand of Profound energy, like a mountain, smashed violently into Ancient Yang City. With a deafening CRASH, the ground of the entire city shattered, revealing a massive hole to everyone.

In an instant, all of Ancient Yang City collapsed into a gigantic, deep pit.

The pit was bottomless and pitch-black. Within its depths, strange lights began to glow, forming mysterious patterns. At the same time, a RUMBLING sound, like some strange phenomenon, echoed from deep underground. It was impossible to discern the situation through the black mist.

"This is..." Ye Xuan stared at the countless patterns below, his face pale. He swallowed hard and muttered in a daze, "What kind of Array is this?"

Looking down from the sky above, the patterns beneath Ancient Yang City were continuously combining, forming an incredibly mysterious Array. The Array was immense, and its patterns were obscure and enigmatic. Just looking at them made Ye Xuan feel dizzy and unable to make them out clearly.

It was the same feeling he had when he encountered the mysterious Restriction in the Floating Light Secret Realm—it was far beyond his ability to comprehend.

But Ye Xuan had been a Ninth-level Array Master in his previous life. Although his Profound Sense was currently only at the Peak of Sixth Grade, not even a Ninth-level Array should have made him feel this dizzy and utterly unable to discern its nature.

Moreover, he could tell that the array patterns were ancient, at least several thousand years old.

THUD! THUD! THUD!

From the black mist in the chasm below, a series of dull thuds echoed, like heavy hammers pounding on everyone’s hearts.

Elder Tianyi glanced at Ye Xuan. He, too, was filled with shock and uncertainty. Like Ye Xuan, he could tell there seemed to be an Array below, but he had no idea what it was.

"Hmph." A vicious glint flashed in his eyes. WHOOSH! While everyone was still stunned, he transformed into a bolt of lightning, instantly appearing near Ye Xuan and striking out with his palm.

Ye Xuan had foiled his plans time and time again, and he was already seething with rage. Although the array patterns below unnerved him, his first thought was to use this opportunity to kill Ye Xuan.

Ge Puzi and the others snapped back to their senses and were horrified. They wanted to help, but it was too late.

But at that very moment... CRACKLE! POP! Countless bolts of lightning suddenly erupted from the black mist below. Each bolt was several meters thick, like massive chains connected to the bottom of the pit, surging upward into the sky above Ancient Yang City.

"ROAR!" A furious roar immediately followed, reverberating in everyone’s ears.

BOOM!

It was like a thunderclap on a clear day. The blast left everyone dizzy and nauseous.

One of the lightning bolts, by a strange coincidence, struck Ye Xuan directly, instantly turning the area around him into a sea of lightning.

Countless currents of electricity danced around the sea of lightning. Before Elder Tianyi could even hit Ye Xuan, he was caught in the electrical discharge. Black smoke immediately rose from his body as he spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying backward. The hand he had struck out with was nearly turned to charcoal.

"Xuan Ye!" Ge Puzi and the others who had come to help roared anxiously, watching the scene in terror.

Elder Tianyi, a Tier Eight expert, was severely injured just by being grazed by the lightning. Wouldn’t Ye Xuan, who was only at the Tier Six Peak, be annihilated if he was at the center of it?

At this thought, the hearts of Ge Puzi and the others clenched with anxiety.