Rise to God with Life Skill Professions-Chapter 364 - 353: The Old Formation Master

The cold wind was like a knife, cutting through faces with a stinging pain.

The elder’s voice was colder than this biting wind, each word piercing like an ice pick.

Wang Yue tightened his grip, the Ink Sword humming in his palm, yet he remained silent.

Earlier, he had been confused by the array, unaware of what had happened next.

But seeing the current situation, he knew in his heart this elder must be the mastermind behind it all.

Liu Yi furrowed her eyebrows slightly, secretly circulating her True Essence, striving to adjust her breath and heal her wounds.

Qin An chuckled lightly, "Senior just said you would grant us a way to survive, yet are you now going back on your word?"

"You little brat!" The elder sneered sinisterly, "Daring to be glib even at death’s door, soon enough there’ll be tears from you!"

Qin An shook his head, a cold gleam flashing in his eyes, "The outcome is undecided; the one crying may not be me. Perhaps the one begging for mercy later will be you, senior."

"Sharp-tongued!" The elder shook his arms, True Essence surging like raging waves, "Today, none of you will survive!"

As soon as the words fell, the White Cloud Throne was like it’s blown away by a fierce wind, disappearing without a trace.

The elder’s figure vanished along with the White Cloud Throne.

At this moment, the space that was all white began to change, turning from white to red.

The temperature suddenly rose, the red mist like flames, roasting everything in sight.

"Using the residual True Essence to activate a natural array..." Qin An narrowed his eyes, "He’s trying to refine us into pills."

Wang Yue’s Ink Sword vibrated, its sword energy like a rainbow, piercing straight into the depths of the red mist.

But the red mist was like an abyss, swallowing the sword energy completely.

"What trick is this?" Wang Yue was secretly shocked.

It would be one thing if a strong defense blocked the sword energy, but for it to vanish inexplicably was simply baffling.

Qin An said indifferently, "Don’t waste your strength, this array is formed by the forces of heaven and earth, not something one person can break."

Wang Yue sheathed his sword and stood, "Mr. Qin, do you have a strategy?"

Now the only one who knew about arrays was Qin An, so Wang Yue pinned his hopes on him.

Qin An tapped the hilt of his saber lightly with his knuckles, his eyes glinting sharply, "It’s not that one person can’t break it, but maybe we don’t have to break it alone. Since it’s an array confrontation, we should use an array to break it."

Liu Yi’s eyes widened, "If the three of us form an array, can we break this predicament?"

Hearing Qin An say it was not just one person could break it, she thought of the three of them.

Liu Yi knew a bit about basic arrays and understood this red mist was extremely terrifying.

Can just the three of them really break through the surrounding red mist?

Qin An shook his head, "Who said there’s only three of us?"

Wang Yue and Liu Yi looked at each other in astonishment.

Besides them, could there be a fourth person here?

Qin An’s gaze passed over their shoulders, "Help has arrived."

They quickly turned around and saw dozens of Inner God Realm experts approaching.

Liu Yi’s face showed realization, "So that’s how it is."

These Inner God Realm experts were the ones who had been influenced by illusions and attacked her before.

Because Liu Yi wanted to conserve her True Essence, she only rendered them powerless to fight back.

After such a long time, this group had already returned to normal.

Among them were not only humans but also pseudo-gods from the demon tribe.

They had regained their senses a while ago and heard the commotion from afar but didn’t dare approach.

Only after the elder disappeared did they dare come near.

"No matter what grudges you had before—" Qin An flicked his sleeve, "If you want to survive, listen to my command."

The cultivators looked at each other but eventually nodded firmly.

On the brink of life and death, no grievance is more important than life.

If they can’t even save their lives, everything else is pointless.

So no matter what conflicts existed before, they must now work together.

Qin An continued, "That old thing set up this large array to use us as life-prolonging materials. Alchemy takes time, which actually gives us a chance to survive."

With Qin An’s explanation, everyone showed a look of realization.

Qin An paused slightly, then said slowly, "Currently, there’s an array that can help us survive this desperate situation."

The Six-Colored True Essence surged, shooting out from within Qin An, turning into dozens of lights, each landing at a specific location.

The crowd looked puzzled, not understanding the meaning of Qin An’s actions.

Qin An said plainly, "Each of you stand at the location where the True Essence is, this is the method to set the array."

Liu Yi asked with uncertainty, "We don’t need other materials?"

She knew a bit about this method of setting arrays, but without array materials, the power of the array would be greatly reduced.

Wang Yue shook his head, saying, "At this moment, even a clever housewife can’t cook without rice. No matter how strong Mr. Qin’s array formation cultivation is, this is all we can do, taking one step at a time."

The others also nodded secretly.

To have a solution at this time, there really was no one but Qin An.

Liu Yi nodded lightly, indicating her understanding.

But unexpectedly, Qin An frowned as he looked at everyone.

"Why would we need materials?"

Hearing this, everyone present looked puzzled.

Qin An’s fingertips traced through the void, producing a string of starfire, "Earlier, when breaking the array, I had already extracted parts of the natural array, which are the best materials."

Wang Yue was rendered speechless.

He thought his guess was right, yet in a flash, it proved wrong.

Liu Yi asked, "What are our chances of success?"

Qin An shook his head, "I don’t know."

Liu Yi: "..."

Sometimes she really felt that talking to Qin An could shorten her lifespan, all due to his indifferent attitude.

"What are you standing there for?" Qin An frowned, "Get in position."

The red mist around was coming closer, and the temperature was rising at a visibly rapid pace.

Some Inner God Realm experts were even breaking out in sweat.

Now was not the time for hesitation.

The many Inner God Realm experts composed themselves, quickly finding the nearest positions to stand in.

Liu Yi had just found a spot when she noticed Qin An’s Six-Colored True Essence enveloping her, giving her a warm feeling.

Before she could speak, Qin An’s voice gradually came forth.

"Focus your mind, do not resist."

As soon as he finished speaking, a massive suction force surged out.

Everyone felt as if their True Essence was wrapped by an invisible hand, extracted into the air by Qin An’s array.

Various colors of True Essence gathered in the sky, gradually fading and turning white like clouds.

After the white True Essence appeared, it immediately surged toward the red mist.

The originally aggressive red mist was immediately halted by the white mist.

The white mist and red mist intertwined, their colors gradually merging, aggressively confronting each other.

Qin An, however, did not seem relaxed; instead, he became more serious.

Those in the Inner God Realm had already expended too much fighting Liu Yi, limiting the True Essence they could extract.

Now, they could at most slow the red mist’s erosion but could not solve the root cause.

At that moment, a huge human face suddenly appeared in the sky.

The face transitioned from blurry to clear, eventually resembling the Array Master.

"A brilliant junior indeed!" The Array Master said sinisterly, "If it weren’t for needing a medicine guide, I’d really want to take you as a disciple."

Qin An scoffed, "Become a disciple of the doomed? I have no such fetish."

The Array Master’s face distorted, "What can you do now? With your array, at most you can maintain half an hour without being extinguished. Once that half hour is up, you’ll all turn to ash like pills in a Pill Furnace!"

Qin An suddenly raised his hand to draw the Cold Star, his fingertip brushing across the saber blade, "Half an hour is enough."

The Array Master slightly froze, "What do you mean?"

Qin An swept his gaze over the giant human face, "Did your teacher tell you something when you first learned about arrays?"

"What thing?" The Array Master frowned.

Qin An said lightly, "An Array Master is strong, advancing with array attacks and retreating with array defenses, but there’s a very clear weakness: the Array Master’s personal combat strength is weak and very fragile."

The Array Master’s expression turned somewhat dark and remained silent.

Qin An began to walk slowly toward the giant human face, "Half an hour is no concern for me, and this half hour is when I find you. It’s a pity your calculation failed; if you hadn’t deployed this array, I might have had some fear, but now you’re divided and like a sheet of paper, easily puncturable."

The Array Master’s expression drastically changed.

He knew what Qin An said was true.

If Qin An truly found his true body, he feared he would be decapitated instantly.

The Array Master activated his True Essence, attempting to withdraw the red mist array.

But at that moment, Qin An raised his hand to guide the Six-Colored True Essence to erupt at his fingertips.

Accompanied by the explosion of Six-Colored True Essence, the once fierce white mist grew even fiercer, like giant serpents wrapping around the red mist.

The red mist couldn’t advance or retreat.

The Array Master’s face turned ashen, "Such a malicious plan, rendering me unable to withdraw the array."

Qin An teased, "I said before, when you took this step, you led yourself down a dead-end. Now let me see where you’re hiding your true form!"

Once the words settled, Qin An raised the Cold Star, slicing through the misty space.

Six-Colored True Essence erupted with a roar.

As the saber cut through, a whirlwind with a howling sound surged in all directions.

The misty space encountering Six-Colored True Essence and the whirlwind vanished quickly like fire meeting water.

In the depths of this white space, the Array Master’s true form was revealed before their eyes.

At this moment, the Array Master no longer bore the arrogant aura he had on the throne, his energy extremely weak, most of it used to maintain the red mist array.

His eyes were filled with hate, firmly fixed on Qin An.

The Array Master clearly understood he had been set up by Qin An.

As someone who also understood arrays, during the confrontation with the red mist array, Qin An could locate his true form.

"Still with such eyes at this time." Qin An slowly approached, shaking his head, "It seems you truly resent me to the bone."

"Die, die, die!" The Array Master did not answer but shouted crazily.

As the words fell, bright lights appeared around the Array Master, shooting towards Qin An.

"Able to temporarily muster up such a powerful array in this perilous moment." Qin An narrowed his eyes, expressing admiration, "Your array cultivation is indeed strong but still far from enough."

Six-Colored True Essence enveloped the Cold Star saber.

Qin An sliced horizontally, the Six-Colored True Essence erupted with force, dispersing all incoming golden light.

The Array Master’s body shook violently, feeling sharp pain in his organs.

He raised his head abruptly, seeing Qin An staring at him icily.

A chilling wave of Evil Qi flowed around Qin An, making the Array Master shiver.

"Spare me! Spare me!" The Array Master clasped his fists, trembling, "I will let you go, I’ll release you now, and when I leave here in the future, I’ll give you a colossal opportunity, just spare my life now!"

At this moment, dignity and honor no longer mattered, only life was important.

The Array Master paid no mind to Qin An’s disdainful look, kneeling and kowtowing.

Qin An’s figure flickered like a specter, appearing before the Array Master with the Cold Star slicing from left to right.

A head soared into the sky, blood splattering along with it, dyeing the ground crimson.

The headless body fell, convulsing wildly.

After a few twitches, it lay still.

Qin An said indifferently, "I said before, it would be you begging for mercy."

After speaking, Qin An bent down, wiping the blood off the Cold Star with the Array Master’s clothes.

Behind him, Liu Yi and other Inner God Realm individuals were all filled with shock.

Looking at the figure clad in dark clothing, everyone felt that Qin An’s power was becoming more profound and unfathomable.

Qin An lightly waved his sleeve, and the array forming the white mist vanished with a roar.

Everyone collapsed to the ground, the void from their True Essence being withdrawn by Qin An gradually refilling.

The fearsome red mist vanished without a trace, the temperature returning to normal.

Wang Yue’s expression showed a hint of relaxation, "Finally rescued."

He cast a complex gaze toward Qin An, feeling deeply that this Xunyang Prefecture might soon give rise to a peerless individual.

Liu Yi opened her red lips, about to speak, but was interrupted by Qin An.

"It’s not over yet."

Qin An looked at the misty space behind him, a hint of a smile gracing his lips.