The Master of Beasts-Chapter 670 - 192:
Inside a secret chamber within the castle, Tian Yue opened his eyes, a trace of yellow light flashing through them, quickly returning to normal.
"Array Core!"
"Ugh!"
Suddenly, Tian Yue clutched his severed arm, and the smooth edge writhed as if something living was about to emerge from it!
"Damn it, not at this moment, damn!"
A large amount of immortal power surged towards the severed arm, swallowed by the thing within, stopping only when there was no more immortal power left to extract from Tian Yue.
"Don't rush, don't rush, first recover the body, then find an opportunity later..."
Back in his own room, Chen Jiuge also received the Shadow Demon's report.
"The statue opened its eyes?" Chen Jiuge sighed deeply, "Senior Brother, I hope you don't tread the wrong path!"
Opening and clenching his hands tightly, a flicker of struggle flashed through Chen Jiuge's heart, "Senior Brother, I really cannot let you be!"
The Five Elements Sect, the Heavenly Gate, and the Heavenly Realm, all of these need Chen Jiuge's own efforts.
"I will leave a peaceful place for you in the True Realm!" 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂
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Gu Zhengyu, pressing the longsword with one hand, walked somewhat dazed under the newly built defensive wall.
"Senior Brother Gu!" Fang Chong, having just dealt with a connection point of the array, greeted respectfully.
"Oh, Junior Brother Fang, haven't encountered any difficulties, have you?" Gu Zhengyu inquired.
"With the help of the fellow Senior Brothers, no issues at all!" Fang Chong replied respectfully.
After Chen Jiuge took over the entire Purple Sun Mountain, he had Fang Chong lead the remaining array masters to lay out the defensive walls, which also served as a reward for Fang Chong's earlier efforts.
Most of the array masters here in Zi Ling came from families; though somewhat dissatisfied, they did not voice it, and this process greatly helped Fang Chong to grow.
"That's good, how much longer do you think it will take to complete?" Gu Zhengyu raised his head to look at the towering thousand-meter-high wall.
Fang Chong caressed the recently inscribed winding runes on the wall, excitedly saying, "This is the strongest wall I've ever seen, of course not counting those at the sect."
"Oh, is it that formidable?" Gu Zhengyu expressed surprise.
Not to mention the defenses on the Five-Colored Peak, where the surrounding wall is mostly for show, relying primarily on those Heaven and Earth Arrays and numerous Daluo-laid means.
But the surrounding Immortal Cities of the Five Elements Sect are different, their construction required a significant amount of effort, especially cities like Five Luminaries City, presided over by Golden Immortals, with considerable defensive capabilities.
"Senior Brother Gu, look at this!" Fang Chong pointed to a dim yellow rune among them.
"This is the Earth Rune, which can make the wall incredibly hard, and absorbs Earth Qi to restore itself once damaged, even continuously drawing Earth Qi to strengthen over time, increasing in hardness as time goes by!"
"This is the Life Rune, enabling any guards atop the wall to quickly heal wounds and greatly speed up the recovery of immortal power!"
"And here is the Bright Rune, which I refined with other array masters as a sort of innovation." Fang Chong said with a bit of embarrassment.
"Innovation?" Gu Zhengyu looked at Fang Chong with interest, as those capable of innovating runes were either geniuses among array masters or array masters themselves, and this ordinary disciple before him actually had such ability.
"I merely proposed an idea, and the other fellow brothers found it very interesting, so we perfected it together."
This also made other array masters view Fang Chong more highly, allowing the construction to proceed smoothly, otherwise, even with Chen Jiuge backing him, if others schemed behind the scenes, there would be nothing he could do; you can't just eliminate people over such a minor matter.
"Explain its use!" Gu Zhengyu's interest was piqued.
"Senior Brother Gu, watch closely!" Fang Chong pulled out a disk resembling a Bagua diagram, placed his palm on its red portion, and slowly released some immortal power to activate it.
"Boom"
The entire wall instantly ignited, appearing fiery red, yet Gu Zhengyu was astonished to find he felt no heat.
With a blue shimmer of immortal power protecting his hand, he reached into the flames, his expression changed, swiftly withdrawing his hand.
"Does it burn the soul?"
"Senior Brother Gu, are you alright? It's my fault for not explaining beforehand." Fang Chong said with some fear.
"I'm fine, just go ahead and explain it."
"The Bright Rune we crafted mainly targets the soul. However, with our cultivation, we couldn't achieve this on our own, but Senior Brother Chen linked the Great Array with the wall."
"By harnessing the power of the Great Array alongside the unique properties of the Bright Rune, it possesses such capability!"
"If there were ghost monsters appearing now, they wouldn't need us to intervene; just approaching the wall would cause those existing as soul bodies to be incinerated to ashes!" Fang Chong proudly explained.
"Excellent, truly excellent."
In that moment, Gu Zhengyu suddenly wondered if he had underestimated those ordinary disciples in the past.
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Five Elements Sect
The Supreme Elder in charge of the Spiritual Beast Garden, Zi Hao, rarely stepped out of the secret chamber.
"What a splendid day!"
The brilliant yet gentle sunlight cast halos on Zi Hao's androgynous face.
"What a killjoy!"
Zi Hao's slightly upturned lips straightened at once, swirling his sleeves, turning to face the arriving Jialouluo, displeased, "What are you here for?"
Jialouluo seemed unfazed by Zi Hao's attitude; though the Evil Ghost Clan and the Heavenly Gate are now in a cooperative relationship, the Heavenly Gate is split into two factions, and Zi Hao just happens to be part of the one that doesn't favor the Evil Ghost Clan.
