The Great Ruler

Deep in the azure sea, five streaks of light quickly shot past. The high speed tore the sea apart, and the waters only gradually calmed after a long time. These five silhouettes were naturally Mu Chen, Nine Nether, Kong Ling’er, and her gang.

“At our speed, we should reach our destination within half an hour.” Hearing Kong Ling’er’s voice, Mu Chen nodded and then said, “What are you going to do when you get to your destination? Capture the Blood Essence Divine Beast directly?”

Kong Ling’er shook her head and said, “Although we have used some means to obstruct Huang Xuanzhi, I am afraid that with his ability, he will soon arrive. We are afraid that we will not be able to capture the beast without first dealing with him.”

“So you’re going to get rid of Huang Xuanzhi first?” Mu Chen said with a faint smile.

“Get rid?” Lin Cang of the Nine-Headed Golden Condor Clan scoffed and said, “Don’t think we can get rid of Huang Xuanzhi just because we outnumber him.”

“He seems to have left you with a lot of psychological trauma.” Mu Chen smiled.

“Hmph, do you really think his reputation as the top supreme talent among the Birds Clans comes in vain?” Xiao Tian of the Heavenly Dragon Crane Clan also hmphed coldly.

“Alright, let’s not argue.” Kong Ling’er came out to mediate and immediately said to Mu Chen, “We have no plans to get rid of Huang Xuanzhi now. All we have to do is to trap him. This will give us enough time to capture the Blood Essence Divine Beast. We will then allocate the winnings and quickly leave the Deification Pool. After leaving, even if Huang Xuanzhi is seething, he can’t do anything to us.”

Mu Chen nodded skeptically and said, “Then how are you going to trap him? What do you need me to do?”

Kong Ling’er smiled as she clenched her fist. A gold disc engraved with complex runes appeared in her palm. Subtle but strong spiritual power fluctuations emanated from it.

“An Array Disc?” Mu Chen narrowed his eyes, as he could recognize in one glance that the golden disc in Kong Ling’er’s hand was an Array Disc. It was engraved with a powerful spiritual array.

“A Void Spiritual Array is inscribed within this Array Disc. It is a Spiritual Ancestral Master-rank spiritual array. Although its attack power is not strong, it is extremely suitable for trapping people. If one fell into it, even a Spiritual Grade Heavenly Sovereign would be trapped for at least a few days.” Kong Ling’er grinned.

Apparently, they were prepared for this trip.

Mu Chen nodded and immediately asked calmly, “Although this kind of array is convenient, it has many limitations. It can only be set at a fixed point, and once the spiritual array is formed, it will emit fluctuations. Huang Xuanzhi is not a fool. He won’t just step in blindly.” He was a Spiritual Array Ancestral Master and was no stranger to this kind of array. Thus, he was aware of its drawbacks.

“What Brother Mu said is extremely true.” Kong Ling’er nodded. “So we invited you to come here for this purpose. We will wait for an opportunity and ambush him. I hope Brother Mu can fully assist us in forcing Huang Xuanzhi into it.”

Mu Chen thought about it and nodded. Although he was not afraid of Huang Xuanzhi, there was no need to fight with him here. After all, he did not have complete trust in Kong Ling’er and her party, so he naturally would not create further rivalry here.

Seeing Mu Chen nod, Kong Ling’er smiled as the five sped up and soared across the sea.

After half an hour, the five began to slow down. Mu Chen’s expression gradually became more solemn, for he could perceive that somewhere in front of him there was an extremely terrifying Blood Aura fluctuating in the ripples in the air. The Blood Aura fluctuation was more terrifying than any Blood Essence Divine Beast he had ever encountered, even at such a distance.

The five were getting closer and eventually stopped. At this moment, they could already see there was a gargantuan creature in the distant sea floor. Its blood-red body resembled that of a phoenix and a sparrow. Although it’s huge wings were curled in, it spanned thousands of feet. Streams of Blood Aura surged out as if they were tangible, causing a tsunami.

Mu Chen looked at the behemoth as he said gravely, “It’s accumulating Blood Aura, trying to break through to Quasi-Divine.” This massive fellow should be at the later stage of Spiritual Grade, but it had obtained a breakthrough opportunity. This made Mu Chen sigh. Fortunately, this Blood Essence Divine Beast had no intelligence. Although it had a vast body of blood, it was unable to exert its strength. Otherwise, even if a true later stage of God Grade Heavenly Sovereign were there, he wouldn’t be able to defeat the beast.

“Let’s set it up quickly,” Kong Ling’er said, a note of warning in her voice. She then threw out the golden disc in her hand. As a golden light flitted by, the disc suspended above the sea, and the golden light spread out. Innumerable spiritual lights intertwined within it, and after a few moments, a huge spiritual array slowly formed. With the formation of this spiritual array, powerful waves of spiritual fluctuations emanated, resulting in nearby sea turbulence.

“This array is too flashy.” Seeing this, Lin Cang and Xiao Tian could not help but frown. Obviously, this spiritual array’s movement somewhat surprised them.

Kong Ling’er’s knit her brows. She was no Spiritual Array Master, and thus had not expected this spiritual array’s movement to be so big. Huang Xuanzhi would inevitably sense it and put up his guard.

“It doesn’t matter, just set up another Spiritual Suppression Array around it.” Mu Chen just smiled calmly and waved his sleeve. Countless spiritual seals whistled out as they swiftly congealed into another spiritual array outside the Void Spiritual Array. With the emergence of the spiritual array, the movement caused by the Void Spiritual Array quickly calmed down. The two spiritual arrays gradually integrated into the sea and became difficult to sense.

Kong Ling’er looked at the scene and exclaimed in surprise, “So Brother Mu has such high attainments in spiritual arrays.”

Lin Cang and Xiao Tian glanced at Mu Chen in astonishment. This guy does indeed have some ability to have such a reputation in the Great Thousand World.

“It’s just a little spiritual array.” Mu Chen shook his head, unconcerned, and said, “Let’s get ready, too.”

The three also nodded and then gradually turned into nothingness, melting into the sea. Their spiritual fluctuations disappeared. As they concealed their spiritual energy within the sea, Mu Chen glanced at Nine Nether and whispered, “Nine Nether, leave first.”

Nine Nether did not have enough strength to achieve a complete concealment of her spiritual energy. Thus, Huang Xuanzhi might detect her presence unless she was far away.

“Be careful,” she whispered. Her words had many connotations, reminding Mu Chen not only to be careful of Huang Xuanzhi, but also to be careful of Kong Ling’er and the others.

Mu Chen smiled and nodded. He was always cautious, and naturally did not really regard Kong Ling’er and others as companions who could be absolutely trusted.

“Carry this jade token, and if something goes wrong on your side, I will sense it immediately.” Mu Chen quietly handed a jade token to Nine Nether. The odds of Kong Ling’er colluding with Huang Xuanzhi were small. After all, with the latter’s pride, he would never do such an undignified act. However, he had to prepare for the worst. If that should happen, he’d be able to deal with all of them immediately. Nine Nether took the jade token, quickly turned into a flow of light, and left.

Mu Chen looked at her vanishing figure and quickly melted into the sea. Soon, the sea was restored to silence, except for the vast creature in the distance, which was brewing terrifying Blood Aura.

The silence, however, did not last long.

About half an hour later, the azure sea floor suddenly saw movement. A golden light cut through the sea with a kind of earth-shaking rumble and charged forward. The golden light was very fast, and in a few moments, it had crossed tens of thousands of miles and appeared directly in this sea area. Within the golden light, a slender figure stood with his hands clasped behind his back. Two phoenix wings stretched out behind his back as they shimmered with a golden light and exuded a majestic aura. This figure, of course, was Huang Xuanzhi!

When he arrived, his gaze focused on the massive creature in the distance. His gaze flickered and then burst out, prepared to strike.

Boom!

But as soon as he was about to take action against the giant Blood Essence Divine Beast, the sea suddenly exploded as sharp cries of a condor, sparrow, and crane rang in the air.

Vast spiritual light raged as three full-force beams of bright light, just like the torrent that pierced through the heavens and earth, reduced tens of thousands of feet of the sea into nothingness. They formed a triangle, fierce and unmatched, as they charged viciously towards Huang Xuanzhi. Such an offensive attack was so fierce, that even if a true God Grade Heavenly Sovereign were there, he would be gravely injured.

The sudden offensive attack howled, but unexpectedly, not only was there no panic on Huang Xuanzhi’s face, but he actually laughed cheerily. With a wave of his sleeve, he stretched out a long, slender palm and gently clapped at the void.

Dong!

The space was shattered directly under Huang Xuanzhi’s palm as spatial cracks began to spread. Carrying the force of destruction, the three offensive attacks were torn into segments as the spatial cracks continued.

The sea raged turbulently as three shadows emerged from the sea. Kong Ling’er’s face paled, shock written in her eyes. Obviously, she had not expected that even with the three of them joining hands, Huang Xuanzhi would easily resolve their attack.

Huang Xuanzhi looked at the three with a smile on his face, as if he were an emperor. His faint laugh reverberated across the sea. “Kong Ling’er, Lin Cang, Xiao Tian, you three really don’t give up!”