Chapter 537 - 262: The End, The Curtain Falls?

Chapter 537: Chapter 262: The End, The Curtain Falls?

However, it proved to be all for naught.

Other than an Exotic Treasure like the Array-Breaking Pearl that could shake the Array Base, no one else—even if they all attacked together—could break the Tier Four Grand Array in a short amount of time.

"It’s over!"

Ouyang Ke, drenched in blood, couldn’t help but laugh maniacally.

The Grand Array now trapped them from the front, while his own forces pursued them from behind.

These enemies from the outer sects were as good as dead.

However, Chen Sheng paid no mind to Ouyang Ke’s wild laughter, instead turning his gaze beyond the black, sky-like barrier.

’Over? The curtain falls?’

’No...’

’Perhaps, this is only the beginning!’

Just as he predicted, at the very moment the Profound Mastery experts of the four sects fell into despair, a Great Hand Seal that blotted out the sky descended from outside the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s Grand Array, smashing into it with a deafening BOOM.

The ground and the very air trembled violently under the force of that single palm strike.

The ink-black celestial barrier instantly began to thin, and the Horned Giant Snake, condensed from the Array and controlled by Lan Yufei, shrank by a fifth of its size.

In that instant, everyone’s gaze turned toward the source of the attack.

This time, however, the experts within the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect were all stunned and confused.

Meanwhile, the various powerhouses of the four-sect alliance were ecstatic.

’There’s a chance!’

’They had a chance to escape with their lives!’

"Who is it?"

Lan Yufei’s pupils constricted, a sense of unease rising in her heart.

To be able to shake a Tier Four Grand Array and even directly weaken the Array’s power—without a doubt, the person who had struck from the outside had to be a Grandmaster of the Golden Core Realm.

Because a Profound Mastery Realm Cultivator was simply incapable of such a feat.

Chen Sheng, on the other hand, merely narrowed his eyes. It seemed... he had anticipated this.

Outside the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, high in the sky.

A gaunt figure in a blue robe stood suspended in midair, his body radiating a terrifying pressure that stirred the surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

Simply by standing there, he exuded an aura of incomparable power.

"An... cient... Vas... sal!"

As she clearly saw who it was, Lan Yufei’s pupils instantly shrank. She recognized him.

It was none other than that Elder Gu who had been targeting the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect!

And his cultivation level was genuinely at the Golden Core Realm.

At that moment, Lan Yufei’s heart sank.

In stark contrast, the other Profound Mastery experts from the four sects grew even more ecstatic, crying out one after another:

"Elder Gu, save us!"

"Elder Gu... the Sect Leader has fallen!"

"Elder Gu..."

Just moments ago they were in despair, but now their confidence was rekindled.

With a Golden Core Realm expert like Elder Gu here, how long could the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s Tier Four Grand Array possibly hold out?

’The tables have turned!’

Ancient Vassal’s somewhat sinister gaze fell upon the scene before him, his expression growing ever colder.

"A bunch of trash!"

Originally, Ancient Vassal had been full of confidence in Duan He and the others. With Song Zhe as an inside man and more than ten Tongxuan Cultivators attacking from both within and without, how could taking down the pathetic Ten Thousand Poisons Sect be anything but child’s play?

It was for this very reason that Ancient Vassal hadn’t rushed to the scene.

However, when he finally arrived in person, the scene that greeted him made his face instantly darken.

Not only had Duan He’s group failed to deal with the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, but they had also been trapped inside the sect, on the verge of being completely annihilated!

Left with no choice, Ancient Vassal had to reveal himself and intervene.

Otherwise, this entire scheme to crush the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect would have ended in total failure.

And doing so would obviously bring him a great deal of trouble.

Once the Profound Yin Valley intervened, the Nie Family would certainly not let the matter slide.

But now, Ancient Vassal could no longer afford to worry about such things.

With a cold shout, he raised his hand. The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi converged, and he once again smashed his palm against the Grand Array, triggering another violent boom.

Under his continuous assault, the once-indestructible Tier Four Grand Array now seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

Although there was still some way to go before it was destroyed, at this rate, the Grand Array would surely be broken in less than a quarter of an hour!

Most critically, under such a bombardment, Lan Yufei no longer had the confidence to mobilize the Grand Array’s power to suppress the many Profound Mastery experts before her. She could only desperately focus all the Array’s power on defense to resist the Golden Core Grandmaster’s onslaught.

The experts from the four sects, who had been trying to flee, no longer dared to run. They were truly afraid that Elder Gu would settle accounts with them afterward.

With no other choice, they had to turn back and fight.

For a time, the chaotic battle reignited.

"Chen Sheng, what do we do?"

Lan Yufei’s eyes were filled with anxiety and panic as she instinctively looked toward Chen Sheng.

At this moment, Chen Sheng had already become her pillar of support.

"Don’t panic."

Chen Sheng raised a hand to calm Lan Yufei, but his own gaze was grave.

’Where is Nie Xiangjun?’

’Why hasn’t she shown herself yet?’

’Didn’t we have an agreement?’

"In a moment, I’ll find a way to detonate the Grand Array. You take Ke’Er and Sun Zhenfu and leave while you have the chance," Lan Yufei said. Despite Chen Sheng’s attempt to reassure her, she felt no comfort at all.

She had even figured out an escape route for Chen Sheng.

In Lan Yufei’s view, if she could detonate the entire Tier Four Grand Array, channeling the power of the earth veins, it would be enough to threaten Ancient Vassal, giving Chen Sheng a chance to get away.

As for herself, she would be unable to escape, as she had to be the one to control the Array.

Suddenly, Chen Sheng’s ear twitched. He had received a subtle voice transmission.

He glanced at Lan Yufei but said nothing more, ignoring her plan. Instead, he faced the figure in the sky and spoke in a deep voice:

"Elder Gu, the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect has already pledged its allegiance to the Nie Family. By doing this, are you not afraid of incurring the Nie Family’s wrath?!"

Hearing this, Ancient Vassal burst out laughing, his gaze falling upon Chen Sheng.

"You must be that Chen Sheng of Ning’an, the one whose name has been making waves in Yunzhou lately, yes?"

"I am," Chen Sheng stated in a solemn tone.

"On account of you being the Nie Family’s son-in-law, I will give the Nie Family some face today. Surrender without a fight, and I can allow you and that Sun Yuzhi to leave Nanzhao safely," Ancient Vassal said lightly.

With Chen Sheng’s background as the Nie Family’s son-in-law, he couldn’t attack him openly and brazenly.

Doing so would be a true disregard for the Nie Family’s honor.

"What I asked was, since the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect has already pledged allegiance to the Nie Family, are you not afraid of the Nie Family’s wrath for doing this?"

Chen Sheng ignored the other’s ’kindness’ and repeated his question, his voice stern and loud.

Ancient Vassal narrowed his eyes, a look of displeasure crossing his face.

"What, are you trying to use the Nie Family to pressure me?"

"I just want to make Elder Gu understand that behind the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect stands the Nie Family."

Chen Sheng seemed completely unintimidated, his expression remaining grim and composed.

"So what if it’s the Nie Family?"

Ancient Vassal sneered.

"Do you really think the Nie Family calls the shots in all of Yunzhou? This is Nanzhao! It’s not the Nie Family’s place to come here and throw their weight around!

I was originally going to give you a chance on account of you being the Nie Family’s son-in-law, but now it seems you don’t know how to appreciate a good thing.

If that’s the case, then after the array is broken...

...you can just come back with me to the Profound Yin Valley. We’ll let the Nie Family come and ask for you back then!"

"I’d love to see it! What can the Nie Family do? What can they possibly do to me?!"

Hearing Ancient Vassal’s arrogant words, not only did Chen Sheng show no fear, but a smile actually spread across his face.

’That’s exactly what I was waiting for you to say!’

And sure enough.

The moment Ancient Vassal’s voice fell, a tyrannical aura erupted from within the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, instantly blanketing a radius of several thousand feet.

Accompanying that tyrannical aura was a voice, tinged with coldness:

"Such arrogant words. It seems you don’t have much regard for my Nie Family."

Hearing this, the crowd of Profound Mastery experts locked in a chaotic battle within the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect were once again plunged into astonishment.

’What?’

’There’s another expert?!’

Lan Yufei’s mouth fell open, her expression a mixture of shock and pleasant surprise.

"Who’s there?!"

Feeling the sudden, terrifying aura, Ancient Vassal’s expression changed dramatically.

The certainty of victory he’d felt just moments before vanished without a trace.

However, the only response Elder Gu received was the ring of a sword from the heavens.

Elder Gu looked up, and his pupils instantly constricted.

High above, a beam of azure Sword Light descended from the ninth heaven, carrying with it a terrifying pressure and might that seemed to command the very world around it.

In an instant, Elder Gu felt a lethal sense of crisis.

’This is bad!’

Realizing the danger, Elder Gu hastily summoned a black, round shield to block in front of him.

But as the Sword Light fell, it instantly shattered the shield, which was a Magical Treasure. It then slammed into Elder Gu’s Protective Divine Technique and, with the force of a landslide, tore through that as well.

Finally, it struck Elder Gu’s Magical Treasure, his Profound Armor.

"BOOM!!!"

Following the deafening roar, a brilliant light erupted high in the sky.

The shockwave swept through the surrounding Primordial Qi, and large swaths of the four sects’ disciples caught in the blast below collapsed.

Everything between heaven and earth...

...seemed to freeze solid in that single moment!

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