Chapter 231: Siege

Chapter 231: Chapter 231: Siege

Actually, Jiang Xu had a slight misunderstanding about Arrays.

Magical Artifacts capable of temporarily deploying a Tier Two Array were exceedingly rare. They were typically used for temporary defensive positions, far beyond the reach of someone like Young Master Yellow Springs. Besides, he generally had no use for them.

As for Tier Two Array Masters, they were even rarer. Any Sect would cherish and protect such an individual, and would never send them lightly onto a battlefield.

The fact that Young Master Yellow Springs could produce a Tier One Top Grade Array for an ambush was already a testament to his substantial resources.

By this point, Young Master Yellow Springs was growing impatient.

After the last false alarm, they had waited eagerly in ambush for at least another three hours. But with absolutely no activity in that time, their anxiety was reaching a breaking point.

They weren’t accustomed to lying in wait for people; their usual method was to charge straight ahead, blades in hand.

Forcing them to wait like this for a day or two was unbearable.

"Son of a bitch!" a Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivator cursed. "Didn’t the intel say they’d arrive today? It’s almost dark, so where the hell are they? You don’t think he sold us fake information and is just messing with us, do you?!"

"Maybe they already passed by, or they got delayed for some reason?"

"Enough!" Young Master Yellow Springs snapped, waving his hand in frustration. "Is it so hard for you to just wait? I’ve decided. We’ll wait through today, and then one more day tomorrow. If they still don’t show up by then, I’ll go settle the score with the bastard who sold us this information!"

Once Young Master Yellow Springs had spoken, the other Demon Cultivators fell silent, forcing themselves to swallow their impatience and wait.

Suddenly, several figures faintly appeared in the distance. They had graceful silhouettes, appearing to be a few women striding quickly in their direction.

The spirits of every Demon Cultivator in the ambush lifted.

’They’re finally here!’

Young Master Yellow Springs grew exceptionally excited and instinctively wanted to order the charge.

But just as the words reached his lips, he froze.

He sensed something was off. The women up ahead... their gait seemed unnatural. There were other things, too, that just felt strange.

"Don’t move yet!"

Young Master Yellow Springs immediately halted his men.

"Careful, it could be a trap!"

At his words, the Demon Cultivators’ restless energy subsided. Upon closer inspection, a more discerning one among them immediately spotted the problem.

"Those bitches are cunning! The ones up front are just Puppets!"

"What?!"

"Puppets?"

The others looked closer and saw that they were indeed different from real people. They all continued to suppress their auras and hide within the Array, making no rash moves.

Sure enough.

After the Puppets had passed, watched by the Demon Cultivators, three Female Cultivators appeared some distance behind them, following the exact same path.

Before long, the three Female Cultivators had stepped into the Array.

BOOM—!

The Array instantly erupted with its full power!

The Array Young Master Yellow Springs had laid was the Eight Ghosts Flying Head Demon Array, a Tier One Top Grade Array constructed around a core of eight Evil Ghost Heads.

The moment the Array activated, strange and mysterious Array Patterns suddenly materialized on the seemingly ordinary ground. They intertwined and coiled, forming a massive web of Demonic Qi that enveloped the entire ambush zone.

The gentle light grew dim and twisted, as if they had been plunged into Hell. The ground began to shake as ghostly roars welled up from beneath, accompanied by bone-chilling gusts of wind.

Eight lifelike Evil Ghost Heads materialized from sinister black qi. Each head was grotesque, its cavernous maw gaping as it let out a piercing shriek. All at once, they spewed torrents of pitch-black Demonic Qi toward the three Female Cultivators.

The Demonic Qi solidified into tangible forms, morphing into countless demonic claws, spectral flames, and other attacks of various shapes that swarmed the women.

Young Master Yellow Springs and his Demon Cultivators attacked simultaneously, unleashing a rain of countless different Demon Techniques upon the Female Cultivators.

"Hahaha, Yan Chunyu, you’re not going anywhere!"

...

BOOM—!

Jiang Xu and Zong Ziqi both heard the massive explosion.

Even without using his Spiritual Eye Technique, Jiang Xu knew Young Master Yellow Springs had made his move.

He activated his Spiritual Eye Technique. The roiling Demonic Qi was expected, but to his surprise, he detected a fluctuation of Magical Power within it. Though it seemed faint, it was abnormally resilient.

"They’re actually holding on?" Jiang Xu was stunned.

Faced with an assault from so many Demon Cultivators—something even he and Zong Ziqi combined would have to evade—someone was actually holding their ground.

’Incredible!’

"Quick! It’s time to move!" Jiang Xu immediately urged Zong Ziqi.

"Didn’t you say we weren’t going to save them?" Zong Ziqi asked, confused, as he hurried to keep up.

"When did I say I was going to save them? Right now, they’re tying up the enemy’s forces for us. If we don’t take this chance to kill Young Master Yellow Springs, it’ll be much harder once the dust settles! As for whether they manage to escape or what happens to them after we’ve killed him, that’s none of our concern."

As he spoke, Jiang Xu had already cast the Concealing Breath Spell on both himself and Zong Ziqi, their figures melting into the surroundings.

They stealthily approached the battlefield, which was wreathed in Demonic Qi. Although the Eight Ghosts Flying Head Demon Array exuded a powerful hallucinatory effect, attempting to shroud everything in darkness and chaos, it was not an unsolvable puzzle for Jiang Xu.

Jiang Xu activated his Spiritual Eye Technique and focused his Divine Sense. Guided by his Spiritual Power, he pierced through the heavy mist and distorted spatial perceptions, his vision penetrating deep inside the Demon Array.

Through his Spiritual Eye Technique, Jiang Xu saw the interior of the Eight Ghosts Flying Head Demon Array. Eight Evil Ghost Heads hovered in mid-air, their eye sockets emitting a profound and eerie light that powered the Array’s constant operation.

Three Female Cultivators were trapped within, struggling with all their might against the attacks and containment from every direction.

The moment he saw the three Female Cultivators, Jiang Xu was stunned.

’Yan Chunyu? She’s the one who was ambushed? What is she doing here?’

With no time for further thought, Jiang Xu immediately began working to break the Demon Array.

His recent period of closed-door cultivation had raised his Array Cultivation to the level of a Tier One Upper Grade Array Master.

Although Jiang Xu had yet to reach the rank of a Tier Two Array Master, the Array Book from Ancient Times that he had acquired in the Secret Realm within the Endless Forest had given him a solid foundation.

This book detailed the structural principles, deployment methods, and breaking strategies for Tier One and some Tier Two Arrays. While it didn’t mention the Eight Ghosts Flying Head Demon Array by name, it contained an in-depth analysis of the core principles and Array Pattern applications common to both Tier One and Tier Two Arrays.

Through his studies, Jiang Xu had long since gained a profound understanding of various Arrays. He knew that no matter how an Array’s form changed, its essence was always the same: an evolution of complex combinations of basic Array Patterns.

It was just like a mathematical formula: as long as you mastered the basic elements, you could solve any complex problem.