Chapter 228 - 226: Killing Array Trap

Chapter 228: Chapter 226: Killing Array Trap

Ouyang Mingcheng, a man known throughout the Ouyang Family for his honesty, now wore a savage, contorted expression, looking like a man possessed.

As his blood splattered onto the Purple Spirit Tree, the massive tree began to shake violently. It then suddenly split down the middle, revealing a Daoist Palace gate covered in runes!

"Stop him!"

Ouyang Xun roared, leading his men to charge forward.

Kou Anzhi’s Dao Sword was already unsheathed, but it was too late.

Ouyang Mingcheng formed a Seal Technique with his hands. A ray of white light shot from the Daoist Palace gate and pierced through him, probing his will.

At this moment, Ouyang Mingcheng had already resolved to make a complete break with the Ouyang Family and drag them down with him. His will was naturally unshakeable.

The next moment, with a loud RUMBLE, the Daoist Palace gate began to slowly swing open.

Kou Anzhi’s expression was incredibly grim, so dark it looked like storm clouds were about to burst.

He had wanted to open the Daoist Palace gate, but not like this—not in full view of the public!

He had intended for only his own people from the Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect to open it in secret, then leisurely explore the Daoist Palace.

Seeing the Daoist Palace gate open, Ouyang Mingcheng immediately burst into wild laughter at Ouyang Xun.

"Ouyang Xun! You old dog! Didn’t you want my son’s Innate Dao Bone? Didn’t you want to make my wife a Furnace Cauldron? Today, I’ll make sure all your scheming comes to nothing!

You wanted to drive me to my death? Fine! I’ll drag the entire Ouyang Family down to the grave with me!"

The Jianghu people present for the ceremony burst into an uproar upon hearing this.

What was going on with the Ouyang Family? Infighting?

They recognized Ouyang Mingcheng. He was the head of the fourth branch of the Ouyang Family, a man who was usually very low-key and humble.

And from the sound of it, Ouyang Xun had actually tried to steal his son’s Innate Dao Bone and even wanted to force his wife to become a Furnace Cauldron for cultivation?

Good heavens, that was tantamount to the blood feud of having one’s son killed and one’s wife stolen. No wonder an honest man had been pushed to such extremes.

"Damn it!"

Kou Anzhi strode forward until he stood before Ouyang Xun, his gaze dark as he stared him down.

"These were your arrangements? This is what you meant by ’everything is ready’?"

Ouyang Xun’s face was also grim, a hint of resentment brewing in his heart.

’In his view, Ouyang Yi was nothing but a piece of trash before. Even if he took the boy’s Innate Dao Bone now, it would just be returning things to the status quo. Ouyang Mingcheng had no reason to react so drastically.’

’And wasn’t it Kou Anzhi who insisted on making the man’s wife a Furnace Cauldron? That’s what really pushed him over the edge—a development Ouyang Xun himself hadn’t anticipated.’

"Useless! No wonder your Ouyang Family has fallen to such a state."

Kou Anzhi snorted coldly, showing Ouyang Xun no courtesy whatsoever.

Now that the Daoist Palace gate was open, this insatiably greedy old fool Ouyang Xun was of no further use.

Kou Anzhi made a Sword Pointing gesture, and a streak of black Sword Qi howled through the air, shooting straight for Ouyang Mingcheng.

Facing a strike from a Peak Grandmaster of the Primordial Pill Realm, Ouyang Mingcheng couldn’t even muster the will to resist. He simply waited calmly for death.

But just then, a flash of saber light suddenly appeared, intercepting and destroying Kou Anzhi’s Sword Qi.

Du Yuanqi descended from the sky, landing with a cold smile aimed at Kou Anzhi. "Kou Anzhi, you dare try to snatch an opportunity from my Ming Sect? Are you even worthy?"

At the same time, Yun Tianguang, Su Yifeng, and Chen Yuan appeared, positioning themselves to protect Ouyang Mingcheng.

Ouyang Mingcheng wore a look of utter disbelief. ’Master Chen’s backup plan... was the Great Brightness Sect?’

But at the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Even if Chen Yuan had brought the entire Zhenwu Hall, he wouldn’t have felt confident, because their opponent was the Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect.

But Ouyang Mingcheng knew of the Great Brightness Sect’s reputation. They were an organization that could completely disregard the Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect.

"I knew it! This sudden turn of events was no coincidence!"

Kou Anzhi stared coldly at Chen Yuan and the others. "Four remnants of the Ming Sect dare to challenge my Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect? You’re courting death!"

"Four is more than enough to kill you!"

Du Yuanqi sneered, and the members of the Ming Sect turned and walked directly through the Daoist Palace gate.

Chen Yuan, meanwhile, grabbed Ouyang Mingcheng and carried him through the Daoist Palace gate as well.

Ouyang Mingcheng struggled slightly. "My son and wife are still outside!"

"Don’t panic. Now that the Daoist Palace is open, who here doesn’t want to enter and get a piece of the pie—be it the Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect, the Ouyang Family, or any of these other Jianghu forces?

Once they all rush into this Daoist Palace, the outside will be the safest place to be."

Although Chen Yuan was wearing a mask, he didn’t disguise his voice. Ouyang Mingcheng recognized it, but he wasn’t surprised.

Ever since the people from the Ming Sect appeared, he had realized that this young prodigy of Zhenwu Hall, Chen Jiutian, was in fact also a member of the Ming Sect.

Hearing Chen Yuan’s explanation, Ouyang Mingcheng stopped struggling and followed the Ming Sect members into the Daoist Palace, though the worry in his heart had not completely subsided. ℯℯ𝘭.

Outside, just as Chen Yuan had predicted, Kou Anzhi and the others all swarmed into the Daoist Palace.

Ouyang Xun, in particular, gritted his teeth and ordered the entire Ouyang Family to enter the Daoist Palace.

With this unexpected turn of events in opening the Daoist Palace, his deals with the Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect were naturally null and void.

Moreover, he had previously offended the Ming Sect. It was safe to say he had alienated everyone and was now caught in the middle.

Since there was nothing to gain from either side, he might as well gamble everything inside the Daoist Palace. After all, it was left by an ancestor of the Ouyang Family; perhaps there would be some special consideration for Ouyang descendants.

The other forces present for the ceremony didn’t know the origin of this Daoist Palace, but anything that both the Ming Sect and the Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect would fight over was bound to be extraordinary.

They weren’t arrogant enough to think they could truly compete with the Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect and the Great Brightness Sect, but they hoped that by entering, they might get lucky and find some minor opportunity—even getting the scraps would be worthwhile.

But the moment they stepped inside, everyone realized they were wrong—dead wrong!

After stepping through the Daoist Palace gate, they were not greeted by magnificent and wondrous halls of an Ancient Daoist Sect, but by a dense, countless number of terrifying Killing Arrays!

Chen Yuan and his group were the first to enter. In an instant, a boundless Five Elements Storm Power surged toward them. The power of various Attributes, amplified by the Arrays, came crashing down on them from all sides.

And that wasn’t all. There were Arrays wielding Yin Yang Power, sinister Ghost Qi, and sharp Golden Spear Killing Qi. There were nearly a hundred different types of Arrays in total, and in the area immediately surrounding Chen Yuan’s group, five or six were activated at once, attacking them simultaneously.

Although Du Yuanqi and Yun Tianguang had expected some Defensive Arrays inside the Daoist Palace, they never imagined they would be met with so many Killing Arrays.

They had made some preparations beforehand, but they were still caught completely off guard.

The two of them hastily pulled out and activated an Array Plate, while frantically blasting away the residual shockwaves from the Arrays.

That Array Plate was a Secret Treasure forged by the Thousand Mechanisms Hall of the Great Brightness Sect. It could be powered simply by filling it with various treasures that contained Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

But while it could withstand ordinary Arrays, it was still not enough to handle so many Killing Arrays.

The people who entered after them fared even worse.

Kou Anzhi and the others from the Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect were also caught off guard. They hurriedly used various Secret Techniques to resist, while simultaneously unleashing Array-Breaking Techniques.

Kou Anzhi himself was not skilled in Arrays, but one of the Primordial Pill Realm Martial Artists from the Profound City Palace was an Array Dao Grandmaster.

While these two factions could barely hold on, the members of the Ouyang Family and the other Martial Artists who had followed them in, hoping for scraps, were not so fortunate.

Other than Ouyang Xun, a Martial Arts Grandmaster of the Primordial Pill Realm, the rest of the Martial Artists had virtually no power to resist the dense onslaught of Killing Arrays.

Anyone below the Condensing Truth Realm died almost instantly upon contact. Although Martial Artists at the Condensing Truth Realm could barely resist, each block required their full strength. Their energy would be depleted in moments, and the slightest lapse in concentration would result in them being obliterated by the Killing Arrays.

And so, in just a few short moments, hundreds of Martial Artists had perished within the Daoist Palace. Even their corpses were torn to shreds by the dense Killing Arrays, spilling blood and guts all over the floor. The entire Daoist Palace instantly became a hellish slaughterhouse.

Only then did the remaining Martial Artists begin to cry out and flee back the way they came, only to discover in terror that the Daoist Palace gate had already closed!

"Back into the corner!"

Yun Tianguang shouted. He formed a Seal Technique, and the vast, majestic Power of the Earth rose before them like a mountain, bearing the brunt of the Arrays’ bombardment.

Du Yuanqi held the Array Plate to defend from the rear, while Chen Yuan and Su Yifeng provided support on the left and right, shattering any stray power from the Killing Arrays that slipped through.

Ouyang Mingcheng’s combat strength was low, so he could only stay in the very center of their formation.

Once they had retreated into a corner against the wall, their backs were secure. They now only had to face the bombardment from the Killing Arrays in front, which made things a little easier. Everyone present breathed a simultaneous sigh of relief.

"Something’s not right about this place," Chen Yuan said with a frown.

"Not right? This is way beyond ’not right’!"

Du Yuanqi turned to Ouyang Mingcheng. "Did your ancestor want to see the Ouyang Family’s line extinguished? Why would he place so many Killing Arrays inside the Daoist Palace?

With Killing Arrays of this Level, even if your Ouyang Family gathered ten Primordial Pill Realm Grandmasters, a single moment of carelessness would get them all killed in this trap!"

This Daoist Palace was left behind by an ancestor of the Ouyang Family. It would be normal for it to have some defensive and guardian-type Arrays, but to have this many dense Killing Arrays was extremely abnormal.

Especially since the Ouyang ancestor had placed a restriction on the Daoist Palace’s gate, and all five branches of the Ouyang Family knew how to open it. This was clearly meant to be a legacy left to them.

But upon actually entering, how was this a legacy? It was clearly a deathtrap of Killing Arrays, designed to take lives!

You couldn’t even escape. The main gate was sealed shut; no one was getting out.

Ouyang Mingcheng was also bewildered. "I’ve never been inside either. In any case, our ancestor’s last words only contained the method to open this place, not even a method to get out.

I never thought that this Daoist Palace would be easy to enter but impossible to leave.

But why would our ancestor want to harm us? His last words even warned not to open the Daoist Palace without sufficient strength. Could it be... that we were too reckless and took too great a risk?"