Chapter 717: Nine Nether Profound Evil Slaughter Immortal Thunder Array

Chapter 717: Chapter 717: Nine Nether Profound Evil Slaughter Immortal Thunder Array

This object was something Xu Yunfan had painstakingly refined, created by collecting the essence of the gloomy clouds and Death Qi from the edge of the Sea of Suffering.

Han Shi injected his Magical Power into it. The hazy gray Qi Mass immediately expanded, spreading out rapidly. Its aura blended perfectly with the eternally present, decaying Cloud Qi above the Netherworld, becoming utterly indistinguishable.

Han Shi’s figure quickly submerged into the area covered by the Yin Nether Cloud Qi, vanishing completely.

He concealed his entire aura, as if becoming a part of the clouds themselves. Peering through a gap in the cloud layer, he gazed at the distant White Bone Island, the seemingly dying behemoth upon it, and the cold Dao Fruit that radiated a fatal allure.

Atop the Cloud Platform of the Divine Sky Palace, Xu Yunfan’s eyes were tightly shut. His Heart and Spirit, however, were quietly observing the turbulent Sea of Suffering through the absolute control link of the Attribute Panel.

Han Shi lay in wait eight hundred miles away, hovering above a massive vortex of blood-red waves. Perfectly concealed by the cloud qi, he remained silent, his expression stunned.

Xu Yunfan knew what Han Shi was thinking.

His anger was slowly turning into fear.

He was terrified of the layers of Killing Arrays Xu Yunfan had laid.

Han Shi was repeatedly running calculations in his mind. If he were in the Qiu Long’s place, facing Xu Yunfan’s layered arrays, one after another, would he have even a sliver of a chance to survive?

The answer was despairing: there was no chance at all.

The Dao of Arrays was to use a minuscule force to leverage the mighty power of Heaven and Earth, transforming it into an attack of overwhelming destructive force.

Moreover, Xu Yunfan was a master of both the Array and Artifact Daos. The array he was currently deploying was an incomparably powerful Thunder Killing Array, with an offensive ferocity that was no less than that of a peak Sword Cultivator.

When the Array Dao was deployed with the methods of a Golden Core cultivator, what Sword Cultivator would dare claim they could plunge into the array and emerge unscathed?

Through the Attribute Panel’s link, Xu Yunfan perceived these thoughts with perfect clarity.

However, Xu Yunfan paid it no mind.

If Han Shi made a single unauthorized move, Xu Yunfan could take over his body and Divine Soul with a mere thought. He wouldn’t be able to cause the slightest trouble.

The most important thing now was to command Han Shi to complete this Absolute Array, designed to hunt the Dao Fruit.

Xu Yunfan’s thoughts flowed, and he continuously used the Attribute Panel’s abilities to transport Magical Treasure Array Banners to Han Shi.

Far away in the Netherworld, Han Shi immediately received the command.

Expressionless, Han Shi retrieved Array Banners and Array Hubs one by one from his Storage Magical Artifact.

These Magical Treasure-level Array Banners had all been meticulously refined by Xu Yunfan over the past three years. He had crafted them during breaks from exploring the Sea of Suffering, combining knowledge from the Primordial Sect’s Array Dao Secret Manual with his own profound understanding of space and Yin Evil.

The first things Han Shi drove into the void were the Shadow Escape Banners, primarily used for concealment, misdirection, and briefly disrupting space.

Under the precise guidance of Xu Yunfan’s Divine Thought, they sank into specific spatial nodes. Like drops of water in the ocean, they instantly merged with the surrounding violent spatial fluctuations and the dense Yin Evil Death Qi, vanishing without a trace.

This was merely the outermost layer of concealment.

Next came the core of the hunt: a grand Thunder Array specifically designed to counter the attributes of the Taiyin Qiu Dragon Dao Fruit.

Xu Yunfan cultivated the Divine Sky Nine Heavens Profound Vault Undying True Scripture, a technique that was Supreme Yang and Firm, capable of shattering the Ten Thousand Laws. However, in the absolute desolation of the Netherworld’s Sea of Suffering—a place of Supreme Yin and Cold—the power of pure Yang Thunder would be severely suppressed. Worse, it could easily trigger a violent backlash from the Sea of Suffering Law.

The slightest misstep, a single Supreme Yang Spark, could cause the entire area to detonate, creating a massive disturbance.

Therefore, Xu Yunfan chose to use the Destruction Celestial Gang Thunder Method from his Divine Sky Purple Mansion as the core of his strategy. This method didn’t directly summon Yang Thunder; instead, it was a supreme technique for commanding all forms of lightning, particularly adept at controlling and converting various types of Yin Evil Thunderbolts.

Under Xu Yunfan’s control, Han Shi carefully drove Array Banners, each inscribed with intricate purple-gold Thunder Patterns, into specific locations on the outskirts of the White Bone Island.

’Summon the Earth Evil Abyssal Thunder!’

Xu Yunfan’s Divine Thought command was transmitted with perfect clarity.

Han Shi obeyed, driving several triangular banners—so black they seemed to absorb all light—into the crevices between the Blood Sea Reef Stones.

The moment these Array Banners were in place, they faintly connected to the Yin Evil and Dirt Qi that had accumulated for eons in the depths of the Sea of Suffering.

Once activated, they would summon ink-black Yin Evil thunder dragons to erupt from the sea, sealing off all escape routes and corroding both flesh and Divine Soul.

’Next, deploy the Nine Nether Profound Yin Evil Thunder Array.’

Following another wave of commands from Xu Yunfan, Han Shi took out several Array Hubs engraved with Nine Nether Ghost Face Runes and drove them into the nodes of the void.

This array could gather the omnipresent Nine Nether Xuan Yin Qi from the Sea of Suffering, transforming it into a silent, all-pervasive net of Yin Thunder that corroded bone and devoured the soul.

’Set up the Yellow Springs Soul-Attracting Yin Thunder.’

Several bone-white Array Banners were placed in specific positions.

They could draw upon the resentful spirits of the dead in the Sea of Suffering, transforming them into wailing Soul Thunders that directly assaulted a creature’s Divine Soul and sowed chaos in its mind.

Using the Destruction Celestial Gang Thunder Method from his Divine Sky Purple Mansion as the general framework, Xu Yunfan nested these powerful Yin Evil Thunder Arrays of varying attributes, linking them layer by layer in an interlocking design.

Under the command of the Divine Sky True Intent, Yin Thunder could transform into Yang, and Yang Thunder could become Yin Evil. Through Mutual Generation and Mutual Inhibition, the transformations were endless.

Once activated, it would become a world-destroying thunderous deathtrap.

This composite Grand Array, specifically created for the environment of the Sea of Suffering and integrating various Yin Evil Thunderbolts, was named by Xu Yunfan: the Nine Nether Profound Evil Slaughter Immortal Thunder Array.

Creating such a nested Grand Array, where each constituent array was Sixth Grade or higher, was exceedingly difficult. Even with the help of the Attribute Panel, the mental strain nearly exhausted Xu Yunfan.

But the results were also pleasantly surprising.

However, Xu Yunfan’s preparations didn’t stop there.

From his previous reconnaissance with Clone Wukong, he was well aware of the Netherworld’s unique environment. His customary Star Spirit Banner’s All Heaven Star Battle Grand Array was corroded by the Muddy Fiend and Death Qi here. Receiving the Power of Stars from the heavens was extremely difficult, and the array’s might was greatly diminished.

The Sea of Suffering Reincarnation, the Wanderer’s Returning Ruins... what this place had in abundance was endless Yin Evil, Death Qi, and resentment.

’I must gather the endless Yin Evil of this place... I have to forge a supreme weapon of slaughter...’

Xu Yunfan’s thoughts churned as he muttered to himself, pondering.

He designated the previously laid Nine Nether Profound Evil Slaughter Immortal Thunder Array as the outer, core killing formation. Within its perimeter, Xu Yunfan began directing Han Shi to set up the embryonic form of another Absolute Array.

The Ten Thousand Tribulations Yin Sha Extinction Sword Formation.

This array didn’t rely on starlight. Instead, it drew its power exclusively from the natural Muddy Fiend of the Sea of Suffering and the boundless killing karma within it.

It also incorporated Xu Yunfan’s own insights into the Sword Dao. Although these insights were gleaned from Han Shi, the Fury Killing Sword Intent was undeniably real. Besides, since the clone was his, so was the experience.

Xu Yunfan felt perfectly justified in this.

In recent days, the angrier Han Shi became, the stronger his Fury Killing Sword Intent grew, and Xu Yunfan was naturally able to comprehend it in sync.

His understanding of the Sword Dao deepened as well.

As for comprehending multiple Sword Intents like Ancestral Master Chunyang, Xu Yunfan hadn’t considered it. That would consume a vast amount of his time. He would only spare the effort for such things after he truly reached the Mid-Stage Golden Core, achieved the Minor Circulation, and could finally catch his breath.

For now, he had to focus all his efforts on seizing the Taiyin Qiu Dragon Dao Fruit.

Under Xu Yunfan’s guidance, Han Shi drove dark-red, sword-shaped array banners one by one into the vortex of the Sea of Blood and the treacherous landscape of piled bones. Each banner radiated a ferocious, sky-piercing aura.

These Array Banners were like greedy maws, frantically absorbing the surrounding Yin Evil Death Qi and intangible killing karma. The Sword Intent they radiated was chilling. Even before the formation was complete, it was already causing the nearby space of the Netherworld to faintly distort.