Chapter 1305 - 1405: Protective Array

Ye Tianfan watched as the mantis-like creature outside the wall was so humiliated, and he couldn't help but find it quite amusing.

After all, they had just seen from the big screen on the stage outside that this mantis-like creature outside the wall was fierce toward Master Shitaichu, acting as if it didn't care about anyone. Yet now, this mantis-like creature was being humiliated by these people with low strength. Instantly, Ye Tianfan felt that plans couldn't keep up with changes. He estimated that the mantis-like creature had planned to devour Master Shitaichu, thereby increasing its strength, but didn't expect to end up like this.

Ye Tianfan looked at the mantis-like creature outside the wall, which was currently being hit in various styles, and couldn't help but wonder if some secret techniques from the crowd might really work against the wall creatures.

After all, the wall interior has developed for thousands, even tens of thousands of years, and there must be energies that can counteract the demonic qi, evil qi, and other negative auras outside the wall.

Though Ye Tianfan knew the chance was slim, he firmly believed that there's definitely an energy that can deal with these demonic qi and evil qi.

Previously, due to the short time frame, they didn't search for such things. But now almost all cultivators under the heavens are here, perhaps someone really has a secret method that can harm this wall creature effectively, considering everything had been developed by Master Shitaichu without consulting others.

Now, with everyone's attention, dealing with this wall creature might allow people to discover a new way to combat wall creatures. Although this hope is quite faint, continuing the search also counts as contributing to the exploration outside the wall.

Ye Tianfan saw everyone starting to unleash their moves on the mantis-like wall creature and quickly became vigilant. After all, if the mantis-like wall creature decided to go all out, it would be troublesome.

Although the mantis-like wall creature might not opt for self-destruction—since wall creatures hardly ever do—Ye Tianfan still needed to be cautious, worried it might deploy other unexpected tactics.

After all, wall creatures not only have self-destruction at their disposal; if they suddenly release demonic qi or evil qi, these negative auras could become overwhelming since such qi has always impeded cultivators inside the wall.

This inhibition isn't simple; it's a kind of fatal restraint since cultivators inside the wall have been cultivating spiritual power for tens of thousands of years, and this compatibility has become deeply ingrained. Even if someone develops a method to absorb demonic qi and evil qi, it couldn't be done without injury.

Ye Tianfan thought even if a method to absorb these negative auras were discovered, the cost would be significant.

Otherwise, do you think those predecessors over the years never considered the wall creatures? It shouldn't be the case, as every top cultivator inside the wall likely contemplated this, but the exterior was too perilous without the Chaos Treasure Lotus, surrounded by overwhelming demonic qi and evil qi.

To truly explore outside the wall, fixed positions are needed, and if maintained only by arrays, they need constant reinforcement, or else these arrays would quickly be corroded by the demonic qi and evil qi.

The reason Ye Tianfan and his team could establish a base camp wasn't any other reason than Ye Tianfan's use of the Chaos Treasure Lotus's energy shield to cover the outermost layer of the base camp.

Though the effect might be lesser, at least it guarantees the array won't be eroded, as this energy shield loses most of its power when distant from the Chaos Treasure Lotus, only barely maintaining the array's operation and preventing erosion from demonic qi and evil qi.

What Ye Tianfan has achieved with his current power is already impressive, and he would claim it was done by Master Shitaichu, who used the Chaos Treasure Lotus to create a membrane covering the array's exterior.

This membrane functions like an ozone layer, preventing massive ultraviolet radiation.

Though Ye Tianfan enveloped the base camp with the Chaos Treasure Lotus's membrane, it can't entirely prevent the erosion by demonic qi and evil qi, but it filters these negative auras, leaving only a trace to erode the array.

But this remaining trace of demonic qi and evil qi isn't a match for the array, whose outermost layer can easily eliminate the revealed demonic qi and evil qi.

It is precisely because of this trace of negative aura that the base camp's array can continue to operate, as lacking external stimulation, the array would degrade, and every array banner would start rusting. Of course, this so-called rusting isn't literal but internal pathways within the banner corroding from lack of spiritual power circulation.

Since every array banner is nurtured by spiritual power during its crafting, and if deprived of spiritual power for long, the warmth from spiritual power would slowly dry up due to its absence.

This would lead to the array gradually losing its effectiveness, which is why arrays need to be continuously nurtured by spiritual power. Without spiritual nourishment, it would need constant stimulation.

Otherwise, the array needs to be re-covered and re-deployed at intervals.

If it were within the wall, that would be manageable as there's nothing fatal around, but outside, if an array suddenly vanished, it would be lethal, as external demonic qi and evil qi would corrode anyone directly.

Hence, the membrane Ye Tianfan uses, though slightly weak, is still sufficient. After all, it's only slightly weakened and doesn't let massive demonic qi and evil qi leak through.