Chapter 567 - 513: Breaking the Stalemate

Chapter 567: Chapter 513: Breaking the Stalemate

Chu Mu breathed a sigh of relief. The tension in his expression finally eased at that moment.

He looked at the young woman with a smile. "Regarding this matter, Fairy, I’m afraid you’ve miscalculated."

Qing Ling stared at Chu Mu, her voice deep. "Fellow Daoist, that joke of yours isn’t funny."

"I never speak idly!"

Chu Mu shook his head and chuckled softly, his gaze sweeping around with an inscrutable look.

Although he still couldn’t perceive the specific changes within the Grand Array, the subsequent developments were not difficult to predict.

The collapse of order would spread to match the full extent of the Blood Evil Array’s coverage.

Hearing this, Qing Ling’s elegant brows furrowed tightly. The other Golden Core Cultivators present also looked around one by one. As their Divine Senses intertwined, their expressions changed drastically in a mere instant. Their previous confidence, the certainty of victory, vanished without a trace!

The expressions on everyone’s faces visibly hardened.

For the Golden Core Cultivators present, the spreading fluctuations of Blood Qi were obviously not difficult to detect.

As the ones who had laid this trap, how could they not understand what such a change would mean?

If the lust and chaos of the Blood Qi bewitched the Heart Spirits of the entire city’s cultivators, it would inevitably lead to a city-wide bloodbath.

All their years of planning, all their painstaking efforts to suppress the chaos and re-establish order after the first incident—everything would be for naught, like fetching water with a bamboo basket!

"I hope you have such good luck next time, Fellow Daoist!"

Qing Ling gave Chu Mu a deep look and left him with those words. She then leaped into the air, a streak of Tunneling Light flashing across the sky, and vanished from Chu Mu’s sight in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, the Chen Family Golden Core Cultivators present did not linger either, transforming into streaks of Tunneling Light and departing one after another.

Even the Chen Family Golden Core Cultivator who was still besieging the Extreme Yin True Master immediately fell back, not prolonging the fight for a second longer as he decisively retreated.

The entire city fell silent, but it only lasted for a dozen breaths. Under the bewitching influence of the Blood Qi’s lust and chaos, just as everyone had predicted...

Hell on earth had completely descended upon the already ravaged Bazhou City!

Countless Low Tier Cultivators had just found a sliver of peace thanks to the Chen Family re-establishing order. But under the bewitching influence of the Blood Qi’s lust and chaos on their Heart Spirits, the darkness within them was infinitely amplified—an evil and chaos that the vast majority of them could not resist.

Looking down from the heavens, the newly re-established order in the briefly pacified Bazhou City was spiraling out of control at a visible rate.

People’s hearts lost all reverence and their instinct for self-preservation. They all became puppets of lust.

A city-wide bloodbath visibly erupted once more!

And this time, the order the Chen Family had re-established was rendered completely meaningless.

They had no way to stop this eruption of bloodshed.

A vicious cycle for the Chen Family had abruptly taken shape.

The evil, chaotic bewitchment of the Blood Qi caused an uncontrollable collapse of order and an eruption of bloodshed.

The collapse of order and the eruption of bloodshed further fed Blood Qi into the Blood Evil Array. With nowhere else to go, this immense Blood Qi would inevitably intensify the chaos, further bewitching and corrupting the Heart Spirits of all living beings...

To break this vicious cycle, there was only one viable method: completely retake control of the Blood Evil Array.

As long as they regained control of the Grand Array, no amount of Blood Qi would be a problem; it would only become a tool to help them suppress the Nascent Soul Ancestors trapped within.

Beyond that, there was no other way.

In other words, for the Chen Family, this vicious cycle was now almost impossible to solve.

This was a point that the opposing Nascent Soul Ancestors, both inside and outside the array, were undoubtedly well aware of.

The scene of collapsing order and a city in chaos now filled everyone’s vision.

Amidst this drastic change, two completely different sets of emotions were stirring inside and outside the array.

In this whole situation, the most inconspicuous element had been the hundreds of thousands of cultivators in the city. And now, this most inconspicuous element had become the straw that broke the camel’s back.

The Extremely Yin and Evil Blood Qi spread throughout the city along the vein-like tendrils of the Blood Evil Array, seeming to cloak all of Bazhou City in a faint, bloody hue.

As countless cultivators lost control of their Heart Spirits, endless negative desires erupted. Order completely collapsed, chaos reigned city-wide, and a torrential amount of Blood Qi was continuously devoured by the Blood Evil Array, pushing it inch by inch toward its breaking point.

All of this was, of course, clearly witnessed by the Nascent Soul Ancestors on both sides.

But at this moment, no one made a move.

With the situation having evolved to this point, a city-wide bloodbath, it was clear that things were beyond saving.

The outcome of victory and defeat was already crystal clear.

"Fellow Daoist Qing Cang, I’m afraid your calculations have fallen short this time."

Xu Lingtian raised a hand and wiped away the sword light floating before him. His light words passed through the Grand Array, falling with perfect clarity into the ears of the Chen Family Nascent Soul Ancestors outside.

Qing Cang Ancestor swept his gaze across the Nascent Soul Ancestors inside the array, his voice calm and devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

"Today’s fruit is born from yesterday’s cause."

"I hope all of you Fellow Daoists will have such good luck next time."

He left them with those words, not even waiting for a response from the Nascent Soul Ancestors inside the array. With a flick of his sleeve, the Blood Evil Array, originally meant to suppress Nascent Soul Ancestors, visibly rippled.

Immediately after, it was as if a Heaven and Earth Net had materialized. Across the sky, dense Array Prohibition Patterns formed around the twelve Soldier Puppets. On the ground, amidst the rubble, were the Array Prohibition veins, still devouring Blood Qi.

Between heaven and earth, the Blood Evil Array was revealed in its entirety, down to the smallest detail, manifesting completely within Bazhou City.

Then, this Heaven and Earth Net began to visibly crumble. With a series of sharp CRACKS, every single vein of the Array Prohibition shattered, section by section.

At this moment, however, very few were fortunate enough to witness this scene.

With the Array Prohibitions shattered, the vast, accumulated sea of blood was no longer obstructed.

Like a volcanic eruption, Blood Qi surged into the sky from the city center. In an instant, it swept through the entire city like a tsunami.

In that instant, even the cultivators who had been desperately trying to protect their Heart Spirits were completely overwhelmed by the wave. Their minds broke, they became puppets of desire, and they plunged into a bottomless abyss. Their chances of survival... were slim to none!

However, to the Nascent Soul Ancestors locked in their game, it was clear that none of them cared about the lives of the Low Tier Cultivators in the city.

Now, as Qing Cang Ancestor took the initiative to shatter the Blood Evil Array, the Nascent Soul Ancestors trapped inside were naturally freed ahead of schedule.

And without the obstruction of the Array Prohibitions...

With Profound Nether Ancestor being the first to strike, a single attack shattered the stalemate, instantly erupting into a world-shaking Nascent Soul Battle!

Neither side spoke another word. There was only the clash of monstrous, towering rage.

For the Chen Family, years of schemes and painstaking planning had been wiped out in a single day!

For the Nascent Soul Ancestors who had been trapped, it was the fury and hatred of being plotted against, suppressed, and brought to the brink of death.

More than a dozen Nascent Soul Ancestors on both sides began to fight, each like a Great Sun appearing in the sky. The immense Blood Qi that had plunged countless cultivators into the abyss was as fragile as a sheet of paper before this Nascent Soul Battle. Within a few breaths, the boundless, surging Blood Qi was instantly torn to shreds.

Every attack laid waste to the land. The already ravaged Bazhou City was nearly reduced to a complete ruin in the span of just a dozen breaths.

The Chain Array that enveloped the entire city, which had driven countless cultivators to despair, was visibly teetering on the brink of collapse under the Nascent Soul Battle. Even though it wasn’t being targeted directly, the mere aftershocks made it seem as if it would shatter into pieces at any moment, just like the Blood Evil Array...

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