Chapter 306 - 131: Xiangzhu, My Wife, Let Me Explain, This Is a Legitimate Massage

Chapter 306: Chapter 131: Xiangzhu, My Wife, Let Me Explain, This Is a Legitimate Massage

And yet, this only strengthened his conviction that Zhao Ci was not the Saint Monarch.

This man.

His mind was filled with foolish sentimentality.

’He’d been poisoned by a Gu himself, yet he was still worried about protecting Zhang Da Yong!’

’How ridiculous!’

’How could a man like that possibly be the Saint Monarch?’

Huangfu Song was filled with rage, yet he couldn’t suppress a nagging doubt.

’From the looks of it, Zhao Ci has likely seen through most of my motives. So why did he still swallow the Paradise Gu?’

Why?

Why!

’This is bad!’

He shot into the air and sped straight toward the residence.

At the same time, a sound wave rapidly spread out in all directions.

In the blink of an eye, twelve dark figures emerged from different directions.

Several streams of black energy shot toward the sky, weaving together into countless intersecting currents. In a mere instant, they formed a Grand Array.

"Success!"

Huangfu Song sighed in relief. These were his most trusted and capable subordinates, each at the Divine Treasure Fourth Layer.

Once this Grand Array was active, he was confident that the people from the Imperial Clan Court would be unable to interfere before he achieved his goal. Even if Gu Xiangzhu’s subordinates arrived, it would be useless.

After all.

This was his greatest trump card.

Of course.

This was all assuming Gu Xiangzhu herself didn’t show up.

However.

’He had already used the Ink and Water Celestial Demon Seal, so how could Gu Xiangzhu possibly come?’

’Even if she did, it would be futile.’

’He refused to believe that Gu Xiangzhu was powerful enough to forcefully break through the Joyful Dream.’

Less than a few moments after the Grand Array formed, the profound-black formation had locked down the area in a ten-zhang radius around the residence.

Fortunately, this was in the mountains where homes were far apart; otherwise, a great number of people would have been affected.

But even so.

This sudden upheaval caused considerable panic.

The immense pressure and brutal aura made all the commoners tremble in fear.

Not a single one dared to step outside, and they all barricaded themselves inside their homes.

When Huangfu Song arrived, his twelve subordinates all bowed.

"Dharma Protector!"

"Well done."

He gave a faint nod, but his ears caught the sound of several figures tearing through the air.

A sweep of his Divine Sense revealed four people. Three of them were Gu Xiangzhu’s subordinates; ’As expected, she sent people to protect Zhao Ci in secret.’

The other one.

’It seems to be that fellow named Zhao Qing.’

’I’ve seen him before.’

’Divine Treasure Fourth Layer. Among his peers, he could be considered a top prodigy.’

’A pity, but he’s no match for me.’

He shook his head and made a light gesture with his hand. Twelve tentacles of True Qi extended from the array and connected to his twelve meridians, causing the array’s power to surge immensely.

As for him.

He stepped into the Grand Array.

The instant he stepped inside,

Zhao Qing arrived, tearing through the sky on dark azure wings. When he saw the scene before him, his mind went blank.

He couldn’t understand.

Zhao Ci was just a Prince whose fame had recently begun to rise.

Why was he being targeted so terrifyingly, one time after another?

But he knew one thing for certain.

If something happened to Zhao Ci this time, not even death would be enough to atone for his failure.

His eyes nearly split with rage as his aura suddenly surged several-fold. He raised his sword and slashed down.

"Break!"

BOOM...

The earth shook and the mountains trembled.

The array also shook violently.

But it showed no sign of collapsing.

Zhao Qing’s pupils shrank. "H-How is this possible?"

He was only at the Divine Treasure Fourth Layer.

But he had already crushed the Imperial Decree, channeling a massive amount of True Qi from the Zhao Clan’s experts into his own body.

For a short time, his combat power could definitely rival that of a Divine Treasure Sixth Layer cultivator. Moreover, that last strike was one of the Zhao Clan’s array-breaking Divine Techniques. As long as one’s True Qi was strong enough, it could forcefully shatter any array.

This was the source of the Imperial Clan Court’s confidence in its ability to secretly ensure the safety of the competition.

After all... every person they sent out could temporarily attain the combat power of the Divine Treasure Sixth Layer.

But what was this happening before him?

Zhao Qing knew the people who had set up this array were experts, but for it to not even show a single sign of breaking?

He was completely dumbfounded.

Huangfu Song glanced back at him. "Don’t waste your energy. There’s nothing wrong with your Heaven-Piercing Sword, but unfortunately... the Heaven-Piercing Sword is ineffective against this array of mine."

"Bastard!"

Zhao Qing was unable to contain his fury. "There are few arrays in this world that my Zhao Clan’s Heaven-Piercing Sword cannot break! How dare a villain like you make such an arrogant claim?"

With that, he once again poured all his True Qi into his sword and slashed down.

However, the result was the same as before. The Grand Array shook violently, but its foundation remained unshakably firm.

He was stunned. The Heaven-Piercing Sword was rumored to have been derived by a great power from a previous dynasty, who had deduced it from the very foundation of all arrays. A single slash was said to be able to shake the foundation of any array, yet the scene before him completely contradicted everything he knew.

What shocked him even more was that this villain from the Demon Sect had clearly anticipated that this array would be able to counter the Heaven-Piercing Sword.

Where did this confidence come from?

The Heaven-Piercing Sword was an array-breaking Divine Technique that only those in the Zhao Clan’s inner circle could cultivate.

How could it be that the man before him seemed to understand the Heaven-Piercing Sword better than he did?

"Who... Who are you?"

"Who am I?"

Huangfu Song’s smile was chilling. "Go back and ask your elders. They should be able to guess who I am!"

With that,

He walked straight into the house.

He left behind a single, emotionless command: "Don’t let a single fly in."

"Yes, sir!"

The twelve subordinates answered in unison.

If it were just the twelve of them, they might not be completely certain.

But now that the array was connected to Huangfu Song’s twelve meridians, it was as if a top-tier expert like him had become the array’s power source.

Never mind a single Zhao Qing.

Even if a Divine Treasure Seventh Layer cultivator arrived, they were confident they could hold them off for some time.

In a flash, three more dark figures with sinister auras appeared.