Chapter 728 - 366: Explosion! Beast God’s Claw Bone

Chapter 728: Chapter 366: Explosion! Beast God’s Claw Bone

’This is a loss.’

Cheng Zongyang felt a pang of helplessness. He could still leave at any moment, but with the Grand Array draining the Spirit Vein like this, its Grade would surely drop.

The moment he dismantled the Tier Six Array, those people would appear before him instantly.

His only real option was to maintain the Grand Array, wait for the Earth Treasure Gourd to finish absorbing, then teleport away and have his Puppet destroy the Array.

He would have to abandon this Tier Six Array, worth well over a hundred thousand spirit stones!

But he wasn’t about to give up so easily.

He had a hunch. If he could get his hands on that golden, glowing object, then sacrificing the Tier Six Array would be worth it.

’Looks like they’re about to launch their final attack.’

Cheng Zongyang’s expression grew grim as he watched the golden light in the sky, blazing like a sun.

But soon, a bold idea surfaced in his mind.

’What if I use the opportunity when the Finger Bone attacks the Array? I could shut down the Array for an instant, let the Finger Bone strike the ground, and then reactivate the barrier. Wouldn’t that mean I could seize the Treasure for myself?’

’But for that to work, I have to be ready to escape first.’

As the light from the Treasure high above fully formed, Cheng Zongyang made his decision.

He glanced at the Earth Treasure Gourd. He had no idea how much Spiritual Qi it had absorbed from the Spirit Vein, but he couldn’t worry about that now. He put away the Earth Treasure Gourd, the two Soul Gathering Steles, and the Teleportation Array as well.

He didn’t plan to leave via the Teleportation Array. Instead, after grabbing the item, he would enter the Realm of Ten Thousand Races and use its passage to return to Ice City.

It was more trouble, but it was safer.

The opportunity finally arrived.

Just as the Finger Bone unleashed its immense Power and shot toward the Grand Array again, Cheng Zongyang acted decisively, shutting it down in an instant.

An Array of this Grade took a certain amount of time to activate and deactivate. When activating, the light barrier would slowly close from the bottom up. Deactivating was the same, with the barrier disappearing from the bottom up.

He didn’t need to wait for it to shut down completely. The very instant he initiated the deactivation, the light barrier lost the support of the Array’s Energy, and its Defense vanished. The Finger Bone, shining like a miniature sun, touched the fading barrier and, like an unstoppable arrow loosed from its bow, pierced through it instantly. Like a cannonball through smoke, it vanished into the ground in the blink of an eye!

However, Cheng Zongyang had overlooked one crucial detail.

The Spiritual Energy from the three Nascent Soul Cultivators imbued in the Finger Bone was not discharged by colliding with the Grand Array. It was all carried underground, and the result...

BOOM!!!!

The instant the Finger Bone hit the ground, a terrifying burst of Energy erupted like a nuclear explosion.

An unbelievably powerful shockwave radiated out from the Finger Bone. The surrounding air seemed to compress in an instant before exploding outward with astonishing speed.

Shattered rock and soil shot out in all directions like bullets, and countless massive fissures spiderwebbed across the ground.

Cheng Zongyang’s eyes widened in disbelief at the sudden explosion. With a flash, his figure vanished from the spot.

Underground, at the core where the Finger Bone lay, the light it emitted contained an immense Energy that seemed poised to devour everything.

On the surface, a massive crater formed rapidly. The surrounding earth and rock were blasted into the air, only to come crashing back down. Huge boulders slammed into the ground, creating deafening booms.

The three mountain peaks trembled. The Ji Family’s original Mountain Protection Array was torn apart by this force, causing the land stabilized by the Array to lose its integrity.

It was like a violent earthquake. Huge swathes of earth collapsed, and countless Spirit Trees were uprooted and buried! The pavilions and palaces built into the mountainsides shattered and fell, and a great number of Ji Clan Members let out blood-curdling screams amid the terrifying destruction.

Countless creatures raised by the clan were instantly vaporized by the powerful blast. Some of the larger beasts were blown to pieces or buried under the collapsing earth, their fates unknown.

Ji Changfeng and the others stared down at the tragic scene, all of them stunned.

Ji Lingxian’s eyes were filled with disbelief. "How... how is this possible!"

That attack was powerful enough to break the Grand Array, but 70 or 80 percent of its Power would have been negated in the process. It would have caused damage, but nothing like this. But... but why did the Grand Array suddenly disappear?!

"Save them!"

Patriarch Ji roared as he watched the unfolding disaster, then charged downward while issuing an order to all the clan’s Cultivators hovering in the air.

A large number of the family’s Cultivators began digging through the earth to rescue survivors.

Meanwhile, as time passed, the light from underground gradually dimmed, and the tremors slowly subsided.

But the three mountain peaks were now an unrecognizable, devastated mess.

It was a stark contrast to the three-peaked, fairyland-like vista from that morning!

"Die! DIE!" Ji Lingyun’s eyes turned crimson as he erupted with overwhelming killing intent. "I don’t care who’s behind you! I won’t rest until you’re dead!"

A heaven-shaking, furious roar echoed throughout the Ji Family’s entire territory!

Instantly, he unleashed the last of his Power and charged into the earth where the explosion originated!

"Lock down the area! Bring the Soul Summoning Realm and the Soul-Catching Talismans!" Ji Lingxian bellowed at Ji Xiaotian, crimson Evil Qi flaring in her eyes as she ground out her words, "Even if he’s dead, we’ll find him!"

At the same time, Cheng Zongyang had already reappeared. He slapped a Tier Four Earth Escape Talisman on himself and shot deep into the ground.

He too had been terrified by that horrific explosion.

’That was my mistake!’