Chapter 409 - 406: Array-Breaking Spear

Chapter 409: Chapter 406: Array-Breaking Spear

Upon hearing this, Zhong Yuntao, who was standing to the side, offered some words of comfort. "Elder Yun, rest assured. This array was modeled after an [Ancient Prohibition]. Its defensive capabilities are astonishing. Even if all their Hundred-level Mages attack together, they won’t be able to break it."

"Of course, I know how powerful the Elder Hall’s array is." Elder Yun shook his head with a bitter smile. "My fear is that they came prepared."

"You mean they likely have a way to break through the array?" Zhong Yuntao asked, surprised and suspicious.

"That’s right." Elder Yun nodded. "Since they’re here for the Demon Seal, they certainly won’t leave empty-handed. If I’m not mistaken, they must have the ability to destroy the array."

As soon as he said this, everyone gasped, and the atmosphere became incredibly tense.

"Elder Yun is right. The Root Cutting Sect clearly came prepared." Sun Yaowen agreed, then gave a helpless, bitter smile. "All we can do now is pin our hopes on the reinforcements from the major sects."

After speaking, Sun Yaowen looked up at the sky, his heart filled with helplessness and anxiety.

Meanwhile, Lei Yun and a group of experts from the Thief God Hall pushed their way to Feng Hao. Lei Yun said irritably, "You! I told you to leave, but you wouldn’t. Now look at this mess. If anything happens to you, how am I supposed to explain it to the Thief Master?"

"Uh, you know about my relationship with the Thief Master?" Feng Hao asked, stunned.

"Of course! Why else do you think I was in such a hurry to get you out of here?" Lei Yun huffed.

Feng Hao gave a wry smile and tightened his grip on Xi Yueyao’s hand. "Palace Master, rest assured. I’ve actually already sent word out. I just didn’t have a chance to tell you."

"What?" Lei Yun exclaimed in pleasant surprise. "For real? You’re not pulling my leg, are you?"

"Of course it’s real. How else do you think the nearby branch halls found out?" Feng Hao smiled, pursing his lips. He glanced at the sky outside the array, estimating that the reinforcements from the major sects should be arriving soon.

Upon learning this news, the members of the Thief God Hall were overjoyed and relentlessly asked Feng Hao how he had managed it.

Outside the array, the army of the Root Cutting Sect had completely surrounded the Elder Hall. At the front, a dozen or so Hundred-level Mages stood together, seemingly waiting for something.

After a long while, a middle-aged man dressed in the attire of the Celestial Eagle Team suddenly spoke up. "I say, Saint Envoy Tian, why hasn’t your True God Sect’s [Array-Breaking Spear] arrived yet? Weren’t we told it would be delivered today?"

"Don’t be impatient. It should be here soon," Saint Envoy Tian said with a faint smile, his tone clearly not friendly toward the Celestial Eagle Team.

"Hmph!" the middle-aged man from the Celestial Eagle Team snorted coldly. "We still haven’t settled the score with you over the information leak. If anything else goes wrong, I’d like to see how you’ll explain yourselves to the Saint Master."

Saint Envoy Tian’s expression darkened. He replied coldly, "Our mission is to assist in breaking the seal. As for anything else, that’s your business."

"You bastard Tian, what do you mean by that? Are you saying we were the ones who leaked the information?" the experts from the Celestial Eagle Team shouted angrily.

"I never said that. You admitted it yourselves," Saint Envoy Tian sneered, curling his lip.

"You son of a bitch, you looking for a fight?" a Mage from the Celestial Eagle Team cursed, and the confrontation was suddenly on a knife’s edge.

Saint Envoy Tian said with a look of disdain, "A fight? Fine. You think we of the True God Sect are afraid of you?"

For a moment, the experts from both sides argued back and forth, and the scene descended into chaos.

Standing behind Saint Envoy Tian, Lu Wen Jie quietly watched everything unfold. His gaze was as calm as still water, showing no change. Only when he looked toward the Elder Hall did a hint of worry surface in his heart.

Before long, just as the experts from both sides were arguing heatedly, a Mage from the True God Sect rushed over in a panic. "Reporting to the Holy Envoy, the [Array-Breaking Spear] has been delivered."

At these words, both sides quickly stopped their bickering.

"Since it’s here, then hurry up. The five major sects will be here any minute," the middle-aged man from the Celestial Eagle Team said impatiently.

Saint Envoy Tian gave a cold snort and took a strangely shaped, black Magic Energy Gun from one of his subordinates. He then turned to Lu Wen Jie at his side. "Wen Jie, you haven’t earned any merits on this trip. The task of breaking the array will fall to you."

Lu Wen Jie frowned slightly. "It would be better if the Holy Envoy did it himself. With my current strength, activating the [Array-Breaking Spear] will be quite difficult."

"What are you dawdling for? Get on with it!" the members of the Celestial Eagle Team urged impatiently.

Saint Envoy Tian gave a wry smile, not bothering to pay the Celestial Eagle Team any mind. Tapping his toes lightly on the ground, he instantly shot into the air.

Back inside the Elder Hall, Feng Hao and the others also witnessed this scene.

They saw Saint Envoy Tian standing proudly in the sky above the array, holding a bizarre, pitch-black gun. With a sneer, he began to pour his immense Magic Power into the black weapon.

The next moment, the black gun glinted with a dark, cold light, emitting an aura that made one’s heart tremble.

"What’s that bastard holding?" Xi Yueyao asked curiously, blinking her eyes.

Feng Hao’s expression was grim. "It must be some kind of tool for breaking arrays. It seems Elder Yun was right; these guys really did come prepared."

"Holy crap, what do we do now?" Zhang Meng and his two followers asked in alarm.

"What can we do?" Feng Hao retorted, shaking his head with a bitter smile. "We can only hope the array holds out a little longer."

At the same time, a large group of students began to break down mentally. Some were terrified, some were weeping, and others were screaming... It couldn’t be helped. In such a desperate situation, even many of the instructors couldn’t control their emotions, let alone these young students.

Seeing the students’ condition worsening, Sun Yaowen and Xuchang had no choice but to lead the Elders in calming them down.

Meanwhile, high above the array, as Saint Envoy Tian continuously poured Magic Power into it, the aura of the black gun grew increasingly terrifying. Though it was just a small Magic Energy Gun, it seemed even more dreadful than thousands of cannons.

VMMMMM~!

Before long, the black gun emitted a deep, low hum that struck fear into the hearts of all who heard it.

"Haha, you heretics inside! Your doom has arrived!" Saint Envoy Tian laughed wildly, his hair flying about as if he had gone mad.

Then, under everyone’s shocked and disbelieving gaze, he resolutely pulled the trigger.

BANG!

The gunshot rang out, and a terrifying aura instantly enveloped the entire academy. At the same time, a streak of black light suddenly shot from the muzzle of the gun to the Array Barrier.

The next moment, the Array Barrier rippled like waves, clearly having suffered a massive impact. The entire Elder Hall began to tremble violently along with it.

Fortunately, the array was not broken, though its light dimmed considerably. This allowed everyone inside the array to breathe a sigh of relief.

But just as Feng Hao and the others thought they were safe, the ground suddenly began to shake violently, as if in an earthquake. From deep underground, a muffled roar echoed, reverberating across the sky above all of Five States City.

"Dammit, could that be the high-level demon beast that was sealed away?" City Lord Zhong Yuntao’s expression turned grim.

"I believe so." Sun Yaowen nodded with a bitter smile. "And judging by the power of its struggles, this demon beast is likely even more terrifying than we imagined!"