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Zhang Yan smiled faintly and did not entangle himself with the other. He summoned his tunneling light and charged directly into the portal, retrieving his sword ball in one fluid motion. In a flash, he passed through it. A thunderous roar echoed behind him as the formation shifted, and the portal disappeared without a trace.
He did not bother to glance back but calculated the position of the next portal and continued onward.
After traveling less than a mile, he saw a stream of green light swirling like an emerald spring. It parted to both sides, and another portal began to slowly rise.
Before the array gate fully revealed itself, a drumbeat suddenly rang out from the Kun Position, opening another array gate. A Daoist stepped through and came face to face with him.
