After more than ten seconds of intense spatial turbulence, Liu Bai and the others finally stepped out of the spatial passage. The scene before them left everyone in shock.
What appeared before them was an ancient grand hall of extreme magnificence. The hall stood like a mountain, and a single pillar within it was nearly several thousand zhang tall, like a pillar that upheld the heavens.
Standing inside this ancient hall, Liu Bai felt as small as an ant.
"So this is inside the Earth Sovereign Secret Treasure?" Jiu You and the other Kings looked at one another, their faces filled with shock.
Mandala's golden eyes swept faintly across the hall, and she directly lifted her foot and walked toward the depths of the hall. Her calm posture showed no concern about possible traps ahead. With her strength as a Lesser Earth Sovereign, unless an expert of the same level appeared, she had nothing to fear.
The group slowly advanced into the ancient hall. As they went deeper, they discovered that whether it was the stone slabs beneath their feet, the hall walls, or the stone pillars, all were covered with ancient runes, emanating an indestructible aura.
The Blood Hawk King stamped heavily on a stone slab beneath his foot. The force of that stomp was enough to shatter a mountain, yet it only left a crack on the slab. The sight made the other Kings inwardly alarmed.
Liu Bai was not surprised. If he remembered correctly, what followed would be the final trial before entering the true Earth Sovereign Secret Treasure.
"The Ten Fiend Ancient Array…"
This was a powerful array that had appeared in the original story. Although Liu Bai did not understand its operating principles, with his Heart Eye already opened, he could keenly detect some subtle traces of the grand array.
"Be careful. There is a grand array here."
When the group, under Mandala's lead, arrived before a massive bronze gate, Liu Bai suddenly spoke.
Only then did everyone notice the vertical eye that had appeared on Liu Bai's forehead.
"That is the Heart Eye condensed by an Array Path expert. No wonder Emperor Liu's arrays are so terrifying. He has already reached the realm of True Heart Eye," murmurs spread among the Kings.
Only Mandala, the Three Emperors, and Jiu You knew Liu Bai's exact Array Master level. The others were unaware of his true attainment in the Array Path.
With Liu Bai's reminder, Mandala stopped and looked at the blood stained giant bronze gate before her.
"It should be the Ten Fiend Ancient Array."
After speaking, Mandala raised her face and looked toward the tops of the ten thickest sky supporting pillars in the hall. At the top of each pillar, a massive stone statue was coiled.
"What are those?"
The Three Emperors and the Kings were astonished, and their gazes turned toward Mandala and Liu Bai.
Liu Bai narrowed his eyes. The ten stone statues all had human bodies and beast faces. Their bodies were dark green, resembling bronze sculptures from afar. Yet upon careful sensing, one could faintly feel astonishing baleful energy emanating from within them.
Liu Bai did not speak and waited for Mandala's explanation.
"This is the Ten Fiend Ancient Array of the Ancient Heavenly Palace. The source of power of that bronze gate comes from these ten fiend beasts. Only by eliminating them will the bronze gate, deprived of its power support, open."
"I did not expect to encounter such an ancient fiend array here. Then this Earth Sovereign Secret Treasure should have been left behind by a fallen expert of the Ancient Heavenly Palace. According to ancient records, the Northern Region was once the territory guarded by the Fourth Hall Master of the Ancient Heavenly Palace…"
Before Mandala could continue, Liu Bai said in shock, "Could this be the spiritual treasure left by that Fourth Hall Master of the Ancient Heavenly Palace?"
Mandala glanced at him and nodded slightly.
"That should be correct."
Hearing that it was a spiritual treasure left by an expert of the Ancient Heavenly Palace, the Kings immediately grew eager, clearly believing that countless treasures were hidden within.
However, figures like the Three Emperors were concerned about more than treasures. The Sky Vulture Emperor said, "I once heard that the Fourth Hall Master had surpassed Greater Earth Sovereign. If this is his secret treasure, then the Spiritual Divine Liquid inside must be extremely pure. Perhaps this time Domain Lord can rely on it to break through to Greater Earth Sovereign."
At their age and cultivation level, what they valued most was strength and resources. No treasure was more important than improving their own cultivation.
Mandala's small face tightened as she nodded.
"That is indeed so. However, if others obtain that Spiritual Divine Liquid, we will also be in danger."
"Then let us quickly eliminate these so called Ten Fiends and break the seal," the Spiritual Pupil Emperor said with urgency.
"Spiritual Pupil Emperor, do not be anxious. Since it is an array, breaking it requires following its rules. Acting rashly will not work."
Liu Bai spoke calmly.
To prove his point, spiritual seals rapidly flew from between his hands. In just a moment, a spiritual light grand array emerged within the hall. A demonic Slaughter Divine Flower bloomed, releasing a beam of slaughter divine light that shot toward one of the bronze statues.
The God Annihilation Array was a Mid-Level Heaven-Grade array. It had once slain the Thunder Roc Emperor. However, just as the beam was about to strike the bronze statue, dense ancient runes suddenly appeared on that stone pillar, forming a light curtain that protected the statue and neutralized Liu Bai's lethal strike.
The Spiritual Pupil Emperor was stunned and frowned.
Everyone stared at the scene in shock. They were astonished not only by the terrifying power of the God Annihilation Array, but also by the horrifying defense of the bronze statue that blocked Liu Bai's attack without the slightest damage.
"Since there are rules, then we shall follow them," Mandala said indifferently.
Her golden eyes swept around before finally looking toward the ground ahead. Following her gaze, everyone then noticed that the vast hall floor was inscribed with numerous runes.
Mandala flicked her finger, and a beam of spiritual energy shot into the runic inscriptions.
Rumble.
As the spiritual energy entered the ground, it began to tremble violently. The floor rose rapidly amid swirling dust. In just dozens of breaths, a super massive stone platform of about ten thousand zhang appeared before them within the hall.
Around the platform, ancient runes soared into the sky and formed a massive light curtain that enveloped the entire stone platform in protection.
"Interesting. So it requires single combat to defeat these Ten Fiends…"
Mandala smiled faintly and gestured to the Sleeping Emperor beside her.
Although Liu Bai had displayed the power to kill a Ninth-Grade Sovereign, that was achieved with the enhancement of arrays.
In this kind of one on one platform battle, it would still be dangerous for an Array Master like Liu Bai. Therefore Mandala first thought of the strongest combatant besides herself and Liu Bai, which was the Sleeping Emperor.
However, the result surprised everyone. The Sleeping Emperor did not even step onto the battle platform before he was directly repelled by the surrounding light curtain.
"This…" Everyone was astonished, unsure of what had happened.
"Hehe, it seems this battle platform also restricts the cultivation of those who enter. In that case, let me try."
Liu Bai spoke with a light smile.
The cultivation of these Ten Fiend Beasts should be roughly comparable to the Kings, though their combat power would be stronger.
However, Liu Bai was currently only a Sixth Grade Sovereign. If he entered, he should still be able to gain some experience points.
When Jiu You heard this, she frowned slightly and wanted to speak, intending to request that she be the first to take action. However, Liu Bai stopped her with a smile.
Seeing this, Mandala did not refuse and said, "Then Liu Bai, you go and try. Be careful."
Liu Bai nodded, then flew toward the battle platform. Sure enough, this time the light curtain did not block him. Liu Bai passed through it easily and entered the battle platform.
As Liu Bai stepped onto the stage, accompanied by a loud bang, on top of a massive stone pillar, the bronze on a ferocious bronze statue slowly peeled away. Soon, a fierce figure clad in black armor, with a sturdy body like a black tower, appeared in everyone's sight.
Roar!
The figure raised its head and roared toward the sky. The roar was like thunder, rumbling and shaking the entire hall until it trembled.
Boom!
It stomped its foot heavily. Cracks spread across the stone pillar, and its body whistled downward, finally landing fiercely on the battle platform like a cannonball.
Amid the billowing dust, that figure stood like an ancient ferocious beast, and overwhelming baleful energy spread out.
"One of the Ten Fierce Beasts of the Ancient Heavenly Palace, the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Flood Dragon," Mandala said calmly, revealing the true identity of the figure. "When it was alive, its cultivation was above Eighth-Grade Sovereign. But now it has become a puppet, so it only possesses the realm of Sixth-Grade Sovereign Peak. However, relying on its extremely powerful Divine Beast body, it can even fight a Seventh-Grade Sovereign."
"Among you, aside from Liu Bai, only Jiu You King and Asura King can fight it."
When the various Kings heard this, their hearts trembled. Naturally, they did not think Mandala was exaggerating. With the remaining Three Emperors unable to act, it would likely be extremely difficult for them to completely defeat these Ten Fierce Beasts.
Roar!
At the same time, the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Flood Dragon let out a fierce roar. Its figure directly transformed into a streak of lightning that shot out explosively. In a flash, it had already arrived in the air in front of Liu Bai.
Fierce light surged within its eyes. Its scale covered palm clenched suddenly, blood red Spiritual Energy surging wildly. Then it threw a punch toward Liu Bai's head.
"This is bad!"
Outside, everyone including Jiu You was shocked, because the speed of the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Flood Dragon exceeded their expectations. Moreover, the one facing it was a Spiritual Array Master.
At this moment, facing the attack of the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Flood Dragon, Liu Bai simply did not have time to set up a Spiritual Array strong enough to block the opponent's attack.
What no one expected, however, was that in the face of such a swift attack, Liu Bai did not panic, nor did he display his powerful and mysterious Sovereign Celestial Body. Instead, he directly met it with a punch.
Under the astonished gazes of everyone, dazzling golden light erupted from Liu Bai's body. It seemed that at this moment, even the bones and blood within his body were trembling faintly, and the sounds of dragons and phoenixes crying together echoed in everyone's ears.
"Dragon Phoenix Body!"
At this moment, this name appeared in the minds of both Mandala and Jiu You.
Was this not the powerful physique Liu Bai had obtained in the Dragon Phoenix Heaven? For this, Mandala had even traveled throughout the Northern Region to gather the essence blood of ten rare Divine Beasts for Liu Bai.
Just as everyone was still shocked by Liu Bai's choice, he took a deep breath. A purple gold dragon pattern swam over and coiled around his fist.
The True Dragon pattern extended its dragon claws, perfectly fitting Liu Bai's five fingers. The purple gold dragon scales shimmered with light, releasing an extremely terrifying power.
His palm and the dragon claw seemed to merge perfectly at this moment.
An indescribable force burst forth from Liu Bai's palm. The power was so formidable that even he himself felt shocked.
Dong!
The two figures collided fiercely, and their fists struck each other head on without any avoidance.
A terrifying shockwave swept out. Cracks spread beneath their feet, and then both were blasted backward.
Liu Bai retreated nearly a hundred steps before barely stabilizing himself. It had to be said that the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Flood Dragon originally possessed an extremely powerful Divine Beast body. After being refined into one of the Ten Fiend Beasts, its body had advanced to an even higher level.
If Liu Bai had not possessed the Dragon Phoenix Body and activated the True Dragon and Phoenix Spirits, that punch alone would likely have smashed him into minced meat.
As for the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Flood Dragon, under the enhancement of the True Dragon Spirit, Liu Bai's punch directly sent it flying backward. Finally, its body slammed into the light barrier. Amid a tremor, it exploded into countless light points.
"Ding. Killed a Sixth Grade Peak Fiend Beast Puppet. Obtained six hundred thousand experience points and six hundred eighty Beast Spirit Points."
Liu Bai's eyes lit up. He did not expect that although the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Flood Dragon had been refined into a puppet, due to its special state, it was still judged by the system as a Spiritual Beast. Therefore, aside from experience points, there were even Beast Spirit Points to obtain.
Liu Bai stood there without moving, mainly because he was looking at his attribute panel. However, the countless light points formed by the Heaven Swallowing Demonic Flood Dragon suddenly gathered toward him, then poured into his body overwhelmingly.
In an instant, Liu Bai personally watched the number behind the Innate Five Elements Art on his attribute panel change rapidly. His experience value rose from one hundred thousand to eight hundred thousand. In other words, those Spiritual Energy light points had directly added seven hundred thousand experience points to him.
Liu Bai's eyes brightened. Did this not mean that if he could kill all Ten Fiend Beasts, he might even break through to Seventh-Grade Sovereign without adding points?
Unfortunately, it seemed that each person could only fight once on this battle platform. Just as that thought appeared in Liu Bai's mind, he felt himself thrown out by a vast and mighty force. When he came back to his senses, he had already appeared beside Mandala and the others.
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