With Wakatsuki Kei and the Three Sect Elders gone, tranquility returned to the courtyard.
After confirming that their opponents had indeed retreated and were far away, the Three Elders let out a slight sigh of relief. They retracted their spirit, and the towering, illusory image of the deity gradually vanished. The intense starlight that had enveloped the courtyard also began to dim.
HUM!
Then, the Three Elders used their spirit to control the residence's array.
The starlight flickered and began to close in.
Figures quickly leaped from within the residence to avoid being trapped by the Grand Array.
Everyone participating in the operation was an expert; none were fools. The array's complete reactivation was proof that the Three Elders were exerting their full power. And if the Three Elders were free to act, it meant the most critical battle in the front courtyard had been lost. If they didn't leave now, they never would.
