"Twenty spirit seals?"
Lei Yin looked at the twenty spirit seals condensed by Mu Chen on his fingertips, her eyes hazy and complex. Such a number of spirit arrays surely indicated a peak-level Spirit Array Master. She prided herself on her formidable talent in learning spirit arrays, but compared to Mu Chen, she was merely a sapling next to a towering tree.
Mu Chen paid little attention to Lei Yin, his mind entirely focused on the spirit array, carefully condensing and stabilizing the twenty spirit seals. With a flick of his finger, the twenty spirit seals merged into the air.
"Crackle, crackle."
The spirit seals dissolved into the air, spiritual power streaks erupted, drawing a complex, brightly glowing array diagram in the air before him. Mu Chen once again entered the Heart Array state, manipulating the intricately interwoven spiritual power streaks.
He was setting up the most powerful array diagram given to him by Wen Ling a few days prior, an array whose power could rival a second-tier spirit array: the Nine Heavens Thunder Array. Even with the aid of the Heart Array state, setting up this spirit array was barely manageable. But in this urgent situation, he had no mind for other concerns. Regardless of success or failure, he had to try.
Mu Chen stabilized his mind, his hands constantly changing, his ten fingers intertwining like butterflies, forming mysterious trajectories. Sweat drenched his forehead.
Lei Yin looked at Mu Chen's appearance, her eyes growing more serious. It seemed he wasn't very proficient in setting up this spirit array. The most important task now was to protect him absolutely from disturbance before the spirit array was complete. If the spirit array backfired, it would cause severe damage.
On the mountaintop, soldiers from both sides charged desperately, spiritual power exploding chaotically, the sounds of battle echoing far and wide.
As time passed, Mu Chen sweated more and more, his handsome face growing increasingly serious. But this made Lei Yin feel more and more at ease, as the strange fluctuations from before showed no signs of chaos, but rather grew more powerful.
"Crackle, crackle!"
A fierce wind suddenly swirled before Mu Chen, the air seemed to boil, and brilliant silver light began to appear.
The silver light slowly condensed, vaguely forming a light array roughly over ten zhang in size. Within the light array, lightning flashed back and forth, and deep rumbling sounds echoed.
The sudden appearance of an array with powerful spiritual power fluctuations startled everyone. Their eyes involuntarily looked towards the source of danger, discovering the complex silver spirit array.
"Such strong spiritual power!"
Soldiers from both sides looked at the scattered lightning, feeling the vast spiritual power moving, their faces filled with fear. This intensity of spiritual power seemed capable of harming a Divine Soul Realm expert!
"Stop him, he's setting up a spirit array!"
Liu Ming, who had retreated to his side, saw this and shouted in alarm.
Such powerful spiritual power fluctuations clearly indicated that Mu Chen was setting up a very formidable spirit array. If he succeeded, the Divine Soul Realm experts on their side would face a fierce threat.
The elites of the Liu Territory, hearing Liu Ming's shout, desperately abandoned their opponents and charged straight towards Mu Chen. However, he was currently surrounded by many people from the Mu Territory and the Nine Dragons Stockade protecting him, preventing them from penetrating further after a short advance.
"Grrr!"
Liu Ming saw this and roared in anger, his body rapidly shooting forward. The spiritual energy he had just recovered was urged to its maximum, tearing through the defensive line like a hot knife through butter. Currently, the experts were all holding each other back, and those protecting Mu Chen were no match for him. It would not be easy to stop him.
"Stop right there!"
Lei Yin saw Liu Ming charging straight towards her, her willow-like eyebrows furrowed, and her small hand condensed a spiritual seal, which she suddenly slashed out. The air in front of her vibrated violently, transforming into a blue spiritual formation emanating a chilling cold.
"Ice Serpent Formation!"
The ice-blue spiritual formation emitted an oppressive cold, and several large ice pythons suddenly lunged forward, coiling around Liu Ming.
"Another Spirit Array Master?"
Liu Ming's expression changed even further upon seeing this, but he quickly realized that the spiritual formation set up by this Spirit Array Master girl was not as powerful as Mu Chen's.
Perceiving the opponent's ability, Liu Ming coldly clenched his fist and threw a powerful punch. The howling fist wind directly shattered the ice pythons into icy fragments.
Lei Yin's face turned pale. She gritted her teeth and urged the spiritual energy within her to continue controlling the spiritual formation to attack, hoping to prevent Liu Ming from approaching.
"Bang bang bang!"
Being obstructed by her, Liu Ming was slowed down considerably, but he still advanced steadily. In just a few minutes, he was only a few *zhang* away from Lei Yin.
"You wretched girl, die for me!"
Liu Ming's killing intent surged. His claw-like attack was as swift as lightning, and the sharp, merciless force lunged forward, aiming to grab Lei Yin's fair neck, determined to brutally destroy this delicate flower.
Lei Yin stared intently at Liu Ming's ferocious face as he charged menacingly. Her face was pale, but she remained resolute, preferring death to retreat, circulating the spiritual energy within her to fight him desperately.
"Die!"
Liu Ming saw that Lei Yin wanted to fight to the death and bared his teeth in a grin. If she were given space to cast a stronger spiritual formation, she might pose a worrying obstacle to him, but in close combat, he would surely take her life within three moves!
However, just as Liu Ming made his killing move, a brilliant silver light suddenly erupted behind Lei Yin. A rumbling sound echoed, accompanied by violent spiritual energy fluctuations, transforming into streaks of lightning that shot out, bravely charging directly at Liu Ming's face.
The sudden lightning attack caused Liu Ming's expression to change drastically. He hastily mobilized his spiritual energy to form a defensive aura in front of him.
"Boom!"
Without a second of hesitation, the fierce lightning bolt struck his chest. The violent thunder exploded, sending Liu Ming flying back over a hundred meters. He crashed into a soldier on the other side, rolled on the ground, and only stopped when he hit a large rock.
"Ugh...!"
A mouthful of blood gushed out, his body scorched black. He looked up in horror, seeing Mu Chen standing behind Lei Yin. Above Mu Chen's head, a spiritual formation over ten *zhang* wide was slowly dispersing thunder, filled with extremely violent spiritual energy.
"Damn it! How can that spiritual formation be so powerful?"
Liu Ming was utterly terrified. The power of the lightning bolt that directly struck him caused him severe injuries, not much less than a powerful strike from a Divine Soul Realm expert.
The soldiers on the other side were also astonished by the sight of Liu Ming being knocked back and became even more wary. If a peak late-stage Spirit Wheel Realm expert like him could not withstand the attack of that spiritual formation, how dared they charge forward?
Mu Chen coldly looked at the severely injured Liu Ming in the distance, paying him no mind. He turned to Lei Yin, who was anxiously recovering, and asked, "Are you alright?"
Lei Yin shook her head.
"Thank you."
Fortunately, Mu Chen intervened at the critical moment, otherwise, she would have become a lonely ghost under Liu Ming's claw attacks.
"Don't say that. I should be thanking you for protecting me while I set up the spirit array."
Mu Chen smiled faintly, then looked at Lei Shan and Yang Gui's battle in the air, his hand seals rapidly changing. The lightning array slowly activated, lightning bolts flashing like a swarm of ferocious silver snakes.
In mid-air, Lei Shan and Yang Gui, who were locked in intense combat, suddenly felt a chilling threat. Their eyes quickly swept around, their pupils shrinking in fear, their faces showing terror at the lightning array's ferocity.
"What a powerful spirit array."
Lei Shan also noticed it, involuntarily exclaiming in fear.
"Nine Heavens Lightning Array!"
Mu Chen focused intently on Yang Gui, his hand seals changing as he roared like thunder.
"Boom!"
As Mu Chen roared, the lightning array fully activated to its limit, the rumbling thunder echoing in the clear sky. Suddenly, the array unleashed ten streaks of lightning, like roaring lightning dragons, coiling and striking. In a flash, they slammed into Yang Gui.
"Damn it!"
Yang Gui looked down at the approaching lightning, his expression drastically changing. The surging, violent spiritual energy terrified him.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Yang Gui urged the powerful spiritual energy within him to surge out without reservation, unleashing an incredibly potent palm strike:
"Black Ghost Palm Seal!"
The surging spiritual energy transformed into a palm seal, carrying immense power as it fiercely attacked the flashing lightning bolts.
"Bang!"
The violent spiritual energy collided, exploding into the air. In an instant, dazzling bright light flashed, causing many to involuntarily close their eyes.
"Ugh!"
Yang Gui trembled, unable to suppress a mouthful of blood from his throat, his body staggering back over a dozen steps. Seeing the trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, it was clear his body had suffered a significant spiritual energy shock, and internal injuries had appeared.
"Yang Gui, die!"
As Yang Gui retreated, injured, a roar filled with killing intent came from behind him. He hastily turned around in alarm, seeing Lei Shan, no different from a streak of lightning, flash towards him, his body enveloped in golden light. The Golden Armored Earth-Piercing Beast had merged with him, unleashing an indescribably sharp and powerful attack that pierced through his chest.
Yang Gui suddenly froze, laboriously lowering his head to look down. A large hole, about two chi wide, had appeared on his chest, and fresh blood gushed out.
The entire mountaintop seemed to fall silent at that fatal attack. The soldiers of Mang Yin Mountain were utterly terrified, retreating in panic.
Mu Chen saw the scene, let out a sigh of relief, and sat down on the ground, panting. Yang Gui was dead. Today's battle between Mang Yin Mountain and Liu Domain was destined for defeat!