By the time Shen Ying and company returned to the Interspatial Arena, there were no immortals left outside the array . She did not know whether the remaining immortals fled or whether they entered the array to save people . All they say was a giant blood-red coloured dome with about a few kilometres radius .
They flew on top of the dome and tried to look in . Faintly, they could see a group of people at the right side . They were the various emperors who had been watching the battle . Chef and Father Niu were there too . At that time, however, all of them were lying on the floor motionless . Inside the entire array, everything was silent . Not one person seemed to be breathing . They all looked like they were asleep .
"What's going on?" Lan Hua turned to glare at Chu Xuan . Is this an Immortal Execution Array or a Soul Confundus Array? Why were they all unconscious?
"Celestial… Emperor, this is just a sign," Chu Xuan began to explain . "The array is complete and their primordial spirits have been trapped inside it . " As he spoke, he conjured another seal, raised his hand and waved toward the array . The blood red colour hung for awhile, and then a golden light flashed and everything inside the dome changed .
The ancient wasteland was no more . In its place was a tall mountain peak with molten rocks and lava . Everywhere they looked, the place looked just as frightening as hell . The air inside was filled with wind blades and sword Qi . The immortals who were seen unconscious earlier were inside, scattered and fighting the wind blades, yet none of them were able to block off that many blows . Some of the wind blades hit the crowds . It seemed like the fight would go on forever . If this carried on, the people inside would be stabbed to death for sure .
"The immortals have a long life . As long as they have one last breath, they can be revived," Chu Xuan explained . "That is why an ordinary attack cannot be used to deal with immortals . The Immortal Execution Array traps the immortal's primordial spirit until it is destroyed and the immortal dies . "
So those were just the bodies of the immortals that they saw lying down .
"Stop your nonsense – break the array immediately!" Shen Ying dragged Chu Xuan out from behind Lan Hua . It was almost noontime .
"I… I… I can't break it!" Chu Xuan's legs turned to jelly and he almost fell to his knees .
"You conjured the array and you can't break it?" Lan Hua looked at him suspiciously . Was he kidding?
"I really cannot break it . This is an ancient array – it was here from the beginning . I only found out about it a few hundred years ago as well . " Chu Xuan looked like he was on the brink of tears . If Celestial Emperors knew how to break the array, he would not have used it against Chen Ge . "This array is founded on the five elements of Yin and Yang . The closer you are to the centre of the array, the more dangerous it would be . The scene in the array is ever changing as well . One must destroy the heart of the array before they can dream of breaking the array, but the heart of this array is at the centre of the array . We won't be able to get to it if we don't enter . "
So there was no way to break the array from outside, but the moment they enter, they can forget about ever escaping .
"Moreover…" He pointed toward the dome below and said, "The array has been completed and another world has formed inside the dome . The walls of this array are stronger than even realm gates . There is no way to…"
Crack…
Before he could finish speaking, Shen Ying bent over and reached out to the dome, pulling it apart with some strength .
The walls of the array, which Chu Xuan said were stronger than realm gates, broke… broke… broke apart… just like paper!
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Chu Xuan: "…"
Lan Hua: "…"
Shen Ying, who was just trying her luck: "…"
Chu Xuan: This must be a fake Immortal Execution Array . He thought it was a strong and formidable ancient array?
Lan Hua: This must be a fake Immortal Execution Array . Indeed, he could not trust anything Celestial Emperors said!
Shen Ying: This must be a fake Immortal Execution Array . She read the Soul-Sealing List for no reason – wasn't it said that only saints could open it?
Hai, if she had known this earlier, she would not have brought Boss' good comrade here together with them . She would have left them there to continue sorting out their relationship .
"Heh… Well, help me locate Chef!" She remembered the important task at hand . Shen Ying pushed Lan Hua aside and suddenly added, "And Father Niu . "
Lan Hua looked at the opening of the array in disbelief . Then, he lowered his head and looked closely .
"They're there!" Lan Hua used his divine perception and located the group of people from Invincible Sect . He pointed at the lower right hand corner of the dome .
"Let's go over . " Shen Ying was just about to go over and fetch them, but she was stopped by Lan Hua .
"Wait!" Lan Hua frowned . "Something is not right there . "
On closer inspection, the group saw that the corner where the Invincible Sect held was indeed much quieter than everywhere else . There was no danger, no flying wind blades and no sword Qi . Instead, it was a peaceful garden of flowers and it looked extremely safe where they were . For some reason, apart from Yi Qing and Lonemoon who were standing together, everybody else was spread out . It looked like… They despised everyone else .
"That's the… Illusion Valley!" Chu Xuan sputtered, shocked . He turned to Shen Ying and then retreated two steps, as if afraid that she might reach out to hit him .
"What does that mean?" Shen Ying paused .
"The Illusion Valley is a place where illusions become reality . " Lan Hua's expression fell and he frowned . He had not expected that this place would exist inside an Immortal Execution Array . "Inside, the fragrance of the flowers would condense into either the thing that a person fears or treasures most . It's very much like the mental demons, except whatever they interact with is tangible . That makes it very difficult for them to differentiate between imagination and reality . "
Lan Hua conjured an array to protect the three of them . Then, he lowered his voice and instructed, "Do not go anywhere near that array or we will get affected by the fragrance of the flowers as well . "
"Oh," Shen Ying nodded .
Lan Hua mounted his flying sword and entered the hole in the array .
At that moment, Yi Qing and Lonemoon who were in the Illusion Valley realised something was amiss . They looked around .
"What's going on? Where's Yu Hong and the others?" Everybody was gathered together before this, yet the moment they entered the garden, only two of them remained . In front of them, apart from flowers, all they could see was a fog .
"I can't feel their aura . " Yi Qing shook his head .
Lonemoon's face fell . "There is something wrong with his garden . Be careful . "
Yi Qing nodded . Then, he paused and looked up in front of him . "That is… Master!"
From the white fog, a familiar figure emerged .
But was pulled back by Yi Qing .
"Wait!"
"What's wrong?" Lonemoon paused . He turned to look at Yi Qing and then realised something . He stopped moving .
"What's wrong with you two? Why are you just standing there?" Shen Ying waved them over . "Come with me, it's very dangerous in this array!"
The moment she finished speaking, both Yi Qing and Lonemoon frowned .
"Shen Ying, you know how to get out of here?" Lonemoon asked .
"Of course - how do you think I was going to save you?" Shen Ying rolled her eyes .
"Where's the way?"
"Right there . Come with me, quickly . We just need to walk toward the east and we'll be out . "
The two of them exchanged glances and raised their swords at the same time . They charged toward Shen Ying and stabbed her several times without any hesitation .
"Where did this freak come from? It's not even imitating her rightly . Shen Ying, that brat, doesn't remember any directions . "
"What lousy acting - how dare she try to impersonate Master . After four years, she still has never returned alone from the backyard after watering the plants . How can this imposter say that she knows the way back?"
In a moment, a hundred thousand flashes of the sword filled the air in the garden . They cut the fake "Shen Ying" into pieces so that only a pile of branches and twigs remained on the floor .
Not far away .
Chu Xuan: "…"
Lan Hua: "…"
Shen Ying, who just landed: "…" Motherf*ckers!
The two of them were okay, but why was she feeling so terribly upset?
Chapter end
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