The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1524

Chapter 1524: Chapter 1520: Having Ulterior Motives Chapter 1524: Chapter 1520: Having Ulterior Motives Nameless Elder and Elder Fu exchanged glances, their expressions both darkening.

In conjunction with other Formation Patterns, this Ancient Gu Yan Tattoo formed an almost perfect trapping Array. Any attempt by those trapped inside to break the Array with their attacks would result in their power being absorbed by the Ancient Gu Yan Tattoo, not only failing to break the Array but also transferring their power into it, making the Array even more impregnable.

Thus, the only way to break the situation inside the Great Formation was to continuously attack it with one's own power, hoping to reach the Limit and finally bursting the Great Formation with a massive amount of energy, causing it to collapse.

But at the moment, not only was the Ancient Gu Yan Tattoo present, but even the materials of the eight Metal Steles making up the Great Formation were extraordinary. Even if Nameless Elder and Elder Fu worked together, they would likely struggle to exceed its capacity. Moreover, this wasn't merely a trapping Array but also a killing Array.

If Nameless Elder and Elder Fu recklessly attacked the Great Formation, trying to burst it with their own power, then the Array would absorb their attack power, enhancing the assaults from the Black Lightning Spear.

As long as they failed to break the Great Formation in one fell swoop, the Array's assault would only grow more fierce, while they, with their Mana depleting, would only grow weaker, a process of the strong enemy weakening them gradually.

Therefore, the best approach for them now was not to actively attack, but to passively defend and wait for rescue.

“What should we do?” Elder Fu hesitated.

“There's no other way but to attack unreservedly. We still don't know what the situation is like outside, we can't just wait here for rescue,” said Nameless Elder.

“Then let's do it, go all out!”

Elder Fu also knew this was the only way, so he rolled up his sleeves, ready to give it his all.

But just then, they suddenly heard a booming sound like distant thunder coming from underground, followed by the entire ground starting to shake violently.

“What's this…” Elder Fu exclaimed in surprise.

“It seems reinforcements have arrived, attacking the Great Formation. We shouldn't exert ourselves for now, let's wait and see,” Nameless Elder also rejoiced.

Both immediately stopped their offensive, focusing solely on defense and refraining from retaliating.

…

Below the Secret Chamber, who knew when but a vast Void had already been hollowed out, revealing eight huge Metal Steles piercing through the ceiling.

Compared to the parts sticking out from the Ground, this lower part was the main body of the Great Formation. The Yan Patterns engraved on it were incredibly intricate and also glowed, albeit without producing lightning bolts.

At this moment, in the Underground Space, seven or eight corpses lay scattered about, and only two people were still Standing, confronting each other.

One of them was a Young man holding a Sword single-handedly, his clothing covered with corrosion marks, hair disheveled, looking slightly disheveled–naturally, it was Shen Luo.

The one he was facing was cloaked in a black robe obscuring a slightly hunched figure; the person was supporting themselves with a Walking Stick, hair full of Silver–this was Nurse Yu, underling of Che Qingtian.

“Such an extensive Underground Cave could not have been dug in a short time. During these Two Days of the competition, you must have secretly sent people here to dig and form this Array, right?” Shen Luo's chest rose and fell slightly as he spoke.

“That's correct, what can you do now that you know? We thought only Nameless was in the Secret Chamber, we didn't expect Elder Fu to be in there too. This time, we got two for the price of one,” Nurse Yu scoffed coldly.

She squinted her eyes, staring at Shen Luo with considerable wariness in her gaze.

Among the few people brought by Che Qingtian, her cultivation level was not very high, having just barely broken through to the Late True Immortal Stage, but she was always meticulously thoughtful and good at leveraging Array of Ancient Yan Text, which is why Che Qingtian had her come here secretly for this task.

She initially thought that everything was ready here, and she only needed to activate the Array to unexpectedly control the Nameless Elder and even kill him within the array, but she didn't expect to encounter Shen Luo.

At first, Nurse Yu did not take Shen Luo seriously, considering he was merely at the Early True Immortal stage and was alone; she thought it would be easy to handle him.

However, as soon as the two sides engaged in combat, she realized that Shen Luo was extremely resolute and ruthless in his actions, and his combat experience was profoundly seasoned. In just a few exchanges, all the people she brought to activate the Great Formation were killed by Shen Luo.

If those people were here, even if the Nameless Elder and Elder Fu did not counterattack the Great Formation, they could still enhance the Array's power through spell casting until the two were eliminated.

But now, that was clearly impossible.

“What exactly did you come to Tianji City for?” Shen Luo stared fixedly at Nurse Yu and asked again.

“Of course it's for the position of the City Lord, what else could it be for?” Nurse Yu answered.

“You think you can't win the Three Trials of Tianji, and that Che Qingtian is no match for Junior Master, so you resort to these despicable tactics.” Shen Luo sneered.

“You're talking nonsense, my master is a legitimate practitioner of the Yan Technique, how could he be inferior to that illegitimate guy?” Nurse Yu, hearing this, flew into a rage.

Seeing that provocation worked, Shen Luo inwardly delighted and spoke again:

“Junior Master leads Tianji City, promoting the Yan Technique gloriously. Your worthless master isn't even worthy to carry his shoes. If you really were capable, why wouldn't you dare to compete openly, instead of choosing the time when Junior Master is secluding himself and resorting to these vile tactics?”

“You… you, you're seeking death. If it weren't for the lack of time, we…” Nurse Yu, trembling with anger, was about to retort but then realized she had almost fallen into Shen Luo's trap.

“So you indeed have ulterior motives.” Shen Luo's expression darkened.

“Hmph, what can you do even if you know? You all are going to die today.” Nurse Yu snorted coldly.

With that, she brought her walking stick down heavily on the ground, and some fine dust indiscernible to the naked eye scattered from it. In the previously empty underground space, a large cloud of purple smoke suddenly appeared.

Shen Luo, seeing this, immediately realized that the old woman was merely buying time by talking so much.

“Die.” Nurse Yu shouted angrily and gestured with her hand.

In a flash, the thick purple fog began to churn violently and surged towards Shen Luo.

Shen Luo's eyes narrowed, and he saw the purple fog in mid-air begin to condense on its own, with a fierce human face emerging first, followed by the limbs and torso, forming a purple Armored Warrior.

One of its hands reached into its abdomen and pulled out a Purple Patterned Long Knife with a fierce tug, while the other hand was enveloped in purple mist, condensing into a bizarre, single-horned Dragon Head.

“Is this also Armor?” Shen Luo said in surprise upon seeing this.

As soon as the purple Armored Warrior formed, its speed suddenly increased manifold and in an instant, it reached in front of Shen Luo and slashed horizontally at him.

The trajectory of the knife rippled with streaks of purple light, and it directly cleaved the Void, leaving a visible crack.