Blood Fiend and the Scarlet Fla Wolf King had suffered mutual injuries, and the vice-captain Lu Ling was also severely wounded at this mont. Faced with such an opportunity, how could Liu Bai, who was eyeing the situation like an oriole, possibly let it slip by?
Just as everyone was waiting for the Wolf King to die on its own, a figure suddenly descended from the sky, and a dagger pierced through the Wolf King's skull in an instant, ending its final breath.
"Ding, congratulations to the player for slaying a mid-level spiritual beast across realms Scarlet Fla Wolf King. Gained 1000 experience points and 3 beast soul points."
A pleasant system notification chid.
However, what followed was an enraged roar of fury.
"Who are you?!"
At this mont, Lu Ling, who had struggled to his feet, looked at the mysterious figure that had appeared in the valley. The man's robes covered his face, and his very first action had been to kill the Scarlet Fla Wolf King. Lu Ling certainly didn't believe he had co to help.
Unfortunately, Liu Bai didn't bother replying. Instead, he swiftly opened his status panel and imdiately allocated all his experience points to the Blazing Sun Art.
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Player: Liu Bai
Cultivation Level: Spiritual Wheel Realm (Early Phase)
Class: Spiritual Array Master (Rank 1)
Spiritual Pulse: Awakening in Progress (4/10)
Cultivation thods: Blazing Sun Art (Fifth Layer, 0/3000); Fundantals of Spiritual Arrays(Greater Mastery, 0/500)
Skills:
Common-grade High-level [Wind-Piercing Finger] (Greater Mastery)
Common-grade High-level [Senluo Death Seal] (Greater Mastery)
Spirit-grade Low-level [Starshatter Fist] (Initial 0/100)
Spirit-grade Low-level [Blaze Step] (Greater Mastery, 0/1500)
Spirit-grade High-level [Great Sun Burning Sea Palm] (Minor Mastery 0/1200)
Array Techniques:
Fla Serpent Spirit-Breaking Array (Greater Mastery)
Experience Points: 255
Beast Soul Points: 21
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His cultivation imdiately advanced to the Spiritual Wheel Realm. Without hesitation, Liu Bai turned and struck a punch toward Lu Ling.
"Starshatter Fist!"
As the punch was thrown, the wind howled violently.
Liu Bai had no ti to sense the changes brought by his breakthrough. He only knew that his current strength had multiplied several tis over, and the Starshatter Fist now exploded with power ten tis greater than before.
Seeing that the newcor attacked without a word, Lu Ling realized there was no room left for negotiation only battle remained.
Elsewhere in the valley, the other Blood Fiend Adventurer Group mbers were still being held off by the Scarlet Fla Wolves. As for their captain, Blood Fiend, having lost both an arm and a leg, was completely out of the fight. Their only hope of survival now rested with Lu Ling defeating this mysterious intruder.
"Windrender Sword Art!"
In an instant, Lu Ling unleashed his ultimate move.
He had no choice in his current condition, he couldn't afford a prolonged battle. Moreover, the aura emanating from his opponent clearly indicated that he too had reached the Spiritual Wheel Realm. If Lu Ling didn't go all out now, he might not get another chance.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Multiple streaks of azure sword energy shot toward Liu Bai with incredible speed. Feeling the sharp edge within the sword energy, Liu Bai instinctively retreated.
Clang!
A crisp sound rang out as Liu Bai watched his Starshatter Fist energy shattered and mutually neutralized by the sword aura.
But that wasn't the end there were still over a dozen sword strikes following!
In that mont, Liu Bai's gaze turned unnaturally calm. An imnse wave of spirit energy rapidly gathered in his palm. A mont later, the fiery red energy condensed into a blazing sun that hovered in his hand.
"Great Sun Burning Sea Palm."
Liu Bai surged into the air, thrusting out his right palm. Spirit energy poured forth without restraint. His entire form seed to beco a body of light and fla, and within his palm, a blazing red sun over ten feet wide was tightly gripped. With a wave of explosive force, it crashed down toward the sword energy and Lu Ling.
The ground of the valley trembled slightly from the violent impact. Even the pack of Scarlet Fla Wolves were trembling under the terrifying pressure.
Can I really block this strike?
Lu Ling's body trembled slightly. He clutched his sword with all his strength as glowing motes of light rose from his body. They resembled radiant dragons, swirling with dazzling brilliance.
As these lights erged, Lu Ling's spirit energy previously at early-phase Spiritual Wheel Realm suddenly surged, quickly climbing to match the mid-phase Spiritual Wheel Realm, just like Blood Fiend's strength.
A Spiritual Pulse!
It was clear now Lu Ling possessed a Spiritual Pulse!
Liu Bai narrowed his eyes slightly. A cultivator with a Spiritual Pulse was soone all major forces in the Northern Spiritual Realm would try to recruit. Not to ntion, this person wasn't weak to begin with. Why would soone like him be hiding in a re adventurer group?
But this wasn't the ti to think about such things. Regardless of what cards his opponent held, Liu Bai's killing intent hadn't wavered in the slightest.
As Lu Ling's dozen sword auras were crushed by the blazing sun, and the fiery power remained undiminished, he gritted his teeth and charged directly into it, like Kuafu chasing the sun, heedless of consequence.
But unfortunately, even if his spiritual energy now surpassed Liu Bai's, the difference in the grade of their spiritual arts was too vast.
The might unleashed by a High-level Spirit Grade art like Great Sun Burning Sea Palm was more than enough to bridge the small gap in cultivation even Blood Fiend or the Scarlet Fla Wolf King at their peaks wouldn't be able to take this move head-on.
Boom!
Like a teor from the heavens, the blazing red sun carrying terrifying spirit fluctuations smashed into the valley.
In an instant, the searing heat blasted the body of the Scarlet Fla Wolf King hundreds of ters away before it slamd hard into the cliff wall.
The sa happened to Blood Fiend on the ground after receiving such a devastating impact, he passed out instantly, his head flopping over in a faint.
One had to admit, though, cultivators truly had tenacious life force. An ordinary person would've died hundreds of tis over by now, yet he was still hanging on...
As for the remaining mbers of the Blood Fiend Adventurer Group and the Scarlet Fla Wolves, they all stopped fighting in unison, then frantically bolted for the valley's exit.
But before they could reach it, a figure had already blocked their path.
To everyone's shock, the masked figure calmly stood before them with his eyes closed and his hands tucked into his sleeves...
What was going on?
For a mont, the scene left the Blood Fiend Adventurer Group stunned.
Still, as battle-hardened adventurers used to walking the knife's edge, one man made a bold move and charged at the mysterious figure.
Yet despite having his eyes shut, Liu Bai easily dodged the attacker's strikes with practiced grace.
"What are you all waiting for? Do you want to die?!" the man shouted, enraged, at his frozen companions.
Snapped out of their daze, they roared and charged at Liu Bai, weapons raised.
But none of them noticed that on Liu Bai's hands still hidden within his sleeves more than a dozen spiritual seals had silently erged and dissolved into the air.
Just as the group was about to swarm him, Liu Bai, who had been dodging, suddenly ca to a halt. He looked at the vicious glint in their eyes, a faint smile appearing on his handso face, and then brought his hands together into a unique seal.
"Fla Serpent Spirit-Breaking Array."
The fully mastered Fla Serpent Spirit-Breaking Array instantly enveloped the valley entrance. The massive red array, spanning dozens of ters, unleashed an aura that struck fear into the heart. In the next mont, three enormous fla serpents erupted from within and dove into the crowd.
Although only Rank 1 spiritual array, each fla serpent possessed combat strength equal to an early-phase Spiritual Wheel Realm cultivator. And with Liu Bai Greater Mastery over the array, he could manifest three serpents at once even Lu Ling wouldn't have been able to fend them off.
What followed was a one-sided slaughter.
Moreover, Liu Bai didn't just target the remaining seven adventurers. The nine surviving Scarlet Fla Wolves were also within the array's reach.
After a minute of devastation, the fla serpents dissipated as their spiritual energy ran dry. But by then, the valley contained no living beings aside from Liu Bai.
On the ground, pools of molten tal shimred these had once been the weapons of the Blood Fiend Adventurer Group. Under the array's terrifying heat, they had completely liquefied...
Liu Bai shook his head. Clearly, even he hadn't expected the Fla Serpent Spirit-Breaking Array to be this powerful.
Of course, that was only because he had fully mastered the array, allowing him to unleash 120 percent of its potential.
As for how he had managed to deploy the array so quickly and precisely without opening his eyes, the answer was simple he had just advanced his spirit array mastery to the Heart Array state.
Ti rewinds to one minute earlier.
Just as Lu Ling was swallowed by the blazing sun ford by the Great Sun Burning Sea Palm, a system prompt rang in Liu Bai's ears.
"Ding, congratulations to the player for slaying an early-phase Spiritual Wheel Realm cultivator. Gained 300 experience points and 10 Spiritual Pulse Awakening Points."
"Ding, congratulations to the player. Spiritual Pulse Awakening Points have reached the required amount. Initiating Spiritual Pulse Awakening. Please wait…"
Although the awakening of his spiritual pulse made Liu Bai quite pleased, his only thought at the mont was to not let the Blood Fiend Adventurer Group mbers or the remaining Scarlet Fla Wolves escape. So after checking his remaining experience points, he decisively invested them into the Fundantals of Spiritual Array Manual.
Then, an additional note appeared behind the Fundantals of Spiritual Array Manual on his panel: Heart Array (Low Tier).
In the Great Thousand World's array cultivation system, there were two particularly profound states. One was the Heart Array state, and the other was the Heart Eye state.
The so-called Heart Array state allowed the array master to break free from the constraints of the physical eye, enabling them to observe arrays directly with the heart. The trajectories of spirit arrays would exist clearly within their mind and could be manipulated at will. This state was further divided into Low Tier, Mid Tier, and High Tier levels.
As for Liu Bai, he had just entered the Low Tier Heart Array state, which was why he could deploy a spirit array so swiftly without using his eyes.
And the reason he closed his eyes in front of the enemies was, of course, to prevent the unfamiliar field of vision caused by his first use of the Heart Array from affecting his performance, and to create confusion for his enemies. It definitely wasn't for sothing as childish as trying to look impressive.
Normally, even exceptionally gifted spirit array masters would only begin to comprehend the Heart Array state after reaching Rank 3 in their class. Mu Chen in the original story was a rare exception, as he had inherited the bloodline and genes of a spiritual array grandmaster, making him naturally endowed with such talent.
As for Liu Bai — well, he had simply hacked the system for himself...
So, in a world as cruel as the Great Thousand World, if one wished to rise up, they either needed an extraordinary bloodline and powerful background or a cheat-like system. After all, think back through the entire original story. Was there truly any top powerhouse who had climbed from the very bottom without any such advantages?
As for the Heart Eye state, it was even more terrifying.
The Viod Heart Eye State was still relatively normal. At its core, it was a type of illusory insight.
A spiritual array master who had grasped the Void Heart Eye State would consu less spirit energy while deploying arrays. At the sa ti, the power of the arrays would increase significantly, and the failure rate would be greatly reduced they could even deploy arrays beyond their Rank.
However, the Real Heart Eye State was far more exaggerated. It allowed the spiritual array master to directly perceive the core of any spiritual array. In other words, they could instantly see the heart of an array at a glance. If two array masters were in combat and one possessed the Real Heart Eye State, they could imdiately analyze and decipher the opponent's carefully constructed array, locate its weakest point, and break it how could anyone even fight against that?
Of course, that wasn't the scariest part. If the Real Heart Eye State evolved to its highest form, it could even manifest into a True Eye.
And according to legend, under the scan of the Heart Eye, all arrays would be nullified!
If you ever encountered such a spiritual array master, it was best not to deploy any arrays in front of them, because they could instantly see through them. And in the next mont, the array would beco theirs. It was basically the Great Thousand World's version of the Sharingan. How was anyone supposed to compete with that?
"What a pity that the Fundantals of Spiritual Array Manual can only upgrade up to Low Tier Heart Array. It looks like I'll need to search for more advanced cultivation manuals and even deeper array cultivation secret techniques in the future," Liu Bai couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Afterward, he began clearing the battlefield.
Which ant harvesting beast essences...
There were dozens of Scarlet Fla Wolf corpses in this valley. That ant dozens of low-level beast essences. If he added in the Wolf King's essence as well, there was no doubt Liu Bai could declare himself the number one achiever in this training session.
Once he finished collecting the beast essences, he didn't forget to check in on the Blood Fiend Adventurer Group's captain…
Hmm. A cultivator with one leg and one arm left wouldn't survive for long anyway, so Liu Bai rcifully helped him on his way.
"Ding, congratulations for slaying a mid-phase Spiritual Wheel Realm cultivator. Gained 500 experience points and 1 Spiritual Pulse Awakening Point."
Liu Bai frowned slightly. At the mont, there were many such system notifications popping up.
But the experience gained from killing Blood Fiend and Lu Ling was much less compared to that from killing the Wolf King…
"It must be due to bonus experience from slaying enemies of higher realms…"
That was the only explanation. As for the Spiritual Pulse Awakening Points, they were likely related to whether the opponent possessed a spiritual Pulse or not. Lu Ling had one, which was why he granted ten tis the points of an ordinary cultivator.
Liu Bai opened his status panel again.
The 1000 experience points from killing the Wolf King, along with the over 1000 he already had, had been spent upgrading his cultivation. The remaining 255 points, along with 300 from killing Lu Ling, had been used to upgrade the Fundantals Spiritual Array Manual. That left only 55.
Later, by using a spiritual array to kill seven adventurers and nine Scarlet Fla Wolves, he earned 1670 experience points. With the additional 500 from slaying Blood Fiend, that totaled over 2000 points again.
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Player: Liu Bai
Cultivation Level: Spiritual Wheel Realm (Early Phase)
Class: Spiritual Array Master (Rank 1)
Spiritual Pulse: Grade 1 Human Pulse (12/50)
Cultivation thods: Blazing Sun Art (Fifth Layer, 0/3000); Fundantals of Spiritual Arrays(Low-Tier Heart Array)
Skills:
Common-grade High-level [Wind-Piercing Finger] (Greater Mastery)
Common-grade High-level [Senluo Death Seal] (Greater Mastery)
Spirit-grade Low-level [Starshatter Fist] (Initial 0/100)
Spirit-grade Low-level [Blaze Step] (Greater Mastery, 0/1500)
Spirit-grade High-level [Great Sun Burning Sea Palm] (Minor Mastery 0/1200)
Array Techniques:
Fla Serpent Spirit-Breaking Array (Greater Mastery)
Experience Points: 2225
Beast Soul Points: 30
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