As Mu Chen's voice slowly rang out across the region, it had unsurprisingly caused the faces of quite a few people to show some shock, as a few gazes locked onto the tall and thin figure of the youth. After quite a while, there were some people who secretly smacked their lips as they muttered, "Looks like there's going to be a good show to watch today."
The groups that were able to arrive at this place had all experienced numerous challenges, and would naturally have some schemes. From the looks of it, Xiao Huang had clearly laid down a dragon's pool and tiger's den, forcing Mu Chen to barge in. As long as the latter wasn't an idiot, he should be extremely clear about this. However, even so, he had still accepted the wager without much hesitation. There were most likely only two reasons for this. The first was that Mu Chen was arrogant to the point of being foolish, and the second was that Mu Chen similarly possessed a trump card.
The first reason could be roughly eliminated. Being able to become the captain of Hokuang Reiwon's group, Mu Chen absolutely wouldn't be an arrogant person. The upper echelons of Hokuang Reiwon shouldn't be foolish enough to hand the captain's position to him. Therefore, the biggest reason why Mu Chen dared to accept the wager was that he wasn't afraid of Xiao Huang.
This youth, who appeared to be merely at the Spiritual Energy Disaster realm, seemed to not be as simple as he appeared on the surface.
"That idiot."
On the mountain peak in the distance, seeing that Mu Chen had actually accepted the challenge, Wu Yingying could not help but clench her teeth and curse. Although she could be considered to have some understanding of Mu Chen, given the current situation, as long as he entered the Spiritual Array, he might fall into Xiao Huang's control. After all, even Wen Qingxuan had been trapped, so how much benefit could Mu Chen obtain?
"There's no need to worry so early."
With a faint smile, Wu Ling looked towards the tall and thin figure of the youth in the distance and said, "I've crossed hands with him before, and I'm very clear about him.
I'm extremely clear about him. Regardless of what he wants to do, as long as he takes action, it would represent that he has some plans in his heart. Although Xiao Huang has made thorough preparations, wanting to eat Mu Chen up won't be that easy. "
"Is he that impressive?" Wu Yingying pouted. She knew how high her brother's standards were.
Among those of the same generation, there were really not many people who could catch his eye. Even the few geniuses in Wu Ling's courtyard that were praised endlessly by the elders were not highly regarded by him.
"Hehe, you know exactly what Mu Chen is like. It's just that you don't want to admit it." Wu Ling smiled.
Shortly after, he glanced at Wu Yingying and narrowed his eyes. "But why do you hate him so much?
Did he do something to you? "
Wu Yingying blushed and said guiltily, "What? Can you not speak blindly?"
Wu Ling shrugged and said, "Even though I think highly of this fellow, if he dares to bully my younger sister, then I'll definitely kill him.
Just tell me and I'll deal with him. "
"Who needs your help?"
Wu Yingying shot a glare at Wu Ling, before turning her gaze towards the slender figure in the distance. Faintly clenching her teeth, she thought, That lecher!
As Wu Yingying and Wu Yingying were conversing, on the mountain peak radiating with spiritual light, Xiao Huang heard Mu Chen's words. Instantly, a faint smile surfaced on his face as he chuckled and praised, "Captain Mu Chen is truly courageous.
Xiao Huang admires you. "
Shooting a glance at him, Mu Chen gave a faint smile and said, "Since Captain Xiao Huang has the intention to give me such a huge gift, how can I refuse?"
"That will have to depend on Captain Mu Chen's ability." Xiao Huang smiled and said, "I'm afraid that you won't be able to break this array just by using your mouth."
Although the words spoken by the two were filled with smiles, the opposing intent was exceedingly clear.
Gently nodding his head, Mu Chen slanted his head and shot a glance at Luo Li.
Giving a light nod towards him, the latter said, "Be careful."
With a smile, Mu Chen didn't say anything else, before making a move.
Transforming into a ray of light, he shot past the sea of trees, shooting straight towards the incomparably gigantic Spiritual Array on the mountain peak.
Approaching the mountain peak, Mu Chen was able to sense the boundless Spiritual Energy fluctuations radiating from within the Spiritual Array, causing his eyes to involuntarily faintly narrow. The Spiritual Array before him seemed to be even more tyrannical than the "Lesser Thousand Sword Spiritual Array" in his hand. Exactly where did Xiao Huang obtain this array diagram from?
Whoosh.
As thoughts swirled within his heart, without much hesitation, Mu Chen took a step forward. Under the gazes of everyone present, his figure rushed into the gigantic Spiritual Array.
As Mu Chen's figure rushed into the gigantic Spiritual Array, the scene before his eyes instantly turned misty. That mist was condensed from Spiritual Energy, and was simply unable to be dispersed by the wind. Furthermore, it was seriously disrupting one's senses, causing one to be unable to determine one's direction.
After entering the Spiritual Array, Mu Chen's body immediately came to a stop. He did not recklessly charge in. Being a Spiritual Array Master, he knew that the greatest taboo after entering a Spiritual Array was recklessness. Only by maintaining his calm would he be able to find an opportunity to break the array. Furthermore, the Spiritual Array before him didn't seem to be a Spiritual Array that could directly attack. On the contrary, it appeared more like a "Trapping Array".
The so-called "Trapping Array" focused on trapping. Naturally, this didn't mean that this Spiritual Array was easier to deal with than an offensive Spiritual Array. On the contrary, it was this Spiritual Array that caused people to have an even greater headache. That's because, once one was trapped within this Spiritual Array, one would truly have to consume an extremely great amount of energy in order to escape. If one was unable to break the array by the time one's Spiritual Energy was exhausted, one would truly be at the mercy of others.
Outside of the gigantic Spiritual Array, everyone was able to see Mu Chen standing within the layers upon layers of glowing arrays, not moving a single inch. This caused quite a few people to feel somewhat puzzled.
However, while the surrounding people were puzzled, a faint wrinkle appeared on Xiao Huang's forehead. Indeed, this Mu Chen also possessed quite a bit of attainments in the aspect of Spiritual Arrays. However, he wasn't worried about it, as he had extremely strong confidence in his attainments in Spiritual Arrays. He didn't believe that Mu Chen would be able to surpass him in this aspect.
"Haha. Captain Mu Chen, this Spiritual Array of mine is called the Heaven Binding Array. This array doesn't specialize in offensive attacks. However, if one is trapped within it, it would be akin to being trapped in a deep quagmire, forever unable to extricate themselves, all the way until their Spiritual Energy is completely exhausted. If Captain Mu Chen feels that you're unable to break the array, feel free to say a word. After that, hand the item over to me, and I'll be able to release all of you," said Xiao Huang with a faint smile.
His voice reverberated across the region, before being transmitted into the Spiritual Array.
It reverberated within Mu Chen's ears.
Ignoring him, Mu Chen raised his head to look towards the bright and resplendent Spiritual Array. Upon entering this place, he felt as if his body had become extremely heavy, as if there was a mountain pressing down on his body. Furthermore, he was able to feel the Spiritual Energy within his body being rapidly drained away.
"Heaven Binding Array, huh. What arrogant words."
Muttered Mu Chen to himself.
In the next instant, he took a step forward, heading deeper into the Spiritual Array.
In the outside world, all the gazes were tightly locked onto Mu Chen's figure.
Seeing this, Xiao Huang gave a faint smile. The deeper one went into the Spiritual Array, the stronger the binding force would be, and the faster one's Spiritual Energy would be drained away.
Furthermore, the Spiritual Array that he had arranged wasn't as simple as Mu Chen had imagined.
"I'm afraid that you're too naive to want to break the array."
Muttered Xiao Huang to himself. However, his eyes were tightly locked onto the steps that Mu Chen was taking, while the smile present at the corner of his mouth gave off a chilling sensation.
Under the attentive gazes of the crowd.
After advancing approximately a few hundred steps, Mu Chen suddenly came to a halt. Looking towards the complicated Spiritual Array that was permeated with glowing patterns, his eyes started to faintly narrow. Relying on his attainments in the aspect of Spiritual Arrays, he could faintly feel that the patterns of the Spiritual Array here seemed to be somewhat different.
Xiao Huang's gaze had always been locked onto Mu Chen. Upon seeing Mu Chen suddenly come to a halt, his eyes faintly narrowed.
Mu Chen continued to stare at the array patterns sparkling with brilliance around him.
With a faint glint within his eyes, he suddenly sat down. Slowly closing his eyes, his mind started to slowly turn tranquil. At this moment, any and all movements in the outside world were blocked out by him.
Within the depths of his heart, there seemed to be a mysterious eye present.
Quietly opening it.
It was the Heart's Eye.
Opening his Heart's Eye, although Mu Chen did not open his eyes, the surrounding environment had already been imprinted into his heart. Furthermore, it appeared to be even more transparent than before.
The spiritual mist that pervaded the air was completely pierced through, while the complicated array patterns were sent into his heart, before being broken down and investigated bit by bit by him opening his Heart's Eye.
Under the activation of his Heart's Eye, Mu Chen finally discovered that something was amiss. So it turns out that there were actually two offensive Spiritual Arrays concealed right before him. Although these two offensive Spiritual Arrays weren't as strong as the 'Heaven Binding Array', if he was caught off guard, he would definitely be heavily injured by them.
This Xiao Huang truly was crafty, to actually hide another Spiritual Array within a Spiritual Array!
"An array within an array?"
A sneer rang out within Mu Chen's heart. In the next instant, he opened his eyes, stood up, and took a step forward.
Originally, Xiao Huang's face had turned frosty due to Mu Chen's sudden halt. However, upon seeing the latter take another step forward, a chilling glint of joy instantly flashed within his eyes.
Bang.
All of a sudden, spiritual light sparkled within the Spiritual Array, before two Spiritual Arrays quietly surfaced within the spiritual mist.
Being concealed within the spiritual mist, Mu Chen, who was within it, was unable to detect them. However, the people outside were able to clearly see them, causing their faces to instantly change. Clearly, they understood how crafty and vicious this hidden move of Xiao Huang's was!
Naturally, extremely powerful control was required to arrange such an array within an array. Xiao Huang's attainments in the aspect of Spiritual Arrays caused quite a few people to feel some shock and fear in their hearts.
Bang!
As the faces of everyone faintly changed, the concealed Spiritual Arrays had already revealed their loftiness. Spiritual Energy fluctuations condensed, and in the next instant, two frightening attacks that were more than sufficient to heavily injure Mu Chen were about to erupt.
Whoosh!
However, just as the two concealed Spiritual Arrays were about to be completely activated, two Spiritual Energy pillars suddenly shot out. Akin to galloping lightning, they violently smashed against the two Spiritual Arrays. The attacks of the two Spiritual Energy pillars were extremely crafty, with the locations of their attacks being the weakest points of the Spiritual Arrays.
Bang!
Therefore, the two Spiritual Arrays instantly froze, before cracks started to rapidly radiate out. In the end, they completely exploded apart, causing a Spiritual Energy storm to sweep out, causing quite a bit of the spiritual mist to scatter away.
Whoosh.
Waves of exclamations instantly rang out from outside the Spiritual Arrays. In fact, even the sneer present on Xiao Huang's face had started to slowly turn stiff at this moment.
Turning their gazes over, they saw Mu Chen within the Spiritual Array, maintaining the posture of having two of his fingers extended out. At this moment, rays of Spiritual Energy were rapidly sparkling from his fingertips. Clearly, the Spiritual Energy pillars from before had been unleashed by him.
"So formidable, he's actually able to see through Xiao Huang's intentions."
The hearts of quite a few people trembled. This move of Xiao Huang's was obscure and vicious. If they were to be placed within the trap, they would definitely be unable to evade it. However, at this very moment, Mu Chen had actually decisively taken action at the most crucial moment, instantly shattering the Spiritual Array, taking the initiative to destroy it. Such a perception, such a method, was sufficient to cause shock to fill their hearts.
At this very moment, both Mu Chen and Xiao Huang were scheming against each other. However, it was clear that Mu Chen was a notch above them.
Under the countless astonished gazes, within the Spiritual Array, Mu Chen slowly raised his head. Shooting a look towards the location of Xiao Huang outside of the Spiritual Array, a faint smile appeared on his face.
"This array within an array of yours is still lacking."
Upon hearing that, Xiao Huang's face instantly turned dark and sinister.