Boom!
The earth seemed to be slightly trembling at this moment. Up in the sky, the scarlet giant that Liu Ming had transformed into looked down at the crumbling earth in bewilderment. Vaguely, he could sense a peculiar fluctuation coming from the earth.
"That brat still has energy left?"
Liu Ming's gaze was dark. His previous attack should have been able to heavily injure Mu Chen. Furthermore, his Spiritual Energy contained violent Heavenly Flames, making his attacks even more powerful. When it invaded Mu Chen's body earlier, it would definitely bring him great trouble.
But right now …
"Trying to act mysterious?"
A chill surged in Liu Ming's eyes as he suddenly let out a low roar. Scarlet Fire Spiritual Energy gushed out from his mouth like magma. As he roared, it turned into magma dragons.
The fire dragons danced in the sky as they frantically devoured the Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth. Instantly, their bodies rapidly expanded as they whistled out.
When Lin Jing saw this, boundless Spiritual Energy swept out from her body. It turned into a streak of Spiritual Energy that whistled across the horizon in an attempt to obstruct the magma dragons.
But this time, the magma dragons didn't charge at her. Instead, they dodged her obstruction nimbly and bombarded the collapsed ground with lightning speed.
Clearly, Liu Ming did not intend to give Mu Chen any chance to retaliate.
Boom!
As the magma dragon charged down, it smashed against the already crumbling ground. Instantly, the ground cracked apart as the magma seemed to be melting the ground, while scarlet-red flames lingered on the ground.
The earth was being melted layer by layer.
Buzz!
However.
Just as the violent magma continued to melt the earth, a black light suddenly seeped out from the earth. As the black light spread out, the violent magma began to melt.
Under the spread of the black light, the violent magma was rapidly extinguished.
Up in the sky, Liu Ming's pupils instantly contracted. Lin Jing also widened her beautiful eyes as she looked at this scene in astonishment.
On the mountain peak far away, Heart Fairy Fox's alluring eyes were also filled with dense astonishment as she stared at the messy earth.
She softly said, "There seems to be a special fluctuation over there."
"Such fluctuations!"
The middle-aged man beside him also frowned. In the next instant, his eyes turned solemn as he said, "It seems to be the fluctuations of a Spiritual Array?
What's going on? "
While they were stunned, a glowing figure slowly rose from the collapsed land. He stood a few feet above the ground and raised his head. His handsome face was filled with indifference.
It was Mu Chen.
At this moment, his clothes were in tatters.
Although he appeared to be in a somewhat miserable state, his black pupils were still as calm as a deep pool. He quietly looked at the scarlet flame figure in the sky, while a dangerous light flickered in the depths of his eyes.
"What a lucky kid!" Liu Ming saw that Mu Chen and An Ran was fine.
He immediately let out a cold laugh.
Mu Chen looked at him, but did not say a word. He only slowly raised his hands, brought them together in front of his chest, and formed an exceptionally complicated, but vaguely familiar seal.
"Activate the array!"
Along with a soft voice quietly coming out from Mu Chen's mouth, the land instantly started to tremble violently. Then, a huge crack appeared on the ground below.
And within the crack.
Black light crazily overflowed, and the land started to continuously sink. Soil fell, and very quickly, a huge crater that was close to a thousand feet deep was formed.
Then, it appeared on this piece of land.
The huge crater was so deep that the bottom couldn't be seen. Mu Chen floated in the sky, but Liu Ming's gaze was suddenly fixed on the huge crater. Because, there, he saw three huge black lotuses quietly floating.
Countless light rays shot out from the three black lotuses, intertwining with each other, and finally formed into an obscure and dazzling huge array.
A fluctuation that caused one to feel somewhat horrified stealthily rippled out, causing the huge pit to slowly expand.
The three black lotuses were like ancient demonic beasts that were entrenched in the darkness. While they were quiet, they emitted a chilling aura.
"That is …" Lin Jing was a little shocked as she looked at the three huge black lotuses.
"Spiritual Array?"
On the distant mountain peak, for the first time, a change appeared on the Heart Fairy Fox's charming face as she stared at the massive Spiritual Array formed by the three black lotuses. Her ample chest gently heaved up and down.
"That brat is actually a Spiritual Array Grandmaster!"
The middle-aged man involuntarily exclaimed. There was unconcealable shock in his voice. No wonder he could vaguely sense a peculiar fluctuation. So it turned out that Mu Chen was hiding underground and laying down a Spiritual Array!
"This Spiritual Array has probably reached the First Grade Human Grade."
Spiritual Array Grandmasters were divided into three grades, which corresponded to the Ninth Grade Sovereign Realm. A Spiritual Array Grandmaster of the First Grade Sovereign Realm was equivalent to a First Grade Sovereign.
But clearly, in the Great Thousand World, a First Grade Human Grade Spiritual Array Grandmaster was much rarer than a First Grade Sovereign. Furthermore, everyone knew that if a Spiritual Array Grandmaster was able to lay down a powerful Spiritual Array, an expert of the same level would definitely be suppressed.
Previously, Mu Chen had made use of Liu Ming's attack to look like he was in a pathetic state. But who could have expected that he would use this as a concealment and quietly lay down a Spiritual Array under the cover of the earth.
"What a formidable scheme, what formidable battle awareness."
The middle-aged man couldn't help exclaiming. Compared to the youth before him, Liu Ming's battle awareness was simply like a child.
This time, even Heart Fairy Fox nodded her head in agreement. Her eyes flickered with a strange light as she stared at the youth that was floating above the crater.
"I'm afraid that there's already an outcome to this battle. Although Liu Ming possesses the Heavenly Flames Celestial Body, the Spiritual Array laid down by this youth is definitely not simple." The middle-aged man said.
From the three black lotuses, he could sense an extremely dangerous fluctuation. It wasn't that he had never seen a Sixth Grade Spiritual Array before, but it was extremely rare to see a Spiritual Array of this level, which made him feel threatened.
As they spoke, Mu Chen, who was standing in the air, raised his head as he looked at Lin Jing and said in a soft voice, "Lin Jing, retreat a little further."
The young girl immediately nodded her head as her figure moved and retreated.
Mu Chen turned towards Liu Ming as a smear of a cold smile appeared on his face. "Although I don't have a Sovereign Celestial Body, at least I still have this."
His slender finger pointed towards the Spiritual Array below. The Spiritual Array formed by the three black lotuses was naturally the Butchering Demonic Lotus Spiritual Array. This Spiritual Array could form four black lotuses at its highest form. In the past, Mu Chen could only form two. But along with him stepping into the Sovereign Realm, in addition to his bitter cultivation under Ling Xi's guidance, his cultivation in Spiritual Arrays had also soared. Quietly, he had already stepped into the realm of a Spiritual Array Grandmaster.
Even Jiu You didn't know about this hidden move of his.
Flames surged in the eyes of the Heavenly Flames Celestial Body that was formed by Liu Ming. Not good, this time, he did not ridicule Su Mo. That's because he had indeed felt uneasy fluctuations coming from the Spiritual Array.
He never imagined that Mu Chen was actually a Spiritual Array Grandmaster!
"Damn it!"
He furiously cursed in his heart. If he had known that this would happen, he would definitely not have allowed Mu Chen to leave his line of sight. Furthermore, he had actually arranged such a powerful Spiritual Array underground when he was careless.
"Now, let me see if your Sovereign Celestial Body is stronger, or if my Spiritual Array is stronger."
Mu Chen lightly smiled. Shortly after, the seals that he formed with both of his hands suddenly changed as a deep roar rang out from his heart.
"Butchering Demonic Lotus Spiritual Array, activate!"
Whoosh!
A myriad black light suddenly burst out from the Spiritual Array in every direction. Within the Spiritual Array, the colour of the three black lotuses started to turn deeper, as if they were made of ink.
When the fluctuations of the Spiritual Array reached the limit, the three black lotuses gradually turned into a substance and slowly separated from the Spiritual Array.
The three black lotuses slowly floated up, before coiling around Mu Chen's body. At this moment, the surrounding space started to distort.
Liu Ming's gaze was fixed on the three black lotuses as the uneasy feeling grew denser. It was so much so that he had the urge to turn around and flee. Fortunately, he had suppressed that urge.
"I don't believe that you can break my Heavenly Flames Celestial Body!"
Liu Ming eerily said. He had once fought with a First Grade Human Rank Spiritual Array Grandmaster, but he wasn't too pathetic. As long as he could receive this Spiritual Array, Mu Chen would definitely lose. That's because he wouldn't give Mu Chen the chance to lay out another Spiritual Array.
"Heavenly Flames Armour!"
Liu Ming let out a deep roar as a dazzling scarlet light was emitted from the Heavenly Flames Celestial Body. In the end, there was actually magma flowing out. As the magma surged, it quietly solidified and formed into a scarlet armor, as if it was the strongest defense in the world.
Facing the mysterious black lotus Spiritual Array, Liu Ming had also activated the strongest defence of the Heavenly Flames Celestial Body.
Mu Chen's gaze was still calm as he looked at Liu Ming, who was activating his strongest defense. His slender finger descended from the sky and gently tapped. In the place where his finger landed, ripples undulated in the space.
"Go."
When his finger landed, Mu Chen's gaze suddenly turned cold, like the edge of a blade.
Whoosh!
The three black lotuses abruptly trembled as a buzzing sound burst out. The three black lotuses were connected from head to tail, as if they were black meteors that streaked across the horizon, breaking through the restraints of space at an indescribable speed.
In a flash, they had already appeared before the Heavenly Flames Celestial Body.
Without any pause or hesitation, the three black lotuses shot out in a straight line.
In the next instant.
The three black lotuses had already clashed with the Heavenly Flames Celestial Body!