Fang Yu leaped high into the air.
Rising to an elevation of several tens of feet.
From above, he looked down upon the vast Dark Domain.
"Thinking of escaping my Dark Domain? You’re dreaming..."
Merlin, too, stomped his foot and shot out like an arrow off its string toward Fang Yu.
The Blood Clan, no need for weapons.
Purely relying on the strength of their bodies.
Fang Yu cracked a slight smile and said, "I have found a way to deal with you... Array Eye, activate!"
With a swing of his long sword!
The air around him seemed to ripple.
Abruptly.
The ground began to tremble ever so slightly.
"A Huaxia Array? Damn it!" Merlin’s face changed color. But he didn’t stop his charge, continuing forward with incredible speed.
The ground kept trembling.
Inside the Dark Domain.
Faint glimmers of light appeared at six points.
"The Array has been activated!"
After all, Fang Yu was an Array Master, having devoted many years to painstaking research of Arrays, and now it was time for that to pay off. Wasn’t he here exactly for the purpose of activating this Array? He had been searching for the Array Eye for so long, unable to find it.
It turned out to be in the air.
The designer of this Array truly was a genius.
Only an Array could perfectly restrain these vampires!
Because...
The uses of an Array were simply too many.
"Hexagonal Gathering Array!" Fang Yu exclaimed in admiration.
Seeing Merlin closing in rapidly.
Fang Yu raised the sword in his hand and danced in the air—
"Rain Slash, Snow Falling!"
"Nine Layers!"
The more basic the combat skills, the easier it is to apply Nine Layers.
Choosing the Rain Cutting Sword Technique along with Nine Layers allowed Fang Yu to save a significant amount of Primordial Qi.
As expected—
With a boom!
Nine streaks of Sword Light fell on Merlin.
The fierce momentum was abruptly halted, resulting in a brief stagnation.
"Damn it!"
Merlin was starting to lose his composure.
Among the Huaxia cultivators he had encountered, hardly anyone could match him, no one had lasted this long in combat with him, and none had so many combat techniques!
"Damn it, damn it, damn it..."
Hiss!
Merlin swung his arms, deflecting each of the nine streams of Sword Gang unleashed by Fang Yu!
His arms went numb!
Veins bulged!
But soon, they returned to their normal appearance.
"Fang Yu! I’ll tear you to pieces, flay you and strip your bones!"
After landing, Merlin charged once again.
However, this time—
Another change occurred in the sword held by Fang Yu.
The six corners of faint light refracted beams of light.
That was the sun shining on the Dragon Roar Sword, reflected into the Array, which then provided the sun’s energy, amplifying the energy several-fold.
"This was originally a thermal energy Array, used to provide heat to Tiandu Mountain... similar to modern technology’s air conditioning... I didn’t expect it could be used against you now!"
Fang Yu began to swing the sword in his hand.
...
At the same time.
In the Empress’s bedroom on Tiandu Mountain.
The tremors of the earth caught the attention of the Tiandu Hall.
Empress Ziwei, who had left the grand hall, sensed the vibrations and couldn’t help but furrow her brow slightly.
"Xia’er, what exactly has gone wrong?" the Empress asked.
"Xia’er... Xia’er dares not say..." the maid Xia’er bowed and said.
"The Empress pardons you from any offense... Speak freely."
"Yes."
Maid Xia’er was deeply favored by Empress Ziwei. It was because her thoughts were often very much in line with the Empress’s. The saying goes, "a repeated rumor becomes a truth"... Even when Empress Ziwei was aware that her own thoughts were correct, she would dare not face and acknowledge them directly. The presence of maid Xia’er was like a mirror, allowing her to clearly see herself, wary of losing clarity in the role of a participant.
"Your Majesty the Empress... Xia’er believes that although Mr. Fang Yu is quite arrogant, he is not as weak as he appears... Even though he is a Saint Rank Doctor. The ministers and subordinates in the grand hall all say that Mr. Fang Yu is at most at Circulation Heaven Position... Xia’er believes that his cultivation could also be of Saint Rank, even if the possibility is extremely low... Just based on his ability to gain Your Majesty’s recognition, based on the fact that he is a genius that appears once in a millennium!" Maid Xia’er said.
Empress Ziwei’s delicate fingers experienced a brief tremor, but it quickly subsided, and she said:
"This man, is not only a Saint Rank Doctor but also a Saint Rank Cultivator. If I told you that he could also possibly be a Saint Rank Array Master, would you believe it?" Empress Ziwei said.
Maid Xia’er’s pupils contracted.
Her breathing involuntarily quickened.
She had already been bold enough in her thoughts.
But it still fell far short of the Empress’s vista.
"A Saint... Saint Rank Array Master..."
"It’s been a very long time since the Four Saints appeared," Empress Ziwei stated indifferently.
The so-called Four Saints are those who have reached the Saint level in cultivation, Alchemy, Array Mastery, and Medicine.
"This..."
Maid Xia’er swallowed, then said, "It has been over five thousand years since the last appearance of the Four Saints... Even the..."
Seeing her hesitate to continue speaking.
Empress Ziwei said: "Go on."
Maid Xia’er felt relieved and continued: "Even the Dragon Emperor only achieved the unity of three Saints. To accomplish the unity of the Four Saints... is too difficult."
These words only described it as difficult.
Only those who understand the path of cultivation know how extraordinarily hard it is to reach the Saint level in all areas.
The vast majority of people, in their entire lives, cannot reach the Saint level in even one profession, let alone four.
"Xia’er, do you think, Mr. Merlin, could kill Fang Yu?" the Empress asked.
Maid Xia’er began to ponder deeply—
At the time Merlin appeared in the grand hall, Xia’er, like all present, thought that Fang Yu was undoubtedly doomed.
With Merlin, comparable to a Saint, taking action, Fang Yu had almost no chance of survival.
But upon reflection, matters were not as simple as they had thought.
Lou Shan died.
Li San died.
The entire forces of the Seventy-two Sects were annihilated.
Were these the deeds of an ordinary person?
The tremor of Tiandu Mountain’s land awakened Empress Ziwei.
Similarly, it also reminded maid Xia’er.
After musing for a moment.
Maid Xia’er replied: "He cannot kill him... On the contrary, Mr. Merlin might be the one in danger."
"Reason?"
"Maid Xia’er will speak bluntly, Mr. Merlin comes from the Alien Clan of the Western Regions, with his alien cultivation skills, he restrains our Huaxia cultivators. Including Your Majesty, we know little about Mr. Merlin. In a fair confrontation, Mr. Merlin’s true strength is only equivalent to the Circulation Heaven Position of a Huaxia cultivator, or close to the Supreme Heavenly Rank, but certainly not a Saint... Now facing Mr. Fang Yu, who could potentially be a Four Saints genius, thus... Xia’er judges, Mr. Merlin is in trouble."
Snap.
The teacup in Empress Ziwei’s hand fell to the ground.
She rose to her feet, hands behind her back, brow slightly furrowed.
Maid Xia’er, thinking she had misspoken, added: "Your Majesty, forgive me... Based on the current situation, Mr. Merlin has a high probability of victory. Let’s just hope that Mr. Fang Yu doesn’t know any Arrays!"
Empress Ziwei said in a cold voice:
"Send the word, have the Tiandu Guard accompany me to the back mountain!"
"Yes!"
PS: The battle of Tiandu is finally beginning, the pace needs to quicken from here on.