Calamity of Tomorrow

"What are you staring at?" Zhang Tianxin looked at Zhou Bai and said, "Come on, let's deliver the hawk demon and then switch guards."

Zhou Bai handed the hawk demon to several other cultivators of the Thunder Department, registered his name, and followed Zhang Tianxin and his group deeper into the camp, immediately noticing the much tighter defenses.

Although there were not many guards, the ground, underground, and air were constantly scanned with the power of the Primordial Spirit, and every now and then, layers upon layers of runes would flash across the sky.

Every few tens of meters stood a hundred-meter-tall pagoda on the ruins. The tower radiated precious light, and it was covered with various runes.

Zhou Bai could feel that these hundreds of meters tall pagodas were the key nodes in the deployment of the arrays, as great amounts of spiritual mechanisms continuously converged towards them.

Occasionally, one could even see powders made from top-quality white jade crystal stones, monster bones, and other precious natural materials smeared on the ground to draw various array runes.

Zhou Bai glanced down and unexpectedly discovered that the ground reflected a crystal-like texture, which had been infused with a high concentration of spiritual mechanisms, changing the base properties of the material.

This showed how many arrays had been set up here and how much spiritual mechanism had been condensed.

Christina also sighed, "The Concealing Array, Three Talents Formation, Seven Stars Formation, Gathering Essence Array, Ten Earths Flame Formation, Nine Bends Celestial River Array, Nether Spring Blood Sea Formation… Nearly every step bore a rune, every ten steps an array. How much resource did the Heavenly Court spend to set up these arrays here?"

The air was swarmed with the spiritual mechanisms, constrained tightly by array after array, similar to volcanoes.

Zhou Bai felt that as soon as these great arrays were activated, the power would be earth-shattering, gathering wind, fire, thunder, and lightning, along with various Sword Qi, gravity, toxins, and other unique skills akin to dozens of ninth realm experts striking all at once.

And these were only the arrays Zhou Bai could see before him. Further walk revealed an unbroken series of arrays laid out, enclosing the entire battlefield tightly, apparently locking the entire space.

Seeing Zhou Bai looking around, as though he had never seen the world, Lin Xiang, who was beside Zhang Tianxin, said, "How about that? You haven't seen such a scene in West Mountain City, have you?"

Lin Xiang pointed out, "Look at these arrays, the five elements interconnected, minor and major arrays complementing each other; it's like large arrays containing smaller arrays, encompassing the mysteries of the five elements and the eight trigrams."

Christina also exclaimed, "She's right. These arrays aren't simply stacked; they are interconnected, forming an extremely complex mega array…"

Lin Xiang continued, "This is the Myriad Phenomena Grand Array laid down by the Plague Department Si Yi Heavenly Monarch using six hundred array diagrams. Forget ordinary monks; even deities would be trapped inside. This time, Li Xiuzhu of the Sky Flipping Sect is doomed."

Zhou Bai frowned. Fortunately, he hadn't impulsively charged in; otherwise, entering this array headfirst might waste a Gem Time Reversal chance.

Lin Xiang proudly said, "The Heavenly Court is ultimately the Heavenly Court; how can its profound depth be compared by the human race? The Sky Flipping Sect, these heretical devils attempting to delude people and oppose the Heavenly Court, stirring up chaos in the world, are merely daydreaming, don't you think?"

Zhang Tianxin, Lin Xiang, and other cultivators from the Thunder Department, carrying the pride of Central City, considered themselves part of the Heavenly Court, looking down on monks from places like West Mountain City somewhat.

As for facing the Sky Flipping Sect, which tried to oppose the Heavenly Court with mere mortals, they were even more dismissive.

"Mhmm." Zhou Bai nodded casually to humor her, his gaze returning to the array before him, secretly thinking, 'If all the heavenly and earthly treasures used in this Myriad Phenomena Grand Array were sold, I wonder how much lazy energy that would amount to.'

Zhou Bai casually asked, "What's the current situation with the Sky Flipping Sect? Why do they need to set up such a formidable array? And despite being besieged by the heavenly army, how are they still able to hold on?"

Zhang Tianxin shook his head, "In front of the heavenly court, the so-called Sky Flipping Sect is nothing more than clay chickens and pottery dogs. We've chased them into disarray, hunting them down everywhere for nearly half a month, yet we haven't caught any trace of that demon Li Xiuzhu."

The next moment, Zhang Tianxin excitedly said, "Later, Marshal Xiang Tiandi personally took action. With the speed of the Nine Heavens Demon Clearing Thunder Technique, he swept through all directions on the battlefield, forcing the rebels of the Sky Flipping Sect into a situation where there was no escape to the skies nor entrance to the ground, and even forced Li Xiuzhu out."

"Li Xiuzhu, that demon, was indeed impressive. He hid a group of the core members of the Sky Flipping Sect within the Gua Formation Array, and then…"

A slight look of admiration flashed across Zhang Tianxin's face, showing that even as an enemy, he held some respect for the strength Li Xiuzhu displayed.

It was the instinct of a cultivator to worship formidable power.

"He wielded the Blood Transformation Divine Sword, executing 17 different Gua Formation Abilities, and eventually transformed into a giant dragon hundreds of meters long, with three mythical creatures almost at the celestial level appearing under his command."

"Under Li Xiuzhu's leadership, they actually engaged Marshal Xiang in a fierce battle, resulting in a darkened sky, a thousand miles of scorched earth, and collapsing mountains and rivers, fighting all the way from the Flame Mountain thousands of miles away to the Kunlun Ruins."

"Unfortunately, he is just a mortal, and his opponent is none other than Marshal Xiang Tiandi."

Beside him, Lin Xiang said in admiration, "Marshal Xiang, alone with his sword, broke through 17 Gua Formation Abilities and slew three mythical creatures. He even cleaved through the mountains with his thunderous blade, cutting off Li Xiuzhu's pair of dragon horns and truly driving Li Xiuzhu into a corner."

Zhang Tianxin then said, "However, the Sky Flipping Sect was indeed well-prepared, and Li Xiuzhu used the final Gua Formation Array, along with two additional abnormal weapons, leading to the current deadlock. The Thunder Department's army has only managed to temporarily trap him, unable to kill him for the time being."

Listening to their accounts, Zhou Bai was secretly amazed, sensing the breathtaking nature of this great battle from their words.

He became extremely curious about those three mythical creatures and the two newly emerged abnormal weapons.

Zhou Bai thought in his heart, "Three mythical creatures almost at the celestial level? Were they transformed by the Enlightened Ones of the Sky Flipping Sect? Then why didn't they bring them along when they attacked Li Zhengdao in East Huacheng?"

"And those two new abnormal weapons, where did they come from? Didn't Li Xiuzhu only take away the demon Zhu Yan?"

A faint sense of foreboding surfaced in Zhou Bai's mind, but he didn't delve into wild thoughts. His immediate priority was to clarify the current situation and determine the function of the last Gua Formation Array that Li Xiuzhu had deployed.

Therefore, Zhou Bai asked, "What does that Gua Formation Array actually do that it's so miraculous? Even the heavenly court can't deal with it?"

"It's not that there's no way," Zhang Tianxin said, his expression turning odd, "It's just…"

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