"This..."

Tu Chengshi stared intently at Lin Guang's actions, watching him quickly process the spiritual materials he retrieved from his storage ring and arrange them at various nodes of the array. After a moment of contemplation, his eyes lit up, clearly understanding something, and he praised, "Good approach!"

"Only those with great skill and courage can achieve this!"

The perception of the True Men shifted towards Lin Guang.

He continued explaining, "Look, he directly left the position of the array's central node empty and replaced it with where he's sitting."

"In my view, the array diagrams provided by the compass, at least the complete parts, have perfect Spirit Patterns, and only the blanks need to be filled by the trial taker himself."

"Once the array is activated, it's equivalent to him sitting directly on a geomagnetic node, directing the energy within the earth veins into the array. He becomes the core and directly conducts changes and manipulations, so the array eye doesn't need other core Spirit Patterns."

"This means he omits the most difficult part of handling spiritual materials and Spirit Patterns, further saving energy and time, making it possible to set up the spirit array that previously couldn't be arranged in time."

"Moreover, the difficulty in arranging and controlling the array shifts to his own spiritual power intensity, control power, and mastery of True Intent Inheritance, rather than the array itself."

"From his method of constructing the array, whether it's talent or True Intent Inheritance, he undoubtedly has a special ability related to Earth Element or Fire Element."

He praised vehemently, "This is exactly what we Spirit Masters should do, maximizing our advantages; we can't keep being led by the nose by people from the Otherworld!"

A True Man subconsciously asked, "Is this feasible?"

Someone mocked, "Did you forget his performance during the first trial? With that level of manipulation, you might not even have it at the Five-Star Peak."

"..."

Looking at that embarrassed True Man, Wang Xiu nodded approvingly, silently glad he didn't say anything earlier; otherwise, he'd become the clown in everyone's eyes now.

At that moment, the True Men could see Lin Guang's considerable advantage in the second trial, including Jiang Wencha, who visibly relaxed a bit.

Since "Liu Cheyi" forcibly sealed the Spirit Beast's recovery ability, Lin Guang's method of passing through Array Dao without depleting the Spirit Beast's status is definitely not what the opponent wanted to see.

In a broader sense, this is sabotaging the opponent's plot;

In a darker sense, Lin Guang became a "target" attracting the opponent's attention, perhaps increasing the chances of survival for others.

....

Mo Yao's strategy succeeded.

With the spiritual material, plus this mountain's special geomagnetic node, and their intentional or unintentional guidance and driving, they indeed lured the two black-robed cultivators onto this mountain.

The next moment, the white-robed cultivators on flying swords tightly surrounded the two demons in the center.

These two demons were both handsome, similar in appearance; one with a fierce face, the other's facial lines slightly soft, cheeks sunken, and back somewhat hunched, looking like suffering from a serious illness.

Mo Yao's expression shifted from his previous gentleness to icy coldness on his handsome face, he slightly squinted his eyes and slowly spoke, "Demon Race."

"Hand over the Golden Phoenix Fruit, and I might spare your lives."

"Senior brother, why bother talking to these wretched creatures?"

Someone in the crowd shouted loudly, "Even if you kindly spare their lives, who knows how they'll slander you outside, tarnishing your reputation! Better..."

Not finishing his sentence, Mo Yao raised his hand: "My decision is made, no need to say more."

The fierce-faced black-robed cultivator's eye twitched severely, glanced at the mana surging from Mo Yao, eventually slightly bowed and cupped his hands, "To be honest, my brother was severely wounded earlier, and he has already taken this fruit to replenish his source."

"You expect us to believe you just because you said he ate it?"

Someone sneered, "However, if you are willing to surrender and let senior brother check your storage ring properly and conduct a soul search, we might be able to believe you."

He couldn't help but rage, "You—!!!"

"Brother, no need to waste words with them."

The gaunt black-robed cultivator coughed twice, gaze cold, "I've learned the Celestial Sword Sect's ways; I will definitely repay in double another day."

"Stubborn and unrepentant."

Mo Yao's expression turned icy, coldly spoke, "Brother Liu, let's act."

The next instant, the crimson Spirit Rune Array appeared atop the mountain, vaguely spreading beyond the cliff and into the void.

Though the range wasn't too large, it perfectly encircled the cultivators of the Celestial Sword Sect and the Qing family brothers.

In the void, the network erupted like magma, a red flame with a hint of destruction surged fiercely.

Everyone was stunned by this sudden change, needless to say, the black-robed cultivators were; even the Celestial Sword Sect side was the same.

This place has steep mountains and mixed geomagnetic lines. If the plan is to restrain the speed of the Roc, a defensive earth-element grand array should be laid down, how could it be a fire-element?

Moreover, this flame was evidently not ordinary earth fire, it gave a sense of ferocity and attack, carrying a meaning of utmost malevolence and brightness.

The answer is simple.

Since the Eye of Omniscience and Omnipotence has already upgraded to level two, then a Starlight must have been invested in the Gourmet God Talent Tree.

It's not the Samadhi True Fire, but a new flame.

Its name is [Gastric Marrow True Essence - Six Jia Divine Fire]

Six Ding represents Yin Spirit, Six Jia represents Yang Spirit.

Six Jia Divine Fire is a flame that burns everything, with no purification, only pure burning.

It is used to increase lethality.

If used for cooking purposes... it's probably equivalent to Martial Fire.

And at this moment, the first to react was the Gentleman's Sword Mo Yao.

He slightly furrowed his brows, joined his fingers, gently swiped, and a treasure sword with golden brilliance took flight from the sword box behind him, cleaving through the fierce flames carrying a heavy destructive meaning emerging from the array.

"Two fellows, let Liu assist you."

Seeing such a familiar voice, a flash of astonishment crossed the eyes of the two black-robed cultivators.

The next instant, their bodies shone brightly, revealing their true forms; they were two green-light glimmering Roc birds.

Once their wings flapped, steel razor blades shot out, accompanied by flames sweeping forward.

But Mo Yao, worthy of being a true disciple of the prestigious Celestial Sword Sect, able to battle Nascent Soul cultivators, among Golden Core cultivators he was undoubtedly a standout, his sword technique constantly varied, and the brilliant white sword light drew dizzying tracks in the air, freely wielding, rapidly shifting back and forth.

In the sound of clangor, he surprisingly maintained equilibrium, only slightly at a disadvantage.

At this point, that group of junior brothers and sisters finally reacted.

"Turns out they're demon race spies!" Someone angrily shouted, "Senior brother, let's form an array to assist you!"

Everyone raised their hands pinching spells, swords behind them itching to unsheathe, when suddenly a fierce Sword Qi flew in, carving an aerial sword mark in the air before them.

"Senior brother?!"

Everyone was shocked, all puzzled as to why Mo Yao would do such a thing.

At the same time, Gang Wind and flames both paused.

"It's quite shameful to say."

Mo Yao sighed softly, shook his head, "At the first moment the array activated, I didn't manage to react. I am aware of Liu's array expertise; if he wished, I really couldn't protect you."

"For the sister's great path, I indeed have long decided; even innocent demon race can be massacred."

"Yet Liu can adhere to his own heart, which truly shames me. If I continued to let my juniors besiege, no way I would bear the name of 'Gentleman's Sword'."

"Of course—"

He suddenly changed his tone, his face like sunshine unable to melt the ice, he pinched the spells, summoning back the treasure sword into the sword box, "Being associated with the demon race and deceiving me, if this vendetta goes unavenged, I'm no gentleman!"

"This is the last time I call you Liu Dao; from now on, you're a nemesis!"

Swish—

When the treasure sword soared from the sword box again, it was already surrounded by intense Divine Flame.

"Mo would like to see whether your array's fire is fiercer or my Heart Fire is stronger!"

Driving the sword technique, Sword Light surged abruptly, transforming into a sea of fire roaring forth, competing with the flames from the array.

However, just then, the array pattern suddenly changed.

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