The next morning, Zhou Xun calmly packed up the array flags.

Using the Thousand-Answering Insect to sense the surroundings.

The two had just gotten up and were tidying things.

Zhou Xun glanced sideways and smirked slightly.

He then quickened his pace and headed towards the place where he had set up the array.

On the other side, the middle-aged man and the scholar came to the place where Zhou Xun had rested and looked at the empty spot.

"Oh no, he's gone!" the man instinctively shouted.

But he soon regained his composure.

"Let him run for a while; we'll catch up with him quickly!"

Once again, he took out the circular disc spiritual artifact, cast several spells to investigate, and quickly discovered Zhou Xun's position.

They immediately gave chase.

Within less than half a stick of incense's time, they saw Zhou Xun running ahead.

At this point, Zhou Xun could already sense the two behind him without using the Thousand-Answering Insect.

This was all a deliberate result by him.

"Why are the two of you following me?" Zhou Xun pretended to be angry.

"Oh, so your surname is Shan. That Cyan Spirit Python, we brothers have been chasing it for months, only to have you seize it first. But this Cyan Spirit Python is crucial for my family juniors' Foundation Establishment,"

"Would you be willing to hand over the Demon Pill to me? Oh, I can compensate you with Spirit Stones or other treasures!" The scholar spoke in a negotiating tone with a sincere expression.

He seemed truly intent on purchasing the Cyan Spirit Python's Demon Pill from Zhou Xun.

"If that's the case, then giving the Cyan Spirit Python to you is no problem!" Zhou Xun said, taking out a white item and tossing it towards the two.

The scholar was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

Upon catching it, he found it was an ordinary jade stone!

Furious at heart, he looked ahead.

He saw Zhou Xun fleeing rapidly.

"Chase!" The scholar's face filled with coldness.

Thus, Zhou Xun fled ahead, while the middle-aged man and the scholar chased behind.

This was precisely what Zhou Xun intended, aiming to lure the two into pursuing him.

Before long, they reached the area where Zhou Xun had set up the array.

Zhou Xun did not slow his pace at all as he passed through the hillside where the array was set up.

Without hesitation, the two behind followed him.

Seeing the middle-aged man and the scholar enter the range of the array, Zhou Xun stopped and turned around.

His left hand held the Golden Wheel, and his right hand grasped the Array Manipulation Command Flag.

Expressionless, he waved the flag forward.

A spirit light flew out, disappearing into the void above the hillside.

Simultaneously, an array light shield covering a range of dozens of miles instantly rose, trapping the middle-aged man and the scholar inside.

"Celestial Spirit Five Elements Array!"

"You tricked us!"

The middle-aged man shouted angrily.

The scholar's face also turned cold.

Seeing this, Zhou Xun remained silent, wielding the command flag once again.

In an instant, the scene inside the array changed.

Beneath the two, a patch of lava suddenly appeared, causing them to leap up and hover in the air.

Looking around, they saw fiery red all around.

It was the Fire Transformation of the Celestial Spirit Five Elements Array!

"Big brother, what do we do!" The middle-aged man was taken aback, losing his bearings, and quickly asked the scholar beside him.

The scholar's face was stern as he uttered a few words:

"We must find the array eye and break out of the array!"

Just as the scholar's voice had finished, hundreds of fireballs condensed in the air.

"Whizz whizz—"

With whistling sounds, like raindrops, countless fireballs rained down towards the two.

Sensing the power of the fireballs, the scholar breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately, he cast a single hand spell, conjuring a gold translucent shield in front of him.

Instant Tier One High-Grade Golden Shield Technique!

As expected of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator!

Zhou Xun, watching from outside, understood this was much more troublesome than dealing with the black-robed middle-aged man in White Cloud Immortal City back then.

After all, those two were only Qi Refining Cultivators; the individuals before him were genuine Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

The fireballs hit the golden shield, extinguishing instantly, while the shield only dimmed slightly.

More than thirty fireballs were needed to shatter a single golden shield.

However, once the shield shattered, another would instantly form.

The middle-aged man was even more unaffected, as a massive cyan turtle shell blocked all the fireballs outside, standing immovable like a giant rock in the river.

Zhou Xun wasn't surprised.

But these fireballs were only the first layer of the Fire Transformation.

Zhou Xun manipulated the command flag and continued the attack.

Suddenly, within the array's range, raging flames arose, surging forth and engulfing the middle-aged man and the scholar.

Inside, several golden light shields shone on both of them, isolating the flames outside.

"Tier Two Low-Grade Defense Talisman!"

"Big brother, we can't keep this up!" The man sensed the light shield's power being continuously consumed.

"You hold back these flames while I make an attempt to break the array!" The scholar contemplated briefly before speaking.

Following that, the middle-aged man supported their defense while the scholar summoned a golden ring!

With the casting of a spell, the golden ring quickly expanded to several yards in size.

"Attack!"

The scholar pointed towards the array light shield, and the golden ring transformed into a stream of golden light, striking heavily against the light shield.

A strong collision sound was heard.

The shield remained unmoved!

Seeing this, the man and the scholar were startled, never expecting such a forceful hit to have no effect on the shield.

Zhou Xun was unsurprised.

After all, this could trap even Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators for a long time; these two being Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Without some hidden trump cards, there was no way they could escape.

In the next moment.

The scholar retrieved a shimmering gold talisman from his storage bag.

"Big brother!" The middle-aged man, seeing the scholar take out the item, felt overjoyed.

The scholar said nothing, infusing mana into the talisman to activate it.

In that instant, a strong spiritual power fluctuation emerged.

Amidst the raging flames, a golden giant sword several yards long slowly formed.

"Tier Two High-Grade Talisman!"

Zhou Xun furrowed his brow.

Unexpectedly, they had such treasures.

This equates to an all-out strike by a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

He immediately increased the mana infusion to boost the strength of the array light shield.

"Go!"

The scholar pointed at the shield, and the golden sword, like lightning, charged the shield with immense force.

"Crack—"

A sound akin to glass breaking slowly echoed.

At the center where the sword hit, cracks spread outward on the shield.

Zhou Xun saw this and swung the command flag, releasing a spirit light upon the shield.

Several streams of light circulated, instantly vanishing the spreading cracks, restoring the shield to its pristine condition!

"How is this possible!" The middle-aged man was shocked, incredulous.

The scholar was similarly stunned, his face full of shock.

This was already their strongest tactic!

Taking advantage of their momentary distraction, Zhou Xun's Golden Wheel instantly struck.

Through the raging flames, it hit the cyan turtle shell.

The turtle shell let out a mournful sound, its spirit light dimming, knocked back over ten yards.

The Golden Wheel seized the opportunity to slice through, straight down the middle of the middle-aged man, cutting him into two halves, killing him instantly.

"Fourth brother!" The scholar's eyes widened in disbelief.

But he had no time for mourning, as the Golden Wheel turned its direction, heading straight for him.

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