Chapter 228: 150. Enter Moyun Palace, kill the East Sea Dragon King, meet his biological mother and teacher Yuyan (5K big Chapter)
The first person who couldn’t resist entering the Moyun Palace was King Li Hong of Chu.
He let out a low growl, and his dragon robe exploded, revealing the Gold Armor beneath. Simultaneously, a tangible Golden Body materialized around him. This Golden Body, appearing as if cast from bronze and iron, stood roughly twenty-odd zhang tall and bore a striking resemblance to King Li Hong himself.
In a single breath, King Li Hong reached the main entrance of the Moyun Palace. He pushed forcefully, and the jade Door, about a hundred zhang high, slowly swung open...
After King Li Hong entered the Moyun Palace, the East Sea Dragon King narrowed his eyes. After glancing at Xu Xing a few more times, he transformed into a single-horned giant scaled dragon, pushed open the main Door of the Moyun Palace, and slipped inside.
Heavenly Fox King Xiang Jun turned to Xu Xing and explained, "According to the classics, the entry point into Moyun Palace differs for everyone. It’s likely determined by how far one pushes open the main Door; the stronger the individual, the wider the Door opens, and the greater the benefits upon entering the sacred ground. King Li Hong of Chu and the East Sea Dragon King are coveting the War God Legacy, so they will naturally exert their full strength to open the Moyun Palace’s main Door."
Then, addressing Xu Xing directly, she said, "Brother Xu...this is my Token. Catch it."
She retrieved a nine-tailed fox-shaped Token from her Cloud Sleeve and tossed it to Xu Xing. At this moment, the other Two Great Demon Immortals, Blood Snake King Dai Feng and Purple Rat King Dingzong, also threw their Tokens to Xu Xing.
Compared to the Physical Martial Way, the methods of Ghost Immortals were far more varied. Practitioners of the Physical Martial Way did not cultivate their Divine Soul, so the Three Great Demon Immortals hadn’t asked Xu Xing for a Mind-Division Token.
However, after giving their Tokens to Xu Xing, the Three Great Demon Immortals were not in a hurry to enter the Moyun Palace. Instead, they supervised Xu Xing as he set up the array formations. King Li Hong of Chu and the East Sea Dragon King were unaware that Xu Xing possessed the ability to set up array techniques. But they... they knew it perfectly well! That was why they dared not enter the Moyun Palace first.
Last time, Shooting Sun Marquis Wuyi had witnessed the Small Five Elements Reversal Array set up by Xu Xing. However, when a divided soul perishes, the information it gathered cannot be transmitted back to the main body; this is a limitation of such esoteric arts. Consequently, King Li Hong of Chu chose to enter the Moyun Palace first this time, completely unguarded against Xu Xing.
"The Small Five Elements Reversal Array, the Falling Stone Array, and the Golden Saber Array!" Xu Xing declared. "Here are the manuals for these three array techniques. Keep them safe."
After carefully surveying the area around the main entrance of the Moyun Palace, Xu Xing handed the deployment manuals for the three great array techniques to the Three Great Demon Immortals. Only then did he begin to meticulously place the Array Eyes in various locations.
The profundities of array techniques are not something that can be fathomed in a brief time.
While setting up the three large arrays, Xu Xing also embedded a secondary array, the Five Elements Essence Fire Array, within their Array Eyes. It was an array-within-an-array, nested inside the Small Five Elements Reversal Array.
"It’s exactly like the one in the manual," one of them observed.
Once Xu Xing finished setting up the arrays, the Three Great Demon Immortals temporarily set aside their concerns. Now that Xu Xing was still allied with them and had shown his sincerity, they didn’t want to push too hard. They could guard against Xu Xing after they left the Moyun Palace; there was no need to be overly cautious at this moment.
"Brother Xu, please enter the Moyun Palace first," the Three Great Demon Immortals said in unison, stepping back and standing side by side.
If Xu Xing were to enter the Moyun Palace after them, who knew if he might alter the array formations again?
"Naturally," Xu Xing replied with a nod, not in the least bit annoyed.
He walked to the towering main Door of the Moyun Palace and carefully caressed the embossed patterns on the surface of the jade Door. Then, with the full might of his Leakproof Realm cultivation, he struck the jade Door.
The jade Door slowly creaked open.
To Xu Xing’s disappointment, however, peering through the opening of the jade Door, he could only see a swirl of multicolored light, not any specific scenery. He could only sense that the interior was suffused with rich Spiritual Energy and brimming with vitality.
He extended his palm and touched the halo of light.
The next moment, a dizzying sense of weightlessness washed over his mind.
「... ...」
Xu Xing had prior experience with Teleportation Arrays.
Facing this disorienting sensation, he steadfastly guarded his mind and quickly endured until the teleportation concluded. He then fell from somewhere in the void.
The first thing he saw upon landing was a spacious cave, several hundred zhang wide. From his position, he had a clear view of the cave’s entrance. Beyond it lay a resplendent golden corridor, its scenery a stark contrast to the cave’s rugged interior. At the cave entrance itself lay a stone carving of a three-headed tiger.
This is pretty much what Heavenly Fox King Xiang Jun said, Xu Xing thought. Although the Moyun Palace offers opportunities, one must defeat opponents of the Same Stage upon entering to qualify for its legacy...
Xu Xing scrutinized the three-headed tiger stone carving. He could sense that as soon as he stepped within an arrow’s flight of this tiger stone carving, it would "revive" and attack him.
Facing this three-headed tiger stone carving, Xu Xing didn’t want to expend too much effort. After all, he still had two opponents at the Returning Core realm.
He pondered for a moment and then, near the three-headed stone carving, he set up a primary array technique: the Flame Wood Spirit Array.
Array techniques are often ineffective against True Man opponents because they cannot be deployed instantly, unless an array is prepared in advance to ensnare them. However, when an array technique confronts inanimate objects like this three-headed tiger stone carving in a trial, it can have unexpected effects.
A primary Spell, the Fireball Technique, provoked the three-headed tiger stone carving into an enraged attack. Xu Xing then activated the Flame Wood Spirit Array, continuously eroding the Spiritual Power of the stone carving.
During this period, he interspersed the array’s effect with various primary Spell attacks.
After about half a day, Xu Xing effortlessly wore down and destroyed the three-headed tiger stone carving.