This commander is fully aware that if he charges forward, he’s facing death!

As for Spirit Sword Island, it’s not that no one considered it, but activating it requires a key!

Without the key, there’s simply no way for these people to start up Spirit Sword Island.

Ye Luo naturally was unaware of this; while everyone rushed forward, only he headed for Spirit Sword Island!

When Ye Luo arrived at the location where Spirit Sword Island was stored, its guards were just about to launch an attack, but Ye Luo stopped them!

"Stay here! Rushing forward means certain death. Even if we die, we shouldn’t sacrifice ourselves in vain. Activate Spirit Sword Island and let’s have a decisive battle with the enemy!"

Ye Luo shouted loudly, and naturally, everyone heard him.

Unfortunately, a commander stepped forward.

"Greetings, Prince Wu Wei! You might not know, but the activation authority for Spirit Sword Island is in Commander Li Long’s hands, and now that Commander Li Long is dead, we can’t activate Spirit Sword Island!"

Ye Luo was momentarily stunned, but he understood the reasoning—it was indeed logical. After all, Spirit Sword Island is a strategic weapon, and if it could be accessed without restrictions, it would be dangerous!

Yet Ye Luo couldn’t care less about that. Li Long is dead, does that mean there’s no other way?

Spirit Sword Island is but a strategic weapon, an object, while people are alive!

Is it impossible to find a solution?

"Stay here. I’ll see if I can break the restriction, if not, I’ll join you in charging the enemy!"

Ye Luo announced and quickly sprinted over!

Soon, Ye Luo discovered what the so-called restriction was!

It was actually quite simple, just the energy core of Spirit Sword Island.

Since Spirit Sword Island is a strategic weapon, it was naturally designed as such.

The controller injects spiritual power, which can activate the energy core, thus starting Spirit Sword Island.

But now, the energy core has been sealed, similar to someone’s spiritual power being sealed!

Ye Luo hesitated not a bit and immediately began to analyze the situation.

After all, these seals were achieved through arrays!

At present, Ye Luo has a decent understanding of formations!

Ye Luo’s specialty is micro-formations, and now, the restrictions on Spirit Sword Island are indeed micro-formations!

Ye Luo focused intently; soon, he unlocked the first micro-formation. Of course, Ye Luo knew this was only the beginning—the difficulty would increase as he went on!

Seeing Ye Luo unravel a micro-formation, the surrounding soldiers halted!

They were well aware that relying on Spirit Sword Island was their only hope of combatting the enemy!

They were unafraid of death; for instance, even knowing rushing forward meant death, none hesitated!

Still, they didn’t wish to die in vain!

If one’s death could have more meaning, who wouldn’t choose that?

At this moment, Ye Luo had completely forgotten everything; he was focused solely on those micro-formations.

Only two words echoed in Ye Luo’s mind: "Faster!"

In this moment of life and death, Ye Luo had to be quick—every blink meant losing more of his people!

Though there were hundreds of thousands here, how many massacres could they endure?

"Crack!"

A sharp sound came forth; unexpectedly, the core shattered!

"Damn it! Damn it!"

Ye Luo was furious, even punching the ground in anger!

Could it be there truly is no solution?

Ye Luo never anticipated that the core’s restriction would have a safeguard in place—if the formation was cracked unsuccessfully, the core would automatically be destroyed!

Previously, Ye Luo made a minor error, barely qualifying as a failed attempt, yet Spirit Sword Island’s core shattered dispassionately!

No!

No!

No!

Ye Luo cried out internally!

Ye Luo was plunged into utter despair.

Ao Long stood silently beside Ye Luo, saying nothing, for Ao Long understood this was something Ye Luo inevitably had to face.

In fact, Ao Long felt Ye Luo’s journey had been far too smooth.

Even in the Martial Realm, Ye Luo had yet to witness what true Martial Realm was!

This scenario was precisely what Ye Luo needed to grasp the essence of the Martial Realm!

Of course, Ao Long wasn’t worried about Ye Luo’s safety.

No need to mention that if crisis truly struck, Ao Long could ignite his soul’s power and tear through space to send Ye Luo away!

What Ao Long worried about was Ye Luo’s growth!

Ye Luo’s strength has improved rapidly enough, yet still insufficient in Ao Long’s eyes!

Despite being an absolute genius in the Ninth Region, it’s a different story outside...

Even if compared to those in Ao Long’s Dragon Clan, Ye Luo’s performance was merely ordinary, very ordinary!

Seeing Ye Luo’s disappointed and dejected expression, Ao Long’s face remained indifferent!

At that moment, whether or not the enemy discovered Ye Luo was irrelevant; they were already advancing towards his position!

Ao Long shook his head, ready to tear through space.

Suddenly, Ye Luo lifted his head abruptly!

"Right, right, there’s another way!"

Ye Luo’s hands suddenly held some talismans, to be precise, some talisman papers, as these papers had nothing inscribed.

However, after these talisman papers appeared, they floated around Ye Luo. At the same time, a talisman pen appeared in Ye Luo’s hand!

Chain Micro-Spirit Array!

Ye Luo realized this might be the solution; he might not be capable of repairing the energy core now, but he could find an alternative—using chain micro-arrays!

Ye Luo had done considerable research on that realm, so he understood chain micro-arrays to some extent!

Though Ye Luo had never personally attempted it.

But now? What time is it?

There was no room for Ye Luo to ponder!

Rays of light emitted from the talisman pen!

Using talisman techniques to link micro-arrays, Ye Luo was the first!

No one had ever done this; a talisman master remains a talisman master!

Array master remains an array master!

Although they seem connected, no one had tried merging the two professions into one!

Of course, this is because achieving high accomplishments individually in talisman or array mastery is challenging!

Even more so trying to make significant strides in both careers simultaneously!

Yet Ye Luo had such a foundation!

Back when he was in that isolated space, he spent countless years mastering both talisman techniques and micro-arrays!

While micro-arrays alone don’t qualify as a true array master, it’s enough for the current circumstances.