Chapter 1227: Chapter 603: Array-Breaking Techniques (Part 2)

If at this stage, one can still endure loneliness, without idling, shirking, deceit, betrayal, demanding favors, and earnestly be meticulous, taking the sect as one’s home, of course, they will be remembered by the elders, nurtured as the main force in cultivating the true inheritors of the Array Dao, participate in safeguarding the sect’s secrets, gradually promoted to management within the department, and even seen as the core team for the future Sect Leader. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

So impregnable castles are always breached from within. Once such key disciples betray, everything inside the mountain will naturally be exposed. The arrays inside and outside the mountain must be changed completely, otherwise, expect the entire clan to be destroyed overnight, the whole family wiped out.

Despite the current chaotic situation, with so many updates and renovations for the Array Barrier contributed by various hands, it has long been unrecognizable, but the load-bearing walls cannot be uprooted and redone; the foundational framework is still the Sword Casting Array that Chen Xuantian helped to arrange, with which he is naturally familiar, allowing him to quickly approach the core Array Eye as if returning home.

Of course, to be fair, the original Sword Casting Array arranged by Tie Dan was indeed not very perfect, with too many oversights and blanks, turning the Great Array originally used to seal a fort into something to seal a city, providing room for manipulation.

However, he cannot be blamed; no one is perfect. Tie Dan is inherently that kind of straightforward brute who hacks his way in through the main gate, chop and be done with it; arrays do not concern him much, even the array at the Sword Sect gate is used as an AOE cannon, passing by is really not difficult...

Fortunately, as a reincarnated inheritor of one-third of the world’s wisdom, Chen Xuantian not only has the Three Corpses Technique passed down by Lingxu but has also researched the array tactics of Yuqingzi in the Yun Meng Dragon Palace in later stages, having a whole treasure trove of the Dragon Palace to practice hands-on, allowing him to easily grasp the essence of Array Diagram arrangements, with rather high proficiency. In addition, with his Nether Spring Body Company equipment as a protective shield, he actually has a fifty percent chance of breaching this checkpoint.

However, Chen Xuantian feels that fifty percent is not enough, and it must be absolutely certain.

Alas, without a choice, his opponent is indeed a bunch of cunning old scoundrels who cannot be overestimated enough. If it weren’t for his keen senses and quick reflexes, he would have almost been blown to bits by a landmine formation earlier. Nowadays with Heaven’s mechanism in chaos, who knows what scheming lies inside? If too many people interfere, who knows if some nasty bug might be cooked up.

Moreover, as the saying goes, "being in the mountain, one knows not where the true path lies."

No matter how great one’s capabilities, once caught in a scheme, finding oneself isolated in the prepared trap of the opponent, one might well find oneself in a dead end.

No matter how clever and cautious you are, you cannot be perfect. If there’s a conspiracy, ambushed, trapped within a grand array, surrounded on all sides, with water, fire, wind striking together, and Sword Rain and tribulation thunder striking all at once, the Heavenly Demon Illusion Realm plays tricks between reality and void, the Qi Sect changes unpredictably without end. Just managing to barely stay alive and stranded within the calamity awaiting aid is already remarkable, let alone having the ability to break out of the array.

This is why, usually in an Immortal’s Battle Formation, one must watch from outside the array, observantly calculating, identifying the underlying principles, fully preparing backup plans, and inviting companions and friends, to respond and support from both inside and outside the formation before daring to embark into the array.

Thus, often for events like breaking an array to seize Divine Weapons, the Three Great Sects spend a month in advance visiting relatives and friends, forming alliances and cliques, expending significant efforts in these social team preparation activities.

And should various variables occur midway, such as robbery for territory, changes in array tactics, preemptive ambushes, or teammate conflicts, countless unforeseen variables arise, wasting time and effort on these troublesome matters.

Alas, forming a team is difficult...

This is why Chen Xuantian’s use of drones for reconnaissance and array-breaking techniques stands out as superior.

Currently, he is scanning the ground with his left eye and gazing at the sky with his right, with his avatar in the array and true body outside, observing from outside to inside and vice versa, sandwiching in both directions. Not only can his main body oversee the array from a high vantage, surveying the entire layout, but the octopus-drone can also roam within the array, investigating and scanning changes within restrictions, with real-time interactions through Nether Spring sensing.

When the time comes, as soon as the target is found, he can just dive in to seize the sword, in and out swiftly, before the others even have their team formed.

Moreover, the most fascinating thing is, his Nether Spring brand drone comes with Primordial Spirit protection making it immune to illusion attacks, nor will it trigger the combat mechanism of the Taiji Formation; even if by accident it gets blown to bits by an ambush or thunder, it doesn’t matter, just re-mold it with Nether Spring and it’s good as new?

Let’s see who can stop him from breaking the array and seizing the sword!

Goo Goo Ga Ga,

"What are you playing? I want to play too!"

Click...

Alright, Goo Goo Ga Ga woke up to see Chen Xuantian fiddling around with a crystal ball, so she also started to demand to play.

Chen Xuantian, quite annoyed, turned the drone controller into a handheld console for her to play.

It’s quite simple to deceive a child, just mark out the array diagram with illusion technique, instruct her to proceed following the guidance, avoiding traps along the way, and she can act as a fighter.

Indeed, the subsequent checkpoints are quite challenging, primarily due to various formations densely stacked together with almost no space to move. Goo Goo Ga Ga, after playing for a while, killed several drones and started protesting.

Chen Xuantian, momentarily at a loss due to her protests, was fortunate to have a human detector on hand; it was perfectly logical to let Shen Su’e, who could see through the array’s weaknesses, handle the task. Moreover, she was originally meant to retrieve the sword, so why not directly utilize her?

So Chen Xuantian pulled Little Stutterer into action, handed her a controller as well, split the ten-clawed octopus apart, and created a Nether Spring display screen, thereby creating a cooperative crossing game for two people.

In this way, the daunting task of saving the world by breaking the array to acquire the sword was handed over to the two little fellows. Leaving Chen Xuantian free to loaf around, ahem, to go hunting.

After all, while the sword sect maidens of twenty-eight springs may have already reached the Golden Core stage and started Fasting, Goo Goo Ga Ga of eight thousand springs was a Flying Divine Zombie, previously barged into the Three Xiao Treasure Ship, tossing it bottom-up, chewed all the potted plants clean, leaving Chen Xuantian hosting guests with only tea. If she were to get too hungry, heaven forbid, she might just resort to cannibalism.

Luckily, the chain explosions earlier indeed drew more attention from cultivators. Hearing rumors of an extraordinary sword appearing in the world, those experienced old cultivators feared it might again be a sinister scheme from the Mystic Sect’s catastrophe event.

Now from afar, a Divine Sense sweep revealed some incredible opportunity requiring dozens of great arrays to seal—could it really be the appearing of a Breaking Dao Divine Weapon? Even the most cautious, sinister old gods couldn’t resist coming to witness the spectacle.

So, with just a casual stroll around, Chen Xuantian discovered a bunch of suitable prey.

Uh-huh, a group, no less than a dozen, from some unknown valley older gods’ touring group, gathered in a pavilion for tea and chatting, the vast Qingyun Treasure Light congregating together nearly rivaled the array’s radiance not far away. Yet, they merely squatted by the entrance, not rushing to break into the array, clearly a bunch of clueless onlookers drawn over, sharing intel.

Interestingly, these individuals were a mixed bag, seemingly having some ties with all Three Great Sects in one way or another, including not just loose cultivators of the Left Dao but even several shape-shifting demon clan members among them. Even Chen Xuantian couldn’t remember the last time the Three Great Sects gathered for peaceful talks without conflict, so much that he couldn’t quite determine which side this group belonged to.

But clearly, they were here to seize the sword opportunistically, maybe trying to form a wild team, marking all of them as competitors.

No point talking, I must ruin their plans.

Thus, with a turn of his eyes, Chen Xuantian tidied his hair, wiped off some flesh and blood, transforming into a chubby little monk, riding clouds with a carefree manner, and approached to join in.

"Oh, Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, greetings, fellow Daoists, the little monk passes by here seeking some drink and joy."

"Of course, of course, to have friends come from afar brings great joy! Master, please have a seat!"

The group of elderly gods indeed was quite cunning, being friendly as if being the village elders chatting at the village entrance, neither questioning nor checking, simply gathering away a colorful cloud surface, presenting a pathway to invite him, and even one of the hosts came out to greet, inviting Chen Xuantian to enter the pavilion and take a seat.

Before Chen Xuantian could delve into the topic, just with a glance meeting from afar with that host, dressed in white-black robe, as a Taoist, his heart skipped a beat.

Emei.