Chapter 40: If he can break the array, I’ll do a handstand and eat poop!
“Thanks for the reminder, Senior Sister. I still have a few spare clothes in my storage bag. If your clothes get burned, you can come to me for a free replacement.”
Bai Feng glanced at the arrogant Su Lan Qian, indifferent as always.
“Hmph, since you can speak, say a few more words.”
Su Lan Qian snorted coldly and strode hurriedly toward the formation.
“Brother, what did she say to you?” Bai Yu Mo looked curious.
“She told me to be careful. I also told her to be careful,” Bai Feng replied softly.
Bai Yu Mo pondered for a moment. Just now, Su Lan Qian didn’t seem like she was kindly warning him — more like she looked down on him, which was basically a provocation.
“Brother, do you want me to step in and teach her a lesson?”
Bai Feng silently turned to peek at the eager Bai Yu Mo. How did his cute little sister turn into this?
“…No need. If you do that, I’d look like an unreasonable villain,” he said.
Though, in fact, he did have a villain system.
“Oh…”
Bai Yu Mo weakly nodded, but in her heart, she marked Su Lan Qian.
Bai Feng might not care, but she was not the type to hold grudges easily. If the other person dared to insult Bai Feng again, she wouldn’t be polite.
Meanwhile, Su Lan Qian had already entered the Fire Dragon Array.
Roaring flames surged from all directions, rushing toward her like a fiery tidal wave. Su Lan Qian remained calm, conjuring a barrier from spiritual power to block the flames. Her eyes shimmered with a faint blue glow.
Gone was the fiery ocean in her gaze. She could feel spiritual power gathering toward specific points.
“Exactly here!”
Su Lan Qian quickly locked onto a key node. She picked up a calligraphy brush, and the surging spiritual energy condensed in her hand.
In the next instant, the brush enlarged, towering almost as tall as she was.
She gently swept the brush, smashing the incoming flames. Seizing the moment, she rushed toward one of the nodes.
The brush, like an eraser, rapidly shattered the node with her flick. The flames that surrounded her dispersed somewhat.
“Now’s the time to regret, you know,” Liu Meng said with a smile, explaining — or perhaps showing off — “Su Lan Qian is a disciple I trained after searching long and hard. She’s not only talented in array formations but also has spiritual pupils that can observe spiritual power fluctuations. There are hardly any formations in this world that can trap her.”
“No need; I trust my disciple,” Chu Ning Yan shook her head. Although surprised by Su Lan Qian’s performance, she had full confidence in Bai Feng too.
After all, Bai Feng, who had just recently learned array formations, managed to reconstruct the Hundred Sword Array. That kind of talent wasn’t any less than Su Lan Qian’s spiritual pupils.
Meanwhile, Bai Feng was staring seriously at Su Lan Qian.
‘Spiritual pupils… According to the description, they seem similar to Yin Yang Patterns, but only for observing spiritual power.’
This world is full of strange abilities. Can’t underestimate them!
‘Hmm? Looks like it’s almost over.’
Bai Feng stopped his pondering and focused entirely on Su Lan Qian.
At this moment, she had already shattered multiple nodes in the Fire Dragon Array. The fierce assault of the Fire Dragon had weakened considerably.
Though Su Lan Qian had drained quite a bit of spiritual power, reaching this level was already enough.
She clenched the calligraphy brush, her calves tensed, and with a jump, she leaped directly toward the Fire Dragon.
“Roar!!”
The Fire Dragon roared angrily, flames burning all over its body as it charged her.
But the brush in her hand enlarged again, turning into what looked like a flexible metal whip, cracking down and smashing half of the Fire Dragon’s body.
Taking advantage of the Fire Dragon’s regrouping moment, Su Lan Qian shattered another node. The originally impregnable array suddenly showed a gap.
She turned and looked at the Fire Dragon, already regrown and roaring furiously. She stuck out her tongue and made a funny face at it.
Then, with a step forward, she disappeared into the array just as the Fire Dragon lunged at her.
“Wow… so fast! Can a early Golden Core really do this?”
“In comparison, I’m totally useless!”
“Next up is Bai Feng. Will he make it?”
“Hah, I think Bai Feng should just admit defeat early — save himself from losing face.”
“Hey, Senior Brother, why do you keep sticking up for outsiders?”
“What’s wrong? Did I say anything wrong? Someone who’s not even in the Golden Core stage, with a little array talent, what can that do? Besides, who knows what tricks Bai Feng used to get in?”
“Hah, just based on a few baseless rumors, you dare call Bai Feng a scammer? Hope that after Bai Feng breaks the array, you’ll still be so stubborn.”
“Pfft, if he can break the array, I’ll do a handstand and eat poop!”
While everyone was arguing, Su Lan Qian had already exited the array, standing outside as the Fire Dragon roared with fury inside.
“Hmph, as a warm-up, that was pretty good.”
She stretched slightly, then, passing Bai Feng, she grinned mischievously: “Junior Brother, do your best~ Don’t lose too fast~”
“…”
Such a brat — but she really does have the capital to be arrogant.
Although she had just disrupted a few nodes and severely wounded the Fire Dragon, the formation itself remained mostly intact.
This is a four-rank array; breaking it inside is no easy feat, especially for array mages, who are not known for their combat prowess.
Or rather, the contest among array mages is like Bai Feng’s past days hacking — attackers must find and create vulnerabilities; breaking the array means they’ve won.
Plus, she was able to quickly dismantle the critical nodes of the Fire Dragon Array at the early Golden Core stage and escape, which even some Yuan Ying stage array masters would find hard to do that fast.
With Liu Meng’s help, the Fire Dragon Array was soon restored. Su Lan Qian injected spiritual power into the array again and asked Bai Feng, “Are you sure you want to keep challenging the array?”
“Yes, let’s start,” Bai Feng nodded and strode to the array.
“Brother, good luck!”
Bai Yu Mo cheered, waving a fist.
Seeing Bai Feng’s stubbornness, Liu Meng gave up trying to persuade him further: “Then, enter the array! If you feel uncomfortable, just say so early — I’ll stop.”
……
As soon as Bai Feng entered the Fire Dragon Array, a tidal wave of unbearable heat slammed into him, distorting space as if baked in a high-temperature oven.
No wonder this is a four-rank array capable of entrapping the Golden Core and temporarily blocking the Yuan Ying. His foundation stage cultivation was really barely enough.
Since it’s like this, he couldn’t afford to idly wander through the Hundred Sword Array last time.
Yin Yang Pattern, activate!
Bai Feng’s eyes flashed with black and white; a black-and-white fish pattern appeared in his sight.
Even though he knew the function of the Yin Yang Pattern, he couldn’t help but marvel inwardly: So clear!
Every spiritual power flow in the array was displayed before his ‘eyes,’ allowing him to instantly lock onto several crucial nodes.
