Chapter 958: Seven-Star Array Plate

As soon as the array plate appeared in his hand, Zhang Xuan's abundant true qi surged into it.

Zizi zizi!

Distinctly different from last time, infused with true qi, the array plate trembled violently. With a bang, a beam of light enveloped the surroundings, forming a circle hundreds of meters in radius.

The circle grew larger, mist rising and fog forming within, like a brand-new world. Not to mention others, even he, suddenly trapped inside, would lose his sense of direction, unable to tell up from down, left from right, east from west.

"A seventh-level maze formation... the [Lu Xu Maze Formation]?"

Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.

Without activating the array plate, even he couldn't tell what specific formation it was. Earlier, the Library of Heaven's Path had identified flaws, but only in the material and the formation diagram.

Only by activating it and seeing it with his own eyes could he know what it was and how powerful it was.

Lu Xu was a grandmaster of formations from five thousand years ago. Trapped by a patch of mist in the mountains and unable to leave, he created this maze formation. Although it was only around mid seventh-level, it possessed power comparable to late or even peak seventh-level formations. Even a Saint Realm fifth layer cultivator, if caught inside, would be disoriented for a short time and find it hard to escape.

Because of this, the formation was quite famous and recorded in the library of the Formation Academy. Zhang Xuan had only learned about it after reading all the books.

"Both surnamed Lu... Could he be an ancestor of Dean Lu Feng?"

A thought popped into his mind.

But now was not the time to dwell on that. Zhang Xuan shook his head.

"With this formation, the chances of dealing with those Otherworldly Demons increase significantly. But I still need to plan..."

With his cultivation skyrocketing and now possessing such a powerful array plate, Zhang Xuan's confidence soared. He flickered, left the Thousand Ant Beehive, and returned to the underground cavern.

The surroundings were still thick with killing intent, the sky dim and hard to see.

His muscles writhed, and he transformed again into the likeness of an Otherworldly Demon he had seen. Then he continued flying in the direction he had escaped from earlier.

Before he had gone far, he saw two Otherworldly Demons flying toward him.

"Don't you find it strange? Nearly forty people, gone just like that. How did they escape?"

"I think so too. We were guarding outside the whole time, eyes wide open, didn't see a ghost, and yet they escaped... The most crucial thing is, we've been searching for so long and haven't found a single trace... Are the masters we caught not masters, but ghosts?"

The two Otherworldly Demons chatted as they flew.

How Zhang Xuan and the many masters had vanished was something even the two kings, Green Leaf King and Golden Leaf King, hadn't figured out, let alone these underlings.

Most crucially, so many people had escaped without leaving a single trace, baffling everyone.

As they were lamenting, one of them frowned and saw a fellow clansman flying over from not far away.

"How goes it, you two? Any gains?"

The clansman asked as soon as he met them.

"Hua Wu? Weren't you assigned to another direction? Why are you here?" Seeing this person, one of the Otherworldly Demons couldn't help frowning.

There were about two hundred who had crossed the seal this time, and they all knew each other.

This guy was dispatched to another direction, so why is he appearing here?

"Oh, I already searched over there and found a clue, so I followed it!" Hua Wu explained.

"A clue? What clue?"

Both alien clan members' eyes lit up simultaneously.

"It's here..."

With a flick of his wrist, Hua Wu produced a jade token and handed it over.

Curious, the two lowered their heads to look, but before they could see what was on it, two fists came crashing down.

Boom!

The fists carried immense pressure, as if about to explode the air, and the force radiating from them shattered the ground around them.

"You..."

The two alien clan members now realized something was wrong. Their faces turned ashen, and in haste, they raised their fists to meet the attack.

Bang! Bang!

As the four fists collided, the two felt a force like a volcanic eruption crushing down on them. Their bodies stiffened involuntarily, and they were sent flying backward in unison.

Boom!

They crashed into the ground, creating two large craters.

"Peak of the Saint realm, truly formidable!"

Hua Wu let out a strange cry and charged forward again. Without any technique, he raised his foot and kicked at the fallen duo.

Thud!

Before the two alien clan members could react, their heads were crushed, and they lay dead on the ground.

"Haha!"

Seeing the two Saint realm first-level alien clan members easily slain, Hua Wu's eyes gleamed.

This guy was naturally Zhang Xuan in disguise.

With his cultivation greatly increased, he wanted to test how strong he had become. After trying, he understood the terror of the Saint Ascension Decryption. Not only could he easily kill those of the same level, but even alien clan members a level higher were no match for him.

They couldn't even withstand a single blow.

"Let's see what they have."

With a grab, he took the storage rings from the two, extended his spiritual sense into them, and then shook his head.

Although these guys were as strong as six-star masters, their wealth was far inferior. Both of them together had less than ten high-grade spirit stones!

"No wonder these alien clan members are attacking the Master Teacher Continent. The battlefield beyond the domain must be too barren..."

Shaking his head, Zhang Xuan pointed a finger, destroyed the two corpses, and smoothed the damaged ground. Just as he was about to move on, he had an idea and changed his appearance to that of the guy he had just killed.

Killing over two hundred alien clan members at once was certainly impossible, but quietly taking them out one by one was achievable.

Anyway, he had plenty of time and was not in a hurry.

After everything was ready, he continued flying forward. Soon, he encountered two more alien clansmen and, following the same method, killed them.

The alien clansmen who came out to search were only at the first level of the Saint Domain, which was nothing to his current strength. Even without using the puppet, he could easily annihilate them.

Half an hour later, he returned to the place where the building had been earlier.

He saw ruins everywhere, with many alien clansmen gathered around, seemingly rebuilding, even though they knew the outcome was negligible.

They had spent nearly two months building these structures, and restoring them in a short time was almost impossible.

"It seems Golden Leaf King and Green Leaf King are both here..."

Among the crowd, two powerful alien clansmen hovered in the air, exactly the two kings from before.

At this moment, the two had furrowed brows and looked very displeased.

"Reporting to the king, in this direction, there are no traces!"

"King, I found nothing on my side either..."

"They seem to have vanished; we have nothing here either..."

One after another, people came to report.

Zhang Xuan had escaped in the form of a soul, which was formless and left no traces. It would be a miracle if these alien clansmen, only at the first level of the Saint Domain, could discover anything.

"Damn it, thirty or forty people just disappeared into thin air. What the hell is going on?"

"How did he do it?"

Not only were the other alien clansmen puzzled, but even the two kings, Golden Leaf King and Green Leaf King, were full of doubt.

Thirty or forty weak and feeble individuals, who could drop dead at any moment, slipping away right under the noses of over two hundred of them without being noticed—it was simply unbelievable.

"Could it be... a soul?"

Suddenly, recalling the strange sensation earlier, Golden Leaf King clenched his fists.

"Soul?" Green Leaf King did not understand.

"Yes, earlier when we were guarding outside the hall, didn't we feel something pass by? That might have been when they escaped. To leave right in front of us without being discovered, after much thought, I can only think of one thing... a soul!"

Golden Leaf King said.

"Soul? Wasn't that profession wiped out by the master teachers because it served our spirit clan?" Green Leaf King frowned.

Soul masters were a very peculiar profession on the Master Teacher Continent. Originally loyal to their spirit clan, they were completely eradicated by the master teachers after being discovered, and even the inheritance was lost...

A master teacher, most likely an academy dean, using soul secret techniques to rescue people—was that for real?

"Souls were indeed wiped out. I'm not sure what's going on either..." Golden Leaf King still couldn't figure it out.

Apart from a soul, he really couldn't think of how they had escaped.

As the two were discussing in detail, they saw a clansman flying over hurriedly: "King... I think I've found traces of those master teachers!"

"Found?"

Hearing this, both of their eyes lit up, and they quickly looked over.

"Well, I saw some traces, clearly human footprints. I didn't dare to follow further and immediately came back!"

This clan member explained.

"Well done!"

King Qingye nodded.

These clan members were too weak; if they rashly pursued after discovering something, they could easily be killed.

"In which direction? Take us to have a look!"

Frowning slightly, King Qingye said.

"Over there..."

This alien clan member said.

"Let's go check it out!"

King Qingye nodded and was about to let this guy lead the way when King Jinye grabbed him: "Hold on!"

"What's wrong?"

He looked over.

"Have you forgotten that guy's strangeness?"

King Jinye looked at him.

"This..."

King Qingye's face tightened, only then remembering that the guy could even disguise himself as a king, with terrifying strength. If this guy was really disguised, it was highly likely a trap.

"Let me check!"

Raising an eyebrow, King Qingye extended his divine sense and enveloped the alien clan member before him.

"Your Majesty..."

This alien clan member clearly hadn't expected him to do this. His face turned pale with fright, and his hand involuntarily clenched inside his sleeve.

"He is..."

With his divine sense enveloping him, King Qingye was about to speak when suddenly a "boom!" sounded, and a thick fog rose before his eyes, instantly covering an area of several hundred meters around.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle!

The fog obscured heaven and earth, making those trapped inside unable to distinguish north from south, east from west, and their mouths, eyes, and noses felt as if they were blocked.

"It's... it's the Seven-Star Maze!"

His pupils contracted, and King Jinye's body stiffened.

Even for him, trapped in this level of maze, it would be difficult to escape in a short time.

He hurriedly looked toward King Qingye beside him, but saw that he had already disappeared. Lifting his head to look around, he found his own mind in chaos, already unable to find north, south, east, or west.