Chapter 680: Chapter 679: The Tampered Spirit Gathering Array
Zhuge Cang secretly praised and lifted his hand to send out a palm, perfectly blocking the strike Qin Yanyang had aimed directly at his face.
Their palms met, and the two separated as soon as they touched.
Qin Yanyang came swiftly and retreated even faster, flying straight out.
Zhuge Cang let out a light sigh and his body also floated back seven or eight meters before he landed, looking up at Qin Yanyang and saying, "At such a young age, you possess such power?"
In that last move, although Zhuge Cang seemed casual, he had in fact imbued his palm with eighty percent of his power, intending to suppress Qin Yanyang in one move to intimidate those present.
But he hadn’t expected that Qin Yanyang’s palm, though gentle and soft, contained both softness and rigidity, domineering and robust, actually matching him in strength.
"You’re not Chu Ling, who exactly are you?" Qin Yanyang was equally shocked within.
After arguing with Yang Fei, she had an epiphany over three days, significantly improving her Cultivation Realm and even stepping into the Divine Travel Realm. This was her first time striking out since reaching the Divine Travel Realm, but she hadn’t expected it to be in vain.
Faced with Qin Yanyang’s question, Zhuge Cang actually burst into laughter. His facial muscles began to wriggle slowly, and the contours of his face changed, the skin of Chu Ling’s face turning into a wrinkled piece of human skin hanging off of it.
With a casual wipe, he ripped off the piece of human skin mask, revealing his true face.
It was the face of an old man, looking to be in his sixties or seventies, with deep eyes and an overall presence that was terrifyingly commanding and formidable.
Zhuge Cang didn’t seem in a hurry at all. After revealing his true face, he stood with his hands behind his back, calmly and indifferently looking at Qin Yanyang and Xiang Yunfei, along with the elite forces from the Military Department who had followed Qin Yanyang, and said, "For such a young lady to possess such a level of cultivation, you truly are a cultivation genius. If you are willing to become my disciple, not only can you keep your current identity and status, but you can also achieve higher success and authority in the future."
Qin Yanyang snorted coldly, "You don’t have the qualifications to be my, Qin Yanyang’s, master. You must come from the Hidden Sect World, right? How did you come out of there and when did you infiltrate this place? What is your purpose?"
Although the situation was tense, the main force of the Military Department was already evacuating in an orderly fashion, and for the time being, the enemy had not been able to penetrate here. Yang Fei and Hu Lizhong were still inside the Array Eye Secret Chamber, so it was impossible for her to leave first.
At this moment, Chu Tianshu, who had been slapped away by Qin Yanyang, stood up with a swollen face and looked at Qin Yanyang in surprise, "You... how are you here?"
Qin Yanyang didn’t even give Chu Tianshu a glance, her gaze fixated on Zhuge Cang, "With just you and Chu Tianshu, you think you can cause trouble at Yunwu Mountain’s Base. Aren’t you taking the people from the Military Department too lightly?"
Zhuge Cang laughed heartily, "This mundane world is nothing to me, Zhuge Cang. I go wherever I please. Wherever I, Zhuge Cang, appear, that place belongs to my world. Anyway, that young man inside has already solved the Six Changes Wood Box; I don’t mind keeping you young people company for a bit."
Chu Tianshu, hearing this, cautioned, "Senior, don’t be careless. The elite of the Military Department are not to be underestimated, and they also have powerful special weapo..."
"Silence. Just watch from the side," Zhuge Cang interrupted Chu Tianshu with a wave of his hand.
Although alone, he faced Qin Yanyang and Xiang Yunfei, along with a group of elite experts from the Military Department, exuding an awe-inspiring aura.
"Quick battle, quick decision!"
Qin Yanyang ordered loudly.
The elites from the Military Department pulled out Energy Cannons and ultrasonic Audio Weapons.
Zhuge Cang’s pupils contracted slightly, inwardly commenting on their overestimation of their own abilities.
He had heard of these special weapons targeted at Divine Travel Realm cultivators from the secular world, but he was confident that here, these people wouldn’t even have the chance to activate their special weapons.
His gaze darkened and with it, a powerful Divine Soul Power unleashed.
But just then, a surge of Divine Soul Power invaded his Sea of Consciousness.
Zhuge Cang was startled and suddenly looked up at Qin Yanyang.
His piercing gaze was like a laser beam, instantly bombarding Qin Yanyang’s Sea of Consciousness, causing her to groan softly, her face turning pale as she stepped back four or five paces.
"Buzz... Buzz!!"
"Bang Bang Bang!!!"
Almost at the same time, the energy cannon and the high-frequency sound waves were released.
Zhuge Cang first felt a thunderous sound in his Sea of Consciousness, nearly losing control, and then was bombarded by several cannon shells.
He hurriedly stimulated his Protective Gang Qi and simultaneously leapt back in retreat.
Boom Boom Boom!!!
The moment several cannon shells contacted Zhuge Cang’s Protective Gang Qi, they exploded, and the blast wave seemed to blow Zhuge Cang’s body far away.
Seizing the opportunity, Qin Yanyang, despite the fatigue and pain within his Sea of Consciousness, pounced forward.
Xiang Yunfei followed close behind.
The two reacted extremely fast and reached him right as Zhuge Cang landed, their offensive like a tide, their fierce Palm Force and Fist Power hammering down crazily on Zhuge Cang’s body.
Zhuge Cang was initially disturbed by Qin Yanyang, then impacted by the high-frequency sound waves, and attacked by several energy cannon shells. Although the damage was not significant, he looked exceptionally dishevelled. When Qin Yanyang and Xiang Yunfei launched their attack, he seemed to panic, but, after all, he was one of the top combat forces of the Hidden Sect. With a loud shout, he waved his hands, and the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spirit Energy quickly gathered into an invisible high wall.
Hum Hum Hum...
The force of Qin Yanyang and Xiang Yunfei hit the wall gathered by Spiritual Energy, and although the wall collapsed, it did not harm Zhuge Cang, who took the chance to retreat and pulled a safe distance away.
Being beaten so embarrassingly by a group of worldly juniors, Zhuge Cang was furious inside, with a fierce light flickering in his eyes. He snapped, "Array, rise!"
Boom!
As Zhuge Cang’s shout echoed, a thunderclap suddenly resounded over Yunwu Mountain Valley, as though it struck right above everyone’s heads. Even experts like Qin Yanyang and Xiang Yunfei felt their eardrums ache and their blood and Qi roil within them.
The rest of the elite members of the Military Department turned pale, expressions of horror on their faces, as they looked towards the sky.
Zhuge Cang formed a strange spell with both hands and rose into the air, spreading his arms wide, directing the spell towards the heavens.
Thunder roared loudly in the high sky above Yunwu Mountain, and the winds stirred violently.
The rich Spiritual Energy and Heaven and Earth Power converged together, surging madly, and a terrifying pressure arose, making everyone in the valley feel as though there was a blade hanging over their heads.
Qin Yanyang, resisting the sudden terrifying pressure, could clearly sense the atmosphere inside the valley undergoing drastic changes.
The seventy-two locations where Yang Fei had inserted the Jade Tokens generated tornado-like energy fluctuations, which rapidly expanded and surged into the sky, driving all the powers within the entire valley to form a massive circular barrier that enveloped the whole valley.
Within the valley, every cultivator keenly felt the change in the atmosphere of the place.
The once unconscious Heaven and Earth Power seemed to have suddenly acquired a certain conscious, exerting a unique deterrence and oppression on everyone.
All members of the Military Department who had not evacuated from the valley were filled with horror.
Such a move, which changed the power rules of the entire Yunwu Mountain Valley, was nothing short of Divine Power!
Even Qin Yanyang was greatly shocked.
She thought of what she had seen days ago in the surveillance, regarding Chu Tianshu and Chu Ling lingering in the valley where the talismans were buried, and immediately looked at Zhuge Cang and said, "You... Have you tampered with this Gathering Spirit Array?"
"Hahaha, the little girl is quite responsive," laughed Zhuge Cang. "But it’s already too late. This Gathering Spirit Array has been modified by me into my very own Cave Heaven Blessed Land. Here, I, Zhuge Cang, am the god!"