Chapter 397: Chapter 160: Four Flowers Gathering at the Crown? Impossible, this is absolutely impossible (6k)
At this moment, even Yan Xiaohu was somewhat surprised, especially since he had never seen this Array Flag before.
Seeing that the prey had already entered the trap, Zhou Qing finally felt relieved.
Then he looked at Lei Luo and pointed to a spot not far away: "Go outside, and do not come back without my permission."
Lei Luo was puzzled, but he didn’t think much of it, assuming it was just practice.
"Shi Zhen, you stand over there!" Zhou Qing directed at Shi Zhen again.
Immediately after, Zhou Qing looked at Yan Xiaohu.
Yan Xiaohu seemed to understand something from Zhou Qing’s eyes and immediately chuckled, saying, "I’ll just stand wherever, don’t worry."
"What about me?" Pei Yan asked.
Zhou Qing instantly laughed slyly and hastily approached, saying, "Pei, among us, you’re the one with the highest cultivation level. Your position is crucial. When I dealt with Sima Demoness, I surrounded her all the time!"
Zhou Qing pointed to the position of the Array Center.
Pei Yan’s eyes flickered as she moved over, but Zhou Qing suddenly leaned in and, glancing around mysteriously, said, "Do you remember what I once told you?"
Pei Yan seemed puzzled and said, "What words? I don’t remember."
Whoosh—
Tetanus pierced through her abdomen once more, and Zhou Qing’s feet flashed with silver light as he retreated swiftly.
This sudden scene shocked everyone.
"Zhou, you—" Shi Zhen was terrified.
But Zhou Qing suddenly shouted, "Yan!"
After a brief daze, though Yan Xiaohu was confused, he immediately activated the Jinglan Spirit Jade and the Communication Talisman in his hand.
And Lei Luo, who had just reached outside, was dumbfounded, but soon the ground flashed with spiritual light. Numerous runes intertwined and in the blink of an eye turned into a golden prison Array, resonating with Buddhist chants.
Lei Luo slapped his thigh hard: "I knew something was up!"
"Zhou—you’ve gone mad!"
Pei Yan incredulously clutched her abdomen, feeling a dizzying sensation, as if this scene was so familiar, yet she couldn’t recall it.
"Don’t move!"
Zhou Qing suddenly looked up, and in that instant, his eyes seemed to flash with lightning, staring sharply at the anxious Shi Zhen.
Shi Zhen’s body trembled violently, her feet seemed nailed to the ground, unable to move.
The urgency in her expression froze, replaced by an instinctive reverence for Zhou Qing’s overwhelming authority.
Especially sensing his cold and indisputable oppression, she opened her mouth but didn’t know what to say.
Yan Xiaohu didn’t utter a word, directly drawing his broadsword, preparing for battle.
He didn’t fully understand what was happening, but he chose to stand by his fourth brother without hesitation.
At this moment, Zhou Qing’s hair was waving, and his robes were rustling in the surging spiritual power, behind him a towering shadow of the Massacre Tower appeared.
Ancient and heavy, flickering with countless mysterious runes.
This was the true location of the Array Center.
"I told you this a year ago, and you’ve forgotten already?"
As Zhou Qing lifted his foot, the surrounding golden Array hummed with deep and melodious Buddhist chants, as if reciting ancient scriptures.
"Since you’ve forgotten, let me help you remember!"
The aura surrounding him surged, a tangible pressure rolling toward Pei Yan like a tidal wave.
"If I, Zhou Qing, could slay Sima Demoness once, then I can do it twice, thrice, what is there to fear!"
With those words, phantasmal figures appeared from all directions.
Clad in ancient cassocks, with solemn faces, holding various magical artifacts, chanting incantations that invoked reverence.
Upon hearing the words "Sima Demoness," Pei Yan’s pupils shrank instantly, filled with disbelief.
Yan Xiaohu and Shi Zhen looked at Pei Yan in utter disbelief.
Shi Zhen stammered, "Zhou, is there some misunderstanding..."
"How did you find out?"
Before Shi Zhen could finish, the previously pained Pei Yan suddenly spoke in a strange voice.
Shi Zhen was stunned in place.
Hearing this familiar voice, Yan Xiaohu trembled all over, immediately boosting the Nascent Soul, elevating his cultivation to mid-Nascent Soul stage.
Zhou Qing whispered, quickly informing Yan Xiaohu about Pei Yan’s situation and expressing his concern about possible ambushes around.
Yan Xiaohu felt his mouth dry and realized they needed to finish this quickly.
Luo Xue had already been cruelly murdered by this wench; they must not let Pei Yan suffer the same fate.
Facing the suddenly changed attitude of Pei Yan, Zhou Qing smirked and said, "Actually, I have a question too. After planning for so long, why didn’t you wait until we fully fell into your trap before revealing yourself?"
"By then, if you wanted to know anything, you could just Soul Search, why go through all this trouble?"
At this moment, Sima Demoness’s face twisted with ferocity, her eyes burning with rage, glaring at Zhou Qing as if she wanted to burn him to ashes.
"That’s because I can’t wait any longer. I want to chop you into pieces bit by bit, making you beg for life and death. You destroyed everything I had; I must make you pay a thousand times over!"
Sima Demoness roared hoarsely, her intense killing intent causing the temperature around them to plummet, enveloping them in a chilling cold.
Zhou Qing sneered, saying, "My master once said, during this past year, you’ve kept silent for two possible reasons. One is reaching enlightenment in desperation, comprehending the Realm, and stepping into the Divinity Transformation.
"The other is being consumed by hatred, lying in wait like a venomous scorpion, ready to strike and deliver a fatal blow."