Zang Xu swayed his body and spat out a mouthful of black blood, only then realizing he had fallen into Xiao Man's trap without his knowledge!
"Xiao Qin!"
Xiao Man revealed a face of triumphant cunning from behind her shield, "I told you, this poison is an improved version that has undergone multiple trials. You thought you had expelled the poison from your body, but that is not the case!"
"You kept provoking me to speed up the poison's onset?" Zang Xu wanted to rush forward and tear Xiao Man to pieces, but he also understood that the immediate priority was to activate the magic array and release the Torch suppressed in the Land of Nothingness. However, Xiao Man gave him no such opportunity.
The massive magic array flickered for a moment, then its light dimmed. Zang Xu's eyes were filled with shock, "Impossible, this is impossible! How could you possibly destroy the array? This is absolutely impossible! You know, even the Sect Master of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect might not be able to destroy this array!"
Ze Fang sneered. If the Sect Master couldn't destroy it, it didn't mean he couldn't. As the most proud prodigy of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect, the most outstanding array master, there was no array that could stump him, nor any array he couldn't break!
"It's just an incomplete array. Even a child like me can break it. What makes you so confident that even the Sect Master of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect can't?" Ze Fang said in a childish voice, and he also tugged at Xiao Man's clothes, "The array is closed now, we can get out soon."
"Little Seven is amazing!" Xiao Man smiled and ruffled Ze Fang's hair, "When we get out, you'll need to explain to me very clearly what your relationship with Zefang is!"
Ze Fang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It was better that she suspected his relationship with Zefang rather than his identity. As for how to explain things after they got out, that was entirely up to him.
"I will kill you all!" Zang Xu was furious. He was so close to succeeding, yet these people had ruined his efforts. After planning for so many years, finally finding a way to rescue, and meticulously arranging everything, it was all ruined by these father and son!
Xiao Man eyed Zang Xu warily. Although Zang Xu's poison had entered his Golden Core, it didn't mean he was completely incapable of fighting back. Xiao Man dared not be careless in the slightest.
"Little Seven, can you open the barrier here and let everyone out?"
"No problem, but I need time." Ze Fang's expression was full of worry. Even though Zang Xu was poisoned, he was still a master at the peak of the Golden Core stage. If he fought desperately, they might not have any chance of survival.
"Alright, you find a way to open the barrier, and I'll hold him off!" Xiao Man decided decisively and charged directly at Zang Xu.
Zang Xu looked at Xiao Man, who was charging at him fearlessly, his eyes burning with rage that seemed capable of incinerating everything. For this day, they had endured humiliation and put in so much effort, only to have it all ruined by this brat. He would kill him!
Zang Xu was prepared to self-destruct if Xiao Man charged at him, taking Xiao Man down to the underworld with him. However, after charging a certain distance, Xiao Man unexpectedly ran in another direction, having no intention of confronting Zang Xu head-on.
Zang Xu was momentarily stunned, then he looked at Ze Fang. The urgent matter was to reactivate the array, not to chase that brat. As long as the array was reactivated, that brat would not be able to escape his grasp!
Zang Xu immediately charged towards Ze Fang, but Ze Fang didn't even spare him a glance, continuing to search for a way to open the barrier.
As Zang Xu charged forward, Ze Fang, who had been within his reach, suddenly vanished. Zang Xu found himself in a mysterious magic array, with no one else inside except him!
"You little bastard!" Zang Xu cursed. In all his years, this was the first time he had been so thoroughly tricked. For years, he had hidden in the Five Poisons Sect, always the one scheming against others. He never imagined that one day he would be tricked like this!
"When I get out, I will skin you alive and grind your bones to dust!"
Xiao Man looked at Zang Xu, trapped in the array, and then turned to Ze Fang. She didn't know how long the array could hold Zang Xu. If Zang Xu broke free before they found a way to open the barrier, then all of them would be finished!
"Daddy, use this as the array core and kill Zang Xu with the Myriad Sword Array." Ze Fang threw something to Xiao Man.
Xiao Man caught it and immediately replaced the array core with it. Zang Xu was currently in the throes of poison. They could either take this opportunity to kill Zang Xu, or they could open the barrier and leave as quickly as possible. Even if they got out, with Zang Xu's cultivation at the peak of the Golden Core stage, no one would be his match. The best course of action was to kill Zang Xu.
"Xiao Qin, what are you doing?" Jun Fei'er stopped her, "Don't be reckless."
"If we don't kill this person, even if we get out, we might not be able to escape disaster." Xiao Man said calmly, "Master, please guard Little Seven with Senior Fang He. I'll find a way to kill this villain."
Xiao Man flung Jun Fei'er's hand away and quickly charged into the array. Jun Fei'er wanted to stop her, but she only managed to touch Xiao Man's clothes, unable to hold her back.
"Nonsense, utter nonsense!" Jun Fei'er was furious. Once they were out, she would have a way to take her away from Boundless City. Why risk her life like this?
"Junior Sister, congratulations on taking such a good disciple." Fang He said with a complex tone. The reason Xiao Man wanted to kill Zang Xu was purely out of concern for their safety. Given this brat's shrewdness, once they left here, if she hid with her people in the Roland Mountain Range, Zang Xu would never find her. She was worried about implicating the innocent citizens in Boundless City.
"You little rascal!" Jun Fei'er was so angry she started to cry, "You must come out alive!"
After entering the array, Xiao Man did not reveal herself, but hid within it, waiting for an opportunity. As soon as Zang Xu showed the slightest weakness, she would pounce like a fierce tiger and bite off his throat.
Zang Xu initially thought this array wouldn't be able to trap him, but he didn't expect it to be so cunning. Just when he thought he had broken through one array, he found himself trapped in another. It was a chain array, one loop after another. To break free, one had to find the correct sequence and method to escape completely!
Suddenly, the grass inside stopped moving, and not even a gust of wind could be felt. Zang Xu quickly shielded his head as the grass blades transformed into flying knives, attacking him. Even though Zang Xu was a master at the peak of the Golden Core stage, he was wounded by these grass-leaf flying knives, his clothes stained with blood.
"Despicable villain! Come out and fight me one-on-one if you dare!"
However, the only reply Zang Xu received was his own echo. Angrily, Zang Xu attacked everywhere, but his attacks hit no one, instead returning to him, leaving Zang Xu disheveled and embarrassed.
"Xiao Qin, you brat, when I get out, I will make sure you are utterly destroyed!"