The bandits at the forefront got blasted in full force until they were reduced to smithereens. The members of the two squads were either completely obliterated or heavily injured, with their skin burnt to crisp. Even some of their Six Fangs Fighters had their limbs blown apart.
This was the third step of Feng Luotian's plan:
Earth Explosion Array.
The array was a booby trap that needed to be prepared ahead of time and would explode on touch only after the one who set it up activated it.
Not only that, Wu Ya used all of the Five Fangs monster cores they had left as catalysts to increase Earth Explosion Array's effect.
Normally, Earth Explosion Array could only kill those lower than Three Fangs and injure those under Five Fangs. However, the present array could blast the limbs of Six Fangs Fighters apart.
But when did Wu Ya set up such a terrifying array though?
It was when she was transformed into a kid and played dirt with her daughter, Wu Xin.
But how? — During the meeting, it was Feng Luotian who used a certain array on Wu Ya.
The array was called Constitution Minifying Array, which could transform one into a kid while lessening their cultivation by two levels for an hour.
This Constitution Minifying Array was the one Feng Luotian invented when he wanted to play pranks on Mei Yue'er during the time when they were together in his past life.
He did not expect that such a childish array could become useful as a strategic tool to fool his enemies.
Wu Ya dumbly stared at the scene that happened before her very eyes as she murmured: "Incredible. Everything was going exactly as Young Hero Feng said."
After the explosions settled down, the villagers, led by Wu Neng, charged out to kill whoever survived the explosive traps.
This made one thing clear – they had already finished off whatever was left in the previous battle.
Without any building to block his view, Mao Quanzhou witnessed this with his own eyes. He pointed at the scene and harshly rebuked the lookout who reported the village's status: "And you said they were doing their usuals?! How could they prepare this kind of arrays while doing chores, you fucking idiot!!"
"It is really what I saw, Vice Leader. There was no one except some kids playing dirt in that area." The lookout tremblingly responded in shiver.
"Nonsense!!" Mao Quanzhou bellowed.
Jiu Hao was watching his men being blown to bits and killed one man after another. Everything that reflected in his eyes had gone past his limit of tolerance.
Theríon was uncontrollably seeped out of Jiu Hao's body as his eyes were full of rage while his figure was covered by crimson gaseous flame.
Seeing this, Mao Quanzhou did the same as he burst out his Theríon. Dark red wind blades danced around his entity as he prepared to join the fight.
Jiu Hao and his vice leader quickly darted out to protect their men. But just when they took their first step, they felt two black spears approaching them from the side.
Mao Quanzhou realized what it was, so he immediately dodged the incoming spear, but as for the enraged Jiu Hao: "You think a petty sneak attack could do anything to me!!"
He furiously roared and equipped his Bone Claw Gauntlets, ready to receive the spear.
Hearing his leader's battle cry, Mao Quanzhou quickly turned his head toward Jiu Hao. His pupil dilated as he cursed in his heart before he screamed: "Dodge it, you idiot!! It's a restrictive array!!"
Despite his vice leader's sudden warning, it was too late for Jiu Hao to dodge as he was too angry to listen at this point.
Consequently, he tried to catch the spear with his gauntlet hands.
Clank.
When Jiu Hao caught it, the black spear turned into five abyssal chains that slithered all over his arm and body like snakes.
Following that, the chains dove their fore-ends into the ground, pinning Jiu Hao from executing any movement.
Abyss Bind Array – the array's magic circle needed to be written upon a pole-like object or weapon. Once being thrown and subsequently connected to its target, that object or weapon would transform into five abyssal chains to restrict the target's movement to the ground.
The ones who threw those two spears were Feng Luotian and Tu Lingxi. They returned to the village once Feng Luotian was done collecting the third squad's souls.
Consistent with the previous two arrays, Feng Luotian infused Abyss Bind Array with all of the Six Fangs monster cores provided by the village to enhance the array's effect. Otherwise, this Abyss Bind Array alone would not be able to restrain an Eight Fangs Fighter such as Jiu Hao.
Immediately after the bandit troupe leader was being ensnared by Abyss Bind Array, Feng Luotian and Tu Lingxi, with each having a dagger in their hands, darted towards the bound target, intending to finish him off first.
"Not good!!" Mao Quanzhou exclaimed.
He burst out his Theríon in full force, creating a dark red wind barrier around Jiu Hao, preventing Feng Luotian and Tu Lingxi from approaching his leader.
"Change of plan. Get the vice leader first." Feng Luotian instantly improvised. Penetrating the wind barrier might take more time and energy than necessary. Since they could not deal with the strongest cultivator, he chose the next one.
"Got it." Tu Lingxi acknowledged.
She immediately changed her course of action toward Mao Quanzhou, following Feng Luotian closely.
As his purple eyes focused on Mao Quanzhou, Kronos showed the information, causing him to pause in his track.
"What's wrong?" Tu Lingxi also stopped her advance.
///// Seven Fangs Evil Wind Dusk Chasing Owl
///// [Evil Cyclone] : Every time the user's melee attack hits the target, one cyclone will be generated and can be used to attack or heal injury.
"His ability? This is troublesome. If we don't finish him fast, the fight will be much longer than we expected." Feng Luotian said in a low voice.
"You know his ability?" Tu Lingxi asked in surprise.
He only smiled to that question without rejecting her speculation.
However, that plain smile shocked her mind blank for a second until she recovered: "The more I know about you, the less I think I know you at all."
Feng Luotian let out a chuckle, then explained his plan: "Sister Tu, we cannot let his melee attack hit us. Avoid them at all costs. One hit can increase the difficulty and the risk of this whole operation."
"Okay. Speed had always been my strongest quirk." Tu Lingxi nodded as she proudly gave out a comment.
Feng Luotian glanced at the prideful girl: "Really? Then let's go."
He flashed towards the vice leader; Tu Lingxi quickly gave chase.
Noticing the incoming duo, Mao Quanzhou sneered: "You think a Six Fangs Fighter and a …"
The fact that he could not feel any Theríon from the boy made him surprised and paused mid-sentence. After a little bit of reflection, he chuckled: "Even though I can't sense your cultivation, from your momentum, you can't be stronger than Six Fangs, right? Since that's the case, then come and meet your end!! Evil Typhoon!!"
Mao Quanzhou cried out as he activated his ultimate skill right of the bat.
BOOM!!
The surrounding wind turned fiery as its color became bloody. The atmosphere within 500 meters radius turned to crimson color.