Daoist Competition-Chapter 954 - 217: Urgent Breaking Array Amidst the Storm

With the voice of Lu Yuanxing gone, the golden chain was also withdrawn, disappearing instantly. After about a moment of silence, the drumbeats intensified and white qi and golden light surged back and forth within the black mist, with fierce momentum.

A while later, a sound of chanting began, the seawater suddenly split, and Spiritual Energy burst forth like pillars. After flying out over a thousand paths, they converged in the center and rapidly merged into a hundred-zhang-long White Flood Dragon, fiercely glaring and opening its massive jaws, diving down to devour.

Zhang Yan raised his fingers and performed a spell, and as his mind stirred, his Star Sword Ball already sensed his heart and spirit, abruptly transforming into Sword Qi, wrapping around his figure like the flickering of starlight. In a flash, he was a hundred zhang away, with the waves surging to the sky behind him. The White Flood Dragon lunged at empty space, merely turning its head, clawing the waves with its four paws, twisting its body, and somehow was already pursuing closely.

Zhang Yan intended to turn back and confront it when he suddenly felt a gust of fishy wind from behind. He hurriedly dodged sideways, amidst the splashing waves, he saw another White Flood Dragon pass by horizontally, and it was even larger than the previous one. The Flood Dragon’s head had clearly drilled into the water, with its body still above the sea, and after more than ten breaths, its tail could be seen, so close that even the fine white scales on its body were visible.

He performed a sword escape upwards to mid-air, and then summoned the sword light, flying around his body.

As he glanced downward, he saw the Flood Dragons’ heads and tails appearing and disappearing amidst the dense mist and sea tides, darting back and forth, yet not reaching up.

He recalled True Master Tao once saying that within the array, there was a True Artifact called Essence Prisoning Pot, which sealed eight Flood Dragon essences. When released all at once, it possessed the power to overturn rivers and seas.

However, with Lu Yuanxing’s Daoist cultivation, he could at most control two, unable to fully unleash the array’s might. Otherwise, even a Cave Heaven True Master would be trapped within it. As long as the array remains unbroken, it would not be exhausted and destroyed. Therefore, he held no intention of fighting against it.

At this time, a streak of lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, bright as daylight in an instant, and then plunged back into pitch-black night.

He looked up, seeing thunderbolts roaring across the Yun Tian, golden snakes wildly dancing, leaping unpredictably, seemingly brewing a thunderous storm.

Zhang Yan pondered slightly, then flicked his sleeve, releasing a point of starlight.

The light spun faster and faster, then expanded to over two hundred zhang, scattering its radiance to reveal what seemed like a small city of palaces.

He leapt forward, entering the Star Pivot Palace, reaching the main hall, then waved the token, causing layers of prohibition to spread and swirl, wrapping the Flying Palace.

Then a sudden explosive sound in the clouds hounded down a thunderous strike, constantly hitting the Star Pivot Palace.

However, this palace was crafted by the Mingcang Sect for the top ten disciples, and it was extremely sturdy. Driven by his Nascent Soul Cultivation, escaping from the hands of a Cave Heaven True Master had a chance, thus despite the terrifying thunderstorm, it did not shake it even a bit.

Zhang Yan sat cross-legged in the main hall, letting the external wind and rain, thunder and lightning batter on, remaining unfazed.

Not to mention his mana was vast, like a bottomless abyss, in this Flying Palace, there were also hundreds of bottles of Elixir Pills, allowing him to steadfastly defend for three to four months without issue.

But those demon soldiers did not have such enduring mana like his. Even with the True Artifact holding the array, without anyone to oversee, they could not keep it running.

Zhang Yan’s face showed a slight sneer. If not for him and True Master Tao having arrangements beforehand, he’d have been curious to see, realistically, who would be the first to endure no longer.

After waiting for over an hour, suddenly a clear light flew up from Xuanling Island, then entered the array, piercing through the fog and across the sea, heading toward the Star Pivot Palace.

Zhang Yan seemed to sense something, opened a doorway in the prohibition, letting the Spirit Light come in, allowing it to land in front.

He focused his gaze, seeing it was a thumb-sized Bright Pearl, with faint spiritual light, smooth as jade, full and radiant.

He extended his hand to pick it up, holding the pearl in his hand, within the swirling mist, saw a burst of transformed light before him, True Master Tao’s avatar emerged, smiling at him and saying, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, I have just calculated and pinpointed the array gate’s position. Follow where my Spiritual Pearl indicates and you can enter the array gate. You need only disrupt each main array leader, and this array will collapse on its own."

Before coming here, True Master Tao anticipated that the Bijiao Prefecture’s thirty thousand demon soldiers weren’t just for show; they were surely capable of setting up a great array for emergencies.

Thus, the two had agreed beforehand that if Lu Yuanxing were to deploy the array, Zhang Yan only needed to hold on for a moment while True Master Tao would deduce the Array Breaking Method on the island, exerting effort to break the array. If the opportunity arose, they’d try to seize that True Artifact.

Once the array is gone, Bijiao Prefecture would have no footing left above the East Sea.