Chapter 1107: Search for the Array Core

Lei Yuce let loose a thunderous roar, and the circular array beneath him began to glow even brighter as numerous radiant, golden swords emerged from the ground, with all of them pointed directly up at the heavens above.

In contrast with the sword projections from before, these were all real flying swords, and there were thirty-six of them, all of which were etched with array patterns that were giving off metal law power fluctuations.

The golden flying swords trembled and buzzed violently, following which countless golden sword threads erupted out of them at Lei Yuce's behest before rising up into the air like a golden waterfall in reverse.

The two giant swords in the sky were already being severely impeded by the torrent of blue water unleashed by Su Anqian, and with further resistance posed by the flurry of golden sword threads, all of the earth law powers within them were finally exhausted.

The pair of swords exploded in unison into a vast expanse of yellow light, and Lei Yuce and Su Anqian exchanged an elated smile upon seeing this.

However, before the two of them had a chance to relax, a burst of dull rumbling rang out from the heavenly gates in the sky.

"Looks like the attacks aren't going to cease until we break the sword array," Lei Yuce mused.

"The array diagram must be somewhere in the array, right? You go and search for it, I can fend for myself just fine," Su Anqian said.

A concerned look appeared on Lei Yuce's face upon hearing this, but before he had a chance to say anything, a Su Anqian put on a stern expression as she asked, "Fellow Daoist Lei, are you looking down on myself or our Heavenly Water Sect?"

"Of course not, it's just that..."

Lei Yuce's voice trailed off here as a wry smile appeared on his face.

Su Anqian's expression eased slightly as she said, "Just go, I'll be fine on my own."

"Alright, in that case, make sure to look after yourself," Lei Yuce reluctantly acquiesced.

"You too, Fellow Daoist Lei," Su Anqian replied, and Lei Yuce was ecstatic to hear her words of concern.

He nodded firmly in response, then began making his way toward the center of the array, and despite the crushing pressure weighing down upon him, his footsteps felt very light and energetic.

The heavenly gates up above were still ajar, and yellow swords continued to fall out of the sky upon the devilish beings and Wyrm 3 and the others.

As a result, much of the pressure on Han Li was alleviated.

With so many people in the array, it had no choice but to split its power to attack everyone, rather than focusing solely on attacking Han Li.

At this moment, he was channeling his true spirit bloodlines and Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts with all his might, and held in each of his six hands was an Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, which he was constantly swinging through the air, releasing bursts of lightning sword qi to eradicate the giant swords crashing down from above as he trudged toward the center of the sword array.

In his mind, it stood to reason that the core of the sword array was most likely at its center, and if he could find the core, then he would have a chance to break the array.

All of a sudden, bursts of chaotic light appeared in the surrounding space, accompanied by gusts of fierce wind, and everything up ahead had become very hazy and indistinct, as if he had stepped into a boundless illusion.

Han Li's brows furrowed slightly upon seeing this, and he immediately began inspecting his surroundings with his Infernal Devilish Eyes.

However, even under the scrutiny of his Infernal Devilish Eyes, his surroundings didn't change in the slightest, and giant, yellow swords were still raining down upon him from above, forcing him to defend himself while traversing arduously through the sword array.

He channeled his Spirit Refinement Technique and spread his spiritual sense throughout the surrounding area as far and wide as it would go, but that didn't yield any useful discoveries, either.

Spiritual sense was even more severely restricted in this sword array than it was elsewhere in the Eon Pagoda, and all Han Li could detect with his spiritual sense was a boundless expanse of earth law powers.

He was beginning to grow a little agitated, but there was nothing that he could do aside from continue to forge ahead in the direction that his instincts told him was correct.

However, as he trudged onward, the pressure in the environment only became more and more potent, and it had become over ten times heavier than when he first entered the sword array.

With each step that he took, the ground beneath his feet would shatter, leaving a trail of deep footprints behind him.

On top of that, with each giant sword that came crashing down, the pressure that he was forced to withstand would increase a little more.

What a pain in the backside this sword array is! Even if a Great Encompassment cultivator ventures into it, they'll be worn down and killed if they can't find the right way to unravel the array.

A sickly sweet sensation welled up from the back of Han Li's throat, and he spat out a globule of blood-infused saliva.

Even though he appeared to be just fine, his internal organs were under immense pressure, and if he couldn't find a way to break out of the sword array, his life would eventually come under threat.

After trudging arduously onward for several thousand more feet, he had left behind a long string of deep footprints in the ground.

All of a sudden, a thought seemed to have occurred to him, and he closed his eyes before advancing in different directions in an experimental fashion.

Each time, he would walk around a dozen steps before retreating back to his original spot, then repeat the process in another direction.

Before long, the entire surrounding area in a radius of over a hundred feet had been filled with massive footprints, and as he returned to his original spot one final time, he opened his eyes and exhaled before turning to a certain direction with a faint smile on his face.

The entire surrounding area was in a state of complete chaos, and nothing could be detected aside from earth law powers, but all law powers displayed certain patterns in the way that they flowed and moved.

𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

There should've been a change in the density of law powers in the area where the core of sword array was situated, and Han Li had walked in all those different directions in order to detect for changes in the law powers in the environment.

Sure enough, he was able to detect an increasing degree of density of earth law powers in the air in a certain direction to his right, and that was where he presumed the core of the array to be.

With that in mind, he swung his six arms through the air in rapid succession, swatting away the giant swords crashing down upon him from above before turning to walk in that direction.

Even though the general direction had been ascertained, the sword array was so chaotic that it felt like the surrounding orientations were constantly changing, so Han Li was forced to stop every dozen or so steps to reaffirm his sense of direction again.

The footsteps he left behind were becoming deeper and deeper, and finally, an octagonal altar appeared in the distance.

After taking a few steps toward the altar, Han Li was able to see eight yellow stones that contained earth law powers embedded into the sides of the altar.

Furthermore, there was a stone sword protruding out of the ground on each side of the altar, and they stood like eight loyal guardians protecting an octagonal jade plate that was hovering above the center of the altar.

The jade plate wasn't giving off any earth law power fluctuations, but it was flashing with spiritual light, and a series of complex patterns could be seen etched onto its surface.

As soon as Han Li began to approach the altar, a burst of azure light instantly emerged over the jade plate, and the eight stones embedded into the sides of the altar also lit up.

Immediately thereafter, Han Li heard a ringing sound emanating from the eight stone swords on the altar.

After a brief moment of contemplation, he swung his arms vigorously through the air one more time to deflect the falling giant swords, then launched himself at the altar before the next wave of giant swords had a chance to descend upon him.

Thanks to his Reversal True Axis ability, his speed was greatly enhanced, but it was still far slower than normal due to the immense spatial pressure in this place.

Thankfully, there was a safe zone of roughly three hundred feet around the altar that was untouched by the giant swords falling from the sky. Otherwise, the sword array would be destroying its own core.

As Han Li flew toward the altar, a string of loud clangs suddenly rang out as the eight stone swords rose up from the ground before hurtling directly toward him.

These eight stone swords seemed to have been dedicated solely to protecting the array diagram on the altar, and they were far more formidable than the stone swords falling from above.

Bursts of dark yellow light appeared over the flying swords before splitting off into countless sword projections, and in the blink of an eye, there were several thousand flying swords racing toward Han Li at once.

All of these flying swords were giving off bursts of identical earth law power fluctuations, making it impossible to tell which eight of them were real.

Han Li reverted back to his human form upon seeing this, then swept a sleeve through the air to release thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, which fanned out before him, then also released countless sword projections of their own.