171: Test

Since Lu Ming had already spoken, everyone exchanged glances and walked towards the left.

This time, Lu Ming and Lu Chou did not walk at the front, but instead stayed in the middle, claiming they wanted to observe the changes in the Array Formation.

Zhou Luo naturally took the opportunity to retreat behind everyone.

Soon, various attacks appeared in the mist, falling like a torrential rain of pear blossoms, carrying terrifying power.

Everyone faced a formidable enemy and successively unleashed their magic artifacts and spiritual talismans, beginning to resist the Array Formation attacks.

Zhou Luo watched silently, occasionally seeing an attack fall and easily resolving it with a casual wave of the Xuantian Sword.

Indeed, being an Array Master also has its benefits.

At least when breaking an Array Formation, there's no need to worry about the Array Formation's attacks.

The further they went, the more intense the Array Formation's attacks became. The continuous barrage of various techniques left the group of Cultivators breathless.

During this period, Lu Ming and others finally stopped holding back.

Otherwise, they would truly be swallowed alive by the group of Cultivators in front.

Zhou Luo also began to fight, but he deliberately hid his strength, only displaying the power of the Qi Refining Fifth Layer and not using any special techniques.

When everyone saw this scene, they wanted to say something.

However, Zhou Luo stated that he was just a Loose Cultivator, and simply practicing Array Formation was already more than he could afford. Now, he was penniless and had no money to buy things like spiritual talismans and Cultivation Methods.

Since he said that, everyone found it difficult to say anything.

Who told him he was an Array Master?

Time slowly passed, and under the sharp attacks, casualties quickly began to appear among the group.

A Cultivator was caught off guard by an attack in the mist, his throat was slit, blood spurted out, and he fell to the ground.

As soon as he fell, several nearby Cultivators simultaneously reached out and grabbed towards the storage bag at his waist.

Finally, after a fierce struggle, one of them contentedly obtained the other party's storage bag.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Luo sneered.

They were indeed a group of stragglers. Even at this point, they were still thinking about picking up scraps instead of quickly moving forward to avoid the attacks.

However, when the Time comes, the storage bags of these people will probably all be his.

Since they wanted to pick them up, it saved him a lot of Time.

A moment later, another Cultivator fell. Having learned from the previous experience, everyone decisively took action.

"I saw this first," the big man holding a large saber roared, and his saber directly swung towards a Cultivator next to him.

"Just because you saw it, it's yours?" The other party also unleashed a magic artifact to block the attack.

For a storage bag, the group immediately descended into chaos.

Zhou Luo silently moved away from them.

Lu Ming and Lu Chou, on the other hand, looked anxious.

He hadn't expected these guys to be so disunited; they were already on the verge of falling apart after such a short Time.

If this was the case, how could they continue to move forward?

"Stop! Don't cause chaos, or we'll all die here!" Lu Ming shouted.

The heavy voice made everyone temporarily stop their actions, but everyone's eyes were burning with desire, coveting the storage bag.

Lu Ming said sternly, "Look at the ground. Because of the chaos just now, more people have died. If you continue like this, don't expect to get out."

During the previous scramble, two more Cultivators, unable to dodge in Time, were hit by the Array Formation's attacks and perished there.

Everyone looked at each other.

"How about this? I'll collect all the storage bags, and we'll split them evenly after we get out?" Lu Ming offered a solution.

But facing this proposal, everyone looked skeptical and didn't quite believe him.

Lu Ming continued, "The Lu Family is a large and prominent Family, and I myself am an Upper Grade Array Formation Master with a respected position in the Family. Do you think I would covet such a small amount of things?"

Right now, stabilizing the group was the top priority.

As soon as he said this, everyone's worries eased slightly, but this was far from enough.

Lu Ming used both coercion and persuasion, and then threatened, "As long as you follow my instructions, you will definitely be able to get out. Otherwise, I will not care about you."

Since he had said so much, under these circumstances, everyone wasn't foolish. They knew they had to rely on the other party and could only repeatedly agree, expressing their consent.

Seeing this, Zhou Luo showed a hint of appreciation towards Lu Ming.

He was indeed a spirited fellow.

It was just that his heart was a bit bad.

Afterward, Lu Ming collected all the storage bags of the deceased. Without this layer of temptation, everyone continued to move forward.

After spending an hour, the attacks gradually slowed down.

Among everyone present, only Zhou Luo still looked relaxed, while everyone else was weak and had significantly depleted their spiritual energy.

A total of more than twenty people had entered this Time, and now only eleven remained, a huge loss.

However, after paying such a heavy price, Lu Ming finally discovered the Array Formation base. He looked delighted and was about to step forward to destroy it.

Just then, Lu Chou suddenly grabbed him and transmitted a private message, "Brother, Xu Changsheng is suspicious."

Lu Ming's steps paused, and he glanced out of the corner of his eye at Zhou Luo, who was resting, and hesitated, "What do you mean?"

"Either he knows the operating rules of this Array Formation, or his strength is more than Qi Refining Fifth Layer, otherwise he wouldn't be so relaxed," Lu Chou continued to transmit.

All the way here, he had been silently observing the other party.

Although the other party seemed to be trying very hard, and even faced danger several Times.

But he didn't believe that a Qi Refining Fifth Layer Cultivator could remain unharmed without being specially taken care of.

One should know that even a Qi Training Sixth Level Cultivator had accidentally died under the Array Formation's attack just now.

Lu Ming's eyes narrowed, "I'll test him."

Then he walked towards Zhou Luo with a smile, saying gently, "Brother Xu, your fortune is indeed profound; you are actually unharmed."

"Luck, it's all luck," Zhou Luo said with a smile.

Lu Ming shook his head slightly, "Brother Xu must be a person of great ability, unlike us who are half-dead just by getting here."

After saying that, he changed the subject, "Now, even though we see the location of the Array Formation base, we are powerless and fear something might happen. Please, Brother Xu, help us destroy the Array Formation base."

He deliberately spoke loudly to attract the attention of others.

As expected, the remaining people all looked at him.

"This is what I should do," Zhou Luo said with a serious expression, then asked, "I wonder if Brother Lu can tell me where the Array Formation base is? My skill is insufficient, and I really can't find it."

Lu Ming smiled indifferently and pointed in a direction, "It's over there, under a large tree."

Seeing that direction, Zhou Luo frowned.

He clearly sensed that the Array Formation base was in another direction.

The other party actually pointed to a wrong location, which was clearly meant to test him.

He slightly tightened his grip on the Xuantian Sword.

If he hadn't been worried that these two Lu Family disciples had other means, he would have already taken action to eliminate them all.

Alright.

Since you want to test me, I'll go along with it.

An expression of understanding appeared on Zhou Luo's face, and he smiled, "Thank you, Brother Lu, for the guidance. I'll go now."

Saying that, he headed straight for the large tree.

As soon as he left this calm area, the Array Formation's attacks fell again, directly targeting Zhou Luo.

Zhou Luo took out the Xuantian Sword, activated his spiritual energy, and occasionally unleashed sword lights to resist the attacks as he approached the direction.

Everyone was watching him.

Compared to the expectant eyes of others, Lu Ming and Lu Chou wore cold expressions.

Within the mist, various light blades cut through the air, carrying a sharp momentum, engulfing Zhou Luo's figure.

Everyone's Divine Sense was blocked by the mist, making it impossible to see the specific situation clearly.

Lu Ming sat cross-legged on the ground, beginning to recover his spiritual energy.

If the other party could return safely, it would mean he was hiding his methods.

At that Time, he could just pretend he saw incorrectly; anyway, the other party was only a Middle Grade Array Master and wasn't qualified to question him.

If the other party died there, he would have no loss either.

Rumble rumble rumble—

Just as everyone was meditating and recuperating, loud noises came from the mist where one could not see their own hand.

Everyone's heart tightened.

Immediately after, Zhou Luo suddenly rushed out of the mist.

"Brother Lu, I have fulfilled my mission! The Array Formation base has been destroyed!"