344: It's you again!

In the distant darkness, three figures stood quietly, their Divine Thought observing all the movements here.

“Old Ancestor, that brat isn't as smart as you imagined. He's trapped just like that. Should we make a move now?”

“Don't rush, observe a little longer.” Ji Wushuang narrowed her Phoenix eyes and spoke softly.

Just as Xiao Chen vigilantly checked his surroundings, eleven figures instantly surrounded him from all directions—they were clearly Nascent Soul Cultivators from the Hehuan Sect.

Among them were the Saintess Jin Linger and Nascent Soul Elder Jin Yueru.

“Hahahahaha...”

Jin Wujiu laughed wildly and pointed at Xiao Chen, his face full of smugness: “I never thought you, Xiao Chen, would have a day like this!”

Xiao Chen looked calm. “Jin Wujiu, I knew that a battle between us was inevitable sooner or later. I just didn't expect you to be so impatient.”

“Hmph!”

Jin Wujiu let out a heavy snort. “This old man has waited a long time for this day!”

“Fine, since you're rushing to seek death, I must grant you your wish today!”

“Ignorant junior, how ridiculous! The one who dies today is you!”

Xiao Chen stopped paying attention to him and turned to look at the smug Yun Ling: “Your Yuntian Sect claims to be the leader of the Righteous Path. Will you also collude with a Demon Sect?”

“Hmph!”

Yun Ling's face was full of disdain. “As long as we can capture an evildoer like you and bring you back to Yuntian Sect for trial, using unconventional means is necessary!”

Jin Wujiu's mouth curved slightly upward as he slowly said, “Brother Yun, this old man warned you long ago not to be careless. Did you suffer a loss?”

“Hmph! Mind your own business!”

Yun Ling glared fiercely at him. “It's not your place to lecture this old man. We are simply cooperating for mutual benefit. Don't think I would call someone from the Demonic Path like you my brother!”

As a top Sect in Zhongzhou, the Yuntian Sect inherently looked down upon those Cultivators of the Demonic Path.

“Hmph!”

Jin Wujiu flicked his sleeve, ignoring Yun Ling's arrogant attitude.

Xiao Chen’s mind stirred, and the jade mechanism cauldron spun rapidly in his palm before suddenly slamming into the transparent barrier.

“Buzz!”

A massive buzzing sound made their scalps tingle, but the Formation remained completely intact.

“Don't waste your energy!”

Jin Wujiu said sarcastically, “This is the Five-Level Dragon Trapping Array that this old man specially prepared for you. You are guaranteed to die today!”

After speaking, he commanded: “All Elders, follow me in forming the seals.”

As soon as his voice fell, eleven profound lights of various colors sank into the Dragon Trapping Array. The Formation immediately burst forth with golden light, circulating strange patterns.

profound lights streamed continuously from top to bottom, flowing over Xiao Chen's body.

Xiao Chen's expression darkened. He felt the Spiritual Power throughout his body rapidly draining away at a visible speed.

In just a few breaths, he had already lost over twenty percent of his Spiritual Power.

“Brother, what should we do?”

Inside the System Space, Huan Meng looked at him nervously, and the other two women also wore worried expressions.

Xiao Chen smiled faintly and reassured them, “Don't worry. They can't do anything to me with a mere five-level Formation.”

Just then, two profound lights among the ten Nascent Soul Elders suddenly changed direction, striking directly at the Sect Master of Hehuan Sect, while their figures rapidly retreated.

Jin Wujiu was greatly shocked. He dispersed the attack with a single palm strike and gritted his teeth, saying, “Jin Yueru, Jin Linger, have you two gone mad?”

This scene stunned everyone present, and the other Hehuan Sect Elders were filled with shock.

Xiao Chen was bewildered. So, he had allies after all! He could understand Jin Yueru, but why would Jin Linger betray the Sect?

“Sect Master, please forgive my offense!”

Jin Linger didn't hesitate at all. She directly crushed the qiankun ring in her hand, which contained an array base.

Jin Wujiu had long been wary of Jin Yueru, so he hadn't entrusted her with the important task of guarding the array base.

He never expected that the Saintess of the Hehuan Sect, who had no connection to Xiao Chen, would suddenly betray the Sect as well.

One of the six array bases had been destroyed, causing the Dragon Trapping Array to shake violently and instantly become unstable.

The three members of the Ji Family observing from afar couldn't help but frown upon seeing this scene.

Ji Wushuang sighed inwardly. It seemed trying to profit from the chaos wouldn't be so easy.

“Hahahahaha...”

Yun Ling laughed scornfully toward the sky. “This old man said the Demon Sect wouldn't amount to anything, and I was absolutely right!”

Having seized the opportunity, he naturally had to criticize them.

Jin Wujiu's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, but since it wasn't the time to fall out with Yun Ling, he could only cup his hands in a salute:

“Elder Yun, please make a move to kill these two traitors for this old man. Let us capture this villain first before anything else!”

“Hmph! You better hurry up! If he breaks free, both you and I are finished!”

Yun Ling snorted coldly, and his figure transformed into an afterimage, appearing before the two women.

Just then, a black-clothed woman wearing a Golden Mask swept out from between the clouds, suddenly appearing in front of Yun Ling.

“You two go lend him a hand. Leave this old fellow to me.”

Jin Wujiu was furious, pointing his long sword directly at the black-clothed woman: “It's you again!”

Last time, it was this black-clothed woman who interfered, allowing Xiao Chen and Nan Xingyao to escape from his grasp.

Xiao Chen looked at the black-clothed woman and smiled slightly. She still cared about him, but she was constrained by her identity.

The black-clothed woman concentrated her palm toward the Void Realm and shouted sweetly, “Sword, come!”

In an instant, a silver sword qi tens of meters high shot out from the clouds, striking directly at Yun Ling opposite her.

Yun Ling rapidly retreated, quickly putting distance between them. Simultaneously, a small Silver Cauldron flew out from his palm, instantly growing to a hundred meters in size.

Just as the two were fighting fiercely, Jin Yueru blasted out a profound light, striking the Dragon Trapping Array, and shouted to Xiao Chen: “This Formation can be broken if you strike the same point from both the inside and the outside with enough force.”

Meanwhile, Jin Linger shook the joyful union bell in her hand, and waves of sonic attack spread outwards, causing Soul interference for the Hehuan Sect Elders.

Jin Wujiu was exasperated and immediately commanded two Elders: “You two, go eliminate those two little sluts. The rest follow me in forming the seals.”

“Yes, Sect Master!”

The two Hehuan Sect Elders accepted the order and immediately attacked Jin Yueru and Jin Linger.

Xiao Chen smiled calmly. With one array base missing, the stability of the Dragon Trapping Array was greatly weakened—it was the perfect time for him to break the Formation.

He roared loudly: “Black Dragon True Body!”

In an instant, the sky suddenly changed color. The vast, endless heavens were covered by black clouds, which rolled like massive waves, rapidly converging on this spot.

Black smoke enveloped the entire Formation.

Everyone was stunned at this moment.

Ji Wushuang, hiding in the darkness, pierced the clouds and mist with a stream of Divine Thought, seeing the full scene beneath the black smoke, causing her pupils to contract sharply.

“Awooo!”

An earth-shattering Dragon roar echoed between heaven and earth.

When the smoke dissipated, a thousand-meter-long Black Dragon appeared within the Formation, its entire body covered in black scales that shimmered with fierce, profound light.

Its massive, night-like pupils exuded an Aura that looked down upon the world.

“Black... Black Dragon!” Yun Ling trembled all over, unable to speak clearly.