Chapter 1oo: Support First!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The reason why Li Yueru was so terrified was that he knew very well what the array masters represented.
Even though array masters were not very strong individually, together with pharmacists, they were considered the combat base strength of cultivators.
They were considered battle rookies and were very easy to deal with.
However, similar to pharmacists who could refine various pills to increase their cultivation and assist in battle, array masters also had their unique traits.
A single array master was easy to deal with. However, the situation would be completely different when many cultivators were protecting the array master.
This was because array masters were best at such large-scale battles!
They were a special group that could greatly increase the combat strength of the surrounding cultivators.
As Lu Yuan used his divine ability, painted world, Li Yueru and the other cultivators of Xueyang Sect soon discovered that their spiritual energy perception was compressed to an extremely low level in this array.
Even the mobilization of spiritual energy became very difficult.
In the past, one could mobilize their spiritual energy with just a fraction of their strength, but now they would need to spend 30% or 40% of their strength.
In other words, the array had weakened their strength by 30% to 40%.
And Lu Yuan’s ‘Earth Prison’ was naturally not as simple as weakening one’s perception and the use of spiritual energy.
For things like spiritual power, the more you have, the less others have.
The spiritual energy that the Xueyang Sect cultivators lacked was naturally added to the Lion-ape and the others.
As a result, a single Innate Stage martial artist within the array could deal with one or two Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators of the Xueyang Sect at the same time.
Lion-ape felt as if he had eaten a perfect tonic pill at this moment.
Not only was his entire body filled with strength, but he could also control his inborn vitality more easily.
Sensing the changes in himself, Lion-ape instantly became confident.
His lion-like hair was raised high, and his aura began to rise.
Looking at the Xueyang Sect cultivators who were the closest to him, Lion-ape immediately revealed a sinister smile.
Then, he stomped on the air and charged at the other party like a furious lion.
Faced with the ferocious attack of the Lion-ape, the Xueyang Sect cultivator hurriedly defended himself.
Almost at the instance he used his defensive divine ability, Lion-ape had already raised the sabre in his hand and slashed fiercely at the Xueyang Sect cultivator in front of him.
Bang!
Facing the full-powered slash of the Lion-ape, the spiritual energy barrier of the Xueyang Sect cultivator was instantly broken and he was sent flying by the Lion-ape.
Lion-ape obviously would not let him go just like that. He once again gave chase with a terrifying sonic boom.
In just a few moments, the previously arrogant Xueyang Sect cultivator was suppressed by Lion-ape.
Fortunately, the Xueyang Sect cultivators still had the advantage in numbers.
Seeing the Lion-ape’s war-god-like performance, another Xueyang Sect cultivator immediately rushed over and had Lion-ape sandwiched between them.
Even with one against two, Lion-ape was still not at a disadvantage.
The large sabre in his hand was fierce and powerful, and it had a hint of a higher stage of martial arts.
The same scene happened to the other Innate Stage martial artists.
Five Innate Stage martial artists were able to fight to a standstill against ten Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators within a short period of time.
This was the frightening skill of an array master!
Just as the two sides were fighting, Lu Yuan was also patiently observing the changes in the array.
As this was the first time he used array divine ability, Lu Yuan was not particularly familiar with the use of arrays.
Although he had thought that the arrays would be very useful, however, he did not expect such great effect in group battles!
This also caused a brand new battle combination to appear in Lu Yuan’s mind.
For example, ‘array + Fire Cicada Clone’, ‘array + puppet’, etc.
Although his current ‘array divine ability, Painted World’, was temporarily unable to provide such a huge boost to the puppet, this did not mean that he could not do something similar in the future.
Lu Yuan felt that in the future, he could try to trap the enemy in the array and then use the puppet to exhaust the other party to death.
Thinking of this, Lu Yuan immediately sucked in a breath of cold air.
“Gosh, what kind of tactic was this… It was too disgusting and too wretched!”
“But I… loved such wretched tactics!” Lu Yuan thought to himself.
Just as Lu Yuan was indulging in his fantasies, a Xueyang Sect cultivator was accidentally slashed in the vital part by an Innate Stage martial artist.
“Ah!”
The sabre slashed across the chest of the Xueyang Sect cultivator, instantly cutting his chest open.
The inborn vitality covered on the sabre entered his body through the wound, causing terrifying secondary damage to his body.
However, the Innate Stage martial artists did not give up. He seized the opportunity to seriously injure the enemy.
Then, he turned around and slashed the neck of the Xueyang Sect.
Poof!
As a head flew high into the air, the first death of a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator… has appeared!
The fallen Foundation Establishment Stahe cultivator was the weakest among the ten cultivators of the Xueyang Sect.
Therefore, his death was not something difficult to understand.
What no one noticed was that after the death of this foundation establishment stage cultivator, his cultivation and divine soul was absorbed by the surrounding array and finally gathered at Lu Yuan’s location.
[Ding! You have seriously performed the Divine Soul Pill Refinement Technique once. The Divine Soul Pill Refinement Technique proficiency has increased… ]
Lu Yuan placed his hands behind his back, and two pellets suddenly appeared in his right hand.
One was a Blood Qi Pill and the other was a Soul Pill.
This was the other use for Lu Yuan to cultivate array.
That was, he could use the array to allow his Divine Soul Pill Refinement Technique to cover the entire array.
Once someone died in the array, Lu Yuan would be able to harvest a lot of divine souls and blood qi.
In fact, even if the cultivators in the array did not die, Lu Yuan could still secretly absorb their divine souls and blood qi.
Not only were his movements stealthy, but the effects were also surprisingly good.
With the death of this Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, the cultivators of the Xueyang Sect also felt that they could not let this situation continue.
If this continued, all of them would be exhausted to death here.
The best way to resolve this situation was to crack the surrounding array.
As for the best way to crack an array, it was definitely to get rid of the other party’s array master!
Thinking of this, Li Yueru made a decision.
“Junior Brothers, don’t hold back anymore. If we don’t deal with that array master, none of us will be able to leave!”
Upon hearing Li Yueru’s words, the surrounding Xueyang Sect cultivators immediately displayed their trump cards.
Blood Soul Spell, Blood Ignition!
After using the ‘Blood Ignition’ divine ability, the cultivation of these Xueyang Sect cultivators increased by another level within a short period of time.
It had almost wiped out the weakening effect of Lu Yuan’s ‘Earth Prison’ on them.
In an instant, other than Li Yueru, three other Xueyang Sect cultivators also broke away from the Innate Stage martial artist they were fighting with and rushed toward Lu Yuan.
Four Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators who had used the Blood Ignition divine ability had a huge advantage against a Foundation Establishment Stage Array Master!
It was impossible that they could not take him down!
As they thought of Lu Yuan’s disgusting actions after he cast the array formation, the few Xueyang Sect cultivators almost had fire busting out of their eyes with anger.
At this moment, they wished they could tear Lu Yuan into pieces.
Seeing that Lu Yuan was still standing there without moving, Li Yueru shouted, “Damned Qingyun cultivator, today shall be the day you die. Hand your life over!”
Lu Yuan looked at the few people rushing towards him and secretly laughed in his heart.
“Attacking the support before the main fight? You do have some intelligence.”
“However, have you ever thought of a problem…”
“That was, sometimes, the combat strength of a support might be the highest among the team?”