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Chapter 4331: 5.0083 Graceful as a Startled Swan

"How did this person arrive so quickly?" Bu Ye's heart tightened in surprise, his gaze flickering.

This stone array had been modified by the array master he brought, with additional elements incorporated later.

He had snuck onto Fisherman's Island with his people, without notifying anyone, precisely to lie in wait.

He had waited here for two days, allowing the array master to reinforce the entire stone array, which was why the corpse puppets hadn't escaped.

Otherwise, how could the original array possibly have trapped the corpse puppets for so long?

If the stone array had broken, those corpse puppets would have rushed out long ago and torn apart and devoured all the remaining villagers.

So...

How could Crown Prince Mo have found this place so quickly?

This array had been altered by the array master; unless one was extremely familiar with its operation, it would be impossible...

Before he could continue pondering, a streak of sword light unleashed by the Crown Prince swiftly pursued him.

Bu Ye's heart pounded with alarm. As he rapidly retreated, he suddenly threw a round bead, which exploded instantly, and smoke immediately billowed out.

His figure disappeared into the smoke. Clutching his excruciatingly painful left wrist, he gasped for breath.

Damn Mo Lian, how did he come so fast?

Hadn't this array completely blocked many of them before?

How could it be?

"Whoosh," a gleaming light pierced through the dense mist before him, like a scorching sun illuminating this space.

An arc of sword light rapidly pursued Bu Ye.

Bu Ye's eyes bulged slightly, utterly astonished. He bounced and rolled backward, dodging several times, evading most of the sword light, but felt a chill at his shoulder.

He looked down to see blood spilling outwards; his shoulder had been struck by another sword, and pain assailed his heart.

Fear gripped Bu Ye's heart. He looked up slightly and saw a tall, slender figure, holding the little girl's hand, suddenly appear not far in front of him.

He's caught up again?

At this moment, Bu Ye's emotions were not just fear and unease, but a profound sense of defeat.

This feeling of setting up a grand array, waiting for someone to fall into the trap, only to be ambushed in return, made him feel utterly powerless.

A feeling even rose within him that Mo Lian was, perhaps, unconquerable.

Adult Qiaoqiao waved away the rising dense mist before her. With one hand held by the Crown Prince, she swiftly moved through the mist array, immediately spotting Bu Ye's ashen face.

"Hmph." Bu Ye suddenly raised his hands and roared, "Master Chu, change the array!"

As his voice fell, he quickly vanished into the chaotic stone array to his left-rear.

Mo Lian's grip on Qiaomu's hand tightened slightly, and he coldly looked at the suddenly changing scenery before them.

The original chaotic stone array suddenly became permeated with black qi. Faint, ghostly wails and howls emanated from all directions, as if the scene before them had abruptly transformed into a hellish wasteland. Countless ghostly hands reached out from the dense mist, grabbing at the two of them.

Mo Lian pulled the little one into his embrace, and with one hand, he wielded the Wuyue Sword, swiftly passing through the thick mist, hacking off a swath of ghostly claws.

Seeing countless corpse puppets lunging from all directions, he quickly pushed the little poker face upward, allowing her to soar into the air.

He, meanwhile, moved with extreme speed, leaping into the array of ghostly hands shrouded in black qi.

Sword light shimmered, and divine power lingered.

The little poker face looked down from mid-air, seeing him move as gracefully as a startled swan, as agile as a swimming dragon. His figure weaved through the dense, black mist array. Wherever his sword light went, it was as if mountains were cleaved and seas were rent, stars shattered.

Black qi dissipated and fled in all directions, and the ghostly wails transformed into agonizing screams.

Wherever the Wuyue Sword's light passed, it eradicated all evil and abnormal entities with dazzling speed.