Cultivation Starts from Farming

The surface of these iron pillars was covered with eerie runes, flickering with a ghostly light under the faint moonlight, as if they were alive.

The Demon Cultivators inserted the iron pillars deeply into the ground one by one, following a specific orientation.

With each pillar inserted, the ground trembled slightly, and the air around grew increasingly cold.

"Rise!"

Elder Li swiftly formed seals with his hands, chanting continuously.

Under the influence of his Golden Core-level mana, an aura connected the deeply buried dark iron pillars, and a cold black energy snaked its way into the earth.

This black energy seemed to have a consciousness, tracing the earth's veins and beginning to delineate the earth's energy of Thousand Leaves Mountain.

This was a special array meticulously designed and set up by an Array Grandmaster from the One Qi Alliance, specifically meant to dismantle mountain protection arrays from their roots.

It is said that even a Fourth Rank array would face a certain level of threat from such a powerful array-breaking technique.

Of course, the array they set up this time was a heavily reduced version, drastically lessening its power.

At most, it could only pose a threat to a Third-rank Lower Grade array.

However, for breaking through the mountain protection array on Thousand Leaves Mountain, it was evidently more than sufficient.

As the black energy delved deeper into the earth, the glow of the iron pillars on the ground grew stronger, and a chilling aura spread out, causing the surrounding vegetation to wither and die instantly.

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"Something's not right!"

Xu Ping, who was silently channeling mana to recover his power, was suddenly taken aback.

As an Array Master and Earth Practitioner of considerable attainment, Xu Ping had an exceptionally sharp sense of the subtle changes in his environment.

At this moment, he clearly sensed an unusual fluctuation in the earth's energy of Thousand Leaves Mountain, a disturbance that was by no means ordinary.

Xu Ping's face turned grim as water, and he decisively stopped his cultivation, quickly stepping out of the cultivation chamber.

Then, he rapidly performed a magic technique with his hands, chanting continuously, activating the Myriad Manifestations Wood Spirit Array and adjusting it to full power.

At the same time, Xu Ping spread his Divine Sense like a tide, enveloping the area around Thousand Leaves Mountain with the array as a base.

Soon, he discovered the group of mischief-making Demon Cultivators hidden outside the array.

"One at Early Stage Golden Core, one Fake Pill, the rest are Foundation Establishment Cultivators."

Xu Ping silently assessed the strength of this group of Demon Cultivators, and upon seeing their lineup, his tense heart relaxed slightly.

With his current strength, even without the assistance of an array, he was confident of annihilating this Demon Cultivation team.

Let alone having the solid Myriad Manifestations Wood Spirit Array as his backing.

"Bold Demon Cultivators, how dare you attack my Thousand Leaves Mountain!"

Xu Ping cast a Loud Sound Magic, letting his voice spread far and wide like a great bell.

His action had a dual purpose.

On one hand, he was alerting Gong Yang and Duan Shuang; on the other hand, he was startling the Demon Cultivators.

After all, the whole Purple Bamboo Mountain was located in the heart of Yue Country.

If these Demon Cultivators delayed here for too long, the Demon Strangling Team specifically in charge of eliminating demon practitioners in Yue Country would soon arrive upon hearing the commotion, and they would have no chance to escape.

"We've been discovered?"

Elder Li slightly frowned, his gaze falling on the young figure within the array.

In principle, during the setup phase of this array, there shouldn't be much commotion as it merely outlines the earth's energy in secret, unlikely to attract attention.

However, now that the array was already set up, even if discovered, Elder Li thought it was no big deal.

"Break!"

Steadying his mind, Elder Li's hands moved through the magic technique once more, shouting loudly.

The black energy tracing the earth's energy surged forward like a fierce beast, crashing into the array's foundation.

"Boom!"

A deep and resounding blast came from beneath the ground, making it seem as if Thousand Leaves Mountain itself shook violently under the powerful impact.

In an instant, the earth trembled, and the air around buzzed with vibrations.

Simultaneously, the array on Thousand Leaves Mountain lit up instantly, a once invisible barrier clearly appearing before everyone, glowing with blue light.

Elder Li and the others eagerly anticipated that under such a strong attack, the array on Thousand Leaves Mountain would shatter instantly, crumbling into dust.

However, to their surprise, the rippling impact lasted only a moment before the array quickly steadied itself.

The glow remained bright, as if the earlier attack was nothing more than a minor incident.

"What...what's going on?"

At this moment, Elder Li's expression drastically changed as he stared at the intact array, his eyes revealing a hint of shock.

He never expected that this attack wouldn't be able to inflict substantial damage on the array of Thousand Leaves Mountain.

At this moment, not only was Elder Li bewildered, but Xu Ping within the array was equally shocked.

It must be noted that the Myriad Manifestations Wood Spirit Array was known for its formidable defensive capacity, being a Third-rank Middle Grade array, and its defensive power was top-notch among arrays of the same level.

By logic, to shake this array to such an extent just now.

The attacker would need an attack power at least at the level of a full-force strike by a Middle Stage of a Golden Core Cultivator.

"What kind of offensive array is this, that can craftily trace the earth's energy and launch an attack on the mountain protection array from the root?"

Xu Ping's expression turned increasingly grim, his brows furrowing tightly.

As an Array Master and Quasi-Tier Three Earth Practitioner, he quickly figured out the principles behind the array the Demon Cultivators used.

The array deployed by these Demon Cultivators wasn't capable of reaching the level of the Middle Stage of the Golden Core.

However, they cleverly utilized the unique energy veins beneath Thousand Leaves Mountain, guiding the earth's energy to interact with the array through a special setup.

Thereby exponentially increasing the damage inflicted on the mountain protection array, even more than doubled.

If the array's power were to increase by one or two more levels, the Myriad Manifestations Wood Spirit Array might be in real danger.