Chapter 555 (1/2)
Chapter 555: Competing Arrays
Translator: Thyaeria Editor: Thyaeria
When Mu Chen’s voice slowly rang within the region, it had expectedly filled the faces of quite a few people with shock. A few differing gazes locked on the slender figure of the youth. Only after quite a while did people start to secretly purse their lips as they muttered about the good show that they would truly be able to see today.
The groups that were able to be present here have all experienced many challenges and battles, and thus naturally possessed some schemes and plans of their own. From the looks of it, Xiao Huang had proclaimed about the traps that he had laid here, and was wanting to force Mu Chen into them. As long as the latter wasn’t an idiot, he should be extremely clearly about this. However, despite that, Mu Chen seemed to not give much hesitation before accepting the bet. There was likely two reasons that would lead him to do such a thing. One was that Mu Chen’s ego was so big that it had caused him to seemingly turn stupid, or that Mu Chen had similarly possessed some trump cards of his own…
One can very well eliminate the first reason. Being able to become the Captain of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy meant that Mu Chen would absolutely not be an arrogant or haughty person. The upper echelons of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy should not be stupid to the level of handing the position of Captain to Mu Chen if he was such a person. Therefore, the biggest reason why Mu Chen might dare to accept the bet would be that he wasn’t afraid of Xiao Huang.
From the looks of it, this youth, who’s cultivation was merely at the realm of Spiritual Energy Disaster, seemed to be not as simple as he appeared to be.
“That stupid idiot.” On the mountain peak in the distance, upon seeing that Mu Chen had actually chosen to accept the bet, Wu Yingying could not help clenching her teeth and curse out. Although she can be considered to have some level of understanding towards Mu Chen, from the looks of the current situation, as long as he entered that Spiritual Array, he might fall straight into the hands of Xiao Huang. After all, it was able to trap even Wen Qingxuan within. How much more would Mu Chen be able to accomplish?
“There’s no need to worry at such an early time of their bet,” said Wu Ling with a faint smile. Looking at the thin figure of the youth in the distance, he continued speaking. “Having crossed hands with him, I’ve a good understanding about Mu Chen. Regardless of what he wants to do, as long as he takes action, that would mean that he has some sort of plan within his heart. Although Xiao Huang had made an all-rounded preparation for this, wanting to devour Mu Chen might not be as easy as he think it would be.”
“He’s that formidable?” said Wu Yingying while pouting her lips. She knew how astute her brother’s eyesight was. Amongst their generation, there were truthfully not many that could be marked by him. In fact, he did not even see highly of those geniuses that the few Elders of their Martial Spiritual Academy have unending praise for.
“Haha. In actual fact, you should be extremely clear as to how Mu Chen’s exactly like. The only thing is that you’re not willing to accept it,” replied Wu Ling with a smile. Shooting a look at Wu Yingying, his his eyes faintly narrowed before asking, “However, why do you have so big of a resentment against him? Did he do something to you?”
Hearing her brother’s question, Wu Yingying’s lovable face instantly turned red before muttering in an unconfident manner. “Don’t say such stuff without having the proper understanding about the situation, okay?”
Hearing her reply, Wu Ling shrugged his shoulders why saying, “Although I hold that fellow in high regard, if he dares to bully my younger sister, you just have to tell me and I’ll make sure to tidy him up.”
“Who needs your help, hmph!” snapped Wu Yingying as she shot a glare at Wu Ling, before proceeding to shut her mouth. Staring at the thin figure in the far distance, she faintly clenched her teeth while thinking, That pervert!
While the Wu siblings were having their own private conversation, on the mountain peak that was radiating with spiritual light, upon hearing Mu Chen’s agreement for the bet, a faint smile instantly surfaced on the face of Xiao Huang. With a grin, he spoke with a sigh of admiration. “Captain Mu Chen is truly bold and courageous. I, Xiao Huang, admire you.”
Shooting a look at him, Mu Chen gave a faint laugh before replying, “Since Captain Xiao Huang’s intending to send me such a large present, how could I not accept it?”
“That would have to depend on your ability, Captain Mu Chen,” replied Xiao Huang with a smile, “You might not able to break this Spiritual Array just by using your mouth.”
Although the words coming from the two contain some friendly banter, one could clearly sense the extreme intent of confrontation present within.
Gently nodding his head, Mu Chen panned his head to shoot a look at Luo Li. Seeing this, the latter slightly nodded her head towards him while saying, “Be careful.”
Giving a smile, Mu Chen didn’t continue saying anymore words. With a move of his body, he transformed into a glowing shadow, shooting across the forest sea below, heading right towards the incomparably gigantic Spiritual Array present on the mountain peak.
As he neared the mountain peak, Mu Chen was able to sense the boundless Spiritual Energy fluctuations radiating from within the Spiritual Array. Instantly, he could not help slightly narrowing his eyes. The Spiritual Array before his eyes seemed to be even more tyrannical than the “Lesser Thousand Sword Spiritual Array” that he possessed. God-knows exactly how this Xiao Huang had managed to chance upon such an array formation.
Whoosh!
Although such thoughts appeared in his heart, Mu Chen didn’t show too much hesitation in his actions. Taking a step forward, he rushed straight towards the gigantic Spiritual Array under the attentive gazes of everyone present in the surroundings.
Upon rushing into the gigantic Spiritual Array, a billowing fog instantly appeared before Mu Chen’s eyes. This fog seemed to be formed by Spiritual Energy, making it impossible to be blown away. Furthermore, it had a strong effect of hampering one’s senses, causing people to be incapable of identifying the location and direction they were at.
As he entered the Spiritual Array, Mu Chen immediately came to a halt, not making any reckless or hot-headed rushes within here. Being a Spiritual Array Master, he knew that after entering a Spiritual Array, the ultimate taboo would be to become reckless and impulsive. Only by maintaining one’s composure would one be able to find the chance needed to break the array. Furthermore, this array seemed to not be a Spiritual Array that would launch a direct offensive, but more like a “Trapping Array.”
This so-called “Trapping Array” prioritized trapping and besiegement as its core. Naturally, this didn’t mean that it was easy to deal with an offensive Spiritual Array. On the contrary, it would cause an even bigger headache for people, as wanting to extricate oneself after being trapped in such a Spiritual Array would truly require one to expend an extremely gigantic amount of effort. Once one’s Spiritual Energy was consumed before one could break the Spiritual Array, one would truly become a fish on someone’s dinner plate.
From the outside of the gigantic Spiritual Array, everyone was able to see Mu Chen not moving an inch as he stood within, causing doubts to appear in quite a few people.
Nevertheless, while doubt and suspicion rose within the hearts of the onlookers, a faint wrinkle appeared on the forehead of Xiao Huang. This Mu Chen has indeed quite some attainments in the aspect of Spiritual Arrays. Nevertheless, he wasn’t worried about that, as he was extremely confident towards his own attainments in the aspect of Spiritual Arrays. He did not believe that Mu Chen would be able to exceed him in this aspect.
“Haha. This Spiritual Array of mine is called the Heaven Binding Spiritual Array, Captain Mu Chen. This array’s forte isn’t in its offensive capabilities. However, the people that have entered it would become trapped akin to sinking into a quagmire, forever being unable to extricate themselves, all till their Spiritual Energy is totally consumed. If Captain Mu Chen’s unable to break the array, you just have to say the word and hand the item to me, and I’ll release all of you.”
Xiao Huang’s voice reverberated across the entire region, ringing into the Spiritual Array and entering Mu Chen’s ears.
Giving no care towards Xiao Huang, Mu Chen raised his head to look towards the bright and resplendent Spiritual Array around him. Upon entering its interior, he could feel as if his body had become heavy, as if a mountain range was pressing down on his body. Furthermore, he could also sense an increase in loss of the Spiritual Energy present within his body.
“Heaven Binding Spiritual Array, huh… truly a bold claim.”
As Mu Chen muttered to himself, he proceeded to stride forward, taking step after step towards the depth of the Spiritual Array.
In the outside world, everyone’s gaze was tightly locked on the figure of Mu Chen.