Chapter 10: Deceitful Villain

The old man, while begging for mercy, slapped two protective talismans he had cherished onto his body.

Chen Mobai, who had witnessed his ruthless killing of his companion just now, hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and activated the two green arrow talismans in his hand. At the same time, five luminous beads rose up behind him, shimmering with colorful light.

"Watch my green arrow talismans."

Chen Mobai, recalling the old man's sneak attack on the brown-clothed youth, felt that he was a suspicious and deceitful villain, and decided to bluff.

On the surface, the two green arrow talismans burst simultaneously, ten spirit arrows aimed at the old man, who was now enveloped in a yellow and blue protective shield. Secretly, he also controlled five glass beads, which emitted the fluctuations of the five elements, looking very dazzling, like magical artifacts.

Sure enough, the old man's face showed suspicion.

After a moment of hesitation, he bit his lip and, relying on his years of combat experience, made what he believed to be the correct judgment.

He thought that Chen Mobai's grand display of the two green arrow talismans was a ruse, and the real killing move should be the five dazzling beads, which were silent but emitted the power of the five elements.

In the end, he activated both of his first-grade mid-rank defensive talismans to withstand the ten spirit arrows.

At the same time, the old man threw out the black flag, invoking the water spirit energy still controlled by the Green Water Array, which transformed into waves that swept over and enveloped the colorful glass beads flying from another direction.

"Huh!?"

But to his surprise, as soon as the water spirit energy touched the colorful beads Chen Mobai had launched, they crumbled like plaster powder, turning into ashes.

"Damn, I've been tricked, this kid is so deceitful!"

Just as this thought flashed through his mind, the ten green arrows, condensed with most of Chen Mobai's spirit energy, struck the two defensive talismans in front of him one after another.

The powerful impact forced the old man, protected by the shield, to step back.

The yellow and blue light shields flickered like a light bulb with insufficient power.

The old man was only at the third level of the Qi Condensation stage. Although he had rich combat experience and considerable wealth, without the power of the Water Mansion array and having fallen into the trap of experience, he was outsmarted by Chen Mobai. At this moment, the spirit energy in his dantian was almost drained by the two defensive talismans.

But at this moment, even if he couldn't hold on, he had to force himself to do so.

The old man took out a bottle of spirit energy recovery pills, ignoring the waste and side effects, and swallowed them all at once. His face turned red, but his spirit energy fluctuation suddenly increased.

The yellow and blue light shields, receiving sufficient spirit energy, began to operate at full power.

Bang! Bang! Bang! ...

Seven green spirit arrows were blocked and dissipated, and the yellow light shield on the old man's body reached its limit, turning into a yellow glow and disappearing.

But at this moment, the old man's face showed a smile, because based on his years of combat experience, he had calculated that his other water-attribute defensive talisman could completely block the remaining three spirit arrows.

He had also killed a fifth-level Qi Condensation practitioner before.

Just as the old man began to think about how to counterattack and kill Chen Mobai to take over the Water Mansion, he suddenly realized something.

"Wrong, this kid has been planning this from the beginning!"

The old man tried to adjust his position, but it was too late. Chen Mobai's spirit energy burst, and the remaining power of the green arrow talismans exploded, with three green arrows heavily striking the blue light shield on his body, pushing him back three steps.

These three steps made the old man's back touch the stone door of the central hall of the Water Mansion.

Sizzle!

The dark blue lightning restriction was triggered, shattering the blue light shield that still had half its power, and then penetrated his body without any resistance. In his screams, he was torn apart.

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Chen Mobai panted heavily, not only because of the depletion of his spirit energy but also because it was the first time he had witnessed a living person die before his eyes.

Although he had seen such scenes countless times in movies and TV shows,

He had never felt such an indescribable shock before.

His mind went blank.

Although neither of the two deaths was directly caused by him, he was indirectly responsible.

In a daze, Chen Mobai sat down on the ground.

After an unknown amount of time, a fish with white eyes and a trail of water landed at his feet, and Chen Mobai finally came to his senses.

One of the array flags of the Green Water Array had been broken by his green arrow talismans, creating a flaw.

The hole the old man had opened now seemed to be permanently there, no longer sealed.

This fish, while floating in the water, had luckily darted into this hole, lost the protection of the water, and with all its strength, leaped to Chen Mobai's side, its eyes rolling and dying.

"I need to find a way to repair this protective array."

Chen Mobai muttered to himself, still not knowing where he was.

According to the old man, it was a place called "Eastern Wasteland."

Here, there were no laws or order.

If others discovered this Water Mansion, Chen Mobai felt that talking to them would be useless.

Therefore, it was best to repair the Green Water Array and hide the Water Mansion again.

However, array formation was notoriously difficult to master. Among the four subjects of technique, alchemy, artifacts, and arrays, Chen Mobai had worked hard but his performance was average.

He walked to the array flag he had broken, wrapped it with a rope, and re-erected it.

But it didn't work.

With a sigh, Chen Mobai saw the black flag the old man had used to crush the glass beads. A flash of inspiration struck him, and using the Levitation Technique, he controlled the black flag from a distance, replacing the broken array flag.

After waiting for a moment, there was still no response.

Chen Mobai racked his brain, recalling all the knowledge about array formation he had learned in class.

Finally, he remembered an example the teacher had given.

An array is like a precision machine. After replacing a faulty part, it needs to be re-activated with spirit energy, similar to powering up a new device for a test run.

Chen Mobai hesitated for a moment. After all, he was not a professional array master and was afraid that the activation step might be dangerous.

But thinking about the three days in the Water Mansion and the tremendous help the second-grade mid-rank spirit land had provided for cultivation, he gritted his teeth and decided to take the risk.

A surge of spirit energy was injected into the black flag.

Still no response.

No, the activation should be done at the main array flag.

Chen Mobai recalled another piece of knowledge and walked to the central array base of the front hall, infusing spirit energy.

Buzz!

Then, to his delighted surprise, the entrance of the Green Water Array began to slowly shrink and eventually disappeared.

It really worked.