Chapter 205: Seven-Star Fire Array, Trapping and Killing Beasts

On the great plains of the competition space.

[ROAR ROAR!!] [BOOM BOOM!!]

The roar of Demonic Beasts accompanied by the trembling of the earth resounded throughout the plain.

Lou Mu Yan’s eyes swept to the group of Demonic Beasts that were rushing over. Her eyes narrowed, then she turned her head to Yun Zi Mo and the others and said: “I’ll use an Array, you all take advantage of it and kill.”

“Alright!” Yun Zi Mo and the others were originally still a little worried, but they calmed down when they saw the calm and determined expression on Lou Mu Yan’s face.

She, a woman, wasn’t even afraid, so what were they, as men, afraid of?

This kind of stimulation made their hair stand on end, and they held their longsword tightly, ready to attack at any time.

“Bing Ji, I don’t want anyone to fall here.” Lou Mu Yan instructed Bing Ji.

Bing Ji’s eyes were no longer filled with silly smiles, but instead, a layer of prudence, “Little Owner, don’t worry, if anything unusual happens, I’ll take them away.”

The reason why Lou Mu Yan dared to bring Yun Zi Mo and the others to intercept the large Beast Tide was because Bing Ji had the flying ability of a Tier 8 Demonic Beast. If they wanted to escape, as long as a Tier 9 Demonic Beast didn’t appear, then other Demonic Beasts wouldn’t be able to catch up at all.

“Rise!!” Lou Mu Yan shouted lightly after the seal was completed with both hands.

The seven pure white jade stones underground instantly exuded a bright soft light and spun ceaselessly.

Clusters of flames suddenly erupted from the ground and the whole sky reflected the red glow, illuminating the ground a lot.

The flames that shot up into the sky stopped just in front of Lou Mu Yan and the others, and the scorching temperature gradually increased. Many Demonic Beasts who rushed over hated this heat and stopped in their tracks one after another.

“Seven-Star Fire Array, appear!”

The black Array Flag separated from Lou Mu Yan’s hand and flew into the air, the flag slowly unfolding.

With each spontaneous shake, a cluster of flames would erupt from one direction, eventually forming the shape of seven stars1, trapping the Demonic Beasts within the fire wall frames.

Such a scene made He Lian Lie and the others, who had just arrived, completely dumbstruck.

What sort of Array was this? It was simply unheard of, let alone seen.

Luo Li’s eyes opened wide, “This woman’s so strong!”

To be able to condense so much Fire Elemental Energy, just to what layer had this woman, Lou Mu Yan, comprehended the fire element to? No wonder she was so confident that she could deal with large Beast Tides.

Using such an Array to separate the initially grouped Demonic Beasts that formed a thick line, now without a leader, they could be crushed separately.

Each wave of trapped Demonic Beasts was only equivalent to a small Beast Tide, so it was naturally much easier to kill.

He couldn’t help but feel a sense of admiration, and his heart beat even more violently.

Luo Ye also never thought that Lou Mu Yan would still have such means. By simply looking at her Fire Elemental Energy Condensation and Array attainments, even he couldn’t resist praising her Heaven-defying talent.

“Go!” Lou Mu Yan nodded to Yun Zi Mo and the others, then flew into one of the fire frames first.

The shock in Yun Zi Mo and the other’s hearts were no less than that of the rest. Lou Mu Yan was able to fight in a variety of ways each time. This time, her means were already beyond words to describe for them.

But they didn’t hesitate too much. According to the usual hunting rules, they each chose a few frames and flew in.

Instantly, countless sword auras and sword lights accompanied the Seven-Star Fire Array, illuminating the entire dark night.

In a large city not far away, several people also leapt down the city wall at the same time and soon disappeared into the night. The direction they disappeared in was the location of the Beast Tide.

“Elder Brother, let’s go too.” Luo Li couldn’t help but say with itchy hands when he saw that the people in the Array were killing heartily.

Luo Ye nodded: “Mm.”

The rest of their team could no longer express the shock in their hearts at this time. It seemed that the rumours were nothing—only by personally seeing this woman could they know that she wasn’t simple at all.

Led by Luo Ye and Luo Li, Rong’ze Kingdom’s team leapt into several fire frames that had no one. The Demonic Beasts inside were like headless flies running around chaotically.

Wave after wave of Demonic Beasts were killed like this, but there were even more Demonic Beasts who were not afraid of death, continuing to rush in here.

Even if one rushed into a place without flames, as soon as one stepped into the area of the Array, clusters of gorgeous flames would rise from the ground, forming a fire frame and trapping them.

Xue Xue hid his body within the Array and strips of golden vines probed up from underground, hiding under the corpses of the Demonic Beasts and madly absorbing blood essence.

Mo Yan’s body suddenly grew larger and took down one with each claw. Each time, the Demonic Beast’s Crystal Core would be crushed and refined on the spot, and the Demonic Energy in his body that was consumed would be replenished immediately.

“Let’s go too.”

He Lian Lie took out the purple jade tablet and saw those names on the rankings that kept jumping. An amorous and unrestrained smile rose on his face. He picked a fire frame with few people and flew in.

According to the rumours, Lord Luo never lied. It seemed to be the case.

But today sure was an eye-opener.

Lou Mu Yan, this woman, wasn’t only beautifully stunning and possessed great strength, but her talent was even Heaven-defying. Even he had the thought of wanting to take her back to marry as his Prince’s Wife.

If Lou Mu Yan knew about He Lian Lie’s thoughts, she would definitely snort in contempt. She didn’t care for whatever ‘Prince’s Wife’. On this Continent, she wouldn’t be bound by any identity or status.

Ten flying swords dashed through the Demonic Beasts, like a harvester, and the Crystal Cores of the Demonic Beasts flew into her hands one after another.

She put away some of them and crushed the rest one after another, directly absorbing and refining them, while transforming them into Spiritual Energy through the green sea of fog in her dan’tian.

As long as there was a steady stream of Spiritual Energy, then the Fire Elemental Energy that kept the Array running would not be exhausted.

This Seven-Star Fire Array was completely improvised by her on the way here. She used the principle of the Seven-Star Killing Array, used the Spirit Tools she nourished as seven separate fire sources, and, finally, used the Fire Elemental Energy Condensation to construct the fire frames, separating the group of beasts so that they could attack and destroy them individually.

Xue Ling’er looked at Lou Mu Yan who appeared and disappeared in the firelight in disbelief. How—How was this possible?

When did Lou Mu Yan have such talent for Arrays?

She couldn’t be left alive. She absolutely couldn’t let Lou Mu Yan leave the competition space alive.

“Ling’er, let’s go and earn points.” Xin Ying Xuan didn’t have the chance to participate in the Continental Tournament for Hegemony. Two men represented the Xin Clan, and one of them was even an admirer of Xue Ling’er.

Xue Ling’er’s nails were deeply embedded into her palm. She didn’t even feel any pain when a few drops of blood spilled out.

Was Lord Luo here for Lou Mu Yan? No. It couldn’t be.

Despite seeing that Lord Luo and Lou Mu Yan were fighting on their own without any communication through eye contact or verbal communication, the jealousy in her heart still didn’t weaken, and instead, she hated Lou Mu Yan even more.

This woman stole the dazzling brilliance that should have belonged to her. She should be the target of the young talents’ attention. One day, she would step on Lou Mu Yan in public in this space.

But now she naturally wouldn’t reveal any killing intent towards Lou Mu Yan. She looked at the people in the fire with worried eyes and said: “Mm, let’s also go help them too.”

In the fire frame closest to the few people, Luo Li was hunting bravely, wanting to try to surpass Lou Mu Yan.

When he heard Xue Ling’er’s gentle voice, he furrowed his brows unhappily.

What did she mean by helping them? She just wanted to earn points, yet she actually wanted to use such a high-sounding reason to cover it up. Fake and artificial, how disgusting.

He turned his head and looked at the purple figure that constantly shuttled back and forth in the firelight. That beautiful little face was filled with domineering and unrestrained freeness, powerfully bombarding the Demonic Beasts that attacked her one by one.

He revealed a smile—ultimately, a woman like Lou Mu Yan was more likeable.

Translated product by May Our 梦 Come True

1Seven-star Arrays usually refers to the Array being arranged like the Big Dipper asterism (that has 7 stars). Btw, this ‘seven-stared array’ or whatever is actually very common in wuxia stories or at least referenced (I think, I haven’t been reading many wuxia stories lately, but it is pretty common as an array that Taoists use, usually formed from people holding swords). Don’t know about xianxia, but if Arrays/Formations are involved, it might appear in xianxia too, perhaps at least referenced as well. I still remember it appearing in Jin Yong’s Condor Heroes series and all that. I’ve also heard Jin Yong’s novels kind of inspired and began this current era of wuxia stories that was different to the past wuxia stories (don’t quote me on it and correct me if I’m wrong, but this information is believable to me).