Soul Land 5: The Rebirth of Tang San

Chapter 592: The Array

During her cultivation, Mei Gongzi's spiritual perception was exceptionally clear. She could clearly feel the expansion of her sea of consciousness. It was only now that she understood that before reaching the god level, one could enhance their sea of consciousness to such an extent. No wonder Asura is so powerful; his spiritual power must have already reached this level. So he’s had divine consciousness for a while already?

Under the infusion of the Holy Blaze Saber, her spirit core was continuously undergoing qualitative changes, becoming entirely different from before.

At the center of her spirit core, even the last trace of the Holy Blaze Saber’s light had disappeared. What had appeared instead was a small red sword standing upright, tip-down.

At first, it was just a faint shadow, but as the Holy Blaze Saber integrated and supplemented it with a large amount of energy, the shadow gradually became clearer, transforming into this blood-red small sword. And from that moment, this small sword was the center of her sea of consciousness. When Mei Gongzi's consciousness infused into the small sword, she could vaguely sense that in a distant place, there seemed to be an extremely terrifying existence resonating with the aura of the small red sword. Yet within that terrifying aura, she could sense great gentleness and closeness towards her, and it seemed that through the small red sword, she had established a connection with it.

That should be the so-called transcendent divine weapon Asura mentioned. He is truly an extraordinary person! How could he know so many things and possess so many magical abilities? And I’ve never even heard of a transcendent divine weapon, so how could he possess one, much less give it to me?

It was at times like this that she had to remind herself about the blood oath. Otherwise, how could she not have doubts about him? But with the abilities he’d shown, it made no sense for him to go through all that just to harm her, so she believed in him.

Since coming to the Ancestral Court and being with him, her cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds. Mei Gongzi even felt that breaking through to god level was no problem for her now. Although her bloodline cultivation hadn't reached the peak of the ninth order, her spiritual power was incredibly strong, enough to compensate for the lack of bloodline power. But it was not the time yet; Asura had once told her to compress her power as much as possible and delay the tribulation in order to gain the greatest benefits.

Mei Gongzi remembered this very well and would certainly follow his advice.

And... she had to see what his true face looked like.

Mei Gongzi unconsciously thought of the moment in the final match when he held her hand and drew that arc. That was the true essence of the Mysterious Circles of Heaven! She thought she had a good grasp of the technique, but it was only now that she began to possess divine consciousness that she truly understood. At that time, Asura must have used a trace of divine consciousness to activate the technique!

He already possessed divine consciousness long ago. He was definitely stronger than she had imagined. She unconsciously recalled the scene when she was acknowledged by the Celestial Plume. She was high above, attracting everyone's attention, and he was right by her side.

Big Brother, why are you so good to me? And what about that story just now? What happened to the boy and the girl?

The sky gradually darkened. The awards ceremony had ended before noon, yet Tang San and Mei Gongzi were still there, cultivating until dusk.

The Peacock Great Demon King had been waiting outside for them. He had plenty of time to meditate and think up strategies, and he realized that Tang San's approach was correct. Leaving immediately would only make them a clear target.

This buffer would surely confuse their opponents. Although the divine consciousness of Emperors was extremely powerful, there were so many Emperors in the Ancestral Court that they could not recklessly use their divine consciousness to scan places randomly.

But after so much time had passed without any clues, they would surely guess that he and his group had not left the Ancestral Court but were still within it.

And once that happened, even if they wanted to leave, they would face an inescapable net. The only uncertainty was how many enemies they would have to face.

As various strategies ran through his mind, the energy fluctuations from the direction of the cultivation room silently disappeared. He turned his head to look, and saw that the light filling the cultivation room was no more.

Tang San and Mei Gongzi walked out of the cultivation room together.

For some reason, when the Peacock Great Demon King saw them again, he clearly felt that they had both changed somewhat. Especially his daughter—her eyes had a faint, strange red glow flickering deep within them. That red glow gave him a slightly unsettling feeling.

Tang San nodded slightly to the Peacock Great Demon King and said, "City Lord, we can prepare to leave."

The Peacock Great Demon King nodded back. "Do you have any ideas?"

"Please have someone from the Aetherhorn Merchant Association bring some items. I can set up an array to greatly enhance your spatial transmission ability. We'll aim to teleport a great distance in one go and then continue from there. If we can break through the encirclement in this way, that would be the best outcome."

The Peacock Great Demon King nodded and said, "Alright. What do you need?"

Tang San wrote down a list, and the Peacock Great Demon King immediately contacted the Aetherhorn Merchant Association to handle it.

Tang San asked Mei Gongzi to rest aside while he cleared a space in the living room and began using his bloodline power to draw on it.

Silver light merged into the floor, outlining strange patterns.

When the Peacock Great Demon King returned after instructing the Aetherhorn Merchant Association, he immediately saw the lines Tang San was drawing. And he noticed that the power being used... was clearly the bloodline power of the Peacock Demon clan!

Looking at Tang San, the Peacock Great Demon King's expression turned somewhat peculiar. Although he had already seen some questionable things, seeing the young human use the Peacock Demon clan's space-attribute bloodline power without any reservations still gave him a strange feeling.

How can he do this? There are others with multiple bloodlines, but this is something else altogether. Whether it’s the Lion-Tiger, Golden Roc, or Peacock Demon, each of these is a powerful bloodline. How can he possibly use them like this? And... does he have other bloodlines as well?

Now was not the time to ask, however, so the Peacock Great Demon King kept his questions to himself. He just sat quietly aside, watching.

And the more he watched, the more surprise filled his eyes. Although he couldn't fully understand the intricacies of the array Asura was drawing, he could tell that it was an extremely complex teleportation array that drew upon the Peacock Demon bloodline power specifically. He could sense his power reacting to it, and as he watched, he even felt that his understanding of spatial attributes was growing deeper.

In other words, the array created by this young man had not just tactical value, but educational value to the Peacock Great Demon King! What did this entail? It entailed that this array surpassed his understanding of spatial power!

How is this possible?

The Peacock Great Demon King's expression grew increasingly complex as he looked at Asura. Even though his assessment of Asura had been quite high to begin with, he now realized he still didn't understand enough. Asura was even stronger than he had judged.

Mei Gongzi was also watching intently, silently feeling the changes in her sea of consciousness, adapting to the presence of divine consciousness.

A hint of confusion marred her expression. Whenever she infused her consciousness into the small red sword that was generating divine consciousness, she could vaguely see fragmentary images. They weren't clear, and she couldn’t tell what was going on with them, yet she could faintly sense that these images were related to her. As she looked at them, she felt the impact they had on her spirit.