Chapter 1702: Even She Doesn’t Believe Her Own Nonsense
Chapter 1702: Chapter 1702: Even She Doesn’t Believe Her Own Nonsense
Ye Yi’an’s face showed increasing worry. Could it be that the power of this Concentration Array was too great, causing the Holy Saint to not even be able to move? With such concerns in mind, the old man felt as restless as an ant on a hot pan.
But Wen Rongsong and the others had a smirk on their lips. This Mu Han Yan, with a pretty good constitution, surprisingly managed to persist until now. No wonder she could injure Kang Zihe. It’s probably the result of her painstaking cultivation of martial arts. However, it’s a pity, abandoning the essentials for trivialities, how could she possibly pass the assessment? Does she still dream of forcibly breaking out of the Array with martial arts? Such wishful thinking!
Suddenly, Mu Han Yan clenched her fist.
Not good, Ye Yi’an’s heart surged to his throat.
Wen Rongsong and the others displayed undisguised joy in their eyes, their fists tightly clenched. Mu Han Yan must have reached her limit, using every ounce of her strength, to them it looked like she couldn’t even call for help in time. Except for dying in the Concentration Array, there seemed no other possibility.
"Serves you right for showing off, for being so arrogant. Now, you don’t even have the chance to regret." Wen Rongsong and the others were almost celebrating with glee.
No one knew that Lady Mu clenched her fists not because she couldn’t hold on any longer but due to excitement and a bit of inner struggle.
After countless simulations, she finally pinpointed the Array’s core, not even needing the aid of Hand Formation, just using Divine Sense to activate the Power of Laws within. This was due to the different laws of the Divine Continent, where cultivation emphasized Divine Sense. Had it been the Holy Court Continent, without Qi, relying solely on Divine Sense would have been almost impossible.
However, this was merely the result of her simulation. Whether she could succeed was still uncertain.
Should she give it a try? Mu Han Yan felt a bit conflicted. If she succeeded, it would be fine. But what if she failed again, as before? Wouldn’t it be too shocking? The first time the Array itself was damaged due to age, if the second time also ended like that, it wouldn’t make sense.
"No point in overthinking, let’s just try." Torn with indecision, Mu Han Yan finally made her resolution.
She had long noticed the materials used for this Array were quite different from those on the Holy Court Continent. Considering the temple’s status, they were surely valuable.
Though Lady Mu was undeniably wealthy on the Holy Court Continent, where her silver notes could convert to silver enough to crush a person, here on the Divine Continent those notes were nothing but waste paper. Before finding a source of income, she couldn’t afford those Array materials.
Gathering these materials would require a great deal of effort and energy. If she struggled to gather them, painstakingly creating the Array only to find it couldn’t activate the Power of Laws as imagined, wouldn’t the loss be too great?
This rare opportunity was too precious to miss, Mu Han Yan didn’t want to pass it up.
Resolving herself, Mu Han Yan stilled her breath and concentrated her Divine Sense. Though her eyes were closed, her expression turned grave once more.
"Lord Wen..." Seeing Mu Han Yan’s change in demeanor, Ye Yi’an felt his heart sink and instinctively spoke.
Yet before he could say anything further, he was interrupted by Wen Rongsong.
"Senior Ye, no need to elaborate on the temple’s rules. If she doesn’t voluntarily give up, we cannot intervene." Wen Rongsong, full of the Left Priest’s arrogance, spoke pretentiously.
"No need for excessive worry, Senior Ye. Mu Han Yan seems to be handling it with ease, even I envy her talent. If we intervene now, it could clearly ruin her future prospects, she might hate us forever." Liang Gubai added hypocritically.
"Indeed, the Mu Family having such a remarkably talented descendant, will surely make a name for themselves. Perhaps one day, even our Kang Family or the Feng City Temple will have to bow before them. Abandoning her now would be clearly at odds with your Mu Family, haha... haha..." Kang Qingyuan laughed mockingly.
"You all..." Ye Yi’an knew very well what tricks they were playing, feeling infuriated, yet helpless.
"Boom!" At that moment, a thunderous sound rang out, streams of Qi shot forth, and stone fragments rained down like a storm.
It’s broken, this second Array actually broke again! And the spectacle was even more earth-shattering.
Watching the flying stone shards, everyone was stunned, Sikong Qinglan jumped up in uncontrollable excitement.
"Seems this Array has indeed aged quite a bit." After the dust settled, Mu Han Yan appeared again in front of everyone, unharmed, and spoke with an expression of feigned innocence mixed with genuine regret.
The innocence was obviously feigned, but the regret was real.
She was so close, just a bit more and she could have used the Array to harness the Power of Laws through her Divine Sense. She was sure that given another chance, she would succeed. Yet this time, she failed again, creating such a commotion.
"Indeed, aged and damaged, aged and damaged." Ye Yi’an said almost woodenly. He knew perfectly well what tricks Mu Han Yan had played and wouldn’t believe her lies.
Aged and damaged? Even if the years and age were significant, it wouldn’t cause one Array after another to self-detonate. Especially with Mu Han Yan unharmed within them, such lies wouldn’t even convince herself.
But apart from this explanation, he really couldn’t find a better excuse.
Wen Rongsong and the others did not rush to speak, exchanging puzzled glances. They too didn’t quite believe Mu Han Yan’s lies, yet couldn’t think of a more reasonable explanation.
"Could it be that she possesses some magic artifact?" Kang Qingyuan whispered, audible only to a few, expressing a long-suspected theory.
Wen Songrong and Liang Gubai’s eyes lit up, as if enlightened.
Though Ye Yi’an’s achievements were modest, still stuck at Ninth-level Divine Priest, wasting a millennium, he might have stumbled upon some fine magic artifacts.
Thus, Mu Han Yan’s ability to withstand the Array’s Power of Laws wasn’t due solely to martial arts. The Array likely exploded because of the artifact, otherwise, no matter how formidable Mu Han Yan’s physical defense was, it wouldn’t cause the Array to self-destruct.
"Such audacity, do you think us blind, fooling us right under our noses? Simply courting death!" Wen Rongsong felt greatly humiliated, saying angrily.