Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

As the old man begged for mercy, he slapped the two protective talismans that he had treasured on himself.

However, having seen how ruthless the old man had been to his companions, Chen Mobai only hesitated for a moment before he gritted his teeth and activated both of the Green Arrow Talismans. At the same time, five glass beads that were shining with colorful light rose from his back.

“Watch my Green Arrow Talisman.”

Chen Mobai thought of the way the old man had ambushed the young man in brown and felt that he was a cunning and evil man with a suspicious mind. Hence, he decided to trick the old man.

On the surface, the two Green Arrow Talismans were activated at the same time. Ten spiritual energy arrows were aimed at the old man, who had a two-colored yellow and blue shield around him. Meanwhile, Chen Mobai also secretly controlled five glass beads, which emitted five-elemental spiritual energy fluctuations. It looked very dazzling, like a magic weapon.

Indeed, the old man looked suspicious.

After a moment of hesitation, the old man gritted his teeth. He decided to trust his many years of fighting experience and make what he felt was the correct judgment.

He felt that Chen Mobai’s two Green Arrow Talismans, which he displayed boldly, were just a cover. The real killer move should be the five dazzling beads that were overflowing with five-elemental spiritual energy.

Finally, he activated both of his middle-grade Rank-1 defensive talismans, which he had used to protect himself, to block the ten spiritual energy arrows.

At the same time, the old man threw out the black flag and activated the water spiritual energy could still be controlled by the Jade Water Array. It turned into waves of water and swept over, enveloping the five-colored glass beads that were flying from another direction.

“Eh?”

However, who would have thought that the moment the stream of spiritual energy came into contact with the colorful beads that Chen Mobai had thrown, the beads would turn into dust like plaster powder.

“Oh no, I’ve been tricked. This guy is so crafty!”

Just as this thought flashed through the old man’s mind, ten long green arrows that had gathered most of Chen Mobai’s spiritual power had already struck the two defensive talismans in front of the old man.

The powerful impact caused the old man, who was protected by the protective shield, to involuntarily retreat step by step.

The yellow and blue light shield was like a light bulb with insufficient electricity as it flickered.

The old man was only at Qi Refinement Level-1. Although he was experienced in fighting and had a decent background, he wasn’t supported by the power of the water mansion array and fell into the trap of empiricism. He had been tricked by Chen Mobai. Thus, the spiritual power in his dantian was almost drained by the two defensive talismans.

However, at a time like this, even if he couldn’t take it, he had to.

The old man took out a bottle of pills to restore his spiritual power. Ignoring the waste and side effects, he swallowed all of them in one go. Then, his face turned red, but his spiritual power fluctuations suddenly increased.

The yellow and blue light shield seemed to have received enough spiritual power and started operating at normal power.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Seven green spiritual energy arrows were blocked in succession and dissipated after exhausting their energy. Meanwhile, the yellow light shield around the old man’s body also reached its limit and turned into a yellow glow that disappeared.

However, at this point, the old man was actually delighted. After all, based on his many years of fighting experience, he had already estimated that his other water attribute defensive talisman could completely block the remaining three spiritual energy arrows.

It wasn’t as though he hadn’t killed someone at Qi Refinement Level-5 as a Qi Refinement Level-3 cultivator before.

Just as the old man was thinking of how he could retaliate and kill Chen Mobai so that he could take over the water mansion, he suddenly realized something.

“No, that’s not right. This kid has been plotting against me from the start!”

The old man tried to adjust his position, but it was too late. Chen Mobai’s spiritual power burst out and the remaining power of the Green Arrow Talismans burst out at once. Three long green arrows hit the blue light shield around the old man’s body heavily, pushing him back three steps again.

It was these three steps that caused the old man’s back to touch the stone door of the side hall in the middle of the water mansion.

Pfft!

The dark blue lightning restriction was activated. Under the old man’s desperate expression, it shattered the blue light shield that he was using most of his strength. Then, it entered his body without any obstruction and his body exploded into pieces amidst his screams.

“Huff huff huff…”

Chen Mobai was breathing heavily, not only because he had exhausted all the spiritual power in his body, but also because this was the first time he had seen a living person die before his eyes.

He had seen this scene countless times in movies and dramas.

However, he had never felt such a huge impact that was hard to express in words before.

His mind went blank.

Although he hadn’t killed either of them, he was indirectly involved.

In a moment of dizziness, Chen Mobai fell on his butt.

After some time, a fish that had rolled its eyes landed next to him with a splash. Chen Mobai finally snapped out of his daze.

One of the array flags of the Jade Water Array had been broken by his Green Arrow Talisman and there were already cracks.

The hole that had been opened by the old man seemed to be there forever now. It did not continue to seal.

This fish had been very lucky when it was floating in the water. It had jumped into the hole and lost the protection of the water. As a result, it used all its strength to jump to Chen Mobai’s side, rolled its eyes, and died.

“I have to think of a way to fix this defensive formation.”

Chen Mobai mumbled to himself. He still had no idea where exactly he was.

According to the old man, it was a place called the “Eastern Wilderness”.

This place was lawless.

If anyone else were to discover this water mansion, Chen Mobai felt that it would be useless to reason with them.

Hence, it was best to fix the Jade Water Array and hide the water mansion again.

However, the field of array formations was the most difficult out of the four subjects. Even though Chen Mobai was quite hardworking, his results were average.

He walked to the array flag that he had broken and tied it up with a rope, propping it up again.

However, it was useless.

As he sighed, Chen Mobai saw the black flag that the old man had used to crush the glass beads. With a flash of inspiration, he controlled the black flag with the Vertical Raising Spell and replaced the flag he had broken.

After waiting for 15 minutes, there was still no response.

Chen Mobai racked his brain, trying to recall all the knowledge he had learned in class regarding array formations.

Finally, he recalled an example that his teacher had taught him.

The array formation was equivalent to a sophisticated machine. If there was a problem and it needed to be repaired, it would need to be recharged with spiritual power to activate. It was equivalent to the new equipment having to be powered up and tested.

Chen Mobai hesitated for a moment. After all, he wasn’t a professional array master and was afraid that activating this step would be dangerous.

However, when he thought about how the middle-grade Rank-2 spiritual land in this water mansion had helped him greatly in cultivation over the past three days, he gritted his teeth and decided to take the risk.

A surge of spiritual power was injected into the black flag.

There was still no response.

No, that wasn’t right. The activation would have to take place at the main formation flag.

Chen Mobai thought of another point of knowledge. He walked to the center of the front hall and poured in his spiritual energy.

Buzz!

Then, to his delight, the entrance of the Jade Water Array started to shrink and eventually disappeared.

As expected, it worked.