Firmament Sword

In other words, if the Huo Family’s experts hadn’t been so impulsive… if they had instead chosen a more cautious approach and tested the Heaven-Netting Array’s power bit by bit, it was possible none of them would have even died!

Then, once the divine materials supporting the array were depleted, they could have charged out. Their army of ten thousand experts would have still been invincible, utterly unstoppable!

Unfortunately… this group of Huo Family experts was far too self-important and held everyone else in utter contempt!

One could say that ninety percent of the blame for this tragic outcome lay with the Huo Family themselves!

As Xu Ji thought this, he couldn’t help but glance at his son, Xu Luo. ’Xiaoluo has really grown up,’ he thought. ’This battle seemed unbelievably easy, but only he truly understands the dangers that were involved. If he didn’t understand the Huo Family so well, how could he have deployed a tactic so obviously targeted to their weakness?’

Xu Luo looked at the now-quiet army of Huo Family experts and said flatly, ”What comes next... will be the most dangerous part. The remaining Huo Family members who can still fight are all terrifyingly strong. Moreover, once the suppressed rage in their hearts erupts, they’ll throw all caution to the wind and fight us to the death!”

”The Huo Family has fewer than a thousand who can still fight…” Huangfu Chongzhi said softly from the side. ”They’ve become cornered beasts.”

”The struggles of a cornered beast are especially terrifying.” Xu Ji’s expression was also grave.

Mo Yun chuckled from the side. ”Actually, it’s nothing to be afraid of. As long as we can block their first wave of attacks, the rest will be easy to handle!”

Xu Ji and Xu Su both nodded from the side. People who had been generals were just different; Mo Yun’s understanding of the battlefield was beyond what others could match.

”Yes, this outcome… is already very good, heh. A terrifying legion of over ten thousand Huo Family experts came to carry out a bloodbath across the Central Plains Star Continent, but the moment they set foot in the Central Plains, they lost over nine thousand people…” Luo Xinlan sighed softly. ”I had even prepared myself to fight to the death.”

”Even if someone has to go out there and die, it’s sure as hell not going to be you, Mom…” Xu Luo glanced at Luo Xinlan, then said, ”The Heaven-Netting Array is about to collapse. Sui Yan, initiate the second plan!”

Sui Yan nodded, replying in a deep voice, ”Right!”

At that, almost everyone stared at Xu Luo and Sui Yan in astonishment. Little Fatty’s mouth twitched as he asked, ”There’s… there’s… a second plan?”

”Yes. Otherwise, with so many experts still left, it would be difficult for our group alone to hold them off. If all we had was the one Heaven-Netting Array, wouldn’t that mean we had no chance of winning?” Xu Luo said with a calm expression.

”But just now… didn’t you say the most dangerous part was next?” After Little Fatty spoke, he seemed to realize how idiotic his question was. ’Third Brother is such a schemer; how could he possibly let those people off easy?’

’A fair and honorable fight? That was complete bullshit!’

’It would be like a group of burly adults bullying a few seven- or eight-year-old kids and then yelling at them to come out for a ”fair and honorable fight”...’

’Was that even possible?’

The Huo Family’s foundation and power were such that almost no one in the entire Ancient Race dared to provoke them. They had sent all their experts into the Central Plains Star Continent with the sole purpose of steamrolling everything in their path!

And leave a trail of blood in their wake!

To bathe the Central Plains Star Continent in blood, a Blood Sacrifice for the Huo Family’s ancestor… This was absolutely no joke!

Therefore, when dealing with this group of people, it was perfectly normal for Xu Luo to use any means necessary!

Just one Heaven-Netting Array... How could that be possible?

Song Chengfeng and Chu Xiaoya, now countless miles away, were both left speechless by this outcome. They had never imagined such a thing was possible.

They had even both been prepared to perish on the Central Plains Star Continent!

This was a matter of loyalty!

Brotherly loyalty, a promise worth more than gold!

Although they had never explicitly promised Xu Luo anything, that commitment had long been etched in their hearts.

It needed no words; they would simply act on it.

”I suddenly have a feeling that this ’good brother’ of yours… his methods probably don’t stop at just this one terrifying Killing Array!” Song Chengfeng said to Chu Xiaoya, the corner of his mouth twitching.

Chu Xiaoya nodded gently. ”If you had said that before, I might not have believed you. But now… I do.”

Of the Huo Family’s ten-thousand-strong army, fewer than nine hundred who could still fight remained.

The strength of every single one of these eight hundred-odd individuals was terrifying!

Any one of them was a renowned figure on the Ancient Race Continent, a hegemon in their own right. All were battle-hardened veterans!

At this very moment, a monstrous rage was building in their hearts. They were waiting—waiting for the moment the Grand Array stopped functioning, at which point they would immediately charge out and tear the people outside to shreds!

But that wouldn’t be enough!

After tearing that group to pieces, they wouldn’t spare a single living being on the entire Central Plains Star Continent!

They would use fresh blood to wash away the fury in their hearts.

”This is too damn frustrating… We haven’t even seen the enemy’s shadow, and we’re all that’s left. Is heaven playing some kind of joke on us?”

”Am I dreaming? This has to be just a bad dream… When I wake up, everything will be back to normal!”

”My head is spinning. This feeling is just awful…”

”A bloodbath in the Central Plains Star Continent? This place is so terrifying… I wouldn’t want to see it even in my nightmares…”

To have pushed a group of the Huo Family’s top-tier experts to this state, Xu Luo and his people could truly give themselves a round of applause.

However, everyone knew that once the Heaven-Netting Array ceased to function, the time that followed would become the greatest crisis they had ever faced.

Even though… Xu Luo and Sui Yan had prepared many backup plans, no one could guarantee that those plans would be enough to hold back so many enemies.

Therefore, on Xu Luo’s side, everyone was already prepared for battle!

There was nothing for it but to fight… and only to fight!

They would use their actions to show everyone who viewed the Central Plains Star Continent as a land of ants… that this place was a hell for the powerful!

The Huo Family Master’s wounds had been crudely bandaged. His face was grim, his eyes flashing with cold killing intent. His lips trembled slightly as he surveyed his surroundings. The sky above was crimson, and rivers of blood flowed across the ground. Everywhere he looked, there was only red!

Countless bodies lay in pools of blood. Severed limbs were strewn everywhere.

As for the wounded who could no longer fight, some were slowly dying. Those not in mortal danger sat foolishly in the pools of blood, their eyes vacant, their spirits all but broken.

”This is all my fault…” the Huo Family Master muttered. Then, a crazed killing intent flashed in his eyes as he ground his teeth and said, ”This array… it can’t last much longer. We just have to… wait for it to stop on its own, and then we can have our revenge! As for my mistake… I will take responsibility for it. But right now… all of us must unite! We must make these ants of the Central Plains Star Continent understand! Even if they managed to collapse a dam to flood us, we are still a mighty existence they cannot hope to shake! We can still slap a huge swathe of these ants to death with a single blow!”

”Patriarch… I-I have a question,” a Ninth-Layer Divine Power Realm expert who could still fight suddenly spoke up.

”Speak,” the Huo Family Master said, looking at him calmly.

”Well… since the enemy was able to set up one Grand Array here, then later… could there… be another?” This Ninth-Layer Divine Power Realm expert from the Huo Family didn’t want to admit he was afraid, but he couldn’t deny what was in his heart.

He was afraid!

’What the hell kind of place is this?’

’The enemy’s cunning and methods are terrifying enough to make your blood run cold!’

’This array clearly couldn’t last for long, so how could he be so certain that all of us would attack it?’

All of it was like a nightmare, tormenting the hearts of the Huo Family members.

He wasn’t the only one who thought this way; nearly everyone else had similar thoughts.

The Huo Family Master gave a cold smile and said, ”Do you think an array like this can be set up easily? I’m afraid that even if they gathered every divine material they had, they could only manage to set up one array that lasts for a couple of hours. If we’re going to blame anyone… we can only blame ourselves for being too impatient and too careless.”

”Rest assured, it’s impossible that they have enough divine materials to set up another Grand Array like this…” the Huo Family Master said reassuringly. ”Besides, in a moment, I will clear the path. All of you just need to follow me!”

The other Huo Family experts looked dejected. They all understood that at a time like this, there was no point in arguing about who was right or wrong.

Now, all they could do was wait for this Grand Array to stop, then charge out, demand blood for blood, and carry out their bloodbath across the Central Plains Star Continent!

”I suggest… we spread out. It’s best not to stay clustered together,” an elder from the Huo Family said in a grave voice. ”We just suffered such heavy losses because we were too concentrated. Otherwise, even if that web of light reflected our attacks, the casualties wouldn’t have been so disastrous.”

”If there are no more terrifying arrays like that one, then I agree that spreading out is a good idea!” another powerful Huo Family member said.

The Huo Family Master thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. In his view, it was impossible for the enemy to set up another Grand Array like that.

Without the Grand Array, it didn’t matter whether they were separated or together. They were just a swarm of ants. Whether they chose to slap them or stomp on them… was entirely up to their whim.

An hour later, the web of light shattered with a BANG and instantly dissipated into the air.

The overwhelming stench of blood from within the web rapidly spread outward. The group of women on the outside, who hadn’t thought much of it before, all turned pale and couldn’t help but gag.

They could finally see the tragic scene within the collapsed web of light. It was truly a hell in the Mortal World!

A large group from the Huo Family, as if they had gone mad, charged directly toward Xu Luo and his people!

The Huo Family Master roared, ”Xu Luo… I’ll take your life!”

SWOOSH!

A ray of light appeared in the void as if from nothingness, shooting directly toward the frenzied, red-eyed Huo Family Master!