Arrived, Ding Huan grabbed the inferior spirit implement that he had taken from Canshi's hand - a long lance - and stood at one corner of the entrapment array.
His figure was concealed by the stealth array, even under normal circumstances, it would be hard for Hao Wudao to notice with a casual glance, let alone now when Hao Wudao is severely injured?
Hao Wudao was single-mindedly thinking of killing Liu Yinzhu, stealing the corpse of Gu Mo, and had no idea that there was someone hiding here for several days.
Liu Yinzhu, though uninjured, had no defense against Ding Huan's third-level entrapment array and directly plunge in.
It took only a moment before Hao Wudao charged into the entrapment array as well.
Just as Hao Wudao charged into the entrapment array, the array activated, and endless kill beams surged towards him.
Even with his severe injuries, Hao Wudao was still a Yuanhun realm cultivator. Startled, he immediately shifted his focus from Liu Yinzhu to the dense array of deadly beams.
Following his hand with the long knife, he also chopped it out.
It was then that Ding Huan emerged, his long lance whirling a sword of gunfire to bombard Hao Wudao from the side.
The power of the gun aura was similar to that of the blade aura produced by the entrapment array. To Hao Wudao, it was no more than another aspect of the array's deadly potential being triggered.
At this moment, Hao Wudao had no more time to worry about who had set up the entrapment array. With four long knives whirling, dense knife curtains were deployed by him.
Regardless, he had to first block the deadly beams of the entrapment array before breaking it.
At this moment, Liu Yinzhu realized she had entered the entrapment array. Startled, she had no time to react before she heard Ding Huan's voice.
"Yinzhu sister, quickly take action against this old thing."
Liu Yinzhu immediately recognized this as Ding Huan's voice. She was too familiar with Ding Huan to know that he was just seizing the opportunity.
Just like when Ding Huan killed Canshi, he seized that single moment of opportunity.
She didn't even hesitate, turning back to charge towards Hao Wudao, and her long sword emitted a fierce sword glow.
Hao Wudao saw Liu Yinzhu daring to turn around, and his heart leaped with joy. He swung another long blade at her.
He was not afraid of Liu Yinzhu attacking him, but he feared that Liu Yinzhu would not attack him and instead take advantage of his entrapment to escape.
He is currently severely injured, and if Liu Yinzhu were to escape, he would truly have no way to stop her.
As Hao Wudao made his move, the kill aura of Ding Huan's gun blast suddenly changed.
The aura of the gun lance's lethal power abruptly surged, and at this moment, Hao Wudao felt his own spirit soul tremble under the impact of that single shot.
Hao Wudao would naturally know that his spirit soul was unstable under his severe injuries. If the gun lance blast was even ten times stronger, it wouldn't have caused his spirit soul to tremble.
He was especially clear that this shot was the real danger among the deadly beams in the space.
Hao Wudao couldn't even spare the time to deal with Liu Yinzhu's sword aura and forcefully tried to change his combat tactic.
However, under his severe injuries, he was unable to make such a change in an instant.
“Splash!” The long lance, piercing into his body from the side, caused Hao Wudao to feel his spirit soul shatter.
Not only was his spirit soul shattering, but the dantian that had been torn apart by Gu Mo was now completely collapsing, and his sea of consciousness was cracking.
Such a terrifying power. In this moment, Hao Wudao completely disregarded his injuries and vowed to kill the ant even if it meant giving up his life.
And he was certain that he had the ability to do so.
"Splash!" Liu Yinzhu's sword aura, carrying a rainbow, passed through Hao Wudao's body. At this moment, Hao Wudao was almost as broken as Gu Mo, and his body was almost torn in half.
Hao Wudao didn't care about these at all. He had retracted all five long blades and followed with five deadly blade auras, enveloping Ding Huan's position tightly.
He believed that the other party would seize the opportunity to strike while his spirit soul was damaged. Any cultivator with a normal mind would not let such an opportunity slip by.
This was also his opportunity, even the only chance to kill the other party.
Without killing Ding Huan, he would die today.
As for Liu Yinzhu, even though she had previously injured him, in his eyes, she posed no threat. As long as he killed this sneak attacker, he could leave at any time.
Bang, bang, bang!
The blade force collided with the third-level protective array, causing it to shatter like a broken wooden frame.
A trench over ten zhang long was split by Hao Wudao, and he took a deep breath.
However, when Hao Wudao saw only one long spear lying in the trench, his eyes were as wide as dinner plates.
During the combat, even if one is about to perish, as long as they can heavily wound the opponent's spirit soul, they can kill them with a surge of true qi when they take advantage of the momentum.
This is the ironclad rule of cultivator combat. Any lapse in attention or carelessness could be exploited by the opponent and lead to a counter-attack.
But Hao Wudao had never seen such a cunning and cunning person before. When the opponent used the long spear to secretly attack and wounded his spirit soul, instead of infusing true essence to incapacitate him, they actually dropped the spear and ran away.
This must be the disciple of some scoundrel. What a shameless scoundrel.
Ding Huan wasn't an idiot. He knew he was being reckless when he realized that Hao Wudao was a Yuanhun realm cultivator.
Luckily, the fellow is almost mortally wounded.
Even so, Ding Huan wouldn't dare to continue attacking after striking Hao Wudao. While his long spear struck Hao Wudao, he quickly discarded it and escaped.
He doesn't know how strong a Yuanhun realm cultivator is, but he knows that being careful is better than being sorry, and that's his experience.
Even though he lost the best chance to kill Hao Wudao because of it, he still had an opportunity.
This is his entrapment array, where he has at least ten stacked entrapment arrays.
Waves of dizziness swept over Hao Wudao, who spat out several blood arrows and vomited up chunks of his internal organs mixed with blood.
He was thoroughly angry. The fellow in front of him not only set up a series of entrapment arrays but also resorted to low-class techniques like illusory arrays and poisonous arrays against him, a heavily injured Yuanhun realm cultivator.
Under normal circumstances, he could easily deal with such low-level illusory arrays without using the Clear Mind Decree. Now, however, he felt increasingly weak.
His anger reached its peak, and Hao Wudao had no thought of regaining his honor. He only wanted to leave now.
He also knew that he couldn't leave now. The consecutive entrapment arrays were too difficult for him to break through.
"Sput, sput, sput!" The deadly beams of the entrapment array continuously tore open wounds on his body, and the person who had betrayed him seemed to have vanished.
Hao Wudao dared not wait any longer. He chose the direction of the exit of the array and chopped down with a blade.
As the light appeared, Hao Wudao had no time to hesitate. He stood up straight and charged forward.
His speed was only one percent of what it was at its peak, which made him feel oppressed.
"Sput!" The severe pain caused Hao Wudao to fall from the sky. He watched as another spear pierced through his chest, pinning him to the entrapment array, his eyes filled with unwillingness.
The light he had created by slicing through the array disappeared, and he realized it was still an illusionary array.
He had not broken the other party's entrapment array, but rather, he had been made to feel as if he had broken it. He then charged into the illusory array and was sent straight to the spear.
A mere low-level illusionary array had affected him, which was a source of humiliation for Hao Wudao.
"Who are you? I, Hao Wudao, want to die clearly." Hao Wudao did not struggle. Instead, he sat on the ground and looked forward with blood-stained eyes.
"Sput!" A gust of wind slashed at his forehead, feeling his head being split open, Hao Wudao's eyes remained closed forever.
Only now did he see Ding Huan emerging from a concealed array on the side:
"Old man, when I roamed the martial world, you weren't even born. Did you just want me to come out for a self-destruct? You're dreaming."
Hao Wudao heard this and his spirit soul shattered completely, causing him to collapse into the blood.
He really died with his eyes wide open, self-destruct my grandmother's.
He had already been torn apart by that shot, and with his severe injuries, he had no more strength to self-destruct.
Ding Huan swept his divine consciousness over Hao Wudao, confirming that the latter was beyond death. Only then did he roll his sleeve and snatch Hao Wudao's ring away. At the same time, a ball of flame was thrown onto Hao Wudao's body.
Finally killed this old brat. Ding Huan let out a breath of relief.
The danger of today's events requires me to improve my array cultivation next time.
If it wasn't for this old brat being severely injured, his third-level entrapment array would be useless.
After gathering the items, Ding Huan raised his hand to withdraw the array flags.
"Ding Huan, did you kill Hao Wudao?" Liu Yinzhu couldn't believe her eyes as she looked at the still-burning Hao Wudao on the ground.
Her true qi realm could only get her this far, but Ding Huan had killed Hao Wudao here.
"Merely by luck, what about the clan master Gu Mo?" Ding Huan glanced at Gu Mo lying on the ground, whose body was almost torn apart, and casually asked.
He doesn't care about Gu Mo's life and death, this guy isn't suitable for being the clan master.
Liu Yinzhu finally remembered Gu Mo and rushed to his side, taking out a pill and forcing it into his mouth:
"Master, what's wrong with you..."
Gu Mo finally opened his eyes:
"Yinzhu, flee..."
Liu Yinzhu cried as she said:
"There's no need to run anymore, Ding Huan saved us. He just killed Hao Wudao a moment ago."
Upon hearing that Ding Huan had killed Hao Wudao, Gu Mo seemed to have gained a bit of strength, as he struggled and then saw the burning corpse of Hao Wudao.
"Good, good..."
Gu Mo said two "good" words before he couldn't say anything more.
"Ding Huan, please save our clan master. I beg you..."
Liu Yinzhu was almost on her knees begging Ding Huan.
Ding Huan helplessly said:
"Sister Yinzhu, I'm not a deity. Master Gu has reached his limits and can't be saved by anyone."
As if a final flash of light, Gu Mo opened his eyes again:
"Ding Huan, please become the true master of Zǐxuá Valley. Let Yinzhu help you..."
Ding Huan can kill Hao Wudao, who was severely injured but still a Yuanhun realm cultivator.
This also made Gu Mo realize a truth: that by appointing Liu Yinzhu as the clan master, if Ding Huan were to turn against them, Liu Yinzhu would only be left to wait for death.
"Hahahaha, come on, if Zǐxuá Valley has been destroyed, I'm not surprised if no one is left. If my guess is correct, Zǐxuá Valley is now deserted." Ding Huan completely doesn't care about Gu Mo's emotions.
In the distance, old six and Yin Mei also walked over. They greeted Liu Yinzhu and looked sympathetically at Master Gu who was about to die.
Yin Mei sighed in her heart, thankfully that brother Huan had brought them out to safety. Now that Zǐxuá Valley couldn't even protect its master, they would only die faster if they stayed.
"You can establish Zǐxuá Valley again..." hearing Ding Huan's words, Gu Mo didn't dare to give up. He didn't want Zǐxuá Valley to be destroyed in his hands.
Ding Huan said in a calm manner:
"Even if I were to establish a sect, I wouldn't rebuild Zǐxuá Valley. Zǐxuá Valley is gone now. Why not build another sect here? It's a nice place, after all."
Hearing this, not only Gu Mo but also Liu Yinzhu remained silent.
Ding Huan is right. It's not as if they belong to Zǐxuá Valley or have gained any benefits from it.
Being able to live on Chaoxia Peak was a result of saving the clan master's life.
"Cough cough..." Gu Mo coughed twice. "It's also true. Zǐxuá Valley was established by seizing someone else's territory. How come... how come... let's just follow the same path..."
"Yinzhu, when I die, please bury me in the Purple Yan Mountain... take my ring."
After saying this, Gu Mo spat out blood. Just a few breaths later, he no longer had any trace of life left in him.
