<h4>Chapter 279 - Trio Saga Array</h4>


    Zhong Yue, Qiu Jin''er, and the others'' scalps tingled, cold sweat rushed out of their foreheads. It was too peculiar; they couldn''t even discern the nature of thesenterns - were they animals, nts or inanimate objects?


    Whatever they were, one thing that was certain was that they were extremely dangerous!


    Some of the Martial Masters and Qi Practitioners were in no way weaker than Ao Shanshan or Zhu Jushan, but they were all indiscriminately eaten by thenterns even if Zhong Yue and the others were in their ce, they wouldn''t be able to survive either!


    Zhu Jushan let out a ferocious war cry, he turned into a two hundred feet tall giant, breathing hot steam out from his nostrils as he looked at the rednterns in mid-air. Despite his imposing appearance, his voice trembled in fear, "Sister from the Ao family, didn''t you say the Divine Jungle isn''t dangerous at all?"


    "I want this big-sized head!" One of the rednterns shouted merrily, it opened thentern and threw out a head, pouncing down happily at Zhu Jushan.


    The othernterns heard it and also pounced down right after it; Ao Shanshan''s hairs bristled up, and she also cast out her [Atman Body as One] state. She sped her soul weapon tightly in her hands and braced herself for the impact. She replied to him in exasperation, "How would I know? I''ve never been here before either!"


    “【Sword Seeding Art】!”


    Qiu Jin''er murmured, she mmed her palm on the wooden wheelchair and immediately, the earth beneath them quaked vigorously. A little green sapling extruded out from the ground; in an instant, it grew into a sturdy vine whose body was as thick as a dragon''s. The vines curled around the trees surrounding them as it formed a huge impregnable dome, enclosing them at its center!


    Her 【Sword Seeding Art】 was a sword art contained in the 【Great Boundless Sword Qi】, it could be used as both offensive and defensive measures; when the inexhaustible Wood Sword Qi formed into a sword dome, it would possess incredible defensive capabilities.


    Bang bang bang——


    The sounds of impact could be heard incessantly as the rednterns crashed onto the sword dome, Qiu Jin''er could sense countless Wood Sword Qi being destroyed away as their roots shed with the Wood Sword Qi and fought against it.


    Not only that, but the rednterns were gnawing at the Wood Sword Qi, devouring the sword dome away piece by piece.


    Thousands of rednterns attacking at the sword dome at the same time, even the sword totem patterns of the 【Great Boundless Sword Qi】 were unable to withstand their attacks. Even if the vine were growing incessantly, the damage being inflicted on it far exceeded the rate at which it was able to recuperate. It wouldn''t be long before her defensepletely broke down!


    “Senior martial brother!” Qiu Jin’er shouted.


    With a thought, countless zing red Sword Qi shot out in all domains, thin like silks, the Sword Qi didn''t st out of the vine-formed dome, but instead, they pierced into the huge vines.


    Chi chi chi——


    Hundreds of Sword Qi waltzed in the air. They were like the pens drawing marvelous works of art, meticulously engraving the totem patterns on the surface of the vines.


    These totem patterns crisscrossed over one another and merged together - it was utterly abstruse! Zhu Jushan looked anxiously at the shuddering sword dome, not knowing what Zhong Yue was doing.


    “Senior Martial Brother Zhong, what are you … En? The Kui Long totem patterns!?”


    Zhu Jushan was shocked and eximed out involuntarily, “This is … the Kui Long Celestial Race’s totem patterns?”


    The totem patterns were formed as Zhong Yue’s Sword Qi engraved them out, Zhu Jushan immediately recognized the totem patterns as the supreme totem patterns of the Kui Long Celestial Race which were highly regarded and were kept away from the others, he had only seen it on the bodies of the Kui Long Celestial Race!


    That was when Zhu Jushan followed the elder of the Zhu Jian Celestial Race to pay a visit to the Kui Long Celestial Temple. The chief of the two races had fought a round of battle, and that was when Zhu Jushan caught a glimpse at the totem patterns on the Kui Long Celestial Race chief''s body, they were very simr to the ones Zhong Yue was carving on the vines!


    Other than the Kui Long totem patterns, there were some other totem patterns like the Great Sun Golden Crow totem patterns, connecting together with the Kui Long totem patterns.


    “It’s an array formation!”


    Ao Shanshan was also shocked, the Great Sun Golden Crow totem patterns and the Kui Long totem patterns were connected and intertwined together; meanwhile, another kind of totem pattern emerged by itself on the vines as if they were present the whole time. These totem patterns would be the ones that Qiu Jin''er had ced down.


    The newly emerged totem patterns featured a human-faced bird-bodied celestial being who stood on two dragons — it was the Gou Mang! One of the abstruse aspects of her spirit that Qiu Jin''er came to understand - it then turned it into the form of totem patterns.


    The three types of totem patterns connected together and intertwined with one another. They quickly carved out an array formation on the vines, and the array formation was nearlypleted.


    Suddenly, Zhong Yue kept the Sword Qi and said solemnly, “Junior martial sister, the Trio Saga Array!”


    Huuu——


    Qiu Jin''er nodded right away and all of a sudden, the sword dome ignited itself. It waspletely engulfed in the zing fire while a thousand feet three-taloned Golden Crow emerged from within. The Golden Crow spread its wings out and soared; then, a cow-like loud roar trembled the air, a thousand feet tall Kui Long stood in the zing on one leg, and the Gou Mang celestial being soon followed its emergence!


    Two beasts and one celestial being, the trio saga emerged from the array formation and pushed away the human headnterns, making the sword dome a kill zone for the peculiarnterns!


    "Trio Saga Array?" Ao Shanshan lifted her head and looked over, thousands of rednterns were pouncing down, but they were all sted away. They failed to leave even a single impression on the array formation.


    This Trio Saga Array was shockingly abstruse; during their past two months of traveling, Qiu Jin''er and Zhong Yue had spent all their time together. The duo studied the totem patterns on the Kui Long''s cowhide, trying to attain more insights on the Immortal Body; although they had yet to deduce the ways to cultivate the Immortal Body from the Kui Long''s cowhide, they were eventually able toe out with an array formation - the Trio Saga Array.


    The Trio Saga Array required two people to cast out the three sagas — Golden Crow, Gou Mang, and Kui Long; the inexhaustible wood kindled the zing fire, while the Kui Long''s undying nature enhanced the defense.


    This was the first time they have cast out the Trio Saga Array since its inception.


    The Trio Saga Array unleashed its power, every moment there would benterns getting taken down; rays shed across Zhong Yue’s eyes, suddenly, he reached his hand out of the array formation and pulled a redntern back to him.


    As soon as thentern was pulled back, its roots tightly curled around Zhong Yue, and it gnawed down at his head!


    Zhu Jushan and Ao Shanshan were shocked, they quickly rushed over to the rescue, clenching on the roots and pulled them away!


    Zhu Jushan morphed his fingers into five dragons that were strong and sturdy like real dragons. His finger dragons then bit on thentern; while at the same time, he cast out his Yin Yang Sword Qi and shed down right at thentern''s roots!


    In terms of sheer strength, Zhu Jushan was stronger than Zhong Yue, with him pulling at the roots, thentern failed to bite at Zhong Yue and had only managed to gnaw at the air.


    "I don''t want this small head. I like the big and round ones!"


    Thentern suddenly kept its roots from Zhong Yue and struck at Zhu Jushan instead, curling around at Zhu Jushan tightly and opened its mouth widely, even bigger than Zhu Jushan’s head!


    Zhu Jushan was shocked, half of his head was in thentern''s mouth, and hemented in his heart, I’m dead for sure… All of a sudden, a surge of godly aura burst out as a golden sword was held against the roots!


    "If you dare to eat him, I''ll slice you into half!" Zhong Yue held the Golden Peng Sword and threatened with a cold face.


    The human headntern felt the godly aura and froze abruptly.


    Half of Zhu Jushan''s head was in thentern''s mouth, his face waspletely pale white, and he shouted, "Senior Martial Brother Zhong, why do you even threaten antern? Just slice it off already!"


    "If you dare to slice me, then I''ll eat him!" Thentern refuted, there was a ring on the top of thentern that wobbled as it spoke.


    Zhong Yue reached out his hand and held onto the ring. Immediately, thentern''s roots softened like an inted balloon. It shouted, "Let go of my head … Ey, this is sofortable…”


    Zhu Jushan quickly freed himself from thentern''s mouth. He turned around and saw thentern settling down like an obedient puppy. Its roots would lift up and scratch on itself from time to time.


    A shadow shed across his eyes, and he raised the Yin Yang Sword Qi, just when he was about to sh on thentern, Zhong Yue lifted a hand to stop him, and he said solemnly, "Brother Zhu, stop. We''ll keep it and let it lead the way."


    “Lead the way?”


    Zhu Jushan kept the Sword Qi and nced around. The other human-headednterns were still gathering around the sword dome, pouncing incessantly at the Trio Saga Array. They slowly but steadily eroded off the energy in the array formation. Zhu Jushan said frantically in worry, "We are now trapped, how do we get out?"


    Zhong Yue''s eyes shed, and he said, "This Trio Saga Array can''tst for long. Please, may Brother Zhu and Senior Martial Sister Ao drill a tunnel underground so that we can escape?"


    Ao Shanshan nodded, she surged her psyche out and formed a huge dragon with it. It opened its mouth wide and held Zhong Yue, Qiu Jin''er, and herself within it. Ao Shanshan then said, "Senior Martial Brother Zhu, the Divine Jungles''s earth crust is incredibly hard, my earth style skills can''t prate through at all. You Zhu Jian Celestial Race is proficient in the earth style techniques, the best in the whole West Barren, you''ll lead the way!"


    Zhu Jushan was proud, and he smirked, "In terms of earth style techniques, only the monster race''s Qiu Qingshan canpete against us of the Zhu Jian Celestial Race!"


    He burrowed into the ground and drilled a huge hole, opening a tunnel in the underground while Ao Shanshan controlled the huge dragon and followed behind. The Divine Forest’s earth crust was incredibly hard, even when Zhu Jushan was proficient in the earth style techniques, he was still exhausted after drilling for a few miles and couldn’t continue anymore; left with no choice, he drilled up and surfaced from the ground.


    Ao Shanshan dispersed the huge dragon, and they bolted away. As there were more and more Qi Practitioners entering the Divine Forest, the othernterns were alerted and swarmed over the whole Divine Forest to prey on their heads.


    They had just escaped from death, and thest thing they would want was to plunge into another adversity. They scanned their surroundings cautiously and realized that they were only half a mile away from the spot where the Qi Practitioner found the treasure.


    With a thought, Zhong Yue visualized a Jiao Dragon and ced the human-headedntern in the dragon''s mouth.


    Thentern’s weakness was the ring on its top, it would calm down as long as the ring was held onto.


    Zhong Yue heaved a breath of relief and said, "Thesenterns should be the ordinarynterns in the Imperial Pce. But due to the long passage of time, the magical energy in the pce seeped and gave them basic life. They then started roaming around to feast on heads; but as long as they are held up, they will calm down."


    "Senior Martial Brother Zhong, what use does thisntern have?"


    Zhu Jushan was puzzled, he said, "We might as well just crush it!" Thentern in the dragon mouth was shocked, it quickly said, "Don''t kill me! We are called the Propitious Lanterns, we have the ability to bring about luck, and we also know the locations of the treasures in this Divine Forest! There is one treasure, just right in front of you, as long as you don''t kill me, I''ll bring you there!"


    A thought shed across Zhong Yue''s mind, and he said smilingly, "There''s a danger surrounding this treasure, just before this when we were in the sky, we saw a Qi Practitioner exploding like a firecracker. So then, what danger is there around the treasure? And what is this treasure?"