novelraw Chapter 285 - 284: Blood Spirit Array
Chapter 285 - 284: Blood Spirit Array
"We at the Venerable Alliance had it all planned out, Qin Yang..."
「By the Da Li Mountain Range.」
Meng Tianxuan’s voice trembled with agitation, his face flushed and his eyes bloodshot.
"This plan was devised hundreds of years ago. It was about making small sacrifices for the greater good... If things had gone according to plan, you and I would never have even met. Everything the Venerable Alliance has done has been for the sake of the world!"
As he spoke,
his expression grew more and more twisted.
"Do you think I *wanted* to oppose the Heaven-Blasting Gang? All those Venerables of yours who fell... which one of them wasn’t a genius of the Human Race?
I cherish talent. I even considered recruiting the Jianghai Sword God, but..."
"Wait! Just stop."
Qin Yang crossed his arms and interrupted him coldly, "So, the Venerable Alliance letting the Beast Tide into the city—you call that acting for the good of the world?"
He certainly didn’t believe a word of Meng Tianxuan’s grandstanding.
From the very beginning,
his excuses were full of holes!
’All for the sake of the world and the greater good.’
’He had a whole script ready.’
If someone else had said it, Qin Yang might have believed a fraction of it.
But this Meng Tianxuan was a hypocrite, a truly despicable man!!
Qin Yang didn’t believe him in the slightest.
"So you’re saying that the Venerable Alliance watching beasts slaughter humans was also for the future of Earth Star?"
Qin Yang continued to press, "You clearly have heaven-defying abilities. I could even understand hiding from the world and not helping, claiming to follow the Non-action Celestial Dao. But why... after the Jianghai Sword God made his move, did you still try to condemn him for it?"
"If you want to condemn someone, you can always find a pretext, can’t you?!"
After all,
he remembered with perfect clarity.
When the Beast Tide descended, blotting out the sky, all of Jianghai City was on the brink of collapse. The Beast God Sect also appeared during that catastrophe.
They even stepped in to fan the flames!
The already dire situation became even more brutal because of them!
But at that moment...
Where were the people from the Venerable Alliance?
Forget sending a Venerable to the rescue, not a single person even showed up. They pulled a disappearing act on the spot, choosing to stand by and watch with cold indifference!
"Venerable Alliance Leader?"
"Is this what you call protecting the Human Race?"
Qin Yang roared in anger. Even with his good temper, he couldn’t hold back any longer. He pointed a finger at the border of Jianghai City’s suburbs behind him.
The blackened city wall stood tall.
Its mottled surface was peeling, covered in pits and holes of all sizes, still bearing the scars of the Beast Tide.
It was as if it served as a warning to everyone,
that the city-destroying catastrophe was like yesterday, its memory far from faded...
"Meng Tianxuan! If my master hadn’t turned the tide against all odds, the Jianghai City you see now would have been nothing but ruins long ago!"
Qin Yang advanced on him, staring into Meng Tianxuan’s eyes, his sheer presence overwhelming him. "And you call this for the sake of the world?!"
As his voice fell, every word struck like a hammer.
"That’s right... It was all for the greater good."
Facing Qin Yang’s scorn, Meng Tianxuan didn’t argue back. The bitter look on his face deepened as he said frankly, "I can understand why you’d say these things. But it truly was for the sake of the greater good. Whether you believe me or curse me, go ahead and vent as you please..."
"For the greater good?"
Qin Yang’s eyes narrowed, a dangerous glint flashing within them.
"What a fine piece of moral blackmail. So, for your ’greater good,’ you can just let the Beast Tide overrun the city and trample on the lives of its people, is that it?
Following your logic, ’all below the rank of Celestial Venerable are but ants,’ so the citizens of our Jianghai City are completely worthless in your eyes, right?"
"Enough! What does a junior like you know?"
Meng Tianxuan’s face darkened. Under Qin Yang’s constant verbal assault, his composure was beginning to crack.
"They’re just a bunch of common mortals! And you’re just some junior from the Heaven-Blasting Gang! How could you possibly understand this Alliance Leader’s grand ambitions?!
You don’t understand a thing, Qin Yang! The benefits were supposed to be immense! Sacrifice one Jianghai City to bring peace to the entire world. That’s how it was supposed to be... I... I had calculated everything!"
At this, he suddenly stopped. He looked up, staring straight at Qin Yang, his eyes filled with tyrannical killing intent. He ground his teeth and snarled,
"Until your Heaven-Blasting Gang showed up! It’s all because you interfered! Everything was ruined!"
As his voice fell,
Qin Yang was left speechless.
’And he’s blaming the Heaven-Blasting Gang?’
’It’s one thing to always be lecturing people about righteousness,’
’but now he’s trying to turn the tables and blame us?’
’Does he have no shame?!’
"Alright, I can’t wake up someone who’s only pretending to be asleep."
Qin Yang waved his hand, completely fed up with his excuses. "Say whatever you want, you old lunatic."
"Lunatic? Heh, I am not a lunatic, Qin Yang! On the contrary, I understand the danger here far better than any of you."
After his outburst, Meng Tianxuan’s emotions stabilized somewhat. He smoothed the hair at his temples and looked at Qin Yang, saying,
"Young Master, there is a secret from back when our Human Race ancestors suppressed the black hole expert, a secret I have never told you... Perhaps after hearing it, you will understand my good intentions."
"And what happened after that?"
Qin Yang said coldly, sitting down on a large rock. "Keep talking."
After their exchange, he was already on high alert!
Meng Tianxuan’s mental state was unstable right now. He could only believe half of what he said and would have to carefully analyze the rest.
As he pondered,
Meng Tianxuan’s voice drifted over.
"To put it simply, you can never get rid of all the weeds... Although the experts from the Exotic Realm were suppressed back then, They left something behind. And it was this very thing that changed the layout of Star Force on Earth Star."
At this, Meng Tianxuan spread his hand mysteriously and released the Star Curtain once more.
BUZZ!
Along with the hum of an array, a mysterious, miniature projection of an array floated in his palm. It was wreathed in ethereal mist, veiled by a profound aura as grand and solemn as ancient bells.
Even though it was just a blurry projection and he couldn’t see it clearly, he could sense its extraordinary nature!
"What is this?"
Qin Yang frowned, his gaze fixed on Meng Tianxuan’s palm. He was suddenly startled. Looking closer, he found that he couldn’t quite see through it.
’No...’
’It’s not that the array is just blurry.’
Relying on the *True Understanding of Array Dao* and his research into the Big Dipper Array Map, he was confident he could decipher any array in the world and had never encountered any obstacles.
But the problem was that the profundity of this array far surpassed his own learning.
’This is way out of my league!’
"What kind of array is this?"
Qin Yang suppressed the shock in his heart, his expression as calm as still water as he asked,
"The one that suppressed the black hole experts? Your alliance has an Array Master with that level of skill?"
"No, no, Young Master, you’ve guessed wrong! The Venerable Alliance can’t take such credit. No one in this world is capable of creating this array."
Hearing this, Meng Tianxuan quickly waved his hands, looking up at the sky with a profound gaze. "This array is extremely mystical; it is the foundation that maintains the Power of Stars in our world. It was left behind by those black hole experts from long ago...
It is called the ’Blood Spirit Array’."