Transmigrating Into a Fantasy World: Signing in During Pregnancy, Reaching the Summit with My Childhood Sweetheart

229: Chapter 229: The Secret of the Array Diagram and the Aoki AllianceThe Soul-Corroding Life-Devouring Formation collapsed, its main controller fled, and the remaining Black Fiend Forest Cultivators were quickly wiped out or captured under the angry counterattack of the Green Wood Clan warriors and the deterrence of Nangong Xuan’s group. The forest clearing was filled with a strange scent—a mixture of the burnt smell left by the dissipating Evil Qi and the fresh fragrance of vegetation—along with the chilling aura and exhaustion following a great battle.

Elder Qing Lin stepped forward supported by Teng Shan. This kind old man’s face was still somewhat pale, but his eyes were exceptionally bright. He bowed solemnly to Nangong Xuan, Su Muxue, and Zi Linger.

”If not for the timely intervention of you three young friends today, I’m afraid this old man’s bones would have been laid to rest here, and the Green Wood Clan would have suffered heavy losses. This kindness shall never be forgotten by the Green Wood Clan!”

Nangong Xuan quickly stepped forward to support the old man: ”Grand Elder, you overstate it. You saved our lives first; we are merely contributing a little effort. Besides, the Black Fiend Forest has wild ambitions; their goal likely extends far beyond this.”

His gaze fell upon the eerie black array diagram remaining on the ground after the Formation’s destruction. Even though the Formation was broken, the unfinished pattern still emitted unsettling faint fluctuations, especially the trace of spatial power within it, which, though not strong, was exceptionally resilient and sinister.

Su Muxue’s cold gaze also fell upon the array diagram. She condensed a trace of Taiyin Star Power at her fingertip and cautiously tapped the edge of the pattern. A sizzling sound erupted as the Taiyin Power and the residual sinister energy annihilated each other.

”This array is definitely not a simple life-force devouring Formation,” Su Muxue said with certainty. ”Its Core structure is closer to a cross-realm summoning or spatial anchoring ritual. Devouring life-force is likely just to provide the massive energy needed to start the ritual and... to mask its true spatial fluctuations.”

Zi Linger also crouched down, her emerald fingertips lightly touching the ground. She closed her eyes to sense for a moment, her small face becoming grave: ”I feel... deep within this pattern, a very, very distant... cold and deathly call... it’s blurry, but it makes me very uncomfortable.”

Upon hearing this, Elder Qing Lin’s expression became extremely serious. He approached the residual array diagram, his ancient wooden staff emitting a soft green light. After investigating carefully for a long time, he finally let out a long sigh, his eyes filled with worry.

”What you young friends have seen is correct. This array... I once saw brief mentions of it in the clan’s oldest forbidden texts; its name should be the ’Void Demon Summoning Array’!” He said heavily, ”This array is not used to summon ordinary demonic creatures, but to attempt to open a passage to a specific terrifying existence deep within the endless Void Realm! Behind the Black Fiend Forest, there are indeed shadows of extraterrestrial demons! They want to usher the true ’power of the dark side’ into the Cangmu Realm!”

”Power of the dark side?!” Nangong Xuan and Su Muxue were both shocked! They were no strangers to this term! Whether in the North Nether Sea or at the Primordial Fire Eye, this terrifying force that sought to pollute and destroy everything followed them like a shadow! Could it be that the Black Fiend Forest, the Tiangong Sect, and even the various encounters they had before all pointed to the same terrifying source?

”It must be completely destroyed!” Teng Shan’s face turned ashen upon hearing this, and he raised his spear to smash the residual array diagram.

”Wait!” Nangong Xuan called out to stop him. ”Although this array diagram is unfinished, its structure is eerie. Forcing its destruction might cause unforeseen changes or even draw the gaze of the existence connected to the other side.”

He stepped forward. Inside his Dantian, the four keys cycle rotated slightly. Although the nirvana true seal fragment remained dormant, it emitted a trace of empty dao rhyme. He pointed his fingers like a sword, with the ultimate Nirvana Sword Intent swirling around his fingertips, and began to cautiously draw in the air.