The Most Powerful Bodyguard

Wuyi suddenly laughed and said, "Interesting, interesting! You future generations are interesting! Since you have gained the recognition of Nascent Void, you are considered a generational successor of Zhao Heng. Indeed, indeed."

Yang Yan quickly changed the subject and asked, "Senior, I heard from the three Dragon Children that you came here to investigate the cause of the Demon Cave’s unrest. I wonder if you have found any clues, seniors?"

Wuyi’s expression suddenly turned serious upon Yang Yan’s question.

He pondered slightly before saying, "On our journey here, we found that the demonic qi on these Evil Spirits was surging, becoming more bloodthirsty and their behavior unusually violent."

"We captured a few for research and found that they carried a very faint but incredibly pure trace of evil qi."

"We suspect that it is very likely the evil qi sealed by Zhao Heng’s array all those years ago has once again leaked."

Yang Yan frowned and asked in confusion, "With the Celestial Demon King sealed again, how could there still be evil qi appearing?"

Wuyi shook his head and sighed, "Back then, the Celestial Demon King possessed an ancient demon soldier; otherwise, how could he have battled Zhao Heng for so long before being defeated and sealed?! So, we suspect that the array sealing the Celestial Demon King’s demon soldier is damaged."

Boom!

Just then, a rumbling sound suddenly came from afar, and simultaneously, a black beam of light rose.

Roar——

Numerous Evil Spirits roared almost simultaneously, then, as if controlled by some force, rushed towards the light beam.

Wuyi and others’ expressions changed drastically.

Immediately, Wuyi turned his head and urgently shouted to Yang Yan, "Leave quickly! The demon soldier of the Celestial Demon King has emerged, and it will surely cause the Evil Spirits in the Demon Cave to completely lose their sanity! Once they rush out of the Demon Cave, Wandering Dragon Star will be doomed."

Just then, the voice of Nascent Void suddenly came to Yang Yan’s ears, "If the demon soldier emerges, it will surely drench Wandering Dragon Star in blood, no less than the time of the Celestial Demon King. Were it not for my master Zhao Heng’s early preparations, preventing the Celestial Demon King from obtaining the Demon Soldier Evil Spirit Halberd, Wandering Dragon Star would have long ceased to exist. Even we cannot withstand it."

Yang Yan was shocked upon hearing this.

He evidently did not expect that the Demon Soldier Evil Spirit Halberd was so formidable.

Without waiting to inquire when Nascent Void woke up, Yang Yan directly asked, "What should we do? Is there a way to keep it contained here?"

Nascent Void stated gravely, "I do not know why my master Zhao Heng did not destroy it back then, but the situation is critical now. We should first go and see if the array can be repaired."

"If it can be repaired, try to keep it here until you have the capability to destroy it someday!"

Hearing this, everyone agreed and quickly executed their body techniques to approach the location of the black pillar of light with maximum speed.

Upon reaching the location of the black pillar, everyone discovered that the Evil Spirit Halberd was in an underground palace.

Seeing this, Nascent Void could not help but sigh, "I did not expect the underground palace you spoke of to be here. This was originally the practice arena where my master Zhao Heng secluded himself. Until later, the Celestial Demon King appeared, and my master had me suppress the Celestial Demon King, forcing me to leave this place. I never thought I would return here again."

Nascent Void hurriedly urged everyone to inspect the array for damage.

At that moment, the sound of an armored force akin to an iron cavalry on a battlefield came from behind them.

Yang Yan extended his Spiritual Sense, and his face changed drastically.

He saw the Evil Spirits, like well-trained cultivators, forming orderly formations and surging towards them like a tide.

Seeing this, Yang Yan quickly shouted to everyone, "Senior Wuyi, I have wish power protecting me. You take them and inspect the array; I will hold off these Evil Spirits to prevent them from damaging the array."

After saying this, Yang Yan immediately controlled Nascent Void and rushed towards the center of the Evil Spirit Army.

Yang Yan hovered in mid-air and saw Evil Spirit armies pouring in from all directions, and his expression grew even graver.

He gritted his teeth hard and continuously performed intricate spells with his hands, setting up arrays infused with wish power on three sides in an instant.

Then, he flew in the sky to the side without arrays, continuously releasing energy and purifying with Nascent Void.

Yang Yan released the large amounts of wish power he had collected from his body through the Yin Yang Five Elements Array into Nascent Void.

Nascent Void vibrated frantically, radiating brilliant light, and it rapidly expanded in size.

Suspended in mid-air, once it became blinding like a dazzling sun, it plummeted, suppressing the Evil Spirits below.

The Evil Spirits within a ten-mile radius under this intense light let out heart-wrenching screams and then turned into countless streams of light, dissipating completely into the heavens and earth.

However, the Evil Spirits were too numerous.

They were like an endless sea, indefatigable.

Yang Yan saw the arrays on the other three sides giving signs of collapse under the relentless onslaught of Evil Spirits, and his heart sank heavily.

Even though the three arrays were reinforced with wish power, the sheer number of Evil Spirits, controlled by the Celestial Demon King’s evil soldier, surged fearless like moths to a flame.

Yang Yan roughly estimated that if this continued, the arrays could only hold for a quarter-hour at most.

Yang Yan hurriedly transmitted to Wuyi and the others, saying, "Seniors, under the current circumstances, this junior can only sustain it for a quarter-hour at most. After a quarter-hour, the Evil Spirits will break through my array’s blockade."

Upon hearing this, Wuyi furrowed his brows in deep thought and then said to Yang Yan very seriously, "Nascent Void is much more familiar with this place than we are. In a quarter-hour, we might not even locate the array’s damage."

"Moreover, we have no means of repair, so we should be the ones on defense, and you should work with Nascent Void on repairing this place!"

Understanding the urgency of the situation, Yang Yan no longer hesitated and proceeded with Nascent Void to the underground palace.

Wuyi, the Three-legged Crow, Bai Ze, and the three Dragon Children each took a side, exerting their utmost efforts, trying all possible means to hold off the Evil Spirit army and hoping to extend the time Yang Yan’s arrays could endure.

On the other side, Yang Yan expedited his body technique and promptly reached the central area of the underground palace.

He immediately asked Nascent Void, "Do you know how to repair it? Can you detect the damaged areas?"

Nascent Void answered gravely, "When my master built the practice site, he constructed it with two layers. We are currently only in the first layer."

"I have just released my Spiritual Sense and thoroughly searched the surroundings, but unfortunately, I could not detect the damaged areas."

"It seems that the core array confining the Evil Spirit Halberd in the second layer is damaged."

"Thus, I will handle the repairs. You only need to channel your wish power to me through the Yin Yang Five Elements Array."

Having said this, Nascent Void, without waiting for Yang Yan to speak further, led him to the array leading to the second-layer palace and headed directly at the fastest speed towards the location of the Evil Spirit Halberd.

A flash of light, and Yang Yan and Nascent Void utilized the pre-arranged Teleportation Array to reach the second layer’s location successfully.