I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2387 - 1075: Slaying the Golden Flame Manticore (Part 3)

"Please, True Monarch, employ the Xuanji Instrument to examine this location..."

When the blueprint appeared suspended in the air, Chen Mobai's eyes gleamed with excitement. He matched it against the insights from his Earth Spirit and gestured toward a key node along the Spirit Vein's course.

Dustless True Monarch retrieved his supreme treasure, the Xuanji Instrument, and activated it right before Chen Mobai, sharpening the node's fuzzy outline into sharp focus.

In no time, Chen Mobai and Dustless True Monarch dove into their discussion, with Da Kong True Monarch managing to keep pace at the start but soon lagging far behind.

[This youth's command of formations is remarkably profound? What's his age? Where did he acquire such skill?]

As Da Kong True Monarch observed Chen Mobai systematically etching the Dragon Scale Formation inside the cavern, a wave of astonishment surged through his mind.

Initially, when Chen Mobai mentioned his modest grasp of formations, Da Kong True Monarch believed it was truly just that—modest.

After all, one's time and effort are finite. Given Chen Mobai's exceptional prowess in artifact refining across the East Continent, it was assumed his skills in talismans and formations would lag behind.

From Da Kong True Monarch's perspective, achieving mastery over a Fifth Rank Formation like his own would already represent the pinnacle.

Yet, witnessing the exchange between Chen Mobai and Dustless True Monarch—where the elder increasingly aligned with the youth's views—revealed that this young man's formation expertise surpassed his by a wide margin.

"That's the gist of it."

By now, Chen Mobai had fully outlined his approach to unraveling the Dragon Scale Formation, prompting Dustless True Monarch to nod in fervent agreement.

This outcome stemmed from the collaboration between the two Array Masters. Despite Dustless True Monarch's elevated Realm and possession of the Xuanji Instrument, he couldn't match Chen Mobai's affinity with the Earth Spirit and vast accumulated knowledge.

Over his lifetime, Dustless True Monarch had only constructed a few hundred formations.

Once attaining Divinity Transformation, his focus shifted primarily to the Heaven and Earth Xuanji Formation.

In contrast, Chen Mobai's background differed greatly. The Sky Curtain Ground Network Formation on Dragon God Star integrated thousands of individual formations; his deep reservoir of formation wisdom even left Dustless True Monarch in awe.

"I never imagined Yi Yuan's lineage held such powerful formation heritage."

Dustless True Monarch gazed as Chen Mobai pulled out assorted materials from his Storage Bag, crafting Array Flags and Plates right there on the spot, his emotions stirring as he lent a hand.

"Far from it—in formation Realm, I still fall short of True Monarch."

Chen Mobai stayed modest before the Divinity Transformation expert. From their prior talk, he discovered that by drawing on his Lifebound Essence, Dustless True Monarch could wield the Xuanji Instrument to trigger a Sixth Rank Formation, elevating him to Sixth Rank Array Master status.

Nevertheless, throughout the years, no adversary had pushed Dustless True Monarch to unleash that extent, keeping him at Fifth Rank.

Beneath their combined efforts, one hundred twenty-eight Array Flags and thirteen Array Plates were swiftly forged.

"Young friend Chen, remain here to protect this Teleportation Array."

Da Kong True Monarch instructed while engraving a unique Teleportation Array onto the stone platform that Dustless True Monarch had hewn from the rock face.

Should they shatter the Dragon Scale Formation and confront the injured Golden Flame Manticore head-on, he and Dustless True Monarch could dispatch it without much trouble.

Furthermore, if the trio ventured inside and encountered unexpected perils, the Righteous Path risked complete devastation.

For that reason, Da Kong True Monarch wanted Chen Mobai positioned outside to secure their escape path.

With this Teleportation Array in place, even amid dangers lurking deep in Dragon Abyss Cave, he could employ the Void Evasion Technique to extract Dustless True Monarch.

"Sect Master Chen, have no doubts. Should we triumph over the Golden Flame Manticore, you'll undoubtedly receive one Communicating Holy Spirit Pill."

Dustless True Monarch, concerned that Chen Mobai might misinterpret, spoke up to reassure him.

"In that case, I'll lounge outside while you two True Monarchs labor to vanquish the beast."

Chen Mobai grasped the intent behind the two True Monarchs' words. They had probably settled on how to divide this batch of Communicating Holy Spirit Pills already.

Awarding him one pill fit their plans, but two might stretch beyond what they could afford.

This would complicate matters when justifying it to the Nine Heavens Morality Sect.

Having aided with the formation, Chen Mobai earned his rightful share of one pill, yet joining the fight against the Golden Flame Manticore would render a single pill insufficient.

"Brother Da Kong, I'll head in ahead."

Dustless True Monarch stowed the Array Flags and Array Plates into his Storage Bag before entering the cavern mouth where the Golden Flame Manticore lurked.

Da Kong True Monarch trailed right after. Moments later, Chen Mobai, via his Earth Spirit Realm, detected an odd energy blending into one of the Spirit Vein nodes.

He gave a nod, then synchronized the hovering array diagram, illuminating a single point. Next, the Spirit Vein nodes ignited one after another. In short order, the enigmatic force cloaking the cave entrance started to fade away, permitting Chen Mobai's Divine Sense to sweep inside freely.

At the same time, the icy Spiritual Energy billowing from the cave mouth intensified, evoking memories of Innate Turbid Yin Qi for Chen Mobai.

[Might this spot link to the Underworld somehow?]

With that thought crossing his mind, Chen Mobai curbed the impulse to deploy the Evil Spirit Disk. Instead, he produced several Spirit Sealing Tubes to capture samples of the frigid Spiritual Energy, intending to analyze them afterward.

"Boom!"

A fierce rumble erupted from the cavern's depths soon enough. Crumbled stones from the surrounding walls tumbled down, hurtling toward Chen Mobai.

He activated the Tai Yi Wu Yan Luo Magic Artifact, which expanded into the Taiyi Luo Heaven Formation, shattering the falling debris into fine powder.