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nThe so-called array master competition was a gathering of array masters jointly held between the three major cities of the human race.

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nThe venue of the Array Master Competition was under the towering platform in Ping City.

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nThis Black Dragon Terrace had already become the holy land of the entire human array masters in the Catacombs.

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nAlthough it had been three years since the establishment of the Black Dragon Terrace, the legend of the Sword Immortal killing the Black Dragon was still spreading.

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nLiu Wen walked on the streets of Ping City excitedly. This was his first year away from his master. He did not expect a year to pass so quickly.

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nAfter a year, Ping City did not seem to have changed much. In the few years that his master had been here, he had already built Ping City into an incomparably prosperous city. Coupled with the various array formations that Little Man had carefully set up, the current Ping City was far from the tall buildings on the surface.

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nLiu Wen looked up at the sky in excitement. He was touched by all the familiar things and the new places.

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nAt this moment, the sign hanging on his waist suddenly trembled slightly.

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n“All contestants, please immediately head to the nearest portal to the gathering point.”

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nA short message appeared before him.

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nLiu Wen took two quick steps and left the bustling street. He entered a small alley at the side and turned a few corners before arriving at a very remote alley.

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nThere were some abandoned materials casually piled up in this remote alley.

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nLiu Wen lowered the brim of his hat and carefully walked into the alley. He had just taken two steps when a door-shaped light screen suddenly lit up on the very old wall on his left.

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nLiu Wen looked around and lowered his head to enter the light screen.

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nThe scene changed. The gloomy alley had disappeared and turned into a very wide forest. The crisp sound of birds chirping echoed throughout the forest, as well as the rustling of leaves in the breeze.

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nAfter Liu Wen arrived, he immediately found the nearest tree and stuck to it to observe. Over the past year of cultivation, he had developed a sharp reaction ability.

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nAlthough this forest was very real, Liu Wen was no longer an ordinary young man. The sign of a seventh-grade array master was not fake.

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nThis was Little Man’s array formation.

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n“Hey, can you show yourself?”

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nSuddenly, an empty voice came from above Liu Wen’s head.

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nLiu Wen tilted his body and looked up from the side of the tree. Half of his face was revealed in the dense canopy. His eyes stared at Liu Wen intently.

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n“I wonder where you came from!”

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n“I’m Liu Shaokong from Sea City.”

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n“My name is Liu Wen. I’m a wandering array master in the wilderness.”

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n“So it’s Brother Liu Wen. Nice to meet you.”

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nThe man jumped out of the canopy and landed on a thick branch below. This person was about thirty years old. His face was square, and he had thick eyebrows and big eyes. He looked heroic.

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n“Nice to meet you.”

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nLiu Shaokong looked at Liu Wen with a smile and said, “Brother, don’t misunderstand. I was hiding here just now and noticed that someone had teleported here. That’s why I got your whereabouts. I don’t have any ill intentions.”

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nLiu Wen nodded slightly and did not intend to say anything else. Up until now, he was not especially clear about the specific rules of the array master competition. He did not want to complicate things.

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n“I still have something on, so I’ll leave first. Please don’t blame me.”

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nAs Liu Wen spoke, he turned around and planned to leave. Seeing this, Liu Shaokong immediately jumped down from the tree and landed behind Liu Wen.

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n“Fellow Daoist, wait a minute. The message said that we should quickly gather at the gathering point, but it didn’t specify where to gather. This jade token doesn’t show any useful information. Could it be that you know where we should go?”

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nLiu Wen was stopped. He frowned and turned to the side as he replied, “I don’t know either, but it’s never wrong to walk in.”

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n“I see.” Liu Shaokong took advantage of the time when Liu Wen was talking to come up and walk less than twenty feet behind him. “I see that there are many demon beasts and powerful people here. Why don’t the two of us travel together to prevent any accidents?”

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nJust as Liu Wenwen was about to refuse, he saw Liu Shaokong walk up on his own. He did not stand on ceremony at all and leaned towards Liu Wen. “I see that you’re not old, but your cultivation is not bad. You must be a descendant of a famous sect. I’m afraid you’re too humble to say that you’re a wanderer in the wilderness.”

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nLiu Wen, who was not even at the Grotto-Heaven Realm three years ago, was now a sixth-grade Spirit Transformation Realm expert.

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n“It’s just some coincidence.”

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n“If there are so many coincidences, it would be great if you could recommend one or two to me.”

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nAs Liu Shaokong spoke, he changed the topic and sized up the depths of the forest. “I’ve been studying here for a while. If we walk in that direction, the aura of the demon beasts will gradually become richer. It should be the core.”

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nAs Liu Shaokong spoke, he was about to head to the center, but Liu Wen stood at the back and did not move.

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nLiu Shaokong took two steps and suddenly stopped. He looked at Liu Wen, who was motionless behind him, and smiled. “Brother, why aren’t you leaving? The others might have already arrived at the gathering point. We don’t even have any clues yet. If we don’t hurry up, we’ll probably fall behind.”

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nLiu Wen stared at him coldly and said in an emotionless voice, “What do you want?”

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n“What do you mean by what I want? It’s not easy to meet a companion. If I miss it, I’m afraid I’ll be able to find another one.” As Liu Shaokong spoke, he seemed to feel that his persuasiveness was not enough and added, “Most of our array masters’ attainments in the physical body are not strong. It’s common for us to have another companion and take care of each other. I think you’re a little too nervous, right?”

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nLiu Wen stared at him coldly and warned, “You’re an eighth-grade Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator. There’s no need for you to worry about your safety in such a forest. I advise you not to follow me anymore, or you’ll know the consequences.”

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nAfter saying this, he rushed in the other direction.

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nHe left Liu Shaokong behind who watched helplessly.

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nLiu Shaokong watched as Liu Wen’s figure gradually disappeared into the distance. In the end, he disappeared into the many trees. The helplessness on his face disappeared and he suddenly looked angry.

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nThe surface of the very ordinary-looking tree beside him suddenly began to distort irregularly. A person actually crawled out from the smooth bark. The big tree that originally had the thickness of three people hugging it had already become less than half a meter in diameter after this layer of skin was removed.

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nThis person was very fat. He had a fat head, big ears, and a big belly. No wonder he needed such a big tree to block this place.

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n“You’re too clumsy. Such a little fellow has discovered something. I think I should do this next time.”

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nAfter the man came out, he shook off the wood scraps on his body and looked at Liu Shaokong unhappily. In order to make his aura more fitting for the tree, he had specially added a lot of wood dregs to his body.

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nLiu Shaokong’s expression was very ugly. He replied unhappily, “That kid is too cautious. I don’t think your disguise is much. Perhaps you were discovered.”

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n“How is that possible? He was only a hundred feet away from me just now. He didn’t react at all. It’s definitely not my problem.”

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n“Forget it, it’s useless to say so much. I think this kid’s identity is extraordinary. I believe we can get a lot of good stuff from him before we get him out. This is a big piece of fat meat.”

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n“He has such a cultivation level at such a young age. He better not be the disciple of some powerful figure. We don’t dare to provoke him.”

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nLiu Shaokong looked at the fatty in disdain and said, “Hongshan, are you afraid?”

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n“What’s there to be afraid of?” Hongshan hurriedly said. “I’m doing this for your sake. If there’s really a big shot behind this kid, we won’t be able to bear the consequences. In any case, I’ll escape. You still have to return here.”

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nLiu Shaokong looked at him coldly and said, “Isn’t that settled? If I’m not afraid, what are you afraid of?”

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n“Since you say so, this will be easy. If we can really dig out the treasure from him, it won’t be a wasted trip.”

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n“In any case, as long as we take his token, he will disappear from this space. It’s useless to say anything after he gets out.”

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nAfter the two of them finished calculating, they made up their minds and carefully followed in the direction Liu Wen left.

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nThis forest was very vast. The more Liu Wen walked, the more he felt that something was wrong. The message clearly said for them to gather at the gathering point. However, he had been walking for so long and had not received any new news. Furthermore, he had not seen any information related to the gathering point.

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nLittle Man was so meticulous that the array formation she created was also seamless and meticulous. It was impossible for her to make such a low-level mistake.

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nLiu Wen believed that after studying with Little Man for so long, he knew Little Man’s method of creating array formations very well.

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nWith the level of this State Preceptor, once there was the first step, there would definitely be the next step. It was impossible for it to end just like that. There must be a problem.

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nJust as he was feeling puzzled, the jade token on his waist suddenly flickered with red light. Liu Wen hurriedly took it off. The red light on the jade token quickly stopped, but in front of Liu Wen, a red pillar of light suddenly hit him.

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nThis red pillar of light stood there like a heavenly pillar.

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nA pitch-black stone monster slowly fell down along the pillar of light from above. Not long after, it arrived in front of Liu Wen.

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nLiu Wen looked at the black fellow in confusion. Just as he was thinking about the use of this thing, the stone monster’s eyes suddenly lit up with two red lights, like two red gems.

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nThe red light hit Liu Wen directly, revealing a very dangerous aura.

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n“Not good!”

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nLiu Wen was a little careless. When he sensed the dangerous aura, he had already dodged to the side at a very fast speed. However, the red light shot out by the stone monster still grazed him and left a mark on his clothes.

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nLiu Wen looked at the stone monster in surprise.

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nThis guy was at least at the eighth-grade Spirit Transformation Realm. Such a powerful puppet had inexplicably landed here. What was Sister Little Man doing?

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nThe stone monster did not stop after missing. Instead, it moved its body. Its body did not seem very familiar. Its arms and legs had to turn several times before it could slowly adapt.

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nAfter the first attack, the stone monster was not in a hurry to release a second light wave. Instead, it slowly leaned towards Liu Wen and maintained a thirty-foot distance from him as it slowly circled around.

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nLooking at his fighting movements, he looked like a living person. His legs and techniques were really no different from a living person.

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nLiu Wen took out a short black rod from his pocket. This black rod was densely covered in many fine patterns.

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nHe pressed both ends of the short stick with both hands and twisted it in the opposite direction.

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nThe black rod suddenly expanded from the inside out. The outer shell shattered and expanded, emitting rays of light. Many main texts ran out of its body and stuck to the ground with Liu Wen as the center.

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nThis array rod was a very useful array storage Dharma artifact. It was formed by Little Man when she read about it in ancient books and optimized it. It was now the most common Dharma artifact carried by array masters in the entire Demon Realm.

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nThe quality was naturally uneven. There were good and bad. However, it was said that the outer shell of the best array formation rod was definitely forged from obsidian.

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nIn just a breath’s time, Liu Wen had set up a simple array formation beside him. The stone monster happened to be at one of the nodes flickering with red light.

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nHowever, the stone monster did not notice anything strange. Instead, it raised its head and patted its chest before walking towards Liu Wen with heavy steps.

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nLiu Wen was at the center of the array formation. He half-knelt on the ground and slowly raised his head, staring at the stone monster with a burning gaze.

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nThe stone monster seemed to be walking very slowly, but in fact, every step it took seemed to have taken a huge step. Its speed was also very fast. In just an instant, it was about to reach him.

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nHowever, at this moment, Liu Wen’s figure suddenly retreated a lot. The distance between the two of them had always been maintained. No matter how hard the stone monster tried, their positions in the array formation did not change.

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nThe stone monster was shaken by this sudden situation. It punched the air and almost fell down.

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n“Roar!”

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nThe stone monster let out a low roar and suddenly stretched out its fists to smash at its feet, creating a crack in the connection of the array formation below.

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