Martial Master

Buzzing!

As soon as these array plates landed, they immediately integrated with the originally arranged Four-Harmony and Five-Elements Formation set up by the Zhu family, embedding themselves into the formation's core.

"Hmm? This is an array plate. Do you think you can use the array to stop me? How naive."

The cloaked figure sneered, completely unafraid as he saw Qin Chen throw out the array plate.

To trap him, only a fifth-level formation would suffice. Even a peak fourth-level formation wouldn't work. Given Qin Chen's young age, having such cultivation in alchemy, he would have dabbled in formations, but to cultivate to such a high level was clearly impossible.

With his mediocre array skills, attempting to trap him was just a pipe dream; he didn't even have the ability to stop him by a hair's breadth.

However, before the sneer on his lips could fully form, the cloaked man's expression suddenly froze.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The entire formation shook violently. From where Qin Chen had thrown the array plate, beams of azure light shot out suddenly, vast and awe-inspiring, suppressing everything, like pillars reaching into the heavens, soaring into the clouds in an instant.

The powerful and majestic azure light beams completely merged with the foundation of the Four-Harmony and Five-Elements Formation, perfectly fitting together without any gaps.

In that instant of formation integration, Qin Chen suddenly made a hand seal. Instantly, a layer of azure halo emerged around his body, exuding a protective aura that enveloped him.

The next moment, countless black tendrils slammed fiercely against this light shield, bang! bang! bang! bang! bang! The azure halo shook violently but remained steadfast against the pounding of the black tendrils, ultimately holding strong.

"What?!"

The cloaked man's eyes widened in disbelief. He was well aware of the strength of his attacks; he knew that even a peak late-stage Mystic Level expert would be severely injured, if not killed, by such a blow. Yet, despite the frenzied assault of so many black tendrils, they couldn't break the azure light shield in front of Qin Chen.

He looked at Qin Chen in disbelief and pointed at him in shock, saying, "You, you... you are actually an array master..."

Being able to withstand his attack indicated that the azure halo around Qin Chen had already reached the level of a fifth-level array. In such a short time, using just a few array plates, he had transformed the Zhu family's peak fourth-level formation, which barely approached fifth-level, directly into a fifth-level formation. What else could he be but an array master, at least above fourth-level?

The cloaked man was shaken; he couldn't fathom how such a monster and genius could exist in the Five Nations of the Northwest.

While the cloaked man was in shock, Zhu Hongzhi and Zhu Hongjun were even more astonished. As a family known for their array skills, they both realized that the array plates Qin Chen had thrown had almost completed the broken fifth-level Four-Harmony and Five-Elements Formation passed down from their ancestors.

What kind of array mastery was this?

For countless years, every head of the Zhu family had tried to complete this fifth-level formation left by their ancestor, but after so long, no one had ever succeeded.

Yet Qin Chen, from the first Alchemy Pavilion, had done it, and it looked so effortless. The impact on their hearts was unprecedented.

"Enough chatting."

Qin Chen snorted coldly, maintaining a composed expression as he quickly made hand seals.

From a distance, Qin Chen's hands seemed to turn into countless shadows, forming ancient array symbols that swiftly flew from his hands, merging into the grand formation.

The obscure and ancient symbols left Zhu’s family and others dumbfounded. With their array mastery, they couldn't even comprehend what Qin Chen was doing, let alone see his gestures clearly.

Rumble!

As a large number of array symbols merged, the aura of the Four-Harmony and Five-Elements Formation soared. If it was initially like a great river, it had suddenly transformed into a vast ocean, a terrifying momentum sweeping over like a tsunami, pressing down toward the cloaked man, intending to trap him completely.