591: Gongjiang

The power of this move was immense, though it didn't match that of the original body.

But for these three little fellows, even a graze would mean instant death.

Sure enough, as soon as the attack was unleashed, the three minor characters, who had been full of confidence upon arrival, immediately turned pale with fright.

What is this thing? How is it so strong!?

They were only here for a minor mission; how did it suddenly turn into a life-or-death crisis?

“Grandmaster, save me!”

The Three Immortals shouted in unison, their voices so loud that the entire starry sky trembled.

With such terrifying power, an ordinary peak Mortal Realm cultivator would likely have been ground to dust by the sound alone.

But against the attack launched by the clone, it had no effect whatsoever.

Just as the power of the attack was about to hit them... “Sigh!”

A soft sigh drifted from an unknown source; it wasn't loud, yet it was extremely clear.

At the same time, the clone standing there suddenly felt an incredibly powerful force pinning him down, rendering him unable to move.

As for the attack aimed at the Three Immortals, it vanished without a trace the moment it drew near them.

Seeing this, the Three Immortals hurried to their knees and kowtowed. “Thank you, Grandmaster, for saving our lives.”

Then, they said with some shame, “Your disciples are incompetent. We failed to complete the task assigned by the sect and had to trouble you, Grandmaster.”

“It's fine.” The voice rang out again. “This person's strength is comparable to the Immortal Law Realm Fifth Transformation, far beyond what you can withstand.”

The owner of the voice revealed himself. “But you must still cultivate diligently upon your return. I won't always be there in time to save you.”

The Three Immortals said respectfully, “We obey Grandmaster's command!”

This figure was the Three Immortals' grandmaster, an elder of Luohong Hall and an Immortal Law Realm Seventh Transformation—Gong Jiang!

“You may withdraw now.” Gong Jiang waved his hand, and the Three Immortals vanished from the scene.

Now, in the starry sky, only he and Chen De's clone remained.

Gong Jiang approached the clone and spoke with a calm expression.

“Within a single day, two supercontinents under the Luohong Pavilion have been destroyed one after another. I wonder if there might be some connection.”

At this point, the clone realized he could speak again.

However, he didn't answer Gong Jiang's question. Instead, he looked at the starry sky and smiled. “So that's how it is. This place must be covered by a Grand Array.”

“No.” Gong Jiang flatly denied the clone's guess, then raised his hand to send a surge of power into the clone's body.

“I am the one asking the questions. You should know what I want to hear. If you speak any more nonsense, it won't be this easy.”

The clone's face immediately contorted in pain, and he hurriedly said, “I wouldn't dare. I won't speak nonsense anymore. Please release me, Senior.”

“This is your punishment; continue to endure it,” Gong Jiang said indifferently. “If you still refuse to cooperate, it will only get more painful.”

As a power that had endured for hundreds of billions of years, Luohong Hall possessed countless interrogation methods, all specifically designed for the Immortal Law Realm.

These included, but were not limited to, Soul Searching, torture, and illusions... As for Soul Searching, it was actually rarely used now because it involved the divine soul.

Hidden measures within a divine soul were generally difficult to detect from the surface.

This guy clearly had an unknown identity; he might even be acting on someone else's orders.

If he accidentally fell into a trap, he would be in trouble.

Therefore, what Gong Jiang had just used was torture, one of the many methods available.

That kind of pain was simply not something an ordinary Immortal Law Realm cultivator could bear.

Thus, seeing the clone in such agony now, Gong Jiang didn't have many suspicions.

Furthermore, Gong Jiang believed it was good to keep him in pain while he thought about what to say next.

The clone gasped for air and said to Gong Jiang, “Come closer. I'll tell you everything I know.”

Hearing this, instead of stepping forward, Gong Jiang actually retreated a bit.

“Speak quickly. Don't try any more tricks.”

As he spoke, he sent another surge of power into the clone's body.

As soon as it entered, the clone's face became even more agonized.

“I'll talk, I'll talk,” the clone said hurriedly. “Actually, actually, actually...”

“Actually, I'm your father!”

“Hahahahahaha!”

Gong Jiang was furious, but then he saw the clone turn into ashes after laughing.

Suicide?

Undoubtedly, what had just happened was because the opponent chose to commit suicide.

But how was this possible?

Under his restraint, he still had the ability to kill himself.

Unless the opponent had already committed suicide the moment he arrived, or even earlier, and had been forcing himself to hold on and talk until now.

This matter cast a shadow over Gong Jiang's heart... On the other side, Chen De had also roughly tested out what he wanted to know.

According to his guess, a certain area centered around Luohong Hall was covered by a Grand Array.

These so-called super planets were responsible for acting as nodes for the Grand Array.

If any abnormality occurred on a super planet, that side would react immediately.

Moreover, this Grand Array likely also had a point-to-point teleportation function.

He just didn't know if it had a monitoring function, but Chen De felt it probably didn't; otherwise, there would be no need to set up nodes to reflect abnormalities.

In other words, his current location was also covered by the Grand Array.

With Chen De's abilities, no matter how secretly the Grand Array was hidden, he could still find some clues.

Subsequently, they covered a patch of the starry sky with black liquid, and sure enough, they discovered some vein-like structures within.

They flowed and intersected, colorful and intricate, just like a person's meridians.

Since he had found them, he might as well try a little experiment.

He used the power of the Evil God Essence to try and erode and contaminate these veins.

All the original colors were stained black, and at the same time, these veins stopped flowing, as if they were dead.

At the same time, Chen De felt that the Grand Array had become ineffective in this area.

However, he also noticed that the area he had contaminated was continuously shrinking.

The reason was that at the periphery of the area, those colorful, flowing veins were clashing against the stagnant black veins.

Seeing this, a phrase came to Chen De's mind: “For there is a source of living water.”

If he didn't continue to exert Influence, the Grand Array in this area would soon return to normal.

After all, the scope of his contamination was too small, just as a single drop of ink among mortals cannot turn the entire ocean black.

After testing that he could cause the Grand Array in an area to short-circuit and fail through contamination, he took the initiative to restore the area to normal.

Once a loophole is discovered, one must never make it known; in fact, it's best to use it sparingly and only at critical moments.

The previous plan had failed, so how should he infiltrate Luohong Hall next?

Chen De thought of the Three Immortals who had just been rescued; he had quietly hidden some little gadgets on them.

He would leave those three for now; as soon as they came out of Luohong Hall, he would immediately use the Grand Array failure trick to Influence them.

For now, he couldn't pin all his hopes on them; he still had to go and look for opportunities himself.