Martial Arts: Starting with Upgrading the Dilapidated Temple

Chapter 94 Lighting Up

Buzz—

Within the formation, a violent spatial restriction force suddenly descended.

The Xuan Turtle keenly sensed the array fluctuations that posed a threat to it.

A pair of blood-moon-like giant eyes suddenly turned and stared intently at Luo Mingcheng on the shore.

Without hesitation, it closed the gaping maw of the abyss.

Suction suddenly stopped.

The Zhenyuan, having lost its traction in mid-air, crashed heavily back into the water with a bang, splashing water everywhere.

Hundreds of dark red fleshy tendrils, on the verge of breaking off, quickly retreated to the bottom of the ship, and the entire ship emitted a muffled thud as if it had survived a disaster.

"Holy crap, I'm alive!" Mud Monkey collapsed onto the deck, panting heavily. "These pampered soldiers actually came to rescue me!"

Chen Yuanzhi wiped away a cold sweat, his eyes grave: "Save my ass, they're after the turtle, they'll just stew us all while they're at it."

The Xuan Turtle sensed the threat posed by the Heaven-Locking Formation, and its blood-moon-like giant eyes blazed with ferocity.

It abandoned the Zhenyuan, which was already within its grasp, and instead raised its massive head, slamming it violently into the golden light curtain covering its head.

Outside the formation, Luo Mingcheng watched the Xuan Turtle violently crashing within the formation and closed his jade-bone folding fan with satisfaction.

"You rat of Tianqing, how does this Heaven-Locking Formation taste?" Luo Mingcheng pointed at Xu Hao, who was standing on the deck inside the formation, with his folding fan. "Weren't you able to kill people from my Tianheng Sect? Weren't you physically strong? Now you're nothing but a turtle in a jar."

"Once this beast is exhausted, I'll see if you can withstand the crushing force of my battle flags."

Luo Tianheng, emboldened by his master's power, stepped forward and pointed at Xu Hao, cursing, "You little beast, how dare you ruin the young sect leader's plans! Once the formation breaks this turtle's shell, I'll personally crush your bones inch by inch and drain your blood to refine pills!"

Luo Mingcheng sneered, "Tianheng, don't scare our medicine residue. A damaged blood pack will have its effects halved."

The space within the formation trembled violently. Each impact of the Xuan Turtle caused the lake water to overflow and the wind to howl.

Xu Hao stood on the swaying deck, letting the gale whip his mask across his face.

He completely ignored the two barking dogs outside the formation.

The situation is clear.

If the Xuan Turtle breaks the formation, he will be the first to be eaten; if the Xuan Turtle is suppressed, Luo Mingcheng will refine him next.

Either way, it's a dead end.

Xu Hao then took out the glowing fragment of the map and looked at the incomplete array patterns on the back of the Xuan Turtle.

If you don't take a gamble, you won't even have bone fragments left.

Xu Hao crushed the last two mid-grade spirit stones in his hand.

The violent spiritual energy surged into his body instantly, and the blood and qi of the inner strength realm erupted, forming a layer of extremely cold qi that was visible to the naked eye all around him.

He exerted force with both legs, and the deck exploded with a loud bang.

He took a step forward, his steps surging like waves.

Xu Hao transformed into a black afterimage, facing the violent air currents stirred up by the Xuan Turtle, he advanced instead of retreating, and leaped directly onto the Xuan Turtle's shell, which was as wide as a square!

"The boss's gone mad!" Mud Monkey yelled from the hold. "This is a Divine Transformation Realm turtle! Are you going to go up there and scrub his back?!"

Chen Yuanzhi clung tightly to the crack in the door, shouting, "Shut up! The boss knows what he's doing!"

Luo Mingcheng, who was outside the formation, was stunned when he saw this scene, and then burst into unrestrained laughter.

"They're really at their wits' end, actually walking straight into a dead end." Luo Mingcheng tapped his palm with his folding fan. "Pass down the order: when you go in and collect the severed limbs later, be careful not to miss anything."

Luo Tianheng fawned and echoed, "Young Sect Master is wise. This rat probably wants to dig up the turtle's meat. It doesn't even know its own limitations."

Xu Hao landed on the tortoise shell with both feet, and the terrifying recoil almost shattered his leg bones.

The extremely cold aura was torn to shreds by the turbulent spiritual energy surging around the Xuan Turtle.

He lowered his center of gravity, ignoring the ridicule from the outside world, and fixed his gaze on the broken point of the array pattern in the center of the tortoise shell.

Xu Hao gritted his teeth, enduring the oppressive force that seemed to crush him, and slowly moved towards the center of the turtle's back.

Outside the formation, Luo Mingcheng waved his folding fan, watching Xu Hao like a clown on a stage.

Behind the bottom hatch, everyone was jumping up and down in a panic.

With each step Xu Hao took on the tortoise's back, he left a bloody footprint on the shell.

He finally reached the break point of the array pattern.

The edges of the groove were incomplete, but its shape matched the incomplete map in his hand perfectly.

Without hesitation, Xu Hao raised his hand and slammed the half of the sea chart, made of some unknown leather, into the groove of the tortoise shell.

"Get in!"

The moment the nautical chart came into contact with the tortoise shell, there was no rejection or recoil as expected.

A blinding golden light suddenly erupted, engulfing Xu Hao completely.

The ink lines on the fragmented map seemed to come alive, like swimming dragons, moving swiftly and merging directly into the back of the Xuan Turtle.

The right half of the tortoise shell, which had been dull and lifeless, was instantly activated by this golden light.

The intricate ancient array patterns, like a dried-up riverbed welcoming the spring flood, shone brightly and connected completely.

The entire tortoise shell formed a complete and flawless giant array, exuding a chilling ancient aura.

Outside the formation, Luo Mingcheng's smile froze, and the jade folding fan in his hand fell to the ground with a thud.

"What?! What did he do?!"

Luo Tianheng was also dumbfounded. He rubbed his eyes and stammered, "Young Sect Master—this rat seems to have—lit up this turtle shell?"

The moment the array patterns were completed, the massive body of the Xuan Turtle suddenly stiffened.

The violent actions that had just been frantically ramming against the Heaven-Locking Array and causing chaos in the Spirit Lake came to an abrupt halt.

It slowly turned its head, which was bigger than a house, and stared intently at Xu Hao on its back with a pair of huge eyes like blood moons.

Xu Hao gripped the Devouring Sea Blade tightly, his muscles tense, ready to withstand the attack of this Divine Transformation Realm monster at any moment.

However, the expected attack did not come.

Within the giant eye of the blood moon, the ferocious light slowly faded, replaced by a human-like bewilderment.

Immediately afterwards, the enormous head of the black tortoise slowly lowered, resting flat on the churning lake surface, and let out a low, gentle whimper.

It surrendered.

Xu Hao paused for half a second, then a wild smile appeared on his lips.

He stood on the glowing shell of the Xuan Turtle, shouldered the Devouring Sea Blade, and looked down at Luo Mingcheng, who was staring in disbelief outside the formation.

The picture of the blessed land in Xu Hao's mind suddenly became as hot as a branding iron that had just come out of the furnace.

The golden lights representing the Zhenyuan on the scroll flickered wildly, conveying an extreme hunger like that of a starving ghost reincarnated.

The dilapidated ship set its sights on the ancient array patterns on the back of the Xuan Turtle.

Helpless, Xu Hao sheathed the Sea Devouring Blade, took a step with his feet using the Surging Wave Step, and leaped off the turtle's back, landing steadily back on the wrecked deck of the Zhenyuan.

"Come out and set sail."

Xu Hao stepped on the broken wooden planks and gave the order.

Luo Meng ran out of the hold, clung tightly to the helm, and stared wide-eyed at the surroundings.

"Boss, which way do we go? There's still a golden light array surrounding us!"

"Hit it."

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Xu Hao flicked the tip of his knife, pointing it directly at the mountain of flesh-like Xuan Turtle in front of him.

The mud monkey had just poked half its head out of the hold when it heard these words, its legs went weak, and it knelt down again with a thud.

"My lord! My living ancestor! They just bowed their heads and admitted defeat to us, and we turn around and ram them with our boat? That's not in accordance with the rules of the martial world!"

"Stop talking nonsense."