In the outer mountain jungle of Refine Demon Mountain, demon qi rolled, and black fog pervaded.

The second-grade pig head demon, running at full speed, was extremely fast.

Mo Ting and the others who were retreating, including Elder Xun, also detected the fierce demon qi behind them.

Elder Xun’s eyebrows slightly furrowed.

Mo Ting then felt a chill in his heart and said in a deep voice, “Run fast! That pig has caught up.”

Cheng Mo and the others’ expressions tightened, urging their movement techniques to the extreme. Their bodies were several points faster, but the pig demon was even faster.

The thick demon beast aura was also getting closer and closer.

Mo Ting turned his hand to lay down several array disks and inserted several array flags, forming a trapped array to block the pig head demon.

The pig head demon plunged into the array.

The array activated, forming a golden light cage that bound the pig head demon.

But the pig head demon ignored it, charging wildly on its own.

Golden light cut through its skin and flesh, and blood flowed horizontally, but this did not cause it too much injury. Instead, it further stimulated its ferocity.

Its saliva was increasingly foul-smelling, and its eyes were increasingly greedy.

Mo Ting, while fleeing, continuously used various means, wanting to block this pig head demon and allow everyone to retreat safely.

But the pig head demon chased tighter and tighter, closer and closer.

“We can’t escape!”

Cheng Mo and the others’ faces slightly changed as they looked towards Mo Ting.

Mo Ting’s eyes were cold. “This fat pig is seeking death!”

Hunting this kind of thick-skinned, powerful demon beast involves many variables and large risks; it is not advisable to take risks.

Mo Ting originally wanted to block it appropriately, allowing everyone to escape safely.

But this fat pig charged wildly all the way to seek death, so it was no longer up to it…

“Hao Xuan, your movement technique is good, lure it a bit.”

“Cheng Mo, you all drag it a bit, but don’t linger in battle.”

“Give me a little time to set up an array and slaughter this fat pig!”

Mo Ting’s speech was clear and brisk.

Cheng Mo and the others were startled, and then all of them nodded with serious expressions.

Then Mo Ting hid his body, disappearing from the five people, and walked to another side of the forest.

Hao Xuan obeyed Mo Ting’s instructions, took out some demon foul grass, and lured the pig head demon.

At the same time, he controlled his sword qi with a backhand, stabbing towards the pig head demon’s forehead to attract its hatred.

The pig head demon was greatly angered and rushed towards Hao Xuan to kill him.

Cheng Mo and the others slightly blocked it, detaching after one strike, only restraining it, not fighting desperately.

Seeing the urgent situation in the distance, Elder Xun, who had originally already condensed sword qi with his fingers and planned to help, saw this scene and his expression involuntarily froze.

“This group of children, do they want to counter-kill this pig head demon?”

How to kill it?

Elder Xun slightly frowned.

This… they probably cannot kill it at all…

After pondering for a moment, Elder Xun still silently put down his fingers and dispersed the sword qi, wanting to first observe the situation.

A life-and-death crisis is also a kind of tempering.

Facing a strong enemy, letting this group of children first think of ways themselves and do their best is also a valuable experience.

If it truly didn’t work, then he would act.

At a moment of critical danger, he would turn the tide by force.

He could also show off a bit, displaying his capabilities as a late-stage Golden Core elder of Taixu Gate…

Elder Xun secretly nodded.

And on the other side, Hao Xuan and the others, risking their full strength and exhausting their means, were dragging that ferocious pig head demon.

Mo Ting then used this time to bury array disks in the forest and set up an array.

What he set up was the strongest seventeen-pattern killing array he could currently control, carefully selected from all the Five Elements Eight Trigrams arrays he had obtained from the Shangguan family, the Wen family, and even Elder Xun.

Taixu Gate’s sect inheritance also has killing arrays, but they are not fierce enough.

This is because the sect’s main purpose is to pass on the Dao and teach. Arrays focus more on Dao cultivation, production, and normal sparring battles, and their killing nature is not so heavy.

But the array inheritances of the true cultivation families are different.

Outside the sect, arrays do not have so much courtesy; if they can kill, they kill. Dead enemies are good enemies.

Moreover, array inheritance is complex, with numerous schools and many derivations and variations.

Therefore, array patterns are not actually fixed.

For example, the Qi Refining period’s molten fire array has both a non-grade six-pattern array and a true first-grade nine-pattern molten fire array.

Second-grade killing arrays similarly have many arrays with the same name but different patterns.

For example, the earth fire array has thirteen patterns, sixteen patterns, and high-level seventeen to nineteen patterns.

The earth killing array is similar.

These arrays of the same type with different patterns are scattered throughout the inheritances of various families.

Mo Ting is proficient in Five Elements Eight Trigrams arrays and has the strengths of several families’ arrays, being inclusive. He selected several of the fiercest killing arrays among the seventeen-pattern ones.

One is a second-grade high-level, seventeen-pattern earth fire array, obtained from the Wen family.

One is a second-grade high-level, seventeen-pattern earth killing array, obtained from Elder Xun’s private collection.

And one is a second-grade high-level, seventeen-pattern Shangguan golden knife array, whose name indicates it was obtained from the Shangguan family.

These three arrays are all pure and refined killing arrays.

Mo Ting set up these three layers of high-level killing arrays well, and then arranged some trapped arrays. After that, he eliminated his aura and covered his tracks.

Everything was properly prepared, and Mo Ting blew a whistle.

The clear whistle echoed windingly in the forest.

Hao Xuan and the others, who were just bitterly holding on, heard the whistle, all breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately changed direction, leading the pig head demon towards Mo Ting.

Being led around in circles by several “prey,” the pig head demon was extremely angry, its eyes blood-red, and its aura violent.

It wanted to swallow and skin its prey alive, even swallowing the bones into its belly.

The pig head demon’s speed increased by one level.

The trees in the forest rolled back, and the demon wind was violent.

Just like this, carrying its arrogant demonic evil qi flame, this powerful pig head demon charged headfirst into the array Mo Ting had arranged beforehand.

“Scatter!” Mo Ting said.

Hao Xuan and the others heard this and instantly scattered.

In a flash of lightning, Mo Ting’s divine sense was instantly released, communicating with the array hub and activating the array.

The ground was like quicksand, sinking the pig head demon into it.

Then mountains and rocks arched up, like a prison cage, trapping its body.

Grass and wood, like chains, bound its limbs.

The pig head demon continuously roared angrily and charged, pouring demon power into its four limbs, breaking the stone prison and tearing the wood locks. It was about to leap out of the quicksand.

Just at this time, Mo Ting’s gaze was cold, and he lightly said:

“Explode!”

The great earth shook, and killing intent surged.

In the dust-filled air, earth element spiritual power swirled and tore, like a flood dragon, continuously strangling.

Then golden light suddenly appeared.

Paths of golden light condensed into a knife array, patrolling back and forth, tormenting the pig demon’s flesh inch by inch.

Finally, the earth fire array exploded open.

Scarlet flames instantly swallowed the blood-dripping pig head demon…

First trapping then killing, the trapped arrays linked upon link, and the killing arrays had heavy killing intent.

Powerful array spiritual power surged like waves, continuously spreading outwards. The scene was splendid and shocking…

Cheng Mo and the others were all shocked, their mouths wide open.

Elder Xun was also somewhat lost in thought. Afterwards, he frowned, realizing something was not right.

Was this array power a bit too strong?

Was this something that cultivators of his realm could set up?

The pig head demon was bombarded by the three layers of killing arrays. Flying sand and stones, broken grass and wood, and spiritual power shaking, when all the fluctuations stopped, its body was already covered in scars.

The pig head demon’s violent eyes held both shock and anger, as well as fear.

While it was sick, they wanted its life!

Mo Ting’s eyes flashed with cold light, and he shouted:

“Kill it!”

Cheng Mo only hesitated slightly, then raised his axe and chopped. Yang Qianjun, Situ Jian, and Hao Xuan also all acted.

The pig head demon roared angrily and fought into a group with the several people.

The pig head demon was a second-grade mid-level demon beast with thick demon power and superior strength. However, because it was heavily injured by Mo Ting’s array, it could only fight Cheng Mo and the others to a draw for a time.

Mo Ting from the side was extremely precise, using various Five Elements spells to either restrict, interfere, or supplement damage.

The situation was somewhat in a stalemate.

Although victory was gradually tilting towards their side, Mo Ting knew that this was hunting demons, and situations could change in an instant.

Moreover, in Refine Demon Mountain, the mountain terrain was complex, and there were many variables.

They had to find a way to finish the battle quickly, suppressing and killing the pig demon with one strike.

Mo Ting’s gaze was deep, and he calmed his heart.

He was waiting for an opportunity.

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, the pig head demon, which had originally flared up in ferocity due to its injuries, suddenly became sluggish by a few beats.

Mo Ting was startled, his gaze somewhat doubtful, but in less than an instant, he understood.

It was the Cangmu Wolf poison!

This pig head demon had drunk Cangmu Wolf blood, eaten Cangmu Wolf meat, and also swallowed the Cangmu Wolf’s body poison.

Demon beast blood qi is originally impure, and this poison was not fatal. Given some time, it could digest the poison clean.

At most, it would make it a bit tired and sluggish.

But this pig head demon was greedy. It had just eaten the Cangmu Wolf and hadn’t waited to finish digesting it before coming to chase and kill their group.

Charging all the way and then being injured by the array, now suffering the encirclement and killing of Cheng Mo and the others, this pig head demon’s blood qi could not suppress the Cangmu Wolf poison, and finally, it began to show a flaw.

Mo Ting’s gaze was like a sword, containing killing intent, and he said to Cheng Mo and the others:

“Use superior Dao methods!”

Cheng Mo and the others were startled.

Although the pig head demon was heavily injured, its remaining blood qi was still very thick.

In the current situation, even if they used all their strength and displayed their family’s superior Dao methods, they could not kill this pig.

But Mo Ting was their little senior brother, and what he said was what it was.

The several people no longer held back and began to use all their strength to display their Dao methods.

Cheng Mo roared loudly, his eyes round, blood qi surging. The exposed muscles on his body were covered in a layer of ancient bronze color, and his whole person’s momentum was like a mountain-opening, earth-splitting giant axe.

The Cheng family’s ancestral Dao method, Mountain-Opening Axe!

After the Dao method was activated, for a short time, mountain stone qi entwined his body, his skin and flesh were like steel, and his axe blade had the power to open mountains and split the earth.

And Yang Qianjun’s eyes were also like golden light, and the tip of his spear condensed dazzling golden light.

On Situ Jian’s Li Fire Sword, flames rose violently.

On Hao Xuan’s spiritual sword, strong winds also gathered.

They each used their family’s ancestral Dao methods and together went towards the pig head demon to kill it.

And at this time, the pig head demon, eroded by the Cangmu Wolf poison, had its actions a bit sluggish, and it obviously could not avoid it.

But Elder Xun, who was secretly observing, silently shook his head.

It couldn’t be killed.

Although the superior Dao methods were powerful, these disciples were only in the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment and could not fully display the power of these profound Dao methods.

If these Dao methods were used together to kill cultivators, even killing general late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators would probably be enough.

But killing demon beasts would not work.

What’s more, they were killing demon beasts of Refine Demon Mountain.

Especially a pig demon, which had thicker blood qi than general demon beasts.

Elder Xun silently estimated a bit.

These Dao methods hitting the pig head demon’s body would probably exhaust its blood qi, leaving about one-tenth.

Demon beasts with less blood are closer to death, but also more violent.

And at that time, these several disciples had already used all their strength, used their big moves, and their spiritual power was almost completely consumed. Then they could only become fish on the chopping block and become food for this pig demon’s mouth.

Hunting demons is just like this; victory is not certain even if certain advantages are accumulated.

Even if all advantages are occupied, once spiritual power is exhausted, the dead are the cultivators.

However, these several children have already done very well…

Elder Xun secretly nodded.

Knowing when to advance and retreat, planning before acting, setting up ambushes, understanding collaboration, watching out for and helping each other, and not being timid in the face of danger, thinking of escaping on their own…

“All good seedlings.”

Elder Xun silently said in his heart.

The next thing should be for him, this elder, to show off a bit… no, it was to clean up.

Elder Xun again began to point his fingers, condensing sword qi.

Just as the sword qi was about to be released, he was startled again and looked towards the forest battlefield, his gaze somewhat astonished.

“The aura seems… to have become stronger?”

What is going on?

At this moment, in the mountain forest.

Mo Ting stood outside the crowd, his gaze deep like water, his divine sense poured out, instantly communicating with the Five Elements Source Armor, urging the Five Elements Source Array.

His vast, pale golden divine thought merged into the Five Elements Absolute Array and fused with the array patterns and spiritual power.

The complex and unique array patterns on the Five Elements Source Armor lit up again.

A clear “buzz” sound rang out.

Cheng Mo and Yang Qianjun, wearing the Five Elements Source Armor and in the process of displaying their killing moves, instantly felt an intention and communicated with the armor.

The armor was activated, and spiritual power covered their whole bodies.

A mysterious power resonated with their body’s meridians.

Their spiritual power gradually boiled, flowing faster, and becoming stronger, even strong enough to cause a slight sting in their meridians…

“This is?!”

In an instant, their eyes were full of disbelief.

At that moment, they felt themselves strengthened, their spiritual power also became strong, and they were fundamentally fearless even when facing powerful demon beasts.

“Kill!”

The two looked at each other, roared in a deep voice, and then acted together.

On the Mountain-Opening Axe, the gray-brown mountain stone spiritual power rose violently. The transformed power, carrying unparalleled momentum, suddenly chopped down.

The tip of the Yang family spear was dazzling with golden light, incomparably piercing, turning into a ray of light, and with terrifying speed, it directly stabbed towards the pig head demon’s neck.

In an instant, spiritual power and demon power fiercely collided.

The pig head demon perceived the crisis of life and death, roared desperately, and its demon power surged, but it was fundamentally useless.

A moment later, the dust settled.

The mighty Mountain-Opening Axe split open the pig head demon’s forehead.

The golden light sharp Yang family spear pierced the pig head demon’s throat.

Situ Jian and Hao Xuan’s sword qi also arrived in time, strangling the pig head demon’s flesh.

The pig head demon’s forehead cracked, and blood flowed from its throat like a stream. In less than a moment, it slowly fell to the ground.

Cheng Mo and the others felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted. Just as they were about to relax, they suddenly thought of Mo Ting’s “teaching” and immediately raised their spirits to twelve points again.

They had to guard against this pig demon faking death.

The several people again used their remaining spiritual power, displaying their knife, spear, and sword techniques in turn, each adding a strike.

Seeing the pig head demon’s fat pig head fall to the ground, motionless, and indeed without breath, the crowd finally completely relaxed.

And in the distance, Elder Xun’s fingers were pointed together, and his sword qi had condensed to half, but he forcibly stopped again.

He saw everything with his own eyes, but even he, who was experienced and knowledgeable, couldn’t help but gasp.

What was that just now…?

Armor? Array?

He was a Xun family disciple, an elder of Taixu Gate, and had learned the most orthodox cultivation inheritance, but having lived so long, he had actually never seen such armor, such an array.

He could perceive that at the moment the armor was activated and the array was effective, the Five Elements spiritual power was greatly amplified.

Spiritual power amplification array…

Elder Xun trembled in his heart.

Where did this array come from…?

Elder Xun silently looked towards Mo Ting.

Although the armor was worn on Cheng Mo and Yang Qianjun’s bodies.

The powerful pig head demon was also mainly executed by these two people, using their amplified powerful Dao methods.

But it was obvious that they didn’t draw the array.

Among these several people, the only one who could draw this kind of inconceivable array was Mo Ting.

Moreover, just now, he could clearly perceive Mo Ting releasing his divine sense and controlling the array on the armor.

“But…” Elder Xun frowned, puzzled in his heart, “Where did he learn this array?”

Spiritual power amplification, killing enemies beyond one’s level.

This kind of powerful array must be a top inheritance.

Even if placed in Taixu Gate, one of the eight great sects in Qianzhou, it would be enough to serve as a sect-guarding absolute technique.

How could this child have learned it?

“Perhaps…” Elder Xun pondered for a moment, guessing, “Did the old ancestor teach him?”

In Taixu Gate, if there truly was this kind of rare inheritance, it could only be hidden in the old ancestor’s hand.

Throughout Taixu Gate, the old ancestor had the highest array attainments and the most extensive knowledge.

Elder Xun nodded, but then thought again:

“That’s not right…”

He had grown up by the old ancestor’s side since he was small and had never seen, or even heard of, Taixu Gate or the Xun family having such a top array inheritance.

Did the old ancestor hide it privately?

Did he keep such good things in his hand, not pass them to others, and only pass them to this boy?

Elder Xun’s eyebrows furrowed tighter.

He was now a bit uncertain whether this child, Mo Ting, was truly surnamed “Xun”.

Otherwise, it was impossible to explain why the old ancestor was so good to him.

The old ancestor, as a strict and rigid person, always tolerated no private feelings before the sect rules. Even to the Xun family disciples, he treated them equally, and the rules were extremely strict.

Elder Xun was very clear about this point.

But people are people after all, and even the strictest and most rigid person always has closeness and distance.

Assuming this child, Mo Ting, was truly surnamed “Xun”…

Does the old ancestor being good to Mo Ting mean that their blood relationship is closer?

How close?

Is he a several generations removed great-grandson? Or a great-grandson? Or… a great-great-grandson?

Elder Xun thought and thought, and suddenly his heart jumped.

“Finished!”

“Calculating like this, this child, Mo Ting… won’t be my elder, will he?!”

Should I call him “uncle” or “grand-uncle”?!

Elder Xun again took a cold breath.

This seniority gap is too big!

What to do?

Elder Xun’s cold sweat flowed straight, and his thoughts turned urgently.

“No!”

I absolutely cannot be a junior!

Since the old ancestor didn’t clearly say it, and Mo Ting didn’t admit it, then… treat it as if nothing happened.

No matter if it’s true or false, all treat it as if this matter never happened!

Anyway, I know nothing!!

Thinking this, Elder Xun felt much better in his heart, but when he looked at Mo Ting again, he couldn’t help but show a hint of “awe.”

And on the other side, the pig head demon was already dead.

Mo Ting relaxed, cut off his divine thought, the Five Elements Source Armor array stopped, and the spiritual power amplification was invalid.

Cheng Mo and Yang Qianjun exited the “strengthened” state, returning to their original spiritual power, no longer having the feeling of “I have become stronger.” Their gazes all held a hint of loss and dimness.

But in Yang Qianjun’s heart, there was more shock.

“Little senior brother, this armor…”

Yang Qianjun’s voice trembled slightly.

Mo Ting did not conceal it and said, “This is the ‘Five Elements Source Armor,’ with an array drawn on it that can briefly strengthen the Five Elements and amplify spiritual power…”

Strengthen the Five Elements, amplify spiritual power!

Yang Qianjun’s gaze was greatly shocked.

He was a Yang family disciple, from the Dao Soldier Division, so he saw things more deeply and understood what this meant. For a time, his heart was like surging waves.

On the other side, Cheng Mo didn’t think so much.

He only remembered the feeling of spiritual power boiling, killing gods and Buddhas, unstoppable, when he was wearing the armor.

Cheng Mo hugged the armor and wouldn’t let go. He looked at Mo Ting with bright eyes, his expression almost shouting out the words “adoptive father.”

(End of this chapter)