
#Vacuum
#Far to the north where Xiao Hong and the others were.
After gathering people they did not know to a place far enough away following Xiao Tian's orders, the red fox demon had Taiwu activate the barrier array written in scrolls.
"Fifth-grade arrays?"
"Did the crown prince give this to you?" asked Taiwu while frowning.
"Yes, right. His Majesty told you to activate this to limit the wiggle room of this person. I don't know who they are, but I don't care. The orders of the glorious emperor Xiao Tian were absolute. If he asks us to lock them up in the array and create an illusion as if they are still in the last place they practiced, then just do it and don't have to ask much," said the red fox demon king while staring at Taiwu.
"Actually I also want to know who and why they were brought here, but I dare not question the noble order," thought the king of the red fox demon while taking a breath.
"This array can only be done by mortal realm warriors. Though I've tried to cover up my cultivation, I guess there's nothing I can hide from the crown prince," Taiwu thought as he read the contents of the scroll he received.
After studying the scroll in his hand, Taiwu directly practiced the contents of the scroll until it managed to create a dividing room that even a peak layer mortal realm swordsman could not penetrate.
Simultaneously the fox demon kept an eye on the unconscious person while waiting for them to come to their senses. They plan to create an eye illusion that can make people who see their eyes immediately dissolve in artificial illusions.
Long story short, they managed to get everyone they did not know trapped in their illusions, making them think that they were currently in the last place to train with Xiao Tian.
"Ah where did the patriach go?"
"Why can we sleep?" xia Hu said while looking around.
"Even the alchemists fell asleep, it seemed to be the patriach who forced us to rest" said another disciple from the fighting branch.
"Teacher, are you okay?" tian Ling asked as she tried to wake up her teacher.
"What's wrong, I'm just a little dizzy" Xianlun said as he tried to get up from where he lay.
"You're all okay?" xiang Ying asked as he looked at his disciple.
"We're fine teacher," said the disciples of Xiang Ying while saluting.
"It looks like the patriach has knocked us unconscious, but what's the purpose?" thought Xia Ning while holding her forehead.
"Geek the teacher!"
"All his legs are gone!" the Xia Ning disciples shouted as they pointed to the place he thought Xia Ning's furnace was at before.
"Did the patriach deceive us for three stoves?" xia Ning asked as she looked at Xiang Ying.
"But this makes no sense, if he intended so why would he give more precious treasure than the furnace?" xiang Ying asked as he looked at Xia Ning.
"Don't be bad to think, the treasure he gave was too high if only to rob the furnace. We just wait until the patriach returns, maybe he is improving the quality of our furnace or something like that" Xianlun said as he looked at the two elders.
"Quite reasonable, maybe it's like that. For now, we just continue the practice without the furnace while waiting for the patriach to return," Xiang Ying said as he looked at Xianlun.
"Umm," Xianlun and Xia Ning said as they nodded their heads.
Xia Ning and the two alchemist branch elders continued their training without any hesitation after exchanging opinions, whereas the disciples of the fighter branch were still confused by what had happened with all of them. Especially Xia Hu who was confused about how long she had been asleep so feeling so fresh was like falling asleep for more than seven hours.
But the confusion disappeared instantly after seeing the other combat disciples and alchemists training the techniques on their scrolls so focused without thinking about anything else.
#Outside of the limiting array
Taiwu sits within a circle of array activation patterns. He unleashed so much soul power since activating the array. A cold sweat came out of his body because of that. Seeing that Taiwu was already exhausted enough, Xiao Tian intended to replace him for a while.
"The illusory dragon array is indeed extraordinarily troublesome, in order to activate it alone I need to exhaust all of my soul power," Taiwu said with a breath of gasps.
"Good work, Taiwu," said Xiao Tian who suddenly appeared right in front of Taiwu.
"Hail the crown prince," Taiwu said as he saluted.
"Where are the red fox demons?" xiao Tian asked with a frown.
"The red fox demons are inside the array to guard their illusion technique," Taiwu replied as he lowered his head.
"That's so ... ,"
"This is your reward for having fought so hard," Xiao Tian said as he gave two soul recovery pills.
"Fifth floor?"
"Thank you, and swallow the pill. This is an order," Xiao Tian said as he looked Taiwu in the eye with a serious look.
"Thank you, crown prince," Taiwu said while prostrating.
"Come,"
"Why do you always overreact?"
"Can you act like you used to?"
"Aren't we friends since childhood?" xiao Tian asked with a sigh.
"How could I possibly sassy that, right now you have become the crown prince whereas I am only a former major general. We are both in different worlds so ... ," Taiwu said as he prostrated.
"Wake up, and hold your head up. I understand what you're saying but there's nobody but us right now. Can you at least get rid of our status wall when there's no one else?" xiao Tian asked as he held onto Taiwu's shoulder and tried to lift him up to a sitting position.
"But .. " said Taiwu, bowing his head.
"There are no words but, this is an order," Xiao Tian said with a smile.
"Okay, crown prince. I mean, prince Xiao Tian," Taiwu said as he saluted.
"Haih, it seems difficult to tell you to omit the prince said. But it's better than you just calling me the crown prince" Xiao Tian said with a sigh.
"I'm sorry Pang ..., uh Xiao Tian," Taiwu said as he lowered his head.
"Here you go, the prince is fine. You don't have to try to call my name," Xiao Tian said as he patted his forehead.
"Oh yeah, are you still strong?"
"If you've been feeling strong, let me take your place for a while" Xiao Tian said as he looked at Taiwu.
"No need, I'm still strong" Taiwu said as he let out a cold sweat.
"You're a stupid liar Taiwu. I can see that you're not up to it. Quickly exit and let me control the array for a moment,"
"This is an order," Xiao Tian said as he stared intently at Taiwu's eyes.
"Alright prince," ucao Taiwu as he stepped out of the array activating circle pattern.
"Take the pill I gave you earlier, and absorb it while meditating. Tell me that you have fully recovered," Xiao Tian said as he patted Taiwu's shoulder.
"Baim prince," said Taiwu, bowing his head.
Xiao Tian replaced Taiwu briefly in order to recover his strength back. He did this because he knew that not everyone was as talented as him in controlling a fifth level array. Some people like Taiwu need more energy to maintain the stability of the Array with all their strength.
After resting long enough, Taiwu was refreshed as before. His strength recovered completely until he did not look weak again. Realizing that Taiwu was ready to take over his array again, Xiao Tian summoned him back to take his place.
"Are you really recovering now?" xiao Tian asked as he looked towards Taiwu.
"Yes, pu .. prince. This is all thanks to you," Taiwu replied while paying his respects.
"Then replace my position to control this array again, because I still have other business," Xiao Tian explained as he looked into Taiwu's eyes.
"Alright prince," Taiwu said as he saluted.
"I'll go inside the array, you stay out and tell others to stay away from the array. Because if someone else accidentally approached the barrier array they might be injured from being hit by the illusory dragon array attack," Xiao Tian said as he turned his body around.
"Both crown prince," Taiwu said as he saluted.
"Hey, crown prince again huh?" said Xiao Tian while walking towards the illusionary dragon barrier array.
"Oh yes, congratulations on having become a third layer mortal realm swordsman," Xiao Tian said before entering completely into the array.
"This is all thanks to your help, prince," Taiwu said with a smile.
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In quick succession, the cultivation levels after the Combat God were, illusionary realm swordsman, spirit realm swordsman, Beast realm swordsman, mortal realm swordsman, dragon realm swordsman, mortal realm swordsman, wind realm swordsman, and so on, celestial warriors, fairy realm warriors, heaven realm warriors, immortal realm warriors, to God realm warriors.
Currently Xiao Tian had reached the peak layer dragon realm swordsman, already strong enough to withstand the attacks of four demon exterminating generals simultaneously. But he did not dare to reveal his identity before all the people he cared about were also at a stage that could protect themselves.
"In a moment, we will definitely return to the kingdom of lightning," Xiao Tian thought as he entered the barrier array.