“Stout, Noelle has been dedicating herself to protecting Skydragon City, not for her own sake, nor for the Gardner family,” Night Orchid responded on behalf of Edie.
“She is expanding the territory for the entire Glavale!”
“I understand!” Stout finally caught on, looking at Edie and asking, “Have all the spoils of war been transported back to the country?”
“Yes!” Edie nodded.
“Not only these spoils, but Skydragon City also regularly sends the resources collected in the polar snowfields back to the country.”
“Skydragon City does this, and the cities in the eastern region of Glavale do the same.”
“Got it!” Stout nodded.
“Besides, Noelle also had me deliver a batch of resources for Elder Ravenwood and Elder Wood for their cultivation.” Edie added.
“Mother is thoughtful!” Billy nodded.
“Alright, I won’t disturb you all any longer. Focus on your cultivation!” After chatting for a while, Edie smiled and said as she left.
“In the coming days, I will be in seclusion. If you need anything, you can directly find Mr Stuart!”
“Thank you, Edie!” Everyone responded simultaneously.
“Divide up the items and start refining them. The day after tomorrow, we will head to Black Phoenix City!” After Edie left, Billy looked at everyone and said.
“Understood!” Everyone responded again.
Stephanie provided plenty of spirit stones and spirit fruits this time, enough for everyone to share.
Half an hour later, everyone found a place to start refining.
With the help of these spirit stones and spirit fruits, including Billy, everyone broke through their realms without any suspense.
Although the effect of the spirit stones and spirit fruits on Billy’s cultivation was not as significant as on others, he had a Hundred Herbs Pill on him, so he easily broke through to the sixth rank Saint realm.
Casey advanced to the fifth rank Saint realm, while Harleen and Ivy entered the fourth rank.
Azure, Bob, and the others all reached the third rank Saint realm, and Night Orchid and her team all advanced by one level.
The next day, everyone continued to stay in the courtyard to cultivate. After a day’s time, their realms were basically consolidated.
Early on the third day, everyone set off towards the direction of the ruins outside Black Phoenix City.
This time, they were not in a hurry, stopping along the way to admire the icy and snowy scenery of the Central Park.
On the way, they encountered several waves of fierce beast attacks, the strongest of which was a seventh-rank Spiritual Beast.
However, for Billy now, it was an easy kill.
The happiest one along the way was Stout, as his bag was filled with various grades of beast cores again.
In the afternoon, everyone arrived at the entrance of the valley where the ruins were located.
“Billy, this array is not simple!” Ivy looked at Billy after sensing the array lines and spoke up.
“Indeed!” Billy nodded slightly and continued, “Give me some time!”
After that, he sat cross-legged and released a powerful spiritual power that enveloped the entire valley.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, three to four hours had passed. Billy’s brow furrowed slightly, as if he had entered a state of absorption.
“Ivy, is this array so difficult to break?” Black Tortoise asked Ivy.
“This is a high-level array, even more advanced than the one on the Ink Pool at Ink Pavilion back then. It’s not so simple.” Ivy nodded in response.
“Otherwise, with so many array masters working together last time, it would have been broken long ago!”
“If Billy hadn’t advanced to the mid-level Saint realm, we probably wouldn’t even have the chance to try.”
“Alright!” Black Tortoise shrugged.
“Huh?” Just then, Billy raised his eyebrows slightly and then opened his eyes.
“Boss, how is it?” White Tiger asked.
“This array is very tricky, much more difficult than I expected!” Billy stood up.
“Boss, can’t you figure it out?” Vermilion Bird asked.
“If it weren’t for part of the array being damaged, I wouldn’t have been able to find its weak point!” Billy replied.
“What do you mean?” Vermilion Bird was puzzled, and Casey and the others looked at Billy at the same time.
“This array was definitely deployed by a master, but someone later sabotaged part of it!” Billy responded again.
“Billy, are you saying you’ve found the eye?” Ivy’s eyes lit up with excitement.
“It’s a stroke of luck!” Billy smiled and nodded.
Afterwards, he looked at everyone and said, “Casey and Ivy stay, everyone else leave the valley!”
“Got it!” Harleen and the others responded before turning and walking towards the valley entrance.
“Ivy, this array has two eyes, one primary and one secondary. Wait for my signal before blocking the formation line, otherwise it won’t work!” Billy said to Ivy.
Ivy slightly paused and asked, “Two eyes? That’s so exaggerated?”
According to her knowledge, in general, an array has only one eye, and all formation lines are controlled by the eye. Finding the eye means breaking the formation. She had never heard of an array having two eyes before. Dealing with just one eye was already a headache, so the complexity of dealing with two interlocking eyes in an array was beyond imagination.
No wonder she was in complete chaos when trying to sense the formation lines earlier. This made her full of curiosity about the ruins. What exactly was inside that could empower such a high-level array?
“Yes!” Billy nodded and then directed a powerful palm strike towards the mountainside a kilometer away.
Boom!
The shockwave hit the mountainside with a loud noise, causing a small avalanche of ice and snow to fall towards the valley below. After a few minutes, three or four unevenly sized boulders appeared on the mountainside, ranging from about one meter to nearly two meters in height.
If the ice and snow hadn’t slid down just now, these boulders would not have been discovered from the outside.
“Billy, is one of the eyes inside those boulders?” Ivy asked.
“Yes!” Billy nodded again and then looked at Ivy and Casey, saying, “Ivy, you are responsible for blocking the formation line later, and Casey, destroy those boulders.”
“Got it!” Both nodded in unison.
“This array is a bit complicated, so be careful, both of you!” Billy instructed.
“Understood!” They responded again.
“Ivy, the two eyes of this array, one of them is positive and the other is negative. Wait for my signal before you block the formation line. Otherwise, it won’t work!” Billy looked at Ivy and said.
“Okay!” Ivy responded.
Then, the two of them walked towards the mountainside.
“I’ll give it a try first!” Standing in front of the scattered boulders, Casey raised his hand and sent a palm strike towards one of the rocks.
Boom!
A muffled sound was heard, and the boulder just swayed slightly without being damaged at all.
“Arrays are indeed mysterious things!” Casey couldn’t help but exclaim.
With his current strength, if it were an ordinary rock, his palm strike just now would probably have turned it into dust!
But these rocks enhanced with arrays unexpectedly suffered no damage, which made him feel frustrated!
At the same time, Billy walked towards another direction.