Billy was astonished.
Because he faintly felt the fluctuation of an array nearby.
Obviously, someone had set up an array nearby.
Soon after, Billy released his spiritual power to investigate.
“The Five Element Array?”
In no time, he exclaimed to himself.
The Five Element Array, truly a high-rank array, extremely complex!
Moreover, as far as he knew, besides being used for offense and defense, the Five Element Array had a very special purpose.
That is, it could set up a Five Element Gathering Spirit Array!
As the name suggests, the so-called Gathering Spirit Array is an array that can gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth!
The array applied to the ink pool in the Ink Pavilion courtyard was a Gathering Spirit Array.
However, that was only a rudimentary Gathering Spirit Array, far from a true Five Element Gathering Spirit Array!
After his last encounter with the array on the ink pool, he had spent time specifically researching this aspect.
And, when he returned to Ether Mountain last time, he had also specifically consulted Eliza Rice about the Five Element Array.
However, Eliza Rice’s knowledge was also limited, and she couldn’t give him much insight.
So, Billy’s understanding of the Five Element Array is still only at a primary stage, let alone the Five Element Gathering Spirit Array.
What he didn’t expect was that there would be someone in the palace who understood the Five Element Array.
At the same time, he could sense that the person who set up the array should not be very familiar with the Five Element Array. Most likely, they were at the same level as him.
Out of curiosity, he didn’t rush back to find Harleen and the others, but followed the array pattern.
A few minutes later, he walked out of the courtyard’s back door. It was a four or five-meter-wide alley, opposite to another courtyard, with the center of the array in that courtyard.
After a moment of contemplation, Billy stepped into the opposite courtyard.
The temptation of the Five Element Array to him was too great, especially the Gathering Spirit Array. If he could truly grasp its essence, everyone’s cultivation in the future would undoubtedly be twice as effective.
Before this, he had been thinking about when he could seek advice from an expert in arrays.
Now he unexpectedly encountered someone of the same kind, naturally, he wouldn’t easily miss it.
Soon after, he pushed open the partially open side of the courtyard and walked in.
“Bold! Who goes there?” Just as Billy walked through a corridor and approached a fake mountain, a woman’s scolding voice came from not far away.
Shoo! As her voice sounded, a sharp sword aura shot out like lightning, blinking to the front.
Billy could sense that the person making the move was at the eighth-rank Divine Realm.
However, it seemed that the other party didn’t intend to kill, only activating about sixty to seventy percent of their power.
Bang! Billy raised his hand and swept out a strong wind to block the sword aura.
“Hmm?!” The other party didn’t expect that their attack would be easily blocked, and couldn’t help but be surprised.
Shortly after, a woman in her forties or fifties appeared within Billy’s line of sight.
“Not bad, take another sword from me!” After glancing at Billy, a strong pressure burst out from her.
“I mean no harm!” Billy responded, “I apologize for intruding…”
“Daring to break in here without permission is a serious crime, kneel down!” The woman interrupted him directly.
As she spoke, endless blade lights appeared in the void, sweeping towards Billy’s direction.
“I said, I mean no harm!” Billy said in a deep voice.
Then, he drew out the Bloodshadow Fury Blade from his body and slashed out a curved blade light.
Bang… The attacks from both sides collided, and Billy was pushed back more than ten steps, with his blood and energy churning in his heart.
Although the other party still didn’t use their full strength, it wasn’t easy to resist before he played his trump card.
“Hmm?” Seeing that Billy only retreated a few steps, the woman’s face showed surprise again.
In the first round, she only used sixty to seventy percent of her power, so it wasn’t surprising that Billy could block it.
But now, she had already exerted eighty to ninety percent of her strength, yet she still didn’t manage to injure Billy.
She had investigated Billy’s cultivation level, knowing that he was only at the late stage of the fourth-rank Divine Realm. She thought that one move would be enough to take him down.
But the result was unexpected!
Naturally, it surprised her greatly!
“I underestimated you!” After a slight pause, the woman continued, “Come again, let me see what you’re capable of!”
As she spoke, her aura soared to its peak, and she raised her hand to prepare for another attack.
“Lilly, that’s enough!” Just then, a pleasant voice of a young woman came from not far away, “Ask him what’s the matter?”
“Okay, Your Highness!” Lilly replied before looking at Billy, “What are you doing sneaking into the princess’s mansion?”
“I’m sorry, I didn’t know this was the princess’s mansion. Please forgive the disturbance!” Billy responded after a slight daze.
He didn’t expect to stumble into the princess’s territory by accident.
“Answer my question!” Lilly scanned Billy.
“I’m Billy, I’m interested in arrays. I sensed the fluctuation of the array pattern just now, so I came to take a look,” Billy raised his voice intentionally.
“You’re Billy?”
Upon hearing Billy’s words, a slightly surprised female voice came from nearby again.
“Yes!” Billy replied loudly.
“Lilly, please have him come over!” the princess said after a slight pause.
“Princess, his origins are unknown, I’m worried…” Lilly responded.
“It’s fine!” the princess interrupted her.
“Alright!” Lilly responded again before turning to Billy, “You better not cause any trouble, or else, you’ll die!”
After saying that, she led Billy towards the open space behind the artificial hill.
Soon, they arrived at the open space, and Billy looked around.
He saw a woman in white sitting on a pavilion, her face covered with a light veil.
The woman was none other than Princess Siena Morris of Rainbow Moon Empire!
In addition, there were eight women standing around the pavilion, each holding a sword with a serious expression.
Although Siena Morris had a light veil on her face, Billy could still see her appearance clearly.
At the age of twenty-six or twenty-seven, with delicate features, flawless skin, graceful figure, she exuded an otherworldly aura from head to toe.
Overall, she was slightly more beautiful than Danica Byrne of Tengamine Kingdom, on par with Harleen and Ivy.
However, Billy could sense that the aura emanating from Siena Morris was not very stable, fluctuating between strong and weak, indicating that she had health issues.
Furthermore, Billy could also tell that it was Siena Morris who was attempting to set up the Five Elements Array.
“Insolence! Show respect when you see the princess!” one of the women said to Billy angrily.
“It’s okay!” Siena Morris said softly before looking at Billy.
“You said your name was Billy. Are you Mr Billy whom my second brother invited to the palace?”
“That’s right!” Billy replied with a faint smile.
“I’ve heard of Mr Billy’s name long ago, and today I have the honor to meet you. Nice to meet you!”
A hint of surprise flashed in Siena Morris’s eyes before she stepped out of the pavilion.