Seeing Lei Ke’s arrival, Tianxuan’s body couldn’t help but tremble.
He had thought about fleeing, but having witnessed Lei Ke’s movement speed, he abandoned that thought. There was absolutely no way he could escape that kind of speed.
“Tianxuan.” Lei Ke looked at Tianxuan and stated very directly and bluntly: “I require you to help me break the arrays.”
“I… I understand.”
Tianxuan dared not refuse.
The Star River Tortoise, Xingxing, and the other companions hadn’t come inside. On Lost Island, Tianxuan knew the only one he could rely on was himself. Facing a Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivator like Lei Ke, he had no choice but to bow his head.
Lei Ke stared at Tianxuan, his eyes radiating intense pressure: “Then get moving. I don’t want to waste too much time on the outskirts of this Lost Island. You understand my meaning, yes?”
Tianxuan hastily nodded: “I understand, I’ll start studying the arrays right away.”
At this moment, Tianxuan was utterly helpless but couldn’t change anything.
Bai Sha, using the Invisibility Cloak, stood nearby, silently watching everything unfold.
Under Lei Ke’s demand, Tianxuan began heading toward the coconut grove.
Relying on the cover of the Invisibility Cloak, Bai Sha followed like a shadow. Like a breeze passing through, she made no sound.
Approaching the coconut grove, Tianxuan stopped. A glimmer of starlight rose in his eyes as he observed the array structure here.
To leave the Beach Maze Array, one had to enter the coconut grove. He was currently attempting to break through it all.
“Be quick about it. My patience is limited.”
Lei Ke, fearing Tianxuan might not put in his full effort, threatened him mercilessly.
Tianxuan had heard of Lei Ke before. He knew this was a tyrannical and fierce Demon Cultivator. If he truly couldn’t solve the problem posed by the arrays within a reasonable time, Lei Ke would certainly make him suffer.
Worried and helpless, Tianxuan replied: “I will do my best. But this isn’t something determined by effort alone. You might not be able to sense it, but these arrays are extremely profound. I may not be able to do anything about the arrays here.”
A cold sneer appeared on Lei Ke’s eagle face: “Don’t give me that kind of talk. Don’t forget why I kept you alive. If you cannot provide me with assistance, what reason would I have to keep you alive?”
His threat was simple and brutal.
Hearing Lei Ke speak this way, Tianxuan felt even more pressure.
He thought of Bai Sha, whom Lei Ke had deemed useless and attacked.
Although Bai Sha had somehow managed to escape, he was not Bai Sha. If Lei Ke decided to strike, he would surely die.
Burdened by a heavy heart, Tianxuan continued studying the array before him.
Bai Sha watched silently from the side.
After observing for a while, even Bai Sha, who didn’t understand arrays, could tell that Tianxuan seemed helpless against the array here.
‘Even though he’s innately proficient with arrays, is he still out of his depth?’
Seeing this, the idea of retreat arose in Bai Sha’s mind.
If Tianxuan could do nothing about the arrays, she was better off finding Yin Sha.
Although Yin Sha didn’t understand arrays, judging from the events of her first and second lives, Yin Sha would obtain some fortuitous opportunity on Lost Island. That was enough.
But where was Yin Sha?
Bai Sha turned and left.
Once she was far away from Lei Ke and Tianxuan, Bai Sha deactivated the Invisibility Cloak and, the instant it deactivated, stored it inside her Blue Spirit Pearl.
She succeeded.
After putting away the Invisibility Cloak, Bai Sha entered the backlash state brought on by the cloak. Her entire body became ethereal. She couldn’t touch anything, as if she was independent of this world, left to drift alone.
She drifted and drifted, and suddenly thought of another question.
In her current state, where she couldn’t interact with anything, could the arrays of Lost Island still affect her?
Once this thought sprouted, she couldn’t suppress it.
Bai Sha immediately floated toward the coconut grove.
Arriving at the coconut grove, Bai Sha passed right through without hesitation.
“It really works!”
Bai Sha entered the coconut grove just like that, deeply shaken.
She wasn’t teleported back to her starting position on the beach. She had successfully entered deeper into Lost Island.
“This kind of backlash, if utilized, is simply a benefit.”
Bai Sha’s mood was excellent.
She looked up and headed towards the deeper part of Lost Island, fixing her gaze on the peak at the center.
On that peak, the vague outlines of buildings could be seen. Without a doubt, that was the center of Lost Island.
If any treasures existed on Lost Island, the most valuable items were likely there.
Bai Sha took a deep breath. Taking advantage that her ethereal state was still in effect, she headed directly for the central peak.
In her floating state, it was as if she could fly. She moved above the coconut grove.
Past the coconut grove was a lake. Lotus leaves dotted the lake, with seven pavilions situated there. Clearly, an ingenious array was laid out here.
But these arrays could no longer affect Bai Sha. She continued on into the distance.
Beyond the lake was a boulder pile, followed by Gloomy Forest, and beyond the Gloomy Forest lay the peak!
As Bai Sha drew closer, she could see the situation on the peak more and more clearly.
“What happened here before?”
Bai Sha swept her gaze across, pondering silently.
There were many buildings on the peak. Halls, towers, row houses. But all of them had now been reduced to broken walls and rubble, losing their former magnificence in the passage of time. All that remained was ruin.
What lay before Bai Sha’s eyes was clearly a Sect that had been destroyed.
She did not know why this Sect had been annihilated, only that it must have happened a very long time ago. The weeds on the mountain had grown exceptionally thick, with some building ruins even completely buried beneath the overgrowth.
Among the numerous broken walls, Bai Sha spotted a structure that was barely still standing.
It was a Hall, its walls covered in cracks, giving the impression it could collapse at any moment. Yet, somehow it had endured through the long ages.
As she approached this Hall, Bai Sha was still pondering things when she suddenly felt her body become heavy. She plummeted rapidly from the air.
She had emerged from her ethereal state.
“Thud!”
Bai Sha slammed into the ground, kicking up a large cloud of dust.
“Cough, cough. Good thing I wasn’t flying too high.”
Using her tail fin to brace against the ground, Bai Sha rapidly patted around herself with her pectoral fins, trying to clear the dust away a bit.
But there was truly too much dust here. Under the sunlight, every single particle was clearly visible, drifting and floating about, impossible to wave away.
Having no other choice, Bai Sha simply ignored the dust and moved forward, entering the seemingly ramshackle Hall before her.
“The only structure still standing… let me see what’s inside.”
