Knowing that the Sky Demon Relief and Spirit Summoning Skill can be stacked is already satisfying.

"Relieve!"

Xu Ping executed a magic technique, and the Sky Demon Relief instantly stopped, with the vital energy no longer burning.

"Whew!"

Xu Ping slowly exhaled, his originally flushed face gradually turned pale. In just this short moment, the burning of vital energy would take at least one or two days to fully recover.

The Sky Demon Relief indeed can only be used as a last desperate measure.

After lifting the Sky Demon Relief, Xu Ping stopped the Spirit Summoning Skill as well.

Feeling a wave of weakness in his body, he sat cross-legged and took a Pill to begin restoring the consumed vital energy.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Within the cave covered by the Array, Xu Ping, who was silently cultivating, suddenly opened his eyes, a gleam of light flashed in his pupils.

"The vital energy is finally fully restored!" Feeling the vibrant life force inside his body, he couldn't help but smile.

After solidifying his condition a bit more, he packed up the Array and walked out of the cave.

"Now that the Spirit Summoning Skill has been completed, let's collect some vital energy from Second-stage Demon Beasts and leave this place." Xu Ping set up the Escape Light, and his figure quickly disappeared into the white mist.

...

...

Half a month later.

Xu Ping turned into a streak of blue rainbow light, chasing a giant turtle with all his might.

This turtle was several meters long, its shell pitch black, covered with water weeds and moss, with accumulated mud and rocks; from afar, it looked like a black reef.

"Slash!"

In mid-air, Xu Ping wielded the Purple Sun Sword, mana surged, accompanied by thunderous sounds, Sword Qi burst from the tip of the sword, heading straight for the giant turtle.

Boom!

The turtle's shell, covered with sword marks, shattered like paper under the powerful Sword Qi, accompanied by a loud bang, splitting into pieces instantly.

The giant turtle let out a miserable cry, Demon Qi overflowed, clearly having reached Second-stage Middle Grade.

Xu Ping remained expressionless, slashing out another sword, majestic Sword Qi swept across the giant turtle's neck.

Thud.

The massive body of the giant turtle fell to the ground, silent.

"This giant turtle is really tough!" Xu Ping came to the turtle's corpse, quietly breathing a sigh of relief.

A Second-stage Middle Grade Demon Beast, plus the extremely strong defensive turtle shell, would be challenging for an ordinary Mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

However, Xu Ping's strength was far beyond that of ordinary Mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

He suddenly looked up and realized that he was not far from the core of Nightmare Marsh. The thick white mist mixed with dense black air could be seen.

"So close... If you had fled into the core of Nightmare Marsh, there would have been nothing I could do."

Xu Ping stepped on the turtle's back, admiring the unique scene of the steaming clouds in the core of Nightmare Marsh.

Suddenly, he rubbed his eyes, doubting if he was seeing an illusion.

"This... is an Array?"

Xu Ping's face instantly revealed a look of surprise, his gaze locked onto a remote rock wall where a thin layer of Spiritual Qi flickered.

He cautiously observed the surroundings, confirmed there were no abnormalities, then carefully approached.

Immediately, Xu Ping's Divine Sense spread out, starting to probe the Array inch by inch.

"A Third-rank Array, established for many years, most of its power has already dissipated!" With his array knowledge, he easily deciphered the Array.

"Could it be a Cultivator's ruin?" Xu Ping's heart moved, making him speculate.

The more he thought about it, the more it seemed possible. Although the specific age of the Array couldn't be confirmed, judging by the power loss of the Array, it was at least six hundred years old.

Six hundred years, a long passage of time, even a Golden Core Cultivator would have turned to dust.

"Could it be my lucky day?" Xu Ping felt a hint of joy rising within.

In today's Cultivation Realm, there are many stories of lucky individuals stumbling upon ruins, obtaining ancient Spirit Pills and miraculous medicines, even leaping from Foundation Establishment directly to Core Formation!

"Perhaps... I could also..."

Suppressing his inner excitement, Xu Ping began calmly deciphering the Array.

If it were a complete Third-rank Array, he would definitely be helpless, but neither people nor objects can withstand the erosion of time.

This Array has lost most of its power to time. With his current array knowledge, decrypting it wouldn't be difficult.

"Break!"

Xu Ping pointed, just hitting the node of the Array, mana surged out.

Bang!

With a faint sound, the power of the Array weakened a bit.

"Continue!"

Thus, Xu Ping began slowly weakening the power of the Third-rank Array step by step.

Although time-consuming, it was safe and secure.

Time quietly passed during his decryption process until two days later.

Bang!

With another faint sound, the power of the Array had already dropped to the Second-stage Middle Grade level.

"Why not break it by force!" Xu Ping thought inwardly, with the Second-stage Middle Grade level Array, even forceful breaking would not damage the ruin.

Thinking it over quickly, he took out the Purple Sun Sword, ready to strike the Array with a few swords.

Buzz!

Suddenly, the Array began to flash brightly, blinding him, and he felt a surge of immense power erupt from the depth of the Array.

"No good!" Xu Ping's face changed slightly, evaporating like a puff of smoke, instantly disappearing from his original spot.

Just a second after he vanished.

Boom!

With a thunderous rumbling, the entire Array exploded, a wave of Spiritual Qi spread all around, not only snapping countless towering trees.

"What... happened? It seems as if someone sabotaged it from the inside, could there be someone in the Array?"

While Xu Ping was uncertain, a graceful figure emerged from the heart of the ruin.

Upon closer inspection, it was unmistakably a gentle and elegant young woman, with clear brows and dark skirt.

"I am finally out!"

The young woman's clear and melodic voice spread across the area, her tone full of joy.

"Early-Stage Foundation Establishment?"

Xu Ping frowned slightly. He initially thought it was an ancient monster within the Array, prepared to run away, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.

At this moment, the young woman also noticed the unusual situation and looked at Xu Ping with a vigilant gaze.

Then, she seemed to have thought of something, cupped her hands towards Xu Ping, and said: "Many thanks to Fellow Daoist for weakening the Array and helping me escape!"

"Fellow Daoist need not be polite. I thought it was a ruin, but did not expect you to be trapped inside." Xu Ping replied calmly, returning the gesture.

"I originally thought it was a ruin, but who knew there was nothing inside. Instead, I ended up trapped in the Array for several years. If not for Fellow Daoist weakening the Array and helping me escape, I might never have known when I could get out." The young woman let out a bitter laugh.

"I see." Xu Ping outwardly nodded in agreement, but inwardly, he completely did not believe her words.

However, he had no intention of delving deeper, just regretting that the ruin had disappeared.

"I am Duan Shuang. May I ask the benefactor's name?" The young woman politely inquired.

"I am Xu Ping," Xu Ping truthfully answered.

He hadn't disguised himself, so he reported his real name.

After each reported their names, the atmosphere became much more cordial.

"Having been trapped in the Array for several years, I don't know if any major events have happened in Yue Country?" Duan Shuang smiled, asking.

"Major events?"

Xu Ping immediately recounted the outbreak of beast tides and the invasion of Hu Country briefly.

"What!"

Duan Shuang was greatly shocked upon hearing this, her expression shifting repeatedly, "I didn't expect so many things to have happened in Yue Country during these years of being trapped in the Array."

She took a deep breath, suppressing her thoughts, then cupped her hands towards Xu Ping: "Now that Hu Country has invaded, I have many matters yet to be handled, and cannot linger further with Fellow Daoist Xu."

"But the life-saving grace of Fellow Daoist Xu, I dare not forget. This is a small token of my gratitude, I hope Fellow Daoist will accept it!"

Duan Shuang flicked her finger, a gray storage bag landed in Xu Ping's hand. His Divine Sense entered the storage bag, finding ten Mid-grade Spirit Stones and a long-distance Sound Transmission Talisman inside.

"If Fellow Daoist ever requires my assistance, use this long-distance Sound Transmission Talisman to notify me. As long as it is within my capacity, I definitely will not refuse." Duan Shuang stated earnestly.

Xu Ping's heart was moved, and he accepted the storage bag: "Fellow Daoist Duan is too polite, I stumbled upon this by chance."

Seeing Xu Ping accept it, Duan Shuang's face revealed a bright smile.

After chatting for a few more sentences, Duan Shuang bid farewell and left.

"This Fellow Daoist Duan is quite nice!" Watching her gradually disappearing silhouette, Xu Ping rubbed his chin, "But there probably won't be much opportunity for interaction in the future."

He tossed the storage bag into his Storage Ring and continued hunting Demon Beasts.

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