A lot of waste and waste water would be generated when the tens of thousands of captives were eating and drinking during the peak period. The waste water would be directly discharged into the frozen ocean through the canals below the surface of the ocean.
Every canals was more than half a meter in diameter. An adult could crawl into them easily. That was why Elder Nether Spring had deployed dense crystal nets at the openings of the canals. Defense rune arrays had been set up around the openings of the canals, allowing the super powerful electric arcs and the frigid air to be transmitted to the crystal nets.
If the crystal nets were destroyed by brute force, the guards above would certainly sense them.
The openings of the crystal nets were too narrow. Li Yao was not confident that he could crawl into them with Neltharion without alarming anyone.
However, it was not a problem for him.
Driving Neltharion, he dived deeper and deeper until he was almost seven hundred meters below the ocean. After waiting in a trench for a moment, he indeed discovered a kind of eel that was more than half a foot long and was transparent all over.
The bright blue demon beast, which had no eyes and whose head and tail were almost indistinguishable, was named 'Ghost Head Eel'. It was one of the few demon beasts that could survive in the North Pole.
Normally speaking, they would not have lived near the Gloomy Wind Islands so far north. However, Li Yao estimated that the abundant waste water and garbage discharged from the 'Nether World' contained certain nutrients, which had attracted the Ghost Head Eels and forced them to come to this place despite the frigid environment and the swirls.
Generally speaking, Ghost Head Eels preferred to live in the dark places between three hundred and eight hundred meters below the surface of the ocean.
However, when they were hungry, they would venture to swim to around a hundred meters below the surface of the ocean in search of food.
This was especially true for drainage canals that were filled with a large amount of garbage, which was their favorite.
It was not unusual for Ghost Head Eels to crawl into the canals and touch the crystal nets by accident, only to be killed by the electric arcs and the frost.
Li Yao had discovered half of the bones of the Ghost Head Ice Eel at the mouth of a drainage canal during his exploration the day before. He had finally figured it out after careful consideration.
Swoosh!
When the Ghost Head Eel opened its round mouthpart and swallowed the sand at the bottom of the ocean to absorb the nutrients from it … Neltharion turned into a streak of brilliance and pierced into its mouth!
The Ghost Head Eel jumped violently and was killed by Neltharion instantly.
Neltharion crawled into the mouth of the Ghost Head Eel. Using it as the best disguise, it swam towards the drainage canal.
When he approached the crystal net, Li Yao didn't dodge at all. He simply swaggered straight into it!
Chi chi chi chi!
Deep blue electric arcs burst out of the crystal net immediately. The Ghost Head Ice Eel was electrocuted. Its originally sparkling and translucent appearance turned into a pile of ash.
Neltharion, on the other hand, took the opportunity to crawl out of the mouth of the Ghost Head Eel and pass through the crystal net successfully!
"According to my analysis, the array made of a hundred and eight bronze pillars should be a certain modification of the 'Heavenly Devil Subduing Thunderous Array'. If that is the case, the spiritual energy circulation pattern of the array should be mainly in the form of 'anti-seven palaces'."
"Ancient cultivators from forty thousand years ago. Their research on the study of spirit runes isn't as detailed as the people of the modern era. When they set up such a great formation, they would definitely leave behind a few thick spirit energy pipes, allowing the powerful spirit energy to flow endlessly inside. "
"Then, the location that I'm looking for is … here!"
A glittering diagram of the structure of the array popped up in Li Yao's head. Steering Neltharion, he zigzagged inside the drainage canal. After zigzagging for a while, he finally stopped at a plain corner.
If his calculation was correct, this place should be a straight-line distance. It was the closest point to the pivot of the barrier!
Shua! Shua! Shua!
Shua! The mini drill of mystic rays was activated quickly and dug deep into the cold rocks.
Li Yao had absolute faith in his calculation. He drilled in the darkness patiently. Twenty-seven minutes later, the pressure of the drill of mystic rays was reduced, and a long, narrow channel appeared in front of him. The highly-concentrated spiritual energy of thunder and lightning was flashing in the channel with vague noises of thunder.
"It worked!"
"This is really the spiritual energy circulation pipe of the great array!"
Li Yao was so excited that he asked Neltharion to raise the spiritual shield that was designed to resist thunderstorms and move upstream in the circulation pipe.
After a few electric arcs flashed, a few neatly arranged holes appeared in front of him. Neltharion crawled out of them agilely.
This was a spacious underground space. The ground was engraved with a grand and domineering array. It was as if tens of thousands of lightning bolts had been branded together.
Above the array, a hundred and eight bronze plates were floating in midair. Every bronze plate was carved with dense rune arrays, too.
The bronze plates were connected to each other by electric arcs. The complicated electric arcs looked like dozens of spider webs overlapping each other. Everybody would feel dizzy just by looking at them.
Li Yao, on the other hand, was quite interested in the array.
"It is indeed a certain variant of the Devil Subduing Thunderous Array. Based on the air of frost and the chaotic magnetic field in the North Pole, it has been fine-tuned and strengthened. It is even sharper than the original version of the Devil Subduing Thunderous Array!
"The senior who established the array was quite extravagant. He found a hundred and eight pieces of 'Burning Star Purple Copper' as the pivot of the array. Tsk, tsk, tsk. It took me a lot of effort to get a fist-sized piece of Burning Star Purple Copper to strengthen the conductivity of my battle saber!
"However …
"The array seems to have been modified?
"Yes. It must be Elder Nether Spring's handiwork. The hundreds of rune arrays used in the Devil Subduing Thunderous Array have long been lost. Normal people cannot even understand them, much less use them.
"Therefore, Elder Nether Spring has' modernized 'the Devil Subduing Thunderous Array with the technology of the Blood Demon Sector and the Tian Yuan Realm.
"It is truly … a mess and a waste of God's gifts!"
Li Yao sniffed. He did not think highly of Elder Nether Spring's modification.
"Just watch me now!"
Li Yao knew that the pivot of the Devil Subduing Thunderous Array would disperse tremendous violent spiritual energy of thunder and lightning, which would form flashing electric arcs. Not only would normal people not be able to stay in the place for long, even the surveillance magical equipment such as crystal cameras or biochemical eyes would be jammed or destroyed by the lightning in less than half a day.
Therefore, he boldly asked Neltharion to rush forward and scan every detail of the array.
"The Devil Subduing Thunderous Array seems to be made of thousands of rune arrays, but the core of the array is actually the few critical rune arrays.
"What I'm going to do is to slightly change the direction of spiritual energy in the few rune arrays so that they will clash with each other and overload the Devil Subduing Thunderous Array!"
Neltharion was like a stealthy mouse that was spreading a fatal plague. Under Li Yao's crazy calculations, the mini marrow crystal bombs were deployed in the critical parts of the array one after another.
After five marrow crystal bombs were deployed, he came to a conclusion on his modification plan.
An ivory ray of light shot out of the 'Mystic Light Brush' and bounced agilely on the core rune of the array. Very soon, almost a hundred spiritual stripes that were as thin as hair had been added to it, constituting circuits of spiritual energy that were brimming with evil energy.
Chi! Chi!
Lightning was striking Neltharion's spiritual shield nonstop.
Neltharion was shaking. The shield was about to disappear.
"Mission accomplished!"
Li Yao whistled softly and drove Neltharion back the way he came.
Next, as long as he triggered the marrow crystal bombs with a telepathic thought, there was a high chance that the Devil Subduing Thunderous Array would be paralyzed!
However, it would be better to wait until the array was fully activated. That way, the odds of success would be higher.
Li Yao thought that it was time to greet Han Tuhu.
"Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! "
When Neltharion crawled back into the drainage canal, hasty buzzes echoed deep inside the captive camp. Something big seemed to be happening again.
"Are you kidding me?"
When Neltharion crawled out of the ice ocean and soared into the sky again, Li Yao was dumbfounded by what he saw.
The captives of the human race and the captives of the demon race were fighting again.
Also, the fight this time was even fiercer than the day before. The two parties were clinging to each other as if they were sworn enemies. They scratched each other with their claws, bit each other with their tusks, stabbed each other's eyes, and scratched each other's crotch. In the bloody mess, it was hard to tell who was a human being and who was a demon!
"This is going to be a problem!"
Li Yao was more than anxious. Judging from the fierce fight between the captives, he was afraid that nothing would change even if he destroyed the Devil Subduing Thunderous Array!
Han Tuhu and Suo Chaolong, the two leaders, were even more infuriated. After every bombardment, the entire captive camp seemed to be shaking. The ground was full of footprints that looked like craters when they sprinted at full strength! Zi!
"Zi, zi, zi, zi!"
The hundred and eight bronze towers nearby unleashed the most powerful electric arcs again.
More than ten seconds later, except for Han Tuhu and Suo Chaolong, all the captives were lying on the ground, cramping like shrimps.
When the remaining electric arcs were concentrated on the two leaders and electrified them for a couple of seconds, they were foaming at the mouth, too. Their eyes were bulging, and they fell on their backs, apparently having epilepsy.
Li Yao was frowning so hard that he was almost crying.
The plan could not be postponed. The hole that he had dug in the drainage canal would be discovered very soon, and Fire Ant would not be able to withstand the destruction of his brain cells by 'Mad Medic' Lu Wuxin, either. It had nothing to do with willpower at all.
Everything would be over the next day!
What should he do?
Li Yao was somewhat regretful that he did not reach out to Han Tuhu earlier and ask him to calm down.
Dozens of soldiers of the Nether World Watch showed up again and dragged the captives who had collapsed to the ground back to the underground. Such fights seemed to be happening every few days. They were already familiar with the process.
Right then, an astonishing change took place!
When a few soldiers of the Nether World Watch walked to Han Tuhu and Suo Chaolong, the two leaders, who were supposed to be fighting each other but had also been electrified, jumped to their feet at the same time.
"Attack!"
The two of them roared at the same time and accelerated to their maximum speed, three times higher than before!
Both of them had been hiding their strength!
After multiple gene modifications, they were much stronger than regular soldiers of the Nether World Watch. The soldiers of the Nether World Watch were also fooled by the illusion that they had always been enemies and thought that they were really heavily wounded. Caught unprepared, they were hit on the spot! —
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