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Chapter 1289: The Third Soul Armament (Part 2)

Although Yang Haoran hadn't "cleaned up the battlefield" in a long time, such a task didn't require any technical skill. Thus, he quickly finished gathering the spoils of war. Apart from the grand array enveloping the area, all other spoils were swept into his independent space in one go.

At this moment, an Array Disk floated suspended above Yang Haoran's palm. This very disk was the one controlling the grand array of the area, the same one Shi Weihan had just taken out.

With a slight touch to the Array Disk, Yang Haoran discerned the exact locations of all the grand array's Formation Flags. However, he didn't summon all the flags back through the Array Disk, because once they were recalled, the grand array would vanish, and the restricted barrier enveloping the area would dissipate with it. He still had some unfinished business, so he couldn't let the restricted barrier disappear just yet.

Although Yang Haoran had mostly cleared the battlefield of spoils, the bodies scattered everywhere remained unaddressed. If he were to simply pack up and leave without dealing with them, it was highly probable that some clever individuals would find clues through the corpses and battle traces left behind.

If that were to happen, his troubles would be immense. He wasn't concerned about the Corpse Driving Sect; after all, in his eyes, the Corpse Driving Sect now existed only in name. Furthermore, he intended to wipe out the entire Corpse Driving Sect next, so there was no reason for him to worry about them at all.

What he worried about was the Underworld Office. Not only had dozens of Night Watchers tragically perished here tonight, but an Emissary of Death had also died. Once the Tong Continent Underworld Office learned of this, they would undoubtedly use every means to investigate thoroughly. If the investigation genuinely led back to him, it went without saying that he would become a target of the Tong Continent Underworld Office.

Although their Jingling Continent Underworld Office was currently in dire conflict with the Tong Continent Underworld Office, and Yang Haoran, as a Guardian, was naturally within the Tong Continent Underworld Office's scope of attack, he wasn't the only Guardian in Jingling Continent. Furthermore, the Tong Continent Underworld Office's primary target wasn't Yang Haoran at the moment, so the pressure he faced was relatively much smaller.

But if the Tong Continent Underworld Office were to discover that Yang Haoran was responsible for this incident, it went without saying that he would certainly become the Tong Continent Underworld Office's new primary target!

Yang Haoran didn't want to become the target of widespread animosity, because he had his own plans and ideas. If he were to be targeted by the Tong Continent Underworld Office, becoming their new primary target, it would undoubtedly bring significant negative repercussions to his plans.

Compared to his own plans, the internal strife between the Tong Continent Underworld Office and the Jingling Continent Underworld Office was insignificant. He also had no desire to focus his attention on this matter. Therefore, if he could avoid becoming the "bird that takes the lead," he would do his best to do so. It was precisely for this reason that he decided to thoroughly dispose of all the bodies here and, as much as possible, erase all traces of the battle he left behind.

As for how to deal with these corpses, in Yang Haoran's opinion, the best approach was to burn them all. This method was simple, crude, and most effective. If he were to bury all the scattered limbs and flesh, he didn't have the leisure for it, and he didn't think such a method was safe. It was better to just burn them all directly, utterly destroying any trace!

Temporarily putting the Array Disk into his independent space, Yang Haoran hovered in the air. With a gentle wave of his hand towards the bodies below, a fierce gust of wind suddenly rose from the ground. Both the relatively intact corpses and the scattered limbs and severed arms were swept up by this gale, then gathered together, forming a messy little mountain.

. . . . Yang Haoran first unleashed a Fire Talisman onto the mountain of corpses below. With a loud boom, the corpses ignited like gasoline, bursting into furious flames.

The current Yang Haoran no longer used talismans of the Yellow Talisman grade. The lowest grade of talisman he employed was Black Talisman level. The talisman he had just cast onto the corpses below was precisely a Black Talisman grade Fire Talisman, which was why the mountain of corpses below was instantly ignited. Had it been a Yellow Talisman, it naturally wouldn't have possessed such immense power.

Watching the mountain of corpses below burn fiercely like dry tinder, Yang Haoran hesitated slightly, then waved his hand again, unleashing a dozen more Black Talisman grade Fire Talismans. However, these dozen talismans didn't head towards the intensely burning corpses below, but instead fell in all directions.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Booming sounds from the sudden conflagration erupted from all around. One raging inferno after another shot up from the ground, rapidly spreading outwards. In just a minute or two, the entire area instantly transformed into a sea of flames. All vegetation and other flammable materials rapidly burned under this special blaze.

Yang Haoran's approach was, naturally, to thoroughly achieve the complete destruction of bodies and obliteration of traces. Not only did he intend to reduce all the bodies to ash, but he also aimed to turn all battle marks here into ash as well. By then, no matter who came to this place, all they would see was a scorched wasteland. To find any clues within this expanse of charcoal, while not absolutely impossible, the likelihood would be incredibly slim.

In other words, Yang Haoran's method could at least minimize the risk of exposure!

Compared to ordinary flames, the fire produced by a Fire Talisman burned at a higher temperature; even the lowest-grade Yellow Talismans were like this, let alone the higher-grade Black Talismans. It was precisely because of this that the flammable materials on the ground below were turning into ash at an astonishing speed. However, tonight's combat zone covered a considerable area, and turning the entire combat zone into ash would also take some time, a period Yang Haoran wasn't prepared to simply wait out.

After a brief consideration, an idea struck him. He decided to first set up a time-limited restricted barrier over the area requiring incineration, to prevent the fire from spreading beyond the combat zone. Moreover, with this restricted barrier in place, the outside world wouldn't be able to detect the fierce blaze burning within.

In addition to these two benefits, there was another advantage: once this restricted barrier was successfully established, he could dismantle the grand array Shi Weihan had deployed and take away that set of Formation Flags—flags that Shi Weihan had expended great effort on but hadn't yet had a chance to truly utilize.

Previously, Yang Haoran had been concerned that if he dismantled the grand array here, the situation would be directly exposed to the outside. If someone discovered it, it would ultimately be troublesome. So, he hadn't immediately removed the restricted barrier, intending to do so only after clearing away the battle traces.

But now that he had thought of a better solution—simply setting up another restricted barrier within this one would perfectly resolve the issue—he would naturally choose to do so.

With his decision made, Yang Haoran wasted no time. However, just as he was about to set up another time-limited restricted barrier within the grand array, the space about a hundred meters in front of him suddenly vibrated violently, and then a spatial rift appeared!

Such a sudden occurrence not only drew Yang Haoran's gaze but also captured the attention of Zhong Siyu, who was at the cave entrance.

Two figures, a man and a woman, emerged one after another from the spatial rift, with the woman in front and the man behind. The woman exuded the aura of a superior from head to toe, while the man followed slightly bowed behind her, his presence barely noticeable.

The woman's aura was very similar to Yang Haoran's, as both, in an intangible way, gave off the air of someone who had long held a high position. The difference, however, lay in Yang Haoran's gentle demeanor, like the warm sun in winter, while the woman, conversely, seemed overbearing and unapproachable.

If one were to truly pinpoint who her intangible aura resembled, there was indeed one person whose aura was very similar to hers: Xu Meijing.

However, it was merely similar, not identical, for Xu Meijing exuded a cold aloofness, whereas this woman gave off a chillingly sinister impression.

After the woman appeared, she first cast a faint glance at Yang Haoran, then shifted her gaze to the sea of flames below. After merely a cursory glance, she withdrew her eyes and redirected her attention back to Yang Haoran.

"The fire burns fiercely. Did you set it?"

The woman looked at Yang Haoran with a calm expression, then spoke faintly, asking.

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