In the core hub of the Grand Array.

At this moment, Xue Qingtan was overseeing the Array’s operation, assisted by Array Master Ling Yulu. Ling Bingyun, Qin Yun, and Tang Qiu Yao were all present.

The Magical Projection Light Mirror displayed the battle raging in the sky.

Ling Qiyue was simultaneously facing a full-scale assault from two Golden Core Masters and nine Pseudo Core Cultivators, yet she still managed to maintain the upper hand.

Before long, two of the weakest Pseudo Core Masters were grievously wounded by a casual strike from Ling Qiyue and retreated from the battlefield, covered in blood.

However, while her current Cultivation was enough to suppress her opponents, severely injuring or even killing the two Golden Core Loose Cultivators would be difficult.

"...If we let this couple escape today, won’t the consequences for Changqing Continent be endless?"

Ling Changqing said with a frown.

Xue Qingtan nodded slightly. "Definitely. I don’t need to tell you how terrifyingly destructive a Golden Core Master is. It would be best if those two were to remain here forever today."

Setting aside any complex strategies, if this pair of Loose Cultivators were to hide out in the Feiyu Sea Region and resort to guerrilla tactics—launching sneak attacks and killing lone Ling Family disciples every few days—then Changqing Continent would never know peace.

And if they were truly determined to flee, not even Ling Qiyue would be guaranteed to stop them.

A worried look on her face, Qin Yun spoke softly, "Sister Qingtan, if you were to take action personally, could you keep one of them here?"

"If Sister Yue and I joined forces, we would have a seventy to eighty percent chance of keeping that Yun Wushuang here."

Xue Qingtan mused, "But Lu Jia would go insane afterward. That would mean giving Changqing Continent a relentless enemy who will not rest until one of us is dead!"

Ling Changqing’s eyes turned cold as he said slowly,

"It seems the only way to keep them both here is for me to act!"

Even if he couldn’t kill them, he had to at least injure them so severely that they couldn’t cause trouble for a good long while.

"You..."

Xue Qingtan looked slightly startled. "Husband, are you confident? Don’t put yourself in danger. We can figure something out for this."

The current Ling Changqing was only a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. He had no chance of victory in a direct confrontation with an experienced Golden Core Master like that.

Ling Yulu gently tugged on Ling Changqing’s sleeve and grumbled in a low voice,

"Husband, what are you doing stirring up trouble? If something happens to you, what will become of us sisters?"

"Don’t worry, I have my methods!"

Ling Changqing said curtly.

’I was originally a little reluctant to play my trump card,’ he thought, ’but in a situation like this, I can’t afford to hold back.’

Ling Bingyun and the other women looked at him with confusion. Although they knew Ling Changqing intimately, their husband still had an enigmatic air about him that they couldn’t quite grasp.

With a flicker of Ling Changqing’s will, one of the ten Dark Gold Statues standing before the great hall of the Era Star Palace, deep within his sea of consciousness, silently vanished.

Immediately after, amidst a great flash of golden brilliance, a ten-foot-tall Combat Puppet appeared in the sky outside the Protective Array. Clad in Golden Helmet and Armor, it emanated an overwhelming pressure.

Before Lu Jia could react, the Combat Puppet, controlled by Ling Changqing’s Divine Thought, brandished its Long Halberd and shot forward like a bolt of lightning.

BANG!

Under the full force of its blow, the light barriers from several Top Grade Defensive Spiritual Artifacts on Lu Jia shattered inch by inch, breaking apart into a magnificent shower of scattered light.

"A Third Grade high rank Daoist Soldier Puppet? Where did that come from?"

Lu Jia’s expression changed. He hadn’t expected the Ling Family to produce another combatant at the Golden Core Master level. How were they supposed to fight now?

The husband and wife only had a temporary alliance with the other three families. It was one thing when there was profit to be made, but if the risks outweighed the rewards, they had no intention of fighting to the death for them.

Just as Lu Jia was hesitating about whether to retreat, the newly appeared Combat Puppet disregarded everything else and closed in on Yun Wushuang.

Ignoring her desperate attacks, the Puppet reached out, grabbed her by the shoulder, and decisively initiated self-detonation.

"No—!"

Lu Jia let out a desperate roar. Following an earth-shattering explosion, a blazing, dazzling golden radiance appeared in the sky, as if a second sun had suddenly materialized.

This was, of course, Ling Changqing’s deliberate act. The Puppet could only last for a hundred breaths before dissipating anyway, so he might as well have it self-destruct to take care of a troublesome enemy in one fell swoop.

When the high-temperature cloud of fire had slightly dissipated, Yun Wushuang’s charred and dying body was already plummeting from the sky, only to be intercepted by another Golden Armor Combat Puppet.

"St-Stop!"

Before Lu Jia’s shocked and enraged eyes, the Golden Armor Combat Puppet beheaded Yun Wushuang on the spot.

From behind, Ling Qiyue launched a timely attack. A storm of violent Sword Auras rained down like a torrent of pear blossom needles, shredding Yun Wushuang’s shattered Golden Core and Divine Soul.

With this, it was ashes to ashes, dust to dust, completely eliminating any possibility of her seizing a new body and being reborn.

"...Damn it! You damned Ling Family bitch! This isn’t over!"

Seeing the second Golden Armor Combat Puppet continuing to charge at him, Lu Jia, his heart filled with dread, dared not linger. He made a feint with his blade, and his figure transformed into an Escape Light, vanishing into the distance.

He truly had no answer for this insane fighting style. If he didn’t run now, he feared he would be next!

All told, the entire engagement was quite brief, but the battlefield situation had already changed completely.

With one Golden Core Master dead and the other having fled, the defeat of this loose alliance was sealed.

In the massive explosion just now, the surrounding Pseudo Core Masters who couldn’t evade in time had also suffered collateral damage, and almost all of them were injured.