I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 264 - 262: Killing Array Merits

Upon being air-dropped to the designated location, Ye Qingting, Cui Tianxiao, and Li Xing proceeded southwest as guided by Chu Yunyi. Soon, they met up with the people from Harssas.

Everyone from the academy was present, and although most were injured, the wounds were minor. There were no serious injuries or fatalities, just that the cooling talismans on everyone were nearly exhausted of energy and about to shut down.

Ye Qingting and the others quickly took out Energy Stones, moving through the team, distributing supplies to everyone.

Li Xing, using the Green Smoke Step, deftly dodged the encirclement of several Gale Foxes and arrived at Qi Ming’s side, quickly helping him switch to new Energy Stones.

The piercing cold finally gave way to a warm flow, as Qi Ming’s lips slowly turned from blue to red. He gave Li Xing a glance, his hands remained attentive as he concentrated on manipulating the talisman array.

Li Xing moved swiftly to stand before Luo Jun, delivering a flying kick that exploded the head of a Snow Wolf attempting to ambush her. The blood mist hadn’t even splattered before it froze into tiny ice shards, carried away by the fierce wind.

In comparison to Qi Ming, Luo Jun was much more disheveled, with several tears in her battle armor exposing hideous wounds beneath.

Summoning the Three Thousand Lotus to protect her, Li Xing first fed Luo Jun a Red Medicine, then adeptly replaced her Energy Stones.

Luo Jun was also at her limit, supporting herself with double blades planted in the ground, panting heavily.

"Teacher Luo, are you alright?"

Luo Jun shook her head, pointed at Qi Ming behind her, and said, "I’ve got him covered; not a hair harmed. Hurry up and take him!"

Li Xing laughed, "Thank you, Teacher Luo! Where’s the Headmaster? I haven’t seen him."

At the mention of Wendao, Luo Jun immediately fumed, "The Headmaster is too reckless! Retired for decades, yet once battle starts, he fights harder than the youngsters. I didn’t keep an eye on him, and he dived into the Star Beast group, ending up slapped into a snow pile by a Snow Leopard."

Li Xing was shocked, "What? Where is he?"

Wendao was old, and his body might not endure such exertion; that strike may have caused internal injury. But Li Xing hadn’t seen him in the area for the injured, and she felt instantly tense.

"Don’t worry, nothing critical injured, just took some Red Medicine and recovered. I was afraid he’d recklessly mess around again, and no amount of Red Medicine could save him, so Old Zhou escorted him back to the fortress. Timing-wise, their flying device should have just missed you."

Li Xing breathed a sigh of relief, profoundly appreciating the correctness of Luo Jun’s actions. The elderly shouldn’t rely on physical vigor; it’s better to leave the duty of defending the nation to the youth.

"Teacher Luo, your Primordial Spirit is near depletion, continuing to fight increases the risk of injury. You’d better return to the fortress for a rest, and come back once your Primordial Spirit has recovered to relieve us."

Although Luo Jun was unwilling to leave the battlefield, she knew Li Xing made sense. Instead of using this state to deplete combat resources, it was better to hand the battlefield over to the reinforcements.

"Alright, I’ll take a group and leave; the rest is up to you all. Be careful."

After Luo Jun and the teachers left, the number of Elemental Spirits on the battlefield decreased by nearly a third, but for someone like Li Xing, with extremely high single combat capability, it was actually advantageous, facilitating her use of large-scale lethal weapons—the Thousand-leaf Search and Kill Array and the Three Thousand Lotus.

With Li Xing’s permission, the Three Thousand Lotus was allowed to devour the energy of the Star Beast Crystal Stones but was not to leave the area occupied by Harssas Academy.

Having the opportunity to feast with imperial sanction, the Three Thousand Lotus worked extra diligently, targeting high-level, large-sized Star Beasts.

Thanks to its efforts, high-level Star Beasts were completely absent from the vicinity, greatly reducing the pressure on the Harssas team.

Meanwhile, Li Xing manipulated the Thousand-leaf Search and Kill Array, moving further into the distance to slay Star Beasts.

This was Li Xing’s first time employing the Thousand-leaf Search and Kill Array on the Star Beast Battlefield; memories of Mo Fu teaching her various formations and techniques in the Array Pearl illusion flashed constantly in her mind.

The Glazed Pearl, repaired by Chu Yunyi, resonated with Li Xing’s mind, the Ice Plain Star Beasts were felled by the blade-shaped Glazed Pearl, collapsing en masse at Li Xing’s feet.

As more and more Star Beasts perished, Li Xing’s mastery over the Thousand-leaf Search and Kill Array grew more skilled, and her insight deepened, unconsciously bringing her to the frontlines of the battlefield.

This was the most intense area on the battlefield, the initial point of skirmishing between humans and Star Beasts.

Using this line as a boundary, the distance was like a tide of Star Beasts desperately tearing through blocking humans. The Star Beasts understood clearly that only by breaching this line of defense could they overrun the fortress and venture to human settlements to hunt for food.

Due to the intense pressure of battle here, all Elemental Spirits were regular soldiers of the Fourth Legion. The Star Beasts faced by the reserves were merely those that slipped across the boundary amidst the chaos.

Li Xing’s arrival alleviated pressure on some front-line warriors; when they discovered the reinforcements were a reserve student, they were incredibly shocked, immediately insisting she retreat to the rear.

Yet Li Xing paid them no mind, concentrating on manipulating the Thousand-leaf Search and Kill Array, expanding it until it covered the entire front line.

Thus, all front-line warriors witnessed this bizarre scene: a green light screen rose before them, separating them from the Star Beasts.

Any Star Beast coming into contact with the light screen, like a toy figure with its Energy Stone removed, collapsed to the ground immobile.

The Star Beasts behind seemed oblivious to the strange phenomena ahead, continuing to charge forward, only to repeat their predecessors’ fate, becoming mere corpses.

The corpses soon stacked into a meat wall, and once the wall was high enough to shield the warriors, the green light screen gradually faded away. Outside the meat wall, a dense fog inexplicably emerged, obscuring vision, leaving only the endless roars of Beast Herd within to be heard.

A courageous soldier dragged back a Star Beast corpse for inspection, discovering a tiny wound on its head, suggesting something penetrating there had scrambled the beast’s brain, yet perfectly avoided the Crystal Stone.

After inspecting over a dozen corpses, all in the same condition, it was hard not to suspect that the green light screen was actually a high-level Killing Array.

Shocking waves spread across the front line; everyone was immensely curious about who was behind it. Eventually, a few soldiers near Li Xing reported the situation to the front-line commander.

Only then did everyone realize it was a reserve student who had relieved them, leaving all inexplicably astonished. The last person to single-handedly turn back a beast tide was the Heaven Rank talisman master Chu Yunyi, and now another like Li Xing had appeared; the capability of these young ones was astonishing!

Li Xing now stood atop the meat wall, no longer needing to purposely avoid her own warriors, allowing her finally to unleash her full power. Thereupon, the Thousand-leaf Search and Kill Array was fully activated, leading and confusing the Star Beasts inside the formation onwards, making them forsake attacking the frontline and turning to slaughter one another.

Fangs clashed, elemental flashes, and cries of agony resounded relentlessly, with dismembered limbs and entrails everywhere, blood dyeing the Ice Plain red like a field of carnage.

Mist billowed within the formation, under its cover, Li Xing unleashed her Divine Sense, keeping all Star Beast movements under her control. Recently learned magic, the Ten Thousand Spirits Return Divine Light, was also becoming more adept with polishing amidst the myriad of Star Beasts.

The front-line commander organized a squad to maintain guard while the others rested on site.

Admiration for strength is an instinct. Despite being exhausted to the limit, everyone’s gaze involuntarily fixated on the blurry figure shrouded in mist, with a surge of reverence rising spontaneously.

Li Xing was wholly absorbed within the Array, undisturbed. It must be said, the Thousand-leaf Search and Kill Array was simply the most efficient formation against beast tides; no matter how many Star Beasts, they could not withstand such slaughter.