# Chapter 2128: Born Array Artisan
"I'll try." Yang Xiao's expression turned serious as he stepped before Lin Feng. A beam of light shot from between his brows into Lin Feng's brow, but in an instant, Yang Xiao's face stiffened slightly. "Soul shattered. He's dead."
"What?" The people who had entered all froze in place. Soul shattered? Mu Feng, truly dead?
Thinking this, their gazes swept across their surroundings, then looked ahead. The Death Cauldron had already vanished, so they couldn't see it. However, they did see a cave dwelling up ahead, from which a terrifying aura seemed to emanate, causing their pupils to contract slightly.
A figure flashed in like a gust of wind—an Emperor Realm cultivator. Yet the next moment, his pupils shrank as he froze in place. The scene before him deeply shook his soul.
A terrifying great demon appeared before him. It wasn't an array demon, but a true demonic beast, an incredibly fearsome one. This was a Dragon Python—dragon head, serpent body, coiled there and still dozens of meters tall. If its body were stretched out, no one knew how massive it would be. The Dragon Python's eyes stared at him, and just seeing those pupils made him feel a chill run through his entire body.
"How can this be? How can there be such a terrifying demonic beast here?" This person's heart trembled. He saw the enormous Dragon Python coiled atop a massive array ore, as if it were the guardian of that array ore.
"Wherever great demons appear, there are treasures guarded by them," this person thought to himself. Could it be that what this Dragon Python guarded was some kind of treasure?
At this moment, several figures strode in. When they entered and saw the Dragon Python, their pupils all contracted, and their hearts pounded violently. Such a terrifying demonic beast! They hadn't expected that within this tomb would be a demonic beast. Why did the rumors say that beneath this tomb lay the blood relatives of the ancient array artisan?
"Senior Dragon Python, may I ask what place this is?" someone asked. But the Dragon Python only stared at him with its eyes, giving no response, causing that Emperor Realm cultivator's expression to stiffen.
After a moment of silence, the Dragon Python's expression seemed to flicker slightly. Then its coiled body slowly began to move. Instantly, the crowd's bodies all retreated, revealing panicked expressions. The Dragon Python yielded its position, revealing the array ore to their sight. Within the smooth, jade-like array ore, there seemed to be a living spiritual entity—a human-shaped outline.
"An Innate Array Spirit?" The experts of the Heavenly Array Mysterious Mansion all froze, sharp glints flashing in their eyes. Within this array ore, there seemed to be life existing.
The Dragon Python's eyes also stared unblinkingly at the array ore before it, a look of anticipation appearing in its enormous pupils.
"Crack!" A crisp sound rang out, causing the crowd's hearts to jump slightly. A crack had appeared on the array ore.
Then, cracking sounds continued without end. The cracks grew more and more numerous. The crowd's hearts trembled more and more violently. An Innate Array Spirit—a Born Array Artisan—comparable to an Ancient Saint! If it were truly born?
Thinking this, they were far more excited than when they had captured Lin Feng. Their eyes all blazed with brilliant light, as if ready to spring into action at any moment. They seemed to have forgotten that before them still lay a terrifying great demon, the Dragon Python, which could swallow them in one gulp. All they thought of now was the Innate Array Spirit, the Born Array Artisan—a being comparable to a Saint King.
Cracks crisscrossed in all directions. Finally, a crisp breaking sound rang out. The array ore completely split open. From within the array ore emerged a spiritual entity—round and chubby, human-shaped, with facial features. However, those features didn't seem very clear, appearing somewhat blurry.
"Hiss, hiss..." The Dragon Python extended its long tongue, its enormous eyes seeming to show excitement as it licked the spiritual entity. At that same moment, several Emperor Realm figures appeared. They instantly pounced toward the Innate Array Spirit like lightning.
A terrifyingly cold light suddenly shot from the Dragon Python's eyes. Then its long tongue lashed out, stirring the wind and clouds. In an instant, it swallowed one Emperor Realm cultivator whole. That person didn't even have time to scream before disappearing. Yang Xiao and the Purple Emperor, who hadn't moved, both showed looks of horror in their eyes. Such a terrifying Dragon Python! This Dragon Python was a Saint Emperor-level Dragon Python, an ancient demon that had existed for who knows how many years.
Yet it had willingly guarded this place all along, waiting for this Born Array Artisan to be born.
Although the Dragon Python had instantly devoured one expert, this couldn't completely stop the Emperor Realm cultivators from charging toward the spiritual entity. At that moment, one person rushed to the spirit body. His palm trembled as he grasped the spiritual entity, as if trying to seize it and carry it away. But at that instant, the spiritual entity's features seemed to face this Emperor Realm cultivator. Before him, terrifying pattern light frantically interwove, instantly transforming into dreadful power. The myriad laws of heaven and earth seemed to be drawn in, all converging to tear and kill. In just a flash, that Emperor Realm cultivator was ripped to shreds. The crowd's hearts twitched violently—this was even more shocking and horrifying than seeing the Dragon Python's immense strength.
"Born Array Artisan! Is this Innate Spirit Body truly this terrifying?" The hearts of those who hadn't died pounded violently. Now they believed that the ancient legends of their Heavenly Array Mysterious Mansion were mostly true. This Born Array Artisan was terrifying to such a degree that it was impossible for it not to become an array artisan. It directly mobilized a terrifying array dao and killed an Emperor Realm cultivator. Although that Emperor Realm cultivator had been somewhat careless—otherwise he wouldn't have been killed so easily.
"Ah ya ya!" The Innate Spirit Body looked toward the crowd outside. Immediately, everyone retreated several steps, not daring to approach. They didn't want to die yet. Even without the Dragon Python acting, this spirit body could probably kill them all.
The spirit body leaped toward the Dragon Python's body, jumping remarkably high. The Dragon Python lowered its head slightly, letting the spirit body jump onto its head. Its tongue curled upward, licking the spirit body's form, excitement in its eyes. Then its body charged into the void. Terrifying rumbling sounds rang out. Everything shattered and collapsed. The entire tomb was being destroyed.
"Let's go." The Purple Emperor and Yang Xiao retreated. As they passed by Lin Feng's physical body, Yang Xiao grabbed it, then shot upward with it. Fortunately, the Dragon Python had no intention of killing them, or else they probably wouldn't have been able to escape.
The Dragon Python burst through the cave, its thousand-meter-long body soaring upward, becoming as tall as a mountain. When the surrounding crowd looked in this direction, their hearts were all shaken with terror.
"What is that?" Someone felt a terrifying demonic might. Their legs trembled slightly. Too terrifying.
"A Dragon Python! Dragon head, serpent body—this is the demonic beast Dragon Python. With such a long body, it must be a Saint Emperor-level Dragon Python. And its serpent scales have already turned dark, like dragon scales. Even among Saint Emperor Realm beings, it's a fearsome existence, with a chance to step into the Demon Saint realm, becoming a supreme demon king, transforming into a thousand-meter python dragon, shaking heaven and earth."
Some who had heard of Dragon Pythons were all shocked by this sight. Then they saw the Dragon Python's body slither forward. Wherever it passed, no one dared to stay in its path.
"There's someone on the Dragon Python's head?"
"Not a person—it seems to be a form. What's going on?"
"Yang Xiao, Purple Emperor, what happened in the tomb you entered?" someone shouted at Yang Xiao and the Purple Emperor as they emerged.
"An Innate Array Spirit, a Born Array Artisan! Let's go, we need to inform our master immediately!" Yang Xiao shouted. Countless hearts trembled. Those words carried too much weight. An Innate Array Spirit! Were the legends true? There really was an Innate Array Spirit body? And it was guarded by a terrifying Dragon Python?
Such a level of existence had appeared in the First Cave Heaven of the Qian Domain of their Heavenly Array Mysterious Mansion. How could this not shock people?
The Innate Spirit Body sat cross-legged atop the Dragon Python's head, as if standing above the clouds, receiving the worship of the crowd. It was the destined king, the born king.
As it advanced, whether emperor or sovereign, all yielded. Yet those array demons howled as they charged over, gathering around, letting out long cries. Even the guardian array demons seemed to be celebrating the birth of their king.
Thus, in this cave heaven, an incredibly shocking scene appeared—like a terrifying beast tide.
"Could it be that what these powerful array demons guarded was only this born king? Then the other tombs were just decoys?" the crowd thought to themselves. But this seemed unimportant now. What they wanted to know was whether the senior experts of the Heavenly Array Mysterious Mansion could deal with this Dragon Python, capture the Innate Spirit Body, and refine it for their own use.
However, so far, the Dragon Python had shown no malice toward the human cultivators in the cave heaven, launching no attacks. So they weren't too afraid or worried. Whether Dragon Python or array demons, they only cared about their king.
All of this seemed to have nothing to do with Lin Feng. At this moment, the Death Cauldron appeared in some space, spinning madly. Many experts stood in the distance watching. Before them lay many corpses, all killed by the Death Cauldron's deathly bell sound. The terrifying sound emanating from that ancient cauldron could kill people by itself.
But for Lin Feng, there was something even more terrifying. This ancient cauldron seemed to possess its own intelligence, wanting to refine his soul, to become the cauldron's own soul. Yet this cauldron, whose bell sound could kill Emperor Realm cultivators, had been unable to refine Lin Feng's divine soul.