Chapter 2343: Destruction is Easier than Construction

"This is merely a safeguard for our safe teleportation later," Zuan's words promptly cut off her order to kill.

"A safeguard?" Salame's face chilled. "You've caused such a huge commotion; the Demon Lord will surely come to investigate. How can you call this a safeguard?"

She had already received warnings from hidden outposts on the perimeter that the Demon Envoys had arrived to investigate.

Zuan smiled, pointing to the massive teleportation array around them. He replied unhurriedly, "Once a cross-world teleportation array like this is activated, it's bound to create a significant disturbance. The Demon Lord will certainly detect it. There's a period of time from the array's activation until successful teleportation. If we're attacked by the Demon Lord during that time, not only might we fail to teleport successfully, but we could also get lost in the void."

Salame's expression changed; she knew his words were true. "But by giving such an early warning, won't you just attract the Demon Lord even sooner?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the ground suddenly shook violently, and cracks appeared in the dome of the entire underground city.

All the demons present changed color upon sensing the terrifying destructive power encroaching from outside.

For thousands of years, this terrifying power had been etched into their very bones.

"The aura of the Doomsday Beast!" exclaimed the elder of the True Demon Clan, his face pale.

Even Salame's faction trembled slightly, a flicker of fear and despair in their eyes.

Salame looked up at the dome and quickly noticed the Demon Lord's figure soaring into the sky from the distant palace. Her heart stirred, and she suddenly fixed her gaze on Zuan: "Did you do all this?"

"Yes." Zuan nodded, his expression calm as he watched the distant Demon Lord.

This underground city was the last bastion of the Demon World, and its defensive power was unprecedented.

In recent days, whenever he had free time, he explored the underground levels. With his current mastery of array formations, he quickly discerned a colossal defensive array enveloping the entire underground city.

It not only resisted the destructive forces from outside but also isolated the entire underground city's aura, preventing the Doomsday Beast from discovering it.

He had been pondering how to completely resolve the lingering troubles of the Demon World.

Although the Demon World was barely clinging to existence, countless powerful beings still remained, not to mention the Demon Lord, the strongest of them all.

If a direct confrontation were to occur here, Zuan's side would most likely face certain death.

Furthermore, he had accidentally learned that the Demon Lord had known his true identity from the beginning but had kept silent, clearly plotting something greater.

Unfortunately, he could never discover what exactly the Demon Lord was plotting.

If that was the case, then let everything be destroyed; that way, he wouldn't have to worry about the opponent's schemes.

To destroy this underground city, the most convenient way was to borrow the power of the Doomsday Beast outside.

As long as the underground city's defensive array was destroyed, destructive power would naturally surge in, and the Doomsday Beast would soon become aware. Once it arrived, total annihilation would await this world.

But destroying the underground city's defensive array was easier said than done.

Such a colossal array, the very lifeline of the Demon World's survival, was extremely thorough in its anti-destruction measures.

All important array nodes were heavily guarded, and there were also individual arrays protecting those nodes.

If attacked, the assailant might be killed by arriving Demon Envoys or even the Demon Lord before they could even break through the protective arrays.

Moreover, the most crucial core hub of the entire grand array was hidden deep within the palace, personally overseen by the Demon Lord. In addition, various guards and Demon Envoys patrolled it daily, absolutely prohibiting outsiders from approaching.

Zuan could indeed change his appearance and infiltrate, but then no one would operate the teleportation array outside. Without a retreat path, even if he successfully destroyed the array, whether it was the reacting Demon Lord or the arrival of the Doomsday Beast from outside, a dead end awaited them.

That's why he and the women had designed this plan together earlier.

As someone who had been in a high position for many years, he understood the way such leaders thought.

No matter how much an opponent claimed to trust a subordinate, they would inevitably have corresponding control measures.

Just like an army going to war, their families and children had to remain in the capital.

Moreover, the Demon Lord also knew that Zuan was not Donal, and might even know his true identity.

He would surely try to find Zuan's weakness and leverage.

And looking across the entire underground city, what could be a more obvious weakness than Pei Mianman and the other women?

Everything went as they had expected. The Demon Lord indeed sent subordinates to capture them and hold them hostage in the palace, which gave them the opportunity to approach the core of the array.

Destruction was much easier than construction!

Even with Zuan's current mastery, he might not be able to construct such a magnificent grand array.

But if the goal was to destroy this grand array, it would be much simpler.

Although the array's core in the palace was guarded by various masters, Zuan, now proficient in the mysteries of spatial transformation, had specifically created some special arrays that could affect the core's balance without direct contact.

Once the core's operational balance was broken, the entire defensive array would malfunction, allowing the terrifying destructive power from outside to invade.

At that point, the entire underground city would be on the verge of collapse, and no matter how many schemes the Demon Lord had, he would have no time to execute them.

Of course, the special arrays Zuan created could not be too far from the core; they had to be placed inside the palace. Pei Mianman and the others being taken as hostages conveniently provided the perfect opportunity.

And to be safe, the array plates given to the women were only parts of the full array, disguised as personal accessories. This way, even if discovered, no one would realize they were array components.

It now seemed that Pei Mianman and the others had indeed successfully completed the planned task.

At this point, Salame and her group were both shocked and furious: "You chose to destroy the entire underground city just to delay him!"

She wanted to rescue her father and help him regain his status as the King of the World. But if the world was gone when he returned, what would be the point of all this?

Even the elders of the True Demon Clan changed color, contemplating whether to immediately notify their kin to gather at the teleportation array for transfer.

Zuan took in everyone's reactions, then smiled and explained, "Young lady, you worry too much. How powerful is the underground city's grand array? How could I possibly destroy it so easily? With the Demon Lord repairing it, the entire underground city will be preserved."

The number of people this teleportation array could transport was limited, so he certainly couldn't let them panic.

"Is that so? It looks like a significant commotion to me," Salame said, her face skeptical, as she watched flaming meteors fall from the dome, creating howls of anguish everywhere, like a scene of the apocalypse.

She knew those weren't meteors but magma from deep underground.

To evade the Doomsday Beast, the entire city had been built deep within the earth's core, so magma naturally surrounded it.

Now, only burning rocks were falling; later, there might even be a rain of fire.

Zuan smiled faintly: "Are you lacking confidence in the Demon Lord and countless genius array masters, or do you have too much confidence in me?"

Salame thought about it and realized he had a point. It would indeed be illogical if such a grand array, embodying the wisdom of countless generations of geniuses, could be so easily destroyed.

"In that case, let's teleport quickly, or we won't be able to leave once the Demon Lord reacts."

As she spoke, she instructed her powerful subordinates, under Zuan's direction, to channel their energy into the array from various positions to charge it.

Jiang Luofu cast a knowing glance at the demons, thinking to herself, *Ah Zu's tongue is truly capable of deceiving people to death without repercussions.*

It was important to know that in their plan, they were indeed going to directly destroy the entire underground city.

While ordinary array masters, even geniuses, truly couldn't achieve all this, Zuan and Xie Daoyun were geniuses among geniuses in array formations. That very night, while studying the "Mysteries of Spatial Transformation," they had a flash of inspiration and conceived the blueprint for this plan.

She wondered how the two of them had studied that night to come up with such an ingenious method of destruction.

Destruction was indeed easier than construction.