A Man Like None Other (Jared Chance) novel Chapter 4531

A trace of disdain flickered in Jared's eyes as he stared directly at the talisman imprint at the center of the Array of Eight Trigrams.

“Trying to compete with me in the art of charms? Too naive!”

Jared's lips curled into a smirk as he swiped his hand, and the charm imprint in the middle turned to ash in an instant.

As the charm imprint turned to ash, the light from the other charm imprints also vanished immediately.

The entire sword-cleansing lake was plunged into darkness, and the sword marionettes seemed to lose their frenzy.

Though they were still attacking, their strength had clearly diminished.

Some sword marionettes even stopped attacking altogether.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and looked toward Jared in unison.

Sworder walked over with his sword and asked, “Mr. Chance, are you okay?”

“I'm fine!” Jared assured him. “Sworder, what's going on with this secret room? And what about the arcane array inside?”

To his surprise, Sworder shook his head. “I don't know either. I only know that there's an arcane array at the bottom of the sword-cleansing lake. As for this secret room at the bottom, I've never known about it!”

“It seems that this secret room, and the arcane array inside, must have been left by the ancestors of the Divine Smithing Sect,” Jared said.

An elder of the Divine Smithing Sect asked in confusion, “Why would you say that, Mr. Chance? If it was the work of the Divine Smithing Sect's ancestors, what's the purpose?”

Jared explained, “This secret room and the Array of Five Elements and Eight Trigrams inside were likely left behind by the Divine Smithing Sect's ancestor as a backup, to prevent the sword-cleansing lake from being destroyed. If the arcane array at the bottom of the lake is destroyed, the sword-cleansing lake loses its effect. That's when the arcane array in this secret room activates.”

“If that's the case, then why did this secret room trap us? And there's also evil energy coming from the formation! An ancestor of the Divine Smithing Sect couldn't have set up an arcane array with evil energy!” another elder of the Divine Smithing Sect said.

Jared revealed, “The charm imprint in the Array of Five Elements and Eight Trigrams was tampered with, which caused the evil energy to seep into the arcane array. This is also why the arcane array had specific protection. When I destroyed the charm imprint, the evil energy disappeared, and the sword marionettes became much calmer.”