Ten or so breaths later, accompanied by a roar that violently shook Han Li and the others, Yin Xu and Gui Mu finally broke through the outer magic formation.

"Almost there, faster!" Shi Chuankong said through gritted teeth, sweat streaming down his forehead.

"There's no time. You guys continue to set things up. I'll try to buy some time," Baili Yan said, standing up with a grave expression.

"Master, I can't offer much help here. I'll go with Baili to resist them!" Ti Hun said.

"It's too dangerous for you two to go like this. The opponents are two genuine Da Luo Realm cultivators. If it were outside, a single thought would be enough to wipe you out," Han Li said, frowning as he continued his work.

"If we don't stop them for a moment, they'll barge in before we can release that thing. Then we'll truly be sitting ducks. When the Zhulong Dao was destroyed by Xiao Jinhan, my fiendish aura backlash almost ruined everything. I owe Daoist Li that Taiyi Pill. And now I was captured into the You Territory and rescued by Daoist Ti Hun. Baili Yan has already died twice. Let's see how tough my life is this time!" Baili Yan said with a hearty laugh.

"Master, don't worry. After all, I'm a confidant of the You Territory Lord. I doubt they'd dare to really kill me. With me and Daoist Baili, we should be able to buy some time," Ti Hun said.

"Be careful and avoid direct confrontation," Han Li said, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

Baili Yan and Ti Hun exchanged a glance, their figures flashed, and they flew out of the hall's doorway one after the other.

Outside the hall, on the small plaza, the figures of Gui Mu and Yin Xu had just arrived, only to be met by a massive black fireball.

"Boom!" A deafening sound erupted!

The massive fireball exploded, showering the area with meteor-like fiery rain.

Beneath the fiery curtain, a huge cyan-black shield, scattered into countless ghost vines, rapidly retreated into Gui Mu's sleeve.

"You ignorant and reckless fools! Do you know where this is? How dare you act wildly here!" Gui Mu said coldly, looking at Ti Hun and Baili Yan, who had rushed into the plaza.

"Stop wasting words with them, let's make this quick," Yin Xu said, quickly scanning the surroundings.

Without a word, Baili Yan raised his hand, forming a hand seal, chanting a few words, and then suddenly pointing his hand at his dantian.

"Ugh..."

With a heart-wrenching roar, a magma-like crimson light appeared at the location of his dantian, splitting into cracks of bright red, quickly spreading throughout his entire body.

Then, wisps of black flames emerged from the cracks, mixed with thick, rolling black smoke, covering the entire plaza like a blanket.

Seeing this, Ti Hun dashed aside, suddenly raising both arms, clenching both fists, and taking a step forward, letting out a roar that was completely out of character for her.

"Roar..."

With a mad roar, black light rapidly flowed around her body, her eyes turned blood red, her body rapidly swelled, and she quickly transformed into a black giant ape over a hundred zhang tall.

Her jet-black hair stood on end like steel needles, strange horns grew on her head, fangs bared, and the flesh between her eyebrows split open, revealing a third blood-red demonic eye. Three dark, thorny bone spurs protruded from her back, and a chilling yin aura emanated from her body.

"You traitor, You Luo! The Lord Master has shown you such great favor, yet you'd betray him for outsiders, even revealing your beastial true form! Unforgivable!" Gui Mu said with a grim face, scolding her angrily.

As his words fell, a series of violent roars echoed from above, and deep within the thick black smoke, it seemed as if countless lightning bolts were striking each other, erupting in flashes of electric light.

Within the smoke and lightning, the vague figure of a gigantic black candle dragon appeared, its body wreathed in karma fire, slowly twisting in the air, blocking the hall behind it.

Because of its enormous size, the dragon's spine rubbed violently against the void restrictions above, sparks flew, and the roars never ceased.

"They're betting that we won't dare damage the restrictions and can't fight freely, that's why they're acting so recklessly. Elder Gui Mu, go unlock all the restrictions within the forbidden area," Yin Xu said with a sneer.

"What! How can we do that?" Gui Mu said in surprise, hastily.

"They've already broken in. What good are these outer restrictions? They'll only hinder us. If we attack too heavily and accidentally collapse the restrictions, it might even cause a chain reaction and directly damage the seal inside. It's better for us to unlock them ourselves and end this quickly," Yin Xu said with a grim expression.

"But this..." Gui Mu was still hesitant.

"You know all the key points in the formation. Take the Nine Nether Token and go quickly. This is no longer a matter of whether you and I will be punished. If we delay the Lord Master's plan, we'll deserve to die ten thousand times over," Yin Xu rebuked.

Hearing this, Gui Mu stomped his foot and turned to rush towards a corner of the plaza, without looking back.

"Since we deserve to die ten thousand times over, then I'll grind you to ashes... Dark Prison!" Yin Xu roared, his aura soaring more than tenfold.

A patch of black light lit up beneath his feet, and a large area of ink-like black shadows flowed out, covering the sky and the earth. The shadows rushed upwards from the ground and covered downwards from the sky, like a large pot, covering the entire plaza and the void above it.

Baili Yan and Ti Hun, who had revealed their true forms, seemed to have been suddenly pulled into another space. They instantly lost sight, hearing, and all five senses, and could no longer feel the aura of heaven and earth.

A moment later, the layers of light screens surrounding the palace buildings disappeared completely, and a cloud of dense, almost-solid dark shadows roared and rapidly expanded.

...

At the same time, inside the hall, with a soft "click," followed by the sound of gears turning, the noise came from all around.

Han Li and the others were standing around the sacrificial pit, looking up at the top of their heads at the same time, not even daring to breathe.

They saw the layers of circular runes on the dome begin to glow with black light, rotating ring by ring. The stone pillar in the very center began to descend inch by inch.

With a "clang," the descending stone pillar matched the altar below, fitting perfectly into the sacrificial pit.

"Kakaka..."

As the sound of gears turning echoed, an extremely thick and pitch-black fiendish aura rose from the ground, submerging the entire floor of the hall.

Seeing this, Han Li and the others subconsciously stepped back.

Then, the entire stone chamber began to shake violently. The Fiend-Absorbing Ink Stones embedded in the ground and dome all lit up, like stars in the already dim hall, and the runes on the ground also began to glow.

At this moment, a sound like the breathing of wild beasts floated out from an unknown location in the hall.

"Something seems wrong," Han Li muttered, smelling a strange aura.

Seeing this, Shi Chuankong and Hu San's expressions immediately became tense.

Han Li's eyes flashed, and he suddenly saw that the floating sculpture of Kun Hou, engraved on the wall directly behind Hu San, suddenly lit up. It was as if a patch of crimson flames had swept across it, causing a layer of hazy mist to rise above it, making it unclear.

In a trance, he felt that the ferocious beasts carved on the wall seemed to be coming alive, trembling, and the scenes of each other devouring each other became more and more vivid. The mountain of skulls also trembled, as if they would roll into the hall at any moment.

Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw the eyes of the Kun Hou floating sculpture on the wall light up.

"Hu San, get out of the way!" Han Li shouted.

Without hesitation, Hu San immediately tilted his head and flashed to the side. The sound of something whistling through the air brushed past his ear.

A fist-sized red fireball and a pitch-black fireball, intertwined with each other, shot out from the eye sockets of the statue and suddenly struck the stone pillar hanging down from the roof.

With a "bang!" Two clusters of fire ignited a large number of sparks at the same time, then spiraled up along the black stone pillar to the left and right, like two fire snakes wrapped around the stone pillar. One climbed to the top of the hall, and the other swam toward the altar on the ground. Wherever they passed, the runes were lit up.

Han Li and the others had a look of amazement and uncertainty on their faces.

Above their heads, black light shone brightly, echoing the red light on the ground, like a prairie fire lit in the dark night.

"Rumble," rumbling sounds came from underground, and the red light on the ground became more and more intense. There was actually a burst of hot air rising from below.

With a "click," the altar connected to the stone pillar trembled violently, and cracks suddenly appeared on the surrounding ground. The ground was unstable and began to collapse.

"Be careful," Han Li said in a low voice, his body immediately floating into the air.

Shi Chuankong and Hu San also lit up with escaping light and flew into the air.

The three frowned, staring at the bottom, and saw that the entire floor of the hall began to split into countless pieces, breaking apart like floating ice on the river, and falling downward.

Beneath the ground, a huge underground pit appeared, extending downward for who knows how many thousands of miles. Inside, the light flickered, with half of it being red flame and half of it being black flame, burning fiercely.

Beneath the stone pillar connecting the altar, there was actually a thick stone pillar leading to the depths of the earth, engraved with dense, ancient runes, which had been burned red by the scorching flames underground.

Han Li's eyes flashed with purple light, and he opened the Nine Nether Devil Eyes, staring downwards.

He saw that in the red and black flames, he could feel the aura of the fire law, as well as a strong fiendish aura of karma fire. Deep inside, there seemed to be scarlet chains intertwined with each other, wrapped around the stone pillar.

Below the layers of intertwined chains, there seemed to be a blurry shadow constantly flashing.

Just as Han Li was engrossed in watching, his gaze suddenly shrank, and his body reflexively retreated upwards, crashing directly into the dome of the hall.

In the underground pit, the raging flames suddenly surged up like a volcanic eruption, with a "boom!"

"Roar..."

Accompanied by a roar that shook the mind, a huge and ferocious palm suddenly protruded from the flames, grabbing violently in the void. It just happened to grab the place where Han Li had been standing. After missing, with a "clang," it grabbed the ground on the edge of the pit.

The palm was hundreds of zhang long, as if it were cast from refined iron and stone. It was covered with distinct black blocks, and the surface was covered with sharp protrusions like thorns. A layer of extremely thick black flames was wrapped around it.

Please bookmark this site to read the latest novel!