He unleashed his Earth Arrow spiritual power repeatedly, each time creating a few openings in the light wall. The Earth Arrows flew back, but whether a person could pass through them was another matter. Before anyone could cross, the openings instantly sealed shut.
After several attempts, Mo Qi felt a sense of despair, believing his demise was inevitable.
At that moment, the surrounding scorching heat intensified dramatically. Mo Qi felt his body tearing and melting, forcing him to begin refining the Golden Body Pill internally, placing medicinal herbs into his mouth one by one.
Just then, the two individuals Mo Qi had rescued, who were on the verge of dissolving, also arrived. Mo Qi recognized them as Yuwen Chui and Chao Jing.
The two men finally ceased their struggle.
The intense pain and tearing left them no room to consider anything else but escape.
They hopped around, desperately colliding with the light wall.
The light wall dented with each impact but remained unbroken.
"Ah!" The two men let out heart-wrenching screams!
The torment was truly worse than death.
Mo Qi ignited the "furnace fire" within his body, gradually feeling less pain. However, he knew that if he didn't break through, death was only a matter of time.
Yuwen Chui and Chao Jing each unleashed their flying swords, continuously striking the light wall. The sounds of impact were incessant, sparks flying everywhere, yet the light wall remained intact.
At this moment, shadowy figures appeared in the sky. One figure was exceptionally tall, standing in the sky and looking down upon the ants beneath the giant net.
Mo Qi strained his eyes, trying to get a clear view of the person, but could only see a blur.
Even with his Heavenly Eye divine ability activated, he could see nothing clearly. Da Feng Novel Network
Clearly, the person wished to conceal their identity, employing techniques like anti-heavenly eye.
"Stop wasting your efforts. No one has ever walked out of my Heavenly Profound Earth Fire Star Light Great Formation alive. Never." The black-clothed figure suddenly spoke. His voice was not loud, but each word was clear and struck at the heart.
"Who are you?" Mo Qi asked, exasperated.
"Guess," the person replied with a hint of mockery.
His voice was ethereal and unpredictable, sometimes near, sometimes far, making it impossible to discern clearly. It sounded like a human voice, and yet also like a bird's call.
It seemed even his voice was disguised.
"You almost ruined my plans," the person said, glancing at Mo Qi. "But it doesn't matter, nothing has changed. Starting tonight, the Yuwen family will be removed from the four great families, and as for the Chao family, I haven't even taken them seriously yet."
Of the Chao family members who participated in the cleansing, everyone except Chao Jing and Chao Xixue was destined to die. He didn't know how much of their vital strength remained, hence his statement of not taking them seriously.
Now, it seemed Chao Xixue had benefited from misfortune; her father's slap had saved her life.
The dark shadow then looked at Mo Qi and said, "You are a variable, but you have not changed the outcome."
Before Mo Qi could respond.
Chao Jing erupted in a torrent of curses, "Who the hell are you? If you have the guts, fight me openly. What kind of hero fights sneakily?"
"Hahaha..." The person let out a wild laugh that echoed through heaven and earth. "Others might say that, but Chao Jing, how can you have the nerve to say it? Have you looked in the mirror before speaking? Do you know what shamelessness is?"
Then, he suddenly said coldly, "You, I haven't even listed as an opponent. I'm merely dealing with you incidentally. You are not qualified to fight me openly. Perhaps, in the next life, you'll have the chance."
Chao Jing was rendered speechless by the retort, gritting his teeth in anger. He also had to exert his spiritual power to resist the intense heat, leaving him with little energy for verbal sparring.
In a short while, his body began to rot again...
Yuwen Chui was in the same predicament, unable to resist and on the verge of perishing.
Mo Qi walked over again and gave each of them a healing pill. Without a word, they both consumed them.
At this point, it didn't matter if they were friend or foe; being trapped together was fate!
After taking the pills, their bodies felt a wave of relief, and under the impetus of spiritual energy, they began to recover rapidly.
However, their bodies could not withstand the scorching heat for long. Before much time passed, they would be roasted to the point of melting again.
At that point, Mo Qi would have to give them healing pills again.
It was merely treating the symptoms, not the root cause. He wondered how much longer they could last.
"You hide your face and your name, why are you so afraid of us knowing who you are? Since we are all going to die anyway, let us die with peace of mind. Remove your techniques and let us see who you are," Mo Qi said with a smile.
"Oh?" The dark shadow was clearly surprised.
Firstly, it was Mo Qi's pills; he hadn't expected them to be so potent, with such heaven-defying recovery abilities. These must be legendary immortal pills.
Secondly, Mo Qi's monstrous physical constitution also astonished him.
In his formation world, the correct reaction should have been like Chao Jing and Yuwen Chui's.
Yet, this young man was there, talking and laughing with a composed expression, as if the surrounding heat and scorching could not harm him at all.
However, the dark shadow was, after all, someone who had seen much of the world. What kind of situation hadn't he witnessed?
His cultivation was so low; no matter how heaven-defying he was, there were limits. He wanted to see how long he could last.
"Hmph!" The dark shadow snorted coldly. "It's not that I'm afraid of showing you my true face, it's that I disdain to show it to you. You are not worthy."
Mo Qi had no intention of dwelling on this issue. The current situation was to break out first.
He calmed himself and analyzed all his current strengths.
His strongest assets were the Phoenix Fire Dance Art and the Bursting Pill.
There was also Yuwen Yan!
"Do you have a way to break out?" Mo Qi transmitted his divine sense to Yuwen Yan.
"Yes," Yuwen Yan replied after a moment of thought. "But I'll need to borrow your body. See if you dare to take the risk."
Mo Qi naturally understood the meaning of "risk." Once she borrowed his body, there was a possibility of her taking over his soul.
"What do you plan to do?" Mo Qi asked tentatively.
"First, use your internal artifact to chisel open the light wall barrier. I will borrow your body and unleash the Golden Light Shrinking Ground Technique. It is all-pervasive and can traverse barriers," Yuwen Yan said.
Mo Qi fell into silence.
He decided to try other methods first.
Mo Qi circulated his Blazing Fire spiritual energy, his entire body igniting, almost merging with the surrounding fiery red. Only because his outline was three-dimensional and he moved, did he appear different from his surroundings.
His entire fist swelled, and a fiery red divine light began to spin, swirling around his fist, dazzling and brilliant.
Mo Qi lunged forward, charging towards the light wall barrier. With a resounding boom, his scorching fist struck the light wall. Light energy erupted, divine light shattered, and countless sparks and embers flew in all directions.
The light wall suddenly caved in, emitting a humming sound, as if it were about to crack.
However, with a final clang, the light wall rebounded rapidly, and Mo Qi's body was violently thrown back, landing on the ground with a thud.
"Seeking death," the dark shadow said dismissively and paid him no further attention.
Mo Qi was becoming frantic.
Yuwen Yan's voice echoed in his ear again, "You can completely trust me. Only by working together can we get out of this. Actually, it doesn't matter if I get out myself; I'm just a remnant soul anyway. I hope you can take my family out."
"I did have the thought of possessing your body earlier, but now, seeing your compassion for the weak and helpless, I cannot remain so heartless. On the contrary, I believe your survival is more valuable than mine."
"You're talking about value to me," Mo Qi suddenly laughed. "How about this, you teach me the Golden Light Shrinking Ground Technique now, and I'll break out myself."
Yuwen Yan said, "Teaching you now would likely be too late. Moreover, even if you successfully break out, you won't be able to defeat the person outside. That person is a Human Immortal. So, breaking out will still lead to death."
Mo Qi was surprised, "You know who he is?"
"I can roughly guess who it is, but I'm not certain," Yuwen Yan said.
Mo Qi hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand, "Let's not worry about that for now. Teach me the Golden Light Shrinking Ground Technique first. We'll deal with the rest later."
Yuwen Yan sighed, "Alas, alright. But why can't there be more trust between people?"
Thus, Yuwen Yan began to impart the mental cultivation methods, incantations, and body techniques, along with the methods for circulating spiritual energy and regulating breathing, all in meticulous detail.
Mo Qi listened intently and learned with great focus, completely unaffected by external matters.
At that moment, it was as if all things were unrelated to him, and yet, as if all things were integrated into his being.
The dark shadow outside seemed to be growing impatient. With a flip of his palm, a beam of light, like a sword, pierced the barrier and struck towards Mo Qi's chest.
Mo Qi sensed the spiritual energy traversing the space, its momentum fierce. He dared not be careless and used the Golden Light Shrinking Ground Technique to dodge rapidly. Although he hadn't fully mastered it yet, he could still execute the basic movements, so he skillfully evaded it.
The dark shadow flipped his palm repeatedly, continuously launching light swords, one after another, without any gaps.
Mo Qi continuously employed his movement techniques, weaving through the golden light, as if transforming into a mere speck of light, freely traversing the gaps with ease.
He suddenly felt grateful to the dark shadow outside; its stimulation had caused his Golden Light Shrinking Ground Technique to advance rapidly.
The dark shadow outside was also particularly astonished, "What's wrong? Is my Thunderous Thousand Shadows, Ten Thousand Blades no longer effective? Why can't even a small ant like this be crushed?"
Disbelieving, he shifted his palm slightly. The light shadows traversed, following one after another, striking like lightning towards Yuwen Chui and Chao Jing, who were jumping around nearby.
Chao Jing, facing the dark shadow, dodged rapidly but was grazed, rolling on the ground.
Yuwen Chui, however, was extremely unlucky. Facing the dark shadow, he was directly riddled like a sieve, falling into the vast sea of fire.
Chao Jing's screams pierced the sky, tearing through the surrounding layers of space.
Mo Qi's heart trembled with each sound, like extremely fine needles piercing his heart one by one.
"Stop howling," Mo Qi finally couldn't bear it and immediately walked over, giving him a healing pill.
Chao Jing's injuries gradually subsided, and his wails began to diminish.
The dark shadow became even more perplexed, "It's working, what's going on?"
He unleashed the Thunderous Thousand Shadows, Ten Thousand Blades again, targeting Mo Qi. Mo Qi continued to weave through it freely, unable to be hit, not even touched.
The dark shadow was furious enough to explode.
However, he dared not easily employ other more intense and powerful attack methods. If he damaged the formation, wouldn't that be like lifting a rock only to drop it on his own feet?
In his rage, he continued to slam his palm towards Mo Qi from a distance. The light shadows transformed into blade shadows, continuously striking Mo Qi. Mo Qi dodged left and right, but his speed gradually slowed. At one moment, with a hiss, he was hit and fell to the ground.
Then, he merged into the sea of lava.
The black-clothed figure clapped his hands with satisfaction and said to the void, "Wait here for a while. The formation will dissolve on its own in an hour. It's estimated that the remaining person inside will have long since melted. You can then leave. I have other matters to attend to, so I will depart first."
Only then did several figures emerge from the darkness and cup their fists towards the black-clothed figure, "As you command."
The black-clothed figure departed.
Those figures then stared intently at the sole survivor, Chao Jing, from outside.
Chao Jing was on the verge of collapse.
Previously, with Mo Qi present, constantly feeding him pills, he could hold on for a while longer. But now, with Mo Qi dead, he certainly wouldn't last.
Feeling the searing pain that gnawed at his flesh, his heart was filled with utter despair.
He had been floating in the air when he suddenly felt something grab him. Before he could react, he was pulled into the lava below.
The scorching lava corroded his body inch by inch.
Unwilling to accept his fate, he struggled, channeling his spiritual energy to resist.
At this point, one of the guards outside chuckled, "Finally, everyone is dead."
"Then let's go. What are we still guarding here for? What's the point of guarding wandering souls?" another person said.
"Let's go," the others also chimed in.
Thus, the figures moved, streaking into the distance, disappearing into the night in moments.
Chao Jing felt his body was about to melt away completely, and he had already closed his eyes.