Chapter 1055: Each Deploys Their Own Methods

After a few breaths, the group arrived before the valley and stopped.

Below the valley, there were also many Fire-Year Firefly nests, even more than on the ground above, so it was not advisable to approach further.

“I am grateful that you fellow Daoists have chosen to stay, but I can only help you this far. The road ahead must be walked by yourselves.” Su Qianxi said, forming a hand seal to retrieve the small yellow banner.

Since the others had chosen to stay, they naturally had their own methods and had no intention of relying on the Heavenly Water Sect, so they nodded in agreement.

“Then I wish you all good luck.”

Led by Su Qianxi, the three members of the Heavenly Water Sect chanted incantations, their bodies spinning swiftly. With a flash of blue light on their surfaces, they transformed into three streaks of blue water light, flew out of the ground, and shot rapidly into the valley.

The Green Lock Valley Master flipped his hand and produced a green talisman, which he pasted onto himself. Then, murmuring incantations, the green talisman immediately merged into his body.

Countless green runes appeared around him, his body turned semi-transparent, and he too shot forth, following closely behind the three from the Heavenly Water Sect.

As for the burly man with a full beard, yellow light flickered on his body, and a thick layer of earthy yellow stone armor emerged, covering him entirely.

Once the stone armor appeared, the man seemed to have truly turned into a stone statue, devoid of any trace of life.

He did not fly out of the ground but continued to lurk underground, employing a technique similar to earth遁, advancing toward the valley.

The remaining seven or eight Golden Immortal cultivators, who seemed to be a well-acquainted small group, stood in a circle. A golden-haired youth raised his hand and waved.

A beam of golden light shot from his hand, transforming into a golden wooden stele.

The wooden stele was over a hundred feet in size, engraved with a golden beast-head pattern. It emitted a bright golden light, within which rippled a fluctuation of the Law of Time.

The seven or eight Golden Immortal cultivators placed their hands on the golden wooden stele, and the golden light on the stele immediately intensified, enveloping them all.

Then the golden wooden stele spun rapidly, and the giant stele, along with the Golden Immortal cultivators, suddenly vanished into the void, transforming into a golden shadow that flew toward the depths of the valley.

“This is… the Baoyang Divine Wood!” Han Li remarked, his eyes flickering at the sight.

The Baoyang Divine Wood was a divine wood renowned for containing the power of the Law of Time, on par with his Two-Life Trees, and was extremely rare. He had not expected to encounter it here.

Han Li did not linger either. Golden light flickered on his body, and with a flash, he transformed into a faint golden shadow, following behind the group of scattered cultivators.

As soon as the group flew out of the ground, despite each using techniques to conceal their aura, the valley was so densely packed with Fire-Year Fireflies that there was no empty space, and they inevitably bumped into some fireflies.

Those Fire-Year Fireflies immediately latched onto the遁光, shadows, and other forms the group had transformed into, while simultaneously emitting chirping sounds.

With a “boom,” the other fireflies instantly flew over, raining down upon the group like raindrops.

These Fire-Year Fireflies were truly formidable. No matter what secret techniques Han Li and the others employed, or what forms they assumed, the fireflies clung tightly to them, quickly forming dark red cocoons around each person, rolling and biting, while spewing clusters of Years Flame to strike fiercely.

The golden shadow that Han Li had transformed into was also seized by countless swarms of fireflies. Clusters of Years Flame rained down, and the protective light around him rapidly weakened.

He immediately raised both hands, and golden lightning radiance surged in his palms. Numerous golden arcs of lightning shot forth, forming a thick golden lightning net around him.

Intense laws of lightning churned within the net, causing the nearby void to tremble.

However, under the Years Flame of the Fire-Year Fireflies, these immensely powerful lightning laws proved ineffective. Under the impact of the flames, they quickly melted and disappeared, and the golden lightning net rapidly thinned.

Han Li’s expression darkened. He raised both hands in the air.

Two thick bolts of golden lightning shot from his palms and merged into the golden lightning net around him. The net immediately brightened and restored its original thickness.

Han Li continuously released golden lightning from his palms to maintain the net, while also secretly infusing a strand of the Law of Time into it.

With the aid of the Law of Time, the rate at which the golden lightning net dissipated immediately slowed, barely managing to withstand the erosion of the Years Flame.

Han Li breathed a sigh of relief. Instead of trying to shake off these Fire-Year Fireflies, he directly carried the swarm around him and shot rapidly toward the depths of the valley.

The others did the same, carrying large cocoons of fireflies as they flew deep into the valley, soon arriving before the black cave.

In that short distance, the cocoons around each person had already grown to over ten feet in size, greatly reducing their speed.

Within each cocoon, countless clusters of Years Flame struck from all directions, ten times more ferocious than at the start, almost forming a sea of fire that enveloped and scorched them fiercely.

Han Li and the others exerted all their defensive measures to withstand the impact of the Years Flame, their immortal spiritual power surging out like a tide, quickly depleting by more than half. Fortunately, they had already reached the cave entrance.

Han Li let out a low shout. He stretched out his hands, and golden lightning flashed on his body, abruptly giving rise to four golden lightning dragons radiating dazzling lightning.

Each lightning dragon was not too large in size, but they all emitted terrifying laws of lightning, far surpassing the golden lightning net. Wherever they passed, the void shattered inch by inch.

In addition to the laws of lightning, as before, he secretly infused them with the power of the Law of Time.

Four lightning dragons shot out like electricity, flashing as they struck the insect sphere around them.

A loud boom erupted from within the lightning dragons!

Golden lightning as dazzling as the blazing sun burst forth, instantly tearing apart the surrounding insect sphere.

Han Li moved like lightning, and with a whoosh, he shot out from the scattering swarm of insects and vanished into the black cave.

Countless small holes also lined the cave walls, and many Fire-Year Fireflies flew out from them, continuing to charge at him.

But the number of Fire-Year Fireflies here was far fewer than outside. He formed a hand seal and waved, and a layer of golden lightning net reappeared on his body surface, easily blocking these Fire-Year Fireflies.

Han Li had previously used the Myriad Void Emptiness Technique and the law of time to conceal his aura, so the fewest Fire-Year Fireflies attacked him, allowing him to be the first to enter the black cave.

However, he did not venture alone deep into the cave; instead, he stopped and looked outside.

An extremely cold aura erupted from outside the cave. The insect sphere around the three from Tianshui Sect was frozen by blue ice crystals, then shattered and fell to the ground.

Those blue ice crystals emitted astonishing cold energy and law fluctuations, clearly a special ice-type divine ability. Even the flames of time on the Fire-Year Fireflies' bodies were frozen in place.

But those Fire-Year Fireflies did not die; the flames of years on their bodies flickered and surged, and the blue ice crystals slowly began to melt.

However, the blue ice crystals possessed considerable magical power and would not be completely melted anytime soon.

The three from Tianshui Sect took the opportunity to shoot out and fly into the cave, but they did not go deep immediately and stopped.

“Fellow Daoist Shi, how did you…” Su Quanxi saw that Han Li was already inside the cave, a look of surprise on her face.

Jin Liu and the other gentle-mannered young man also showed astonished expressions.

The Fire-Year Fireflies that had originally been lurking in the cave sensed the auras of Su Quanxi and the other two and fluttered their wings to pounce on them.

The three had no time to bother with Han Li and hurriedly used their own methods to defend themselves.

At the same time, over a hundred zhang ahead in the cave, another firefly ball swelled violently a few times, then suddenly burst open, revealing a rapidly spinning green tornado pillar that swept away the surrounding Fire-Year Fireflies, preventing them from approaching.

The green wind pillar twisted like a living thing and thrust one end into the black cave.

With a “whoosh” sound!

Lord Fu shot out from the Wind Pillar, vanished in a flash, and also disappeared into the cave. Immediately after, another insect ball beside him suddenly swelled and split open with a crack.

A dazzling golden light broke through from within, shot into the cave with incredible speed, and in a flash revealed the figures of those seven or eight scattered Golden Immortals.

These few had the lowest cultivation and had consumed the most immortal spiritual power; their faces were now deathly pale.

Just as these scattered Golden Immortals flew into the black cave, the cave entrance flickered wildly with blue light. With a few crisp sounds of "crack," the entrance was frozen solid by a thick layer of blue ice crystals, completely sealed off.

Su Quanxi withdrew her hand. Above her head floated a blue ice bead the size of a fist, spinning rapidly, emitting astonishing cold energy and fluctuations of laws.

The Fire-Year Fireflies outside, seeing everyone enter the cave, suddenly became enraged, letting out high-pitched shrieks. They spat out clumps of Year Flame and madly attacked the blue ice crystals.

Even more Fire-Year Fireflies spiraled in midair, transforming into streaks of dark red rainbows that violently slammed into the blue ice crystals.

The blue ice crystals trembled incessantly, melting rapidly, with cracks appearing on the surface, on the verge of collapse.

Su Quanxi's expression changed. She gritted her teeth and pointed with a hand seal.

The blue ice bead above her head immediately shot out, vanished in a flash, and merged into the blue ice crystals.

A layer of crystalline blue light immediately appeared on the surface of the blue ice crystals. The cracks on it quickly healed, and the emitted cold energy intensified tenfold, stabilizing it at once.

However, the blue ice crystals still could not withstand the erosion of the Year Flame, melting and disappearing rapidly.

Su Quanxi frowned deeply but had no solution.

At that moment, a figure flickered, and Han Li appeared before the blue ice crystals. He raised his hand and pressed it against them.

Dazzling golden light surged from his palm and merged into the blue ice crystals.

A layer of golden halo immediately appeared on the surface of the blue ice crystals, and the speed at which they were melted by the Year Flame greatly decreased.

"The power of the Time Law!" Su Quanxi looked at Han Li in surprise.

The others, seeing this, also looked at Han Li with disbelief in their eyes.

Han Li's expression remained calm, but inwardly he sighed.

Although he did not want to reveal his strength, the situation was critical and he could not care too much. If the swarm outside got in, he would also be in big trouble.

Of course, as for why he had mastered the power of the Time Law and how he had entered the cave first, he naturally would not explain anything and would just let them guess.