Chapter 1087: Unusual Actions

Han Li managed to block those crystalline sword qi unscathed, but the others were not so fortunate.

The spherical light shields around the Lan siblings were slashed with cracks amidst a series of "crackling" sounds.

The spherical light shield flickered wildly with blue light, on the verge of collapse, with faint blood light appearing within.

Their expressions changed drastically as they quickly formed hand seals, causing blue light to flash wildly on their bodies. Countless blue crystal threads shot out and merged into the blue shield.

The shield immediately blazed with water light, and eight blue dragon phantoms emerged, whirling rapidly around the spherical shield, accompanied by dragon roars.

The blue shield stabilized, tenaciously resisting the sword qi attacks while retreating backward, flashing out of the square to the outside.

Within the shield, Lan Yuanzi had one arm severed at the elbow, and Lan Yan bore a deep sword wound on her shoulder, their faces filled with panic.

The power of these crystalline sword qi far exceeded their expectations. Fortunately, they had activated their trump card defensive immortal artifact, the Eight Dragon Water Pearl, or they would have been slain on the spot.

The white light shields before Hu San and Jiao San were similarly slashed with cracks by the crystalline sword qi, on the verge of shattering.

At the critical moment, Jiao San pressed both hands against the shield, and two bursts of dark red light erupted from her palms, forming a dark red light barrier that churned with the power of the law of reincarnation.

Though the dark red barrier did not appear thick, it was exceptionally tough, firmly resisting the sword qi attacks.

However, the two did not retreat; they stared intently at the direction of the golden altar.

On the other side, the golden light array around Lei Yuce and the others was struck by the sword qi. Lei Yuce and Wen Zhong simultaneously chanted incantations, their hands moving like wheels as they continuously struck various colored hand seals into the golden light array.

Within the golden light array, a hundred-zhang-tall golden sword shadow emerged, trembling incessantly. The incoming crystalline sword qi, upon entering the golden light array, immediately docilely converged, spinning around the golden sword shadow before merging into it like rivers returning to the sea.

"Eh, where is Xiong Shan?" Han Li raised an eyebrow and swept his gaze around.

Xiong Shan was closest to the golden ancient sword; could he have been killed?

But the next scene made Han Li pause slightly.

Xiong Shan's body was now wrapped in a golden light, his entire form turning into a golden mist that emitted a cloud-like sword intent.

As sword qi slashed through him, it passed straight through, seemingly causing no harm.

"What kind of secret technique is this?" Han Li narrowed his eyes, then noticed that the sword qi cutting through the golden mist Xiong Shan had transformed into was not without effect.

With each slash of sword qi, the golden mist subtly diminished.

However, contrary to everyone's expectations, Xiong Shan did not retreat. Instead, the golden mist he had transformed into churned and surged, and he continued to rush toward the golden ancient sword, reaching within ten zhang of it in an instant.

The golden flame beside the ancient sword seemed to sense something, suddenly swelling by a third and churning violently, emitting a hissing roar.

Streams of golden fire shot out from the flame, merging with the sword qi from the ancient sword. The originally crystalline sword qi became tinged with a faint golden flame light, transforming into flaming sword qi.

"Boom!"

The flaming sword qi, as if invigorated by a potent tonic, swelled several times. Originally covering only three to four hundred zhang around the altar, it now enveloped nearly a thousand zhang in the vicinity.

The golden mist that Xiong Shan had transformed into was immediately engulfed by the flaming sword qi, churning violently and rapidly shrinking, with cries of agony emanating from within.

Hu San, Jiao San, and Lei Yuce's group were also instantly submerged by the flaming sword qi, followed by shouts of anger and surprise, though what happened was unclear.

Han Li and the Lan siblings had already retreated to safety, but with the sudden expansion of the sword qi, they were once again caught within it.

Flaming sword qi slashed at the sword barrier around Han Li. Amidst loud clangs, the golden sword barrier was instantly torn apart, and the thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were sent flying like fallen leaves in a gale, spinning wildly.

The flaming sword qi tore through the golden sword array and immediately struck him.

The True Extremity Membrane around Han Li flickered with crystal light. With tearing sounds, the membrane that had previously withstood the crystalline sword qi was now slashed with deep cuts, more than halfway through.

He could no longer hold back, so he quickly formed hand seals.

With a "hum," the Truth Dharma Wheel appeared behind him, emitting countless dense ripples that enveloped an area of a hundred zhang.

The flaming sword qi was caught by the golden ripples and slowed considerably, but did not stop, continuing to slash toward Han Li.

Han Li let out a soft exclamation, then looked at the layer of golden flame on the sword qi, understanding dawning on him. He changed his hand seals again.

Golden light flickered beside the Truth Dharma Wheel, and the Time Severing Torch emerged. A layer of golden light in the shape of flames spread from the torch, also forming a golden domain—the Time Severing Fire Domain.

At that moment, the number of time law filaments on the Time-Severing Torch surged, and the power of the Time-Severing Fire Domain also greatly increased. Wherever it passed, everything came to a complete halt, not much inferior to Qimozi's Time-Severing Fire Domain.

Those flame sword qi were enveloped by the Time-Severing Fire Domain and finally came to a stop.

At this moment, a loud noise came from the side, from where Lan Yuanzi and the other person were.

Before the loud noise faded, a blue sun several hundred zhang in size emerged, and large swaths of blue light shot out from it, sweeping wildly in all directions.

Eight blue dragons shot out from the sun, baring fangs and brandishing claws as they pounced on those flame sword qi, blocking the overwhelming rain of flame sword qi for an instant.

Seizing that blink of an interval, two figures shot out like lightning from the blue sun, instantly landing in the distance, revealing the figures of Lan Yuanzi and the other person.

Their faces were now deathly pale, their bodies covered with several times more wounds, blood dripping profusely, looking extremely disheveled. They hastily took out medicinal pills to heal their injuries.

Han Li glanced at the two, then immediately withdrew his gaze and looked toward the ancient sword and golden flame at the top of the altar, a strange light flickering in his eyes.

That golden ancient sword was a celestial artifact of the gold law, while the golden flame contained the law of time. The two laws could actually be used in combination, and their power increased so dramatically.

His Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, before giving birth to the law of lightning, could also be used in combination with the law of time. But after the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords gave birth to the law of lightning and completely transformed into celestial artifacts, they became incompatible with his law of time and could no longer be used together.

If his Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords could also combine with the power of the law of time, their power would surely be extraordinary.

At this thought, Han Li's heart stirred, and he raised his hand and waved.

The Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords that had been knocked away earlier flew back and disappeared into his sleeve.

Then, with a movement of his body, he flew toward the altar, protected by the True Word Wheel and the Time-Severing Fire Domain.

But at that moment, the black wind surging from the crack on the altar suddenly increased greatly. Large swaths of black yin wind instantly swept through the entire cave, and even the dense flame sword qi around the altar could not stop it.

Wailing black winds howled, and the entire cave was instantly filled with flying sand and rolling stones, with loud rumbles everywhere.

Han Li's expression changed slightly, and his flying figure immediately halted.

Meanwhile, the ancient sword and golden flame on the altar brightened again, and the golden formation on the altar also flashed wildly. The streams of flame sword qi that had been shooting out suddenly converged, ignoring Han Li and the others, and descended toward the crack.

"Now you think of dealing with us? Too late!" A sinister cackling laugh came from within the black crack, and then the crack blazed with black light.

A thick black lightning bolt shot out from the crack, piercing through all the flame sword qi in front, blasting a large hole, and fiercely striking that golden flame.

Just as the black lightning shot out, a golden light flashed among the dense flame sword qi nearby, and a fierce sword intent burst forth, cutting a gap in the rain of sword qi.

A thin golden mist shot out from the gap, flashed into the large hole created by the black lightning, and then immediately shot forward along the hole, timing it perfectly.

But all this happened in the blink of an eye, and the golden mist was not conspicuous, so no one noticed it.

Han Li and the others only saw a dazzling black lightning flash, piercing through the sword qi in front and striking the golden flame at the top of the altar.

With a loud "Boom!"

Black and gold light suddenly burst and exploded, causing the nearby void to twist and hum loudly.

The golden flame trembled violently, and then with a crisp "crack," its connection with the Tai Chi pattern below was forcibly severed, and it was knocked flying.

The direction the flame flew was very coincidental, heading straight toward Han Li.

Han Li's eyes lit up, and he quickly pointed with his hand. Several time law filaments shot out from the Time-Severing Torch, wrapped around the golden flame, and then pulled it back forcefully.

Contrary to his expectations, the golden flame did not resist or hinder at all, and was easily pulled to his side.

At that very moment, the thin golden mist also flew to the top of the altar, flashed, and transformed into a human figure, who was none other than Xiong Shan.

Seeing this, Han Li couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation of surprise.

Xiong Shan looked quite disheveled and miserable, his body covered with countless wounds, his legs and left arm missing, leaving only a right arm covered in scars.

But strangely, not a single drop of blood flowed from these wounds on his body.

The golden ancient sword was still emitting dazzling sword qi, and Xiong Shan's body was instantly pierced with countless holes, his physical body nearly collapsing.

But he didn't even blink, as if he didn't see his own miserable condition. He only gazed fervently at the golden ancient sword, stretched out his remaining right arm, grasped the sword hilt, and pulled upward.

Seeing this, Han Li couldn't help but frown slightly.

The power of that black lightning bolt just now was only barely enough to knock the golden flame off the top of the altar. Xiong Shan, who looked extremely bad now, probably couldn't pull out the golden ancient sword.

Then, a scene that surprised Han Li and everyone else appeared!