Chapter 1104: Breaking the Sword Formation

Han Li, seeing this, finally breathed a sigh of relief. He waved his hand to retract the True Word Wheel, and with a flash of遁光, flew toward the palace ahead, soon arriving before the golden hall.

Above the main entrance of the hall hung a massive plaque inscribed with three large characters: “Suiyue Hall” (Hall of Time).

The hall door beneath the plaque was now half-open, emitting a dazzling golden light from the gap. The light radiated an immense fluctuation of the Law of Time, mixed with several other powerful auras, seemingly from immortal artifacts as well.

However, the gap was not large enough to see inside, and divine sense was greatly obstructed here, unable to probe into the hall.

Han Li stood before the hall, his eyes flickering slightly.

The reason he did not push the door open directly was that in front of the main gate of the Tai Sui Hall lay a sizable square, upon which stood rows of earthen-yellow stone swords, tips pointing upward and hilts downward.

Each stone sword was a hundred zhang in size, like small mountains, emitting a dense fluctuation of the Law of Earth.

There were as many as thirty-six such stone swords, scattered across the square, vaguely forming a sword formation.

The stone sword formation completely blocked the entrance to the Hall of Time, and to enter, one had to pass through this formation.

At that moment, the Blaze Bird on Han Li’s shoulder chirped and spread its wings, about to fly toward the Hall of Time.

He frowned, waved his hand to emit a golden light that wrapped around the Blaze Bird, and despite its protests, forcibly put it into the Flower Branch Space.

Since the Blaze Bird had given birth to the power of laws, its strength had greatly increased, but its temperament had become increasingly lively and somewhat difficult to control.

Han Li shook his head and continued to examine the stone sword formation before him. His brow soon furrowed, and a trace of anxiety flickered in his eyes.

The formation formed by these thirty-six stone swords seemed simple at first glance, but the more he looked, the more he felt it contained profound mysteries that he could not fathom.

On an ordinary day, he could calmly study and comprehend it, eventually finding some clues, and it might even benefit his own knowledge of formations. But now time was pressing; any further delay might allow others to arrive, and he would lose the advantage.

After a moment’s thought, Han Li flicked his finger.

With a “chi” sound!

A golden sword aura, ten zhang long and three zhang wide, shot out, slashing toward one of the yellow stone swords.

The next moment, the stone sword hummed, emitting a thick layer of yellow light. The golden sword aura struck it and immediately sank into the yellow light, vanishing without a trace like a clay ox entering the sea.

After the stone sword devoured the golden sword aura, the yellow light also faded away.

Seeing this, Han Li’s expression darkened. He realized that clever tricks would never break this formation. With a resolute mind, he formed hand seals with both hands.

A golden light flashed on his body, and the True Word Wheel emerged behind him. Countless golden ripples surged out, enveloping an area of a hundred zhang around him.

With the True Word Wheel above him, Han Li stepped into the stone sword formation.

As soon as his foot entered the formation, the scene before him changed, and he found himself in a dim yellow desert.

All around was a hazy yellow expanse, while above his head hung a layer of dark yellow chaotic clouds, from which a tremendous pressure seeped out.

“This is…” Han Li took in his surroundings, his expression shifting slightly.

This yellow desert space was different from ordinary illusionary formation spaces; it was extremely stable, and he could detect no flaws.

Moreover, this space contained only earth-attribute spiritual energy, with not a trace of any other attribute. For this reason alone, the effect of other laws here was reduced by eighty percent.

His heart tightened, and his assessment of this sword formation rose another notch. He activated his Nine Nether Demon Eyes, a layer of purple light appearing in his pupils as he looked around.

At that moment, yellow light flashed repeatedly in the surrounding void, and thirty-six massive yellow stone swords materialized, enclosing him.

Each stone sword radiated dazzling yellow light, transforming into a thick yellow beam that shot straight into the sky.

At the same time, streaks of yellow sword aura emerged from the thirty-six stone swords, like thirty-six flowers blooming.

In an instant, the sound of sword whistling rose loudly!

Dense sword auras burst forth, flickered wildly, and then blurred and vanished without a trace.

The next moment, violent fluctuations erupted around Han Li, and layers of yellow sword auras surged forth, slashing madly toward him.

Han Li was inwardly startled but did not panic. His hands formed seals like spinning wheels, and the True Word Wheel behind him brightened and spun rapidly, causing the golden ripple region around him to thicken.

Countless sword auras came slashing in. Although each one was not weak in power, as soon as they entered the golden ripple region, they all froze in place.

For a time, a ring-shaped wall of yellow swords appeared around the golden ripple region, frozen motionless.

The subsequent sword auras continued to fly in relentlessly, striking the golden ripple region, but were still imprisoned there by the True Word Wheel.

However, these yellow sword auras were astonishingly powerful, and with thirty-six stone swords blooming simultaneously, the number of slashing auras was also terrifyingly large.

In just a few breaths, the sword wall around the golden ripple zone had increased to a terrifying degree, solidifying into substance and engulfing both the golden ripple zone and Han Li.

Moreover, subsequent sword qi continued to fly in, striking the solidified sword wall.

Suddenly, a great rumbling arose, and clusters of earth-yellow light exploded open, turning into rounds of earth-yellow suns that desperately surged inward.

A terrifying spiritual pressure that made Han Li's heart tremble emanated from the surrounding sword wall, pressing inward.

The golden ripple zone began to hum and tremble, growing increasingly intense, accompanied by crisp cracking sounds.

Han Li's expression changed, and he glanced at the earth-yellow giant swords around him.

Thirty-six earth-yellow beams of light shot straight into the sky, converging at a point in midair to form a patch of earth-yellow clouds.

Countless earth-yellow runes flickered within, and an inexplicable aura emanated from the yellow clouds, growing stronger and stronger.

Han Li's eyelids twitched, and with a low shout, he changed his hand seals.

Intense black light emerged from his body, and his frame suddenly swelled, transforming in an instant into a hundred-zhang-tall, three-headed, six-armed giant demon form.

Over nine hundred apertures burst forth with starlight, and then countless silver patterns surged out from the apertures, instantly covering the entire body, while a layer of starry light curtain enveloped every part of the giant demon.

The giant demon let out a low shout, and its six fists struck the surrounding sword wall in unison.

With a thunderous roar, a black sun erupted!

The sword wall shattered at the sound, a breach torn open.

The giant demon formed a hand seal to retract the True Word Wheel, then moved, transforming into a black shadow that shot out through the large hole, heading straight for the nearest stone sword.

Countless yellow sword qi, as if sensing the giant demon's intent, flew in from all directions, blocking its path and slashing fiercely at the giant demon's body, producing a series of thunderous booms!

But the starry light curtain on the giant demon was extremely sturdy, and it merely burst forth with dazzling yellow light to withstand the sword qi.

A black shadow flashed, and the giant demon flew before a stone sword, its fist striking again, lightning-fast, slamming into the stone sword.

With a thunderous crash!

The massive stone sword blazed with yellow light, then exploded apart, dissolving into countless yellow spiritual lights and vanishing.

The other five fists also punched out into the void simultaneously, and five substantial fist shadows shot forth like meteors, shattering all the sword qi along the way and striking the other five stone swords.

Three consecutive loud explosions rang out, and three stone swords burst into pieces. The two farthest stone swords, their fist shadows weakened by the sword qi, struck the swords but failed to shatter them.

A faint smile appeared on Han Li's face, but it vanished immediately.

Although the four stone swords had shattered, the four yellow light pillars did not disappear; they still shot straight into the sky, only dimmer than before.

Moreover, the surrounding earth-attribute spiritual energy crazily converged toward the four yellow light pillars, and four earth-yellow sword shadows appeared within the pillars.

As the earth-attribute spiritual energy gathered, the four sword shadows quickly solidified, seemingly about to condense into four stone swords again. The surrounding yellow light pillars also brightened, appearing on the verge of returning to their original state.

Han Li stared dumbfounded at this scene, then let out a furious roar. Golden light blazed from his body as he unfolded his time domain, and his six arms simultaneously formed hand seals and waved.

Over two hundred law crystal threads shot out, then split in two, each merging with the golden light within the time domain to form two enormous golden blades over ten miles long, slashing horizontally to the left and right.

Wherever they passed, surging time law power roared and rolled like angry waves, striking fear into the heart.

At the same time, amidst a series of whistling sword cries, thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords flew out from his body. They merged with each other, transforming into a golden giant sword thousands of feet in size, entwined with golden lightning, with lightning law power surging, and slashed toward the yellow clouds in midair with a thunderous roar.

Amid a series of rumbling explosions, the two golden blades swept across, shattering most of the thirty-six stone swords. Yet the yellow light pillars remained, seemingly unharmed even by the time law.

Earth-attribute spiritual energy surged and converged, and time within the light pillars quickly reemerged, as if they could never be destroyed.

Another loud boom came from midair, as the lightning giant sword struck the yellow clouds above.

The yellow clouds, seemingly ethereal and elusive, were extremely solid. They merely trembled slightly, then returned to their original state, blocking the thunderous strike of the lightning giant sword.

Han Li's expression finally turned completely grim.

At that moment, the yellow clouds in midair suddenly churned violently, and the nearby earth-attribute spiritual energy converged crazily like a burst dam.

The yellow light on the thirty-six stone swords below was also devoured like a whale drinking water, and the swords no longer emitted sword qi; all the light was swallowed by the yellow clouds.

The yellow clouds abruptly expanded rapidly. A fluctuation arose deep within the clouds, and a yellow door, neither round nor square, appeared. The door was engraved with sword-shaped patterns, emitting a sharp and fierce sword qi fluctuation, as well as an immense aura of earth law.

This earth law was completely different from ordinary earth law, giving a sense of the vastness of the heavenly dao, as if this door connected heaven and earth.

With a loud bang!

The entire space suddenly became a hundred times heavier. The giant demon body that Han Li had transformed into also sank heavily, and his movements became extremely difficult.