Chapter 1114: Tragic

Seeing this, Qimozi was not flustered but instead revealed a cold smile.

The golden light on his body blazed brightly, spreading outward in a roll, forming a golden spiritual domain over a hundred feet in size that enveloped him and Xiong Shan.

This spiritual domain was extremely dense, making it impossible to see inside from the outside; only a few flashes of treasure light could be faintly glimpsed, as if Qimozi had summoned some protective celestial artifact.

The water laws cultivated by the Lan siblings were best at defense, and the two were quite confident they could withstand the attack of the Five Elements Annihilation Array; otherwise, they would not have chosen to act alone.

But when they sensed the power of those five-colored orbs, their expressions immediately changed, and they quickly opened their spiritual domains, intertwining and overlapping them.

Strands of blue law crystals shot out from their bodies, intertwining and vaguely merging, forming a blue, misty whirlpool around them.

Beside the whirlpool, two domain spirits flickered into existence, both half-human, half-beast in form, with human upper bodies and serpent lower bodies, each holding a three-pronged water trident wreathed in blue light.

The two domain spirits swiftly circled Lan Yuanzi and the others, brandishing their water tridents, from which countless blue water mines shot out, spinning unsteadily around the two.

As for Han Li and his group, they had already set up their defensive formation.

Hu San acted first, immediately opening his spiritual domain and summoning the Tianhu Blood-Transforming Blade with a flip of his hand.

At the same time, he spat out a mouthful of essence blood, which merged into the Tianhu Blood-Transforming Blade. The blade instantly blazed with dazzling blood light, its size swelling a hundredfold to become a blood-colored giant blade dozens of feet long.

Hu San quickly formed hand seals, and the blood-colored giant blade immediately split into shadows, transforming into a curtain of blood-colored blades that enveloped the three of them.

Meanwhile, under the flow of dark red light on Jiao San's body, she also opened her spiritual domain.

At the same time, four dark red crystal lights shot out from her body, landing in four directions within the spiritual domain, forming four dark red archways.

The four archways bore the characters East, South, West, and North, emitting myriad beams of dark red light that intertwined to form a dark red light shield protecting the three.

Just then, a large expanse of golden light burst forth from Han Li's body, forming a time spiritual domain over a hundred feet in size, tangible and solid, covering the two and placed at the innermost layer.

At the same time, a flash of emerald light appeared, and the Profound Heaven Gourd emerged above his head.

The light around the gourd trembled, and thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords flew out, circling and dancing around the three, forming a defensive sword array.

No sooner had everyone set up their defenses than countless five-colored orbs flew in from all directions.

The originally stable five-colored orbs exploded upon contact with the defenses of those in the hall, producing countless earth-shattering roars.

Blinding five-colored light instantly flooded the entire hall, suppressing and overwhelming everyone's spiritual domains, divine abilities, and celestial artifacts.

The golden light curtain around the hall, seemingly some kind of restriction, remained unmoved.

Han Li and the other two were similarly engulfed in the five-colored light.

The blood-colored blade curtain set up by Hu San was the first to be attacked by the five-colored orbs, shattering like paper at the slightest touch.

The Tianhu Blood-Transforming Blade also emerged, its surface blood light mostly dispersed, returning to its original size, and flew back into Hu San's arms with a mournful cry.

Hu San's surrounding spiritual domain, upon being struck by the five-colored light, also burst and disappeared.

His body shook, and he let out a muffled groan, spitting out a mouthful of blood before staggering backward.

The five-colored light surged forward, crashing into Jiao San's dark red spiritual domain.

Seeing Hu San's defenses easily torn apart, Jiao San's eyes twitched. She shouted loudly, and the dark red spiritual domain immediately brightened. Strands of dark red law crystals emerged, splitting into six, then transforming into six huge black holes spinning rapidly.

The holes were pitch black, devoid of any light, as if connected to the depths of the endless hell.

The five-colored light struck the dark red spiritual domain, causing it to tremble violently, with the outermost parts shattering inch by inch.

However, Jiao San's dark red spiritual domain was much sturdier than Hu San's and did not collapse immediately. Moreover, the six black holes hummed, emitting a tremendous devouring force that swallowed a significant amount of the five-colored light.

The six holes rotated lightly, completely neutralizing the explosive five-element law power within the five-colored light.

But the incoming five-colored light was too abundant; the six holes could not devour it fast enough. After only a few breaths, the entire spiritual domain exploded, and the six holes vanished with it.

The five-colored light then struck the dark red light shield formed by the four archways. The archways blazed brightly and flickered wildly, emitting powerful law forces far surpassing Han Li's Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.

The dark red light shield also flickered violently but managed to withstand the five-colored light.

However, the attack of the five-colored light was too strong. The dark red light shield only held for a few breaths before rapidly dimming and shattering with a roar.

Jiao San's face turned pale, and she spat out a mouthful of blood, her aura becoming sluggish.

After shattering the dark red light shield, the five-colored light surged down like a raging tide, engulfing the four archway celestial artifacts, and then continued to bombard inward with undiminished momentum.

Han Li frowned slightly and waved his hands in hand seals.

The time spiritual domain around him suddenly brightened, and over two hundred time law crystals shot out from his body, swirling within the domain.

The already nearly tangible time spiritual domain became even more solid.

At the same time, golden light flashed behind Han Li, and the Truth Dharma Wheel emerged. As it spun rapidly, countless golden ripples spread outward, merging with the time spiritual domain.

Boom!

The surging five-colored light struck, entering the time spiritual domain and immediately being enveloped by the time law force, freezing in place, motionless.

However, the power of this five-colored light was too great, causing the time spiritual domain and the Truth Dharma Wheel to tremble incessantly. The subsequent waves of five-colored light crashed in like a tide, continuing to strike the time spiritual domain, making its tremors more violent, on the verge of shattering.

Han Li had encountered a similar situation before in the Tongtian Sword Array, but the power of the current Five Elements Annihilation Array far exceeded that of the Tongtian Sword Array, nearly breaking his Truth Dharma Wheel in an instant.

Though alarmed, Han Li remained calm. He formed another hand seal before him.

Golden light flashed around him, and four law objects—the Time-Stopping Torch, the Eastwood Divine Tree, the Time Purification Vase, and the Illusory Time Hourglass—simultaneously emerged, each emitting dazzling golden light that merged into the time spiritual domain.

The time spiritual domain, on the verge of collapse, instantly stabilized, completely imprisoning all the five-colored light that had entered.

Han Li formed another hand seal and pointed, and the sword array formed by the thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords began to rotate.

Instantly, countless sharp sword energies spun and cut within the domain, shredding most of the five-colored light.

At the same time, the emerald light around the Profound Heaven Gourd above his head brightened, and a beam of emerald light shot out from the gourd's mouth, sweeping toward the remaining five-colored light that the sword array had not yet destroyed.

These five-colored light strands, already imprisoned by Han Li's time divine ability, were swept up by the emerald light and drawn into the Profound Heaven Gourd.

In an instant, the five-colored light within the time spiritual domain was cleared.

The subsequent five-colored light continued to strike, but like before, it was imprisoned and devoured.

The five-colored light in the hall surged violently for a moment before finally dissipating.

The figures of those in the hall emerged, each in a different state.

Near the hall entrance, Lan Yan was drenched in blood, her left hand, left foot, and a small part of her body missing, slumped on the ground.

But she seemed oblivious to her injuries, staring blankly at a blue jade flower in her right hand.

Lan Yan's shoulders trembled slightly, and crystal tears streamed down her cheeks.

Lan Yuanzi was nowhere to be seen; only two damaged celestial artifacts lay forlornly on the ground.

The Four Symbols Demon Array formed by the five eagle-nosed demons had also collapsed. Moreover, the copper lion demon and the blood hand demon among the five had vanished, leaving only a few broken demon artifacts.

The eagle-nosed demon, the bone demon, and the tortoise-shell demon were also severely injured, their faces full of fear.

Beside them, a bright golden light flickered, then dispersed, revealing the figures of Qimozi and Xiong Shan.

The two were completely unharmed, their clothes as pristine as before.

Within the five-colored light curtain, Daoist Yinzhen's face had turned even paler, and Lei Yuce and the others were similarly diminished in light, clearly having expended great effort.

Han Li withdrew his gaze from the nearby people, formed a hand seal, and put away the Truth Dharma Wheel and other items.

Jiao San and Hu San staggered but finally let out a long breath.

Daoist Yinzhen seemed somewhat surprised that so many were still alive in the hall. Then a murderous intent flashed in his eyes again, and he formed hand seals once more, pointing at the five-colored disk before him.

“Daoist Han, Daoist Liu, if we continue to be passive like this, I’m afraid we’ll all die here. I have a way to turn the situation around, but I need your help,” Jiao San said, her heart sinking as she saw Daoist Yinzhen’s actions, and immediately communicated telepathically with Han Li and Hu San.

“You mean to release the demon under the altar?” Han Li’s eyes flickered as he immediately guessed Jiao San’s intention.

“What! Release that demon! That person might be a Dao Ancestor and a member of the demon race. What if he attacks us after breaking free?” Hu San exclaimed.

“The current situation leaves us no room for overthinking! Besides, I am at least seventy percent sure that person will not attack us,” Jiao San said quickly.

Hearing this, Han Li’s heart stirred.

For some reason, he felt that releasing that demon was the best course of action now, and even the moment he arrived, he had felt an impulse to do so, which he had forcibly suppressed.

After all, continuing like this, as Jiao San said, the situation seemed to be getting worse.

Although he could barely handle the attack of the Five Elements Annihilation Array just now, as one of the top ten ancient arrays, it surely had other offensive abilities.

If everyone present were killed, he was not confident he could withstand the Five Elements Annihilation Array and the Tongtian Sword Sect members alone.

As for the consequences of releasing that demon, he did not want to think about them too much.