Chapter 1120: Madness

"Had a rare good sleep, but still got woken up."

Just as everyone was feeling unsettled and the atmosphere tense, the Black Heaven Demon Ancestor suddenly stretched, yawned, and muttered aloud.

The crowd was startled and confused when the Black Heaven Demon Ancestor suddenly spat toward the Divine Lamp and cursed:

"Hah! You old dog Taisui, you've deceived me for so long..."

"Old man asks you, where is my son? Tell me, where is my son now? If you don't speak, I won't let this go today..."

Then, as if recalling some unpleasant memory, a hint of anger appeared on his face. He planted his hands on his hips and suddenly burst into a torrent of abuse.

This scene left everyone, including Han Li and Lei Yuce, utterly dumbfounded, for the man before them was vastly different from the imagined heinous demonic ancestor.

"You won't talk, eh? Then today I'll make you pay!"

After cursing, as if still not satisfied, the Black Heaven Demon Ancestor suddenly leaped up and charged at the Lamp of Time.

With Dao Yin True Person no longer sustaining it, the altar's original formation was mostly destroyed. The lamp could only rely on its defensive instincts, releasing layers of golden light to block the Black Heaven Demon Ancestor.

The latter kept shouting curses as he punched at the lamp. Black smoke surged from his body like a volcanic eruption, unleashing waves of powerful might that shook the entire hall violently.

Han Li's gaze sharpened, and he saw a massive figure faintly emerging within the rolling smoke—seemingly the demonic true form of the Black Heaven Demon Ancestor, but like an external manifestation of a dharma form, not solid.

Yet even so, the majestic aura bursting from the smoke was enough to be awe-inspiring.

The figure appeared to have twelve arms, rising and falling continuously in the thick mist, relentlessly bombarding the Lamp of Time, causing its golden light to tremble violently and its flames to flicker.

A large amount of lamp oil splashed out, spreading around and turning into a sea of golden fire that nearly flooded the entire hall floor, forcing Han Li and the others to retreat rapidly toward the edges.

"Boom boom boom"

The entire hall shook incessantly. The figure within the sea of fire and smoke did not pause for a moment, and as it continued to pound, streams of dense demonic energy shot up from its body, repeatedly crashing into the hall's roof.

The Lamp of Time remained unscathed under its attacks, but the hall itself could not withstand it.

Finally, with a violent roar, the roof of the Hall of Time was torn off entirely.

With the hall's collapse, the original restrictions naturally lost their effect. Everyone fled from the hall, scattering in all directions.

Lei Yuce and the others, no longer caring about the Five Elements Annihilation Array, carried the unconscious Dao Yin True Person on their backs and, along with Su Qianxi and the rest of the Tongtian Sword Sect, escaped in the chaos.

However, as soon as their遁光 (escape light) rose, they found a massive black lotus restriction笼罩 (enveloping) the area outside the hall, encompassing a radius of a hundred miles.

The black lotus petals were layered, each a thousand zhang high, and above them gathered a black yin cloud, emanating an aura identical to that of the old demon, completely sealing off their escape route.

The Tongtian Sword Sect members, ignoring this, could only brace themselves and charge toward the horizon.

As they approached, brilliant sword lights burst from their bodies, merging into a giant five-colored light sword that stabbed straight at the black giant lotus.

With a sharp "clang," the five-colored sword light shattered, but the black lotus remained intact.

"So noisy! Can't you give me some peace!"

Hearing the commotion, the Great Black Heaven Demon Ancestor, who had been grappling with the Lamp of Time, frowned and casually reached back. Black mist condensed in the void into a giant hand that descended, grabbing all the Tongtian Sword Sect members and pulling them back.

He casually threw them back into the hall, and black mist in the void condensed into thick black whips that lashed down at them, with thunderous sounds that were astonishing.

"You disturbed my peaceful dream, utterly unforgivable. Don't think you can just leave!" The Black Heaven Demon Ancestor's voice came from the black mist.

Han Li and the others looked at each other and flew back, hovering above the Hall of Time.

"Fellow Daoist Jiao San, the Black Heaven Demon Ancestor's mind doesn't seem very sharp..." Han Li had already noticed the oddity in his behavior and couldn't help but transmit a message.

"This..." Jiao San was also at a loss for words.

At that moment, the black smoke in the hall began to rapidly contract, flowing back like a whale drinking water, and the Black Heaven Demon Ancestor's figure reappeared.

"Tell me, this piece of junk—why can't it be broken?" He tilted his head slightly, looking at the still-intact Lamp of Time, furious.

After speaking, his gaze shifted to the unmanned Five Elements Annihilation Array.

"Eh, what's this? Looks interesting. Let me play with it, hehe..." The Great Black Heaven Demon Ancestor muttered inexplicably, and to everyone's astonishment, he jumped into the array himself.

Once inside, a puzzled expression appeared on his face as he murmured, "How does this thing work..."

"Oh, I remember..." After pondering for a long time, he suddenly clapped his hands and said.

As his words fell, light radiated from his body. Five beams of immortal spiritual power, like spider legs, extended behind him and landed on the five treasures, including the golden longsword and the yellow seal.

In just over ten breaths, those five immortal artifacts of no low grade were initially refined by him.

Then, he silently chanted a few incantations, and the treasures like the yellow seal lit up. The Five Elements Annihilation Array began to operate again,凝聚 (condensing) a five-colored light orb that enveloped the Black Heaven Demon Ancestor.

"He is..." Han Li frowned, puzzled.

"Could it be..." Jiao San's expression also changed as she murmured.

Qi Mozi's face was dark and uncertain, his gaze shifting as if contemplating something.

While everyone was perplexed, the Black Heaven Demon Ancestor suddenly formed hand seals, and beams of light lit up in his palms, flying into the Five Elements Annihilation Array.

The five-colored light orb凝聚 (condensed) by the array seemed stimulated, its light flaring up.

A force of void annihilation immediately spread within the light barrier. The Black Heaven Old Demon inside, his face full of excitement, had just shouted "Feels great!" when his body shattered with a bang, turning into black dust.

Silence fell around the hall. Everyone was stunned, finding it hard to comprehend what had just happened.

"This old demon... played himself to death?" Hu San muttered.

"He's not dead. Truly an old madman..." Han Li sighed, rendering his verdict.

As his words fell, a mass of black smoke rose within the five-colored light orb,凝聚 (condensing) into a figure again, naturally the Black Heaven Demon Ancestor.

"Haha... refreshing! Haven't bathed in a long time. Now..." The old demon laughed heartily as his form just appeared.

But before he could finish, the five-colored light orb flashed again, the annihilation force erupted, and his form shattered once more, turning to dust.

Then, another mass of mist rose, and his figure凝聚 (condensed) again.

"Can get clean..." As if finishing his previous sentence, the old demon had just completed it when his body exploded again.

"His mind is definitely not right..." This time, Hu San didn't dare speak aloud but silently transmitted to Jiao San and Han Li.

For a time, booming sounds echoed continuously in the Five Elements Annihilation Array. The Black Heaven Demon Ancestor's form kept shattering and重组 (reforming), over and over.

But as time went on, his form became more凝实 (solid), and the Annihilation Array found it increasingly difficult to destroy him.

The Black Heaven Demon Ancestor began to act like swimming, sometimes stretching his limbs in a backstroke in the five-colored light, sometimes curling up in a dog paddle in the void, completely ignoring the onlookers, enjoying himself endlessly.

Finally, as the Five Elements Annihilation Array's attacks grew weaker, the old demon himself grew bored.

"This thing can't even hold up to playing with..." The Black Heaven Demon Ancestor muttered to himself.

With that, he changed his hand seals, raised his hands to the sky, and abruptly poured immortal spiritual power into the five immortal artifacts.

The five artifacts blazed with light, and five beams of different colors喷涌 (gushed out), merging into the five-colored light orb.

The five-colored light orb flashed, and a far stronger annihilation force erupted. The Black Heaven Demon Ancestor's body immediately shattered with a bang, turning to dust.

At the same time, the five-colored light barrier trembled violently. Visible ripples in the void surged within, and fist-sized five-colored light orbs separated from it, flying in all directions.

Though each orb was small, it contained the genuine annihilation force of the array.

Han Li and the others knew they didn't have the Black Heaven Demon Ancestor's physique and cultivation, so they dared not confront them and hurriedly dodged.

For a time, booming sounds echoed around the golden hall. The originally intact walls were riddled with holes from the orbs, looking shaky and unable to hold much longer.

Han Li had already retreated far, trying to stay as far from the Hall of Time's ruins as possible.

But just as he dodged a five-colored orb that flew through the wall, Qi Mozi suddenly appeared beside him, wielding the black short axe, and in an instant, struck more than a dozen times at Han Li from left and right.

The air was filled with sharp sounds. Layers of black axe shadows flanked him from both sides, forcing Han Li to reverse his True Word Wheel and leap upward.

But above, a five-colored orb was flying straight at him, leaving no room to dodge.

The situation became perilous in an instant!