Chapter 1253: Another Imitation?

But at that moment, a sudden change occurred!

The fiery red cloud mass seized by the dark red giant hand suddenly expanded, swelling more than tenfold in an instant, and shot out beams of fiery red light, forcing the dark red hand open as it struggled to grip the cloud.

Jiao San's expression shifted slightly, and she opened her mouth to spit out again.

A mass of dark red light shot out from her mouth, containing dozens of crystalline threads of reincarnation law, nearly a hundred in number, which instantly merged into the dark red giant hand.

The dark red giant hand immediately swelled like a balloon, doubling in size, and its surface flickered with countless wheel-shaped runes, the surrounding light brightening severalfold.

An unfathomable spiritual pressure erupted from the dark red giant hand, rampaging wantonly within the hall, causing the space around the altar to shake violently like the surface of water.

The giant hand's five fingers tightened, the dark red light flashing wildly, and it pressed the crimson cloud mass down again.

But before Jiao San could smile, the suppressed dark red cloud mass began to flicker rapidly again, emitting green, blue, yellow, and golden light.

The five-colored light interweaved, the law power within resonating and merging.

With a thunderous roar, a great howling sound burst from the cloud mass, and the five-colored light expanded dozens of times, becoming a five-colored miniature sun that instantly filled the entire Xuantian Dark Light Shield space, spinning and cutting like a windmill.

Each beam of five-colored light was like a sharp blade, leaving cracks in the void wherever it passed.

With a tearing sound, the seemingly invincible dark red giant hand was easily shredded like paper.

"Not good! Jiu Zhen, retreat quickly!" Outside the shield, Wu Yang saw this and exclaimed in shock, his face changing color.

Jiao San's expression also changed drastically, and she immediately shot backward at high speed, while waving one hand to produce a small black flag that transformed into a layer of dark misty light curtain before her.

Her other hand flipped over, producing a silver jade ruler, from which a rolling tide of silver flame surged out.

The two churned and formed two spherical light curtains that completely protected her body.

Just as Jiao San finished these actions, the blade-like five-colored light shot over and slashed into the two layers of light curtains around her.

With a crisp sound like tearing silk, the two light curtains lasted only one breath before shattering completely.

But by then, Jiao San had already escaped through the crack in the Xuantian Dark Light Shield.

But before Jiao San could breathe a sigh of relief, streaks of five-colored light slashed from within against the Xuantian Darklight Barrier.

The Xuantian Darklight Barrier seemed easy to break from the inside; countless cracks immediately appeared on its surface, and then with a thunderous roar, the entire barrier exploded.

Tens of thousands of five-colored rays continued to burst forth, but perhaps because breaking the Xuantian Darklight Barrier had consumed too much power, the originally blade-sharp rays turned into layers of five-colored light waves that swept out like raging tides, engulfing the entire hall.

Shi Kongmo, Pure Abyss True Man, Wu Yang, and the others were swept up by the five-colored light waves, struck as if by countless meteorites, and were all blasted away without any resistance, crashing heavily into the walls around the hall.

Jiao San, being the closest, suffered the greatest impact; his entire body was slammed into the wall, blood gushing from his mouth.

Only the black-clad woman, standing farther from the altar, was less affected; though she was also blasted away, she barely managed to steady herself.

However, the bamboo hat she wore was lifted at one corner, revealing half of her face.

Outside the hall, Han Li, seeing this from afar, felt as if struck by lightning, staring wide-eyed at the black-clad woman.

The dense five-colored light waves did not last long; they soon dissipated, and the hall returned to calm.

The entire altar had now completely vanished, leaving only ruins, and the five-colored cloud mass at the top of the altar had also disappeared.

With a crisp clang, a small cluster of five-colored light fell near the entrance of the hall.

Within the light was a five-colored vial the size of a fist, with a slender neck and round body, adorned with leaf-like patterns that exuded a mysterious charm.

"This..." Han Li's body trembled again, an expression of disbelief on his face.

Apart from its color, the five-colored vial was identical in every other aspect to his Vial of the Heavens.

"This vial looks exactly like the Vial of the Heavens. Could it be another imitation?" Han Li quickly calmed down, his mind racing.

After all, Ma Liang had once possessed an imitation Vial of the Heavens, and given the capabilities of the Nine Elements Temple, creating another imitation was not surprising.

However, judging by the power of this five-colored vial before him, it far surpassed the imitation Ma Liang had wielded back then, and was not much inferior to the true Vial of the Heavens.

The black-clad woman happened to have been blasted near the hall entrance. Seeing this, she immediately lunged toward the vial with lightning speed, overjoyed.

At the same time, she flicked her sleeve, and a dark red light shot out, sweeping toward the five-colored vial, seemingly about to succeed.

But at that moment, a bolt of purple lightning and a streak of crimson flame shot in from outside the hall, striking the woman's dark red light almost simultaneously.

Caught off guard, the black-clad woman's dark red light was easily torn apart with a bang.

After the flash of lightning and flames, two figures, one purple and one red, appeared—none other than Huo Yuan and Chi Meng.

Huo Yuan made a hand seal and urged forward. The purple lightning split into two, transforming into two purple electric pythons, each several zhang long and as thick as a human leg. Dazzling purple arcs of electricity danced on their bodies, and they emitted hissing sounds as if alive, their momentum truly astonishing.

"Whoosh!"

One electric python twisted its body and lunged at the woman in black.

The other python lunged at the crimson flame, coiled around it in an instant, and suddenly tightened to restrain the flame.

At the same time, this python opened its mouth wide and spat out a bolt of purple lightning that swept toward the five-colored vial on the ground.

"Wishful thinking!" Chi Meng roared in anger and spat out from his mouth.

A crimson flame shot out from his mouth, instantly expanding into a red fiery net that enveloped the purple electric python.

The purple lightning spat out by the python was also trapped by the red net. The two clashed violently, and with crisp cracking sounds, the purple lightning dissipated and vanished.

Meanwhile, Chi Meng raised his hand and waved.

A red light shot out, spun around, and transformed into a crimson fire cover with nine crimson fire dragons coiled around it—the Nine-Dragon Divine Fire Cover—which descended toward Huo Yuan's head.

Huo Yuan's expression darkened. He slapped his forehead with his palm, and a complex purple lightning pattern emerged, flashing with astonishing purple lightning.

With a flash of purple light, two purple thunder pellets shot out from the lightning pattern, rapidly expanded to the size of cartwheels, and collided with each other.

A thunderous roar resounded in the air. A mass of purple thunderclouds dozens of zhang in diameter suddenly appeared, with countless purple lightning bolts wildly flashing and striking within. The sounds of thunder and howling instantly interwove, as terrifying as if the Thunder God had descended.

The purple thundercloud, shimmering with light, rose to meet the Nine-Dragon Divine Fire Cover in midair.

Lightning and flames clashed violently, producing deafening roars.

Though the purple thundercloud seemed ordinary, it contained unfathomable power, actually holding the Nine-Dragon Divine Fire Cover aloft.

Although the two had come together, with a precious treasure before them, they immediately began to fight.

On the other side, the woman in black dodged the electric python's lunge with a flicker of her form. With a single hand, she produced the dark red ancient mirror again.

A dark red crystalline beam shot from the mirror's surface, striking the electric python's head.

With a "bang," the python's head shattered, and its body exploded as well.

The eyes beneath the black veil of the woman in black flickered. Taking advantage of the struggle between Chi Meng and Huo Yuan, black light rippled over her body, and her form suddenly vanished without a trace, silently darting toward the small bottle on the ground.

"Don't think that by concealing your form you can fool us!" Chi Meng turned abruptly, forming hand seals to guide a spell.

Two fire dragons on the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover opened their mouths wide, and two dragon-shaped flames shot out, striking toward the woman in black. Wherever they passed, the void was directly burned away.

Huo Yuan also raised a finger, and over a dozen clusters of purple thunderfire rained down, striking toward the woman in black's location, also seeing through her invisibility technique.

Terrifying laws of lightning emanated from the purple thunderfire, as if they could tear heaven and earth apart.

The woman in black narrowed her eyes. Instead of retreating, she advanced, suddenly accelerating toward the five-colored small bottle on the ground.

At the same time, she opened her mouth and spat out a mass of essence blood, forming a hand seal and pointing.

The essence blood instantly transformed into a blood-red light, merging into the dark red ancient mirror.

The ancient mirror immediately doubled in size, and round wheel-shaped patterns emerged on its surface, spinning rapidly.

With a buzz, a dark red crystalline light ten times brighter than before shot out from the ancient mirror, enveloping both dragon-shaped flames and the dozen thunderfires.

The crystalline light had varying shades of color, layered and overlapping, giving a maze-like, illusory feeling. The dragon-shaped flames and purple thunderfire suddenly halted there, then began to disintegrate and scatter.

Perhaps because the dragon-shaped flames and purple thunderfire contained too much power, they scattered very slowly.

The woman in black's body also jerked to a halt, but she took a deep breath and continued forward like lightning, appearing within three feet of the five-colored small bottle in a flash.

Seeing this, Chi Meng's pretty face changed. She glared and shouted, her hands forming seals like spinning wheels.

The Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover ceased its entanglement with the purple thundercloud and descended toward the woman in black as a red light.

The nine fire dragons on the cover detached and shot out, pouncing toward the woman in black, spouting streams of crimson flames from their mouths that struck the crystalline light emitted by the dark red ancient mirror.

The temperature in the entire hall soared, as if instantly plunged into molten lava.

Huo Yuan also stopped contending with Chi Meng. He let out a low roar, forming hand seals to guide a spell.

The purple thundercloud rolled like angry waves, descending entirely. Amid rumbling thunder, over a hundred thick thunderfires fell like rain, densely striking the crystalline light emitted by the dark red ancient mirror.

The crystalline light immediately fluctuated violently, then shattered with a crash, scattering into specks of spiritual light.

At the same time, the dark red ancient mirror also cracked in two with a snap, completely destroyed.