Chapter 37: Escape

"You little thief, how dare you!"

"Daring to secretly read the secret manuals of the Cold Flame Sect, die!"

The fat white monk and the tall thin man's eyes were wide with rage, and they both roared at the same time. The former flipped his hand and took out a yellow jade token, shaking it violently.

"Crackle"

A yellow beam shot out from the surface of the jade token, flashed, and landed on the yellow light barrier.

The light barrier immediately split from the middle, revealing a passage about two zhang wide.

The two figures shot out, rushing toward the figure inside.

At that moment, the figure suddenly raised a hand, chanted a spell, and pointed a finger.

A black light immediately flew out from his fingertip, striking the white jade pillar in the center.

The restriction runes on the jade pillar instantly lit up completely, and the yellow light barrier immediately radiated brilliant light, shooting out countless yellow rays that lightning-fast coiled around the two Void Refinement cultivators in midair.

The two immediately felt as if they had fallen into a swamp; their bodies suddenly became a hundred times heavier, and even lifting a hand was extremely difficult.

"Not good, this formation has been altered!" the tall thin man exclaimed in alarm.

"Who exactly are you? How can you control the restrictions here?" the fat white monk shouted angrily, his face dark.

The figure paid no heed, his divine sense rapidly reading the jade slips, while his hands continuously formed hand seals and struck the white stone pillar.

The yellow rays immediately rippled, rotating around the two Void Refinement cultivators as the center, forming two yellow vortexes that firmly imprisoned their bodies.

The two roared in fury, struggling with all their might, while their magic tools flashed with light, shooting out gray-white beams and cyan sword qi, trying to break free from the yellow rays. But no matter how fiercely they attacked, they could not break free in the slightest.

The two were both angry and anxious. This yellow ray restriction was originally meant to deal with external enemies, but now somehow it had turned against them, becoming a great trouble trapping them.

At that moment, seven or eight figures rushed in from outside, precisely the several Nascent Soul stage patrol leaders who had charged in.

As soon as they saw the situation inside, they were stunned.

But they quickly reacted, raising their hands to sacrifice magic tools, striking at the yellow ray restriction in an attempt to break it and rescue the two Void Refinement cultivators.

"Stop! Don't attack!" the fat white monk's face changed, and he cried out in alarm.

But it was too late. Seven or eight magic tools struck the yellow rays, and the yellow rays immediately trembled.

But at the same time, millstone-sized bulges appeared on the yellow rays.

With a few "puff" sounds, seven or eight tentacle-like rays shot out like lightning, coiled around the few people, then suddenly retracted, dragging them into the rays.

These people's cultivation levels were inferior to the two Void Refinement cultivators, and once enveloped by the rays, they could not move at all.

"Damn it!" the fat white monk roared.

"Did you inform the sect of the situation here?" the tall thin man asked the patrol leaders.

"Already... informed..." the several Nascent Soul leaders said with difficulty, barely able to open their mouths.

Hearing this, the two Void Refinement cultivators relaxed their expressions and turned to look at the figure.

The figure was still continuously breaking the stone cabinet restrictions, rapidly reading the jade slips on the cabinets, moving extremely fast. In this short time, he had already read most of the inner cabinet texts.

Although the two were extremely anxious, everyone present was trapped by the yellow ray restriction, and they could only watch helplessly, with no way to intervene.

"Who is so bold!"

At that moment, a thunderous roar came from outside, overwhelming like a tidal wave. The air in the entire hall trembled violently, and even the yellow rays were shaken by the roar.

The dozen or so people in the yellow ray restriction felt their ears ringing, their faces pale from the shock, but their expressions were overjoyed.

The figure standing before a stone cabinet stiffened, glanced outside, and then the vertical eye on his forehead emitted a brilliant black light.

Swish, swish, swish!

Several black lights shot out, simultaneously shattering the restrictions of the three stone cabinets that had not yet been read.

Boom!

A red figure flew in from the gate, revealing a red-haired giant.

This man was a full two zhang tall, as sturdy as an iron tower, wearing a crimson robe with blazing flames burning on it. The entire hall instantly fell into a terrifying high temperature.

An immense pressure radiated from the giant, clearly a great cultivator at the Integration stage.

"Thief, pay with your life!"

The red-haired giant swept his gaze, looking at the figure, his eyes seeming to burn, and let out a roar.

He grabbed with one hand, and a burning giant sword flew out, transforming into dozens of zhang in size, and with the momentum to split mountains and seas, it slashed down on the yellow barrier.

Large patches of yellow rays emerged, rushing toward the giant sword to try to block it, but before they even touched the sword, they were torn apart by the flames of the sword body.

"Crack"

The flaming giant sword heavily struck the yellow barrier. The barrier immediately showed countless cracks, but it did not completely shatter, blocking this strike.

At that moment, the figure waved a hand, emitting a suction force.

The jade slips on the three stone cabinets immediately flew over, steadily landing in the figure's hand, which flipped and put them away.

Seeing this, the red-haired giant flew into a rage. He formed hand seals, and the flaming giant sword suddenly doubled in size, rising several zhang of flames.

With a "bang," the yellow barrier completely shattered.

The two Void Refinement cultivators and the group of Nascent Soul cultivators felt their bodies relax, finally regaining their freedom.

The flaming giant sword paused slightly, then continued to slash down at the black figure.

The figure suddenly looked up, the vertical eye on his forehead blazing with light, countless black runes appearing inside. A thick black light shot out from it, striking the giant sword.

With a "bang," the black light exploded!

The flames on the giant sword suddenly faltered, dissipating mostly, while ripples appeared in the surrounding space, causing the giant sword to halt in midair, unable to descend.

"Annihilation Eye!" the red-haired giant exclaimed in surprise.

The figure formed hand seals with both hands, muttering incantations. Large patches of purple lightning suddenly appeared on his body surface, rapidly expanding, forming a lightning formation centered on himself. The formation blazed with light, emitting thunderous roars, making the figure somewhat blurry.

"Where do you think you're going!"

The red-haired giant roared in fury. The flames on the giant sword rose again, and the sword trembled, suddenly splitting into two.

A flaming sword shadow, similar in size to the giant sword, suddenly slashed down, its speed several times faster than the flaming giant sword, striking the lightning formation.

With a thunderous roar, a blinding red light exploded, and a violent air current spread outward.

The two Void Refinement cultivators staggered back several steps before steadying themselves, while the seven or eight Nascent Soul patrol leaders fell to their knees, their protective spiritual light trembling violently, unable to stand at all.

The red light dissipated, revealing a deep gash on the ground, but the black figure had already disappeared.

Everyone's faces changed. They looked at each other, then turned to the red-haired giant.

The red-haired giant's face was ashen, flames of rage burning in his eyes.

At this moment, in the center of Han Li's cave dwelling's secret chamber.

On the ground was drawn a large purple formation, with strands of electric light flowing within it. Han Li sat cross-legged beside the formation, his eyes tightly shut.

The purple formation suddenly brightened, emitting dazzling electric light. With a thunderous crash, a figure wrapped in black gas appeared within it.

Han Li's eyes snapped open, a hint of joy flashing in them. He waved his hand and sent out a spell seal.

The black gas around the figure quickly dissipated, revealing a silver-armored warrior with dull eyes, which was a talisman soldier.

Half of the silver-armored warrior's body was destroyed, its aura faint, on the verge of collapse.

Han Li beckoned with one hand, and twenty or thirty jade slips flew out from the armored warrior, landing in his hand.

He put away these jade slips, then pointed a finger at the warrior's forehead.

A black light flashed at the forehead, and an egg-sized black orb flew out from within, containing a stream of silver gas flowing slowly.

At the same time, light flashed on the warrior's body, its form collapsed, turning into a damaged silver talisman and a purple talisman, both fluttering down.

This silver talisman was the Armor Origin Talisman, and the purple talisman was the Taiyi Purification Talisman, which Han Li had secretly sneaked into the Talisman Hall a few days ago to steal materials to refine.

Unfortunately, the Armor Origin Talisman was too damaged and could no longer be used.