Chapter 504: Joint Efforts

"Chi Li Jiao, Hu Yan Dao Ren, Jiao San... you three have quite a record, especially you." Gongsun Jiu suddenly stopped, pointing at the three of them one by one, and finally aimed his finger at the white-haired old woman, speaking indifferently.

Hu Yan Dao Ren's eyes flickered with doubt as he looked at the white-haired old woman.

Clearly, he had heard of the name Jiao San before, but he did not know that the white-haired old woman was her.

Jiao San's expression tightened, her eyes fixed on Gongsun Jiu without much fear, but the elderly man beside her changed color slightly.

Yun Ni's gaze fell on Hu Yan Dao Ren's back, her eyes full of worry.

"As the saying goes, 'Iron shoes are worn out in vain, yet the prize is found without pain.' One冥寒仙府 has brought you all together. Good, very good, excellent! This way, I can save myself some travel." Gongsun Jiu said, his smile growing brighter.

As his words fell, his brow twitched inadvertently, and his gaze fell on the living corpse on the large chair in the hall.

Han Li noticed this and immediately shouted loudly:

"Everyone in the hall, we have joined forces to kill Xiao Jinhan and have completely opposed the Immortal Palace. This Immortal Envoy has sealed the hall with his spiritual domain, intending to slaughter us all. If we do not unite now and resist together, we will only await death."

As he spoke, Gongsun Jiu shifted his attention to him, but only looked at him with a smile on his lips, not interrupting, as if Han Li's words had nothing to do with him.

Luo Qinghai on the other side, however, smiled bitterly. Han Li's shout had effectively confirmed his guilt in joining the killing of Xiao Jinhan. He was beyond辩解, and the Cangliu Palace was now completely tied to these people.

But he was not too angry, because Han Li had said one thing right: this监察Immortal Envoy indeed intended to kill everyone in the hall, and they had to temporarily unite.

That being the case, he had nothing to hesitate about. If he could survive this, he would return to Cangliu Palace and completely side with the Reincarnation Palace, since they had courted him more than once.

"Meng'er, take this first. It will help you temporarily resist the oppression of the spiritual domain. I'm afraid I won't be able to look after you later." Luo Qinghai turned his wrist and took out a blue pearl the size of a dragon's eye, handing it to Nanke Meng, saying.

After that, he secretly transmitted a secret technique formula to her.

"Master, rest assured, your disciple can still hold on." Nanke Meng said, her face pale, nodding.

She took the blue pearl, didn't even look at it, and directly threw it into her mouth, swallowing it.

As a low chant sounded from her mouth, a layer of soft blue light rose from her lower abdomen, then turned into a blue light curtain about ten feet in radius, covering her entire body.

Nanke Meng immediately felt wrapped in a soft power like the ocean, her body suddenly relaxed, and the suffocating feeling receded somewhat.

"Xuantian Spiritual Domain..."

Han Li understood as he watched.

Luo Qinghai did not hesitate to use a Xuantian item to help Nanke Meng temporarily set up a pseudo-spiritual domain to resist the invasion of Gongsun Jiu's spiritual domain.

This action showed that he had decided to accept Han Li's proposal.

Since Luo Qinghai understood the利害关系, how could others who had cultivated to this day not understand? So everyone turned to face the监察Immortal Envoy and Xue Ying, surrounding them in the center of the hall.

"What are you doing? Being so reckless in front of Immortal Envoy Gongsun, do you want to oppose the Heavenly Court?"

Xue Ying shouted, but her body unconsciously moved closer to Gongsun Jiu. Being stared at by so many Golden Immortals, she was not at ease.

"It seems you all want to outnumber us. But if numbers were useful, why bother with hard cultivation? What a pity, what a pity. After today, I wonder how long it will take for the Northern Cold Immortal Domain to recover." Gongsun Jiu shook his head, speaking in a tone of pity.

As he spoke, without any visible movement, a sharp hum sounded from the void around him.

Everyone in the hall felt a sharp pain in their eardrums, and a pressure several times stronger than before pressed in from all sides, tightening everyone's hearts.

"Sir, you go too far!"

Luo Qinghai was the first to shout, his hands forming a seal in front of him. A blue light instantly lit up from his fingertips and rapidly expanded, rolling like ocean waves, enveloping everyone.

Once covered by the blue light curtain, everyone immediately felt the pressure on their bodies relax a bit.

"The Law of the Sea... quite an achievement. Your sins are not heavy; I originally intended to spare your life and take you as an immortal slave for a million years as a minor punishment. Why did you have to act?" Gongsun Jiu felt this power, clapped his hands in admiration, then shook his head.

Hu Yan Dao Ren and the others also lit up with light, layer after layer of colorful light curtains covering the entire hall. Various law powers began to show their might, but their targets were only Gongsun Jiu and Xue Ying.

However, Han Li had not used his Time Spiritual Domain again. After the previous fierce battles, his Time Law power had been consumed considerably. Although he still had some left, he could not use it casually.

Facing a Taiyi Jade Immortal, he had to be meticulous, using every bit of law power at critical moments.

Gongsun Jiu, enveloped by multiple spiritual domains of fire, ocean, flower shadows, etc., remained unchanged in expression.

He casually waved his hand, and two golden lights condensed behind him, from which emerged two solemn-faced golden-armored puppets holding halberds.

As soon as they appeared, they immediately held their halberds horizontally, their bodies shining with golden light, emitting a powerful metallic law fluctuation that rolled out, their aura approaching that of a late-stage Golden Immortal.

"Go."

Gongsun Jiu lightly shouted.

The two halberd-wielding puppets immediately stepped forward, charging at Luo Qinghai and Hu Yan Dao Ren respectively.

"Great Palace Master, leave these golden-armored puppets to us." The white-faced scholar and the black-bearded elder reported, then one sacrificed a black玄木 ruler, and the other held a white-gold long sword, meeting the golden-armored puppet.

On the other side, Ouyang Kuishan and his fellow sect master actively met the other golden-armored puppet, while Yun Ni pounced on Xue Ying.

Hu Yan Dao Ren glanced at her figure, his eyes showing a trace of worry, because she was injured from saving him earlier.

But at this moment, he could not be too distracted, for Gongsun Jiu was a real Taiyi Jade Immortal. Including Han Li, Jiao San, Chi Li Jiao, and Luo Qinghai, the five of them fighting him probably had little chance of winning.

"Everyone, at this point, don't have any other thoughts. We must go all out to have a glimmer of hope." At this moment, Han Li's voice sounded again in everyone's minds.

"Fellow Daoist Li's Time Law power is extremely mysterious. At critical moments, you need to put in more effort." Luo Qinghai said solemnly.

"I will do my best. I hope Fellow Daoist Luo will not hide his strength either. After all, the Wrath of the Ocean can also shock gods and ghosts, with immense power." Han Li replied.

"Of course..." Luo Qinghai paused slightly, then replied.

As the two were speaking, Gongsun Jiu had already made his move.

He waved his hands, forming complex hand seals. Behind Han Li and the others, thick milky-white mist surged out from the void, condensing into white mist figures.

Seeing these figures, everyone's expressions changed drastically.

The outlines of those white mist figures were exactly the same as the five of them, looking like their shadows. What surprised them even more was that the auras of these white mist figures were extremely close to theirs.

"Could this be... domain spirits?" Hu Yan Dao Ren frowned, muttering.

Legend has it that when a spiritual domain is cultivated to the later stage of the spirit transformation realm, it can conjure domain spirits similar to living beings, whose nature is somewhat like puppets and Dao soldiers, and whose power is closely related to the master's law cultivation.

"Not quite... If they were real domain spirits, they wouldn't be so similar to us. It's more likely a manifestation of his Qi Law ability." Luo Qinghai, being experienced, said.

Before they could reach a conclusion, the white mist figures had already acted, charging at them.

Hu Yan Dao Ren raised his long sword, red flames coiling around it, and turned to slash vertically at the oncoming white mist figure.

The white mist figure glowed red, its body blazing with fierce flames, and a flaming long sword appeared in its hand, sweeping horizontally at him.

One vertical, one horizontal, two lines of flame intersected in the void, with a loud bang.

The red flames exploded, rising into a wall of fire.

Hu Yan Dao Ren and the flame figure both passed through the wall of fire, their sword edges clashing again.

On the other side, the figure fighting Luo Qinghai turned into a cyan water vapor, seemingly without a physical form, constantly drawing blue water waves to collide with Luo Qinghai's water techniques.

As for Jiao San and Chi Li Jiao, they were also entangled by white mist figures, unable to break free.

Han Li gripped the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword tightly, facing the white mist figure with a similar outline to his own from a distance.

That figure seemed to have a similar temperament to him, also cautiously not making a move, only holding a white mist-condensed long sword, confronting him.

Gongsun Jiu stood a little farther away, arms crossed, seemingly not intending to act personally, adopting a bystander attitude.

Han Li's expression tightened, his long sword trembling, his foot stomping the ground, his figure shooting forward, suddenly disappearing in midair.

The next moment, he suddenly appeared behind the white mist figure's right rear, his sword tip slanting upward.

Han Li had used the Reverse True Wheel technique to accelerate his time flow, so this thrust was very abrupt.

Just as the sword tip was about to pierce the figure's abdomen, the white mist figure also blurred and suddenly disappeared, leaving only a wisp of mist in the air.

"Can this person also accelerate time..." Han Li's heart leaped, and his figure flashed again.

When he landed, he immediately swept his sword horizontally behind him.

The white mist figure indeed appeared behind him, also swinging its sword at him.

With a sharp clang!

Han Li was knocked back several steps by a great force, and the white mist figure he had clashed with also slid backward, its sword shattered by the sweeping azure sword qi, dispersing.

Seeing this from afar, Gongsun Jiu's brow furrowed slightly, and his gaze turned to Han Li's Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword.