Chapter 561: Helplessness

The golden flood dragon erupted with blinding golden light, shaking its head and tail as it shot forth like a golden rainbow streaking across the sky, its speed astonishing as it caught up to the nine-tailed azure fox in a flash.

Seeing this, the nine-tailed azure fox raised its head and let out a fox cry.

The spiritual light within the azure spirit domain converged like rolling waves, forming six thick azure light screens behind it, covered with countless earthworm-like spiritual lights flickering, emitting waves of powerful law fluctuations.

Just as the azure light screens took shape, the golden flood dragon pounced over, its massive body crashing into the azure light screens like an arrow from a bowstring.

With a series of crisp cracks, the six azure light screens flickered wildly and were easily pierced through by the golden flood dragon, bursting apart.

However, the golden flood dragon also suffered great consumption, its massive body shrinking by nearly half, but it remained extremely dazzling and its speed did not diminish.

The nine-tailed azure fox finally showed a hint of alarm in its eyes. Opening its mouth, it spat out a stream of azure and black light.

The azure and black lights intertwined, transforming into a giant arrow shadow of azure and black, wrapped with spiral azure and black light, colliding with the golden flood dragon.

A thunderous roar erupted!

A massive golden halo emerged, enveloping an area dozens of miles in radius, engulfing the nearby nine-tailed azure fox.

The golden halo was mixed with azure and black light, but the latter was clearly at a disadvantage.

The dazzling light illuminated the entire battlefield in an instant, while emitting an unfathomably vast spiritual pressure that rampaged recklessly through the air, instantly stirring up a violent hurricane that swept across the battlefield.

Some weaker beast and insect warriors were swept away by the hurricane, their limbs shattered before they could even let out a cry, throwing the battlefield into chaos.

At that moment, a beam of azure light shot out from the golden halo, revealing the figure of the nine-tailed azure fox.

The once majestic nine-tailed azure fox now looked extremely disheveled, with several long scars on its body and a large bloody hole in its abdomen. The spiritual light on its surface had also dimmed considerably, indicating severe injuries.

“Father!” Su Liu was shocked and flew to land beside the nine-tailed azure fox.

Below, the beast clan members, seeing this, turned pale and showed expressions of despair.

At that moment, a piercing whistle sounded as a mass of golden light shot over—it was the golden beetle.

Although severely wounded, the nine-tailed azure fox still straightened up and stood.

Su Liu also radiated azure light, crouching as he stared at the golden beetle, poised to pounce.

Just then, above the golden light, the void flickered, and a huge white archway materialized, descending from the sky to smash onto the golden beetle.

The archway was engraved with ring-shaped patterns, shimmering with white light and exuding strong spiritual energy, clearly a celestial artifact of formidable power.

With a resonant hum, the white archway suddenly burst forth with myriad beams of white light, which then coalesced into a massive circular ring that trapped the golden beetle’s body.

As the white light roiled, it emitted a rumbling sound like colliding boulders, its momentum awe-inspiring.

Caught in the white ring, the golden beetle’s flying body abruptly halted.

Seeing this, the two azure foxes, one large and one small, showed surprise.

“Guardian You, I never thought you, a primal true spirit of the wild, would stoop to seeking help from a despicable human cultivator,” the golden beetle sneered, waving its front claws.

Instantly, a forest of crystalline light emerged, merging into a golden rainbow hundreds of feet long that flashed and struck the white archway.

With a loud bang, the rainbow shattered, leaving a deep gash on the white archway, but it was not broken through.

The white ring emitted by the archway flickered wildly and shrank considerably.

The golden beetle showed a hint of surprise at this.

At that moment, a purple shadow flickered on the white archway, and a three-headed, six-armed purple-gold giant appeared—it was Han Li, having activated the Vajra Arts True Devil Form’s Three Transformations.

With a solemn expression, he waved his six arms in a blur of afterimages.

Three beams of light—gold, black, and white—shot from Han Li’s hands: a golden net, a pitch-black wooden ruler, and a milky-white paperweight, all spoils he had seized from the Netherfrost Immortal Palace.

The golden net radiated intense light, expanding into a large golden net that enveloped the golden beetle.

The pitch-black wooden ruler spun swiftly, transforming into a giant black ruler that struck the beetle heavily.

Countless fist-sized black runes emerged on the ruler, rolling to form a black spell formation that trapped the golden beetle.

The milky-white paperweight shimmered with white light, instantly enlarging countless times into a white mountain peak that crashed down.

Streams of white light surged from the white mountain, forming a hemispherical white barrier that also covered the golden beetle.

The light of the four celestial artifacts interwove, stabilizing the radiance from the white archway.

Pinned by the four artifacts, the golden beetle’s pressure increased greatly, and its movements stalled.

Seeing this, Han Li’s expression did not relax but grew more solemn as he rapidly chanted incantations.

At this moment, he felt extremely helpless; his intervention was not out of altruism.

Jin Tong could not hide inside the Pixiu for long. If this Tai Yi stage Gold Devouring Beetle killed the nine-tailed azure fox, the beast clan would be defeated, and he could not stay long either. Once Jin Tong flew out of the Pixiu’s belly, it would certainly be discovered by this Tai Yi stage Gold Devouring Beetle, leaving him to face this terrifying enemy alone.

As he pondered, Han Li’s four arms moved like wheels, forming seals, sending streams of purple-gold spell seals into the four artifacts, while his remaining two arms formed seals and waved.

“Clatter!”

A series of loud chain collisions sounded as dozens of black chains emerged—the Soul Severing Chains from Feng Tian Du, thirty-six in total.

After killing Feng Tian Du in the Netherfrost Immortal Palace that day, these thirty-six Soul Severing Chains had fallen into his hands.

However, to this day, he had not yet fully refined them. Nevertheless, as Feng Tian Du’s lifebound treasure refined over many years, the law power it contained was quite extraordinary, especially effective in restraining souls.

One of Han Li’s heads chanted, and his two arms rapidly formed seals. The thirty-six Soul Severing Chains curled like tentacles, each chain covered with countless rice-sized black runes dancing, emitting a chilling law fluctuation.

Feeling the aura of the Soul Severing Chains, the golden beetle’s heart skipped a beat, and it let out a furious roar.

The golden light on its body flickered, then suddenly retracted like a whale drinking, and round golden spots appeared on its golden carapace, flickering like countless golden eyes.

A sharp screech sounded!

From each golden eye shot a golden crystalline beam, striking the four artifacts on its back like a storm.

The golden net trembled violently and was first torn apart by countless beams. Then the black spell formation formed by the giant black ruler lasted only a few breaths before being pierced. Cracks appeared on the black ruler, and it exploded with a loud bang.

Countless golden beams then struck the white archway and white mountain peak, causing thunderous explosions.

Dense marks appeared on the white archway and white mountain, but these two artifacts were unexpectedly tough and did not shatter, still firmly restraining the golden beetle.

Seeing this, Han Li breathed a sigh of relief.

The white archway and milky-white paperweight were both made of jade materials, and as he had guessed, such materials could more effectively resist the Gold Devouring Beetle’s attacks.

He formed seals more urgently, and his six eyes suddenly blazed with intense light.

A translucent crystalline sword shadow shot from the center of Han Li’s middle head’s brow, appearing before the golden beetle in a blur.

The golden beetle’s expression changed, and its two front claws moved at an inconceivable speed to strike the translucent sword shadow.

With a “pop” sound!

Just as the front claws were about to grab it, the translucent sword shadow flashed through the gap between the claws and plunged into the golden beetle’s head.

The golden beetle’s face contorted in pain, its massive body trembling, golden light flickering wildly, and it let out a piercing scream.

A flicker of joy passed over Han Li’s eyes, but it vanished instantly. He suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a mass of purple-gold essence blood.

The essence blood scattered in the wind, forming a purple-gold blood mist, which then merged into the thirty-six Soul Severing Chains with a “pop.”

Absorbing the essence blood, the runes on the chains all brightened, emitting crystalline black light, and the law power they radiated grew stronger.

Han Li formed seals and waved. The thirty-six Soul Severing Chains blurred and vanished, then reappeared before the golden beetle, drilling into its body.

Although the golden beetle’s body still trembled, its eyes remained clear.

Seeing this, it opened its mouth with some difficulty and spat out a golden glow, within which dozens of golden crystalline threads flickered, radiating strong law fluctuations.

The golden threads swirled, and the golden glow immediately transformed into a golden vortex, wrapping around the thirty-six Soul Severing Chains.

Caught in the golden vortex, the Soul Severing Chains lost balance, spinning and flying toward the vortex’s depths.

Startled, Han Li quickly formed seals with all six arms, striving to stabilize the chains.

At the same time, a crystalline light flashed from his brow, and a translucent sword shadow shot out, disappearing into the golden beetle’s mind.

The golden beetle screamed again, and the golden vortex trembled but did not dissipate, stubbornly spinning, slowly drawing the thirty-six Soul Severing Chains inward.

Han Li grew anxious and was about to do something more.

At that moment, azure light flickered around the golden beetle, and an azure spirit domain materialized, rapidly spreading in all directions.

Han Li was startled and looked up to see the nine-tailed azure fox, You Hu, flying over.

Near the golden vortex, azure light flickered, and dozens of azure law threads emerged, also thirty to forty in number.

These azure crystalline threads blurred and flew into the golden vortex, intertwining with the golden threads.

A rumbling sound came from within the golden vortex, and its rotation speed greatly decreased.

The nine-tailed azure fox opened its mouth wide and spat out a stream of azure and black light, which intertwined to form another giant arrow shadow of azure and black.

With a piercing whistle, the azure-black giant arrow flashed and vanished into the golden vortex.

The golden vortex swelled suddenly, then exploded with a thunderous roar.

Black light flashed, and the thirty-six Soul Severing Chains shot out from the explosion, flickering as they plunged into the golden beetle’s body.