Chapter 746: Imprisoned Again

The white cone that Hu San had unleashed was like a streak of white lightning tearing across the sky. With a quick spin, it transformed into a hundred identical cones.

Each of these white cones was wreathed in white lightning, containing a terrifyingly powerful lightning force.

A sharp whistling sound filled the air!

A dense swarm of cones rained down from above, covering nearly half the great hall, and descended irresistibly toward Guimu and Yinxu.

“Boy, don’t get carried away!”

Guimu sneered, spreading his five fingers wide and suddenly reaching forward.

A dazzling black light appeared on his palm, from which countless dark plant vines shot out rapidly, splitting into numerous branches and twigs that instantly wove a fine black vine net, completely blocking the white lightning cones.

The white lightning cones, like fish, were caught in the black vine net, darting about wildly, producing a continuous series of muffled thuds.

Hu San’s expression changed slightly, and he quickly formed a hand seal with both hands.

All the lightning cones simultaneously flared with electric light, spewing out numerous dazzling white electric serpents that crisscrossed and struck the black vine net.

However, the black vine net only trembled slightly, and the white electric serpents disintegrated inch by inch, while the net showed not even a trace of cracking.

Then, a black light flashed on the surface of the black vine net, and black vines instantly grew, entangling all the trapped white lightning cones.

A mist-like black substance seeped out from the black vine net, emitting a foul odor similar to marsh mud, and wrapped around the white lightning cones.

The white lightning cones immediately buzzed and trembled, their surface white light flickering violently as if being corroded, their aura rapidly weakening.

Hu San’s expression changed, and he rapidly formed hand seals like spinning wheels, causing the white electric light on the cones to flare up as they struggled fiercely.

For a moment, black light and electric light intertwined and clashed violently, producing thunderous explosions that caused the nearby void and even the floor of the great hall to rumble and tremble, and the array patterns on the surrounding walls to shake wildly.

“Guimu, what are you doing?” a loud shout came from the side, from Yinxu, whose expression was extremely cold.

Guimu’s face twitched, and he formed a seal and waved his hand, causing the surging black light on the vine net to stop.

Seeing this, Hu San seized the opportunity to urge his spell, and the silver-white light on his body flared up.

The white lightning on those cones also brightened sharply, and a lightning law force surged out, shattering the surrounding black vines and breaking free.

Han Li saw this and thought to himself, “Just as I expected.”

Then he formed a sword seal with his hand and waved, causing a green light to rise and then instantly disappear.

The next moment, nine beams of green light appeared before Yinxu, which were nine green flying swords, all stabbing down fiercely.

Yinxu’s expression shifted slightly, and without any visible movement, a layer of dark shadow emerged on his body, expanding abruptly to form a spherical black shield around him.

The nine Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords struck the spherical black shield, with most of their blades sinking deep into it, but then they stopped, unable to penetrate further.

Yinxu snorted coldly, and a dark light rose on the spherical black shield, revealing tiny black runes. Where the nine swords struck, whirlpool-like ripples appeared.

A tremendous suction force emanated from the spherical black shield, pulling the nine Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords inward.

Han Li frowned slightly but did not panic. He immediately opened his mouth and spat out a mass of green light.

The green light emitted astonishing immortal spiritual power fluctuations. After leaving his mouth, it split into nine beams, each entering one of the nine Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.

Each beam of green light contained traces of golden radiance, which were golden crystal threads—time law crystal threads.

As the green light and crystal threads entered the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, the nine swords trembled violently, and thick golden electric arcs appeared on their blades, bouncing off violently, with time law runes emerging within the lightning.

The black shield immediately trembled violently, as black light and golden light clashed fiercely, and an explosive aura rapidly intensified.

Yinxu was momentarily stunned, and the black light around him immediately stopped brightening and instead dimmed.

Han Li’s eyes flickered, and he quickly formed a seal and pointed.

The golden lightning emitted by the nine Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords surged again, and the spherical black shield trembled violently before suddenly shattering, scattering into pieces of black residual shadows.

The nine Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords shot back, blurring as they returned to circle around Han Li.

Yinxu’s expression turned ugly, and he gritted his teeth, about to do something.

With two sharp whooshes, the void behind him rippled, and two dark red chains shot out, wrapping around his body like lightning.

Yinxu’s figure blurred and turned into a slender shadow, merging into the surrounding darkness and disappearing, then reappearing on the other side of the great hall as if by teleportation.

Ti Hun snorted lightly, formed a seal with both hands, and waved, causing the two dark red chains to fly back.

“You Luo, you actually collude with outsiders to betray the Nine Nether Domain, wasting the Domain Lord’s usual care for you!” Yinxu looked at Ti Hun and shouted sternly.

“I…”

Ti Hun’s body trembled slightly upon hearing this, and a complex expression appeared on her face.

“Enough with the nonsense!” Han Li shouted, once again forming a sword seal with his hand.

The nine Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords blazed with sword light, transforming into a mountain-like shadow of swords that chopped down toward Yinxu with overwhelming force, erupting with a surge of sword qi that shot into the sky.

Yinxu glanced back at the giant hall wall covered with array patterns, his eye twitching. He did not dodge again but instead spun around and pushed his hands forward into the void.

Streams of black shadows shot from his palms, intertwining to form a black wave-like existence that collided with the sword shadows.

A series of muffled explosions burst forth. The mountain-like sword shadows collapsed and vanished, and the black ripples also disappeared without a trace.

Yinxu's face paled slightly but immediately recovered.

He dared not unleash too much power, having to both resist these fierce sword shadows and prevent the collision from being too intense, suffering a minor loss.

“Ti Hun, this is no time to hesitate. They are now constrained by fear of harming the surroundings; we must seize the opportunity!” Han Li transmitted to Ti Hun while once again urging his sword art.

The sword light of the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords flashed wildly, transforming into azure lotuses, each bursting with astonishing sword qi, shooting toward Yinxu like rain once more.

Ti Hun also snapped back to attention. With a wave of her hands, two dark red chains shot out from her sleeves, lightning-fast, entangling toward Yinxu.

Baili Yan on the side also began to act. He spat out a mass of black flames that transformed into thick black sword beams, chopping down toward Guimu.

Each sword beam roiled with pitch-black flames, erupting with shocking baleful aura, its momentum terrifying.

The six immediately engaged in a melee, with various colors of light flashing within the hall.

As in Yin Xiao's memory, the two Da Luo were very afraid of making the battle too intense, not daring to use their full strength, and even more afraid of damaging anything in the hall, thus being restrained at every turn.

Han Li and the others, on the other hand, had fewer scruples, fighting with all their might, sometimes deliberately launching wide-area attacks, forcing the two Da Luo to block them.

This battle made Yinxu and Guimu, two Da Luo cultivators of the Nine Nether Domain who usually commanded the wind and rain, feel extremely stifled, able to use less than ten percent of their cultivation.

However, the two were Da Luo after all, with superb application of laws far surpassing Han Li and the others. They soon stabilized the battle and gradually gained the upper hand.

Although Han Li and the others were burning with anxiety, the gap in cultivation was too vast, leaving them helpless. They had to gradually shift from offense to defense.

By this time, most of the light sources in the hall had been extinguished by the residual waves of the continuous fighting, leaving the hall dim.

On one side of the hall, three figures—gold, red, and black—clashed at lightning speed, precisely Han Li, Ti Hun, and Yinxu.

The gold and black figures crossed paths in a flash, emitting a low, muffled sound.

Han Li staggered backward, a long wound torn open on his shoulder, blood spattering from it.

Yinxu's figure also swayed, but he immediately steadied himself and raised his hand to chop down at Han Li through the void.

A fluctuation of the black light around him sent two thick black spear shadows flying out, stabbing toward Han Li and the Soul-Devouring Beast respectively. With a flicker, they appeared before the two, moving at an inconceivable speed.

The aura emitted by the spear shadows was not strong, but a rippling black light surfaced on them, emitting a strange vibration.

Han Li's figure was still somewhat unsteady. With a dark expression, he immediately formed a hand seal and pointed.

The nine Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords hovering above his head blazed with sword light, transforming into nine giant cyan swords that rapidly spun around his body, continuously slashing at the black spear shadows.

A series of muffled thuds: "Puff, puff, puff!"

As soon as the nine Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords struck the spear shadows, they all slid down along the shafts.

The black spear shadows pierced through the blockade of the nine flying swords in an instant, stabbing toward Han Li's face.

Han Li's expression changed. He hastily retreated, while a dazzling golden light burst from his body. A layer of fine purple-gold scales appeared on his fists, and he fiercely punched out, striking the tips of the black spear shadows.

But there was no earth-shattering explosion as expected. Han Li's iron fists heavily struck the black spear tips, causing the black spear shadows to tremble violently and then explode.

Han Li was momentarily stunned, but his expression immediately changed drastically.

A strange fluctuation emanated from the exploding black spear shadows and entered his body.

Han Li's body trembled eerily, instantly going numb all over. At the same time, the flow of immortal spiritual power within him became sluggish, and his entire body stiffened.

On the other side, the Soul-Devouring Beast was the same, its whole body frozen stiff.

"Shadow Cage!" Yin Xu muttered softly, forming a hand seal and pointing.

The shadows around Han Li and the other suddenly trembled, and tentacle-like black shadows shot out from them, instantly wrapping around Han Li and the Soul-Devouring Beast's bodies.

At the same time, those shadows rapidly intertwined, forming a huge black birdcage that covered the two.

Han Li's stiffness lasted only a very short time before he recovered, but his entire body was already trapped inside the black birdcage, unable to break free.

These tentacle shadows were extremely tough, wrapping around his body layer by layer. Moreover, waves of immense pressure continuously came from all parts of the cage, as if the entire void was pressing down.

On the other side, the Soul-Devouring Beast was also unable to move.

At this moment, a roar came from the side.

It turned out that Hu San and Bai Lian were also in a bad situation, their bodies entangled by black vines.

The vines quickly wrapped around, forming a vine cocoon around the two, firmly imprisoning them inside.

From Hu San's initial attack to the four being trapped again, it sounded complicated, but in reality, less than half an incense stick's time had passed. The situation had once again become precarious!