Chapter 753: Four-Color Lightning Restriction

Han Li paid no heed to the True Word Wheel on the verge of collapse, swiftly forming hand seals that merged into the Profound Heavenly Gourd.

The light emitted by the Profound Heavenly Gourd brightened once more, and with a 'puff', it sprayed out a patch of emerald green radiance that enveloped the eight black giant weapons, rapidly spinning to form a green vortex.

The black light radiating from the giant weapons quickly dissipated, and their size shrank rapidly, in the blink of an eye reverting into eight black talismans.

‘Collect!’

Han Li let out a low shout, guiding with his hand seal as the emerald green radiance wrapped around the eight black talismans and shot back, vanishing into the Profound Heavenly Gourd in a flash.

Ghostwood was momentarily stunned at the sight.

Han Li did not stop his movements, instead fully activating the Profound Heavenly Gourd.

The Profound Heavenly Gourd's light flared again, spinning rapidly as several crisp cracking sounds like shattering came from within.

The next moment, a towering black light burst from the gourd's mouth, followed by a thick black crystalline beam that shot out, striking the black wooden cage with incredible speed.

An extremely powerful wave of law fluctuations surged from the black crystalline beam, and the black wooden cage tore apart like paper with a 'rip', allowing the Soul-Devouring Beast to fall from within.

The Soul-Devouring Beast appeared gravely wounded, its body covered in blood holes as if pierced by Wood Qian, drenched in blood and looking utterly miserable.

Han Li's form blurred, and the next moment he appeared beside the Soul-Devouring Beast, catching it in one arm before instantly darting back like lightning.

This series of changes happened so swiftly that by the time Ghostwood reacted, Han Li had already escaped with the Soul-Devouring Beast.

Ghostwood was both shocked and enraged, but a hint of greed also flickered in his eyes as he looked at the Profound Heavenly Gourd.

The giant weapons sealed within those eight talismans were originally called ‘Evil-Breaking Heavenly Array Mystic Soldiers’, a set of immortal artifacts forged by a Great Luo pinnacle existence from the Gray Realm, intact as fifth-grade immortal artifacts.

When he had obtained this set of immortal artifacts back then, the eight evil soldiers were already on the verge of collapse. Using Gray Realm secret arts, he had drawn out their final law power and sealed it into the talismans, refining them into something akin to talisman treasures.

These eight Mystic Soldier Talismans had dealt with countless powerful enemies for him. Though their remaining power was limited, the Profound Heavenly Gourd had collected and shattered them in one go, even reflecting the law power contained within.

Such a marvelous Profound Heavenly Treasure was something he had never even heard of.

‘Roar…’

At that moment, Kun Hou suddenly raised its head and let out another furious roar, as countless streams of black karmic fire surged from its palms and head like black fire pythons.

The chains binding Kun Hou were entangled by the pitch-black karmic fire and began to melt away rapidly.

Seeing this, Yin Xu and the others changed expression again, hurriedly increasing the mana infused into the black tokens. The nine ghost heads on the tokens swelled wildly, becoming twisted and ferocious.

The nine scarlet chains binding Kun Hou also thickened several times over.

But before Yin Xu and the others could breathe a sigh of relief, the karmic fire on Kun Hou suddenly left its body entirely, and the nine scarlet chains simultaneously collapsed. Then the towering karmic fire condensed into a giant black flame palm, slamming down toward Yin Xu and the others.

The void near the black flame palm was directly burned away, producing continuous explosive sounds.

Where the giant palm passed, the void seemed like fragile dough, easily crushed and torn, becoming twisted and deformed.

Yin Xu was greatly alarmed, and a surge of black ghostly light flared before him, condensing into a giant pitch-black pupil-like entity.

A black beam like a sword light shot out from the giant pupil, striking the center of the black flame palm.

With a ‘bang’, the black sword light exploded, but the black flame palm paused briefly before immediately resuming its descent.

After unleashing the giant pupil technique, Yin Xu immediately pulled Ghostwood, and the two transformed into a black phantom, darting to the side, narrowly avoiding the black flame palm's strike.

The black flame palm struck a spot in the underground space. There was no earth-shattering sound as expected; the area struck directly melted and collapsed, forming a massive pit thousands of feet deep and pitch-black.

‘Oh?’ Han Li had already fled to a spot a thousand feet away amidst the chaos. A purple light flickered in his eyes as he looked into the deepest part of the pit, then his form flickered as he flew into it.

‘You two, come over too!’ His voice echoed in the minds of Fox Three and Shi Chuankong. They hesitated briefly but, trusting Han Li, both flew into the depths of the pit.

As soon as they entered the pit, rumbling sounds came from outside, as if Kun Hou and Yin Xu had resumed their fight.

‘Brother Li, why did you bring us in here? Although this place can temporarily avoid the fighting outside, there's no exit, and we risk being trapped here,’ Fox Three looked at Han Li, frowning in confusion.

Han Li did not answer. Holding the Soul-Devouring Beast with one hand, he continuously channeled his immortal spiritual power into its body to help heal its wounds.

With his other hand, he pointed, and a cyan sword light shot out, striking the still-hot red pit wall, then cutting deeply.

With a ‘crash’, a large section of the stone wall was cut away, revealing a black passage within.

‘This is… I see. Many places under Rakshasa City have been hollowed out, creating numerous underground spaces. Kun Hou's strike just now pierced too deep and connected to another underground space. Brother Li, it's fortunate you noticed this passage,’ Shi Chuankong's eyes flickered as he spoke joyfully.

‘Now is not the time for talk. Let's find a way to leave from here. By now, the entire Rakshasa City must have noticed the commotion, and soon other Great Luo cultivators, or even more terrifying beings, will descend,’ Han Li's face showed no relief as he leaped into the black passage.

Fox Three and Shi Chuankong, upon hearing this, flew into the black passage without a word. The former then waved his left hand.

With a ‘whoosh’!

A stream of white flame shot out, merging into the stone wall, which melted again, sealing the black passage and greatly muffling the sounds from outside.

The three then sped forward without looking back.

This black passage was quite spacious, about seven or eight zhang high, with various patterns carved on the stone walls on both sides, seeming to be some kind of sealing runes.

However, ahead was pitch black, and divine sense still could not be used, making it unclear where it led.

‘I hope there isn't something else sealed ahead,’ Shi Chuankong muttered suddenly.

‘Heh, one Kun Hou is already enough trouble for the Netherclan. If another one appeared, the Gray Realm would be in chaos,’ Fox Three laughed.

‘The previous seal already exhausted me. I don't have the strength to break another restriction,’ Shi Chuankong cursed with a smile.

At that moment, a purple light flickered in Han Li's eyes, and a hint of joy flashed across his face. He suddenly accelerated, turning into a cyan light shooting forward.

Seeing this, Fox Three and Shi Chuankong stopped talking and immediately sped up to follow.

The three soon reached the end of the passage, where another grand hall appeared.

At the deepest part of the hall stood a stone door, shimmering with various colors. The outermost layer was a dazzling silver light screen, emitting spatial fluctuations, almost identical to the previous situation.

However, aside from the silver spatial restriction, the remaining restrictions on the stone door were four lightning restrictions.

These four lightning restrictions were respectively cyan, purple, silver, and gold, emitting immensely powerful lightning law fluctuations.

The lightning power from the golden lightning restriction was none other than Marrow Cleansing Golden Lightning!

‘Marrow Cleansing Golden Lightning! Could it be that inside is…’ Shi Chuankong's eyes shone with intense light, his face full of surprise and joy.

Fox Three looked at the stone door, also delighted, though a hint of barely perceptible complexity flashed in his eyes.

‘Brother Shi, I'll leave this spatial restriction to you,’ Han Li looked it over and said to Shi Chuankong.

‘This spatial restriction is the same as the one on the previous stone door. With the experience from breaking that one, it should be no problem,’ Shi Chuankong said, forming hand seals and waving his sleeve, sending out streaks of silver light that transformed into silver formation flags, swirling in the air.

He formed hand seals, and the silver formation flags swirled, forming several large arrays that slowly descended toward the spatial restriction light screen on the stone door.

Dazzling silver light burst forth, accompanied by a series of collision sounds.

Fox Three, unable to help at the moment, stood to the side, keeping watch for any pursuers from behind.

Han Li retreated to an open space nearby, set down the Soul-Devouring Beast, and quickly formed hand seals. Several green talismans flew from his hands, turning into clusters of green light that merged into the Soul-Devouring Beast's body.

Countless green threads appeared at the wounds on the Soul-Devouring Beast, intertwining and fusing, causing the wounds to heal rapidly.

A flicker passed through Han Li's eyes, and he flicked a finger.

A black light shot out, emitting a medicinal fragrance—a black pill inscribed with several blood-red crystalline threads, accurately entering the Soul-Devouring Beast's slightly open lips.

A mass of black light spread from its lower abdomen, rapidly extending throughout its body.

The Soul-Devouring Beast's low spirits quickly recovered. After a few breaths, it furrowed its brows slightly, then slowly opened its eyes, though its complexion remained very pale.

‘Master…’ It sat up, looking at Han Li gratefully, about to say something.

‘Don't speak yet. First, refine the medicinal power within you,’ Han Li said, waving his hand.

The Soul-Devouring Beast nodded, sat cross-legged, and light flickered on its body.

Han Li looked toward the passage they came from, purple light flickering in his eyes as he remained on constant alert.

Fortunately, there was no movement from behind; Ghostwood and Yin Xu had not pursued.

In front of the stone door, Shi Chuankong formed hand seals, fully activating the several silver arrays. One by one, the formation flags quickly pierced into the silver light screen, much faster than before.

He took a deep breath, and a silver light flashed from his chest as the Luo Zha Pipa reappeared. His ten fingers played rapidly, producing a loud twanging sound that filled the entire space, like thousands of troops charging into battle, with the clashing of arms and the galloping of horses, a majestic momentum swallowing the world!

The nearby void trembled, shattering inch by inch.

Shi Chuankong's control over the Luo Zha Pipa was noticeably more adept than before. As his fingers plucked, streaks of silver light like musical notes shot from the pipa, merging into the silver light screen.

The silver light screen trembled violently, rapidly thinning until only a thin layer remained.

However, this last layer was exceptionally tough; even as thin as a cicada's wing, it showed no signs of breaking.

A sharp glint flashed in Shi Chuankong's eyes. He raised his fingers and then heavily plucked the pipa strings five times in succession.

Twang, twang, twang, twang, twang!

Five storms of silver notes surged from the Luo Zha Pipa, condensing into five silver lights shaped like sword shadows.

Overwhelming law fluctuations emanated from the silver lights, striking fear into the hearts of onlookers.

The five silver lights shot out, striking the silver light screen in a flash.

With a loud ‘bang’!

The silver light screen could no longer hold and burst apart, scattering into countless silver lights.

Shi Chuankong's face was somewhat pale; clearly, unleashing that technique had drained him greatly, but he had finally broken the spatial restriction.

He let out a long breath and turned to call Han Li and the others over.

At that moment, a sudden change occurred!