Chapter 1497: Joining Forces to Break the Restriction

A Mortal's Journey to Immortality - Novel Series

Volume Nine: Myriad Races of the Spirit Realm

A Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Volume Nine: Myriad Races of the Spirit Realm

"Fellow Daoist Han, prepare your Lightning Sacrificial Technique first. When we give the signal, unleash the Divine Lightning of Evil Repulsion." Six-Legged, robes fluttering, hovered at the center of the massive formation, issuing the command without an ounce of doubt.

Han Li nodded, then formed hand seals. Immediately, golden light swirled around him, and a layer of electric netting rapidly appeared and expanded, then, with a boom, transformed into a golden halo. Golden runes flew around, and the halo flashed, condensing into a golden sphere which gently floated above his single hand.

At this point, Han Li ceased further casting, merely holding the sphere in his large hand and observing coolly. Six-Legged and Mu Qing, however, began to break the restriction.

Six-Legged and Mu Qing chanted incantations. Below them, dozens of artifacts manipulated by high-level demonic beasts simultaneously burst forth with myriad rays of light. The formation they created instantly transformed into a massive black hole, drawing countless streams of spiritual energy from the surrounding air towards Six-Legged and Mu Qing. In a flash, the two were enveloped in two masses of colorful spiritual mist, their bodies shimmering with spiritual light, appearing like two deities.

On the other side, the beautiful white-robed woman stood at the forefront of eight dark figures. She clasped her hands together, then separated them, revealing a small, pitch-black bell in her grip. The bell's surface was incredibly ancient, even chipped at the edges! Two blood-robed figures were present: one stood on the shoulder of a purple-blooded puppet, while the other flashed onto the head of a newly formed gigantic metal puppet.

The purple-blooded puppet let out a low growl. Its hands rubbed together, and amidst flashing blood-red light, a purplish-red blood axe, approximately ten zhang long, appeared. The axe's surface shimmered with bloody light as the puppet raised it with both hands, pointing it at the water surface ahead. Under the blood-robed figure's urging, the metal puppet also raised the massive blade in its hand, its surface emanating a strange black light.

With a colossal boom, Six-Legged finally raised a hand and struck out. A black beam of light shot out from his hand. This time, the light beam was several times thicker than when they were in the spatial tunnel. Wherever the beam passed, the surrounding space twisted and deformed, appearing as if crumpled and overlaid. The light beam flashed and sank into the water's surface.

The Underworld River, which had initially appeared like stagnant water, was at first unresponsive. However, as the black beam of light continuously poured into it, it finally began to change. First, ripples spread out. Then, the waters of the Underworld River began to spin wildly around the light beam, accelerating rapidly and emitting rumbling sounds.

Mu Qing also made her move. The golden flower beneath her feet spun swiftly, absorbing most of the surrounding radiant mist. Its volume then surged, and standing upright, it transformed into a resplendent golden giant wheel, hurtling directly forward. This Dharma wheel, several zhang in diameter, erupted with sounds of wind and thunder before even touching the water's surface. With a flash of golden light, it sliced into the water. Immediately, after the golden light flashed, the swirling water surface finally split apart with a heavy roar!

A white aperture slowly appeared around the light beam and extended. However, the surrounding water curtain trembled abnormally, making the hole extremely unstable, as if it could collapse at any moment. Two 'booming' sounds echoed as a purplish-red giant axe's bloody shadow and a black blade light also whistled forth.

With so many attacks combined, and another earth-shattering boom, the Underworld River was completely split open, and a water-filled canyon, tens of zhang high and over ten zhang wide, slowly began to form. But at this moment, strange gurgling sounds emerged from the nearby water curtain. Following this, strands of shimmering black threads surfaced from the underworld water. They enveloped the gigantic canyon. An incredible scene unfolded! The astonishing attacks unleashed by the combined efforts of several Demon Kings, whether the light beam or the Dharma wheel's blade light, under the embrace of these black threads, all visibly faded, their momentum immediately slowing and showing signs of decline.

"Fellow Daoist Han, why aren't you acting yet? What are you waiting for?" Six-Legged's voice, cold and sharp, suddenly emanated from the colorful radiance. The elemental energy of heaven and earth, gathered by the massive formation, was rapidly diminishing while supporting the release of the black light beam. Mu Qing, who was controlling the golden giant wheel nearby, was experiencing the same. Evidently, both these divine abilities consumed a vast amount of magical power, making it impossible to sustain them for long, even with the aid of the formation's energy.

Han Li took a deep breath. With his hand supporting the golden sphere in mid-air, he lightly flicked his five fingers upwards. With a 'whoosh,' the golden sphere transformed into a golden streak of light and shot high into the sky. With a rapid flick of his other hand, a massive golden rune also emerged and shot out.

Following a bolt of lightning, the high sky nearby was suddenly swept by strong winds and became shrouded in dark clouds. A golden blazing sun emerged within the dark clouds, and an aura as if capable of destroying heaven and earth surged skyward from the clouds. The surface of this blazing sun instantly flickered with wild electric arcs, and continuous, astonishingly deep thunder rumbled. Han Li's expression was solemn. He muttered obscure incantations and pointed a finger at the water surface ahead. Golden light flashed!

A golden light beam, as thick as a water vat, shot out from the blazing sun. After a few flashes, it struck the waters of the Underworld River. A strange muffled 'bang' emanated from the water's surface. The golden light beam, upon contact with the water, instantly transformed into a sphere of golden lightning arcs that spread outwards. Amidst the loud thunder, an astonishing scene unfolded. Wherever the lightning passed, the shimmering black threads that had appeared in the waters of the Underworld River disintegrated into ashes within the golden light.

Seeing this, Six-Legged and the others were overjoyed. They hastily urged their divine abilities to continue their fierce assault on the water surface. Meanwhile, the beautiful white-robed woman, who had been on the other side and had not yet made a move, suddenly let out a sharp, mournful shriek. The eight dark figures standing behind her immediately had their battle armor shimmer with black light, and surprisingly, their Yin energy linked together, all surging towards the beautiful white-robed woman.

Although these eight Yin-armored Ghost Kings were merely at the middle to late Void Refinement stage, the combined eight streams of Yin energy were still astonishingly powerful. A colossal ghostly figure then faintly appeared above the beautiful woman's head. The small black bell in the beautiful white-robed woman's hand burst forth with black light, instantly soaring into the air and expanding to several zhang in size. A strange light flashed in her eyes. She stretched out a finger and lightly flicked it towards the air. A 'clang' of the bell echoed.

A layer of black light waves surged from the giant bell, overwhelmingly rushing towards the separated Underworld River canyon ahead. A peculiar scene unfolded. As soon as the black light waves touched the entire canyon passage, they instantly transformed into a shimmering black light curtain, which instantly lifted the surrounding water curtain, forming a true black passage within the Underworld River. As Six-Legged and the others pushed their divine abilities forward, this light curtain also seemed endless, extending continuously into the depths of the opened passage.

Han Li was surprised by all of this, but to counter the shimmering black threads continuously emerging from within the Underworld River, he could only ceaselessly urge the golden blazing sun in the sky to unleash golden light beams one after another from it, assisting Six-Legged and the others in their continuous advance.

At the same time, as the black canyon extended deeper and deeper, Six-Legged and Mu Qing began to activate the formations beneath them, allowing their attacks to continuously extend as well, all targeting a single point. Seeing this, Han Li looked up at the sky and added a few more golden blazing suns. He could only give a wry smile and remain rooted to the spot. He did not possess such powerful divine sense to precisely control the unleashed divine lightning to strike at such a distance. However, fortunately, the power of the Lightning Sacrificial Technique was considerable. As long as the golden light beam struck nearby, the spreading lightning arcs could still destroy all the black threads even from a great distance. Of course, as the canyon deepened further, Han Li also had to focus, using hand seals to control the golden light beams to penetrate deeper into the passage. Fortunately, there was no need to aim for a precise spot; he only needed to control the approximate distance. Thus, his expression remained relaxed.

A quarter of an hour later, a dull boom suddenly echoed from the other end of the canyon! Upon hearing this, Mu Qing immediately said with great joy, "It's finally fully opened!" Immediately, the woman made a single-handed gesture. A moment later, the golden light wheel flew out rapidly from the depths of the canyon, reverting back into a golden giant flower and reappearing beneath her feet. The beautiful white-robed woman and the others were also filled with joy, and likewise, withdrew their divine abilities.

"Good! This passage can be maintained for several hours, which is enough for us to cross the Underworld River. However, we must still be wary of attacks from the ghostly beings within the Underworld River. Let them enter first. How many will actually enter the Underworld River depends on their luck. Let them flee forward with all their might." After green light flickered in Six-Legged's eyes a few times, he looked at the low-level demonic beasts and suddenly said.

Upon hearing this, Mu Qing and the others exchanged glances, their expressions of joy receding. Han Li, who had just dispersed his Lightning Sacrificial Technique, couldn't help but be startled!

At this moment, all the puppets and ghost soldiers had gathered at the passage entrance. They were oddly divided into two rows at the outermost edges, left and right. Meanwhile, the low-level demonic beasts, under the shouts of the high-level demonic beasts, were all gathered in the center. The number of beings, reaching several tens of thousands, almost completely blocked the entire passage! Under the command of several Demon Kings, the ghost soldiers and puppets on both sides immediately moved first, flying into the passage.

The black wind shrouding the Yin-armored Profound Ghosts had now dispersed, finally revealing their true appearances. Each was clad in shining half-body black armor, holding various long weapons such as halberds and tridents in one hand. Their skin, exposed from the black armor, was ashen and withered, like dried corpses. Yet, their entire heads were enveloped in a ball of green ghostly fire. Beneath the flickering green flame, revealed were menacing skeleton heads. These Profound Ghosts were all expressionless and silent, each exuding a faint chill. Han Li, standing behind Mu Qing, narrowed his eyes as he observed these ghostly beings. The Underworld River itself was teeming with ghostly creatures. Yet Six-Legged and the others still refined so many ghost soldiers. It seems there must be some other mystery behind this.

A moment later, the low-level demonic beasts, sandwiched between the puppets and ghost soldiers, were also ordered to fly into the passage. Six-Legged, the high-level demonic beasts, and the others, however, watched coldly from outside the passage, showing no intention of entering together at this moment. The instant the low-level demonic beasts had just entered the black canyon passage, a silver light flashed within the surrounding black light curtain, followed by loud 'hissing' sounds of tearing air. Countless silver threads shot out from all directions, overwhelming the space. Their targets were exclusively the low-level demonic beasts in the center. As for the puppets and Profound Ghosts arrayed on both sides, the silver threads showed no interest whatsoever.