Chapter 2461: True Immortal's Arrival Nine Tribulations Appear

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These several powerful and well-known figures from the Fengyuan Continent perished simultaneously without a single sound.

As for Ming Zun and the others, they managed to escape the calamity under the protection of the Silver Armillary Scripture.

The dense blood threads struck the light screen formed by the treasure, causing it to flicker wildly and dim significantly, but they failed to pierce through the defense.

This, however, left Yin Gangzi and the others looking extremely pale.

Ming Zun's expression was grim as his gaze swiftly swept towards the Black Xi Beasts.

He saw that the black-armored youths, formed by the four beasts, each performing a hand seal with one hand, were hiding behind a curtain of black flame, having also managed to evade the recent blood thread attack.

From afar, upon seeing that so many people had still survived, Ma Liang, in his giant form, couldn't help but show a hint of surprise on his face. However, he immediately replaced it with a look of ferocity, swiftly formed a hand seal with both hands, and pointed one hand distantly at the giant blood seal in the sky once more.

With a rumbling sound.

This time, the giant seal merely sank slightly, completely crushing and collapsing the light tower below, which had become like a hornet's nest.

With no further obstruction, the treasure descended like Mount Tai bearing down, plummeting towards Ming Zun and the others. The surrounding void was immediately enveloped by terrifying power once again, and the previously dissipated bloody aura re-emerged.

"Brother Ming, what do we do now!" Yin Gangzi, in his silver giant form, asked in a low voice upon seeing this situation.

"What else can we do? Naturally, we fight with all our might. Fellow daoists, there's no need to worry too much. An attack as terrifying as the last one must have consumed a vast amount of his true essence; he absolutely cannot use it a second time. Fellow Daoist Wu Ling, Brother Yin, you all try your best to hold off this treasure first. I will unleash a secret art to deal with him and see if we can seal him while his magic power is severely depleted. And the four of you, fellow daoists, also use your innate divine abilities to assist me in a full-power attack." Ming Zun's expression was extremely grave, but he transmitted his voice to Yin Gangzi's trio and the four Black Xi Beasts without hesitation.

"Seal him? Brother Ming, how confident are you?" Madam Wu Ling asked with some hesitation.

Seeing the bald strongman and several other Mahayana cultivators of the same rank perish so easily before her eyes made the woman feel a bit unnerved.

"Don't worry," Ming Zun replied with some confidence via voice transmission, "the secret art I'm unleashing is a celestial realm technique that sacrifices a wisp of my essence soul and greatly damages my fundamental power. There's at least a 50% chance of success."

"Very well, then this humble one will trust you one more time. Fellow Daoist Yin, let us act together." Madam Wu Ling looked up at the astonishing bloody giant seal in the sky, telling herself that escape was impossible under its might, and could only grit her teeth and speak.

The giant formed by Yin Gangzi merely nodded, then let out a roar without hesitation, his body swelling significantly once more. Thick silver patterns surged wildly from his body, with countless runes vaguely flashing. After his two arms suddenly became much thicker, he clenched his fists and punched towards the sky.

Meanwhile, Madam Wu Ling, in her pig-headed ape-bodied monster form, let out a long howl, raising her head. Her two giant swords in hand suddenly came together in front of her, surprisingly merging into a pale yellow spiked club. She merely gave it a gentle shake in front of her, bringing forth a yellow gust of wind that swept towards the sky.

On the other side, the woman in the light green palace dress had remained silent throughout, but seeing that both Yin Gangzi and Madam Wu Ling had made their moves, she, without a word, reached up to her hair bun with one hand and pulled out a seemingly ordinary jade hairpin, but one embedded with three silver-blue spherical beads, tossing it high into the sky.

*Pfft, pfft, pfft!*

The jade hairpin burst open into a cluster of spiritual light, but the three blue spherical beads flew towards the sky. After swaying in the wind, they suddenly transformed into three head-sized light clusters, with brilliant blue light on their surface, yet appearing inconspicuous.

Upon seeing this, Ma Liang, in his transformed golden giant form, let out a cold sneer as he merely urged his immortal spiritual power within his body once more.

Instantly, the blood mist around the seal in the sky surged wildly, with loud "hissing" sounds emanating from it. From this, thick bloody tentacles flew out, and after a slight tremble, they transformed into bloody spears that shot downwards like a torrential rain.

A loud rumbling sound erupted.

Yin Gangzi's two fists blurred, instantly conjuring countless silver fist shadows that shattered and sent all the incoming blood spears flying.

Madam Wu Ling, wielding the yellow hurricane formed by her spiked club, swept up the incoming blood spears into it, and after a violent flicker, all were forcefully pulverized.

The three blue light clusters, however, seemed like intangible bodies, still floating leisurely towards the sky. As soon as the blood spears made contact, they surprisingly pierced directly through them, without any apparent effect.

The next moment, the dense silver fist shadows and the yellow spiked club solidly struck the giant seal.

A roar erupted in the sky, followed by silver light, yellow glow, and bloody mist intertwining and flashing!

The giant seal merely swayed slightly and continued to press downwards.

Yin Gangzi and Madam Wu Ling's expressions changed drastically. One of them suddenly stomped on the void beneath with one foot, and after slightly bending their lower body, slowly pushed upwards with both hands, fingers spread. The other furiously threw their spiked club upwards, with incantations emanating from their mouths.

Several earth-shattering roars.

Two silver giant hands, about an acre in size, suddenly appeared out of thin air beneath the seal, and with fingers spread, pushed upwards against the seal.

At the same time, the massive spiked club, flashing with yellow light like a divine weapon holding up the sky, also shot up from below, its thickest part firmly pressing against the bottom of the seal.

The entire void violently shook!

The mountain-like seal paused slightly, finally stopping mid-air.

The two giant silver hands and the giant spiked club immediately trembled violently amidst low hums, appearing utterly unable to support it any longer.

Seeing this, Yin Gangzi and Madam Wu Ling couldn't help but inwardly lament their predicament.

At this moment, both had poured almost all their magic power into the giant silver hands and the spiked club, truly having no strength left to continue resisting the seal's descent.

But just then, the three blue light spheres finally flew close to the seal, and the instant they touched the blood mist, they burst open with a flash.

A strange, chilling power, capable of freezing one's very soul, immediately spread out in the air with a sweep.

Following this, three shimmering blue ice flowers, several dozen feet in diameter, surged out from the cold air. With a mere spin, three crystalline beams of light immediately shot out from them, striking the seal.

With a sizzle, a layer of deep blue ice materialized out of thin air beneath the seal, spreading with incredible speed. In just a few flickers of time, it completely froze most of the seal.

This scene left not only Yin Gangzi and Madam Wu Ling dumbfounded, but even a trace of shock flashed in Ming Zun's eyes.

"Oh, it's actually an Ice Udumbara Flower seed! I didn't expect this lowly lower realm to possess such a rare flower seed. But how could such a method truly trap the Myriad Spirit Blood Seal?" Ma Liang, in his giant form, also showed a hint of surprise on his face, but after a brief contemplation, he suddenly opened his mouth and blew towards the distant seal.

With a puff, specks of golden flame appeared out of thin air near the seal. After a flicker, they clung to the blue ice like maggots to a bone, immediately erupting with strange sounds like firecrackers.

At the same time, the giant seal itself also let out a roar, and a layer of blood flames surged out.

Under the pincer attack of the two bizarre flames, from inside and out, the blue ice immediately began to melt rapidly.

"Brother Ming, aren't you going to act yet? We can't hold out for much longer." The palace-dressed woman, who had already sat down and was desperately urging the three blue ice flowers in the air to slow the melting, urgently called out to Ming Zun.

"Rest assured, fellow daoists, I have already made my move," Ming Zun said, taking a deep breath after hearing the palace-dressed woman's words.

Upon hearing this, the palace-dressed woman, along with Yin Gangzi and Madam Wu Ling, naturally froze in surprise.

The next moment, a ripple appeared above the head of the golden giant transformed by Ma Liang, and a foot-tall azure figure materialized out of thin air. Its face was blurry and indistinct, making its features impossible to discern, but it held a rusty black ancient lamp in its hands.

The giant formed by Ma Liang raised its head without hesitation and instantly spat out a wisp of golden flame.

After swelling in the wind, the flame transformed into a vast sea of golden fire that surged towards the small figure.

Wherever the golden flame passed, the surrounding void became blurry and indistinct, as if directly melted and pierced through by its high temperature.

But the small figure in the sky calmly raised the ancient lamp in its hand and swung it towards the golden sea of fire below.

*Splutter!*

An incredible scene appeared.

The black ancient lamp merely flickered with a faint black ethereal glow on its surface, and specks of grayish-white runes drifted out from it. The golden flames surging from below then rushed wildly into the ancient lamp as if encountering their nemesis, and were completely absorbed in the blink of an eye.

Even with Ma Liang's composure, seeing this scene in the air, he couldn't help but be momentarily stunned.

At this moment, the small figure suddenly threw the ancient lamp downwards. At the same time, it leaped forward, transforming into a cluster of azure light that attached itself to the ancient lamp, igniting the seemingly charred wick.

A grayish-white flame flashed into existence on the ancient lamp.

At the same time, Ming Zun, standing in the distance, turned pale, his originally upright body suddenly stumbled, unable to stand steady.

The ancient lamp in the distance hummed, its grayish-white flame on the surface blurred, and it surprisingly magnified countless times in size, enveloping a significant portion of the sky beneath it.

The golden giant formed by Ma Liang, the instant it was enveloped by the grayish-white flame, suddenly felt his immortal spiritual power condense abruptly within him, his protective golden light dissipated, and he could no longer unleash any secret arts.

At this very instant, faint ripples appeared around the golden giant once more, and the four Black Xi Beasts lunged out from the void. Simultaneously opening their mouths wide, each spit out a wheel-sized black fireball that rolled directly towards the golden giant.

"You seek death!"

Ma Liang was startled inwardly, but the giant he had transformed into roared in anger, clenching both hands into fists, and furiously threw four punches, one at each black fireball.

*Boom, boom, boom!* Three of the black fireballs, the instant they came into contact with the golden giant's fists, burst apart into specks of black rain.

Only one of them, however, suddenly twisted, abruptly transforming into a black shadow that dodged the fist. With a flash, it closed in on the golden giant's front, transforming into an ordinary-looking man in a gray robe.

"Nine Tribulations Soul Extinction Art!" The gray-robed man raised one arm, and a palm silently pressed against the golden giant's waist, his voice chilling to the bone.