Chapter 1610: Two Cultivators from Different Realms Duel

"No, it's a trap, retreat immediately!" Long Hanji's beautiful face changed dramatically as she cried out.

Three Spirit Transformation cultivators, along with a hundred thousand other cultivators and numerous restrictive formations, could drown them with just their collective spit.

"You can go back, but leave your lives behind!" Liu Yunxiu's tone was indifferent. She lightly pointed her left index finger at Long Hanji and the others, and a beam of green light shot forth. The void seemed to be ripped apart by the green light, creating ripples and emitting a piercing sound as it tore through the air.

Yang Tianhai showed no fear. The blue trident in his hand erupted with dazzling blue light as he slashed towards the void opposite him.

A blinding blue light shot out, meeting the green beam.

Boom! With an earth-shattering roar, the green and blue lights annihilated each other, unleashing a powerful shockwave. Over a dozen mountaintops were instantly pulverized by the immense force, turning into a cloud of dust.

Simultaneously, the entrance to the Fallen Immortal Cave glowed with a five-colored spiritual light before abruptly vanishing, as if it had never existed.

"Oh no, our retreat path is cut off." Shen Haoran's face turned ashen. With their escape route blocked, it meant they had no choice but to fight to the death, with little hope of survival.

"Nephew Zhao, warn Senior Brother Long," Long Hanji instructed Zhao Hengbin. Zhao Hengbin acknowledged, then produced a palm-sized green toad with golden markings on its skin.

Zhao Hengbin closed his fingers, and the green toad instantly burst apart, dissolving into a shower of blood.

The Fallen Immortal Cave was heavily restricted, meaning even communication artifacts might not work.

The "Co-birth Toad" is born as a pair; they live and die together, unable to survive without each other.

Apart from Zhao Hengbin, the other cultivators took out their communication tools to contact their comrades still inside the Fallen Immortal Cave. Unfortunately, their attempts failed; they couldn't reach anyone.

Boom! Following a deafening rumble, the clear sky abruptly filled with dark clouds, lightning, and thunder. A black thundercloud, a hundred li wide, materialized high above, crackling with lightning. Thousands of thick silver lightning snakes writhed within the storm.

The black thundercloud blotted out the sky, and its immense roaring thunder created an overwhelming sense of pressure.

After another tremendous peal of thunder, hundreds of thick silver lightning bolts descended, aimed directly at Long Hanji and her group.

Yang Tianhai wielded his blue trident, causing countless blue lights to surge forth, forming a colossal blue water barrier that enveloped everyone.

Hundreds of silver lightning bolts struck the blue water barrier, vanishing without a trace as if absorbed by the ocean, leaving the barrier completely unharmed.

"I'd like to see whether the formation's power is superior, or if your magical energy is truly boundless!" Zhou Xingguo sneered, a cold glint in his eyes.

The Ten Directions Demon Extermination Array had previously annihilated early-stage Spirit Transformation demonic cultivators, demonstrating its extraordinary power. With three Spirit Transformation cultivators controlling the formation, Long Hanji's group would pay a heavy price if they wished to escape.

With a resounding rumble, the ground shook violently. Hundreds of dazzling spiritual lights shot skyward, converging to form a colossal cage that encompassed an area of ten thousand li.

The immense cage continuously contracted, pulverizing mountains into fragments like tofu dregs as it advanced, directly heading towards Long Hanji and her companions.

Unless Long Hanji and her group could instantly teleport away, death was certain.

"Don't hold back, everyone attack together," Yang Tianhai said with a serious tone and a solemn expression.

The blue trident in his hand erupted with blinding spiritual light. He swung it at the void, which seemed to ripple and tear. With a flash of blue, a blue light blade over a thousand zhang long shot out, striking the colossal cage.

"Clang!" A dull clang of metal on metal echoed as the blue light blade struck the colossal cage, disintegrating into scattered blue light and vanishing.

Long Hanji opened her mouth and unleashed a vast torrent of crimson flames. Wherever they passed, the ground erupted in raging infernos, and the very air seemed to ignite.

Boom! The surging flames engulfed less than half of the cage, but they quickly dissipated, and the cage continued its relentless advance.

The expressions of Long Hanji and her two companions turned extremely grim. It seemed that unless they unleashed a Sky-reaching Spirit Treasure, they were doomed to die there.

She opened her mouth, and a beam of red light shot out, settling into her hand. It was a shimmering crimson longsword, its blade resembling a scarlet flood dragon, with the dragon's tail forming the tip and its head serving as the hilt. It emanated an astonishing fluctuation of fire spiritual energy.

This was the Sky-reaching Spirit Treasure, the "Red Flood Dragon Sky-burning Sword." It was primarily forged from the innate spiritual bone of a mid-grade fifth-rank fire-attribute flood dragon, combined with various rare materials. To invade other realms, the human and demon races of the Tianlan Realm had brought forth treasures left by their ancestors. The demon race, in particular, had contributed ancestral bones and demon cores, without which such a large number of Sky-reaching Spirit Treasures could not have been refined.

A deafening dragon's roar echoed as the Red Flood Dragon Sky-burning Sword erupted with blinding fire, transforming into a crimson flood dragon a hundred zhang long, with red pointed horns on its head. The crimson flood dragon circled erratically in the high sky, whipping up waves of scarlet flames.

The crimson flood dragon, now a streak of red light, surged towards the colossal cage. Simultaneously, Feng Wu let out a piercing bird cry, and her body radiated a brilliant green light, transforming into a jade-green peacock over ten zhang tall, enveloped in a soft green aura.

The jade-green peacock flapped its wings violently, unleashing a fierce gale that formed a towering green tornado, over a thousand zhang high, which spiraled directly towards the immense cage.

Yang Tianhai's blue trident erupted with blinding blue light, causing countless blue energies to coalesce into a vast ocean. With a mighty roar like a tsunami, this ocean transformed into a colossal blue torrent that crashed against the immense cage.

Concurrently, Shen Haoran and the others also launched their attacks against the enemy.

Trapped by the formation, they knew that escaping would be an agonizing ordeal, even if it didn't cost them their lives.

Inside the Fallen Immortal Cave, Bai Xin, Sun Tianhu, and Ye Yan stood suspended in the air, gazing coldly at Long Xiaoyao and his group opposite them.

Liu Ye guarded the exit of the Fallen Immortal Cave to prevent the enemy from consolidating their forces.

Long Xiaoyao, Sun Hao, and Li Shuo wore grim expressions. There was indeed an ambush. They knew they had to rendezvous with Long Hanji, as the enemy would never allow them to escape back to the Tianlan Realm.

"Attack! Slay them!" Long Xiaoyao commanded loudly. Hundreds of cultivators split into two groups, unleashing large-scale magical attacks on Sun Tianhu and the others.

Hundreds of Nascent Soul cultivators formed battle formations, a force even Spirit Transformation cultivators would not dare to confront head-on.

Just then, Ye Yan flipped his palm, and with a flash of red light, a shimmering crimson banner appeared in his hand. Its surface was covered with arcane azure runes, radiating a powerful fire-attribute fluctuation.

This was the Sky-reaching Spirit Treasure, the "Profound Sun Demon Extermination Banner," a treasure personally forged by the Puppet Emperor.

Sun Tianhu, with a flick of his wrist, produced a blood-red shimmering short blade that exuded a pungent, bloody scent. This was the Sky-reaching Spirit Treasure, the "Blood Demon Blade." Decades ago, Zhou Sihong had wreaked havoc in the South Sea, causing numerous casualties among cultivators, all for this very artifact. It eventually fell into the hands of the Divine Weapon Palace, and Sun Tianhu had specifically borrowed it to confront the cultivators from another realm.

Bai Xin, in turn, produced a gleaming white jade brush. Its surface was covered with countless minuscule characters which, upon closer inspection, turned out to be individual names.

This was the Sky-reaching Spirit Treasure, the "Myriad People Brush," a precious artifact left by Confucius himself.

These three Sky-reaching Spirit Treasures originated from different factions and had been entrusted to Sun Tianhu and his two companions specifically for combating the cultivators from the other realm.

A nine-colored sword light, over a thousand zhang long, streaked towards them. Simultaneously, a nine-colored giant blade of similar length followed close behind. As the sword and blade cut through the air, the void emitted a piercing, tearing sound.

Bai Xin wielded the Myriad People Brush, and a soft white light emanated from it, forming a white shield over ten zhang tall, which materialized before him.

The nine-colored sword light and the nine-colored giant blade struck the white shield, but like a punch hitting cotton, they simply vanished.

A tremendous roar thundered from above as a green fire cloud, a hundred li wide, appeared high in the sky. After churning violently, it unleashed a barrage of watermelon-sized green fireballs that plummeted like meteors towards Long Xiaoyao and his group.

Long Xiaoyao let out a loud dragon's roar, then unleashed a misty green gale that shot forth to meet the incoming fireballs.

The green fireballs exploded upon contact with the green gale, creating a continuous series of roars.

Sun Tianhu swung the Blood Demon Blade, and with a flash of blood-red light, a crimson blade of light over a thousand zhang long shot forward, directly towards the enemy.

Sun Hao swiftly summoned a misty green shield, which instantly expanded to a formidable size, blocking in front of him.

"Clang!" A dull thud echoed as the crimson blade of light struck the green shield. The shield remained completely unharmed, its surface merely rippling with a faint green spiritual glow.

The green thundercloud churned violently, sending hundreds of green fireballs crashing downwards.

The green fireballs struck the stone walls, instantly detonating into vast sheets of green flame. The flames spread rapidly, radiating an astonishing heat.

Explosions reverberated continuously as a fierce battle raged both inside and outside the Fallen Immortal Cave. Outside, the cultivators from the Dongli Realm held the advantage, while inside, the cultivators from the Tianlan Realm maintained a slight edge.