While Daoist Huyan and Lu Yue were locked in a fierce battle, Yun Ni's situation wasn't going smoothly.
Most of the snow lotus shadows that enveloped her had withered and appeared somewhat broken.
A slender green willow branch had appeared in her hand at some point. Every time she brandished it, hundreds or even thousands of willow leaf-shaped blades of light would shoot out, interweaving into a dense net of blades in the air. The female Golden Immortal couldn't get close to her for a while.
But at this moment, a ray of green light suddenly appeared above her head and turned into a huge sword tip, stabbing towards her head in an extremely treacherous manner.
Yun Ni's expression abruptly changed. The petals that enveloped her immediately closed and protected her below.
There was a "bang" sound.
The snow lotus petals exploded into pieces, stirring up a wave of Qi. A silhouette flew back and landed in the air three hundred meters away from Yun Ni, hovering in the air with a sword in hand.
The person looked at Yun Ni and sneered, "Hehe, Daoist Yun, do you still remember me?"
Yun Ni let out a muffled groan. She forcefully suppressed the shock from the previous attack and looked at the person with a pale complexion.
The person was dressed in simple azure armor with golden patterns embroidered on it. It was none other than Gu Jie.
This person seemed to be seeking revenge for what happened in the past. He hadn't shown himself until now and launched a sneak attack on Yun Ni.
When Daoist Huyan sensed the changes below him, he continuously changed his hand seals. The sea of flames below him moved according to his will and continuously swept up huge waves towards Lu Yue. Meanwhile, he himself descended and returned to Yun Ni's side.
He frowned and asked, "Are you alright?"
Yun Ni lightly shook her head. She took out a medicinal pill and swallowed it without saying anything.
Daoist Huyan's expression became as cold as ice. He turned to look at Gu Jie with piercingly cold killing intent in his eyes.
When Gu Jie saw this, he couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.
"You're courting death."
Daoist Huyan said word by word. He raised his hand and wiped it across the blade of his sword. A cut immediately appeared on his palm and blood seeped into the Crimson Phoenix Sword.
The longsword shone with scarlet light and a few inconspicuous runes lit up on the blade.
With a wave of his hand, the crimson longsword left his hand and disappeared in a flash of crimson light.
Gu Jie's heart skipped a beat. The protective treasure on his body lit up, and his figure flashed as he fled into the distance.
However, he had only flown a few hundred meters when a scarlet light suddenly appeared behind him. It pierced through his protective light without the slightest bit of obstruction, pierced through his green ancient armor, and directly penetrated his body.
It was accompanied by a loud and clear phoenix cry!
The tip of the crimson sword pierced through Gu Jie's back, and what appeared in front of him was a Fire Luan burning with raging flames.
The instant it passed through Gu Jie's body, several arrows of blood sprayed out from the hole in his chest. His entire body began to burn violently as he let out a miserable scream.
After the Fire Phoenix left Gu Jie's chest, it didn't stop there. It suddenly turned around in mid-air, turned around, and swooped down, once again piercing through Gu Jie's chest.
Gu Jie, who was wrapped in raging flames, suddenly brought his hands together in front of him and shouted.
The green armor on his body immediately lit up with a dark green light. It wriggled out like flowing water, wrapping around the crimson flames.
The crimson luan turned back and fiercely stabbed the dark light around Gu Jie's body, but it sank in as if it had stabbed cotton. Then, it quickly bounced back and fell to the side.
Daoist Hu Yan waved his hand, and the crimson luan turned back into a longsword, flying back into his hand.
Then, a series of puffing sounds rang out.
White smoke immediately rose from Gu Jie's body, and the surging scarlet flames were quickly extinguished.
However, at this moment, he had been burned beyond recognition. Not only was his skin charred black, but there were terrifying scars everywhere. They looked like the crisscrossing cracks on a riverbed after a long drought, and there were even traces of blood within them.
This scene shocked the people from the Immortal Palace who were fighting the bean soldiers, and a trace of fear flashed in their eyes as they looked at Daoist Hu Yan.
However, Gu Jie grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and laughed strangely.
A strange scene appeared!
The layer of dark green light around his body slowly shrank, and like a piece of clothing, it tightly wrapped around his entire body. Then, with a flash of light, it fused into his body.
As he continued to absorb the green light, all of the cracks and scorch marks on his body quickly healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he began to heal bit by bit.
Seeing this, Daoist Hu Yan only coldly snorted, but he was not too surprised.
After cultivating to the Golden Immortal level, not only their souls, but also their bodies could not be destroyed so easily.
Lu Yue withdrew his gaze, turned his head towards Ouyang Kuishan, and coldly said, "Sect Master Ouyang, end this as soon as possible so that your Fire Dragon Taoist School won't be implicated."
Hearing this, Ouyang Kuishan pondered for a moment, and with a flash of light under his feet, his entire body turned into a silver rainbow that soared into the sky. After a few flashes, he appeared on the plaza.
With his addition, more than half of the bean soldiers that had already been killed were destroyed once again, and their numbers decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Four Golden Immortal cultivators from the Immortal Palace set up a Thunder Summoning Formation outside the sea of fire, and from it, dozens of bolts of purple lightning as thick as water tanks were summoned. Wherever the lightning landed, a large number of bean soldiers were blown into pieces.
As the number of bean soldiers rapidly decreased, Daoist Hu Yan and Gu Jie's situation became more and more dangerous.
Seeing this, many cultivators from the Fire Dragon Taoist School who had not gone far, like Han Li, could not help but have complicated expressions on their faces. Among them were even some Golden Immortal Dao Masters and Vice Dao Masters.
From their point of view, although Bai Liyan, the First Dao Master, did not appear often, he had imperceptibly benefited a large number of cultivators in the past eight lectures. It was because of his existence that the Fire Dragon Taoist School was able to stand tall in the Northern Frost Celestial Realm and become an existence that could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Cangliu Palace.
Now, the Northern Frost Celestial Palace, in the name of the Heavenly Court, had taken advantage of the First Dao Master's lecture to suddenly launch an attack. It could be said that their intentions were sinister. With so many cultivators present, Bai Liyan was clearly hesitant at first, but the people from the Immortal Palace did not care about the lives of the low-level disciples of the Fire Dragon Taoist School.
Sadly, among the remaining twelve Golden Immortals, only Daoist Hu Yan and Yun Ni dared to stand up against the Northern Frost Celestial Palace, but the situation was already precarious.
Once they were defeated, Bai Liyan would be isolated and would definitely not be a match for the Immortal Palace.
Seeing this, Han Li could not help but sigh in his heart.
The strength that Daoist Hu Yan had displayed today had truly shocked him. Although he had long felt that this old man was not simple, he did not expect him to be able to hold up nearly ten Golden Immortals from the Celestial Palace of the Northern Chill all by himself.
It was a pity that the Fire Dragon Taoist School was divided. If all the Golden Immortal Dao Masters were of the same mind as Bai Liyan, the Immortal Palace might not be able to cause any trouble even though they were strong.
The reason why the Master of the Cangliu Palace did not make a move was probably because he had seen this. Otherwise, with the two great forces, the Fire Dragon Taoist School and the Cangliu Palace, Xiao Jinhan would probably have no choice but to immediately turn around and leave.
At this moment, his eyes suddenly flashed. He discovered that the Immortal Palace cultivators who had surrounded Daoist Hu Yan and Yun Ni had actually disappeared, and the Youth in luxurious clothes was actually not among them.
He quickly swept his gaze around, and then swept his gaze over the bean soldiers on the square that had already lost more than half of them, but there was no trace of him either.
Seeing this, Han Li could not help but feel a trace of unease in his heart.
…
In the depths of the sky, Bai Liyan's entire body was covered in crimson flames. His entire body had already completely turned into a body of flames.
Outside of the crimson flames, there were also circles of rainbow light. Shockingly high temperatures emanated from them, and the surrounding space was burned to the point of distorting.
Facing him from afar, Xiao Jinhan held a longsword that was covered in ice spikes with one hand, and a sparkling and translucent ice wheel that was dozens of feet in size floated behind him, emitting dense cold air.
In addition, there were also a dozen or so Immortal Palace cultivators, including Xue Ying, scattered around him. They all maintained a certain distance from him, as if they could not withstand the dense cold air emanating from the ice wheel.
"Bai Liyan, now that things have come to this, are you still going to resist stubbornly?
Why don't you just surrender? Perhaps the Heavenly Court will give you a chance to pledge allegiance and make up for your crimes, "Xiao Jinhan said indifferently.
"Pledge allegiance … What a joke!
When the Heavenly Court dealt with the people of the Samsara Hall, when did they ever pledge allegiance?
Not extracting living souls is already considered preferential treatment.
Stop talking nonsense, let's fight. "Bai Liyan laughed heartily.
As soon as he finished speaking, he waved the flaming longsword in his hand, and a wave of fire swept towards Xiao Jinhan. At the same time, his eyes glowed with a red light, and he softly chanted some kind of obscure incantation.
"Dong!"
A deafening sound suddenly came from the bottom of the Zhong Ming Mountain Range.
Then, the mountains and the ground within a radius of ten thousand miles around the White Jade Peak shook violently at the same time. Countless beasts roared in the mountains, and flocks of birds flew out of the forest.
"Dong!"
Another strange sound was heard, and it was even louder than the previous one. The entire Void began to tremble violently.
The cultivators of the Candle Dragon Path who were scattered everywhere saw this and were momentarily shocked, but they did not know what was going on.
At this moment, the ground below suddenly arched upwards. The surface of the ground cracked, the rivers were cut off, and countless trees fell and snapped.
Dozens of mountains in the distance rose at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in a few breaths, they had risen by nearly a hundred feet. The mountains on them continued to collapse, and countless boulders rolled down, stirring up a cloud of dust.
On the plaza, Lu Yue and the others saw this and looked at Ouyang Kuishan.
"Sect Leader Ouyang, what's going on?" Lu Yue asked in a deep voice.
Ouyang Kuishan heard this, but shook his head without saying a word. It was obvious that he did not know either.