After a dozen breaths, accompanied by a roar that caused the hearts of Han Li and the others to tremble violently, Yin Xu and Ghost Wood finally broke the array outside.
"Just a little bit more, hurry up!" Shi Chuankong's forehead was sweating as he gritted his teeth.
"It's too late, you guys continue to set up, I'll think of a way to buy some time." Bai Liyan stood up and said in a deep voice.
"Master, I can't help much here, I'll go with fellow Bai Liyan to block them!" Weeping Soul also said.
"It's too dangerous for the two of you to go like this. The other party is a real Zenith Heaven Realm cultivator. If it's outside, I'm afraid a single thought would be enough to kill you." Han Li's hands didn't stop moving as he said with a frown.
"If we don't block them, they will rush in before we release that thing. At that time, we will really be sitting ducks.
Previously, when the Torch Dragon Taoist was destroyed by Xiao Jinhan, I almost failed due to the backlash from my baleful aura. Thanks to Fellow Daoist Li's Tai Yi Pill, this time I was captured into the Dark Place, and thanks to Fellow Daoist Weeping Soul for saving me, I, Bai Liyan, have already died twice. This time, let's see if my life is tough or not!
"Master, don't worry. After all, I'm a trusted aide of the Lord of the Netherworld. I don't think they would dare to kill me. With me and fellow Bai Liyan, we can buy some time." Weeping Soul also said.
"Be careful, avoid a head-on confrontation." Han Li said with a complicated look in his eyes when he heard this.
Bai Liyan and Weeping Soul looked at each other, and their figures flashed at the same time, flying out of the hall one after the other.
On the small square outside the hall, the figures of Ghost Wood and Yin Xu rushed over and collided with a huge black fireball.
"Boom!" A loud sound rang out!
The huge fireball exploded, sputtering a large amount of meteor-like fire rain.
Under the curtain of fire, a huge green and black shield dispersed into countless ghost vines and quickly retracted into the sleeve of the Ghost Wood.
"You bold people who don't know life from death, do you know where this is?
How dare you behave atrociously here! "The Ghost Wood looked at the two who rushed into the square and scolded coldly.
"Don't talk nonsense with them. Let's end this quickly." Yin Xu quickly glanced around and said.
Bai Liyan did not say anything. He raised his hand and formed hand seals with his fingers. After chanting a few words, he suddenly raised his hand and pointed at his dantian.
"Uh …"
With a heart-wrenching roar, a bright red light like magma lit up in his dantian, splitting into bright red cracks that quickly spread to his whole body.
Immediately after, wisps of black flames emerged from the cracks on his body, mixed with thick billowing black smoke, covering the sky and covering the earth. Soon, the entire small square was shrouded in black smoke.
The Weeping Soul Beast shot to the side upon seeing this. Then, she suddenly raised her arms and clenched her fists as she took a step forward and let out a roar that was completely out of character for her appearance.
"Roar …"
With a roar, the black light on the surface of her body flowed rapidly, and her eyes became blood-red. Her body rapidly expanded, and soon she turned into a giant black ape that was more than 300 meters tall.
The black hair all over her body stood up like steel needles. She had a strange horn on her head, and her fangs were exposed. The skin and flesh between her eyebrows were split, revealing a third blood-red demonic eye. There were also three black bone spurs protruding from her back, and the Yin Qi around her was oppressive.
"You Luo, you traitor. Master has favored you so much in vain. You actually revealed Xing Beast's true body for an outsider. This is simply unforgivable!" Gui Mu's face was gloomy as he angrily rebuked.
As soon as his voice fell, there was a violent roar above his head. In the depths of the thick black smoke, there seemed to be countless bolts of lightning bombarding each other, bursting out bursts of lightning.
In the smoke and lightning, the figure of a huge black candle dragon was faintly discernible. It was surrounded by Ye Fire and slowly twisted in the air, blocking the hall behind it.
Because its body was too large, the dragon's back and the Void Restriction above it were violently rubbing against each other, causing sparks and roars.
"They are certain that we don't dare to destroy the Restriction, so we can't fight freely. That's why they dare to be so presumptuous.
Elder Ghost Wood, go and undo the Restriction in the forbidden area, "Yin Xu sneered and said.
"What!
How can this be? "The Ghost Wood was shocked and quickly said.
"They have already broken in. What's the use of the Restriction outside? It will only make our hands and feet tied.
If we attack too heavily and accidentally cause the Restriction to collapse, it may cause a chain reaction and directly destroy the seal inside. It is better for us to undo it ourselves and end the battle quickly, "Yin Xu said with a gloomy face.
"But this …" The Ghost Wood was still a little hesitant.
"You know the core of the formation. Take the Nine Nether Token and quickly go. This is no longer a matter of whether you and I will be punished or not. If we delay the arrangement of the Domain Lord, we will die ten thousand times," Yin Xu rebuked.
When the Ghost Wood heard this, he fiercely stamped his foot, turned around, and rushed to the corner of the square without looking back.
"Since we will die ten thousand times, then we will turn your bones to ashes … Dark Prison!" Yin Xu roared and the aura on his body rose by more than several times.
A black light lit up under his feet and a large black shadow that was like ink quickly flowed out, covering the sky and covering the earth. The shadow of the earth swept up, and the shadow of the sky covered down. It was like a large wok, covering the entire square and the Void above it.
Bai Liyan and the Weeping Soul Beast, who had revealed their true bodies, seemed to have been suddenly pulled into another Void. In an instant, they couldn't see, their ears couldn't hear, and their five senses were lost. They couldn't even feel the aura of the world.
After a moment, the layers of light that shrouded the outside of the palace disappeared, and a dark shadow that was so thick that it couldn't be dispersed roared and quickly expanded.
… …
At the same time, there was a soft "ka" sound in the hall, followed by the sound of gears turning.
Han Li and the other two surrounded the sacrificial pit and looked up at the top of their heads. They didn't even dare to breathe too loudly.
They saw that the layers of circular runes on the dome began to light up with a black light, and they began to rotate ring by ring. The stone pillar in the middle began to descend inch by inch.
"Qiang" a sound was heard.
The descending stone pillar and the altar below, one protruding and the other concave, were embedded in the sacrificial pit.
"Ka ka ka"
With the sound of gears turning, an incomparably thick pitch-black evil aura rose from the ground, and the entire floor of the hall was submerged in it.
When Han Li and the others saw this, they subconsciously avoided it.
Then, the entire stone room began to tremble violently, and the Evil Taking Inkstones inlaid on the ground and the dome lit up. In the dim hall, it was like stars, and the runes on the ground also began to light up.
At this moment, a sound that sounded like the breathing of a wild beast floated out from somewhere in the hall.
"Something seems wrong." Han Li smelled a trace of a strange aura and muttered.
When Shi Chuankong and the other two saw this, their expressions also became tense.
Han Li's eyes flashed, and he saw that the relief engraved with Suan Ni's image on the wall behind Hu San suddenly shone brightly. It seemed as if a scarlet flame had swept over it, and a layer of hazy mist had appeared on its surface. This made it difficult for people to see it clearly.
In a trance, he felt as if the strange beasts carved on the wall had come to life. They were trembling, and the scene of them devouring each other became more vivid. Those skulls that were piled up like a mountain also trembled unceasingly. It seemed as if they were about to tumble down to the floor of the hall at any moment.
He was just about to say something when he saw the eyes of the Suan Ni's relief on the wall suddenly light up.
"Hu San, quickly get out of the way!" Han Li shouted.
Hu San didn't hesitate. He tilted his head and dodged to the side. Then, an air-piercing sound was heard as it flew past his ears.
A fist-sized scarlet fireball and a pitch-black fireball intertwined with each other as they flew out of the eye sockets of the statue. They then collided with the stone pillar that was hanging down from the ceiling.
"Peng!"
The two fireballs splashed a large number of sparks at the same time. Then, they spiraled along the black stone pillar from the left and right. It seemed as if two fiery snakes were coiling around the stone pillar. One of them climbed up to the ceiling of the hall, and the other one slithered towards the altar on the ground. The magic patterns on the ground lit up wherever they went.
Han Li and the others were bewildered as they saw this scene.
A black light erupted above their heads, and it resonated with the scarlet light on the ground. It seemed as if a prairie fire had been ignited under the curtain of the pitch-black night.
"Rumble!" A series of rumbling sounds came from the ground, and the scarlet light on the ground became more and more intense. Then, waves of scorching heat started to rise from the ground.
A "ka" sound was heard!
The altar that was connected to the stone pillar fiercely shook, and cracks appeared on the ground all around. Then, the ground became unstable, and started to cave in.
"Be careful," Han Li shouted in a low voice. Then, he floated in the air.
Shi Chuankong and Hu San also shone with an escape light, and flew into the air.
The three of them wrinkled their brows, and looked down. They saw that the ground of the entire hall had begun to split into countless pieces. Then, these pieces broke apart like ice floes on a river, and started to fall down.
And, a huge pit had appeared under the ground. It extended for an unknown number of miles. Rays of light flickered inside the pit. Half of the red flame and the other half of the black flame were fusing with each other, and were burning fiercely.
There was a thick stone pillar that led to the depths of the ground under the stone pillar that was connected to the altar. A series of ancient magic patterns were engraved on the surface of this pillar. Moreover, the entire pillar had turned red from the scorching heat of the underground flames.
A purple radiance flashed in Han Li's eyes. He then opened the Magic Eyes of the Ninth Secret, and gazed downward.
He saw that there were traces of the Law of Fire in the midst of the red and black flames. He could also sense bursts of intense Karmic Fire Evil Qi. Moreover, there seemed to be scarlet chains intertwining in the depths of the flames. They were winding around the stone pillar.
Moreover, there seemed to be a vague shadow flashing under the layers of intertwining chains.
Han Li was engrossed in this scene. Suddenly, his pupils shrank, and his body swept upwards in a reflexive manner. Then, he bumped into the dome of the hall.
In the underground pit, raging flames suddenly erupted like a volcano, surging up with a "boom".
"Roar …"
A huge and sinister palm stretched out of the flames along with a heart-shaking roar. Then, it made a grabbing motion in the void, and grabbed the place where Han Li had been standing just a moment ago. Then, it fell on the ground at the edge of the pit with a "Clang" sound.
That palm was more than a thousand feet long. It seemed as if it had been cast from a fine rock or iron stone. The surface of that palm was covered with sharp and protruding black stones. Moreover, the surface of those stones was covered with sharp thorns. Moreover, a layer of incomparably dense black flames was winding around its surface.