#1104 - Release

Sima Yuanli learned a lesson from his mistake and immediately threw out the spiritual treasure in his hand. However, Li Ximing didn't stop at all. Enduring the intense dizziness caused by the exhaustion of his supernatural powers, he formed hand seals in front of his chest for a long time, summoning from afar!

Buzz!

Before the rolling Lihuo light rain falling from the sky had faded, the great formation shrouded in purple-golden light rumbled. Thirty-two rays of spiritual light soared into the sky, illuminating the sky once again.

It was the 'Zi Yi' light of the Zifu Great Formation [Zhao Guang Xuan Zi Ling Array]!

The towering temple in the sky was collapsing with a loud crash. White cicadas wandered among the rolling, falling glazed tiles. The dazzling Xi light connected heaven and earth. Various colors of Lihuo fell from the sky, and amidst the red and purple, the figure of a young monk emerged.

Guang Chan's eyes were tightly closed, and his golden kasaya was covered with dancing golden Lihuo. The mysterious runes that originally appeared on the kasaya flickered on and off, making him look like a stone statue, motionless.

The only difference was at his chest, where a small hole three fingers wide had cracked open. One could vaguely see the swaying Lihuo, and broken purple flosses gushed out from the gap, revealing shattered glazed crystal-like internal organs.

The [Great Li Bai Xi Light] was, after all, a very high-grade technique. Li Ximing used [Gu Feng Yin Huo] to elevate it to a higher level, and concentrated on condensing it within the pagoda. This light had completely exceeded Guang Chan's expectations—the [Great Li Bai Xi Light] not only injured his Dharma body, but also pierced through the heart of his Dharma body with one strike!

What's worse, the [Chan Tui Guang Zuo Miao Fa], which he relied on for his life to shed his armored body, could instantly resolve all injuries that did not reach the bones once the spell was successfully cast. However, the Jin Xi evil left by the penetration roamed through his limbs and bones, and even if he transformed into a white cicada and shuttled around, he still couldn't resolve it!

Because of this, the thirty-two purple pillars of light interweaving in the sky echoed each other, quickly converging and shining a purple color on the monk's face. Guang Chan couldn't move—the Jin Sha of the [Great Li Bai Xi Light] had completely paralyzed his Dharma body in a short period of time, and the Six Harmonies light attached to the light had the mystery of imprisonment. The two echoed each other, and even his eyelids couldn't be opened at this moment!

“Rumble!”

The thirty-two pillars of light converged, turning into a thick purple-golden color, which was the [Guang Gu Zi Yi Light] in the great formation!

At this critical moment, the faint golden Xuan window above Guang Chan's head spontaneously opened, shining down protective power. The monk's figure was like an ant, submerged in the purple-golden light pouring in like a flood.

Li Ximing coughed, but there was no joy on his face. Instead, a trace of regret flashed in his heart.

'As time has passed, when the Sun Dao lineage modified this great formation for me, it sacrificed the ability to attack. The [Guang Gu Zi Yi Light] is still useful for dealing with some early-stage Zifu cultivators, but it is too weak against this guy's Dharma body!'

With a thought, he didn't hesitate at all, and sped away, chasing after a certain place in the sky.

Sure enough, even though the world was equally discolored, compared to the terrifying power of the [Great Li Bai Xi Light] that broke the Dharma temple, the [Guang Gu Zi Yi Light] was really just a lot of thunder and little rain. The monk showed a painful expression, but stood firmly in the purple light, and his body made a crackling sound.

At this moment, the monk slowly opened his eyes, his pupils filled with incredible colors.

Fortunately, Li Ximing had no other techniques he could use… His Dharma body was unstable, and he raised his hand with some difficulty, first covering the wound on his chest. The hole of the same size on his back was rapidly healing, and the damage on his kasaya was also rapidly shrinking to the size of a needle tip.

But in the Zifu struggle, how could he have a chance to heal? As the long scroll rolled down in the air, the [Huai River Map] fluttered in the wind, and heavy golden light spewed out. The huge Xiongguan immediately emerged and fell down with overwhelming force!

“Rumble!”

The terrifying sound waves spread in the air. Countless dangerous peaks rose under the Xiongguan, and various Mingyang images emerged together. The river water stopped, the golden statue collapsed, the soldiers and horses collapsed, the giant palace collapsed, and the bells and drums of heaven and earth rang together, melodious and endless. Guang Chan's Dao practice was extremely terrifying. The moment it fell, he had temporarily suppressed Jin Xi, temporarily freed his hand from the injury just now, raised his eyebrows and shouted:

“Zhe!”

The Xuan window floating above his head was shining brightly, blocking this spiritual treasure for a moment, but the [Huai River Map] was a spiritual treasure, and it could not be blocked so easily. Not only did it lock his aura, but the white light on the left and right fell down like a curtain, cutting off his path to move!

'[Huai River Map]… Not surprising!'

Trapped in the spiritual treasure, Guang Chan's eyes were gloomy. He swept his gaze to look at the pagoda, but the pagoda, which he had carefully sacrificed, was still firmly fixed in place by Xuan Tu at this moment, with no possibility of moving. The monk had to push his thumb from the tip of his middle finger to the pad of his finger, and his face changed.

Just now, Li Ximing used the formation to suppress him in order to escape, and he didn't mean to retreat at all. Instead, he sped away. At this moment, he lifted his sleeves, and his white hand swelled up. The 'Ye Tianmen', which he had blessed himself with, fell down, locking the Yin Water Lotus Flower in it!

He had already escaped from under the 'Ye Tianmen' using the Yin Water technique once. This person was guarding against him using the [Jie Pin Yi Hua Shu Jue] to perform the Golden Cicada Shedding its Shell technique again!

'He's not just a Dandaoist who only knows how to cultivate!'

Guang Chan was both angry and admiring for a moment, but he was not panicked at all. Since he couldn't escape, facing the countless golden rays of light pouring down from the spiritual treasure, he immediately raised his sleeves and waved them forcefully, enduring the pain in his chest, and chanted:

“The treasure tooth is golden, the holy law is in my body!”

The Xuan window floating above his head suddenly shrank and fell back to his eyebrows, making his aura greatly increase, but there was nothing that could stop the fall of the [Huai River Map]!

‘Dong!’

With this lingering sound, Guang Chan felt like he had been hit on the head, and the needle-thin wound on his back suddenly enlarged, returning to three fingers wide, and two streams of white blood flowed from his nose, and his open eyes were full of gold.

He was already placed in the heavy passes and surrounding rivers. The Xiongguan stretched endlessly, standing toweringly, with countless golden-armored and golden-clothed people on it, holding bows and spears, glaring angrily.

'Already entered the [Huai River Map]!'

Then Li Ximing's face was pale, he ran his mana, sat on the 'Ye Tianmen' to urgently adjust his breath, and his supernatural powers were not slow at all. Seeing that he had entered the spiritual treasure, he immediately abandoned the Yin Water Lotus Flower, and was about to fall on this spiritual treasure with his back foot, to lock his connection to the Tai Xu.

Guang Chan let him have three moves in a row, just to recover from the consequences of the miscalculation just now, how could he let him again!

His face was gloomy, his pupils reflected the endless gold of the [Huai River Map], he swallowed the blood full of Lihuo, and many phantoms gradually appeared behind him, his voice was faint:

“The treasure tooth is the body, the body is respectful as the heart can receive, the famous Dharma appearance, all respect and listen to the statement, and know that one drop is in my body.”

This was a hardship for Li Ximing. His face was pale, and he felt dizzy. He heard a deafening roar in his ears and vaguely saw countless golden lights rising from the ground, lifting all mysteries!

When the golden and white colors before his eyes faded, Guang Chan had disappeared. Replacing it was a golden head rising slowly!

This face towered into the clouds, its nose like a mountain peak, exhaling colorful Qi from its dark nostrils. Its lips were pressed together in pain, with wrinkles like ravines. Within its eyes were two palaces, with countless monks entering and exiting, as if living inside two glass beads, devoutly kneeling in worship.

Below this head was a bloody neck, without any torso, as if bitten off by a ferocious beast with sharp teeth. Guang Chan Maha's golden body was merely a head!

Li Ximing was shocked:

“He has been using a youthful incarnation to fight me, only now revealing his true golden body!”

Objectively speaking, Guang Chan's golden body was not large. However, unlike other Mahas, his golden body was only a head. Its terror and enormity far surpassed others. Those two eyes, like palaces, gazed over, silencing the entire continent, filling it with despair.

But Guang Chan did not hesitate—as the golden body manifested, the [Huai River Map]'s suppression of him had weakened to its lowest point, making it the perfect time for a surprise attack!

“Hahahaha!”

A thunderous laughter spread across the sky. That mouth instantly opened to its maximum, the dark void obscuring all colors. The white teeth were as sharp as knives, chopping down head-on.

Li Ximing's golden eyes could clearly see that within the head's mouth was still a red-eyed white cicada!

Now, this white cicada no longer resembled its previous exquisite and adorable appearance. It was as large as a mountain, its limbs looming eerily in the darkness. Its compound eyes contained tens of thousands of human eyes, all staring intently, its mouthparts constantly opening and closing, drooling.

Li Ximing felt a chill run up his spine and cursed inwardly:

‘What on earth is this Guang Chan!’

At this point, he knew he couldn't release the [Huai River Map] or move the 『Gate to Heaven』. Once the opponent connected with the Great Void, they would surely receive a continuous stream of support from the Earth Release, enduring the opponent's golden body rushing over, he clasped his hands together.

In an instant, all the Li Fire light converged, the Bright Yang Heavenly Light contracted, turning into bursts of vermilion Li Fire, scattering like smoke.

[Flame Walking]!

The sound of explosive biting resounded through the sky. Guang Chan's eyes instantly brightened, two surging white lights erupted, forcing Li Ximing out of the air. Its lips opened fiercely again, but within was empty, with no trace of the white cicada, only a loud screech:

“Aww—”

This cry caused the earth to shake, affecting friend and foe alike. Sima Yuanli, Tao Jiexing, and even the two pitying figures besieging them all faltered, losing their minds.

Li Ximing's eyes, however, were bright, unaffected. He leaped up, his heart even more anxious. The golden head in the distance suddenly shrank, and the pagoda forcibly broke free from the long-restrained Xuan Earth. The terrifying white cicada leaped out from behind him, its sharp mouthparts biting towards his waist!

Time was passing, and Guang Chan could no longer afford to delay. He would rather damage his Dharma body than take him down immediately!

At this critical moment, Li Ximing felt no panic in his heart. All the Six Harmonies light fell into his sleeves, the [Divine Doppelganger] shimmered, and the induction and connection had been pushed to the extreme!

However, the expected intense pain did not come. Li Ximing vaguely saw purple light falling, and he was already in a cloud of purple Qi.

A faint autumn yellow appeared in his vision, and a gentle female voice whispered in his ear:

“How dare you be presumptuous!”

As soon as Li Ximing heard this voice, he understood. He turned to look and saw a delicate face without makeup. The eyes that had looked weak at the time were now very strong, staring fiercely at Guang Chan. This Zhao Jing True Person immediately rejoiced:

“Good, you've come.”

…

The sky was dim, and the colors were dull.

The rumbling of wheels echoed in the sky, and the dark clouds made the entire Jiangbei area pitch black. The True Person in a white feather, black patterned robe, had a cold expression. The jade gourd in his hand jumped incessantly, and his heart was heavy…

Having received news from Jin Lian, Chang Yun did not break his word and set off to rescue him at the first moment. His escape technique was not slow at all, but his mind was not on Minghui's matter.

‘Strange… Yang Ruiyi has a grand posture.’

This Chang Yun True Person, Zhang Yun, had a significant identity and had his own understanding of the situation between the North and South. He understood very well that Yang Ruiyi would inevitably come north, but he also understood the gap between the North and South.

‘The Great Song does have Xuan Holders, but now that the national strength has not recovered, those Xuan Holders are all Foundation Establishment figures. Even if they have some mysteries with the help of Heavenly Might, they are not even comparable to ordinary Purple Mansions… Even if you have five or six more, so what? The only battle power that can stabilize the situation is you…’

‘The Great Song is not unable to fight, but it must not hold the intention of occupying territory. It should be to strike the northern forces and give itself more breathing room…’

But according to the current trend, Yang Ruiyi divided his forces and pushed them forward to the Shanxi area, while he went deep alone, really not knowing what tricks he was playing. Chang Yun only felt a headache.

‘In this way, if there are no big figures guarding Wangyue Lake, wouldn't it be unlucky?’

As he was thinking deeply, his expression suddenly changed, and he raised his hand slightly. As expected, he found an invisible barrier in front of him. He decisively took out a sword from his sleeve, attached a talisman, and rebuked:

“Geng Dui shifts phases, there will be changes!”

Perhaps this barrier was originally designed to defend against internal attacks and not external ones, or perhaps this small sword was extraordinary. It actually cut out a seam from this dark light very easily, causing Chang Yun True Person's eyelids to twitch.

‘Bad… There won't be an ambush, will there!’

But a sharp whistling sound immediately rang in his ears, and everything in front of him shattered like glass. A gorgeous and pure hand, but also chopped into white bones, leaped out in one breath, flying up like crazy!

This big hand still had eyes and a mouth growing between its palms, looking like it was randomly picked up from a corpse. At this moment, it was making a miserable roar:

“Save me! Save me! True Person, save me!”

Main characters in this chapter

Li Ximing [Early Stage of Purple Mansion]

Sima Yuanli [Early Stage of Purple Mansion]

Guang ○ Chan [Great Mo Dharma Realm] [Wei Li] [Treasure Tooth Golden Edge]