txolops Chapter 121: A Sudden Change
Chapter 121: A Sudden Change
As it leaped into the air, its enormous wolf paw, carrying a powerful gray aura, slammed down.
Upon seeing this, Li Ruoyu immediately drew his bow and fired two more arrows.
The instant Li Ruoyu fired the two arrows, Yan Jiuming made a hand gesture, and the black-gold gourd aimed at the arrows and sucked them in.
One of the arrows was sucked into the gourd and crushed.
Another arrow was spewed out by the giant wolf, a gray aura surging forth and repelling the fire-dragon-like arrow. In the instant the arrow was repelled, the gray giant wolf had already appeared in front of the array light barrier of Yunmeng Lake.
The enormous wolf claw slammed solidly into the array's protective barrier.
boom!
The massive array of light was dented by this palm strike.
A vast energy surge swept directly into the lake.
High above the lake.
Gongsun Yang and Xu Huaiyi both felt as if a raging storm was approaching, and their bodies flashed with light, each forming a protective shield.
On Earth Flame Island.
Li Qufeng and Li Changyan, who were controlling the formation, both felt a tremor in their hearts, as if they had been struck by a heavy blow.
They control the formation with their divine sense. If the impact force on the formation's light shield exceeds the formation's ability to withstand it, their divine sense will also be impacted, thus injuring themselves. This is what people often call a backlash. At this moment, the giant wolf's attack clearly made them feel somewhat uncomfortable.
"Everyone, help me to fight with all my might!" Inside the lake, Li Ruoyu's face was somewhat grim, and he said solemnly.
"Yes!" Li Jun nodded immediately and came up behind Li Ruoyu.
Gongsun Yang and Xu Huaiyi also came up behind Li Ruoyu.
With a flick of their hands, the crowd channeled their immense magical power into Li Ruoyu's back.
In addition, in the array chamber of Earth Flame Island, Li Changyan and Li Qufeng made hand seals, condensing magic seals and injecting them into the Heavenly Mechanism Instrument in front of them.
The runes on the celestial divination instrument flickered.
The four nearby pillars frantically absorbed the fire power from the earth's veins.
The power of those flames was transformed and injected into the protective array's light screen high in the sky.
After being manipulated by the formation, a vast amount of fire energy poured down from the sky, into the fire array plate formed by runes above Li Ruoyu's head, and then transformed into magical power that poured down into the three Dao flowers above Li Ruoyu's head.
Streams of fiery magic surged into Li Ruoyu's body, and his aura continued to soar. He pulled the bowstring again with his large hand.
Flames burst forth from the bow, and the roar of a dragon resounded throughout the heavens and earth.
At this moment, the giant wolf outside once again swung its claws, its sharp claws tearing towards the array's light barrier.
A chilling claw-like light burst forth from the wolf's claws.
boom!
The formation was slashed by the claw, leaving a claw mark, and began to shake violently.
Li Ruoyu's gaze sharpened as he stared intently ahead, drawing back the bowstring until it reached its full length.
Just now.
Gongsun Yang, who was transferring magical power to Li Ruoyu, flipped his left hand and a lotus-bud-shaped magical artifact appeared in his palm.
This magical artifact, crafted from purple gold, flew rapidly toward Li Ruoyu.
At the same time, Gongsun Yang dodged and retreated at lightning speed.
Beside him, Xu Huaiyi also retreated rapidly.
"This is..." The moment the lotus bud artifact flew out, Elder Li Jun's pupils suddenly contracted.
At the same time, he immediately moved his palm, and wind-based magic swept out from his palm.
This magical power swept out like a ribbon, attempting to bind the lotus bud artifact.
However, the lotus-bud-shaped magic artifact had already flown three feet behind Li Ruoyu, and with a flash of runes, the magic artifact seemed to bloom like a lotus flower, radiating dazzling and blinding flames. In the next instant, the lotus flower exploded.
The lotus flower exploded, and countless metallic petals shot out like sharp blades.
Most of the lotus petals shot towards Li Ruoyu in front of him.
Along with this, a vast burst of fiery magic power surged toward Li Ruoyu.
As for the wind-borne silk that Li Jun unleashed, it was instantly incinerated by the bursting flames.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Jun dodged and, with a gust of wind beneath his feet, flew backward at high speed.
Li Ruoyu also sensed the danger immediately, but he had only just managed to pull the 'Crimson Dragon Blazing Bow' with all his might.
He focused all his energy and spirit on the bow, and when he sensed danger, he did as he pleased.
Even so, with a thought, a ray of light from the Dao flower above his head transformed into a protective shield about ten feet long, shielding his entire body.
boom!
The moment the light shield took shape, the metal lotus petals pierced through it like sharp blades.
Click!
The light shield shattered.
More than a dozen metal lotus petals shot directly toward Li Ruoyu.
In addition, a vast power of fire swept away like a raging torrent.
boom!
In the blink of an eye, Li Ruoyu was engulfed by the torrent, his body was swept dozens of feet away, and he crashed into the array light barrier on the opposite side. The vast power of the flames also followed and impacted the array light barrier. Under the impact of this power, the array light barrier dented.
Just as the array's light barrier caved in, Xu Huaiyi moved his hand, and a talisman appeared in his palm.
The talisman gleamed with a cold light, emanating a sharp aura.
With a flick of his hand, the talisman shot towards the array light barrier in front of him, which was dented by the impact of the metal lotus petals.
Upon seeing this, Li Ruoyu dodged the talisman in a flash.
Then, the talisman, like a sharp blade, cut directly into the array light screen evolved from the 'Fire Gathering Spirit Array'.
The next moment, the talisman exploded with light, as if countless sharp blades had emerged, carrying an aura that could cut through heaven and earth, directly tearing apart the array's light barrier, and a terrifying power also erupted.
boom!
A burst of cold light erupted.
The area where the talisman was located saw the "Fire Gathering Spirit" array light barrier covering Yunmeng Lake shatter, creating a ten-zhang-wide opening.
Under the impact of that immense power, the entire array's light barrier trembled and began to crumble little by little.
On Earth Flame Island.
Li Changyan and Li Qufeng's consciousness trembled as if struck by lightning.
Their attention was immediately drawn back to the bronze mirror.
puff!
Both of them coughed up blood, their faces pale, clearly suffering a severe backlash, their spiritual consciousness badly damaged.
"This is a high-grade second-tier 'Restriction-Breaking Talisman'..."
Li Changyan and Li Qufeng exchanged a glance, both showing solemn expressions.
Meanwhile, high above Yunmeng Lake.
As Li Changyan and Li Qufeng's divine senses withdrew, the massive array light barrier beneath the sky shattered instantly.
Even the light screen generated by the second-tier 'Small Cloud Smoke Array' of the Li family shattered along with it.
These two formations, one is primarily for illusion and weak in defense.
The "Fire Gathering Spirit Array" is primarily defensive, but can also be used offensively.
Now, under the combined power of the Golden Lotus artifact and the "Breaking the Forbidden Talisman," everything has shattered.
In this way, Yunmeng Lake was completely exposed to the sky, with no longer any cover.
Sunlight streamed down from high above, blindingly bright.
At this moment, countless cultivators in Yunmeng Lake looked up.
"The formation... is broken!" Yang Jiuli looked up at the sky and murmured, "Looks like I have to carry out that preparation!"
……
"What happened? How could our clan's formation have been broken so quickly?"
On Azure Flame Island, Li Feiyu looked up, his face filled with panic.
He knew all too well how powerful his own formation was.
Moreover, the patriarch also possesses the "Crimson Dragon Blazing Bow," making it impossible for ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators to break through the great formation.
……
Yunmeng Lake covers a vast area.
The center of the lake and the shore are hundreds of miles apart.
Those in the middle of the lake couldn't clearly see what was happening there.
When the Li clan members saw that the formation had been broken, they were all filled with fear and unease.
……
Meanwhile, in the lakeside area.
The array's protective barrier disappeared, and there was no longer any separation between the inside and outside of the lake, allowing a gust of wind to sweep in.
In the lake, Li Jun, the eldest elder of the Li clan, shuddered and stared in disbelief at the disappearing array light screen in front of him.
At the same time, he felt a chill run down his spine and shouted angrily, "Alchemist Xu, Elder Gongsun, what are you doing?"
As he angrily rebuked, talismanic patterns flickered on his body, transforming into a giant golden bell that protected him.
At this moment, Li Ruoyu also steadied himself. Blood was visible at the corner of his mouth, staining his white beard red.
His clothes were blown to shreds, leaving only a few scraps of cloth, revealing a set of close-fitting soft armor.
The soft armor was made from the skin of a demonic python, and it was engraved with runes and had several cracks left by sharp blades.
Apart from that, it is still complete.
This was clearly a top-grade second-tier 'Azure Scale Python Soft Armor'. If it weren't for this armor deflecting seven-tenths of the force of that attack, Li Ruoyu would have already perished. Even so, his internal organs were severely damaged, and his injuries were clearly not minor.
"You traitors! How could you do this to the Li family after all these years of nurturing?" Li Ruoyu roared angrily, his eyes bloodshot as he stared at Xu Huaiyi and Gongsun Yang.
In addition, Li Ruoyu moved his palm, and a small red-gold bell flew out from his palm and flew into the top of his head, immediately growing to about ten feet in size.
The small bell spun, and a protective shield descended, shielding him.
"Hmph, cultivation?" Xu Huaiyi sneered. "I'm a second-tier alchemist. Which power wouldn't I receive abundant resources from? But your Li family only makes empty promises and paints a picture of the future, yet in the end, you even owe me tens of thousands of spirit stones. I can get four thousand low-grade spirit stones for refining a batch of Foundation Establishment Pills for others... but what about you? All you do is deceive people!"
"You..." Li Ruoyu's face darkened at what he was being said.
"I only broke the restriction just now; I didn't kill him out of consideration for our past relationship!"
"From now on, Patriarch Li, you'd better watch yourself!" Xu Huaiyi looked coldly at Li Ruoyu.
Clearly, he will show no mercy from now on.
"Very well, very well. I thought we shared the same ideals and could join hands to reach the pinnacle of immortality, but it seems I misjudged you!" Li Ruoyu said through gritted teeth, his eyes sinister. He then looked at Gongsun Yang and said, "Fellow Daoist Gongsun, you were seriously injured years ago, and it was my Li family that took you in. This time, however, you attacked and killed me. With such behavior, who in the Chu Kingdom's cultivation world would dare to take you in?"
"Master Li, do you really think that I joined your Li family because I was desperate in the past?" Gongsun Yang said.
"You...you are a spy who infiltrated my Li family!" Elder Li Jun, standing nearby, exclaimed loudly, his pupils shrinking.
Gongsun Yang remained silent, but this clearly indicated that he had acknowledged the matter.
"A barrier-breaking talisman... spies... very good. It seems they've really gone to great lengths to deal with my Li family!"
Li Ruoyu said coldly.
He knew, of course, that Black Wind Mountain's claim to collect debts for Su Mancang and Yu Tieshan was merely a pretext for attacking Yunmeng Lake.
There is another force behind it.
Otherwise, how could Black Wind Mountain have suddenly acquired a near-third-tier spiritual artifact and formation?
In particular, Yan Jiuming's black gold gourd was clearly made specifically to counter the 'Crimson Dragon Flaming Bow'.