A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal Realm

Chapter 1113: Trapped

Wyrm 3's expression changed drastically at the mention of the Five-Elemental Great Annihilation Array, and she hurriedly called out in a panic, "We can't let them activate the array!"

The dark red light around her brightened significantly as she spoke, and she began flying toward the five pillars of light while resisting the fierce storm raging in the palace.

Neither Han Li nor Fox 3 had heard of this array before, but Wyrm 3's reaction told them that it was not to be taken lightly, and they immediately followed along behind her.

A cold sneer appeared on Daoist Master Dao Yin's face, and he didn't appear to be concerned in the slightest as he swept his golden talisman through the air.

The flame in the Eon Divine Lamp instantly reared up once again, and nine fiery, golden dragons re-emerged, then swelled rapidly to several dozen times their original size before pouncing at Han Li's trio.

Having already witnessed the power of these fiery dragons, Han Li's trio hurriedly attempted to take evasive measures, but right at this moment, a sly grin appeared on Wyrm 3's face as she swept her right hand through the air, releasing a large, yellow seal.

The seal passed through a gap in between the nine fiery dragons, appearing before the five jade pillars in the blink of an eye.

Wyrm 3 chanted a rapid incantation while pointing a finger at the seal, and a resounding thump rang out as the seal released a burst of astonishing spiritual pressure, coupled with blinding, yellow light that contained layers upon layers of profound and complex yellow runes.

These runes vanished into the seal in a flash, causing it to swell rapidly to the size of a small mountain, taking up close to half of the space in the palace as it crashed toward the five jade pillars with unstoppable might.

Compared with the enormous yellow seal, the five jade pillars were made to appear like mere chopsticks.

"I'm afraid this is not the right place to be using the Vast Earth Seal," Daoist Master Dao Yin remarked in an indifferent manner as he pointed a finger at the yellow jade pillar, and a burst of yellow light instantly split off from it to strike the yellow seal.

As soon as the seal came into contact with this streak of yellow light, it quickly shrank down to its original size, then flew into the pillar of yellow light, where it revolved incessantly above the yellow-faced elderly man's head.

A stunned look appeared on Wyrm 3's face upon seeing this.

"Those five immortal treasures that you took are all a part of the array to begin with. Otherwise, why do you think we allowed you to claim these treasures so easily? It's time for you to cough those treasures back up now!" Daoist Master Dao Yin sneered as he laid a palm down onto the five-colored jade plate, which immediately lit up, as did the five pillars of light.

All of a sudden, the Primordial Ancient Sword in Xiong Shan's hand began to glow radiantly before flying out of his grasp toward the pillar of yellow light in the Five-Elemental Great Annihilation Array, and it refused to return to him despite his frantic efforts to recover it.

The blue pouch in Lan Yan's hand also lit up before flying out of her grasp toward the pillar of blue light, while a green cane that was over two feet in length flew out of Lan Yuanzi's storage treasure without any warning before flying toward the Five-Elemental Great Annihilation Array as well.

At the same time, the white bead emerged beside Han Li amid a burst of spatial fluctuations before flying through the air, and he immediately reached out to make a grab for it.

A giant, golden hand appeared above the bead before closing itself around it, but the white bead released several pillars of fire that tore through the giant hand before eradicating it with ease.

All of this had taken place in the blink of an eye, and the white bead flew into the pillar of red light in a flash, while the other three immortal treasures also flew into the golden, blue, and green pillars of light, where they circled around in the air above Lei Yuce and the others.

Bolstered by these five immortal treasures, the five pillars of light lit up even further while giving off astonishing law power fluctuations.

Meanwhile, Daoist Master Dao Yin set down the golden talisman in his hand, then opened his mouth to release several globules of blood essence that fused into the five-colored plate before him.

At the same time, he cast a rapid string of incantation seals into the plate, and Lei Yuce and the others followed his lead, opening their mouths to release their blood essence into the immortal treasures above their heads.

The five-colored light emanating from the five-colored plate flashed erratically for a moment before abruptly fading away, while the five pillars of light intertwined with one another to form a spherical, five-colored light barrier that encompassed the altar alongside Su Anqian and all of the Almighty Sword Sect cultivators.

This sequence of events had unfolded in the span of mere seconds, and Han Li and others were powerless to stop it.

Meanwhile, a drastic change was also taking place outside the Eon Palace.

A resounding boom rang out from each of the five array cores on the giant mountain, and they each released a thick pillar of light that was countless times thicker than the pillars of light in the Eon Palace.

The clouds up above instantly began to churn violently, while the entire seventh level also began to tremble and quake.

All of the world's origin qi in the entire level surged into the five gargantuan pillars of light, and a vast, five-colored, spherical light barrier began to slowly emerge around the five pillars of light, encompassing the entirety of the enormous mountain down below.

A burst of unfathomable power began emanating from the five-colored light barrier, and even a slight ripple in this power was enough to shatter the nearby space.

At this point, all of the unrest taking place in the Eon Palace had already ceased, and all of the spiritual qi inside had fused into the five-colored light barrier.

A series of five-colored spirit patterns appeared on the light barrier, giving off a gentle, five-colored glow that appeared to be completely innocuous.

However, Han Li was struck by an intense sense of foreboding at the sight of the five-colored light barrier.

All of a sudden, the Almighty Sword Diagram in his storage tool began to glow radiantly, as if it were competing against the five-colored light barrier.

Han Li faltered slightly upon seeing this, but given the urgency of the situation, there were more pressing concerns for him to worry about.

"Fellow Daoist Wyrm 3, you seem to be quite familiar with this Five-Elemental Great Annihilation Array, what kind of array is it?" he asked through voice transmission so that his voice was audible only to Wyrm 3 and Fox 3.

"The Five-Elemental Great Annihilation Array is one of the ten supreme ancient arrays, but it's been lost for countless years, so very few people know of it. This array doesn't appear to be complete, and it's only just barely able to function thanks to the five immortal treasures, but even so, the array is most likely going to be far too powerful for us to resist," Wyrm 3 replied with a grim expression.

"What do we do then?" Fox 3 asked in an urgent manner.

"At this point, all we can do is hold on and hope for the best," Wyrm 3 replied with a heavy heart.

The color slowly drained from Fox 3's face upon hearing this, and a grim look had also appeared on Han Li's face, but he was able to stave off the grips of despair as he swept his gaze over the surrounding palace.

Daoist Master Dao Yin clearly intended to kill everyone in one fell swoop, but there was no way that Qi Mozi and the five devilish beings would simply roll over and allow themselves to be slain.

If all of them could join forces, then they would stand a much better chance at survival, but Daoist Master Dao Yin had clearly already assessed the situation and determined that there was no way that everyone present could work together.

"Fellow Daoist Qi Mozi, didn't you tell us that you can capture the Eon Divine Lamp and control the array in this place? What's going on here?" the White Bone King asked in a cold voice through voice transmission, while the other devilish beings also turned to him with accusatory looks in their eyes.

Qi Mozi had told them that he could control everything in the Eon Palace, and that once they arrived in this place, they would be able to easily kill Han Li and the others, after which Qi Mozi would split half of their treasures with the five devilish beings.

The five devilish beings had accompanied Qi Mozi here as they were extremely confident in their own powers, but things hadn't gone according to plan at all.

Qi Mozi remained silent with a dark look on his face.

Meanwhile, Lan Yuanzi and Lan Yan had backed away even further from the altar, arriving near the entrance of the palace, but they chose not to approach Han Li's trio or Qi Mozi's group, clearly not trusting any of them.

At this point, Daoist Master Dao Yin had already stopped what he was doing.

His complexion was rather pale, indicating that he had exerted himself quite severely in activating the array, but there was a fervent look of excitement in his eyes, and he turned to Han Li and the others with a derisive sneer as he swept a sleeve through the air.

The five-colored light barrier around him immediately lit up, following which countless head-sized balls of light flew out from within before hurtling toward everyone in the palace.

These balls of light were flashing with five-colored radiance, and each type of light was giving off law powers corresponding with one of the five elements.

The five types of law powers were conflicting violently with one another, but they didn't completely erupt. Even so, the destructive aura being released by the conflicting law powers still struck fear deep into everyone's hearts, and they hurriedly adopted measures to defend themselves.

The five devilish beings revealed their true, devilish forms while unleashing their spirit domains in unison, and the five spirit domains intertwined with one another to form an ovular black array with five giant, black beastly projections inside, serving as the domain spirits.

The five domain spirits were extremely formidable, blasting arcs of black lightning and torrents of black, devilish flames out of their mouths to significantly bolster the five spirit domains.

This combination of their spirit domains was one of their most powerful trump cards, and in addition to that, the five devilish beings had opened their mouths to release a vast array of close to a hundred devilish treasures, all of which were giving off incredibly formidable devilish qi fluctuations.

The five spirit domains didn't encompass Qi Mozi and Xiong Shan, perhaps because the five devilish beings were resentful of Qi Mozi for his inability to follow through on his promises.