Divine Transcendence

Chapter 333: Respond to

Elder Hai furrowed his brow, clasped his hands together, then separated them, producing a blue flag in each hand.

With a wave, the two flags expanded rapidly in the wind, transforming into two massive banners the size of millstones. As they shimmered, two streams of blue light erupted from the ground before him, interwoven with numerous blue patterns, forming two blue light screens in an instant.

After a series of loud bangs, the incoming ice chunks shattered completely, but the two blue light screens also trembled violently before dissipating.

"What’s going on? Could someone be sabotaging the core of the protective array? We need to finish this quickly!" Elder Hai was startled.

Vajra pulled the Purple Star Nine Dragons Spear from the shattered ice and charged at Elder Hai again.

However, at that moment, a surge of blue frost emanated from the spear, climbing up Vajra's arms.

A layer of blue ice crystals appeared on Vajra's arms, rapidly spreading to other parts of his body.

"Let go quickly! The spear is contaminated with the blue-eyed beast's icy power!" Yuan Ming's voice echoed in Vajra's mind.

Vajra shuddered and hastily threw the spear away, retreating swiftly. The spread of the blue ice crystals halted, freezing only up to his elbows.

It was the white bone blade, blazing with fierce white flames, slashing towards Vajra's head.

...

Deep within the mine, Yuan Ming was wielding the Blood Transformation Blade, attacking a white stone pillar before him.

With the previous sabotage efforts by Xu Che and She Yu, it was estimated that destroying this core pillar would completely break the protective array of the mine.

At that point, Elder Hai, a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, would be much easier to deal with without the array's support.

This stone pillar was several times thicker than the previous ones, made entirely of white crystal, with complex array patterns on it, making it exceptionally sturdy. The Blood Transformation Blade could only chip off a bowl-sized piece at most, far from the effect of cutting through the previous pillars in two strikes.

"Hmm, Elder Hai's blue eye has a strange aura, similar to that one-horned beast of Fang's. Both are demonic beast parts, fused onto him through secret techniques," Yuan Ming muttered to himself, pausing his attack.

To keep track of the underground situation, he had secretly placed a soul crow near Vajra, observing the fight between Elder Hai and Vajra.

Elder Hai's abilities were strange, and with the support of the protective array, Vajra, despite his physical strength being comparable to an early Nascent Soul stage cultivator, was still at a disadvantage. It was already commendable that he could hold on.

Yuan Ming needed to break the mine's array quickly to assist Vajra.

With this thought, Yuan Ming bit his tongue, spitting out a mouthful of blood, which he infused into the Blood Transformation Blade.

The blade's blood-red glow intensified, and he struck the white stone pillar fiercely.

...

In the underground cavern, Elder Hai and Vajra were entangled in battle once again.

Elder Hai, wary of Vajra's immense strength, kept his distance, manipulating the two large flags in his hands to point at the cavern ceiling.

A sharp whistling sound echoed from the ceiling as blue array patterns appeared, shooting down beams of blue light that formed a large blue net, enveloping Vajra.

The blue net was massive, leaving Vajra no room to escape.

With his hands frozen and unable to use the Purple Star Nine Dragons Spear, Vajra's combat power was greatly reduced. He transformed into a golden shadow, darting to evade.

"Where do you think you're going?" Elder Hai sneered, shaking the array flag. The net followed Vajra, moving several times faster than him.

Despite Vajra's agile movements, he couldn't escape the net, which eventually ensnared him.

Elder Hai's figure blurred, appearing several meters away. His blue eye glowed brightly, shooting a beam of blue light at Vajra.

Moreover, the sleeve on his right arm suddenly burst, revealing a grotesque arm covered in purple lightning patterns, clearly another transplanted part. He reached out towards Vajra.

Thunder roared!

The lightning patterns on the arm shot out thick purple arcs, condensing into a purple lightning column as thick as a barrel, striking at Vajra's chest.

Elder Hai unleashed all his powers, aiming to quickly eliminate Vajra and move on to clean up other areas, especially the dire situation near the dormitories.

Facing such overwhelming attacks, Vajra's expression turned grim. Golden light flashed behind him, and two new, thick ape arms emerged, tearing the blue net apart like paper.

The new ape hands grasped in the air, materializing a golden ruler and a giant bronze sword—the Golden Sun Ruler and the Bronze Giant Sword.

With a swing of his arms, countless ruler and sword shadows appeared, sweeping towards the white bone blade, the blue light beam, and the purple lightning column.

A series of explosions ensued. The white bone blade was knocked away, and the blue light beam and purple lightning column were shattered.

However, Vajra was also sent flying backward, half of his body covered in ice, the other half charred, crashing heavily into the stone wall behind him. The Golden Sun Ruler and the Bronze Giant Sword were also knocked away.

Elder Hai smirked, shooting the two array flags into the ground.

Blue array patterns emerged on the stone wall behind Vajra, shooting out blue light chains that tightly bound him.

Vajra, both shocked and furious, grabbed the blue light chains, trying to tear them apart.

However, heavily injured, he couldn't break the chains, which were sturdier than the previous blue net.

"Die!" Elder Hai spat out a white light, merging it into the white bone blade.

The blade's chilling aura intensified, extending a dozen meters long, slashing towards Vajra's neck with the force to split mountains and seas.

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"Not good!"

Seeing Vajra's predicament, Yuan Ming's expression changed.

The white jade pillar before him was only half cut, and it would take considerable time to completely destroy it.

The mine's protective array was intricate. With Elder Hai controlling it, Yuan Ming wasn't confident in dealing with him. He had planned to destroy the array first before confronting Elder Hai, but Vajra was losing too quickly.

"Forget it, I'll deal with Elder Hai first and then destroy the array." He decided, a black light flashing between his brows as seven soul crows flew out, heading outside.

Yuan Ming was about to move out when he suddenly stopped.

To facilitate his spellcasting, he had corroded a closed space around the white stone pillar with the Blood Transformation Blade, just like before.

An idea struck him, and he activated the Earth Escape Talisman, entering the stone wall.

But as he entered the wall, he took out a silver token, tossing it into the closed space beside the pillar.

As soon as the token hit the ground, it emitted liquid-like silver light, rapidly spreading and filling the space, forming a silver barrier.

The array patterns on the white stone pillar were isolated by the silver barrier, cutting off all connections with the outside.

Almost simultaneously, the array patterns on the stone wall behind Vajra vanished, and the blue light chains binding him disappeared.

Vajra, both surprised and delighted, pushed against the stone wall, moving several meters sideways.

The white bone blade struck the stone wall where Vajra had been, causing a massive explosion!

The cavern wall shook violently, a deep fissure several meters long appeared, and large chunks of rock fell.

Yuan Ming was overjoyed. The silver token's barrier was incredibly effective, not only isolating spiritual power and consciousness but also severing the array's connections. He had underestimated the token's potential before.

"Not good! Has the array been broken?" Elder Hai frantically tried to activate the protective array with the flags, but nothing happened.

At that moment, a black sound wave shot out from the nearby stone wall, enveloping Elder Hai.

Elder Hai had noticed the soul crows nearby but had been too preoccupied with Vajra to deal with them. As soon as the black sound wave appeared, he swiftly retreated, easily dodging it.

Unexpectedly, black light flashed from the ground behind him, releasing a much denser sound wave.

This time, Elder Hai couldn't dodge. The black sound wave engulfed him, causing his soul to tremble and hallucinations to appear before his eyes, leaving him in a daze.

A black sword qi shot out from the stone wall, slashing at Elder Hai's head, sinking into it.

Elder Hai clutched his head, letting out a blood-curdling scream, but managed to break free from the illusion, immediately darting forward.

Inside a nearby stone wall, Yuan Ming looked surprised.

Elder Hai's soul was unstable. The Soul Extinguishing Sword's strike had targeted his soul's weak point, yet he endured it and escaped. When Zuo Qinghui of Changchun Temple was hit by the Soul Extinguishing Sword, he couldn't move immediately.

However, from this exchange, Yuan Ming gauged Elder Hai's soul strength, which was weaker than his own. He likely couldn't withstand the Crow Cry Illusion.

Black light flashed on the nearby stone walls and ground, releasing waves of crow cry sound waves, all aimed at Elder Hai, giving him no chance to dodge, engulfing him completely.

Elder Hai's eyes turned vacant, quickly falling into an illusion.

But his soul suddenly trembled, mustering a strange resilience, resisting the Crow Cry Illusion, and he looked towards the Returning to Origin Sect cultivators in the distance.

"Take Dafu and run..." His lips trembled, struggling to transmit the message.

Among the crowd, the ground beneath Fang Dafu's feet rippled with yellow waves, like water. A large hand covered in yellow scales emerged, grabbing his leg and pulling him down.

Fang Dafu's body sank into the ground, disappearing.

At that moment, shouts and cries erupted from the direction of the dormitories. Feng Ling, Zuo Qinghui, and others led the mine slaves in an assault.

The Returning to Origin Sect guards hurried to meet them, and a fierce battle ensued, with various spiritual lights clashing violently.

The Returning to Origin Sect guards were vastly outnumbered, but they were elite, with many possessing demonic beast abilities like Fang Dafu, forming battle formations to resist the mine slaves' attack.

The Crow Cry sound waves were too widespread, preventing Vajra from intervening in Yuan Ming and Elder Hai's fight. He retrieved the fallen Purple Star Nine Dragons Spear, Golden Sun Ruler, and Bronze Giant Sword, then charged at the Returning to Origin Sect guards.

Yuan Ming glanced at the mine slaves, then refocused, commanding the soul crows to unleash the Crow Cry again.

Dense sound waves engulfed Elder Hai once more, his remaining sanity quickly fading, plunging him into the illusion completely.

Yuan Ming flicked his finger, and the Blood Transformation Blade shot out from the stone wall, turning into a streak of blood light, circling Elder Hai's neck.

Elder Hai's head tilted, rolling off, as a fountain of blood gushed out.

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