Chapter 1504: Joining Forces to Break the Restriction

"Fellow Daoist Han, prepare your Lightning Sacrifice Technique first. When we give the signal, release the Evil-Warding Divine Lightning," Liu Zu, hovering in the center of the giant magic array with his clothes fluttering, ordered in an unquestionable tone.

Han Li nodded, and with a hand seal, golden arcs swirled around his body. A layer of electric net emerged and expanded wildly, and after a roar, it transformed into a golden halo.

Golden runes danced everywhere, and with a flash of the halo, it condensed into a golden sphere, gently hovering above his palm.

At this point, Han Li stopped casting the spell, merely watching coldly with the sphere in his hand.

Liu Zu, Mu Qing, and the others began to break the restriction.

Liu Zu and Mu Qing chanted incantations, and the magic tools manipulated by the dozens of high-tier demonic creatures beneath their feet shone with ten thousand rays of light simultaneously. The magic array they formed instantly became a giant black hole, and countless heaven and earth spiritual Qi from the nearby air surged wildly toward Liu Zu and Mu Qing.

In the blink of an eye, Liu Zu and the other were wrapped in two clusters of colorful spiritual mist, their bodies shimmering with spiritual light, like two gods.

On the other side, the white-haired beautiful woman stood at the front of the eight black shadows, joining her hands and then separating them, revealing a pitch-black small bell in her palm.

The surface of this bell was extremely old, and there were even some chips on the edges!

The two blood-robed figures, one standing on the shoulder of the purple-blood puppet, the other flickering to the top of the newly formed giant metallic puppet.

The purple-blood puppet let out a low roar, and as its hands struck down, amidst a flash of blood light, a purple-red blood axe about ten *zhang* long appeared.

Blood light shimmered on the surface of this axe, which was raised by the puppet and aimed at the water surface in front.

Under the urging of the blood-robed figure, the metallic puppet also raised the giant blade in its hand, its surface glowing with strange black light.

With a loud "Boom", Liu Zu finally raised a hand and struck.

A pillar of black light erupted from his palm.

This time, the light pillar was several times thicker than the one in the spatial passage. Wherever the light pillar passed, the nearby space even twisted and deformed, as if wrinkling and overlapping.

The light pillar flashed and submerged into the water surface.

The Nether River, which had appeared to be dead water, was initially indifferent, but as the black light pillar continued to pour into it, it finally changed.

First, ripples spread out, and then the Nether River water began to swirl wildly around the light pillar, faster and faster, emitting a rumbling sound.

Mu Qing also made her move.

The golden flower beneath her feet spun, absorbing most of the nearby light mist, and then its volume expanded wildly. Standing upright, it transformed into a giant golden wheel, slashing straight toward the front.

This wheel was several *zhang* in diameter, and before it even touched the water surface, it erupted with the sound of wind and thunder, slashing into the water surface with a flash of golden light.

Instantly, the swirling water surface, after the golden light passed, finally split open with a heavy roar!

A white hole slowly emerged and extended with the light pillar as the center, but the surrounding water curtain trembled abnormally, making the hole extremely unstable, as if it could collapse at any moment.

The distance of over ten thousand *zhang*, for some demonic creatures with extremely fast speeds, was just a matter of a few flickers.

After another earth-shattering, heaven-collapsing boom from the combined attacks of so many, the Styx was completely split apart, and a water-filled canyon, several dozen zhang high and over ten zhang wide, was slowly forming.

But at this moment, a strange rattling sound came from the nearby water curtain, and then strands of crystalline black silk emerged from the Nether water, wrapping toward the giant canyon.

An incredible scene appeared!

The astonishing attacks released by the several Demon Kings, whether it was the light pillar or the blade light, upon being wrapped by these black silks, trembled and dimmed, their momentum slowing down and showing signs of failure.

"Fellow Daoist Han, why haven't you made your move yet?" Liu Zu's voice came coldly from the colorful spiritual mist.

The heaven and earth spiritual Qi gathered by the giant magic array was rapidly diminishing while supporting the release of his black light pillar. Mu Qing, who was manipulating the golden giant wheel, was in the same situation.

Clearly, both of these divine abilities consumed a massive amount of magic power, and even with the help of the magic array, they couldn't support them for long.

Han Li took a deep breath, and with his palm supporting the golden sphere in the void, he flicked his five fingers upward lightly.

With a *puchi* sound, the golden sphere transformed into a golden light and shot toward the high sky.

With a quick point from his other hand, a large golden rune also emerged and shot out.

After a clap of thunder, a strong wind blew in the nearby high sky, dark clouds gathered, and a golden sun emerged in the dark clouds, an aura that seemed to destroy heaven and earth rising from the dark clouds.

The surface of this sun flashed with electric light, and the sound of thunder was continuous, low, and astonishing.

Han Li's expression was solemn, and obscure incantations came from his mouth as he pointed a finger at the water surface in front.

The golden rune flashed!

A golden light pillar as thick as a water vat erupted from the sun, flashing several times before striking the Nether River water.

With a strange muffled "Bang" from the water surface, the golden light pillar transformed into golden lightning arcs that spread in circles upon contact with the water surface.

As the sound of thunder roared, an astonishing scene appeared.

Wherever the lightning light passed, the crystalline black silk emerging from the Nether River water turned to ashes in the golden light!

Seeing this, Liu Zu and the others were overjoyed, hurriedly urging their respective divine abilities to continue attacking the water surface, while the white-haired beautiful woman, who had not yet made a move, suddenly let out a shrill cry.

The eight black shadows behind her had black light shimmering on their battle armor, actually connecting their Yin Qi together, all rolling and gathering toward the white-haired beautiful woman.

Although these eight Yin-armored Ghost Kings were only at the mid-to-late stage of Void Refinement, the eight strands of Yin Qi condensed together were still astonishing.

A huge ghost shadow emerged faintly above the beautiful woman's head.

And the pitch-black small bell in the white-haired beautiful woman's hand shone with black light, instantly flying into the sky and becoming several *zhang* large.

Strange light flashed in the beautiful woman's eyes as she extended a finger and flicked it lightly into the air.

With a "Dang" sound, the bell rang.

A layer of black light waves rolled out from the giant bell, rushing toward the canyon of the divided Nether River like a tidal wave.

An eerie scene appeared.

As the black light waves touched the entire canyon passage, they instantly transformed into a layer of pitch-black light curtain, lifting the surrounding water curtain and forming a true black passage within the Nether River.

And as Liu Zu and the others urged their divine abilities, this light curtain also extended into the depths of the opened passage as if it were endless.

Seeing all this, Han Li was surprised, but in order to deal with the crystalline black silk constantly emerging from the depths of the Nether River, he could only continuously urge the golden sun in the sky, spraying golden light pillars one after another from it, assisting Liu Zu and the others in continuously suppressing it.

At the same time, as the black canyon continued to deepen, Liu Zu, Mu Qing, and the others began to urge the magic array beneath them, extending their attacks continuously and striking at one point. Seeing this, Han Li looked at the high sky and added a few more golden suns, but could only smile bitterly and stand in place.

He didn't have such powerful spiritual sense to manipulate the sacrificed divine lightning to land accurately at such a distance.

But fortunately, the power of the Lightning Sacrifice Technique was truly not small; as long as the golden light pillar struck nearby, the spreading lightning arcs could still destroy all the black silk in the distance. Of course, as the canyon deepened, Han Li had to focus his spirit, using magic seals to control the golden light pillar to penetrate deep into the passage. Fortunately, there was no need to aim at any accurate position, as long as the approximate distance was controlled.

Thus, his face still maintained a relaxed expression.

A quarter of an hour later, a muffled roar suddenly came from the other end of the canyon!

Upon hearing this sound, Mu Qing was overjoyed and said:

"It's finally completely opened!"

Immediately, she beckoned with one hand, and a moment later, the golden light wheel flew back from the depths of the canyon, transforming back into a giant golden flower and appearing beneath her feet.

The white-haired beautiful woman and the others were also full of joy, also withdrawing their divine abilities one after another.

"Good! This passage can be maintained for several hours, enough for us to pass through the Nether River. But we must still be careful of the ghost attacks in the Nether River. Let them enter first. How many can enter the Nether River land depends on their luck. Let them flee forward with all their might," Liu Zu said suddenly after withdrawing his gaze from the water surface and looking at those low-tier demonic creatures.

Mu Qing and the others heard this, looked at each other, and the joy on their faces faded.

Han Li, who had dispersed his Lightning Sacrifice Technique, couldn't help but be stunned!

At this moment, all the puppets and ghost soldiers had gathered at the entrance of the passage, and strangely, they were divided into two rows at the far left and right edges, while those low-tier demonic beasts, under the scolding of the high-tier demonic creatures, were gathered in the middle position.

With a number as high as tens of thousands, they almost blocked the entire passage exit!

Under the order of several Demon Kings, the ghost soldiers and puppets on both sides set off first, flying into the passage.

The black wind shrouding the Yin-armored mysterious ghosts had now dissipated, finally revealing their true colors.

Each of them wore a shining half-body black armor, holding various long weapons like halberds and forks in one hand, and the skin exposed from the black armor was gray, as if they were corpses, while the entire head was covered by a cluster of green ghost fire.

As the green fire flickered, they were revealed to be ferocious-looking skulls.

These mysterious ghosts were expressionless, silent, and each emitted a faint Yin chill.

Han Li stood behind Mu Qing, looking at these ghost creatures, his eyes narrowing slightly.

This Nether River land itself was full of ghost creatures, but Liu Zu and the others still refined so many ghost soldiers; it seemed there was some other mystery to it.

A moment later, the low-tier demonic creatures sandwiched between the puppets and ghost soldiers were also ordered to fly into the passage one after another.

Liu Zu and the others, along with those high-tier demonic creatures, watched coldly from outside the passage, having no intention of entering together for the time being.

Just as the low-tier demonic creatures entered the black canyon passage, silver light flashed in the surrounding black light curtain, and the sound of breaking air erupted, with countless silver silks shooting out from all directions like a tidal wave.

Their targets were all the low-tier demonic creatures in the middle. As for the puppets and mysterious ghosts on both sides, the silver silks seemed completely uninterested.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1505 =====