Chapter 1555

"If this person truly can advance to the Spirit Commander level, wouldn't they also have the ability to help us remove the slave marks?" The three-headed giant python exclaimed joyfully.

"According to reason, that should be the case, but why would the other party help us?" The ox-headed little beast also flashed a hint of anticipation in its eyes, but it quickly disappeared, and it said with a wry smile.

"That person in the Black Nether Mist—whether they met with an accident or abandoned us and left—we have been unable to contact for over a hundred years. If we don't try again, we will truly be in mortal danger." The golden ape, who had remained silent all along, also said with a grin.

"Oh, what do the two fellow Daoists mean by that?" The ox-headed little beast's face flashed with green light.

"If this person truly succeeds in advancing, we might as well offer that shared treasure to them, letting them help us contact the restriction, and then we can flee far and wide—how about that?" The giant ape buzzed.

"That thing is an important reliance for our future advancement—just give it away to an outsider like this? What if they take it and then refuse to remove our restriction? Wouldn't that be disastrous?" The ox-headed little beast hesitated.

"If we don't even have our lives, what use is keeping good things? As for the latter, this person is not of our kind, but in our previous few transactions, they were fair and likely wouldn't break their word. Even if there is some risk, if we don't seize this opportunity now, we will probably regret it later. Who knows how long this outsider will stay here?" The three-headed giant python grew somewhat anxious and angrily slapped the ground with its massive tail, creating a dirt kang several feet deep.

The golden ape beside it also nodded repeatedly.

"Since both fellow Daoists have this intention, I cannot well oppose it. But for now, we should first see the result of this person's advancement before speaking. If it fails, saying anything will be useless." The ox-headed little beast sighed and reluctantly accepted the matter.

The remaining two beasts naturally agreed, immediately ceased discussion, and all gazed intently toward the distant celestial phenomena.

At this moment, the 'milk'-white 'color' cloud ring atop the five-colored giant mountain began to expand point by point toward the surroundings, appearing slow, yet each increment increased by an astonishing distance in terms of diameter.

In just a short while, the cloud ring had grown large enough to envelop the entire giant mountain.

As the cloud ring underwent tremendous change, the hurricane within became increasingly violent and unstoppable.

Downward, the five-colored light and mist began to be wildly sucked upward by the hurricane at an astonishing speed, and the light curtain enveloping the mountain gradually grew thin.

After such a long time, the amount of five-colored light and mist gathered from the surroundings toward the giant mountain also began to decrease. These spiritual lights transformed from heaven and earth's vital energy finally converged into one point and were swept up by the hurricane, all disappearing into the cloud ring.

At the bottom of the entire giant ring, it appeared like a giant bowl with a five-colored base.

When the final layer of light curtain on the giant mountain vanished, the hurricane suddenly ceased, and the entire cloud ring became utterly silent, with only five-colored light flashing at various points within the ring, like the calm before a storm.

Suddenly, a dragon-like roar echoed from deep within the giant mountain; the summit flashed with golden light, and a three-headed, six-armed giant dharma image appeared.

This dharma image stood a thousand zhang tall, its body radiant with golden light, as solid as reality. The three heads slowly lifted, and originally blurred faces each had two clusters of golden light piercing and dazzling, actually opening a pair of emotionless crimson-gold eyes, all staring fixedly at the cloud ring in the sky.

Suddenly, the three heads trembled in unison, and three long, resonant cries like gold and stone rang out again.

The cries continued without cease, like rolling heavenly thunder echoing throughout the entire sky.

Ordinary beasts in the distance were fine—upon hearing this, they only felt more terrified, with no other abnormalities. But those low- and mid-level demon beasts already possessing demonic power, upon hearing it, felt only a buzzing in both ears, as if caught in raging waves, their minds momentarily 'swaying' and 'swaying', with no other thoughts remaining.

The dharma image's long cry lasted for the duration of burning a stick of incense before suddenly stopping, whereupon the six arms each formed a seal.

After a few muffled "pupu" sounds, the various colored spiritual lights around flashed, and four illusory figures, each half the size of the dharma image, appeared once more.

A green-colored great peng, a five-colored peacock, a five-clawed golden flood dragon, and a giant colorful phoenix.

As these four distinct true spirit illusions appeared, they each emitted dragon roars, phoenix cries, and various other sounds, then either spread their wings or shook their heads and swayed their tails, circling and dancing unpredictably around the three-headed, six-armed dharma image.

In the three blurred faces of the three-headed, six-armed dharma image, two flashed with rosy light and suddenly became extraordinarily clear, simultaneously revealing Han Li's utterly ordinary visage.

These two faces had golden light flickering in their eyes, their complexions unusually solemn, while the face on the last head remained inexplicably blurred, impossible to discern in the slightest.

One face let out a loud shout; the nearby circling four true spirit illusions paused momentarily, then changed direction and rushed toward the dharma image's massive body.

Result: spiritual light flashed, and the four illusions vanished in an instant, leaving no trace.

The dharma image's body trembled, and immediately, as the six arms waved, the body surged again in the flow of golden light.

Originally a thousand zhang tall, in a moment it swelled to exceed the height of the lower giant mountain by a head.

At this moment, the golden shadow stepped on the earth, head touching the sky, and with both hands raised, it seemed as if it could directly reach into the cloud ring's light and mist.

At this moment, waves of wondrous sounds like Buddhist chants emanated from the head with the 'revealed' face, and then the six arms simultaneously pointed toward the ring of empty space in the sky.

Instantly, the previously motionless cloud ring came to life in an instant.

Rosy light flashed, and the enormous cloud ring silently descended, enveloping the entire dharma image within it, and upon descending to the dharma image's waist, it paused with a stop.

But as it encircled the dharma image's body, it began to spin endlessly.

A strange scene appeared!

The five-colored light and mist within the ring surged wildly into the dharma image's body, causing the dharma image's body to shift from golden to a gorgeous, glass-like color in an instant.

During this process, the dharma image's body trembled incessantly, and the two faces simultaneously showed expressions of pain, as if each increment of five-colored light and mist entering the body made it suffer another layer.

And the influx of light and mist was astonishing!

In just a moment, all the light and mist within the cloud ring had completely vanished without a trace.

Even the 'milk'-white 'color' spiritual clouds at the edge, upon a fierce shout from the dharma image, instantly transformed into hundreds of 'milk'-white 'color' light spheres, hovering and floating nearby.

At this moment, the three heads opened their mouths wide in unison, spewing forth streams of golden light and mist, which instantly sucked in those white light spheres into their abdomens, no longer distinguishing between them.

After doing all this, the pain on the dharma image's face greatly diminished, but as the glass-like color flowed across its surface, its form suddenly began to shrink.

In the blink of an eye, the dharma image, like a mountain, transformed into a mortal figure wrapped layer by layer in five-colored light curtains.

This figure sat cross-legged in the air above the mountain peak, hands forming seals, silent and motionless, suspended in midair.

The overwhelming spiritual pressure and celestial phenomena in the sky vanished completely, as if everything had returned to normal.

The distant beasts and low- to mid-level demon creatures gradually recovered from their shock and returned to normal.

Ordinary beasts crawled up from the ground, let out a few sobs, then panicked and fled in disarray toward their lairs, daring not to glance even once more toward the giant mountain.

Those low-level demon beasts that had just achieved form also each, like pardoned prisoners, turned and fled on escaping light, distancing themselves from the vicinity.

"How is it? Has this person succeeded in advancing?" The ox-headed little beast and several other mid-level demon beasts, whose condition was somewhat better, though they could barely maintain standing just moments ago, now the golden ape asked anxiously.

"I don't know; that person's assault on the Spirit Commander realm should not yet be over. The previous astonishing celestial changes were merely this person absorbing nearby heaven and earth vital energy for their own use—don't be fooled by the current lack of momentum, but this is actually the most critical moment of their realm breakthrough." The ox-headed little beast seemed to know something, gazing strangely at the distant five-colored light shadow on the giant mountain, and spoke slowly.

Upon hearing this, the three-headed giant python and the demon ape were both somewhat surprised and couldn't help but glance again at the distant giant mountain.

"Let's go! This person's time to break through the bottleneck won't be short—estimated at least a few days, possibly months. If we linger here too long, we might provoke this person's taboo. Instead, we'd be making a foolish mistake!" The ox-headed little beast seemed to recall something and said thus.

The remaining two beasts, upon hearing this, felt a jolt in their hearts and also greatly agreed with this statement.

Immediately, the three demons stirred up a demonic wind, rose into the air, and shot off in the opposite direction.

After a while, the demonic wind vanished at the edge of the sky, leaving no trace behind.

Meanwhile, the human figure within the five-colored light curtain on the distant giant mountain merely had eyes tightly closed, appearing oblivious to all this, utterly unaware.

One day, two days, five days, ten days…

Two full months passed, yet the human-shaped figure remained suspended in the air above the mountain peak, not moving in the slightest.

Only the five-colored light curtain wrapping the figure became increasingly crystalline and dazzling.

This sight caused several mid-tier demonic beasts, who had secretly returned multiple times afterward, to exclaim in astonishment upon seeing it, while simultaneously feeling deeply puzzled.

However, during this period, occasionally some beasts that had forgotten the earlier celestial phenomena would again venture within a hundred li of the giant mountain's range, only to vanish without a trace after wisps of white mist appeared.

Near the entire giant mountain, it was unknown when someone had laid down an enormous restriction, and the closer one approached the center, the more wondrous the restriction's power seemed to become.

After another half month passed, the figure within the light curtain suddenly trembled, and after the five-colored rosy light on its surface flowed and shifted, it finally opened its eyes.

Then, a long whistle erupted from the figure's mouth!

This long whistle contained no divine abilities, yet the sound clearly expressed extraordinary joy.

After the whistle ceased momentarily, the figure suddenly rose to its feet, waved both arms, and the nearby five-colored light curtain instantly dissolved into specks of spiritual light that scattered outward.

Then, the figure made a hand seal, a pair of feathered wings appeared behind it, and after a sudden thunderclap, it vanished strangely into the empty air.

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