Chapter 1974

Time passed bit by bit, and after a few quarters of an hour, the invisible pressure permeating the void gradually grew heavier by a hundred jin, and even the thin layer of ice and snow just formed on the mountaintop began to emit a strange "crack" sound.

With a booming sound!

The black 'color' vortex in the sky condensed, and a bolt of electricity as thick as a water tank shot down from its center; wherever it passed, a scorching aura burst forth in the void, and in a flash it struck another vortex in the giant pit.

The thick silver arc vanished in a flash, the mist near the vortex churned violently, and a low, deep roar, as if coming from the abyss, suddenly rang out, seemingly filled with endless anguish.

Following this, another great roar came from underground, and a surge of shocking energy spread rapidly from the giant pit.

The entire mountaintop began to tremble!

The unusually thick crystalline ice layer covering the ground, under the violent agitation, even cracked open countless fine fissures, breaking apart inch by inch.

But just then, in the black 'color' vortex high above, electric light flickered, and another thick silver arc condensed, then mercilessly struck down once more.

As this silver arc was seen to be heading straight for the giant pit, a furious roar came from the mist below, and a mass of 'milk' 'yellow' flame spewed out from within, perfectly blocking the silver arc.

The two intertwined instantly.

The 'yellow' flame appeared to be blazing fiercely, yet it emitted an astonishing yin cold, and as the firelight flickered, it occasionally transformed into a single ghostly face, looking extremely ferocious and terrifying!

With a muffled sound, the silver arc and the flame actually dissipated simultaneously!

"Yellow Spring Earth Fire? No, such a bit of earth fire should not possess such great power!" Seeing this, Han Li narrowed his eyes, his thoughts turning as he mused.

But just then, a sound of the heavenly cicada expressing wonder in surprise suddenly echoed in his ears:

"This Yellow Millet Stone Spirit is indeed a spiritual object that has cultivated for tens of thousands of years in the Yellow Spring Earth Fire; it has already combined some earth fire with its own demonic aura, transforming it into a formidable divine ability. When Fellow Daoist Han confronts this spirit later, you must be careful of this demonic fire."

"Many thanks for the reminder, Master; I will naturally be cautious." Han Li felt a jolt in his heart, and he replied with a grateful mental transmission.

In the high sky, the electric arcs struck down one after another, their frequency beginning to increase, but the 'yellow' demonic fire spewing from the bottom of the giant pit was equally relentless, as balls of fire shot out and actually managed to block them all, making the lightning strikes seem ineffective.

However, this clearly angered something lurking in the darkness.

The black 'color' vortex in the high sky writhed, and the electric arcs paused for a moment.

But the next instant, after a rumbling in the vortex, silver 'color' lightning balls the size of heads appeared, crackling and sputtering in the black clouds, electric threads flashing, densely packed as far as the eye could see, with an unknown number of them.

This astonishing sight clearly left the Stone Spirit below unable to remain hidden in the mist.

After a strange cry, the 'yellow' mist churned, and something about a foot in size suddenly shot out from the bottom of the giant pit, then, after a flash, hovered in the void over a hundred zhang above the pit's base. 、

It stared wide-eyed at the lightning balls in the sky, emitting a low "gugu" from its mouth, appearing as if facing a great enemy.

Han Li, outside the mountaintop, naturally observed it closely.

He saw that this creature had an enormous mouth, slender limbs, a short and thick neck almost merged with its body, resembling a toad by seven or eight parts; however, it had an additional blood-red eyeball in the center of its forehead, its entire body glowing with golden light, and the front ends of its limbs were not the usual webbed feet of a toad, but four sharp-looking claws.

"This thing is the Yellow Millet Stone Spirit! Indeed, it is born rather peculiar!" Han Li secretly marveled.

And just as the Stone Spirit's true form appeared, the lightning balls in the air immediately seemed to have received a great stimulus, roaring loudly, and then all at once flashed downward.

In that instant, the entire mountaintop was covered by dense lightning, as if countless lightning and hail were falling simultaneously from the sky.

Witnessing this, the Yellow Millet Stone Spirit's eyes rolled, its low cry ceased, it opened its mouth, and actually spat out a small 'yellow' flower.

This flower glowed with a hazy yellow light, its surface covered with five 'color' runes; as it caught the wind, it expanded to the size of a zhang, completely covering the Stone Spirit's body.

This strange giant flower was clearly not an ordinary thing!

At the very moment the giant flower was unleashed, the lightning balls in the sky, as if locking onto their target, all struck toward the Stone Spirit, with several or even more than ten hitting the 'yellow' giant flower simultaneously.

The giant flower slowly turned, and as its five 'color' runes lit up, all the lightning balls actually flashed with electricity and vanished into it, without a sound, as if a mud cow had entered the sea.

Even more astonishing was that each time the giant flower swallowed a wave of lightning balls, its petals would visibly expand by a noticeable amount.

After more than ten waves, the 'yellow' giant flower had indeed grown to several times its previous size.

Thus, the speed at which the giant flower consumed lightning balls suddenly increased greatly, and in a moment, all the lightning balls filling the sky were sucked in by the giant flower.

And the Yellow Millet Stone Spirit hiding beneath the giant flower appeared to be completely unharmed; even seeing the flower's current state, it let out a delighted clear cry.

Then, the Stone Spirit's belly swelled, and it suddenly sucked hard at the giant flower above, actually drawing the flower, now transformed into a mass of rosy light, back into its abdomen.

With a thunderclap!

Electric light flashed on the Stone Spirit's body, and several thick silver arcs surged out from within, intertwining and crackling wildly across its body, actually forming a layer of 'silver' 'color' electric net.

The spirit object swelled wildly in the lightning, and in just a few breaths, it transformed into the size of a calf, its aura greatly increased, its three eyes wide open, and it let out another strange cry, as if its cultivation had advanced significantly!

In the black 'color' vortex high above, thunder rumbled again, and amidst the dancing silver snakes, more than ten 'silver' 'color' lightning flood dragons appeared faintly, as if about to rush down in the next wave.

"This is getting troublesome. I never expected this Yellow Millet Stone Spirit to possess such a divine ability to transform heavenly lightning; it seems we must wait for it to pass its lightning tribulation, for its cultivation may not decrease but rather increase. Since that is the case, there is no need to wait any longer, Han Daoist! Heavenly Cicada Master! Make your move!" The Black Rain Elder suddenly transmitted, his words filled with resentment.

Han Li naturally had no objection, and immediately agreed via mental transmission.

The Heavenly Cicada monk on the other side likewise nodded with a solemn expression.

At this moment, the more than ten lightning flood dragons in the black clouds finally roared and lunged downward in unison.

"Act"

The elder, seeing this, shouted low without hesitation, making no effort to conceal his actions as he pinched a seal with one hand.

With a "puchi" sound!

After his figure flickered, he instantly turned into a wisp of black smoke and vanished from the spot.

The next moment, in the void directly above the mountaintop at a height of over a thousand zhang, a disturbance arose, and the elder's figure suddenly flashed into view.

He lunged downward, revealing his fierce 'color' and 'exposure', then suddenly raised his hand.

A mass of silver light shot out, and in a flash, transformed into a silver 'color' giant bell, over ten zhang tall, which he fiercely slammed down upon the toad-like spirit object below.

At the same time, in the void near the mountaintop, countless black threads appeared out of nowhere, and with a rustling sound as they tore through the air, they shot toward the spirit object.

And in the void behind the Yellow Millet Stone Spirit, a white 'color' lotus flower silently appeared, its white light flashing, and a faint human figure strangely flickered into view.

It was precisely that Heavenly Cicada Master!

This monk lowered his brows and drooped his eyelids, his face showing no expression, but as something flew out from his sleeve, it turned out to be a string of crystal-clear Buddhist beads!

As the beads flashed, they instantly transformed into dozens of five 'color' light balls that shot out.

Before they could strike the Stone Spirit, they first emitted a booming wind-thunder sound, and as the light balls expanded wildly in the wind, each one grew to the size of a head.

Faced with this sudden series of attacks, the Yellow Millet Stone Spirit was first startled, then let out a sharp cry and flew into a rage.

Only saw it open its mouth, the yellow 'colored' giant flower seen before was once again sprayed out, just in time to meet the silver 'colored' giant bell falling from above.

Then its body blurred slightly and actually began spinning in place!

Jin Guang flashed, countless golden rays burst from within its body, then in a flash, they shot out in all directions like a violent storm.

Only saw the golden rays and black threads intertwine, instantly emitting a piercing cracking sound, countless light clusters bloomed near the spiritual object, two colors of spiritual light illuminated the entire mountaintop.

Those black threads and actually could not approach the stone spirit even one step!

The five 'colored' light spheres, under the golden rays' shooting, for a time could not even approach the stone spirit's main body.

On the other side, seeing the silver bell and giant flower collide together. The giant bell trembled, then suddenly emitted a clear "dong," "dong," "dong" sound on its own.

One sound higher than the last, one sound deeper into the soul.

A strange scene appeared!

Originally facing the silver bell, the yellow 'colored' giant flower, after three bell tolls passed, suddenly without any sign, shattered inch by inch, turned into countless points of spiritual light and vanished.

Afterwards the silver bell blurred again, then suddenly expanded several times over, like a small mountain booming down, actually enveloping the yellow millet stone spirit completely within.

Witnessing this scene, the old man and the monk were both startled, after showing surprise on their faces, the hand seals paused for a moment.

At this time lightning flashed in the black clouds, over ten silver 'colored' lightning flood dragons had already bared fangs and claws as they fell down, but as Fang Yi approached the mountaintop, threads of silver light flashed, a silver 'colored' giant net covering the entire mountaintop appeared.

The flood dragons' heads plunged into the silver net, then burst open one after another, turned into countless electric threads instantly absorbed completely by the giant net.

This "Silver Void Thunder Net" laid down beforehand by the Black Rain Elder, even blocked heavenly thunder together, truly worthy of being a spiritual treasure listed on the Myriad Spirits Ranking.

The old man muttered under his breath, fingers flicking repeatedly, over a dozen hand seals flashed and vanished, then sank into the giant bell.

The silver 'colored' giant bell let out a roar, its surface spiritual light began to flicker uncertainly, about to be taken up by the Black Rain Elder.

But just this moment's delay, the giant bell suddenly let out a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering tremendous roar.

After a wave of strange cold passed, the entire giant bell actually shattered inch by inch!

Immediately following, rolling yellow 'colored' flames burst out, a cluster of golden light shot from the flames like a meteor, after a blur, suddenly turned downward and shot toward the deep pit below.

The yellow millet stone spirit seemed to know the enemy before it was formidable, wanted to flee downward in panic!

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