Chapter 2439: The Might of the Seal

At this moment, a wave of bloody stench rolled down from the giant blood seal in the high sky. Most of them felt a tightness in their chests and dizziness upon smelling it.

Startled, these Mahayana powerhouses no longer cared about escaping. They unleashed their spiritual light and various defensive treasures, isolating the bloody aura first.

"Fellow Daoists, what are you waiting for? Use whatever means you have! If we flee without fighting against such divine abilities, we will only be easily hunted down and killed one by one." Although Ming Zun stood still, his expression turned extremely ugly upon seeing that his previously relied-upon Blissful Sanskrit River Realm had been broken so easily, yet he still managed to shout with some composure.

As soon as he finished speaking, he opened his mouth toward the sky. A five-colored light mist rolled out, and a scroll as white as jade appeared.

He then rapidly formed seals with both hands and pointed toward the sky repeatedly.

"Puff!" The scroll opened slowly like an ancient painting, spraying out countless silver characters that spun and transformed into a giant silver net, casting toward the blood seal in the high sky.

As soon as the two made contact, a booming sound erupted, and countless silver lights exploded!

The seemingly delicate silver net only swayed slightly; it didn't shatter immediately, but it did slow the descent of the giant blood seal!

"The Silver Equalizing Heavenly Book! It's actually this Profound Heavenly Treasure."

Once Yin Gangzi saw this, he gasped. After his expression changed several times, he gritted his teeth and activated a certain magic art.

Immediately, explosive sounds erupted from his body, and wisps of silver mist surged out. His body swelled against the wind, transforming into a silver giant with green hair and a lion's mouth and ox's eyes, standing several dozen feet tall. After his two arms shook violently, they transformed into countless giant fist shadows that smashed wildly toward the blood seal.

Every time a fist landed, a thunderous boom erupted in the void, as if each strike possessed the power of divine lightning.

This was the Creation Body of their clan.

Lady Wu Ling also chanted incantations. After black light appeared behind her, a phantom of a black monster with a pig's head and ape's body suddenly manifested.

After the monster raised its head and let out a long howl, it opened its giant mouth.

The entire sky suddenly darkened, and a blood-basin mouth that seemed endless appeared above the blood seal, slowly biting down. It looked as if it could swallow the entire blood seal in one bite—truly terrifying!

The injured palace-dressed woman gritted her teeth. Her attack was no less impressive than Ming Zun's or Lady Wu Ling's. After she raised one hand, a phantom of a seven-colored giant axe over a thousand feet long appeared in the high sky like a heaven-cleaving blade, slashing mercilessly toward the blood seal.

As for the bald man and the other Mahayana powerhouses, they also unleashed their divine abilities to attack the blood seal wildly—some released dozens of flying knives in one breath, some grabbed with a giant light hand, and others released their Dharma bodies, lunging toward the high sky...

Although their attacks seemed to come in different sequences, in reality, it all happened within a single breath, and all attacks reached the blood seal simultaneously.

Seeing this, Ma Liang let out a cold snort. The golden giant he had transformed into pointed toward the blood seal in the void and spat out the word "Freeze."

The blood-colored seal emitted a wailing sound, and the blood mist on its surface vibrated. Invisible shockwaves rippled out, unexpectedly sweeping all the nearby attacks into them.

An incredible scene occurred.

The silver net, fist shadows, thousand-foot giant axe, and blood-basin mouth all froze in the high sky the moment they touched the shockwaves. Other treasures rolled in the shockwaves and silently turned into dust.

As for the Dharma bodies released by the Mahayana powerhouses, they shattered inch by inch after the shockwaves passed.

Such terrifying power made even Ming Zun gasp. He hurriedly opened his mouth and spat a mouthful of essence blood onto the white mist screen in front of him.

More than a dozen giant silver runes rushed out, swelling against the wind and transforming into more than a dozen silver light arrays of varying sizes.

These light arrays overlapped and suddenly transformed into a silver light tower, which swelled against the wind to seven or eight hundred feet tall.

"Bang!" The light tower pressed against the blood-colored giant seal, causing it to tremble slightly before forcefully lifting it up.

But immediately, the blood mist on the giant seal rolled, pressing the tip of the light tower until it collapsed, and it instantly sank a foot deep.

And when the silver tower blurred again, the very top collapsed, causing the seal to sink suddenly once more...

Just like that, it paused and sank!

Although the silver tower clearly couldn't hold on, it did significantly slow the descent of the blood-colored giant seal. Lady Wu Ling's face turned pale. After exchanging glances with Yin Gangzi, she formed seals with both hands. Her black Dharma body appeared behind her again, and after a shake of her shoulders, it dove directly into her body and vanished.

The next moment, her face twisted, and after black light surged from her body, she transformed into a behemoth several dozen feet tall.

It was the same pig-headed, ape-bodied monster as before, but its massive body was now clad in gray-white bone armor, and its two furry hands each gripped a giant yellow sword.

A roar!

The giant monster Lady Wu Ling had transformed into slashed its two giant yellow swords toward the distance.

"Puff, puff!" Two yellow crescent blades over a hundred feet long rolled out from the giant swords and shot toward the opposite side.

On the other side, the silver giant Yin Gangzi had transformed into let out a clear cry. A layer of silver electric arcs appeared on his body, and after flashing wildly, they transformed into countless silver thunderbolts.

"Go!"

Yin Gangzi shouted, and all the thunderbolts roared toward the opposite side.

At the same time, a dragon's roar echoed!

A five-clawed golden dragon over a dozen feet long rushed out from nearby, lunging toward the golden giant opposite with bared fangs and brandished claws. It was the old man holding the golden cane, who had thrown his cane, transforming it directly into a phantom of a true dragon.

A phantom of a thousand-foot giant axe, countless green silk rays, and a dozen giant ghost heads the size of cartwheels flew out from the others, as the remaining Mahayana powerhouses gritted their teeth and joined the attack.

"Seeking death!"

Seeing all this, the golden giant Ma Liang had transformed into let out a thunderous roar. He then puffed out his chest, took a deep breath, and exhaled violently, causing countless golden runes to surge out like a tide...

A booming sound erupted!

A golden hurricane suddenly whistled in front of the golden giant, forming a layer of golden wind screen that shot into the sky.

The yellow sword light, silver thunderbolts, and golden true dragon all let out wails as they entered the golden wind screen and vanished with the wind. As for the giant axe, green silk, and ghost heads behind them, they couldn't even approach the golden wind screen, blocked by an invisible force, and could only spin nearby, unable to get an inch closer.

At this, all the Mahayana powerhouses turned pale.

"Why haven't the four of you made a move? Do you intend to break the contract?" Ming Zun asked coldly, his face as dark as water, turning toward a certain void nearby.

"Break the contract? Brother Ming, you never told us brothers that we would be dealing with an immortal!" The void fluctuated, and four black-armored youths with similar faces appeared. The eldest among them replied coldly.

Judging by the aura on them, they were the four Black Ni Beasts that had hidden quietly after Ma Liang transformed, only now they had changed into human form.

"The contract our alliance signed with you four fellow Daoists did not state that we could retreat when encountering an immortal. Otherwise, why would our alliance have paid such a high price for this contract? Are you not afraid of the backlash of the contract power, which would cause your cultivation to plummet?" Ming Zun raised his eyebrows, questioning them.

"Hmph, even if our strength plummets, it's better than losing our lives here," the lead black-armored youth replied sternly.

"Losing your lives? Hehe, how could I let you four fall into such a state? How about this: as long as you four use your life-bound true fire divine ability to attack with all your might once, I will consider the contract fulfilled and let you leave this realm," Ming Zun chuckled and suddenly switched to voice transmission.

"Is that true?" The lead black-armored youth was stunned, then asked with a hint of disbelief.

"How could I lie about such a thing? I am willing to swear an oath to my inner demon," Ming Zun replied with an unchanging expression.

"Good. In that case, my brothers can help you once more. You don't need to swear any oaths, but after we strike, regardless of the result, we will leave immediately," the black-armored youth said after exchanging glances with the other three.

"Then I will trouble you four to listen to my command before striking," Ming Zun exhaled, his expression relaxing.

While they were talking, the golden giant Ma Liang had already begun chanting again. After a faint blood light flashed between his brows, a drop of golden essence blood condensed, flashed, and shot into the giant blood seal as a golden ray.

A booming sound erupted from the blood-colored seal. After the blood mist on its surface parted, countless blood-colored light threads sprayed out—dense, nearly a million of them—piercing through the void and shooting in all directions.

"Not good!"

Ming Zun was shocked and hurriedly pointed at the silver scroll in front of him. The scroll flashed and transformed into a silver light screen, shielding himself, Lady Wu Ling, Yin Gangzi, and the palace-dressed woman.

The other Mahayana powerhouses turned pale. Unable to take shelter in Ming Zun's light screen, they could only desperately inject magic power into their defensive treasures while layers of protective spiritual light erupted.

After countless blood threads flashed past, almost every inch of the void was pierced, and several screams erupted!

The silver tower closest to the seal was instantly riddled with holes, looking as if it would collapse at any moment. After the blood light flashed, the defensive treasures and protective spiritual light of the bald man and the other Mahayana powerhouses vanished, and nearly a hundred fine blood holes appeared on their bodies out of thin air.

The bald man and the others only had time to look down at themselves before blood-colored flames erupted from those holes, instantly turning them into green flames, not even giving their Nascent Souls a chance to escape.

(To be continued)