Chapter 218: Relic Versus Black Lotus! (1/2)
”Old Demon Black Lotus! My Benevolent Travel Temple will not rest until you die!”
Abbot Le Ku and the three Nascent Soul elders chased after the other party crazily.
The more they fought, the more ferocious they became. Waves that seemed to tear through space continuously exploded in the sky.
Under the envelopment of the black lotus halo, the Relic Pagoda's suppression weakened further. The temple's protective array was already in danger.
At this moment, after receiving this kind of double damage from the internal and external collisions, it immediately could not endure the burden and several huge holes appeared in the air.
The flying ship had already flown to the top of the Benevolent Travel Temple. Taking advantage of the situation, a large number of demonic cultivator and rogue cultivator sect disciples rode their artifacts into the array formation.
They burned, killed, and plundered, committing all kinds of crimes in this thousand-year-old ancient temple that stood tall in the cultivation world of the Great Mountain Region.
This caused the entire Benevolent Travel Temple to no longer have a safe place.
Battles were happening everywhere. A large number of low-level disciples had nowhere to escape, but the fatal black circle was still expanding. Many disciples could not escape in time and were enveloped inside.
Ordinary Foundation Establishment disciples would not even be able to last a minute under the black circle of light before their lifespan would be snatched away and they would fall to the ground as dried corpses.
There was no need to mention the Qi Refinement realm disciples. The Buddhist light on their bodies would be instantly swallowed by the darkness.
Demon Awakening! Plant Army!
As Jiang Li retreated, he used the Demon Awakening Technique to summon a large number of small demons to assist the heavily injured monks in retreating.
However, due to the influence of the Sword Furnace in his body, he could only use 30% of the spiritual qi, so he was unable to summon powerful demons to participate in the battle.
”Master Le Yuan, what are you doing?”
Jiang Li and the others retreated repeatedly, but Master Le Yuan did not leave the black circle with them.
Instead, he pressed his palms together and ran towards the black circle. His feet increased in speed as he directly rushed into the death domain.
Master Le Yuan was enveloped by a black halo. Thick black qi enveloped him. Wrinkles appeared on his face, and patches of color appeared on his skin. He was aging at a visible speed.
However, Jiang Li discovered that the speed of aging on Le Yuan was far lower than other monks.
It seemed that there was indeed no such thing as an invincible power in this world. Although the power of this black circle was terrifying and strange, it was not impossible to resist.
From the palms of Le Yuan, a golden light was constantly emitting. It was that golden light that resisted the corrosion of the black lotus.
”What does he want to do?”
Senior Brother Xiang also stopped. The two of them looked at Le Yuan's back and did not know why he had rushed into the black circle.
Master Le Yuan could not completely resist that force. Under the envelopment of the black lotus, he did not look too good.
Moreover, the closer he got to the black lotus, the slower his speed became. Clearly, he had suffered quite a bit of pressure.
However, before he could walk halfway, more than twenty black shadows suddenly fell from the sky and pounced towards Master Le Yuan who was advancing with difficulty.
Each figure had four arms and three eyes and did not look human at all. From the looks of it, they were quite similar to the sword cultivator clone that was in the form of an asura.
It turned out that this black circle not only enveloped downwards, but it also tore open the formation light membrane above their heads. Ordinary cultivators would similarly be attacked when they entered this black circle of light and their lives would be taken away by the black lotus.
However, these monsters were not like this. They were thrown off the ship and landed in the black circle of light.
Roar!
The monsters did not leave the black circle and only circled around the black lotus. At this moment, as Master Le Yuan entered the black circle, he attracted the attention of all the monsters.
Twenty to thirty monsters brandished their four sharp claws and pounced at him.
Those monsters were very powerful and carried a strange power of chaos. Judging from their auras, they were basically all at the Core Formation realm.
Wasn't this the Black Lotus Demon Army that had brought huge trouble to the Shu Mountain alliance army of the Scripture Storage Valley 200 years ago?
The Black Lotus Demon soldiers swarmed forward. Master Le Yuan was like a rag doll that was violently snatched by many children as he was torn apart by claws and fangs.
Moreover, after receiving the corrosion of the chaotic power carried by the Black Lotus Demon soldiers, his spiritual qi began to quickly dissipate.
In just a few seconds, his face turned red. This was a sign that the Palm Meditation Technique had reached its limit.
Swoosh!
The pitch-black Dragon Imprisoning Lock flew over from behind and wrapped around his waist twice.
Jiang Li and Senior Brother Xiang Yuanba worked together to pull back. The Dragon Imprisoning Lock escaped from the monster's mouth with Master Le Yuan and flew out of the black circle.
However, this pull was too powerful, almost breaking the other party's Palm Meditation that had already reached its limit.
The three of them retreated for a while more. The group of four-handed Demon soldiers chased to the edge of the black circle and did not continue. Instead, they returned to the vicinity of the black lotus and continued to wander.
”Master Le Yuan, what are you doing?”
Jiang Li could not understand why the other party rushed into the black circle for no reason.
However, Master Le Yuan looked at his fellow disciples who were constantly swallowed by the black circle and the monsters who were constantly roaring in the black circle. His face was filled with pain and despair.
”It's over, it's over, it's all over! Benefactor Jiang, Benefactor Xiang, leave quickly.”
Master Le Yuan urged Jiang Li and the other two to leave, wanting to rush into the black circle to seek death again.
Jiang Li saw that his expression was a little off and stopped him. After thinking for a moment, he asked again.
”Master Le Yuan, do you have a solution? Tell us, maybe we can help?”
The current situation could be said to be very, very bad. There were fights and chaotic battles everywhere, and there were enemy warships floating above their heads.
So what if they could break through the battle and escape outside the temple? They would still be targeted by others.
Jiang Li did not want to try the power of the warship's spiritual qi cannon.
”It's too late. The black circle has expanded. There are still those monsters blocking it. It's already too late!”
Master Le Yuan actually broke through his meditation on his own. He opened his palms and revealed a golden bone-like pearl.
It was a Buddhist relic!
This was the benefit of becoming a disciple of the previous generation's Divine Monk.
It turned out that there had always been a relic hidden in his hands.
No wonder Master Le Yuan's meditation cultivation was so fast. It was because of such a treasure!
On the black lotus were five relics. As long as he struck another one, they would be able to overwhelm the black lotus!
”Damn!”
Jiang Li and Senior Brother Xiang spoke at the same time, but in the end, Jiang Li was a step faster and took the relic first.
Originally, the best situation would be for a cultivator above the Nascent Soul realm to take the relic and break the black lotus.
However, in the current situation, they were almost about to be slaughtered. It was impossible to find a free Nascent Soul in a short period of time.
Moreover, the focus on cultivators at or above the Nascent Soul realm was too large. If they deliberately approached the black lotus, they might even attract the powerful obstruction of the enemy.
From the looks of it, it would depend on the two of them to send this key item to where it should be.
”Junior Brother Jiang, my cultivation level is higher than yours so I should go!”
As the disciple who was the first to enter Elder He's tutelage, Xiang Yuanba treated himself as an elder brother. Usually, he would show concern, so how could he let his junior brother take such risks?
However, Jiang Li shook his head and did not agree.
Jiang Li held the relic in his hand. The Anti-Demon Golden Skin on his body reacted, and its power increased by several times.
”Senior Brother, I have the Overlord Body Art, so my speed is faster. Now is not the time to be modest. It's more suitable for me to go.”
”Also, Senior Brother, you have to be bait to lure those guys away. You might be in even more danger than me.”