Chapter 708: 708
The world shook violently, the entire Dao arena plunged into chaos, with crimson streaks flying through the air and Magical Treasures colliding with Divine Skills like a battle from Ancient Times.
Facing the sky filled with Divine Artifacts and the powerful onslaught of mighty beings, the three of them fell into a perilous situation.
It wasn't just Ling Xian'er and Ji Huo'er struggling; even Li Kaitian was overwhelmed.
In the midst of the chaotic battle, a fiery red heavenly ruler, like a crimson dragon, struck with earth-shattering might, hitting the giant Fire Fox Dharma Aspect of Huo'er.
"Clang!"
The Fire Fox, struck by the heavenly ruler, trembled violently as if struck by lightning, the brilliant Fire Fox showed signs of dissipating.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
In just a few breaths' time, Ji Huo'er had already withstood hundreds of attacks.
"Pu!"
Finally, she could no longer hold on, spitting out a mouthful of blood like a blossoming Red Blood Divine Lotus, tragically beautiful and desolate.
At this moment, Ling Xian'er was also soaked in blood, her white clothes dyed crimson as if she had crawled out of a Blood Pool.
Among this was her own blood, but also the blood of others.
Li Kaitian, relying on a Divine Artifact small tower and not possessing Strange Fire himself, was under considerably less pressure.
However, with the small tower entangled by numerous Divine Artifacts and surrounded by several disciples of the Jiang Family, he could only fend for himself for the time being. He could only watch helplessly as Ji Huo'er and Ling Xian'er were besieged by cultivators from all sides, unable to come to their aid.
"Clang!"
A streak of golden light flashed, striking one of the tails of the Fire Fox, and a Dao Lotus swept across, cutting off one of the fox's tails.
The Fire Fox Dharma Aspect staggered, on the brink of collapse, and Ji Huo'er kept coughing up blood.
"Ah! You all can go to hell!"
Ji Huo'er went mad, her little face twisted into an almost ferocious craze.
Simultaneously, the Heaven-Earth Dharma Aspect above her head rapidly expanded as golden flames began to burn around the fox's body.
Facing such a terrifying onslaught, not even Divine Medicine could sustain the depletion of her Physical Body; she was burning her essence blood, pushing her potential to its limits.
"Boom!"
As she descended into madness, the once-fading Fire Fox Dharma Aspect regained solidity, its majesty undiminished, tails regrew, transforming into golden Divine Chains, lashing at one of the cultivators and sending him flying.
"She's at the end of her tether, on the verge of collapsing. This is just a momentary resurgence!"
Zi Tong coldly stated while exuding purple Qi from the Dao plate in her hand and relentlessly grinding down the Fire Fox.
At the same time, Ling Xian'er had also begun to burn her Essence Blood to fight back.
"Boom!"
Amidst the battle, a terrifying surge of energy swept across, a Divine Envoy named Jiang Yi was sent flying, uncontrollably, his body flung into the golden passage.
Jiang Yi, sent flying by the Fire Fox, saw his Physical Body heading toward the Golden Passage in utter despair.
He knew not the method to subdue Netherworld Strange Gold.
However, he landed in the passage unharmed, surprised to find that Netherworld Strange Gold made no move against him; he had survived.
"Eh, has the Five Elements energy of the Array calmed down?"
Jiang Yi was dumbfounded and exclaimed.
"What, the Five Elements Passage has stabilized!"
Originally,
Everyone thought that it was Ji Huo'er and the others that had used a Spell to subdue the Netherworld Strange Fire, which is why they managed to subdue it.
Now it seems they had the sequence reversed; it was because the Netherworld Strange Fire no longer attacked the cultivators entering the passage that Ji Huo'er and the others got the opportunity to subdue the Strange Fire.
"Does this mean that we have a way to subdue the remaining four Exotic Elemental Powders?!"
The cultivators quickly came to this realization.
"Quickly vie for the remaining exotic elements!"
Numerous cultivators had this thought arise in their minds, knowing that the remaining four pathways of the Five Elements no longer posed a danger.
"This old one's cultivation level harmonizes with the Great Dao of the Metal element; this Wandering Spirit Sacred Gold shall belong to me!"
Seeing this situation, Bai Yunran was the first to abandon Ji Huo'er and the others, rushing towards the Metal Elemental Passage.
"Despicable old thief!" Jiang Bing and Zi Tong cursed quietly and likewise abandoned Ji Huo'er and the others, hurrying towards the Water Passage and Earth Passage.
Besides those three, a portion of cultivators who hadn't partaken in the encirclement of Ji Huo'er and her companions now saw the opening of the exotic elements passages and couldn't hold back any longer, rushing out all at once.
"This Genesis Wood is mine!" Wu Xin, the Holy Maiden, concentrated spiritual arrows in her hands with her bow. A dark orchid arrow feather as thick as an arm descended from the sky, landing firmly within the Wood Elemental Passage.
Around the arrow feather, rune Daoist magics flowed, creating Qinghui lotuses everywhere, each lotus extremely powerful, sending forth waves and ripples of emerald green that could slay approaching cultivators.
Qinghui Holy Maiden also made her move at this moment, charging towards the Earth Elemental Passage.
In this moment, the sounds of battle rose and fell, and blinding orbs of light flashed incessantly within the Daoist court.
Here, the chaotic battle grew even more intense.
However, the cultivators who had participated in the encirclement now opted to contest for the four remaining exotic elements, which significantly lessened the pressure on Ji Huo'er and her companions in an instant.
The three took this opportunity to swallow Divine Pills, repairing their injuries and restoring their spiritual power.
"We need to quickly break through this ice wall and enter deep into the passage!"
As their pressure greatly diminished, the three gathered together. Ji Huo'er, while contending with many cultivators, spoke.
The Fire Passage had been cut off by a magic artifact from Jiang Bing, blocking the way forward.
"Huo'er, Xian'er, the two of you must hold on for a moment, I'll go break this ice wall!"
The ice wall was a transformation of one of Jiang Bing's Divine Artifacts, indestructible by anything other than another Divine Artifact.
Just as the two were about to nod in agreement, a sudden massive tremor in the void interrupted them.
"Boom!"
The void trembled, the ground shook continually, and giant boulders from the surrounding Divine Peaks fell, crashing into the center of the Daoist court.
"What's happening?"
An unusual change occurred in the world again, and many cultivators couldn't help but show alarm.
"Is Heavenly Punishment descending again?"
The cultivators were filled with dread, the memory of meteorites falling from the sky for ten consecutive days during the previous unnatural phenomena still fresh in their minds.
"No, it's this Array that's collapsing!"
Finally, a cultivator noticed the anomaly and exclaimed in shock.
"The Four Aspects Law is also collapsing, our Cultivation Levels are being restored!"
Following that, another cultivator joyously discovered and shouted loudly.
"Really?" A cultivator operated his mental method and indeed found that his Cultivation Level was slowly breaking through.
With the weakening of the Four Aspects Law, most cultivators began to break through their Cultivation Levels.
In just a few breaths' time, a great number of cultivators went from the Holy Realm Early Stage to the Holy Realm Late Stage.
After recovering to the Holy Realm Late Stage, everyone found they could no longer continue to break through; their Cultivation Levels ultimately solidified at the Holy Realm Late Stage.
It appeared that the Four Aspects Law hadn't completely collapsed but rather its effects had diminished.
"We can't continue to delay. We don't know if these exotic elements will disappear when the Array collapses!"
Jiang Bing, Bai Yunran, Zi Tong, Wu Xin Fairy, and Qinghui Holy Maiden unleashed even more dazzling Divine Skills, competing with all their might.
All the cultivators' Realm and Soul breakthroughs were advantageous for Divine Envoys and Great Emperor powerhouses whose Cultivation Levels had been suppressed, but for Ji Huo'er and the others, it was unwelcome news.
Because Jiang Bing and many other cultivators were contesting for the four kinds of elements, the pressure on the three had been much less for a while, but with the cultivators' breakthroughs, they once again felt an immense pressure.
Moreover, as their Cultivation Levels and Souls broke through, these cultivators could unleash the power of their Divine Artifacts many times over.
The three even felt that this moment was more difficult to deal with than when Jiang Bing and the others were still present. In the blink of an eye, they suffered an unprecedented onslaught of Divine Skills.