Chapter 1057: No Retreat

Han Li had summoned twelve blue flying daggers that were racing through the air while giving off a formidable glacial aura.

The flying daggers were threatening to freeze the very space around them as they hurtled directly toward the Fire Age Firefly Queen.

He had found this set of twelve flying daggers from Dongfang Bai's storage tool, and they were quite formidable, so he had decided to keep them.

A mocking sneer flashed through the Fire Age Firefly Queen's eyes as a vast expanse of flames of time erupted out of its body, instantly forming a sea of crimson flames around itself.

Everyone hurriedly attempted to withdraw their immortal treasures upon seeing this, but it was already too late.

As soon as all of the immortal treasures plunged into the sea of crimson fire, everyone's spiritual connections with those immortal treasures were instantly severed.

Su Anqian and Jin Liu exchanged a glance with each other, and it was clear that both of them were contemplating a retreat.

Those three hives were extremely valuable objects, but they couldn't benefit from the hives in their cultivation, so even if they could obtain them, they would only be able to sell those hives at a later date.

Even if they could defeat this Fire Age Firefly Queen, it was clearly going to have to come at a huge cost, perhaps even losing their lives in the process, and that was not a wise course of action.

Everyone else was thinking the same thing, and only Han Li and the golden-haired young man in possession of the Divine Sun Wooden plaque were determined to stay.

However, right at this moment, the sea of crimson fire suddenly shrank down rapidly to the size of a house, then flew away in a certain direction.

Upon seeing the direction that the crimson fireball was traveling toward, Han Li immediately realized what the Fire Age Firefly Queen was attempting to do, but he made no effort to stop it.

Everyone else was feeling rather perplexed, and the people standing in the path of the fireball hurriedly took evasive measures, only for the fireball to fly right past them before landing on the entrance of the passageway above the lava lake.

"It's trying to seal the passageway!" Su Anqian yelled in an alarmed manner, and sure enough, the crimson fireball had transformed into a fiery barrier that sealed the entrance of the passageway.

The Fire Age Firefly Queen turned to everyone with a mocking sneer in its eyes, much like a sadistic hunter cornering its prey, and looks of despair instantly appeared on some people's faces upon seeing this.

"You think you can take us on all at once? What a joke! Fellow daoists, don't tell me that all of you are scared of a little bug!" the bearded man roared as he stomped a foot heavily down onto the ground, and a yellow spirit domain instantly erupted out of his body to encompass the entire cave.

A burst of tremendous gravitational force acted upon the Fire Age Firefly Queen within the spirit domain, causing it to sink to its haunches.

"As long as we combine our powers, this thing is no match for us!" Jin Liu yelled as he also released a blue spirit domain to encompass the Fire Age Firefly Queen.

The flames of time around the Fire Age Firefly Queen instantly began to ripple slightly, and it was unclear what effect Jin Liu's spirit domain had upon it.

Everyone else also released their spirit domains upon seeing this, and in the blink of an eye, the Fire Age Firefly Queen was enshrouded within around a dozen spirit domains.

A furious look appeared in its eyes as it launched itself through the air, racing toward the bearded man as a red shadow.

It was still extraordinarily fast, but its speed had been greatly hampered by the multitude of spirit domains acting upon it, and the bearded man was able to keep his distance from it as he made a grabbing motion with both hands.

𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The ground in the cave abruptly split open, and countless loose rocks flew out from within before rapidly forming a cage of earth around the Fire Age Firefly Queen.

Immediately thereafter, several immortal treasures flew through the gaps in the cage to strike the Fire Age Firefly Queen.

A string of loud clangs rang out, and to everyone's shock and dismay, the immortal treasures merely bounced off the Fire Age Firefly Queen's body without being able to leave even a single mark behind.

Right at this moment, a blue paper crane that was around the size of a human head appeared in front of the cage, and it flew inside before pecking down onto the Fire Age Firefly Queen's body.

Meanwhile, Su Anqian was making a strange hand seal while chanting an incantation, and one blue paper crane flew out after another before revolving around her.

A dull thump rang out as a hole was pecked into the Fire Age Firefly Queen's body, and blood came spurting out.

The Fire Age Firefly Queen let loose a furious screech as a layer of crimson light appeared over its exoskeleton, while its body swelled slightly in size.

It swept its front legs through the air, and several crescent-shaped streaks of light that were around twice the size of the previous ones erupted forth in all directions, slicing the surrounding cage of earth apart with ease.

After freeing itself from the cage, the Fire Age Firefly Queen immediately launched itself at Su Anqian, displaying far superior speed even compared to its peak speed from earlier, as if it were suddenly no longer affected by the surrounding spirit domains.

Su Anqian hurriedly shot back in retreat upon seeing this, and at the same time, the blue paper cranes circling around her pounced at the Fire Age Firefly Queen in unison.

However, the blue paper cranes were simply far too slow, and the Fire Age Firefly Queen was able ot fly past them with ease, appearing in front of Su Anqian in the blink of an eye before preparing to lash out with its front legs.

Right at this moment, a golden fist projection emerged out of thin air beside the Fire Age Firefly Queen amid a burst of spatial fluctuations, and it sent the Fire Age Firefly Queen tumbling away through the air upon contact.

Meanwhile, Han Li silently withdrew his fist from nearby.

"You have my thanks, Fellow Daoist Shi," Su Anqian said to Han Li with a slightly pale complexion while summoning her blue paper cranes back to herself.

After stabilizing itself, the Fire Age Firefly Queen turned to Han Li with a furious expression, then launched itself at him as a crimson shadow.

However, it then suddenly let loose a furious screech before veering off its original trajectory, flying toward the three hives instead.

As it turned out, the golden-haired young man and another itinerant Golden Immortal had snuck over the hives to try and claim them while the Fire Age Firefly Queen was occupied by Han Li and the others.

Their expressions changed drastically at the sight of the rapidly approaching Fire Age Firefly Queen, and they immediately shot back in retreat, but the Fire Age Firefly Queen seemed to have been completely infuriated by their sneaky maneuver.

Its entire exoskeleton instantly turned bright red, and the flames of time around it also became far darker in color as it accelerated even further, reaching the two men in the blink of an eye before sweeping its front legs through the air like lightning.

Two streaks of crimson light flashed through the air, and the other itinerant Golden Immortal was instantly sliced into two from head to toe, with his nascent soul also destroyed on the spot.

The golden-haired young man raised his wooden plaque to protect himself, and it was also sliced into two.

A pained look appeared on his face upon seeing this, but he had no time to grieve over his ruined treasure as he hurriedly sprang back in retreat to avoid the same fate as his companion, but a large gash was still sliced into his chest, causing him to stumble in his retreat.

The Fire Age Firefly Queen opened its mouth to release a burst of crimson flames, which instantly caught up to the golden-haired young man and reduced him to ashes in the blink of an eye.

Right at this moment, a ball of radiant blue light appeared above the Fire Age Firefly Queen, and the ball of light descended upon it right after it killed the pair of Golden Immortals.

Three thick chains shot out of the blue light to bind the Fire Age Firefly Queen, and even though all three chains were blue, they were giving off completely different law powers that worked together seamlessly to render the Fire Age Firefly Queen completely immobile.

The three Heavenly Water Sect cultivators were standing in a triangular formation in the distance, and each of them was holding onto the end of one of the blue chains.

The Fire Age Firefly Queen let loose a furious screech, and the flames of time around it reared up to scorch the three chains.

Before long, the chains had been severely eroded, but they were constantly being injected with bursts of law powers from the surrounding blue spirit domain, allowing them to remain intact despite the ravages of the flames of time.

Keeping the Fire Age Firefly Queen restrained was no easy feat for the three Heavenly Water Sect cultivators, and Su Anqian's arms were trembling incessantly as she yelled, "We can't keep this up for long, so all of you need to kill this thing now!"

Everyone else hurriedly began unleashing a barrage of attacks upon the Fire Age Firefly Queen, and a hint of panic flashed through its eyes as it let loose a loud screech, upon which all of the Fire Age Fireflies outside the cave immediately rushed in, as if they had just been given permission to do so.

However, right at this moment, Han Li appeared at the entrance of the cave before sweeping his sleeve through the air to release a streak of blue light.

It was a blue jade slab, which rapidly expanded to form a blue stone gate that sealed the entrance tightly shut.

This was an immortal treasure refined from Cerulean Crystalline Jade, and he had acquired it from Dongfang Bai's storage tool.

The stone gate immediately began trembling violently in the face of the collective assault unleashed by the Fire Age Fireflies outside, and Han Li's expression darkened slightly upon seeing this.

He immediately pressed his hands against the stone slab, and a layer of golden light appeared over its surface.

Even so, the stone slab was still trembling incessantly, and the Fire Age Fireflies outside would immediately swarm into the cave if he were to release the stone slab for even a split second.