Chapter 1104: Venturing Into a Sword Array

Han Li heaved an internal sigh of relief upon seeing this, then withdrew his Mantra Treasured Axis before flying toward the golden palace up ahead.

Upon arriving at the palace, he discovered a massive plaque hanging above its entrance, one that read "Eon Palace" in large, flowing characters.

The palace gates were slightly ajar, and radiant, golden light was pouring out of the gap. The golden light was giving off immense time law power fluctuations that were also intermingled with several other powerful auras, all of which seemed to belong to certain immortal treasures.

However, the opening wasn't large enough to see through, and given how severely spiritual sense was restricted here, it was impossible to detect what was inside the palace.

Han Li stood in front of the palace with a contemplative look on his face.

He hadn't immediately entered the palace as there was a large plaza directly in front of it, and there were numerous yellow stone swords standing on the plaza with their tips pointed upward and their hilts downward.

Each stone sword was around a thousand feet in size, and they were giving off formidable earth law power fluctuations.

There were thirty-six of these stone swords in total, and they were arranged into a sword array on the plaza.

Given the positioning of the sword array, it was impossible to access the palace gates without venturing through it first.

The Essence Fire Raven sprang up from Han Li's shoulder as it began flying toward the Eon Palace, and Han Li's brows furrowed slightly upon seeing this, following which he swept a sleeve through the air, releasing a burst of golden light that swept up the Essence Fire Raven before forcibly throwing it into the Flower Branch domain.

After attaining its essential fire law powers, the Essence Fire Raven had become far more powerful than before, but it had also become more bold and adventurous, making it more difficult to keep under control.

Han Li turned his attention back to the stone sword array, and a frustrated look quickly began to appear in his eyes.

The sword array appeared to be quite simple, but the more he examined it, the more profound it revealed itself to be.

Given enough time, he was confident that he would be able to unravel the array, and doing so would perhaps even be very helpful to honing his expertise in the art of arrays, but at the moment, time was of the essence, so he had to hurry.

With that in mind, Han Li flicked a finger through the air, releasing a streak of golden sword qi that was around a hundred feet in length and thirty feet wide toward one of the stone swords up ahead.

A dense layer of yellow light instantly appeared over the sword's surface, and upon striking the yellow light, the streak of golden sword qi instantly vanished into it without a trace.

After devouring the streak of golden sword qi, the layer of yellow light faded away.

Han Li's expression darkened slightly upon seeing this, and he knew that he wouldn't be able to bypass it using any cheap tricks.

After a brief moment of contemplation, he made a hand seal to summon his Mantra Treasured Axis, which released waves of golden ripples that encompassed the entire surrounding area within a radius of a thousand feet.

From there, Han Li stepped into the stone sword array, and as soon as he did so, he found himself standing in a yellow desert.

Not only was there nothing but yellow sand underfoot for as far as the eyes could see, the clouds above were also a dark, yellow color, and they were giving off a burst of tremendous pressure.

Han Li's expression changed slightly upon seeing this, and he discovered that unlike the average illusory array, this yellow desert space was extremely solid, with no identifiable weak points to be exploited.

Furthermore, this space contained only earth-attribute spiritual qi, thereby significantly weakening all other types of law powers.

Han Li channeled his Infernal Devilish Eyes to inspect his surroundings, but right at this moment, thirty-six giant, yellow, stone swords emerged over the landscape around him.

All of the stone swords were radiating dazzling, yellow light, and they rose up into the sky as giant pillars of yellow light.

At the same time, steaks of yellow sword qi emerged over the stone swords, giving them the appearance of thirty-six blooming flowers.

Immediately thereafter, all of the streaks of sword qi vanished into thin air, only to reappear around Han Li amid bursts of violent spatial fluctuations before sweeping toward him from all directions.

Han Li remained calm and collected as he made a rapid string of hand seals, and the Mantra Treasured Axis behind him accelerated drastically in its revolution, while the area encompassed within the golden ripples became significantly smaller and more condensed.

All of the streaks of oncoming sword qi were imbued with immense power, but they were immediately immobilized as soon as they pierced into the golden ripples.

All of a sudden, it was as if a ring-shaped wall of yellow swords had appeared around Han Li.

More and more streaks of sword qi continued to pierce into the golden ripples, only to also fall completely still.

However, these streaks of yellow sword qi contained astonishing power, and there were also a staggering number of them.

Within the span of no more than a few seconds, the wall of sword qi around Han Li had reached an incredible level of density, forming a watertight barrier around him.

More and more streaks of sword qi continued to crash into the solid wall of swords, and a string of resounding booms rang out amid explosions of yellow light.

A burst of terrifying spiritual pressure was emanating from the wall of sword qi, compressing toward Han Li from all directions, and the surrounding golden ripples began to tremble in an unsteady fashion, as if they were on the verge of being overwhelmed.

Han Li's expression changed slightly upon seeing this, and he took a glance at the giant, yellow swords around him.

The thirty-six pillars of yellow light had converged somewhere high up in the sky to form a yellow cloud, and there were countless yellow runes flashing within it, giving off an indescribable aura that was becoming more and more powerful.

A grim look surfaced in Han Li's eyes upon seeing this, and he immediately switched to a different hand seal, upon which his body swelled drastically in size before transforming into a giant, devilish deity with three heads and six arms.

Over nine hundred profound acupoints had lit up over the devilish deity's body, releasing radiant starlight to form a barrier over its body, following which it let loose a thunderous roar before slamming all six of its fists into the surrounding wall of sword qi.

An earth-shattering boom rang out as the wall of sword qi was shattered to create an opening, and Han Li immediately withdrew his Mantra Treasured Axis before flying out of the opening, pouncing at the nearest stone sword.

The countless streaks of yellow sword qi seemed to have detected his intentions, and they converged from all directions to strike him with immense power.

However, the starlight barrier over his body was extremely resilient, and it was able to keep all of the yellow sword qi at bay.

In the blink of an eye, Han Li was able to reach one of the stone swords before slamming it with an almighty punch.

The giant, stone sword instantly exploded into countless specks of yellow light that then dissipated into nothingness.

Simultaneously, Han Li swung his other five fists through the air in different directions, sending five fist projections crashing into five other stone swords.

Three resounding booms rang out as three more stone swords were shattered in rapid succession, but the sword that was furthest away remained intact as the fist projection directed toward it had been weakened too much by the obstructive sword qi along the way.

A faint smile appeared on Han Li's face upon seeing this, only to immediately fade away a moment later.

Even though the four stone swords had been shattered, the four corresponding pillars of yellow light hadn't faded away. Instead, they were still rising up toward the heavens, but they were looking far dimmer than before.

𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

The earth-attribute spiritual qi in the surrounding environment was surging into the four pillars of yellow light in a frenzy, and four yellow sword projections instantly appeared within them.

With the continued influx of earth-attribute spiritual qi, the four sword projections quickly took on a more substantial form, and before long, it appeared that the four stone swords were about to be reformed.

An alarmed look appeared on Han Li's face upon seeing this, and he immediately summoned his time spirit domain before sweeping all six of his arms through the air to release over two hundred time law threads.

The time law threads split up into two batches, forming a pair of enormous, golden blades that were each close to ten kilometers in length before sweeping through the air in either direction.

At the same time, thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords flew out of Han Li's body, then combined as one to form a giant, golden, lightning sword that was tens of thousand of feet in length before launching itself up at the yellow clouds in the sky.

A string of resounding booms rang out as the two blades of golden light shattered the majority of the stone swords, but their corresponding pillars of yellow light were still intact, and the broken stone swords began to rapidly reform once again as earth-attribute spiritual qi surged into the pillars of yellow light.

Another resounding boom rang out as the giant lightning sword struck the yellow clouds above.

The clouds didn't appear to be remarkable in any way, but they were extraordinarily resilient, and they only shuddered slightly upon being struck by the lightning sword before falling still again.

Han Li's expression finally completely darkened upon seeing this.

All of a sudden, the yellow clouds in the sky began to churn violently, and all of the nearby earth-attribute spiritual qi surged into them like turbulent waters through a broken floodgate.

The pillars of yellow light around the thirty-six stone swords below were also completely devoured by the yellow clouds, causing them to rapidly expand, while a set of yellow gates that were neither round nor rectangular appeared deep within the clouds.

There were a series of sword-shaped patterns etched onto the gates' surface, and it was giving off tremendous sword qi and earth law power fluctuations.

This burst of earth law power fluctuations was far more vast and profound than average earth law power fluctuations, as if these gates were directly connected to heaven and earth.

All of a sudden, the gravitational force in the entire space became over a hundred times more potent, making it very difficult for Han Li to move.