Chapter 1111: Fight for the Lamp

Han Li turned and cast his gaze toward the five-colored altar beyond the Dao Warriors as a contemplative look appeared on his face.

"What is it, Fellow Daoist Han?" Fox 3 asked.

Instead of answering his questions, Han Li turned to Wyrm 3 as he called out, "Fellow Daoist Wyrm 3, these Dao Warriors are able to draw power from the altar, and we won't be able to eradicate them unless we can cut them off from their power source."

"Do you have any ideas, Fellow Daoist Han?" Wyrm 3 asked as she also disengaged herself from the battle.

"I want to try and use my spirit domain to cut off this connection, but my spirit domain alone most likely doesn't possess the power required to accomplish this, so I'm going to require your assistance," Han Li said.

"So all you need me to do is release my spirit domain?" Wyrm 3 asked.

"That's right. Just release your spirit domain to encompass a small area and focus only on the metal-attribute Dao Warriors. Once we've eradicated them, we'll be able to wipe out the rest," Han Li replied.

"Alright, in that case, let's begin," Wyrm 3 said.

"There's no hurry, I'll inform the others of my plan first," Han Li replied, then informed Lei Yuce and the others of his proposed course of action so that they could prepare themselves accordingly.

Once everyone had been alerted to what was going to happen, Han Li gave Wyrm 3 a nod, following which his time spirit domain abruptly shrank drastically in size, while a dark red spirit domain emerged at almost the exact same moment.

The two spirit domains overlapped virtually perfectly with one another, only encompassing the metal-attribute Dao Warriors within it.

As a result, Lei Yuce and the others were left exposed outside the time spirit domain, and they hurriedly channeled their immortal spiritual power with all their might to ward off the effects of the Eon Divine Lamp's time law powers.

Meanwhile, a peculiar aura began to emanate from Han Li and Wyrm 3's spirit domains, and the two spirit domains began to glow far brighter than before.

The golden spears wielded by the metal-attribute Dao Warriors trapped within the two spirit domains immediately began to dim, and the arrows of golden light that they released faded away altogether.

"It's working! Don't let them get away!" Han Li yelled in an elated manner, and the three of them immediately sprang into action, quickly eradicating all of the metal-attribute Dao Warriors with the assistance of Han Li's lightning-armored Dao Warriors.

Immediately thereafter, a resounding boom rang out elsewhere in the palace, and a burst of flames rose up into the air. It seemed that the Dao Warriors over there had been eradicated by Qi Mozi as well.

With two groups of Dao Warriors destroyed, the five-elemental array was instantly rendered incomplete, and it was only a matter of time before the rest of the Dao Warriors were going to be wiped out.

Han Li hurriedly stowed away what remained of his Dao Warriors upon seeing this, then began to rush toward the altar.

However, right at this moment, a burst of black and white light abruptly rose up from the ground, then transformed into a black and white figure that sprang over everyone, flying directly toward the altar.

It was a young woman dressed in a black and white robe. The woman was completely expressionless, and there was a layer of faint black and white light over her body.

To Han Li's surprise, even though he was able to see the woman, his spiritual sense wasn't able to detect any aura from her at all, as if she were nothing more than an illusion, and judging from everyone else's stunned reactions, it was clear that the same applied to them as well.

"A puppet imbued with yin yang law powers? That's certainly a rare sight. Which one of you does this puppet belong to?" Qi Mozi asked with a cold sneer as he swept his gaze over everyone present.

Puzzled looks appeared on everyone's faces upon hearing this, and even though they had no idea who the puppet belonged to, they immediately launched themselves at the altar as well.

The yin yang puppet thrust a palm forward through the air, releasing a burst of black and white light that formed a circular, yin yang shield that was around three feet in radius. The black and white halves of the yin yang shield were revolving incessantly, and it was able to ward off the restrictive power in the air to reach the altar without any resistance.

As opposed to the golden scroll, the black, triangular tablet, or the golden lamp, the puppet was reaching for the bonded soul tablets of Qu Lin's trio.

An urgent look appeared on Fox 3's face upon seeing this, and he summoned his Heavenly Fox Bloodform Saber before slashing it at the puppet from behind.

A streak of crescent-shaped crimson light immediately swept through the air toward the puppet, and in response, the puppet made a strange hand seal with its other hand, upon which a giant yin yang symbol was conjured up behind it.

The streak of crimson light struck the yin yang symbol, and the latter shuddered violently, following which piercing, crimson light exploded in all directions, slicing through the surrounding space.

However, in the next instant, the yin yang symbol began to revolve rapidly while releasing a burst of peculiar energy fluctuations, and all of the crimson light was sucked into it in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, the puppet was already reaching down to grab the three crimson tablets beneath the golden lamp.

However, right at this moment, the lamp suddenly shuddered violently as it began to glow with dazzling, golden light, and the flame at its center reared to release waves of golden fire that proliferated through the air in all directions.

The puppet was closest to the lamp, so it was naturally struck first, and it only just barely had time to conjure up another yin yang symbol in front of itself before the wave of fire crashed into its body, sending it flying over everyone's heads before tumbling to the ground, where it instantly vanished into the earth.

Lei Yuce and the others hurriedly rushed back in retreat in the face of the oncoming waves of fire, but they had been caught off guard.

Lan Yuanzi hurriedly pulled Lan Yan behind himself, then swept a sleeve through the air to summon the blue pouch, which released a wave of blue water that formed a barrier of water in front of them.

The flames clashed against the barrier of water, resulting in an explosion of blue water lightning, Lan Yuanzi and Lan Yan retreated as quickly as they could before tumbling to the ground.

The latter was completely unscathed, but the former couldn't help but throw up a mouthful of blood.

"Are you alright?" Lan Yan hurriedly asked as she grabbed onto his arm to support him, and Lan Yuanzi assured her that he was fine before stowing the blue pouch away again.

Compared with them, everyone had been dealt even heavier blows, and they were all reeling from the impact.

Even the five devilish beings had been forced back in retreat, despite their formidable physical constitutions.

Xiong Shan was aware that he was the weakest out of everyone present, so he didn't even dare to approach the altar in the first place, and he had been spared of harm for his foresight.

In contrast with everyone else, Han Li and Qi Mozi were forcing their way through the waves of fire as they continued to rush toward the altar.

Han Li was surrounded by manifestations of his five time-attribute law treasures, which kept the fiery waves at bay as he forged ahead, while Qi Mozi only had his Time Severing Torch hovering before him, but it was giving off even more formidable time law power fluctuations than Han Li's law treasure manifestations.

On top of that, his cultivation base also far surpassed Han Li's, so he was able to reach the altar first.

"The Eon Divine Lamp is mine!" he chortled with glee as he reached for the lamp, grabbing onto it before attempting to pull it off the altar, but it remained completely still, as if it had taken root there.

Qi Mozi's brows furrowed slightly upon seeing this, and he released his Great Encompassment Stage in its entirety as he pulled on the lamp with all his might.

The Eon Divine Lamp finally tilted slightly, and a drop of golden lamp oil splashed out from inside before being ignited by the lamp's flame.

An alarmed look appeared on Qi Mozi's face upon seeing this, and his Time Severing Torch instantly vanished into his body at his behest.

At the same time, a layer of golden flames emerged over the length of his entire arm.

As soon as the spark spilled down onto the ground, it immediately reared up as a wave of golden fire that surged toward Qi Mozi's flame-enveloped arm.

The fire on Qi Mozi's arm was only able to resist for a moment before all of it retreated into his body, leaving his arm to be swallowed up by the wave of golden fire, and it was reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye.

Meanwhile, Han Li had also arrived on the altar, and he reached out for the other items on the altar outside of the lamp.

An alarmed look appeared on Qi Mozi's face as his incinerated arm detached itself from his body at his shoulder on its own, while he also reached out his other hand for the other items on the altar.

Han Li was able to capture the golden scroll and two of the crimson tablets, while the triangular, black tablet and the final crimson tablet fell into Qi Mozi's grasp.

Neither of them were willing to settle for this outcome, but it was too dangerous to stay on the altar, so instead of engaging each other in battle, both of them immediately darted back in retreat.