Chapter 747: Taking a Risk

Gui Mu's gaze roamed over the ensnared Fox 3 and Baili Yan as a sinister grin appeared on his face, following which he summoned a pair of objects that resembled withered black branches.

There were lines of gray text on these branches that were flashing incessantly, giving them a rather profound appearance.

A burst of gray ripples surged out of the branches alongside a fearsome cloud of baleful qi, and in the next instant, a fierce look flashed through Gui Mu's eyes as he swept a sleeve through the air, sending the two branches flying toward Fox 3 and Baili Yan.

On the other side of the hall, Yin Xu also raised both hands to release around a dozen black threads.

These black threads were hair-thin needles, each of which was around a foot in length. There were black runes flashing over the needles, giving them a rather indistinct appearance, and they were flying toward all parts of Han Li's body at an alarming speed.

A grim look appeared on Han Li's face upon seeing this, but he didn't panic, and his Mantra Treasured Axis appeared behind him before immediately beginning to revolve rapidly.

Even though the black cage had trapped him, it wasn't able to restrict the immortal spiritual power in his body.

Dense waves of golden ripples surged out of the Mantra Treasured Axis, instantly encompassing the entire surrounding area within a radius of several hundred feet, and everything caught within the golden ripples instantly fell completely still, regardless of whether it be the black needles, the withered branches, the black cage, or the ghost vine cocoons.

Yin Xu, Gui Mu, and Shi Chuankong were also instantly rooted to the spot by the golden ripples, leaving Han Li as the only person in the hall that was still able to move.

However, he knew that he had only managed to immobilize the two Great Encompassment cultivators with his time law powers by catching them off guard, so they definitely weren't going to be stopped for long.

Taking advantage of this brief window of opportunity, Han Li immediately began to chant an incantation, and golden light surged over his body as he extended a finger forward.

The golden light around his body converged toward his fingertip, as did all of the remaining time law threads in his body.

A golden finger projection appeared before piercing into the black cage, and it wasn't very large, but it was giving off an extremely formidable aura, as if it were capable of tearing a hole into the very heavens.

A large hole was instantly pierced into the cage like a finger poking through a sheet of paper, and at the same time, he made a grabbing motion to summon his Profound Heavenly Gourd.

A streak of golden light shot out of the mouth of the gourd, then quickly revolved around Fox 3 and Baili Yan.

The streak of golden light was extremely bright and was also giving off peerlessly sharp law power fluctuations, which had come from the destruction of a metal-attribute immortal treasure of an extremely high caliber.

The ghost vines around the two were instantly severed, while Han Li flew out of the hole in the black cage, taking Weeping Soul along with him.

At the same time, he swept a sleeve through the air, releasing a burst of azure light that enveloped both Fox 3 and Baili Yan, following which he shot back in retreat.

At this point, Gui Mu and Yin Xu had already freed themselves from the restraints of Han Li's time law powers, and black light was surging out of their bodies to resist the surrounding golden ripples.

The golden ripples were instantly torn apart without being able to pose any resistance, and the flow of time around the two of them was returned to normal.

However, at this point, Han Li and the others had also been freed, and they flew over to Shi Chuankong's side.

All of the golden ripples in the hall then vanished in a flash at Han Li's behest, and everything in the hall returned to normal.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Han," Fox 3 said.

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Baili Yan was staring at Han Li with a stunned look on his face, and he also expressed his gratitude.

As for Shi Chuankong, he seemed to be completely oblivious to what had just happened, and he was still intently studying the restrictions on the stone gate.

At this moment, there were hundreds of silver array flags hovering around him to form several silver arrays.

All of these arrays were glowing radiantly, casting bright silver light onto the stone gate, while also releasing countless silver runes into the silver light barrier, which was flashing and buzzing incessantly.

"We've only been able to survive up to this point thanks to the inhibitions of our opponents, but let's not forget that they're still Great Encompassment cultivators, so we have to be extra careful from here onward," Han Li said as he stared intently at Yin Xu and Gui Mu.

Fox 3 and the others immediately nodded in response with grim expressions.

Instead of immediately lashing out at Han Li and the others again, Yin Xu communicated to Gui Mu through voice transmission, "That brat is a real pain in the backside."

"Even for us, it takes some time to counteract his time law powers. It's not a long time, but it's enough for them to regroup. At this rate, they'll be able to drag this battle on indefinitely, and the situation will be beyond salvation if they manage to break the restrictions on the gate," Gui Mu replied as he cast a glance at Shi Chuankong.

"The restrictions on the gate were personally set up by the regional monarch, there's no way that these brats could break them so easily. On top of that, the baleful qi here is far denser than it is outside. I can sense that they're already struggling with the effects of baleful qi corrosion, so even if we don't do anything, they won't be able to last much longer," Yin Xu said with a sinister grin.

Gui Mu faltered slightly upon hearing this, and he turned his gaze back to Han Li and the others, following which a hint of elation flashed through his eyes.

At the same time, Han Li's brows furrowed slightly as the baleful qi in his body began to stir once again.

"Master..."

A concerned look appeared on Weeping Soul's face, and she was just about to say something when Yin Xu and Gui Mu suddenly sprang forward.

Right as the battle was about to resume, a burst of incredibly radiant silver light abruptly surged out of the stone gate, illuminating the entire hall in blinding radiance.

Shi Chuankong was making a rapid string of hand seals, and the array flags in the silver arrays around him were flying down in rapid succession before embedding themselves into the silver light barrier on the stone gate in an orderly fashion.

The silver light barrier immediately began to flash erratically, and all of the array patterns on the other walls of the hall also began to light up.

Beyond the stone gate, a faint roar rang out, causing the entire hall to shudder slightly.

Yin Xu and Gui Mu's expressions changed drastically upon seeing this.

"What the hell are you doing? Stop!"

The two of them immediately abandoned Han Li and the others to pounce at Shi Chuankong instead.

"Stop them! Don't let them disturb Fellow Daiost Shi!" Han Li yelled as he appeared before the two Great Encompassment cultivators in a flash, then swept a sleeve through the air, upon which the nine Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords around him swelled drastically in size before hurtling directly toward Gui Mu.

At the same time, a beam of crimson light erupted out of the Profound Heavenly Gourd toward Yin Xu.

Fox 3 and the others also sprang into action, summoning a vast array of immortal treasures to form a barrier in the path of Yin Xu and Gui Mu.

Even with their Great Encompassment Stage cultivation bases, Yin Xu and Gui Mu didn't dare to take these attacks lightly, and they could only stop in their tracks to protect themselves.

Meanwhile, bright silver light was radiating from Shi Chuankong's body, releasing a series of translucent silver threads that quickly vanished into the silver light barrier.

At the same time, the silver lute appeared in his grasp, and he began rapidly strumming his fingers over its strings.

With each note that was played, a streak of silver light would fly out of the lute before also vanishing into the silver light barrier, causing it to glow even brighter.

On top of that, the buzzing ringing out from the light barrier had crescendoed to a violent rumbling at this point, and Shi Chuankong's hands were flying over the strings of the lute as a pair of untraceable blurs.

Right at this moment, one final streak of radiant silver light flew out of the lute. There was a faint silver humanoid figure inside, and it vanished into the light barrier, which shuddered one final time before falling away.

All of the other restrictions on the stone gate instantly dimmed significantly as if they had also been severely damaged.

At this moment, there was an unnatural flush in Shi Chuankong's cheeks, and blood was flowing down from the corners of his lips, but he was in extremely high spirits as he yelled, "Finally! I've finally managed to refine the Virata Flute!"

After turning around to take a glance at the battle raging behind him, he strummed the strings of the lute once more, and two ribbons of silver light shot out of the lute at an incredible speed, enveloping Gui Mu and Yin Xu in a flash.

In the next instant, both of them vanished without any warning, only to reappear near the entrance of the underground tunnel.

The two of them exchanged an astonished glance, then frantically flew back into the underground tunnel.

Han Li and the others were also momentarily rooted to the spot upon seeing this, while Shi Chuankong continued to strum the strings of his lute as he said, "I've already disabled the spatial restriction on the gate, but only on a temporary basis thanks to the power of the Virata Lute. The restriction will recover again very soon, so we have to get in right now."

Streaks of silver light flew out of lute as he spoke, descending onto the nearby ground to form a teleportation array.

Han Li and the others immediately stowed away their immortal treasures upon hearing this, then flew into the array.

Shi Chuankong chanted a brief incantation, and the group vanished from within the array amid a flash of silver light.

Almost as soon as they disappeared, two streaks of black light flew into the underground cave, then faded to reveal Yin Xu and Gui Mu.

At this point, the hall was already completely empty, and their steely expressions darkened even further upon seeing this.

The silver light barrier on the stone gate was already taking shape again, but it was still rippling violently in an unstable fashion.

"The seal is inside! We have to use the infernal badge to open the restrictions here and chase after them!" Gui Mu said in an urgent voice as he turned to Yin Xu, who summoned his infernal badge, but didn't use it right away.

"What are you waiting for?" Gui Mu asked.

"You think I want to wait? Right now, the restrictions on the gate still haven't recovered, so even the infernal badge can't open them!" Yin Xu snapped with a dark expression.

Gui Mu fell silent upon hearing this, and he stared intently at the stone gate with his hand balled up into tight fists.