BXBX NOVEL Chapter 693: Abrupt Interruption
Chapter 693: Abrupt Interruption
All of the Fire Age Fireflies began to flicker incessantly as he spoke, and Immortal Lord Hot Flame took a glance at Chi Rong, then turned back to Han Li and Fox 3 with a torn look on his face.
A hint of wariness flashed through Bi She\'s eyes upon seeing this, and she distanced herself from him a little.
A faint smile appeared on Su Liu\'s face, and he began to prepare for battle, while Han Li also tightened his grip around his sword.
The atmosphere in the palace had become very tense once again.
However, right at this moment, a commotion suddenly rang out from outside the palace, and Han Li detected a burst of powerful spatial fluctuations.
His brows furrowed slightly as he turned to the entrance of the palace, just in time to see a purple figure stumbling inside while holding a woman in his arms.
These two were none other than Shi Chuankong and Feng Lin, and an immediately elated look appeared on Fox 3\'s face at the sight of them as he called out, "Brother Shi!"
Han Li could sense that Shi Chuankong\'s aura was in a state of disarray, indicating that he had just endured a grueling battle.Su Liu also turned his gaze to Shi Chuankong, and his brows furrowed ever so slightly.
At this point, Feng Lin had already regained consciousness, and Shi Chuankong set her down after taking a moment to steady himself.
Feng Lin was still as pale as a sheet, and she said to Shi Chuankong, "Thank you, Young Master."
Shi Chuankong nodded in response, and his gaze roamed over everyone in the palace. He then faltered slightly upon catching sight of the three treasures in the palace, but his gaze only lingered on them briefly before he looked away.
After taking a moment to catch his breath, Shi Chuankong took a glance out of the palace, then declared, "They\'re coming, everyone."
Han Li immediately understood what Shi Chuankong was referring to, and his expression changed ever so slightly, while a grim look also appeared on Immortal Lord Hot Flame\'s face.
"Are you referring to the Gray Immortals?" Su Liu asked.
Shi Chuankong nodded silently in response.
"Could it be that these two were telling the truth earlier? Have those filthy scoundrels really crossed into our realm? If that\'s the case, then we have to report this matter right away," Chi Rong said with tightly furrowed brows.
"How many of them are there?" Su Liu asked.
Shi Chuankong hesitated momentarily, but ultimately still replied in a truthful manner, "I encountered four Gray Immortals, all of whom are roughly at the High Zenith Stage. On top of that, they\'re also accompanied by an indeterminate number of other Gray Realm creatures."
"Hasn\'t your Reincarnation Palace always been really close with the Gray Realm? If you ask me, you were the one who brought them here, weren\'t you?" Chi Rong suddenly accused as he turned to Han Li and Fox 3.
A peculiar look appeared on Fox 3\'s face upon hearing this, and he didn\'t deny these accusations.
Bi She\'s brows were tightly furrowed, and she also remained silent.
As for Han Li, he had no idea where these Gray Immortals had come from, so he naturally couldn\'t form any judgments.
The lack of denial from the trio was taken as an admission of guilt, and the expressions of everyone in the palace changed ever so slightly.
"Senior Martial Brother Huo Zhuozi, regardless of what happened all those years ago, the True Mantra Sect had always opposed the invasion of the Gray Realm. Are you going to collude with these treacherous bastards? These are outside enemies who must be killed!" Chi Rong yelled as he turned to Immortal Lord Hot Flame.
A conflicted look appeared on Immortal Lord Hot Flame\'s face as he turned to Han Li.
"Regardless of whether you believe us or not, we truly have no idea why these Gray Realm beings are here or how they managed to get here," Fox 3 sighed.
Chi Rong was clearly unconvinced, and he scoffed, "You can take those lies to the afterlife!"
Immediately thereafter, he thrust a palm forward, and an enormous crimson wheel of fire erupted out of his hand.
The wheel was revolving incessantly with crimson flames all over its surface, and the Fire Age Fireflies before him also began to buzz loudly, looking as if they were going to swarm Fox 3 at any moment.
Right at this moment, Han Li suddenly detected something, and he yelled, "They\'re coming!"
Everyone hurriedly turned to the entrance of the palace upon hearing this, but there was nothing there.
Due to the strange restrictions in this space, they weren\'t able to release their spiritual sense very far at all, and after waiting for a moment, there were still no further developments.
Chi Rong immediately flared with rage as he roared, "Don\'t try to play me for a fool!"
He swept a sleeve through the air as he spoke, and the fiery crimson wheel was immediately sent hurtling directly toward Han Li.
"Idiot!" Han Li sighed in frustration as a burst of golden light emerged over his body, and he used his Reversal True Axis ability to evade the attack with ease.
Immediately thereafter, a burst of rumbling rang out in the distance, much like the sound of an approaching sandstorm, and several indistinct figures quickly arrived at the entrance of the palace within a vast cloud of gray mist.
Chi Rong stopped in his tracks as he cast his gaze toward the entrance of the palace, while Su Liu turned to Han Li with a surprised expression, seemingly taken aback by how powerful Han Li\'s spiritual sense was.
The four indistinct figures emerged from the gray mist before entering the palace, and they were none other than Shi Chuankong and Feng Lin\'s pursuers.
The four of them were led by that skeletal figure, and he paid no heed to Han Li and the others as his gaze instantly settled upon the three treasures in the palace.
In particular, the stark white flames in his eye sockets flickered slightly at the the sight of the silver lute within the array, and he hurriedly yelled in excitement, "That\'s the Virata Lute! Once we obtain that lute, our realm defying array will be close to complete, and we\'ll be able to open up a stable passageway for our army to invade this immortal region! Secure the lute right away!"
The other three Gray Immortals hurriedly heeded his call, launching themselves at the three treasures in the array.
"You\'re not getting your hands on anything!" Su Liu roared, but instead of trying to stop the Gray Immortals, he turned to pounce on the three treasures himself.
Everyone else immediately followed suit, and no one tried to stop the Gray Immortals for fear that the three treasures would be taken by others while they were locked in battle against the Gray Immortals.
In contrast, Han Li chose to remain still on the spot as he secretly released his time spirit domain, but suppressed it to the extreme so that it only encompassed a tiny area around his own body.
The Gray Immortals were furious to see this, and the gray-haired young man raised his purple spear, upon which a thick gray tornado erupted out of the tip of the spear before sweeping directly toward Su Liu.
At the same time, the young woman lashed out with her whip, and a loud whip crack rang out as countless gray whip projections emerged, forming a giant gray net in mid-air to encompass Shi Chuankong and the others.
As for the hideous gray-robed elderly man, he spread his arms open to reveal a pair of extremely thin gray fleshy wings, and he shot through the air at an incredible speed, flying past Fox 3 and the others in the blink of an eye as he gained rapidly on Su Liu.
In response, Su Liu spread his right hand open, and an inky black rune appeared on the center of his palm to release a flash of radiant lightning.
A loud thunderclap rang out as a vast expanse of five-colored lightning erupted forth from between his fingers, then spread out as a screen of five-colored lightning that instantly vanquished the oncoming gray tornado.
At the same time, Su Liu sped up significantly with his body enshrouded within five-colored lightning, opening up more distance between himself and the others.
A resounding boom rang out not far behind him, and Chi Rong crashed through the gray net with what appeared to be a miniature crimson sun hovering in front of him, eradicating every obstacle in his path.
The gray skeleton raised his white bone staff up high upon seeing this, then began to chant an incantation, and bursts of gray flames instantly erupted out of the staff before hurtling toward all of the True Immortal Realm cultivators present, including even Han Li, who was playing no part in the fight for the three treasures.
Instead of taking any evasive measures, Han Li lashed out with his Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, and arcs of Divine Devilbane Lightning converged toward the tip of the sword before erupting forth to clash against the gray flames.
A dull thump rang out, and there was no eruption of flames or lightning. Instead, as soon as the two attacks clashed, they immediately began whittling each other down.
Fox 3 and the others were also warding off these gray flames through different means, and as a result, they were inevitably slowed down.
Su Liu was the one being targeted the most, and the five-colored lightning around him was being rapidly worn down. As a result, he was forced to slow down, and the gray-robed elderly man overtook him to lead the charge toward the three treasures.
Right as he was about to rush into the array to secure the Virata Lute, Shi Chuankong abruptly vanished from the spot without any warning.
Almost at the exact same moment, a dark rift appeared in the space beside the array, and Shi Chuankong stepped out of the rift with his complexion deathly pale and blood flowing from the corners of his eyes, then reached out to make a grab for the silver lute.