Right to the point!
Exposing Elder Cangqiong's ulterior motives on the spot, making his face turn black instantly! Coupled with the gazes from behind, he became enraged! He sneered directly.
"Afraid of you? Long Lixing, I sealed you back then, and I can seal you again now!"
As he finished speaking, he thrust his staff into the ground and shouted.
"Form the array!"
In an instant, everyone behind him moved. A bald old monk holding prayer beads and another elder holding a jade flute rushed forward!
The pressure of the Heavenly Dao Emperor Realm descended, filling the entire forest! Jin Bao'er reached out to disperse it; there was some resistance, but it wasn't strong. The trial master immediately erected a barrier to protect the forest behind him...
The five people opposite were completely unaffected. Looking at their attire, they clearly possessed treasures that could withstand such pressure!
At this moment, the five of them spread out, forming a circle. They used their spiritual energy to materialize drawings on the ground. The patterns were extremely complex, resembling some kind of script or cursed totems!
The five distinct colors of spiritual energy flowed smoothly. She then realized that their attributes were precisely the five elemental single spiritual roots: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth! While this talent was uncommon, it wasn't exceedingly rare, and many could be found in the Upper Realm, but few could cultivate to such a level...
Five cultivators at the sixth stage of the Heavenly Dao Emperor realm! And all with elemental spiritual roots! This was truly a rare sight!
She moved closer, and perhaps because they disdained her as a weakling, they paid her no mind! Jin Bao'er watched as the patterns gradually took shape! The more she looked, the more familiar they became!
Soon, a simple Taiji two-element bagua array was formed. Except for the two elements in the center of the circle which were yet to be drawn, the rest of the area was outlined with peculiar patterns. Just looking at it, one could feel the immense power within.
Although it didn't seem like enough power to seal a formidable entity like Long Lixing, seeing the sweat on the five individuals' brows, she knew the array consumed a tremendous amount of energy!
"Boom! Bang!!"
In the sky above, four figures were locked in an intense battle! Countless spiritual energy fluctuations erupted, creating dazzling displays in the sky. Astonishing pressure swept by with the gale, and the ground was soon pockmarked with enormous craters...
In an instant, the sky became unpredictable! Ten thousand feet of dark clouds churned violently, and a colossal mushroom cloud appeared on the horizon! Within it, sounds of impact and flashes of light could still be heard intermittently!
The scene was truly spectacular! Nearly half of the sky in the entire Upper Realm had undergone a transformation, quickly attracting the attention of many!
On the ground, after the five had completed the array, they immediately began to recuperate! Various elixirs and small formations appeared one after another! This made Jin Bao'er's eyes flicker...
This clan must be extremely wealthy! And they would surely have many alchemists, formation masters, and talisman masters! She just didn't understand why others in the Upper Realm were not permitted to learn these arts.
Seeing that the five were ignoring her, yet sensing an invisible divine consciousness tracking her, she didn't act rashly. Instead, she decided to study the array seriously... After all, Long Lixing wouldn't lose!
Looking at the script on the array, for some reason, she felt a sense of familiarity, as if she had seen it somewhere before! But she didn't recognize these characters, and it wasn't something she had used... So, what could it be?
In her Sea of Consciousness, since Jin Huang and the others had entered the immortal mansion, only a solitary black Profound Iron and a floating talisman remained! Perhaps sensing Jin Bao'er's thoughts, the talisman stirred slightly, and a white light flickered on its surface...
This movement quickly attracted Jin Bao'er's attention. The moment her divine sense entered her Sea of Consciousness, she noticed the abnormality of the talisman, and then it suddenly dawned on her...
The script on the talisman seemed to have appeared on that array!
For a moment, her mind raced!
The talisman glowed faintly, then slowly floated towards her. Jin Bao'er instinctively reached out to catch it. She withdrew her divine sense and, at first glance, saw the talisman in her hand. Her eyes flickered, and with a feeling, she directly threw the talisman into the array...
This slight movement had no spiritual energy fluctuations, so the five paid it no mind, still recuperating! They didn't see a pale yellow talisman slowly devouring the array they had painstakingly created!
Jin Bao'er's heart stirred, and she silently stepped back a few paces, her expressionless face tilted towards the sky, as if nothing had happened!
Meanwhile, Long Lixing in the sky had finally had enough! With a wave of his hand, he struck all three of them down simultaneously. Three figures plummeted from a height of ten thousand feet, creating several-meter-deep craters!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Elder Cangqiong felt as if his bones were about to fall apart. There was almost no intact flesh on his body. The pain made him wish he could pass out on the spot! His fear and anger intensified! Covered in disheveled wounds, he desperately tried to mobilize his spiritual energy to slowly rise from the pit...
Upon landing, his face turned even uglier. He gritted his teeth and said.
"You... you've recovered all your strength? Despicable!"
He had to think that way! The man before him had fought them for so long, yet not a speck of dust stained his clothes! His aura was steady, and his demeanor was at ease! What was most detestable was that smug, mocking smile, just like back then!!
Long Lixing reached out and brushed away non-existent smoke and dust from his sleeve. Hearing this, he merely raised an eyebrow, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.
"You never asked! Why should I tell you? In that case, how can you call me despicable? Hmph... you didn't really think my strength hadn't recovered, did you, planning to take advantage of my weakness? Tsk tsk, old man Cang, you haven't changed a bit!"
After sighing, his tone turned cold! Utterly disgusted!
"Still as shameless and confident as ever!"
From the other two craters, the bald monk was the second to fly out. Three round prayer beads were impaled on his gleaming bald head! His head had three depressions, bleeding profusely, a truly horrific sight!
"Amitabha... Ancestor Long is indeed as powerful as he was back then! This monk concedes defeat!"
The old monk had also participated in the battle against Long Lixing back then, but at that time, he was only at the sixth stage of the Heavenly Dao Emperor. A thousand years later, he had barely advanced to the Heavenly Dao Emperor realm! For him to have come this far, he was naturally not a fool! But...
"Ancestor Long, this Upper Realm is no longer the Upper Realm it once was. The former glory of the Dragon Clan has faded with the passage of time! Now the Upper Realm is at peace; why must you persist in your aggression? Why cause widespread suffering and mutual hatred among all living things?"
At first hearing, it sounded somewhat reasonable!
Long Lixing paused, looking at him with an expression as if he were looking at an idiot for several seconds, then sneered.
"What's wrong? Did the prayer beads smash your brain? Do you really think I care about this mere Upper Realm? Hmph... why speak so righteously!"
The old monk clasped his hands together and opened his eyes! His face filled with disbelief and surprise as he said.
"If you don't care, why have you returned? The Phoenix Clan of the two divine beast races has long since retired from worldly affairs! Only the Dragon Clan, upon its return, has disrupted the peace of the aristocratic families! Looting property! Where is this righteousness you speak of?"