Wang Yu
Chapter 1093: Too Late
At the edge of the paper umbrella, water droplets seemed to splash out, almost leaping off the paper. The dozen or so koi in the pond also began to move, swimming on the umbrella surface, their tails drawing golden streaks as they swam.
As the magic circle activated, the altar began to tremble violently. The golden flame on it flickered slightly, but there was no immediate movement. However, the blue cloth bag on the other side reacted much more violently.
The bag bulged, shaking violently up and down. The "rumbling" sound inside grew louder and louder, and it no longer sounded like a rolling river, but like muffled thunder.
Hearing the sound, Lan Yuanzi exchanged a glance with Lan Yan, their expressions solemn, clearly somewhat nervous.
Then, with a loud "boom," a deafening sound erupted.
The blue cloth bag shook violently, and a blue light flashed inside. Eighteen water dragons shot out from it, rushing straight towards Lan Yuanzi and his sister.
Each water dragon was more than ten zhang long, its body crystal clear, looking like crystal, but with visible water flowing inside, exuding a powerful aura of water-attribute laws.
"It's coming, be careful..." Lan Yuanzi said, his eyes fixed.
As soon as he finished speaking, the eighteen water dragons crashed into the magic circle they had arranged.
"Rumble..."
A series of booming sounds rang out continuously. Lightning flashed wildly on the bodies of the eighteen water dragons, and countless blue water-lightning surged out, constantly bombarding the entire magic circle. The electric threads that shot out enveloped the entire altar.
Lan Yan felt the power and force contained in the water-lightning, and her face turned slightly pale.
She secretly steadied her mind and continuously cast spells with her hands, cooperating with Lan Yuanzi to channel Immortal Spiritual Power into the sky-blue oiled paper umbrella.
The oiled paper umbrella flashed with light and instantly expanded several times in size. Waves churned in the pond painted on it, and the scarlet koi leaped up like dragons crossing the gate, leaping and bounding on the umbrella surface, drawing golden trajectories.
As strange phenomena appeared on the oiled paper umbrella, the circles of runes engraved on the umbrella handle began to shine brightly. Like peach blossoms blooming, clusters of black vortexes appeared, generating strands of attractive force inside.
As soon as these vortexes appeared, the raging blue lightning below seemed to have finally found an outlet, frantically gathering towards those vortexes and being absorbed into them.
The eighteen lightning water dragons were still raging wildly, and the water-lightning they released was being frantically absorbed by the oiled paper umbrella.
The entire surface of the oiled paper umbrella's pond was boiling. The koi inside were no longer simply jumping, but darting frantically, their scales flipping up one by one, with lightning flashing inside.
As the oiled paper umbrella continued to absorb, it seemed to have temporarily reached a stalemate with the lightning water dragons. Although the water-lightning around the altar was no longer increasing, its power was still strong.
"It seems that we can only control it to this extent at most. If we continue to stalemate, the Koi Umbrella may not be able to hold on. Since we've reached this point, we have to take a risk..." Lan Yuanzi said with a solemn expression.
"Alright!" Lan Yan nodded, her face pale.
After saying that, the two closed their eyes and sat down cross-legged at the same time, each casting a very strange spell, and waves of intense water-attribute laws radiated from their bodies.
As the changes occurred in their bodies, slender threads grew out of the two layers of Spiritual Domain light barriers that enveloped them, connecting to each other and drawing closer. Finally, with a flash of light, they merged together.
At the same time, a blue light suddenly flashed between Lan Yuanzi and Lan Yan's eyebrows. Two Nascent Soul figures emerged from them, flew to the center of the two, clasped hands, and their bodies shone brightly, actually merging together.
The merged Nascent Soul figure rapidly grew in size, becoming almost as tall as an ordinary person. However, its face became somewhat blurred, making it difficult to distinguish between male and female.
Then, intense water-attribute laws surged out from the fused Spiritual Domain, wrapping around the translucent fused Nascent Soul and transforming into a set of strangely shaped blue water armor.
After the water armor was attached, the aura of the fused Nascent Soul skyrocketed. It turned its head and glanced at the two physical bodies still sitting cross-legged in place, took a step, and its figure instantly arrived at the edge of the altar.
It plunged its hands into the lightning-condensed curtain, and with a split to the left and right, the layer of water-lightning was pulled open like a curtain, revealing a hollow opening.
The fused Nascent Soul bent down and entered through the hollow opening.
As soon as it entered the area of the altar, the eighteen water dragons immediately raised their heads and swooped down towards it.
Seeing this, the fused Nascent Soul clasped its hands together, formed a strange hand seal, and pushed its palms out, striking towards the water dragons.
A half-person-high circular water shield appeared in front of it, blocking the impact of the water dragons.
"Rumble"
Accompanied by a burst of violent thunder, the eighteen lightning water dragons slammed heavily on the water shield, splashing large amounts of blue water-lightning.
"Crackling..."
Countless violent lightning splashed on the Nascent Soul. Although it was blocked by the water armor, the Nascent Soul's face could still be seen constantly twisting, indicating great pain.
However, even so, the fused Nascent Soul stubbornly refused to retreat, inching closer and closer to the altar.
"Boom boom boom"
As the booming sound grew louder and louder, the water-lightning became even more violent. The water armor on the fused Nascent Soul began to melt, and the originally distinct and clear runes on it began to blur.
At the same time, the oiled paper umbrella above was filled with mist, and large amounts of water vapor evaporated from the paper umbrella. The pond painted on it became shallower and shallower, and seven or eight of the dozen or so koi painted on it had disappeared.
The fused Nascent Soul's face was already twisted, and just as it was about to collapse, it ascended the altar.
"Ah..."
The Nascent Soul opened its mouth and let out a roar, grabbing the blue cloth bag just before collapsing.
With a sudden tug, it pulled the blue cloth bag back in front of it, yanking it out of the altar.
As soon as the cloth bag shifted position, the blue light on it flashed immediately, and the eighteen lightning water dragons that had surged out of the bag's mouth shrank back one after another, turning into a mass of water and falling back into the bag's mouth. The light converged, and all momentum was withdrawn.
At the same time, the oiled paper umbrella covering the altar finally could not hold on. The ponds painted on both sides completely dried up, all the koi inside disappeared, and the umbrella surface became dry and wrinkled as if it had been roasted by a blazing fire.
The last trace of spiritual light on the Koi Umbrella dissipated, and the umbrella surface "whooshed" and burst into flames, completely burning to ashes.
After the fused Nascent Soul retreated from the altar, the blue light on its body flashed, transforming back into two Nascent Soul figures, flying back to Lan Yuanzi and Lan Yan respectively.
The two who were sitting cross-legged on the ground gasped and suddenly opened their eyes.
Among them, Lan Yan held the blue cloth bag in her hand, looking at Lan Yuanzi with joy in her eyes.
The latter opened his mouth, about to say something, when the altar suddenly began to shake violently. Huge cracks appeared on it, spreading like spiderwebs, and it looked as if it was about to collapse.
Lan Yuanzi quickly got up, grabbed Lan Yan's hand, and leaped backward, flying out of the hall and landing back on the water mist-filled square.
However, before the two landed, they were surprised to find that the mist on the square was gradually thinning, eventually dissipating completely.
At this moment, the expressions of pain on the faces of the people on the square suddenly intensified, but after a breath, they frowned, opened their eyes, and woke up from the illusion.
Han Li had just shaken off the suffocating feeling he had been experiencing. After gasping for breath a few times, he quickly looked around and saw the blue hall shaking violently in front of him and the Lan siblings falling in mid-air.
He frowned, and just as he was wondering, he heard a loud "boom" coming from the hall.
Then, a huge black crack appeared on the ground, stretching from under his feet all the way to the blue hall. With a split to the left and right, it tore the cliff apart.
"Damn it..." Lei Yuce shouted and leaped up, intending to fly into the hall.
However, just as his figure leaped up, the black crack suddenly widened, splitting the blue hall in half along with it, collapsing to both sides.
Through the cracked hall, Han Li saw the altar standing in the hall at a glance, with a golden flame floating alone on it, the flame constantly flickering, looking as if it was about to go out at any moment.
Han Li activated the Grand Five Elements Illusion World Art in his body, using the power of the Law of Time as a guide, and raised his hand to beckon towards the flame from afar.
The altar's restriction had been destroyed by the Lan siblings, and the golden flame immediately shot out from the altar, circled around Han Li's palm, and was collected by him.
At this time, the already precarious altar finally lost all its suppressing power and collapsed completely in a series of "rumbling" sounds.
In the place where it was originally located, a huge black hole appeared in the collapsed area, and the broken altar fell into the hole, and there was no sound for a long time.
"Too late, too late..." Lei Yuce said blankly.
As soon as he finished speaking, bursts of shrill screams and strange cries came from the deep hole under the altar.
Han Li frowned slightly and sensed that many powerful auras were constantly rising from there, getting closer and closer.
"Wen Taisui, old fool, what can you do after suppressing this king for so many years? This king has finally come out, haha..." A sharp voice came from the deep hole, filled with fierce resentment.