"Whether my method works or not, we'll know once I give it a try. You can all watch from the side, but after the target is killed, I get to pick one magic treasure or artifact from his belongings first," Lin Shiqi said with a chuckle.

"Since Fellow Daoist Lin Shiqi is so confident, let's give it a try. But before that, we need to set up a space-sealing formation outside this array to prevent alerting the person inside and allowing him to escape," Lin Jiu said, seizing the opportunity before Han Li could speak.

Seeing this, Han Li naturally had no objections.

The three then discussed the details briefly and immediately flew off according to their respective tasks, setting up the sealing formation outside the two mountain peaks.

After half a day, as dusk approached, the three of them reunited at the mouth of the valley.

As Lin Jiu chanted softly, he pointed a finger at a formation flag on the ground in front of him. An invisible ripple immediately spread out, transforming into a spherical light curtain that was barely visible to the naked eye, enveloping the entire area within nearly a thousand miles.

"Alright, the sealing formation is activated. Fellow Daoist, you can try now," Lin Jiu said, looking at Lin Shiqi beside him after finishing his spell.

Lin Shiqi nodded, took a few steps forward, and came to the hidden formation light curtain at the mouth of the valley. With a flick of his wrist, a golden talisman appeared between his fingers.

He raised his hand and placed the talisman on his forehead.

The runes drawn on the talisman immediately lit up and merged directly into his head.

Accompanied by a series of obscure chanting sounds, golden electric arcs began to emerge from Lin Shiqi's body, enveloping him entirely and crackling.

Then, he uttered a soft "Hasten!" and his figure suddenly blurred, transforming into a slender bolt of lightning that shot directly into the mouth of the valley.

There was only a soft "pop" sound at the mouth of the valley, and then silence. Lin Shiqi's figure disappeared.

"It seems this method works," Lin Jiu said with a hint of joy in his eyes.

Han Li, however, frowned and looked towards the high sky.

Seeing this, Lin Jiu seemed to sense something was wrong and quickly looked up as well.

There was a "sizzle" sound.

A figure wrapped in golden lightning fell rapidly from the sky and crashed straight into the snowfield.

With a "boom!"

A huge pit was immediately formed in the snowfield, from which large golden lightning bolts were ejected, scorching the surrounding snow-covered forests black.

Han Li and Lin Jiu rushed to the vicinity and saw Lin Shiqi, covered in black scorch marks, sitting at the bottom of the pit, smoke rising from his head. He didn't seem to be seriously injured, but he looked both disheveled and comical.

"Lin Shiqi, what happened?" Lin Jiu asked in confusion.

"This restriction… is not the Golden Peak Thunderguard Formation, or rather, not entirely…" Lin Shiqi climbed up from the bottom of the pit, took out a pill and swallowed it, and then spoke.

"That explains it…" Han Li suddenly said.

"It seems Fellow Daoist Jiao Wu has made some discoveries," Lin Jiu said, his eyes lighting up.

"When that snow rabbit crashed into the array earlier, I sensed a slight fluctuation of spatial power. Now it seems that what's set up here is a special fusion array," Han Li said after a moment of contemplation.

Lin Shiqi flashed and flew from the bottom of the pit to Han Li's side. His injuries had fully recovered and he had changed his clothes.

His expression became serious, and he looked at Han Li without the previous provocative intent, asking, "According to your words, are you saying that this array is a fusion of the Golden Peak Thunderguard Formation and some kind of spatial formation?"

"That's right. Fellow Daoist Lin Shiqi didn't fail to enter the array just now, but was successfully teleported out by the spatial restriction the moment you entered the Golden Peak Thunderguard Formation," Han Li said.

"So, the lightning of the Golden Peak Thunderguard Formation earlier was compressed so much because it was affected by the spatial formation?" Lin Jiu pondered after hearing this.

"It should be so. Fortunately, Fellow Daoist Lin Shiqi was fast enough and didn't suffer the coordinated attack of the thunder formation at the same time as the spatial array was activated. Otherwise, with the power of the compressed golden lightning, it would have been difficult to retreat unscathed," Han Li glanced at Lin Shiqi and said.

Hearing this, the latter's expression finally became solemn.

"It seems that the person in this valley must be doing something very important, as if to prevent any interference. Otherwise, they wouldn't have used such a strange restriction array. Once this array is set up, not only is it difficult for people outside to enter, but it's also difficult for people inside to leave," Han Li said thoughtfully.

"Since we can't sneak in, we can only break the array's core and force our way in," Lin Jiu said after a moment of silence, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.

"Wait, I have another method that might be worth trying," Han Li suddenly said.

"Oh? Fellow Daoist, please speak," Lin Jiu said, looking at him.

"I happen to be proficient in a thunder array technique that can combine spatial power and lightning power to achieve instantaneous long-distance escape. This array here is also a fusion of these two powers. As long as I control my thunder array fluctuations to the same level as this array, perhaps I can penetrate it," Han Li explained.

"How confident are you in this method?" Lin Jiu asked.

"Controlling the thunder array technique is not easy, I only have about 50% confidence," Han Li said after a moment of thought.

"Only half? Does that mean we have a 50% chance of being attacked by the array's lightning?" Lin Shiqi said hesitantly.

Lin Jiu pondered for a moment, then decided, "Let's use Fellow Daoist Jiao Wu's method. If it doesn't work, I will find a way to block the array's attack. Then, we'll only have the option of attacking by force."

Hearing this, Lin Shiqi nodded slowly.

After the three made their decision, Han Li came to the mouth of the valley, closed his eyes, and released his spiritual sense to carefully feel the spiritual power fluctuations of the array.

After a long while, he suddenly opened his eyes, and his body crackled, revealing silver lightning threads.

Then, there was a thunderous roar.

The lightning around his body shot out and intertwined in mid-air, condensing into a thunder and lightning array with a diameter of more than ten zhang, directly enveloping Lin Jiu and Lin Shiqi.

"You two, get closer to me," Han Li said to the two with a focused gaze.

A strange look flashed in Lin Jiu's eyes as he took two steps closer to Han Li. Lin Shiqi immediately followed.

The next moment, Han Li clapped his hands together in front of him, and the thunder array surrounding the three of them suddenly shrank to less than a zhang. The originally intensely ejected electric arcs also shrank and became smaller, as if the whole thing had been suppressed tenfold.

"Go," Han Li called out softly.

The thunder array surrounding the three of them flashed with lightning and disappeared from its original location.

Almost at the same time, in the void at the mouth of the valley, the invisible light curtain suddenly flashed, and dozens of thumb-thick golden lightning bolts flashed before immediately disappearing silently, as if nothing had happened.

Inside the valley, there was a sudden "sizzle" sound in the high sky, and a silver lightning bolt suddenly bloomed, carrying the three of them towards a black cliff wall on the side, crashing heavily out of control.

Han Li quickly retracted the lightning, tapped the cliff wall with his toes, and flipped backward, landing steadily on the ground.

Lin Jiu and Lin Shiqi also twisted their bodies sharply, stabilized themselves, and flew down.

"The spatial power of this array is stronger than I expected, and I almost lost control of the thunder array," Han Li said, letting out a breath.

"It doesn't matter, it's enough that we were able to enter the valley smoothly," Lin Jiu said, waving his hand.

Han Li's gaze swept over, and he saw that the valley was full of rocks, completely devoid of snow. Only a black stone hall built of mountain stones stood alone in the center of the valley, looking very empty.

To his surprise, the heaven and earth spiritual energy in this valley was very rich, even stronger than most areas of the Zhongming Mountain Range. Above the black stone hall, rolling mist was rising, condensing into a cloud of five-colored light.

Han Li, Lin Jiu and Lin Shiqi exchanged glances, and their figures burst forth at the same time, flying towards the stone hall.

At this moment, the stone hall was filled with raging flames, and rolling heat waves were constantly rising from the skylight above the stone hall.

In the center of the hall, a golden cauldron about three feet high, with two handles and three legs, floated leisurely in mid-air.

On the ground below the cauldron, an octagonal array was engraved, with densely packed fire runes engraved within it. Eight flaming fire dragons extended from these runes, holding the golden cauldron and shaking it constantly.

Intense flames surged from their bodies and mouths, releasing vast fire power and burning the cauldron.

On the golden alchemy cauldron, the ancient runes engraved on it flickered constantly, not only completely sealing the aroma of the spiritual medicine inside the cauldron, but also constantly guiding the spiritual power filling the surrounding heaven and earth into the cauldron.

Outside the flames, a white-haired old man wearing a purple-gold Taoist robe and a lotus crown was pinching a magic formula, controlling the eight fire dragons below the cauldron.

This man had prominent cheekbones, a thin face, sunken eye sockets, and his eyes were staring intently at the changes in the runes on the cauldron. His eyes flashed with fanaticism, and he seemed completely absorbed in it, as if all things in the world were gone, and only the matter of refining pills in front of him remained.

The runes that had been flickering on the cauldron suddenly shone brightly, emitting dazzling light.

Almost at the same time, the golden cauldron also flashed, changing from a pure gold color to a five-color one. It looked like porcelain being fired in a kiln, and began to undergo a yohen transformation.

Seeing this, the white-haired old man's face showed even more excitement, and he kept calling out, "It's almost there, it's almost there…"

At this moment, two golden lights suddenly penetrated through the stone door of the stone hall, which was sealed by restrictions.

Two "clang" sounds were heard.

The heavy stone door was immediately broken into four pieces and fell into the hall.