Chapter 52: It''s My Turn Now
Almost as soon as Han Li and Liu Le''er appeared on the za, the earth around the giant za began to tremble, and nine ck stone pirs rose up out of the soil, encircling arge circr area.
Each pir was so thick that the average adult human would only just barely be able to wrap their arms around it, and they stood at over 100 feet tall. Countless runes and array patterns were engraved all over the surfaces of the pirs, and there were also many glowing ck gemstones embedded into them. These gemstones seemed to be some type of special spirit stone, and they were all shimmering with bright ck light.
Aside from that, there was a statue of a different ghostly creature situated at the top of each pir. All of them were extremely life-like, and even though they were nothing more than statues, just the mere sight of them was enough to send chills running down one''s spine.
Dazzling ck light rose up from all the ghostly creatures on top of the stone pirs before connecting together in a sh to form a hemispherical ck light barrier in the blink of an eye.
The surface of the light barrier was riddled with ck runes that were shing incessantly, and countless indistinct ghostly projections were manifested amid bursts of eerie ghostly wailing, presenting a terrifying sight to behold.
Liu Le''er couldn''t help but shudder upon seeing this, and she unconsciously sidled up closer to Han Li.
She was no longer the inexperienced little fox girl that she once was, but this fearsome sight was still enough to strike horror deep into her heart.
Han Li didn''t even bother to take a single nce at the ck-robed elderly man as he swept a hand through the air, releasing the silver fire raven out of his palm. The fire raven transformed into a silver of fire at his behest before settling over Liu Le''er as a protective barrier.
"Stay in there, and don''t be afraid."
Liu Le''er was greatly reassured by Han Li''s calm demeanor.
Right at this moment, countless streaks of light rose up from the surrounding buildings before converging toward the za, and they were all ck-robed Heavenly Ghost Sect disciples.
It didn''t take long before the sky above the za was filled with several hundred people, and there were still more people constantly approaching from all directions.
However, Han Li paid no heed to themotion around him. Instead, he was calmly examining the nine stone pirs and the ck light barrier around him with blue light shing in his eyes.
The Heavenly Ghost Sect disciples converging from all directions were under the impression that the sect had been invaded by powerful enemies, and they were all rather bewildered to see only an ordinary-looking young man who appeared to be in his twenties and a little girl at the center of the za.
However, no one dared to ask any questions after catching a glimpse of the dark expression on the ck-robed elderly man''s face.
The ck-robed elderly man made no effort to address the disciples around him as he descended onto one of the ck stone pirs, then began to chant an incantation as he released nine array tes out of his sleeves before making a rapid series of hand seals.
The nine array tes flew through the air before each of them descended onto one of the nine giant stone pirs, then vanished into the ck light radiating from the giant pirs in a sh.
Even more runes surged out of the ck light barrier, and it instantly became significantly thicker, while the rather indistinct ghostly projections also became clearer and more substantial.
Only then did the ck-robed elderly man allow himself to heave a faint sigh of relief, but he still continued to make hand seals without pause.
Right at this moment, two particrly bright streaks of light shot forth from the distance before arriving above the za in the blink of an eye, revealing a pair of figures, one of which was a white-haired elderly man, while the other was an imposing man with a darkplexion.
Just like the ck-robed elderly man, both of them were also Spatial Tempering cultivators.
Once the Heavenly Ghost Sect disciples present on the scene realized that there were three sect elders present at once, all of themotion and chatter instantly died down.
As soon as the white-haired elderly man and the dark-skinned man arrived, they immediately released their spiritual sense in unison to sweep over Han Li and Liu Le''er while also quickly inspecting the surrounding area.
"What is the meaning of this, Elder Jiang? Why did you use the Minor Spatial Teleportation te to bring these two juniors into the sect? On top of that, you''ve even activated the nine Heavenly Ghost Monarch Pirs! I''m sure you know just as well as I do how much resources have to be expended just to activate this array even once," the white-haired elderly man said with a displeased expression.
The dark-skinned man also turned to the ck-robed elderly man with a perplexed expression.
"You''vee at just the right time! Help me power the array to refine these two at once!" the ck-robed elderly man said in an urgent voice as he continued to make hand seals.
"You activated the array just to refine these two low-grade cultivators? The Heavenly Ghost Monarch Pirs can trap even Body Integration Stage beings! Is this supposed to be a joke, Brother Jiang?" the dark-skinned man chuckled, disying no intention to cooperate.
The white-haired elderly man also refrained from joining the ck-robed elderly man.
A stir ran through the nearby disciples as well, but they didn''t dare to say anything for fear of irking the ck-robed elderly man.
Many of them had already managed to identify that the two people trapped in the array were only at the Nascent Soul Stage and the Core Formation Stage, and even among the disciples present, there were many who were capable of killing them with ease.
However, the ck-robed elderly man was a Spatial Tempering cultivator, and he was proiming that it was necessary to activate the nine Heavenly Ghost Monarch Pirs just to take care of such a lowly pair of cultivators. If word of this were to spread to the outside world, he would be made the butt of countless jokes.
"Don''t underestimate them! That Nascent Soul Stage brat is an extremely formidable body cultivator with powers far beyond what his cultivation base suggests!" the ck-robed elderly man said in an urgent voice.
The dark-skinned man was still unconvinced and shook his head with an amused smile.
The white-haired elderly man lowered his head to look down at Han Li, who was still casually looking around, seeminglypletely oblivious to the perilous situation that he was in.
Right at this moment, Han Li''s gaze suddenly settled on something, and he murmured to himself, "Seeing as I''m already here, why don''t I kill two birds with one stone?"
As soon as his voice trailed off, he sped over to one side of the light barrier, leaving a trail of afterimages in his wake, then casually tapped a certain spot on the light barrier with a single finger.
An incredible scene immediately unfolded.
The entire ck light barrier began to tremble violently, while the light radiating from its surface shed erratically, and the ghostly projections within it suddenly erupted into a chaotic frenzy as if they had gone insane.
The dark-skinned man''s smile immediately stiffened upon seeing this, and his eyes widened with shock.
The ck-robed elderly man shuddered as he threw up a mouthful of blood, and he made a rapid series of hand seals, doing everything in his power to stabilize the array.
"We need to stabilize the array! We can''t let him break free!" the white-haired elderly man yelled in an rmed voice as he flew through the air beforending on top of one of the stone pirs.
The dark-skinned man also returned to his senses and flew toward another one of the stone pirs with a stunned expression, but it was already toote.
With one final sh of light from the surface of the light barrier, all of the ghostly projections instantly vanished. Immediately thereafter, nine giant ghostly faces appeared in unison on the surface of the light barrier corresponding with the locations of the nine stone pirs, and all of the ghostly faces wore agonized expressions as they let loose ear-piercing shrieks.
Their voices were extremely sharp and abrasive, and all of the disciples on the za immediately screamed as they threw their hands over their heads, while some of the weaker ones among them began to bleed out of their ears and nostrils.
After letting loose those horrific screams, countless ck runes surged out of the nine giant ghostly faces in a frenzy before abruptly crumbling away.
The entire light barrier also shattered like ss, disintegrating into countless specks of ck light.
Not only that but countless cracks also appeared on the statues of the ghostly creatures on top of the nine stone pirs before they exploded in rapid session.
At this point, Han Li had already withdrawn his finger, and his hands were sped behind his back as he made his way toward Liu Le''er amid the countless specks of ck light drifting through the air.
Liu Le''er was ecstatic as she stood under the silver of fire, and if it weren''t for the fact that they were stillpletely surrounded by enemies, she would''ve already erupted into jubnt cheers.
The three Spatial Tempering Stage elders of the Heavenly Ghost Sect were astonished to see that the array had been destroyed so easily, and all three of them felt as if they had been dealt a heavy blow.
The hundreds of Heavenly Ghost Sect disciples present were alsopletely rooted to the spot, looking on with dazed expressions.
"How dare you destroy our sect''s precious array!" the ck-robed elderly man roared with fury as he opened his mouth to release a burst of white light, which transformed into a white bone de with ninerge silver rings on its back.
At the same time, he made a rapid series of hand seals, releasing five or six incantation seals in quick session.
The nine silver rings on the bone de ttered together to produce a disorienting sound, while countless crimson runes abruptly appeared on the surface of the de, releasing a dazzling de projection that was close to 1,000 feet in length, which came crashing down directly upon Han Li.
At the same time, the white-haired elderly man reached out to summon an antiquated ck cane, at the tip of which was an ornate ck dragon''s head.
The cane circled around in mid-air before swelling drastically in size, transforming into a ck wyrm with a pair of wings on its back.
The wyrm opened its cavernous mouth to release a vast expanse of ck mes, while the dark-skinned man also flipped a hand over to produce a gray feather fan without any hesitation.
The fan seemed to have been made from the feathers of some type of spirit bird, and he injected his magic power into the fan in a frenzy before sweeping it vigorously through the air.
The sky instantly darkened as gusts of fierce gray wind swept through the air, transforming into seven or eight gray wind dragons that pounced toward Han Li.
With the three Spatial Tempering Stage elders springing into action, the surrounding Heavenly Ghost Sect disciples also quickly joined the fray, summoning all types of treasures while chanting different incantations.
All of a sudden, spiritual light of all types of different colors appeared all around the za.
Han Li immediately swept an enormous burst of spiritual sense over the entire za upon seeing this, sending an indescribably powerful burst of spiritual pressure crashing down upon the entire area.
All of the people in the za felt as if they had received a blow to the head.
Stars instantly began to dance in front of the eyes of the nearby Heavenly Ghost Sect disciples, and they immediately fell unconscious before plummeting out of the sky, falling onto the za in a limp and immobile state.
All of the treasures summoned by the disciples also ttered down onto the ground as a result.
In contrast, the three Spatial Tempering Stage elders possessed considerably more powerful souls than the disciples at the scene, so they were able to quickly shrug off the effects of the spiritual sense attack.
The three of them continued to unleash attacks at Han Li without skipping a beat, and in the blink of an eye, a de projection, a wave of ck mes, and the thunder of wind dragons descended upon Han Li.
Han Li remainedpletely still on the spot, disying no intention to take evasive measures.
A string of resounding booms rang out, and the crimson de projections were the first to strike Han Li''s body, only to bepletely shattered and revert back to a white bone de that was repelled back through the air.
The ck mes and the wind dragons also disintegrated upon making contact with Han Li''s body, unable to inflict any harm upon him. In fact, even his azure robes remainedpletely unscathed.
As for Liu Le''er, she was also safe and sound under the silver of fire as all of the attacks had been withstood by Han Li.
The three Spatial Tempering Stage elders drew a sharp breath in unison, unable to believe what they were seeing.
"It''s my turn now!" Han Li dered in an indifferent voice as he raised his head.