Chapter 1628: Chapter 1624: Split Up and Fight

Shen Luo’s gaze swept around and he immediately stimulated the Wind and Thunder Spirit Patterns within his arms; a thick golden lightning burst out from the palm of his right hand, while his left hand shot out a golden flame, which was the True Solar Fire.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The golden lightning and the True Solar Fire struck the dark tendrils simultaneously, creating a sound like muffled thunder.

However, the dark tendrils showed no signs of dissipating. Instead, the black halo on them intensified, swallowing the golden lightning imbued with the power of Heavenly Thunder and the True Solar Fire, and lunged at Shen Luo and Nie Caizhu once again.

Shen Luo’s expression changed abruptly, and he grabbed Nie Caizhu’s body, as the purple lightning within their Cloud Chasing Lightning Boots surged with light.

The two turned into a bolt of purple lightning, shooting out from the edge of the dark tendrils and landing a hundred feet away.

Shen Luo had already refined all the prohibitions within the Cloud Chasing Lightning Boots. Their speed was even faster than he expected, truly worthy of being an ancient divine item.

“Graveyard! It seems that the entrance to the next level mentioned on the Stone Stele is right here!” he said with a joyful expression as his gaze rested on the Tomb Building not far away.

“Be careful, there’s a very powerful Dark Beast inside!” Nie Caizhu flew out from Shen Luo’s arms and said with a flash of golden light in her eyes.

As her words fell, an angry roar came from the tomb building, and five more black tendrils shot out, striking at the two with lightning speed.

The previous three tendrils also lashed out like giant whips, viciously attacking.

The Dark Beasts within the black fog on the Square also noticed Shen Luo and Nie Caizhu and rushed towards them, flanking them with the black tendrils. At the forefront were the three True Immortal Stage Dark Beasts.

Shen Luo frowned. Although the Dark Beasts were formidable, there were ways to break through them. On the other hand, those dark tendrils were truly strange; even the Heavenly Tribulation’s Gold Thunder and True Solar Fire were ineffective against them, which was alarming.

“Cai Zhu, I’ll hold off these tendrils. You quickly deal with those three True Immortal Stage Dark Beasts!” he said to Nie Caizhu and was about to rush towards the dark tendrils.

These dark tendrils seemed to contain a strange swallowing power, but such divine powers usually had their limits. He planned to use the sixteen Pure Yang Swords to generate even more Sword Qi, not believing these tendrils could swallow it all.

“No, these tendrils contain witchcraft power. I’ll deal with them, cousin. You take care of those Dark Beasts!” Nie Caizhu said solemnly, and without waiting for Shen Luo to respond, she turned into a beam of golden light and pounced on the eight tendrils.

“Cai Zhu, you…” Shen Luo was shocked and about to say something when the Dark Beasts had already pounced on them.

With no other choice, he had to meet the battle head-on. With a flick of his sleeve, eleven Flying Swords whistled out, each bursting with dazzling sword light and rolling flames, forming an exceptionally brilliant Flame Sword Rainbow.

Eleven Sword Rainbows converged, with seven of them manifesting sword spirits, their might terrifying to the extreme, as if Heaven and Earth were about to be cleaved apart.

The three True Immortal Dark Beasts didn’t dare to face this strike head-on and quickly dodged. However, the ordinary Dark Beasts behind them didn’t react as quickly and were swept by the dozen Sword Rainbows.

A pitiful scream resonated as over twenty Dark Beasts were engulfed by the Sword Rainbows, turning into ashes.

Upon seeing this scene, a trace of fear flashed in the eyes of the three True Immortal Dark Beasts, yet they did not flee and instead launched their attacks.

The Two-Headed Black Tiger opened its mouth and spewed out two silent black sound waves, aiming straight for Shen Luo’s head.

The Black Giant Lizard also opened its mouth, and a pitch-black Yin wind roared out, exuding astonishing coldness. Wherever it passed, the air twisted and blurred, as if it could freeze the Void itself.

The largest Black Giant Spider’s belly suddenly bulged, and a black spider web shot out from underneath it, aiming straight at Shen Luo.

Upon seeing this, Shen Luo’s expression remained unchanged, and his right hand swiftly formed a spell gesture.

In the void ahead, an extremely cold breath surged forth, and a huge blue Ice Wall appeared out of nowhere, colliding with the attacks of the three beasts.

The Black Sound Waves and pitch-black Yin Wind hit the inside of the Ice Wall, immediately vanishing without a trace, having no effect whatsoever.

As for the Black Giant Spider’s web, it struck the Ice Wall and was instantly frozen by the cold air seeping from within the wall, transforming into a blue Ice Net.

Shen Luo formed spell gestures with both hands, and ten Pure Yang Swords scattered around him, hovering in various places above the Square, spinning rapidly to form ten Golden Sword Wheels.

In the blink of an eye, the Pure Yang Golden Light Sword Array was set up, encompassing most of the Dark Beasts in the Square, and not a single one of the three True Immortal Dark Beasts was left out of the Sword Array’s engulfment.

Shen Luo formed a spell with one hand and fiercely activated the Golden Sword Array. Dazzling Golden Light instantly filled the entire Sword Array, leaving no trace of shadows.

These Dark Beasts had tricky Escape Techniques, and even with Shen Luo’s ability, it was difficult to detect them; however, this Shadow Escaping technique had a significant weakness – it required darkness, shadows, and such. Once the Golden Sword Array was deployed, all darkness was eradicated, and all the Dark Beasts were immediately imprisoned here.

The Dark Beasts inside the Formation were greatly alarmed and unable to use their Escape Techniques, so they had no choice but to scatter and fly outwards.

“Die!” Murderous intent surged in Shen Luo’s eyes, and his ten fingers moved rapidly to form spell gestures.

The light from the ten Golden Sword Wheels suddenly intensified, and countless Golden Light Swords burst down, engulfing the bodies of those Dark Beasts.

Shrill screams rang out as the weaker Dark Beasts were easily penetrated by the Swords of Light, their bodies instantly turning into ashes. Those slightly stronger did not fall immediately but were all wounded nonetheless.

Only the three True Immortal Dark Beasts, sensing danger, exhaled three streams of Black Qi from their mouths, just in time to protect their bodies.

This Black Qi was as dark as ink, somewhat similar to the Dark Tentacles that emerged from the Tomb Building, and when the Golden Light Swords struck it, their Sword bodies quickly dulled and then, like mud oxen into the sea, were swallowed by the Black Qi.

Nevertheless, the power of the Golden Sword Array was immense, and much of the Black Qi was vaporized.

The dense Golden Light Swords continued to howl down, and the protective Black Qi around the three beasts visibly thinned at a speed noticeable to the naked eye, with its complete collapse being only a matter of time.

With the Dark Beasts in the area now suppressed, Shen Luo finally had a moment to spare, and his gaze swept towards Nie Caizhu to the side.

Nie Caizhu pushed the power of Hou Yi to its limit, her entire being enveloped in blinding golden light, darting back and forth through the Mountain Cave faster than lightning, wielding the Golden Great Bow and clashing head-on with those black tendrils, creating a series of loud bangs, and single-handedly blocking all eight tendrils, not allowing them to advance a step further.

These dark tendrils could devour all manner of supernatural abilities, yet they seemed ineffective against Nie Caizhu.

“Could it be that those Dark Tentacles cannot devour the witch power of Hou Yi?” Shen Luo was pleasantly surprised by his observation but soon realized that this was not the case.

Each time Nie Caizhu and the tendrils collided, a layer of white light emerged on her, which was the power of the Candle Jiuyin Bloodline within her, resisting the devouring by the Dark Tentacles.

Although the white light would immediately vanish after repelling the Dark Tentacles each time, Nie Caizhu’s breath still weakened rapidly, and she would not be able to sustain it for long.