Chapter 823 Danger Signal
The runes around the altar glowed brightly, and a transparent light shield instantly enveloped Gu Jiuchen and the other four. The originally light air seemed to become sticky in an instant, and the heavy pressure pressed on their chests, and their breathing became rapid.
"Ahem, what the hell is this thing!" Mingyue covered her chest, her face pale.
Gu Jiuchen frowned, and his sword fingers condensed, and a sharp sword energy slashed directly at the light shield. However, the sword energy hit the light shield, but it was like a drop in the ocean, and not even a ripple was caused.
"It's useless. This is an ancient ban. With our current cultivation, it is impossible to break it by force." Xuan Yu shook his head, his tone heavy.
Ye Linglong didn't speak. She carefully observed the runes around her, trying to find a way to crack it. These runes are ancient and complex, emitting heart-pounding power fluctuations. She took out a jade talisman from her arms. This was a life-saving magic weapon left to her by her master. She didn't want to use it unless it was absolutely necessary.
"Linglong, what do you want to do?" Mingyue noticed Ye Linglong's movements and asked anxiously.
"Don't worry, I'll try to open this restriction." Ye Linglong said, injecting her true energy into the jade talisman.
The jade talisman suddenly shone brightly, and a dazzling beam of light shot towards the light shield, but the beam seemed to be swallowed by something and disappeared in an instant. The light shield just trembled slightly, and then it returned to calm.
"Damn it!" Ye Linglong gritted her teeth. This restriction was stronger than she had imagined.
At this moment, the pressure in the restriction suddenly increased a bit. The four people felt as if their chests were pressed by a huge rock, breathing became more difficult, and even their movements became slow.
"This won't work. We will be trapped here alive!" Mingyue's voice was trembling.
"Calm down, Mingyue." Gu Jiuchen said in a deep voice, "There must be a way."
However, facing the increasingly strong pressure, even Gu Jiuchen, who was always calm, had a flash of anxiety in his eyes. Are they really going to be trapped here?
At this moment, Mingyue, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke: "Maybe, we can try"
Linglong Drunk, Jiuchen Shattered Chapter 24 Boundary Crisis
"Maybe, we can try" Mingyue took a deep breath, trying to calm her violently heaving chest, and cast her eyes on the crystal stone emitting a faint light in the center of the altar, "This restriction is so powerful, the source of power is likely to be that crystal stone."
"What do you mean" Xuanyu raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he understood Mingyue's idea.
"That's right, as long as we can destroy that crystal stone, maybe we can break this restriction!" Mingyue's tone was firm, and there was a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
"But the runes around the crystal stone are denser and more powerful, we can't get close at all!" Ye Linglong said worriedly. Just now, she tried to use the power of the jade talisman to impact the light shield, but not even a ripple was created, let alone destroying the crystal stone.
"So, we need to join forces!" Gu Jiuchen said in a deep voice, his eyes sweeping over the crowd, "Xuan Yu, do you still remember the set of Liang Yi Gui Yuan Gong that we practiced together back then?"
Hearing this, Xuan Yu's eyes flashed: "You mean"
"Yes, if we join forces, we may be able to temporarily suppress the power of this ban and buy time for Linglong and Mingyue!" Gu Jiuchen's tone was firm, he knew this was their only hope.
"Okay!" Xuan Yu agreed without hesitation.
The two looked at each other, and at the same time, they circulated their true qi and chanted something. Two dazzling lights rose from them, one black and one white, intertwined with each other, forming a huge yin and yang fish pattern, covering the entire altar.
The yin and yang fish slowly rotated, emitting a powerful suction force, and the light of the ban began to flicker slightly.
"Now!" Gu Jiuchen shouted, and pushed his hands forward violently.
"Sun and moon shine together!" Xuan Yu also made a move at the same time, and a series of sharp sword qi shot towards the light shield like a storm.
"Boom!"
With a loud noise, the whole altar shook violently, and the light of the ban became flickering, as if it would break at any time.
"Quick! Linglong, Mingyue!" Gu Jiuchen and Xuanyu's foreheads were bulging with blue veins, and it was obvious that they were about to collapse.
Ye Linglong and Mingyue did not dare to neglect it. They looked at each other and used their light skills at the same time, turning into two streams of light and rushing towards the crystal stone in the center of the altar.
However, just as they were about to approach the crystal stone, the light of the ban suddenly surged, and a powerful force bounced them away fiercely
Ye Linglong and Mingyue were thrown away like a kite with a broken string, and hit the stone pillar at the edge of the altar heavily. The two groaned, and a trace of blood flowed from the corners of their mouths. The power of the ban was far beyond their imagination. Even if Gu Jiuchen and Xuanyu tried their best to suppress it, they could not completely offset the powerful repulsive force.
"Linglong, are you okay!" Mingyue struggled to get up and looked at Ye Linglong worriedly.
Ye Linglong wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, her face pale, but she endured the pain, staring at the crystal stone in the center of the altar that was emitting dazzling light, thinking about countermeasures quickly in her mind.
"No, the power of this restriction is too strong, we can't get close to the crystal stone at all!" Xuan Yu's face was solemn. Just now, he and Gu Jiuchen joined forces and pushed their power to the extreme, but they still couldn't shake the restriction at all.
"No, there must be a way!" Ye Linglong bit her lip and swept her eyes across the entire altar, trying to find a flaw.
Suddenly, her eyes focused on an inconspicuous corner at the edge of the altar. There, the light of the ban seemed to be dimmer than other places.
"There!" Ye Linglong pointed to the corner, a glimmer of hope in her eyes, "The power of the ban is not everywhere, there is a breakthrough!"
Gu Jiuchen and others looked in the direction pointed by Ye Linglong, and indeed found that the light of the ban there was slightly weak, as if a wall was about to collapse, revealing a crack.
"Good eyesight!" Gu Jiuchen's eyes flashed with admiration, he knew that this was their only hope.
"Without further delay, let's go!" Gu Jiuchen shouted, and rushed to the corner first. Xuan Yu, Ye Linglong and Mingyue followed closely behind, and the four formed a cone formation, with Gu Jiuchen as the arrow, and launched the final attack on the weak point.
"The two yin and yang return to their origin, break!" Gu Jiuchen and Xuan Yu roared at the same time, and the yin-yang fish pattern shone brightly, covering the four people, forming an indestructible barrier, and forcibly tore a hole in the encirclement of the ban.
"Now, charge!" Ye Linglong shouted, and the four people exerted their strength together, turning into four streams of light, and rushed to the weak point like lightning.
With a loud bang that shook the earth, the entire altar shook violently, and the light of the ban shattered like glass, turning into a rain of light that dissipated in the air.
The four people finally succeeded in breaking the ban, but before they could breathe a sigh of relief, a more powerful force surged from the depths of the altar, like a waking giant beast, enveloping them with suffocating pressure.
Gu Jiuchen's face changed, and a strong sense of uneasiness surged in his heart. He knew that they might have touched some taboos in the secret realm, and this was just the beginning.
Gu Jiuchen's heart was alarmed. The power was so strong that it even surpassed his understanding of this secret realm. Could it be that breaking the ban was not the solution, but triggered some deeper seal?
"No, we are trapped!" Mingyue exclaimed, and saw that the originally broken ban light was re-condensed at this moment, forming a more airtight golden light shield, trapping the four people firmly on the altar.
"Damn, what the hell is this!" Xuanyu frowned, waving the long sword in his hand, and a series of sharp sword energy slashed at the golden light shield, but it was like a drop in the ocean, without causing any waves.
Ye Linglong's face was solemn. She tried to operate her spiritual power, but found that the space around her seemed to be solidified. The spiritual power was extremely sluggish and could not exert its due power at all.
"This barrier is absorbing our spiritual power!" Ye Linglong exclaimed. She clearly felt that her spiritual power was being slowly devoured by the golden light shield. If they didn't find a way to escape, they would be sucked into a dry corpse sooner or later!
Gu Jiuchen's face was grim. He closed his eyes slightly, and his powerful consciousness surged out like a tide, trying to detect the reality of the golden light shield. However, the light shield seemed to be boundless, and his consciousness extended to the extreme, but he could not touch its boundaries.
"There is no flaw. This barrier is integrated, and there is no weakness at all." Gu Jiuchen opened his eyes and said solemnly. His heart gradually sank. Is he really going to die here today?