Chapter 68: Concerted Attack

Three breaths. As Mo Li, using her last ounce of strength, spoke the time that represented their only chance of survival, the vast altar, enveloped by a blood-red shield, fell into a suffocating silence. The wind died. The flow of energy seemed to have stopped. Only the sickening, life-sucking sensation emanating from the shield reminded them that the Grim Reaper's scythe hung over their necks. "Seven nodes." Mo Li's pretty face, nearly transparent from excessive mental exhaustion, shone with the confidence and rigor of a master craftsman. She handed the cracked "peeping mirror" to Chu Yun. On the mirror's surface, the once complex energy network diagram had been drastically simplified. Now, only the three stone pillars arranged in a triangular pattern remained, and the seven "dots" surrounding them, faintly flickering with a dark red light, remained. "These seven points are the most crucial 'energy nodes' of the entire 'hub.'" Her voice was a little erratic due to her weakness, but every word was remarkably clear. "Each node is protected by at least three different 'blood curses.' Furthermore, an extremely intricate 'chain induction' exists between them." "We must," she took a deep breath and emphasized, "destroy them all at the same moment. If any node is destroyed even a thousandth of a second too early or too late, the entire 'hub' will instantly activate its self-protection mechanism. At that point, we will have no chance." Destroying seven heavily protected energy nodes of different attributes simultaneously? This requirement would be a nearly impossible task for any top-tier team of cultivators. Especially not for these three, the remnants of a defeated army, who had already exhausted their energy. "I can only take charge of two of them," Li Ge said slowly, gazing at the seven nodes on the mirror. At some point, two pitch-black "Soul-Breaking Needles," thinner than a hair, appeared in her hands. They were her final weapons, condensed from the last of her own Yin energy. "The 'blood curses' on the two nodes in the northwest and south lean towards 'curse' and 'corrosion.' My 'Soul-Breaking Needles' can neutralize and dissolve them in an instant." "The remaining five, I'll handle." Chu...

Three breaths.

When Mo Li used up his last bit of strength to say the time that represented their only chance of survival, the entire huge altar, which was shrouded in a blood-colored shield, fell into a suffocating silence.

The wind stopped.

The flow of energy seemed to have stopped.

The only thing left was the sickening, life-sucking feeling coming from the shield, reminding them that the Grim Reaper's scythe was hanging on their necks.

"Seven nodes."

Mo Li's pretty face, which had become almost transparent due to excessive consumption of mental energy, showed a confident and rigorous look that was unique to a top craftsman.

She handed the "peephole" that was already covered with cracks to Chu Yun.

On the mirror, the originally complex energy network diagram had been greatly simplified. Now, only the three stone pillars arranged in a triangular shape remained, and the seven "dots" surrounding the stone pillars were faintly flickering with a dark red light.

"These seven points are the most critical 'energy nodes' of the entire 'hub.'" Her voice seemed a little vague due to her weakness, but every word was unusually clear.

"Every node is protected by at least three different types of 'blood curses.' Furthermore, an extremely intricate 'chain induction' exists between them."

"We must," she said, taking a deep breath and emphasizing her tone, "destroy them all at the same moment. If any node is destroyed even a thousandth of a second early or late, the entire 'hub' will immediately activate its self-preservation mechanism. At that point, we won't have any chance."

At the same moment, destroy seven heavily protected energy nodes with different attributes?

This requirement is almost an impossible task for any top-level team of practitioners.

What's more, these three were the remnants of a defeated army that had already run out of energy.

"I can only be responsible for two of them," Li Ge said slowly, looking at the seven nodes on the mirror. Suddenly, two pitch-black "Soul-Breaking Needles," thinner than a hair, appeared in her hands. They were her final weapon, condensed from the last of her own Yin energy.

"The 'Blood Curse' on the two nodes in the northwest and south has attributes leaning towards 'Curse' and 'Corrosion'. My 'Soul-Breaking Needle' can neutralize and disintegrate it in an instant."

"I'll take the remaining five."

Chu Yun looked at the remaining five nodes on the mirror that were flashing with different lights, and his voice was calm.

But only he himself knew that his dantian, which had long been empty, could no longer squeeze out even a trace of Taiyi Qi that could be used to condense talismans.

"You're alone, and there are five?" Mo Li looked at him, his voice filled with disbelief. "What are you going to do? The vitality in your body has already..."

"Who said that we have to use our vitality?"

Chu Yun smiled.

It was a smile full of freedom and madness.

He slowly stretched out his slender right hand, which had once drawn countless magical talismans.

Then, in front of Li Ge and Mo Li's shocked gazes, he put his index finger and middle finger together, like... the sharpest sword.

"My body is the talisman."

"My will is the decree."

"And my 'Tao'..."

He glanced at the two companions beside him, who were willing to entrust their lives to him without reservation. His eyes became more gentle than ever, yet incomparably firm.

“…It’s about protection.”

Li Ge and Mo Li understood his determination to do whatever it takes from his calm eyes.

They nodded silently.

The three of them stood in the most stable triangle. Their breathing, their heartbeats, their wills, at this moment, were all adjusted to an absolutely synchronized, perfect frequency.

They are waiting.

Waiting for the unique, yet fleeting, "opportunity" calculated by Mo Li.

Time, in this blood-colored space, seemed to be infinitely stretched.

Every breath seems as long as a century.

Chu Yun could clearly feel his life force being mercilessly drained away by the blood-red shield. His vision began to blur, and his consciousness began to lose focus.

But his hands were still held up steadily.

His fingers were still together like a sword.

finally!

“Now!”

Mo Li's roar, full of determination and haste, exploded in the minds of the two men!

"Get started!"

The moment her voice rang out, the three of them moved! Their movements were faster than lightning! Their coordination was so tacit that it seemed as if they had practiced it a thousand times!

Two pitch-black "Soul-Breaking Needles" flew out of Li Ge's hands! They drew two strange arcs in mid-air and shot with incredible precision towards the two energy nodes in the northwest and south that were filled with cursed auras!

Chu Yun's body left a golden afterimage on the spot!

He instantly split into five different directions!

The index finger and middle finger of his right hand, which were put together like a sword, drew five extremely mysterious paths in the air, which were filled with the supreme will of "breaking"!

"break!"

"break!"

"break!"

"break!"

"break!"

Five low shouts filled with supreme majesty, as if their words were followed by laws, rang out simultaneously on the altar!

He actually used his finger as a sword and his body as a talisman! At the same moment, he pointed at the remaining five heavily protected energy nodes of different attributes!

"boom--!!!!!"

The seven energy nodes were completely detonated at the same moment without any suspense under this perfect joint attack!

"not good!"

Elder Zhang, who had been hiding in the altar, admiring their dying struggles, finally realized their true intentions! He roared with shock, anger, and fear, trying to stop them, but it was too late!

The detonated energy nodes triggered a violent chain reaction, instantly causing an unprecedented and violent energy overload in the "central" area formed by the three stone pillars!

“Buzz!”

The entire huge blood-colored shield suddenly began to tremble violently!

The originally stable and smooth energy circulation was completely disrupted! The blood-red light flowing above the shield became unstable and extremely violent!

Then, right above the entire shield, a fist-sized, extremely inconspicuous "point" with the weakest energy appeared!

That fatal flaw that only lasted for three breaths!

"That's it!"

Mo Li used up his last bit of strength and roared at the top of his lungs!

"Chu Yun!"

No need for her reminder!

The moment the flaw appeared, Chu Yun's body soared into the sky!

He unreservedly condensed the last bit of Taiyi Qi in his dying body, which was the last bit of his life, onto the tip of the Sword of Suppression that had accompanied him for thirteen years!

“Buzz!”

At this moment, the ancient, pitch-black sword that suppressed evil instantly burst into an unprecedented, dazzling golden light! That light seemed to completely illuminate this entire bloody world!

At the same moment when Chu Yun soared into the sky, behind him, Li Ge bit his tongue again!

She violently spat out a mouthful of blood that was even more crimson than before and filled with the essence of her life force!

That mouthful of blood turned into a blood-colored arrow in mid-air, and landed with incredible precision on the golden and dazzling sword of the Evil-Suppressing Sword that was flying upwards!

“Sizzle!”

The golden light and the blood-colored mist merged perfectly together in an instant!

It gave the Sword of Suppression, which was full of righteousness, a strange, bloody edge that could corrode all evil energies!

In another corner of the altar, Mo Li, who had fallen to the ground, struggled to get up.

She used up her last bit of strength to throw the last "armor-piercing cone" mechanical beast with the greatest power and penetrating power on her completely scrapped mechanical arm armor accurately!

That "armor-piercing cone" unfolded in mid-air and turned into a ferocious, high-speed spinning rhinoceros beetle!

Its target was not the protective shield, but the hilt of Chu Yun's Evil-Suppressing Sword that was about to pierce the flaw!

She wanted to use her last bit of strength to add the final "push" to this earth-shattering sword!

Chu Yun’s Taiyi Qi.

Li Ge's lifeblood.

Mo Li's secret mechanism.

The strength, will and everything of the three people were perfectly combined into one in these short three breaths of time, in this final moment of life and death!

They turned into a ray of light that tore through the bloody world, a sight that could not be described in any words!

Accurately and fiercely, it bombarded the huge blood-colored shield, the only fatal flaw!

"boom--!!!!!"

Time seems to have completely stopped at this moment.

Immediately afterwards, a clear and loud sound, as if the whole world was completely shattered, resounded throughout the ancient city of Jichuan!

“Crack!”

The indestructible "Blood Prison" composed of countless lives and resentments collapsed!

The violent, uncontrolled, and destructive energy backlash swept towards all directions of the altar, madly sweeping away those Shadow Pavilion masters and Tianshi Mansion traitors who had no time to react!

Elder Zhang, who had just merged with the entire altar, let out an extremely shrill scream filled with endless pain and unwillingness!

Chu Yun and the other two looked at the energy storm that was sweeping over and was enough to tear them into pieces, but a smile of relief appeared on their faces.

They no longer had any strength left to withstand this final attack.

But they succeeded.

That's enough.