Li Molin and Shi Chan crashed into the area covered by the blue light. Their bodies were instantly frozen in place, unable to move an inch. The surrounding air was so thick that it felt like mountains were pressing down on their heads, making it hard for them to breathe.
"Young Master!"
"Young Master!"
Ji Jue acted impulsively and was about to rush forward when Yu Ke quickly stopped him. He hesitated as he looked at the blue light, not daring to go forward.
The eyes of the four humans and three demons darted around in the blue light, but none of them could utter a single word or even move their heads.
"Bang!" A rock landed on Liang Yihan's shoulder, causing him to groan involuntarily. The remaining humans and demons in the blue light who hadn't been hit by the boulder looked at Liang Yihan's miserable state and frowned in fear, feeling a sense of shared dread.
"Boom!" The outermost stone pillar of the azure light crashed to the ground, smashing into pieces and raising a cloud of dust.
Upon hearing the loud noise, Liuli's eyebrows twitched in fright.
At the very center of the azure light, Xuan Yuanhao, who had been unable to move, finally felt some strength returning to his body. He sensed that the rage of the jade seal in his arms seemed to have subsided somewhat.
With a gentle sigh, Xuan Yuanhao slowly moved his body. At this moment, the blue light emanating from his chest gradually weakened, and the spreading blue light also slowly dissipated. Li Molin and Liuli, who were in the blue light, felt their bodies relax and quickly began to move their stiff bodies.
Although the blue light dissipated, the tremors in the underground palace caused by the imperial seal's wrath were ultimately irreversible. Where the blue light had spread, stones piled up everywhere, stone pillars collapsed one after another, and billowing clouds of dust rose into the sky.
Li Molin took a few deep breaths, and after stretching his body slightly, he was about to fly towards Liuli. At that time, he and Shi Chan, who were standing on the outermost edge, were still two or three zhang away from Liuli.
Just as Li Molin flew towards Liuli, a golden light followed closely behind him, seemingly also wanting to fly to Liuli.
"Young Master!" Yu Ke flew over quickly the moment the blue light dissipated. Seeing Li Molin flying towards the area with the most fallen rocks, she rushed to his side and blocked his way. Li Molin, seeing Yu Ke blocking his way, did not stop and tried to fly around Yu Ke, but Yu Ke grabbed his arm.
Li Molin had no choice but to stop. He tried to shake off Yu Ke's pull, but to no avail. He frowned and said in a deep voice, "Yu Ke, let go!"
Suddenly, a stone pillar crashed down towards Li Molin and Yu Ke, who quickly flew backward to avoid it. Yu Ke, pulling Li Molin towards the exit, urgently said, "Young Master, this underground palace is about to collapse! Let's get out of here quickly!"
On the other side, Lang Yuan, unwilling to give up, broke free from Qing Guang's restraint and quickly tried to snatch the jade seal from Xuan Yuan Hao. Liang Yi Han, enraged, stood in front of Xuan Yuan Hao and started fighting with Lang Yuan. At this moment, Liang Yi Han shouted angrily, "It's all because you tried to snatch the jade seal that this happened! You still dare to try to snatch it now? Do you want us all to die here?!"
Lang Yuan ignored him, his face cold as he refused to stop.
Shi Chan dodged the rain of falling rocks and flew straight to Liu Li. He appeared in the golden light and asked with concern, "Miss Liu Li, are you alright?"
Liuli smiled and said, "I'm fine, little monk. How about you?"
Shi Chan was relieved. He nodded and was about to reply when he heard Shi Ning shout from afar, "Junior Brother Shi Chan! Come quickly, let's go!"
Shi Chan glanced at it, then hurriedly turned back to Liuli and said, "This humble monk must go with my senior brothers. This underground palace is about to collapse, so you should leave quickly too, young lady!"
Liuli nodded. She looked past Shichan and saw Li Molin struggling with Yu Ke. She grabbed Shichan and was about to walk forward when she said, "Alright, little monk, let's get out of here quickly."
As Liuli walked forward, she turned her head to look at Lang Yuan and Liang Yihan who were fighting, and said impatiently, "Lang Yuan, let's go, let's go! You're still fighting now, are you trying to kill yourself for the Imperial Seal?!"
Suddenly, several stone pillars collapsed haphazardly in front of Liuli and Shichan. With the fall of these pillars, the central area of the underground palace finally collapsed completely, and the collapse was spreading outwards, raising clouds of dust.
"Liuli!!"
Liuli heard a heart-wrenching scream. After a moment of listening, she realized it sounded like Li Molin's voice.
Next came a deafening rumble as rocks fell and hit her. Then, someone held her and Ahua tightly in their arms. She felt that the person bowed their head deeply, shielding her from all the danger.
Liuli felt that the rumbling sound lasted for a very long time, during which the person holding her kept moving back and forth.
Finally, the roar gradually subsided, and the man slowly released Liuli. A sliver of light finally appeared before Liuli's eyes, the golden light illuminating Shichan's face in a half-light, half-shadow. Liuli blinked blankly, then asked in a low voice, "What happened, little monk? The underground palace... collapsed?"
“Yes.” Shi Chan said with a wry smile, “It collapsed.”
"Then what about us?" Liuli looked up in confusion and saw that it was a small, dark space, formed by a few stone pillars and collapsed wooden beams of the dome, about half a zhang in diameter.
Liuli looked down at Ahua in her arms and asked, "Ahua, are you alright?"
"Meow." Ahua looked up and surveyed her surroundings as she replied, "I'm fine, sister."
"And you, little monk?" Liuli then looked up at Shichan and asked with concern, "You protected me and Ahua just now, were you hurt?"
Shi Chan smiled gently and shook his head, saying, "This humble monk was protected by a seven-jeweled kasaya, so I was not injured."
"That's good, that's good." Liuli felt relieved. Under the light of the Seven Treasures Kasaya, she looked up at the stone pillars, wood, and boulders above her and asked worriedly, "But how do we get out?"
Shi Chan shook his head and smiled bitterly, "We can only wait for others to come and save us. In the current situation, if we make any rash moves, I'm afraid this place will collapse immediately."
“Alright.” Liuli nodded resignedly. She picked up Ahua, found a place to sit down, and said with a grin, “Since we can’t get out, little monk, let’s have a good talk.”
Shi Chan paused for a moment, then sat cross-legged on the ground, clasped his hands together, and smiled, "Good."
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