The instant they leaped into the altar's crack, it was as if falling from a noisy hell into an even more profound, even more dead silent underworld. The rumbling collapse of the Hall of Ten Thousand Souls above becamemuffled and distant, replaced by a kind ofnear-vacuum oppression, along with abundant to become substance, ice-coldpure source demonic energy, likeviscous black tide, pressing in from all directions.
Mu Qingfeng's pale blue water curtain spiritual light, the instant entering this area, violently wavered, makingunable to bear's sizzling sound, light dimmed visibly. He grunted. Blood again seeped from the corners of his lips, yet hefirmly supported, tightly guarding unconscious Aunt Su in his arms whiletried his best to stabilize his falling body.
Liu Yun carried Xiaoqi on her back. Herprotecting body sword energy collided with demonic energy, producing countless tiny sparks and ice shards, makingan ear-piercing sound. Her face was pale, yet her eyes sharp as a hawk's. She constantly adjusted direction, following Mu Qingfeng closely.
Xiaoqi lay on Liu Yun's back. The intense falling sensation and omnipresent demonic energy erosion made his already seriously injured body worse. Consciousnessstruggling at the edge of consciousness and confusion. But hebitten his tongue hard, using that trace of stinging pain to force himself maintainawaken. His crimson eyes scanned this darkness with difficulty.
After falling for about ten breaths, his feet finally touched bottom.
This was notthe imagined hard rock but a kind ofsoft and elastic eerie ground like some creature's inner wall. Stepping on it slightly sank, carryingan uncomfortable warm sensation. All around stilldarkness so thick it could not be dissolved. Only the demonic energy itself's faintghostly glow, barely outlining a hugean empty space outline like some creature's cavity.
And at this space's center, stood conspicuously a stele?
This was not a traditional stone monument but a pillar about three people could embrace around,overall presenting a dim bronze-colored strange metal pillar. The metal pillar's surface was covered with countless complex ancienttalismans emitting faint golden halo. These glyphs interconnected, constituting a huge and precise formation base. This was precisely the legendary Nine Heavens Demon Sealing Formation's core.
However, at this moment, this formation core that shouldemitting majestic righteous energy, suppressing all demons, appearedextraordinarily dim and broken.
On the ancient bronze-colored pillar, covered withinterweaving cracks like a spider web. Many placeseven had large areas of peeling and corrosion traces, revealing the even more profound darkness within. Those glyphs that originally shouldflowed stably, emitting a sacred aura, now light flickered uncertainly. Many glyphs hadincomplete, dim, even completely extinguished. The entire core pillar trembled slightly,emitted a low hum like dying struggles.
Mostchilling streams ofpure and violent pitch-black demonic energy were continuously seeping out from those cracks and damaged spots. It was likefilthy blood gushed from the wound, polluting the surrounding formation force, constantly rushing upward, merging into that boiling blood pool and collapsing Hall of Ten Thousand Souls.
The demon entity's body that terrifying spiritual pressure filled with infinite fury and destructive will, was precisely from beneath thisthe Demon-Sealing Array Core covered with cracks, most clearly transmitted. Each impact made this core pillar tremble violently. Cracks seemed to expand one more point.
This was the final defense line of the seal, also the exit for the demon entity's power's vent.
"The Nine Heavens Demon Sealing Formation actually damaged to such a state" Mu Qingfeng gazing at thatruined, demonic energy overflowing core pillar, inhaled sharply, his expression extremely unsightly. He could feel that this ancient great formation's power wasless than one in ten remained, relying entirely on its own material's mystical nature andthe remnant formation structure barely supported. But clearly it could not hold much longer.
"The formation eye is right here" Xiaoqi struggled to slide down from Liu Yun's back. His feet buckled when they touched ground. He was immediately caught by Liu Yun. Hestared fixedly at the core pillar constantly seeping demonic energy father's last divine thought roared in his mind. It was here. Must reinforce it.
But how to reinforce?
His purification origin within the body had long since been exhausted. The Four Symbols Jade Pendant had shattered completely. Merely relying on these few people'the remnant power facing this severely damagedand directly confronting the demon lord's main body ancient great formationsimply like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
Just as theyshaken in spirit by this desperate reality.
The Demon Sealing Formation core seemed due to their arrival, or rather because of thethe residual Purification and Four Symbols aura that the demon lord found extremely disgusting produced an even more intense reaction.
Hum.
The core pillar trembled violently. Those glyphs on it not yet completely extinguishedas if in a final flare, suddenly lit up with dazzling golden light. A thoughthe remnant yet still carrying the majestic heavenly might and orthodox formation power that suppresses all evil like athe disturbed dormant dragon erupted. It temporarily drove back the surrounding surging demonic energy several zhang.
Meanwhile, an ancient exhausted yet carryingan intent of supreme majesty and urgency likecrossing ancient time and space, abruptly came from that core pillar directlypoured into the three people's seas of consciousness.
"Later world cultivators, the formation base is damaged, the demon will emerge."
"To reinforce need same-origin power, balance's way."
"Draw out Four Symbols, suppress four directions, use purification, cleanse demonic atmosphere."
"Quick, time is running out."
This thought wasintermittent, full of anxiety. It seemed to guide them on methods yet due to energy shortage and demonic energy interference could not clearly convey.
Same-origin power? Balance's way? Draw Four Symbols? Use purification?
Xiaoqi, Mu Qingfeng, Liu Yun three people instantly understood. The formation core's residual consciousness was telling them, need to employ force of the same origin as the formation, using balance's way, draw out Four Symbols force to suppress the formation's base, simultaneously use purification force to cleanse demonic energy, to temporarily stabilize thisthe teetering seal.
And this precisely coincided with the force Xiaoqi possessed, though now nearly vanished, and father's final hint.
Hope, seemed to appear.
However, just as theytry to understand this intent and seek specific methods.
Boom.
The demon entity's body seemedcompletely enraged by this suddenly erupting formation golden light. Even more violent more terrifying assault likea volcano that had accumulated for ten thousand years erupted from below the core pillar.
Crackle.
A cleara spine-chilling shattering sound rang out.
Only seeing that on the ancient bronze-colored core pillar onethe main huge crack penetrating the upper and lower thirds under this blowabruptly expanded. It almost would split the entire pillar in two. More demonic energygushed forth like a breached flood.
The Demon Sealing Formation core reached the brink of complete collapse.
That ancient thought let outunwilling lament rapidly weakened. Golden light alsorapidly dimmed.
"Not good." Mu Qingfeng's face changed dramatically.
Liu Yun gripped her sword tightly.
Xiaoqi gazing at thatthe core about to shatter and feeling within his body thatempty power aunprecedented despair and madness simultaneously surged to his heart.
Could it be trulywas it going to fail at the last step?