The Demon Sealing Formation core's penetrating crackferociously expanding under the demon entity's violent assault. Demonic energy sprayed like a breaking dam. The ancient bronze pillar emittedthe lament of near disintegration. Residual golden glyphs' lightrapidly dimmed. That ancient thought also likethe candle in the wind suddenly weakened.
Despair like a cold abysswanted to devour the last trace of hope.
"No."
Tang Xiaoqi let out a hoarse roar. That sound not humanmore like a dying beast's wail. He gazing at thatthe core about to completely shatter. Father's dissipated soul fire, Aunt Su'sa barely surviving face, Senior Brother and Third Senior Sister's blood-stained figures, and that ancient thought's infiniteurgent transmission. All these likethe final fuel injected into his already driedwill furnace.
He had no strength. Purification origin exhausted. Meridians severed. Spiritual energy empty. The Four Symbols Jade Pendant for destroying the Soul-Controlling Jade hadcompletely shattered.
But was the Four Symbols Soul Crystal's power truly completely gone?
That origin force from the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, Black Tortoise four great holy beasts, had long since in the long union with the jade pendant, partly deeplybrand into his blood his soul hisDao Foundation. The jade pendant was the vessel was the amplifier but the true seed had already been planted.
Only this seed requiredcould only be stimulated again at an unimaginable price.
He abruptly raised his head. Within those crimson eyes a flash offrantic blood color. He did not look at thatthe core about to break but turned his head toward Liu Yun and Mu Qingfeng beside him. His voice due to extreme determination becameextraordinarily calm yet carryinga chilling dread.
"Senior Brother Third Senior Sister assist me one final time."
Before finishing he did not wait for response. Both hands abruptly raised. Not forming seals but in a self-mutilating manner fiercely slapped both his temples.
"Xiaoqi. Don't." Mu Qingfeng and Liu Yun simultaneously horrified wanted to stop yet already too late.
Boom.
Xiaoqi felt his knowledge seaas if a bomb had been thrown in. Agony instantly overwhelmed all perception. His vision filled with blood red. He was usingburning his final spiritual soul source, sacrificing all life potential as the price forcibly stimulating thatthe Four Symbols brand deeply buried in soul and bloodline.
"Pui." Blood spurted from all his seven orifices simultaneously. His body trembled violently. Yet those slapping his temples handsfirmly resisted maintaining thisa self-destructive state.
Hum.
A faint yet extremely pure extremely ancientthe fluctuation containing the Four Extremities source of heaven and earth was forcibly squeezed and stimulated from the depths of his nearly collapsed Dao Foundation.
The instant this fluctuation appeared thatthe Demon-Sealing Array Core about to completely dim seemed attracted by the most fundamental source, and the remnant golden talismans suddenly lit up. And below the demon entity's assault alsoappeared a momentary stagnation. Itseemed startled and bewildered by this suddenly appearing aura it both detested and craved.
This was the moment.
"Azure Dragon returns to position. Suppress the East."
Xiaoqisilently shouted in his heart. That first wisp of green origincarrying the endlessly regenerating Wood Qi transformed into a faint greenflowing light. It left his bodyas if guided shot toward the Demon Sealing Formation core pillar east side's position onedim talisman node.
The instant that node contacted the green lightlike drought meeting rain, suddenly lit up brightly. A fuzzyscales and claws flourishing Azure Dragon phantomaround that node flashed and vanished. A. The pillar east side'sthe crack's spread slightly paused.
"White Tiger returns to position. Suppress the West."
The second wisp of white origincarrying the sharpest Metal Qi transformed into whiteflowing light shot toward the west node. Glyph lit up. a faint White Tiger roaring phantom flashed. killing aura washed away demonic miasma. West sidethe demonic energy at the cracks was slightly suppressed.
"Vermillion Bird returns to position. Suppress the South."
The third wisp of crimson origincarrying the Fire intent that burns all directions transformed into crimsonflowing light entered the south node. Glyph burned. a Vermillion Bird spreading wings phantom appeared briefly. the most Yang and most forceful aura scorching the seeping demonic energy. South area's demonic energyas one.
"Black Tortoise returns to position. Suppress the North."
The fourth wisp of black origincarrying the virtue of Earth that supports all things transformed into blackflowing light merged into the north node. Glyph stabilized. the interweaving Black Tortoise phantom rose and fell. thick and steady power pervaded. North side pillar's tremblingsignificantly reduced.
The Four Symbols returned to position. Though phantoms were fuzzy power was faintfar inferior to the might when augmented by the jade pendant. But these foura strand of balance power originating from the fundamental source of heaven and earth preciselyembedded into the corresponding Four Extremity nodes of the Nine Heavens Demon-Sealing Array. Ittemporarily stabilized this ancient formation's most basic structure.
Meanwhile that formation core'sthe remnant ancient intent seemed to grasp this last lifeline. It let outexcited hum. All residual golden glyphsall erupted with their final light. It guided thisthe newly injected Four Symbols balance power begandifficultly resisting demonic energy's erosion repairing thosecracks covering the pillar.
Only seeing thatthe speed of the main crack's ferocious expansion finally stopped. Edge attempting toseal. Otherthe smaller cracks alsounder the circumstance that the Four Symbols power guarding the Four Extremities and the formation power were being supplemented beganan extremely slow repair process. Thethe dim bronze-colored pillar regained a trace of faint yet steadfast brilliance.
Effective. The Four Symbols returning to position had temporarily stabilized the seal.
However Xiaoqi's cost wasdestructive. After forciblyafter stimulating the final four strands of Four Symbols source his hands pressing his temples fell powerlessly. His entire personas if all bones were pulled out, softly fell forward. His breathfaint to the extreme. His life firelike the last ember on a rope that would extinguish at any moment. Blooddyed his face and lapels red. Consciousnesscompletely sank into boundless darkness.
"Xiaoqi." Liu Yun caught him. Feeling that almostdisappeared vitality tearsinstantly blurred his vision.
Mu Qingfeng gazing at thatthe core pillar that although began repairing, still had cracks and trembled constantly andcompletely exhausted Xiaoqi andthe barely surviving Aunt Su his heartno joy at all, only boundless heaviness.
The Four Symbols returning to position merely temporarily stabilized buying a moment's breathing. But this seal remained fragile. The demon's assault had not stopped. They were far fromescaped the danger. And Xiaoqi might never wake again.