manynovel 660. Keeping the promise
660. Keeping the promise
The night sky over Saint Dan City had already been torn to shreds by the violent energy.
The massive dark gold mother-child rune array was now like a greedy beast, spitting out the vast battle energy poured in by the six Spirit Race Battle Saints.
Ling Xuanmo stood at the edge of the surging torrent of battle qi, his gaze complex as he stared at the core of the great formation—that hunched figure shrouded in blood qi.
"The Supreme Elder has truly decided to sacrifice himself."
The negotiation plan from that day kept flashing through his mind, and a mixture of grief, admiration, and indescribable sorrow welled up in his heart.
However, everything is proceeding according to Ling Haonan's pre-designed plan. Of course, many unexpected events have occurred along the way, and there have been several twists and turns. However, within Ling Haonan's overall plan, those unexpected events have had a very limited impact.
At this moment, Ancestor Danta, Ancestor Huoyun, and Mu Yaoyin were all trapped inside the great formation and unable to escape.
At first, the Pill Tower Ancestor didn't pay much attention. Even after learning that Ling Haonan's purpose was to trap him, his first reaction was to break the great formation to gain his freedom. However, the arrival of six Dou Sheng from the Spirit Clan made everyone, including the Pill Tower Ancestor, realize that the Spirit Clan's ambitions tonight were enormous, even greater than anyone had imagined.
The Ancestor of the Pill Tower showed no sign of giving up, continuing to bombard the rune array. An attack from a six-star Dou Sheng expert was naturally enough to cause the heavens and earth to tremble. However, all the Dou Sheng experts of the Spirit Clan, including Ling Haonan and Ling He, were currently exerting their utmost effort to channel their Dou Qi into the rune array.
As time passed, an unprecedented shadow fell over the once clear and youthful face of the Pill Tower Ancestor. A profound sense of crisis lingered in his heart. Since his birth, the Pill Tower, as one of the most powerful forces in the Central Continent, had constantly faced challenges and trials, including some major crises that nearly shook its very existence. However, the Pill Tower Ancestor had ultimately saved it from each of these existential crises.
This time, facing the Spirit Clan, a family descended from Dou Di, the Pill Tower Ancestor's heart was no longer at peace. This was a hunting expedition targeting the Pill Tower and himself. He didn't know how long the Spirit Clan had been planning this, but he was clearly caught off guard.
Even more critically, Danta was already at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and with these two factors combined, he saw no hope of survival for the time being. A deep-seated fear of death made it impossible for him to remain calm.
Under the protection of the Pill Tower Ancestor, Huo Yun Patriarch and Mu Yaoyin have not yet been greatly affected by the great formation and are looking for opportunities from different directions. However, each fierce attack only resulted in a violent swaying of the formation's light, and the great formation remained unmoved. None of the Spirit Clan's Battle Saints showed the slightest sign of relaxation; they understood the principle that even a lion will exert its full strength when hunting a rabbit.
Beyond the array, Ling Fengzhui's cold yet powerful voice, amplified by his battle qi, resounded in the ears of every Spirit Clan Battle Venerable: "All Spirit Guards, Clan Members, and members of the Heavenly Nether Sect, heed my command! Follow me! Activate the Void Restriction Array at full power! Not even a fly is allowed to escape Holy Pill City!"
Ling Fengzhui had already given up fighting Xiao Yan the moment the Void Restriction Formation was broken. Before this battle, each member of the Spirit Clan had received instructions on what they should do.
Ling Fengzhui, due to his position within the Spirit Clan, knew more. His most important order was: once the Mother-Child Rune Array was fully activated, he must seal off Saint Pill City at all costs, preventing anyone or any news from leaving the city.
Subsequently, more and more members of the Spirit Clan began to fill in. According to the orders they had received at the beginning, once the Spirit Clan chief appeared, everyone immediately abandoned all their own tasks and acted in unison.
Ling Haonan had only given them one order: seal off all spaces and not allow anyone to leave Saint Pill City!
Mu Yaoyin's attack was effective; nearly half of the Spirit Clan members were injured in that attack. Those Spirit Clan members closest to Mu Yaoyin had even lost one-tenth of their fighting strength, so even if they formed an array, the effect would not be very good.
At this moment, at Ling Haonan's signal, Ling He left the rune array. She raised her hands, and the vast Dou Sheng Dou Qi, like invisible threads, precisely injected into the key nodes of the array. Although she had consumed a great deal of energy from presiding over the seal within the rune array, and her strength was not outstanding among Dou Shengs, she could at most unleash the power of a one-star Dou Sheng at this moment. But a Dou Sheng is a Dou Sheng, and her strength far surpasses that of a Dou Zun.
All members of the Spirit Clan were constantly joining the great formation. Under Ling He's leadership, everyone even merged into the formation immediately. This not only allowed them to wholeheartedly inject battle qi into the spatial isolation formation, but also enabled them to use the formation's power as an aid.
A layer of energy barrier shimmering with dark silver light not only completely sealed off all passages from the sky to the outside world, but also began to compress slightly inward. Its isolation and protection far exceeded the level when Mu Yaoyin broke the formation, turning Saint Pill City into a huge cage from which no aura could be leaked.
The Spirit Clan's primary objective was originally the Pill Tower Ancestor himself. Now that their objective has been achieved, they no longer need to entangle themselves with the alchemists below. Furthermore, the Void Restriction Array has severed all possibility of external assistance or unforeseen events.
Once the Pill Tower Ancestor is refined alive by the Spirit Clan, the Spirit Clan's Dou Sheng powerhouses can easily control the alchemists they need.
As the rune array stabilized, Ling Haonan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Taking advantage of this brief respite, his gaze fell upon Xiao Yan, who had fought several bloody battles that night. Xiao Yan was arguably the biggest variable in his plan, causing trouble for the Spirit Clan on several occasions, yet he felt no anger at Xiao Yan's actions.
In a daze, he seemed to see Xiao Xuan, the genius of the Xiao clan, who crushed his future path with just a few simple punches in that ancient ruin thousands of years ago!
However, it was only for a brief moment. A complex emotion flickered in Ling Haonan's eyes before he withdrew his gaze and returned it to the Pill Tower Ancestor. He neither told Ling Yuan that he must eliminate Xiao Yan, nor did he tell them that they must spare Xiao Yan's life so that the Ling Clan could control him and use him for their own purposes.
His life is nearing its end, and all he wants to do right now is deal with the Old Ancestor of the Pill Tower. The more other things he does, the more likely he is to cause changes to the already settled situation.