Li Wuyang pushed his speed to the limit, even using short-range spatial traversal repeatedly without hesitation. Ignoring the fierce battles and energy turbulence along the way, he charged madly toward the Star Core Secret Chamber. Only one thought remained in his mind: I cannot let the traitor succeed! I cannot let Xuan Nü be harmed!
The closer he came to the core area, the thicker the strange atmosphere became—a mixture of unstable purifying power and subtle demonic qi. Guards lay scattered all along the way, clearly subdued or killed in an instant by an expert. The secret chamber's massive door, engraved with countless star runes, had been forcibly torn open with a gap, its edges still bearing sinister traces of corrosion!
"Damn it!" Li Wuyang's eyes nearly split with rage as he rushed into the chamber without hesitation!
The sight inside nearly stopped his heart! The purification formation at the center, formed from the origin of the stars, had dimmed. At its core, the phantom of a nine-colored lotus manifested by the Lotus Platform of World Purification flickered violently, wavering between light and darkness! Beneath the lotus, the "shell" Xuan Nü, sealed beneath layer upon layer of chains, had once been surrounded by a pure starlight halo. Now, it was being eroded by dense black-red demonic qi. Her face twisted in pain as she let out agonized howls, while the silver-white rune on her brow had turned dark red!
A figure dressed in the robes of a high-ranking Star Law Officer of the Sky Patrol Immortal Boat stood at the edge of the formation. His face was hidden beneath the shadow of his hood. With both hands, he formed a bizarre reverse Life Transformation seal while muttering an incantation, continuously driving streams of filthy dark energy into the formation's core,