"Sister, let's attack together and break this blasted array!"
Chang Xi cried out sharply, wasting no more words.
Her mid-stage Hun Yuan Golden Immortal cultivation erupted without restraint!
She formed a hand seal, and a bright full moon's phantom suddenly rose behind her.
The moonlight was no gentle, silvery glow. Instead, it became billions of icy, razor-sharp beams of moonlight.
Like the Milky Way pouring down from the heavens, they slammed fiercely into the Immortal Trapping Array diagram!
Lunar Annihilation Divine Light!
This was one of her ultimate divine abilities. It contained the true meaning of the lunar force's annihilation and was designed to break all kinds of protective Immortal Light, arrays, and seals.
At the same time, Xi He moved.
She raised her slender hand, sending out streams of lunar chill.
The cold transformed into roaring silver-white ice dragons. They followed close behind Chang Xi's beams of moonlight and crashed into the array diagram.
How terrifying was a combined attack from two mid-stage Hun Yuan Golden Immortals?
The entire Lunar Star trembled, and space churned like boiling water.
The icy moonlight collided fiercely with the overbearing power of the Immortal Array.
Rumble—!
The Immortal Trapping Array diagram shook violently, its light flickering. Great tears opened in the Immortal Light enveloping the Lunar Star.
The hundred or so Great Luo Immortal Generals presiding over the array all groaned. Many turned pale, blood trickling from the corners of their mouths.
East Prince Gong, however, was not startled. He was delighted.
"Excellent! What a Lunar Goddess! Your magical power truly reaches the heavens!"
"But do you really think my Immortal Trapping Array is so easy to break?"
He threw back his head and laughed, then pointed his Dragon Head Crutch at the center of the array diagram.
"Heavenly Immortal Generals, heed my command! Turn!"
Vmmm—!
The core of the Immortal Trapping Array suddenly blazed with light.
It had actually drawn upon the power of the Stars of the Celestial Circuit, hidden in the depths of the heavens, and formed a strange resonance with the Lunar Star's own stellar power.
The attacks Chang Xi and Xi He had unleashed—
The razor-sharp beams of moonlight and the lunar ice dragons—were inexplicably weakened by thirty percent as they neared the core of the array diagram!
That wasn't all.
As the array diagram rotated, streams of strange power, like invisible chains, began to wind around Chang Xi and Xi He.
The power was not fierce, but it was deeply uncanny, imbued with a Daoist aura that seemed to seal the heavens and earth.
The Immortal Trapping Array continually wore down the lunar Immortal Light around them, slowing the flow of their magical power.
"What kind of cursed array is this?!" Chang Xi cried, shocked and furious.
She felt as if her magical power had sunk into a quagmire. She couldn't bring even seventy percent of her strength to bear.
Xi He's expression was equally grave.
Her cultivation was steadier than Chang Xi's, so she was faring somewhat better.
But she, too, felt her movements impeded, as if invisible spiderwebs were clinging to her.
"This array was created specifically to trap immortals. Fellow Daoists, there's no need to waste your strength."
East Prince Gong's voice rang out again, composed with the confidence of a man certain of victory.
"Just surrender and come back to Penglai with me. I will treat you with every courtesy and honor you as my esteemed guests."
"If you continue to resist..."
His gaze turned cold. "Then don't blame me for using force! It would be a shame if those lovely faces of yours got hurt."
He made no attempt to hide the lewdness and threat in his words.
Chang Xi was so furious that her eyes blazed. She turned to Xi He and said urgently,
"Sister, this array is strange. It specifically counters us!"
"We can't fight it head-on. Let's retreat to Guanghan Palace and hold our ground using the Lunar Star's origin!"
At its heart lay the Lunar Star's core origin. It was the sisters' home, which they had cultivated for countless eras. It was protected by layers of restrictions and might be able to withstand this strange array.
"Trying to leave? Too late!"
East Prince Gong sneered, as if he had long anticipated this.
He bit the tip of his tongue and spat a mouthful of blood onto the Dragon Head Crutch in his hand.
"Power of the myriad immortals, empower me! Trap immortals and seal their spirits—seal!"
The Dragon Head Crutch blazed with light, resonating with the Immortal Trapping Array diagram above his head.
At the same time, the hundred or so Great Luo Immortal Generals all spat blood onto their respective array flags.
The entire Immortal Trapping Array burst into unprecedented radiance!
Countless chains, formed entirely from Celestial Spirit Qi and the power of the Stars,
seemed to come alive as they shot wildly from every corner of the array diagram, moving at incredible speed and ignoring the distance between them.
In an instant, they wrapped around Xi He and Chang Xi as the two tried to escape!
These chains were not physical.
Yet they were tougher than any divine metal or immortal iron.
Carrying the unique sealing power of the Immortal Trapping Array, they burrowed into the two women's bodies as soon as they touched them.
"Ugh!"
Chang Xi bore the brunt of the attack.
Her cultivation was already somewhat unstable because she had given all the rewards to Xi He.
Now, dozens of immortal chains bound her. She groaned, and the moonlight around her visibly dimmed.
Her magical power flowed like a frozen river, moving with excruciating difficulty.
"Chang Xi!"
Xi He was horrified.
She repeatedly slashed at the chains of law with beams of moonlight, but could only sever a few of the outermost ones.
More chains surged forward, one after another, like maggots clinging to bone. They wound around her, too.
Her cultivation was deep, so she could still hold out for now.
But her movements were already severely restricted, as if she had fallen into an invisible mire.
"Chang Xi!"
Seeing Chang Xi grow paler by the moment as her aura rapidly faded, Xi He was frantic with worry.
"Sister... go... don't worry about me..."
Chang Xi gritted her teeth, trying to burn her origin and break through the seal for a moment, creating an opportunity for Xi He.
She knew her strength was inferior to her sister's, and that she was East Prince Gong's primary target.
As long as Xi He could retreat into the depths of Guanghan Palace and rely on the Lunar Star's origin, she might be able to hold out until Tai Yi returned, or...
"Leave?"
East Prince Gong's figure had somehow already passed through the violently fluctuating lunar barrier and appeared before Guanghan Palace.
His gaze burned as he looked at the two women.
His eyes lingered on Chang Xi's pale yet delicate little face. A flash of lecherous intent passed through them.
"None of you are going anywhere today."
He raised a hand and made a grabbing motion toward Chang Xi from afar.
"I'll start with you!"
The immortal chains binding Chang Xi suddenly tightened!
Chang Xi let out a pained moan, and the moonlight around her completely scattered.
Under the strange array created specifically to "trap immortals" and East Prince Gong's all-out efforts, her mid-stage Hun Yuan Golden Immortal cultivation was temporarily sealed by more than ninety percent!
The chains dragged her petite body toward East Prince Gong against her will.
"Chang Xi!"
Xi He's eyes nearly burst with rage. She was bound by the chains herself, but was ready to fight with everything she had.
"Daoist Xi He."
East Prince Gong drew the immobilized Chang Xi before him.
He clamped one hand around her slender neck, then gently stroked her pale cheek with the other.
He turned to Xi He with a warm smile, though his voice was cold as a blade.
"If you move again, or even think of resisting..."
He tightened his fingers slightly. Chang Xi's breath caught, and pain appeared on her face.
"I'll crush her throat and destroy her Primordial Spirit at once."
"You should know I can do it."
Xi He froze in place.
She looked at Chang Xi, restrained by East Prince Gong, her life hanging by a thread.
She saw the pain and worry in her sister's eyes, along with her silent plea: Go!
The heart that had always been cool and calm was now engulfed by a monstrous storm.
Anger, despair, helplessness...
Chang Xi already wanted East Prince Gong dead.
At the same time, she was filled with unbearable regret.
If she had worked hard at cultivation instead of relying solely on the system's power, she would probably have already advanced to the late stage of the Hun Yuan Golden Immortal realm.
System, hurry and think of something! I don't want to stick together with East Prince Gong! Chang Xi was close to tears.
The Sticker System had also realized the situation was urgent and hurriedly replied,
"Host, don't panic. I'll call in some help!"
"You can call in help?!" In all these years, Chang Xi had never discovered that her system could do that.
"Did you think I only had one host in the Prehistoric World?" the Sticker System said mysteriously.
Solar Star.
A figure sat cross-legged on a branch of the Fusang Divine Tree, cultivating.
"Achoo!"
Di Jun sneezed.
"Strange. With cultivation like mine, how could I still catch a cold?"