Joining Forces to Break the Formation, Melee (Seeking Collections, Seeking Recommendation Tickets~)

"Playing tricks!"

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Mo Tianquan refused to believe it. He snorted coldly and extended his withered hand.

Without any visible preparation, a huge dark-blue energy handprint roared forth and slammed fiercely into the nearest formation barrier.

Boom!

The explosive blast from the collision of energies nearly ruptured everyone's eardrums. The handprint exploded, and the shockwave sent the robes of several nearby people fluttering wildly.

Yet the barrier, rippling with green starlike flame-light, merely trembled a few times, showing no sign of breaking.

Hu Gan, Mo Tianquan, Silver Elder, and the others briefly exchanged glances in midair.

Though they usually fought endlessly over利益 in the Black Corner Region, wishing for the other's immediate death, the tacit understanding built up through years of dealing with one another instead came into play in the face of this bizarre predicament.

Without a word, they all nodded at once.

"That Dou Emperor over there, lend a hand as well! Let's break out together!"

Hu Gan shouted toward Xiao Yan, who was lingering at the edge of the plaza, then immediately unleashed an even fiercer palm strike.

"Canglan Palm!"

The instant the palm imprint struck the barrier, the attacks of the other three Dou Emperors followed close behind.

"Tearing Wind Claw!"

"Blood Fiend Soul Piercing Cone!"

"Rift Blade!"

The dark-blue giant palm, the blood-red cone compressed to the extreme, and the silent silver wheel of light—three terrifying attacks of entirely different attributes struck the exact same point almost simultaneously!

This attack was far more powerful than their previous individual attempts.

Last came a green gleam carrying scorching heat. Old Yao, controlling Xiao Yan's body, joined the battle as well.

The green light on the barrier let out a piercing shriek. Under the violent distortion, fine cracks actually appeared!

"It worked!"

Hu Gan and the others' pupils contracted.

However, before they could join forces again, Yun Lie, who had been watching coldly from the sidelines, suddenly roared, "Stop them!"

At some point, a small crimson flag had appeared in Yun Lie's hand. He waved it sharply!

"Roar—!"

"Hiss—!"

Shrill cries that made their scalps tingle rang out from all directions.

The crimson Fire Spirit Bodies, which had only been slowly approaching, seemed to have received the command to attack. The blankness and pain in their eyes were instantly replaced by violent killing intent.

The densely packed Fire Spirit Bodies surged toward the crowd like a crimson tide, charging in without fear of death.

The flames rising from the first few Fire Spirit Bodies nearly condensed into tangible armor, and the aura they radiated had astonishingly reached the Dou Emperor level!

The united assault was instantly interrupted.

"Bastard!"

Mo Tianquan had no choice but to turn back. With a sweep of his sleeve, he blasted away two Fire Spirit Bodies lunging toward the Black Emperor Sect crowd.

"Black Emperor Sect Disciples, form up and defend against the enemy!"

Hu Gan's figure flashed as he teleported back to the front of Jia Nan Academy's group.

Amid flashes of Dou Qi, he had already cleaved several Fire Spirit Bodies in half. Yet they soon wriggled back together, though their auras weakened somewhat.

The various factions had no choice but to tighten their formations and deal with the endless bizarre enemies before them first.

"Yun Lie! What exactly is your Earthflame Gate trying to do?!"

Mo Tianquan smashed a Fire Spirit Body with a palm strike and roared toward the furnace. "Do you truly intend to make enemies of the entire Black Corner Region and bring about your own destruction?!"

Fan Lao's cold, sinister threat also carried over. "A mere Earthflame Gate dares to set a trap and scheme against us? Once we break your turtle shell, this sect master will turn every last member of your sect into blood slaves!"

"Yun Lie, stop now and open the grand formation. There is still room for reconciliation. Otherwise, Jia Nan Academy will never let this go!"

But in the face of threats from the leaders of every faction, Yun Lie merely smiled mockingly.

"Make enemies of the Black Corner Region? Hahaha!"

His laughter abruptly ceased, his face twisting with ruthless ferocity. "Everyone, you should first think about how to survive inside my Myriad Fire Blood Refining Formation!"

He spread his arms, his laughter growing increasingly crazed. "This place will be your burial ground! Kill!"

With his command, the Fire Spirit Bodies' assault became even more frenzied.

The entire plaza had completely turned into a bloody meat grinder.

The various forces of the Black Corner Region clashed with the endless Fire Spirit Bodies. Every moment, someone was injured or killed.

On Jia Nan Academy's side, Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang stood at the front and rear, while several Dou Wang elders guarded each direction, keeping Qin Han and Zi Yan firmly protected in the middle.

The two of them only occasionally hurled out one or two attacks, taking care of the stragglers that drew near.

Yet Qin Han, positioned in relative safety, frowned more and more deeply.

His gaze swept rapidly across the battlefield.

Though the Fire Spirit Bodies seemed numerous and their assaults fierce, nearly half of the Black Corner Region's top forces had gathered here. There were several Dou Emperors alone, and even more Dou Wangs.

As time passed, the Fire Spirit Bodies were continuously destroyed. Though they seemed able to slowly recover by drawing energy from the magma or the formation, their destruction was clearly outpacing their recovery.

At this rate, it was only a matter of time before they were completely wiped out.

"Something's wrong..."

Alarm bells blared in Qin Han's heart.

Yun Lie had gone to such lengths, even going so far as to draw in forces from half the Black Corner Region and set up such a massive scheme. Could it really be just to use these Fire Spirit Bodies, incapable of inflicting decisive damage, to wear them down?

The cost and risk were completely disproportionate.

He abruptly raised his head and looked toward Yun Lie above the furnace.

The other man was directing the Fire Spirit Bodies' attacks, yet his gaze would occasionally flick toward the Myriad Stars Flame slowly drifting through the air, seemingly uninvolved in the battle. An unsettling smile hung on his lips.

Following his gaze, Qin Han focused his mind and quietly stirred the power of the Myriad Stars Flame he had just absorbed.

The star flame circulated through his Meridians, bringing with it a strange sensation.

Empty, vast... it seemed capable of containing all things, yet was ever-changing.

Using this thread of star flame power as a guide, he carefully extended his senses toward the star flames drifting through the sky.

In an instant, Qin Han's perception seemed to merge into an invisible sea of star flames.

The sensation was peculiar.

The star flames themselves seemed to possess no active consciousness. They merely existed, all-encompassing.

They could carry pure starlight and moonlight energy, and they seemed capable of accommodating... certain other things as well.

Qin Han's perception extended along the star flames' intangible, formless veins.

At first, he could see only the pure and boundless power of starfire, with the magnificent Aurora Sky spreading across the entire heavens.

But when he concentrated on the layer where the star flames came into contact with the battlefield below, the scene changed.

Threads of dark crimson aura were being quietly drawn from every bleeding wound below, from the energy aftershocks scattered by every violent clash of Dou Qi, and even from corpses that had not yet gone completely cold.

These auras contained the purest essence of Blood Qi and the origin of Dou Qi, even the souls of the dead that were about to disperse!

The Myriad Stars Flame's all-encompassing nature revealed a spine-chilling side at this moment.

The seemingly magnificent star flames, in Qin Han's perception, were nothing less than a terrifying blood web covered in capillaries.

This was no trapping formation or killing formation at all, but an enormous refining formation!

Using the star flames filling the sky as its guide and everyone's slaughter as furnace fire, it was refining the life energy escaping from every living being on the battlefield.

And the ultimate destination of that energy was none other than the Myriad Fire Furnace, whose body had already changed from pale cyan to deep crimson!