Escaping the Trap

"Don't worry. I'm seventy percent confident, but when the time comes, I'll need you to protect me!"

Lu Ren spoke calmly.

"Are you really confident?"

Yao Tianjue hesitated somewhat.

If Lu Ren forcibly broke the formation and failed, alerting Jade Rakshasa would be the least of it. Should the thirty-six-layer grand formation be triggered, Yao Tianjue would at most suffer serious injuries, but Lu Ren would undoubtedly die.

Yet when he saw the determination in Lu Ren's eyes, he nodded. "Fine. Since you aren't even afraid of death yourself, I'll gamble with you!"

"Don't worry. I won't gamble with my own life."

Lu Ren smiled faintly, then turned a solemn gaze toward the Demon Sealing Altar.

Passing through layers upon layers of formations, Lu Ren locked onto a pitch-black pearl embedded beneath the very center of the Demon Sealing Altar. It was none other than the Demon Soul Pearl.

However, talismans floated around the Demon Soul Pearl, covered by sensing formations.

"Senior, draw all the attacks from the formations near the Demon Soul Pearl toward yourself!"

Yao Tianjue's gaze fell upon Lu Ren, incomparably grave. Terrifying chaotic Profound Energy erupted from his palm as well.

Rumble!

With a sweep of Yao Tianjue's hand, terrifying Profound Energy blasted toward several locations on the Demon Sealing Altar. In an instant, the altar shook violently, and a force like mountain torrents and tsunamis seemed capable of tearing heaven and earth apart.

Streams of runes drifted out from the many talismans, gathering into all sorts of powerful attacks that bombarded Yao Tianjue.

"Charge!"

Lu Ren's eyes shone brilliantly. His body sprang forward, darting toward the Demon Soul Pearl.

Very soon, he was about to enter the sensing range of the formations. Once he rushed through, he would immediately face the bombardment of more than