Sixfold Completion
As soon as they finished speaking, the two charged forward again, unleashing Golden Light Across the Land. Vermilion Brightness Sword and Jin Ling attacked Chen Hai's left and right flanks, one attacking and the other harassing.
No matter how much Su Yao urged his Sword Intent and the Balmy Wind...
Sword light and the Balmy Wind heat could not get within a hundred feet of Chen Hai. With a gentle wave of the Great Marsh Banner, the power of the Proclaiming Earth, as vast as the ocean, became an insurmountable barrier. No matter how pure the Sword Intent, it could not pierce through; no matter how treacherous the Profound Qi, it could not move. Although the Balmy Wind could Scorch Metal and Stone, it was useless against the flying sand of the Proclaiming Earth.
"Don't waste your energy." Chen Hai didn't even look at the two of them directly, only lingering his gaze on the Gang Qi emanating from their bodies for a moment. "These two Gang Qi can only protect your lives. It's not too late to agree to the merit of following the dragon."
Upon hearing this, Su Yao did not reply, but instead struck again with his sword.
The sword light, like a rainbow, landed on the earthen-yellow airwaves raised by the Great Marsh Banner, vanishing without a trace like snowflakes entering the sea. The Balmy Wind heat was immediately dispersed by the thick earthen-yellow airwaves, leaving not even a trace of scorching.
On the other side, Yang Xiu let out a muffled groan, the golden bell in his hand vibrated, and the Geng Metal on his body surged like a tide, barely managing to deflect the force of the recoil.
His face was slightly pale at this moment, but he didn't have time to adjust his breathing and immediately called out to Xue Min:
"Senior Mountain God, we can no longer hold back."
Xue Min, who had been directly under Chen Hai's main offensive, knew upon hearing this that she couldn't delay any longer, as things could change if she waited.
Then, he took a deep breath, and the drumbeat suddenly changed.
The Sacrificial Earth Body Divine Ability is "Fallen Plain Passage"!
With his Body Divine Ability activated, Xue Min moved like the wind across the plains, skimming along the flying sand of Proclaiming Earth. This was his Body Divine Ability, one of the five Divine Ability of his Sacrificial Earth. It was not known for its combat strength, but it was extremely good at close-range maneuvering and escaping. Moreover, he used the Sacrificial Earth Law Treasure treasure in his hand to activate it, and in an instant, he closed to within a hundred feet of Chen Hai!
As Xue Min approached, he simultaneously activated his last Divine Ability, the Sacrificial Earth Divine Ability "Sacrifice to the Kitchen Lord"!
The drumbeats were like rising fires in a stove, and a bright, warm light ignited on the crimson drumhead, as if ten thousand stoves were lit at the same time. That warm light enveloped Chen Hai, not with the power of killing, but rather like the most tender greeting of human warmth.
Upon seeing this, Chen Hai frowned slightly, revealing a serious expression for the first time since the start of the battle.
He first held the Great Marsh Banner horizontally in front of him, and then the earthy yellow light surged, and the earthy yellow air currents were like a great swamp hanging upside down, blocking the warm light three zhang in front of him.
"Sacrifice to the Kitchen Lord... Sacrificial Earth truly deserves to be the culmination of Earth Virtue," he said softly. "But even if the Kitchen God can discern right from wrong, he cannot understand the impending upheaval of heaven and earth."
Having said that, Great Marsh Banner remained horizontal in front of him, and a gray-white pottery jar appeared out of thin air in his other hand.
The jar is simple and unadorned, with a color like ancient pottery. There are no decorations on the whole body except for a circle of extremely fine and dense string patterns engraved at the mouth of the jar, which is like an old object used by the High Antiquity people to record events by tying knots, to hold water and fertilize the soil, and to worship the living.
Upon seeing the pottery jar, Xue Min's expression changed drastically, and she gasped in shock:
"Sixfold Completion Jar? How could this jar be here!"
Su Yao and Yang Xiu's expressions also changed.
Xue Min's heart was in turmoil. Before coming here, the king himself told her that Chen Hai only had the Great Marsh Banner as a Law Treasure. With his cultivation and Law Treasure, plus the help of Su Yao and Yang Xiu, that would be enough.
But the "Sixfold Completion Jar" in front of him is a magic Law Treasure of the Earth Witch sect. Nanzhao and Longchuan are neighbors, and this Law Treasure is recorded in Nanzhao's heritage, so he naturally knows about Law Treasure.
The king also said that all the officials had searched the cave repeatedly but had not found any trace of this object. The Yuanfu Master personally went to Laurel-Breaking Household to borrow the immortal artifact "Spring and Autumn Annals" and then used the power of the Greater Yin Palace to examine it. The Yang Palace Master used an immortal artifact of the Great Yang Palace to drive the power of the Great Yang Palace to search for it.
Despite the clash of two powerful forces, this item remained lost to time, nowhere to be found. Yet today, it has unexpectedly appeared in Chen Hai's hands.
"The Earth Sixfold Completion Gui..." Xue Min's fingers trembled slightly as she gripped the drumhead, her voice escaping through clenched teeth, "This jar... no, how did it end up in your hands..."
Upon hearing this, Chen Hai did not answer, but simply tilted the pottery jar in his hand slightly.
Immediately afterwards, a loud roar resounded.
The waters of the Yellow Springs poured out of the jar! Corrupt and chilling, they carried the endless, silent power of the Earth Witch, spreading out along with the waters of the Yellow Springs, instantly engulfing the three people who were rapidly approaching.
Su Yao felt a sudden heaviness around him.
The waters of the Yellow Springs did not approach them, but rather surged in from all directions like mist and tide, transforming the area where the three were located into an isolated domain. In the Great Void, there is no up, down, left, or right, but at this moment, the three felt as if they had fallen into a deep, ancient well, surrounded by the aura of the Yellow Springs.
Xue Min continued to strike the drumhead, and the crimson Sacrificial Earth power, like a thin barrier, enveloped the three of them, barely keeping the waters of the Yellow Springs outside. The drumbeats changed from clear to deep, each beat more urgent than the last, as if ten thousand people were desperately beating drums before the ancestral temple, praying for divine mercy.
Chen Hai gently straightened the pottery jar, and the pouring of the Yellow Springs water immediately slowed down. He stood outside the mist, his gaze piercing through the murky vapor and landing on Xue Min's rapidly beating hands, his expression calm.
"The Earth Witch commands return, the Proclaiming Earth commands change. My Sixfold Completion Jar draws from the Yellow Springs, not to kill you, but to kill the 'soil' beneath your feet first." His voice was calm and unhurried. "If the soil dies, how long can you people standing on it remain standing?"
All three of them paled simultaneously.
Xue Min's drumbeats grew increasingly rapid, but the barrier formed by the power of the crimson Sacrificial Earth began to shrink at a visible speed. First, fine cracks appeared at the edges, and then with a soft "hiss," the outermost layer of crimson light dimmed, like charcoal embers doused with cold water.
A trickle of blood seeped from the corner of Xue Min's mouth, but she still gritted her teeth and persevered, the drumbeats continuing.
"Su Yao, Yang Xiu, I can only hold on for ten more breaths at most!" he hissed.
Before the words were finished, the crimson barrier trembled again with a "hum," shrinking from a radius of three zhang to one and a half zhang, and then to about one zhang. On the surface of the barrier, the illusory images of rice seedlings and fields representing abundant harvests and the well-being of the people withered one by one under the erosion of the Yellow Springs Qi, like withered leaves struck by autumn frost, rustling and disappearing.
"Six breaths." Xue Min's voice was hoarse, and with each strike of the drum, his face paled a little more.
Su Yao could already feel the chill of the Yellow Springs Qi beginning to seep into the edge of the barrier. He replaced Vermilion Radiance, took out Zhengji, Divine Ability "Rosy Cloud Feather Wanderer" appeared first, with various colored rays of light intertwining. Then Guarding Unity Rosy Cloud Robe was used, landing behind Xue Min's red light shield.
Then, he whispered:
Yang Xiu.
Yang Xiu understood and stepped to Xue Min's side. Golden robes appeared on his body, and the light of Geng Metal condensed into a light curtain behind the rosy clouds.
Soon, Xue Min's last drumbeat fell, the crimson barrier shattered, and then the rosy light Geng Metal light curtain broke apart.
Then, the waters of the Yellow Springs surged like a tidal wave, sweeping towards the three of them.