“Boom!” The entire abyss seemed to flip over in an instant!
The surrounding seawater vanished completely, replaced by an expanse of pitch-black clouds above and a murky gray void below, dotted with flickering white lights like scattered stars.
Ghostly howls erupted from all directions as a chilling wind swept through, sending the white lights rolling upward in a dense swarm.
When Baohua and the others focused their gaze, they were startled beyond measure.
Each of these white lights was a skull, its eye sockets and mouth glowing with eerie white flames. The sheer density of them was horrifying to behold.
“This is also a spirit domain!”
As the skulls appeared, Han Li immediately felt the space around him tighten, accompanied by an overwhelming sense of danger. Yet, no other anomalies occurred.
However, when he glanced at Baohua, a flicker of realization crossed his face.
At this moment, Baohua was rapidly forming hand seals, her jade-like face etched with solemnity.
The vast expanse of pink petals that had once covered thousands of acres had now shrunk by a thousandfold, barely spanning an acre as it enveloped her, Han Li, and the others.
The condensed petals of the spirit domain shimmered with crystalline brilliance, their fragrance intensifying severalfold. They swirled like a blizzard, forming a protective barrier around the group.
Outside this floral domain, the colossal form of the Mother Worm had vanished, replaced by countless skeletal skulls.
When their pale flames clashed with the pink petals, eerie ripples erupted, as if opposing forces of water and fire were locked in silent combat.
Each collision drained a bit more color from Baohua’s face at the heart of the floral domain.
Within moments, she was drenched in sweat, her radiant gaze dimming.
Han Li’s heart tightened at the sight.
“Brother Han, though I’ve shrunk the spirit domain, I won’t last much longer like this,” Baohua said urgently, her expression tense.
“I understand. Let me try to break it. I refuse to believe it can manifest a true Profound Heaven Spirit Domain. This isn’t the Immortal Realm!” Han Li replied in a low voice. After instructing the Crab Deity, he suddenly rolled on the spot, transforming into a towering golden ape dozens of feet tall.
With a shake of its shoulders, the ape morphed into a fearsome three-headed, six-armed form. Clenching its six massive fists, it roared and struck outward beyond the domain.
Golden light flashed! Six fist-sized orbs shot from its palms, vanishing instantly before exploding amidst the skeletal skulls outside the floral domain.
A deafening roar followed as the orbs dispersed into golden mist, sweeping through the skulls.
Every skeleton touched by the golden mist turned to ash in an instant.
Han Li’s attack had carved out a blank space beyond the floral domain.
Baohua immediately sensed a slight loosening of the oppressive force around her Mysterious Floral Domain, and a hint of joy flickered across her face.
But her relief was short-lived.
The void where the skulls had been obliterated shimmered with white dots as the skeletal heads reappeared, even more furious than before. They spewed pale flames, clashing with the golden mist, their aura seemingly stronger than before.
“Truly indestructible. But what about this?” Han Li murmured, unfazed. With a hand seal, he pointed toward the void.
“Boom!” The golden mist shattered, coalescing into countless golden runes that formed a swirling vortex ten feet in diameter.
As the vortex spun wildly, accompanied by faint chants, a terrifying suction force erupted, drawing in swathes of skeletal skulls.
Though the skulls reappeared moments later, their aura slightly stronger, the vortex’s pull was inexhaustible, growing steadily in intensity.
No matter how many skulls regenerated, they were inevitably sucked into the vortex and ground to dust.
“Oh? Xuan Yuan Divine Light… No, just an imitation. Hehe, if it were the real thing, I might fear it. But a mere counterfeit? I can crush it with a flick of my hand!” The Mother Worm’s mocking laughter echoed through the void.
A black rune shot forth, vanishing into the golden vortex. A wave of law energy enveloped everything.
“Pfft!”
The vortex, now nearly a hundred feet wide, shrank rapidly upon absorbing the black rune, dissolving into golden motes that vanished into the air.
“Time Law!”
Han Li’s expression darkened.
The Mother Worm’s law energy could suppress nearly all others of its tier, leaving him momentarily stumped.
Meanwhile, Baohua and the Crab Deity were not idle. The former poured her energy into sustaining the floral domain against the Profound Heaven Domain, while the latter swung its massive claws, hurling thunderbolts like rain to keep the gray net—summoned earlier by the Mother Worm—from descending.
The net, woven from unknown profound power, bore an aura of terrifying might. Despite the Crab Deity’s relentless lightning barrage, the net remained unscathed, merely held aloft by the storm of electricity.
Neither side resorted to treasures, knowing ordinary artifacts were useless against such a foe. Raw power was their only recourse.
After a brief silence, Han Li spoke calmly toward the void:
“Your Time Law is formidable, but how many times can you wield it? I doubt even you can sustain such heaven-defying power indefinitely.”
As he spoke, his six-armed ape form lashed out again, unleashing a storm of golden fist shadows that exploded amidst the sea of skulls.
Golden runes swirled, coalescing into over a dozen golden vortices that roared to life with a deafening hum.
A cold snort echoed as black runes shot forth, striking each vortex with precision.
The same scene repeated—the vortices flickered and vanished without a trace.
But Han Li remained expressionless. His ape form continued its relentless assault, conjuring more golden vortices amidst the skulls.
“Insolent whelp!” the Mother Worm shrieked in fury.
No more black runes appeared, but the skeletal skulls let out a unified screech, merging into towering humanoid skeletons hundreds of feet tall.
Their surfaces were studded with countless skulls, their expressions twisted in agony—a sight to chill the blood.
Hundreds of these colossal skeletons stood firm against the golden vortices’ pull, their crystalline frames unmoved.
With eerie laughter, a gale swept through them, transforming them into armored bone warriors clad in gleaming skeletal armor, wielding massive bone tridents.
Empowered by the spirit domain, their aura rivaled that of Mahayana cultivators. With a roar, they hurled their tridents as beams of sinister white light toward the vortices.
A series of dull booms followed as the golden vortices swelled and burst apart.
The bone warriors summoned new tridents and turned their attention to Baohua’s Mysterious Floral Domain.
Her face paled, but she was too occupied sustaining the domain to act.
Having witnessed the tridents’ destructive power, Han Li wouldn’t let them strike. His ape form brandished the Emerald Swarm Sword, slashing out over a dozen green lines in unison.
A shockwave rippled through the void as the green lines and bone tridents annihilated each other between the two domains.
The attack drained more of Han Li’s energy, and his expression darkened further as the bone warriors summoned fresh tridents, their aura surging yet again.
The tips of the tridents gleamed with black light, faint traces of law energy emanating from them.
“Brother Han, be careful! Let me aid you. Even a Profound Heaven Spirit Domain can’t truly overturn the laws of heaven and earth. This must be her final assault. If we endure this, her domain will collapse!” Baohua cried, her voice laced with urgency.
As she spoke, a fierce glint flashed in her eyes. She flipped her hand, revealing the Earth Emperor Nail.
With a swift motion, she drove the nail into the massive flower tree sustaining the domain, unleashing a blinding yellow radiance.
The tree, previously wilted from energy depletion, erupted with vibrant life, its leaves glowing anew as it expanded in size.
(Note: The translation continues the detailed and vivid narrative, maintaining the original’s intensity and stylistic elements while ensuring clarity and flow in English.)
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