Daqin Zhentiansi

Chapter 1069 Deathmatch, Using Flesh and Blood as a Shield

His arm was numb, and he could barely hold the knife.

The Devouring Yuan Lock that he struck was left with only a faint white mark.

His battle sword had a chipped dent, about the size of a thumb, on the blade.

"Damn it..." he gritted his teeth.

Yun Yao shook her head, her voice weary but calm: "It's no use. The core of the Devouring Yuan Lock isn't here; you can't break it even if you cut it a hundred times."

The vice-captain did not give up.

He took out a jade talisman from his bosom.

This was given to Lei Potian by Zhang Yuan, and then passed on to him by Lei Potian.

The jade talisman is oval-shaped, grayish-white in color, and seems to have nebulae flowing inside. When held in the palm of your hand, it has a warm, pulsating feel.

"Fairy, the general says that there is a fragmented foundation of the ancient 'Star Shifting Array' three zhang away in the southeast corner of this place. Please activate it immediately!"

Yun Yao accepted the jade talisman.

In that instant, her body jolted violently.

A pure, unprecedented power surged into her body from the jade talisman.

That power was not the power of the Five Elements, nor the power of primordial magnetism, nor the power of stars.

It is more ancient, more primitive, and more vast, like the first wisp of energy at the beginning of chaos.

Chaotic Star Source Power.

Her meridians, like a dried-up riverbed encountering a torrential rain, frantically absorbed this power.

The star source power seed that had been dormant in the dantian for a hundred years began to beat again, like a heart reviving.

"This is... the power of chaos?!"

Her eyes suddenly lit up, like the light of a drowning person grabbing onto driftwood, like the first ray of dawn in the darkness.

For the first time in a century, she felt the power returning.

Although it was only a wisp, it was enough.

Her divine sense, like an invisible hand, barely extended out of her body, stretching towards the southeast corner.

Although weakened, the array master's divine sense was more acute than that of cultivators of the same level, which was the only ability she had not wasted during her century of imprisonment.

Three zhang below the ground.

Sure enough, there was a faint fluctuation of array patterns.

It was the base of an extremely ancient Star Array.

The so-called Star Shifting Ancient Array is an ancient formation used by cultivators for long-distance teleportation, which requires the power of stars to drive it.

When she surveyed this base a century ago, she had considered restoring it, but before she could do so, she was framed and imprisoned.

At this moment, this ancient formation, silent for ten thousand years, became her only way to escape.

"Give me—three breaths!"

Yun Yao's voice was no longer weak, but carried an undeniable determination.

Her fingers started moving.

Fingers that haven't formed hand seals for a century have stiff joints and loose skin.

But the moment she began to form the hand seals, everything changed.

Her fingers danced like butterflies flitting among flowers, each gesture exquisite and each angle just right.

This is not talent; it is the result of millions of years of arduous practice and muscle memory etched into the soul.

First breath—

A formation was sent into the void, causing it to ripple slightly, like the surface of water to which a pebble had been thrown.

The ancient array base began to emit a faint humming sound, and the runes that had been sealed for thousands of years lit up one by one.

Just then—

"boom!!!"

The prison walls were blasted apart from the outside by a terrifying force!

The gravel flew out like cannonballs, and dust filled the air.

A dark figure pierced through the dust and smoke, heading straight for Yun Yao!

Yin Wuji!

He finally broke free from Lei Potian's entanglement and rushed in without regard for anything else.

Lei Potian was blasted away by him, crashing heavily into the wall and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

He had at least three broken ribs, a dislocated left arm, and a fractured tibia in his right leg.

But he did not fall into a coma.

He saw Yin Wuji lunge at Yun Yao, and saw those blood-stained hands about to grab that ball of starlight.

"Do not--!!!"

Lei Potian let out a roar that sounded inhuman.

His body seemed to be ignited by some force, the remaining primordial magnetic energy surging wildly within him, causing excruciating pain that felt like his meridians were being torn apart. But he didn't care.

He was launched off the wall, his entire body like a shooting star, slamming hard into Yin Wuji's back!

"Oh!"

The two of them fell to the ground together and rolled around three or four times.

Lei Potian gripped Yin Wuji's neck tightly, wrapped his legs around his waist, and bit him like a mad dog.

"Let go!" Yin Wuji roared, his elbows striking like hammers, one, two, three times, slamming into Lei Potian's ribs.

"Click—click—click—"

With three consecutive cracking sounds, Lei Potian broke three more ribs.

A broken bone pierced his lung, and a large amount of blood foam gushed from the corner of his mouth.

But he didn't move an inch.

"I said... I won't let go!" His voice was muffled and filled with blood and foam, but it was as firm as iron.

Yin Wuji became anxious.

Yun Yao's starlight vortex was spinning rapidly, and in two more breaths, she would be teleported away!

Instead of smashing Lei Potian's ribs, he grabbed Lei Potian's hair and tried to pull him off his back.

Lei Potian bit his tongue, spitting a mouthful of blood onto the ancient sword in his hand.

The ancient sword blazed with lightning, and ancient lightning runes appeared on its blade—the sword spirit he had nurtured with his life's cultivation.

"Go to hell!"

He plunged a knife into Yin Wuji's shoulder blade!

"what--!!!"

Yin Wuji screamed in agony as his protective aura was torn apart by the power of lightning. The blade pierced deep into his flesh and bone, and demonic blood gushed out.

"you wanna die!"

Enraged, Yin Wuji slammed a palm into Lei Potian's chest.

"Oh!"

Lei Potian was sent flying, crashing through the prison wall and landing in the passageway outside.

The blood he spat out drew a bloody line in the air, a shocking sight.

But he smiled.

He gained those two breaths.

The second breath—

The second array pattern was injected.

The space above the base began to distort, and starlight seeped out from the void, like fireflies being awakened.

The temperature inside the cell plummeted, a sign that space had been torn apart.

The third breath—

The third array pattern descended.

"Buzz—!!!"

A burst of dazzling starlight!

The ancient array base was fully activated, and a rotating starlight vortex formed in the center of the prison, its dazzling light illuminating the entire prison as if it were daytime.

"Almost there... Give me just one more breath..." Yun Yao gritted her teeth.

But time waits for no one.

Yin Wuji covered the wound on his shoulder blade inflicted by the Thunder God Ancient Blade, his divine blood staining half of his robe.

His face was ashen as he looked at Fairy Yun Yao, who was about to be teleported away amidst the light and shadow, his eyes filled with extreme resentment and madness!

"Want to leave? Dream on! None of you are leaving!"

He let out a roar, ignoring the excruciating pain in his shoulder, and rapidly formed hand seals. His demonic energy and star power mingled and burst forth, triggering the pre-set imprisonment array of the entire Netherworld Prison!

"Mysterious Yin Locking Void Array—Activate!"

Boom!!!

The entire prison trembled violently, and the restrictive runes on the walls, floor, and dome instantly became blindingly bright, no longer a ghostly blue, but turning into a dark, blood-red color!

A suffocatingly thick feeling filled the air, as if the space itself was solidifying and hardening!

The twelve Devouring Chains, which were originally just used to bind and devour Yun Yao, now twisted and extended wildly like venomous snakes that had come to life.

The dark purple runes surged, radiating a powerful spatial confinement force, like countless invisible shackles, fiercely binding the spinning starlight vortex!

The operation of the Star Shifting Ancient Array suddenly became sluggish and difficult!

The starlight vortex slowed down significantly as it expanded, and its edges even began to become blurred and unstable!

Yun Yao's ethereal figure seemed to be dragged by an invisible giant hand, becoming more solid again!

"Oh no! The great formation has imprisoned the space!"

"Teleportation needs to be restarted, three breaths..."

Yin Wuji's face revealed a ferocious and triumphant smile: "Hahaha! You want to rescue someone right under my nose? Stay here..."

His maniacal laughter abruptly stopped.

Like a duck with its throat choked. (End of Chapter)