Chapter 57: A Claw

Sun Xuan gritted his teeth so hard they were practically shattering.

He had just escaped the tiger's den, only to unexpectedly enter the wolf's lair.

Originally, while the surrounding Yao Beasts hadn't reacted yet, he still had a chance to quickly escape this place.

But he never expected that old bastard Gu Lan to actually cast a blocking Restriction on him.

This delay caused Sun Xuan to lose any chance of escaping this place completely.

Right now, Sun Xuan wished he could immediately slaughter that old fellow Gu Lan.

Unfortunately, Sun Xuan was now surrounded and trapped in the middle by a group of Yao Beasts.

Even if he wanted to make a move against Gu Lan right now, he couldn't find a suitable opportunity for the moment.

Hearing Sun Xuan's roar, Gu Lan chuckled twice, and then shamelessly spoke to Sun Xuan:

"Fellow Daoist Tongxuan, in order to preserve this old man's life, I had no other choice by doing this!"

"Even if Fellow Daoist Tongxuan hates this old man again, we must first join forces to escape this place before talking about anything else."

"Not a single one of these black and gold strange birds has a strength lower than the Nascent Soul Stage."

"Furthermore, several leaders among them have already reached the Middle Stage of Soul Transformation."

"They can spew flames from their mouths, and those flames have extraordinary power—melting gold and snapping iron is a piece of cake for them."

"Fellow Daoist Tongxuan must be careful!"

"And there are also these hateful venom spiders."

"Every single one of them possesses the strength of the Early Stage of Soul Transformation, and their numbers are vast. The spider silk they spray is extremely poisonous."

"They are also extremely troublesome!"

"However, Fellow Daoist Tongxuan, this old man has a Spell whose power is boundless."

"It just requires some time to prepare."

"As long as Fellow Daoist Tongxuan holds off these Yao Beasts for this old man, after a short while,"

"this old man will definitely be able to take Fellow Daoist away from this place!"

Hearing what Gu Lan said, a cold sneer appeared at the corner of Sun Xuan's mouth, and his eyes were filled with bone-chilling murderous intent.

Did he really take him, Sun, for a three-year-old child?

Sun Xuan could be certain that if he risked his life to hold back all the Yao Beasts,

then Gu Lan would definitely run away without saying a second word.

As for using some ultimate move to take him along, that was pure bullshit.

Hundreds of black and gold strange birds swarmed around Sun Xuan, cackling and squawking wildly.

Then, opening their mouths, they immediately spat fireballs carrying a faint golden luster toward Sun Xuan.

Meanwhile, a dozen or so huge spiders rapidly spat streams of eerie green spider silk toward Sun Xuan,

vainly attempting to bind Sun Xuan directly.

Seeing this, Sun Xuan urged the Qi within his body.

The Yin Corpse Poison Fire immediately spread out from within Sun Xuan's body, forming a ghastly green circle of flames that concealed Sun Xuan's figure within it.

The fireballs spat out by the black and gold strange birds slammed into the circle of flames formed by the Yin Corpse Poison Fire in the blink of an eye.

Instantly, bursts of cracking sounds, like ice water dripping into boiling oil, continuously echoed out.

The power of the fireballs spat out by these black and gold fire birds was indeed extraordinary.

Especially the fireballs spat out by the two fire birds at the Early Stage of Soul Transformation.

They continuously blasted holes into the circle formed by the Yin Corpse Poison Fire around Sun Xuan's body.

However, after just a fleeting moment, the blasted holes were replenished and completed under the drive of the Qi within Sun Xuan's body.

For a moment, however, they were unable to inflict even the slightest bit of damage on Sun Xuan.

Immediately following this, Sun Xuan reached out and grabbed toward the Void Realm, and instantly a black-purple vortex appeared out of thin air.

Then several bolts of lightning immediately shot out from the black-purple vortex,

completely cleaving the eerie green spider silk spat out by the giant spiders into pieces of flying ash.

After temporarily blocking the attacks of this group of Yao Beasts, murderous intent flashed slightly in Sun Xuan's eyes.

Then, raising a hand, the luopo bell, refined and strengthened from a small silver bell, abruptly appeared on Sun Xuan's palm.

As the Qi within Sun Xuan rapidly poured into the luopo bell, the luopo bell immediately swelled to half a person's size.

Following closely, Sun Xuan clenched one hand into a fist and fiercely punched through the air toward the luopo bell.

"Clang!"

Instantly, a crisp bell chime rang out, and the silver light upon the luopo bell blossomed outward toward the surroundings fiercely like a great sun.

Accompanied by layers of transparent ripples that shook countless black cracks out of the Void Realm, it rapidly spread outward to the surroundings.

Under the illumination of the silver light, the hundreds of strange birds at the Nascent Soul Stage immediately staggered like they were drunk, cackling and flying about in disorder.

Those two fire birds at the Early Stage of Soul Transformation and the dozen or so giant spiders around them also remained in place with sluggish expressions under the illumination of the silver light.

All their attacks against Sun Xuan also completely stopped.

Immediately after, the transparent ripples emitted by the luopo bell arrived right behind.

One Nascent Soul Stage fire bird after another that was close by instantly burst apart mid-air.

A large number of Nascent Soul Stage fire birds further away, along with those dozen-plus giant spiders and the two Early Stage Soul Transformation fire birds,

were also blasted flying while spitting blood under the bombardment of the transparent ripples.

Taking advantage of this gap, Sun Xuan shouted with a stern gaze:

"Yinglong Transformation!"

As soon as his voice fell, boundless purple light was seen piercingly projecting outward.

A purple-gold giant dragon with twin wings growing from its back and scales covering its body abruptly appeared within the Void Realm.

"Roar!"

The purple-gold giant dragon let out a long roar, and then its twin wings fiercely flapped.

A gust of fierce wind whipped up from within the Void Realm.

The purple-gold giant dragon instantly sped away toward the direction where Gu Lan was like a bolt of purple-gold lightning.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, you had better save that ultimate Spell of yours to cast in the Halls of Yama!"

The purple-gold giant dragon spoke.

Then, without reducing its speed, it broke through the blockade of fire birds covering the space above Gu Lan's head,

and with a single claw, it fiercely grabbed down toward Gu Lan's head.

"What kind of Divine Ability is this!"

With terrifying coercion pressing down upon him, Gu Lan's expression drastically changed as he screamed out loud.

Then, no longer caring about the attacks of the surrounding Yao Beasts, he immediately moved to block this descending claw from mid-air.

"Open!"

Gu Lan raised a hand, and a small yellow umbrella immediately emerged from above his head.

Following a loud shout from Gu Lan, the small yellow umbrella opened immediately.

Then strands of yellow Qi draped downward, protecting Gu Lan within them.

After deploying this small umbrella Magic Treasure, Gu Lan still wasn't at ease.

He reached out and guided from his Storage Pouch, and eight small white flags immediately flew out from the Storage Pouch one after another.

Then, forming a ring, they slowly rotated around his body.

These eight small white flags were town-guarding treasures that Gu Lan had acquired from a major Sect famous for its Restrictions within a Rank-5 Cultivation Country.

To get this Restriction treasure, Gu Lan had narrowly escaped death several times, and in the end, it was only by relying on luck that he managed to escape with his life while carrying this treasure.

These eight small white flags could be considered the trump-card treasures that Gu Lan had prepared for this trip to the Ancient God Ruins.

Using these eight small flags, tens of thousands of kinds of Restrictions could be combined, with an extremely large number of combination methods.

Therefore, the higher the Restriction cultivation of the person holding these small flags, the greater the power they could unleash.

And for this trip to the Ancient God Ruins, Gu Lan had specifically studied the arts of Restrictions.

His Restriction cultivation was not low; using these eight small flags, the power he could unleash was definitely not to be underestimated.

"Six-Combinations Dimensional Shield!"

With a loud shout from Gu Lan's mouth, the eight small flags surrounding his body instantly erupted with dazzling white light.

Countless Restriction runes circulated and emerged from within the small flags.

In the blink of an eye, a large amount of Restriction runes formed a translucent, glowing small shield above Gu Lan's head.