Chapter 65: At the Foot of the Mountain

Sun Xuan looked at the Forbidden Mountain before him, seeing that it was overgrown with Restrictions.

Innumerable peerless, bizarre, and terrifying Restrictions were scattered throughout.

A path leading up the mountain extended from the bottom to the top, until it vanished into the clouds and mist invisible to the naked eye.

The Restrictions upon this Forbidden Mountain were intact, with no traces of being destroyed or unraveled.

It seemed that among the group of people, Sun Xuan was the first to arrive at this trial of the Forbidden Mountain.

Sun Xuan did not immediately step onto the path leading up the Forbidden Mountain.

Instead, he kept his eyes calm and carefully observed the Restrictions at the foot of the Forbidden Mountain.

The more he observed, the deeper the solemn expression on Sun Xuan's face became.

As expected of the Forbidden Mountain set up by an Eight-Star Ancient God using ancient Restrictions.

The Restrictions upon it, even for Sun Xuan whose Restriction cultivation was not low at present, required careful contemplation to possibly break safely.

After observing for half a day, Sun Xuan raised his hand and made a beckoning gesture toward his Storage Pouch.

Eight small white flags flew out of the Storage Pouch one after another.

Then they slowly circled around Sun Xuan's body.

Restriction runes flashed slightly within Sun Xuan's eyes, and his hands instantly shifted through several magic arts.

Immediately afterward, Sun Xuan stopped his magic arts and pointed toward the path at the foot of the Forbidden Mountain.

Light flickered slightly on one of the Restriction flags revolving around Sun Xuan's body.

Then a streak of white light instantly shot out from the white small flag toward the direction Sun Xuan pointed.

A transparent light barrier propped up from the starting end of the Forbidden Mountain path, and was then brushed by the white light.

A crack just wide enough for one person to pass through immediately emerged from the transparent light barrier.

Seeing this, Sun Xuan's figure instantly pulled out a series of phantoms, swiftly darting into the crack of the light barrier.

In the blink of an eye, Sun Xuan's footsteps stepped onto the path leading to the top of the Forbidden Mountain.

And the light barrier crack that Sun Xuan had just passed through completely repaired itself amidst a flashing red light.

Then it slowly faded away.

Seeing this, Sun Xuan once again stepped along the path and walked toward the top of the mountain.

While walking, Sun Xuan pinched magic arts, and the eight restriction flags revolving around his body

from time to time shot out a streak of white light.

Under the illumination of the Restriction white light, the green grass on both sides of this mountain-climbing path shifted its position from time to time.

Sometimes a few clumps of green grass would be added, and sometimes a few stalks would be trimmed away.

This mountain path also changed its route from time to time under the illumination of the white light.

Sometimes, the place where this path led was even the direction going down the mountain.

However, Sun Xuan's footsteps were slow and firm as he kept moving forward.

Just after walking a distance of fifty zhang, Sun Xuan's advancing footsteps suddenly paused slightly.

His gaze looked forward toward the rocks placed on both sides of the mountain path in a triangular arrangement.

Two sets of triangular rock arrangements were placed one in front of the other on both sides of the road.

In the middle of one set of rocks grew a tricolor small flower.

The small flower moved without wind, swaying slightly among the three rocks.

It just looked like an ordinary mountain wildflower, growing casually beside the mountain path.

Among the three rocks on the other side stood a person-high Immortal Guiding the Way stone.

Behind that Immortal Guiding the Way stone was carried a crooked stone sword, with one hand slightly drooping and the other pointing far away down the mountain path.

Just as if it were guiding the direction for mountain climbers.

However, upon seeing these two triangular rock arrangements, Sun Xuan's expression immediately turned solemn.

His slowly advancing footsteps also completely stopped.

These two triangular rock arrangements gave Sun Xuan a terrifying sense of danger that made his heart leap.

Upon careful observation, Sun Xuan discovered that the surroundings of these two triangular rock arrangements were hazy, as if surrounded by countless layers of mist.

Seeing this, Sun Xuan's heart stirred.

Restriction runes constantly flashed in his eyes, and his hands pinched rapidly, as if calculating something.

Immediately afterward, Sun Xuan's eyes suddenly narrowed.

As his internal magical power surged, his hands formed seals one after another like butterflies weaving through flowers.

Every time a seal was formed, a rune magical seal shot into one of the Restriction flags revolving around his body.

Whenever a magical seal shot into the flag, the white light on the flag became one fraction stronger.

As magical seals continuously shot in, the white light on the eight restriction flags became increasingly blazing.

In just the span of a few breaths, they were like eight small white suns revolving around Sun Xuan's body.

"Bright Light Manifest!"

Sun Xuan's hands, which were forming seals rapidly, suddenly stopped, and he let out a low shout filled with solemnity.

The eight restriction flags emitting intense white light that surrounded Sun Xuan trembled slightly throughout their bodies.

Then countless streaks of white light containing a large amount of runes shot violently from the eight restriction flags toward the sky above Sun Xuan's head.

Immediately afterward, a dazzling white Restriction light sphere condensed and formed above Sun Xuan's head.

White light flickered slightly upon it, and one Restriction formation after another continuously emerged within the light sphere.

Then they spontaneously collapsed into countless Restriction runes that merged into the light sphere.

"Open!"

Hearing only a light cry from Sun Xuan, the Restriction light sphere above his head instantly shot out two thick streaks of white Restriction light.

The white Restriction light shone upon the triangular rocks on both sides of the mountain path.

Those two sets of triangular rocks actually moved on their own.

Amidst the movement of the rocks, layer after layer of Restriction light screens continuously emerged from them.

Blocking the irradiation of the white Restriction light.

The Restriction light screens created by the triangular rocks were continuously brushed away by the white light.

Just as the white light was about to completely submerge the two sets of triangular rocks,

the white flower within one set of rocks shook slightly, and a blue petal suddenly fluttered down from it.

While the blue petal swayed slightly, a layer of blue flames suddenly ignited on it by itself.

In a split second, the bewitching blue flames burned this petal down to ashes.

Seeing this scene, Sun Xuan's expression changed drastically.

Before Sun Xuan could make a move to deal with this sudden change,

boundless blue flames ignited everywhere within Sun Xuan's line of sight.

These blue flames had no temperature at all, just like a layer of illusory fire.

However, the two streaks of Restriction white light shot out by Sun Xuan shattered and collapsed in the blink of an eye under the burning of the blue flames.

The remaining might of the massive blue flames remained unreduced, continuing to spread toward Sun Xuan's location.

Seeing this, Sun Xuan's expression instantly became extremely ugly.

He had thought that these two sets of triangular rocks, which looked extremely bizarre at a glance, would not be easy to cross.

But he hadn't expected them to be troublesome to such an extent.

"Defend!"

Looking at the burning blue flames rolling over, Sun Xuan instantly struck out several magic arts at extreme speed.

Imprinting them onto the eight restriction flags.

The eight restriction flags trembled throughout their bodies, and instantly countless tiny chains shot out violently from them.

In the blink of an eye, they wrapped Sun Xuan within the Restriction chains.

Amidst the flashing and extinguishing of countless runes on the chains, a huge isolating and defensive power rapidly emerged.

The instant the chains wrapped around Sun Xuan, the blue flames immediately spread onto the chains.

Tiny blue light flames instantly filled the entire defensive chains, burning the runes on the chains so that they continuously shattered and collapsed.