Just as the Soul Devouring Banner was about to be completely frozen, Mo Fan could no longer sit still. He immediately manipulated the banner to release endless ghostly qi that covered the entire area and transformed it into a gloomy ghost domain.
Then the ghost domain gate opened behind the barbarian ancestor, and Mo Fan stepped straight out.
This time he did not attack with fists or feet. Instead he directly sacrificed the Thunder God Spear, unleashing the might of a Demon Ancestor sacred weapon. Wrapped in boundless thunder, it stabbed explosively towards the barbarian ancestor.
Clang!
The next instant, the barbarian ancestor spun round. A huge bone club appeared in his hands and blocked the strike right in front of him.
Even so, his entire body was still sent flying by Mo Fan’s tremendous strength!
“Nascent Soul cultivator?”
“Nothing remarkable!”
Mo Fan grinned ferociously. The lightning mark on his forehead appeared, and his whole body turned into a bolt of lightning. In practically the blink of an eye he caught up with the barbarian ancestor and thrust out a second spear!
Clang!
This spear was also blocked without surprise.
The barbarian ancestor’s face was grim. Terrifying battle qi erupted from him as he began to counter-attack. He swung the massive bone club in his right hand viciously towards Mo Fan.
At the same time, his left hand rapidly formed seals. Ripples spread from beneath his feet, and everywhere the ripples passed was covered in ice and snow.
Soon, sharp ice spikes rose from the ground, stabbing towards the place where Mo Fan would land.
“Hmph!”
Mo Fan snorted coldly and instantly activated his dragon qi protective divine ability. Golden dragon qi instantly enveloped his body.
Any ice spike that touched him shattered immediately into fragments of ice. They could not harm him in the slightest.
However, what troubled Mo Fan was that as the fight continued, more and more icy mist filled the surrounding air. The temperature of the entire region plummeted sharply, and even the space itself seemed on the verge of freezing solid.
“Not good. This old fellow wants to freeze the whole space!”
Mo Fan realised the danger. He opened his mouth and spat out a huge cloud of black poisonous mist. The poison of birth and death rushed straight at the barbarian ancestor, forcing him back in an instant.
Taking advantage of the opening, Mo Fan leapt into the air. Thunder exploded from his body, turning into countless bolts of lightning that spread through the whole area. Explosions rang out everywhere as he used the power of thunder to clear away the cold qi on the ground and in the air.
“Awooo—!!”
Suddenly a wolf howl resounded. The enormous ice-and-snow wolf leapt into the sky, opened its bloody maw, far larger than Mo Fan’s entire body, and bit down at him.
“Beast, how dare you!”
Mo Fan roared in fury. He thrust the Thunder God Spear, instantly piercing the wolf’s head. Boundless thunder erupted, causing the gigantic body to explode in mid-air!
At that very moment, however, the barbarian ancestor circled behind Mo Fan and brought the bone club down in a crushing blow!
Crack!
A bolt of lightning streaked through the air. Mo Fan dodged by a hair’s breadth.
He raised his hand to recall the Thunder God Spear, then shot up to the roof of the cavern. Looking down coldly at the barbarian ancestor below, he silently extended his right hand.
Divine ability: Wind-Thunder Purple Lightning!
Boom!
In an instant, countless thunder serpents surged from Mo Fan’s body. In no time at all, the airspace where he stood became a pool of thunder.
Mo Fan stood within the thunder pool like a sovereign of lightning. He pointed a finger at the barbarian ancestor.
Boom!
A bolt of thunder immediately chopped down towards him.
The barbarian ancestor laughed savagely. Brandishing his bone club, he charged upwards, showing no fear of the lightning. A layer of frost battle armour suddenly covered his body.
With a huge explosion, the frost armour shattered, but the terrifying thunder was silently neutralised as well.
“Boy, mere lightning, how could it possibly harm this ancestor?”
The barbarian ancestor laughed loudly, drawing ever closer to Mo Fan.
“Is that so?”
“Then watch carefully!”
Mo Fan snorted coldly. The lightning mark on his forehead blazed, causing the entire thunder pool to erupt in an instant.
Boom!
The next moment, countless bolts of lightning poured from the thunder pool and smashed ferociously onto the barbarian ancestor’s body.
Mo Fan heard only a miserable scream as the barbarian ancestor’s entire frame was blasted into the ground.
He did not pursue the attack, for he noticed demon cultivators from White Elephant Ridge flying over as well. He immediately turned, transformed into a bolt of lightning, returned to the Soul Devouring Banner, grabbed it with one hand, and sped towards a nearby tunnel.
Yet just as Mo Fan was about to enter the tunnel, an invisible array barrier suddenly appeared and blocked his path in an instant.
“What?!”
Mo Fan was greatly shocked. He immediately raised the Thunder God Spear and stabbed fiercely at the barrier, only for all the lightning power to rebound and send his entire body flying backwards.
“Damn it!”
Mo Fan cursed inwardly. When he looked back, he saw the barbarian ancestor, the White Elephant Ridge demons, and several human cultivators already closing in fast.
Seeing he could not enter that tunnel, Mo Fan turned towards another one.
He wielded the power of lightning and naturally held the advantage in speed. With escape his only thought, even the barbarian ancestor could not catch him easily for the moment.
However, when Mo Fan reached the second tunnel, he found the same thing: a barrier blocking the way.
He instantly realised what was happening. His vast divine sense swept out towards the other tunnels and discovered the same situation everywhere.
The entire main tomb cavern had been silently sealed by an array formation!
Mo Fan immediately informed all the demons inside the Soul Devouring Banner of the discovery.
Upon hearing the news, the women also sensed something wrong.
“It seems someone is hiding in the shadows, trying to catch every cultivator here in one net!”
Inside the ghost domain, Bai Shuang frowned deeply. She grasped the problem at once and transmitted her voice to Mo Fan. “If that is truly the case, the force in the darkness must be extremely powerful. I suspect it is connected to those Witch clan and Demon clan members we saw earlier!”
“Exactly what I was thinking. Yet all these idiots here are still fighting desperately over the immortal treasures, completely unaware that everything they do may merely be making wedding clothes for others!”
Mo Fan nodded. He had already suspected as much, and now that every tunnel was sealed, his suspicions were essentially confirmed.
The only thing he was unsure about was whether the Witch clan and Demon clan were connected, and whether those two great powers had joined forces.
Mo Fan took a deep breath and gradually calmed down, beginning to think of a way out.
Without doubt, the best solution would be to unite every cultivator present and face the threat together. If they attacked one place in concert, they might be able to break the sealing barrier.
But when Mo Fan looked at the Chilong Saint King, who was already killing with red eyes, he immediately shook his head.
Clearly that was impossible.
As long as the Chilong Saint King did not die, no one would be able to calm down and cooperate. Before the hidden enemies even made a move, everyone would probably be slaughtered by the Chilong Saint King first!
Thinking of this, Mo Fan more or less understood the intention of those lurking in the dark. They planned to let the Chilong Saint King exhaust the strength of all the cultivators here, then come out at the end to reap the benefits!
It seemed he would still have to rely on himself!
Mo Fan gave a wry mental laugh. His divine sense swept into his storage pouch space.
At that moment, Ying Ying Monster was fiddling with the bronze mirror.
“Ying Ying Monster, how is it going? Can you break the restrictions on this thing?”
Mo Fan’s voice rang out inside the storage pouch space.
After obtaining the bronze mirror, he had immediately placed it in the pouch for Ying Ying Monster to work on the restrictions.
The reason he had suddenly agreed to cooperate with Tu Shan Yunjun was largely because Ying Ying Monster had told him there was a way to break the restrictions. Otherwise Mo Fan would never have taken the enormous risk of offending Dragon King Sea.
Now that the situation inside the True Dragon Lair was growing ever more chaotic, he could only pin all his hopes on the bronze mirror he had obtained.
After all, it was an immortal treasure.
“Don’t worry, Daddy. Among the memories I awakened, I learned about this kind of restriction runes. It’s a very ancient restriction method. Just give me a little more time!”
