Published: August 25, 2025
Chapter 205: Watching the Battle
After the young girl finished giving instructions to the disciples, she turned back to look at the swamp before her and murmured softly, "It seems that thing should be inside this box! The previous search spots were all in vain—just trash!"
Her voice was so low that no one but herself could hear it, while the other disciples were buzzing with excitement over the impending battle.
Once the order from the young girl was given, the male and female disciples of Moon Veil Sect immediately stood shoulder to shoulder with their cultivation partners. Very skillfully, they extended one hand each to grasp one another.
The two overlapping palms emitted strange blue and red glows. The light then traveled up their arms and spread throughout their bodies. The six pairs of dual cultivation disciples from Moon Veil Sect had the men enveloped in red light shields, and the women radiating blue light, forming a striking interwoven pattern of blue and red.
Only three disciples—two women and one man—who had lost their cultivation partners, could only prepare by taking out a few magical artifacts, making ordinary preparations.
Han Li was lying on a mound of earth. Though he hadn’t heard the girl’s murmurs, he clearly caught the female disciple calling her “Grandmaster,” which shocked him so much he nearly bit his tongue!
“Grandmaster of Moon Veil Sect”—what kind of status was this? Han Li was no newcomer to the immortal cultivation world; he understood perfectly well. That was a core formation stage expert, just like their own Grandmaster Li! To find such a powerful figure appearing in a Forbidden Zone where foundation establishment stage cultivators weren’t allowed was enough to throw Han Li’s mind into chaos!
At this moment, seeing all her disciples ready, the young girl nodded with satisfaction and took action.
Her lips parted slightly, and she released her magical treasure, the Vermilion Bird Ring. The ring flew up above the swamp, spinning rapidly until it grew as large as a house.
Then, she formed an orchid spell formation with her fingers and pointed her hand. A beam of red light sprayed from her palm onto the ring. Instantly, its color shifted from pink to fiery red.
Within the ring’s inner circle, flickering sparks of flame appeared, clustering more and more brightly. Soon hundreds of fist-sized high-temperature fireballs formed inside the great ring, causing the temperature of the underground world to rise noticeably.
Han Li’s eyes widened in awe as he watched. Such power and might—it had to be a magical treasure; there was no other explanation.
Since the young girl could command a magical treasure, it was certain she was a core formation stage cultivator. Yet how she had infiltrated this Forbidden Zone and why her magical power seemed only at the peak of the qi refining stage remained puzzles spinning in Han Li’s mind.
Before the girl could make her next move, the swamp below began to stir.
Centered in one spot, the surrounding mud churned violently, rising higher and higher until it formed a towering mound, a spectacle that was truly shocking.
The girl’s face flickered with doubt. In her memory, the black scale python never had such an imposing presence!
But as the demonic beast was about to reveal itself, she dared not hesitate. With both hands forming the orchid spell formation and linking her mind to the immense Vermilion Bird Ring, the ring began spinning in midair so fast that it blurred.
The hundreds of fireballs merged into a blazing sea of flame.
“Go!”
The spell formation in her hands suddenly solidified as she commanded sharply.
In that instant, the ring’s rotation halted abruptly, and the fire sea inside erupted into a thick tornado of flames, fiercely shooting downward toward the high mound in the swamp.
Before the fire column could reach the mound, there was a sudden “puff” sound. From the mud protrusion burst a bowl-sized jet of inky black water, perfectly countering the raging flames.