Lord of Bones

Chapter 677: Escape
"Quickly seal this child, without any mistakes, bring him back to Tianyun Sect!"

In the distance, the voice of Great Elder Shui Qing was like thunder, accompanied by his figure chasing after him.

"Yes, Great Elder!" The three elders of Tianyun Sect responded in unison.

They flew towards Li Yuan at high speed from three different directions.

Their speed was so fast that they almost turned into three white afterimages, leaving faint waves in the air.

At the same time, they quickly formed hand seals with their hands, and each hand seal was precise and powerful.

Suddenly, the dense sword net they had released before, as if summoned by something, began to slowly deform and condense into complete elemental patterns.

These elemental patterns intertwined and rotated in the void, emitting brilliant light.

They echoed and merged with each other, eventually forming a large forbidden space formation, like a huge transparent cover, completely enveloping Li Yuan.

As the formation took shape, the surrounding void began to twist, as if being pulled by an invisible force.

The air seemed to be affected as well, becoming restless and making a buzzing sound.

"Elemental magic array..."

Li Yuan understood immediately and murmured in a low voice, his brows becoming more and more furrowed as if covered by frost and snow in the cold winter.

His palm slammed down on the Thunder Flame Sword.

The blade lit up instantly, as if it was injected with life. Intricate lines of energy moved across the blade like a dragon, shining brightly.

The next moment, Li Yuan clenched the long sword with both hands, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes, and he swung the sword fiercely.

A lightning flame moon blade wrapped in Yuanwen broke through the air and rushed towards the large formation that sealed off the space.

"Bam—"

The moment the moon blade came into contact with the formation, a dazzling light and a deafening noise erupted, and then a huge gap appeared in the formation.

Li Yuan's figure flashed, the space around him twisted, and he disappeared from the spot in an instant.

Five or six hundred feet away, as soon as he showed up, a sharp sword force came through the air like lightning and pointed directly at his back.

A hint of surprise flashed in Li Yuan's eyes, but he reacted extremely quickly, turned around suddenly and punched out.

A thunder fist shadow instantly condensed into shape and collided fiercely with the sword energy.

Two powerful forces collided in the air, causing astonishing energy fluctuations.

"boom--"

There was a loud noise that pierced through gold and split rock, and the surrounding space seemed to be torn apart by this force.

Li Yuan only felt a huge force coming, and the whole person was shaken back dozens of feet.

He steadied his body, flapped his wings of thunder and flame violently, and rushed away like an arrow.

After only flying two or three hundred feet away, two white figures flashed out, holding long swords and with cold eyes, obviously preparing to besiege Li Yuan.

Li Yuan's figure was as fast as lightning, shuttling between the two white figures and swinging his sword to fight.

After a brief fight, more than a dozen bright red cuts gradually appeared on Li Yuan's body.

"With my current cultivation, I am indeed not enough to face off against a strong man at the peak of the Half-Step Transformation Realm."

Assessing silently in his mind, a trace of unwillingness flashed in Li Yuan's eyes.

Although his body was strong, facing the joint siege of the elders of Tianyun Sect was like dancing on the edge of a knife. He could be seriously injured if he was not careful.

At this time, Elder Shui Qing came with several other elders from the Tianyun Sect.

Elder Shui Qing took a step forward, with a hint of temptation in his voice:
“Li Yuan, if you are willing to follow me back to Tianyun Sect and tell me the whereabouts of the Spirit Devouring Demon Vine, I can guarantee that your life will be safe.

“Moreover, with your talent, if you join our Tianyun Sect, you will definitely receive the sect’s full support.

“It is only a matter of time before I surpass the other prodigies on the Thousand Kings Ranking and even advance to the Transformation Realm.”

Hearing this, Li Yuan sneered and looked up at Shui Qing: "Go back with you?

"Isn't this just walking into a trap?

"How can we easily compromise on matters of life and death?"

"You are so stubborn!" Shui Qing shouted angrily, his voice shaking all around.

A fierce look flashed in his eyes: "Lock him up and take him away."

Shui Xuan and the other seven elders nodded in unison and decided not to give Li Yuan any chance to escape.

The eight people stood in different positions, as if positioned by stars, forming a perfect formation.

Their hands quickly formed seals, and complex elemental patterns intertwined in the air, forming invisible elemental pattern chains that spread over an area of ​​several hundred feet in radius.

Li Yuan only felt that the void around him was shaking violently, and an invisible force surged like a huge wave, trapping him tightly inside.

He was shocked, knowing that this was a sealing technique performed by the elders of Tianyun Sect together, and that it was extremely powerful.

Li Yuan did not dare to be careless at all and mobilized all his strength.

Colorful lightning flames instantly shot out from his body, like fire dragons tumbling in the air, wrapping around his body.

The thunder flame burned fiercely, emitting a hot and violent aura.

However, just as Li Yuan was about to teleport to escape, Shui Qing shouted again: "We must not let him teleport!"

The seals in the hands of the eight elders of Tianyun Sect changed wildly, and an even stronger oppressive force pressed down like a giant mountain.

Under the pressure of this force, the surrounding space became as hard as iron, as if it was an invisible wall of steel.

Li Yuan only felt that his whole body was sluggish, as if he was stuck in a quagmire, and the space teleportation was ineffective at this moment.

Seeing that Li Yuan was unable to break free, Shui Qing's originally tense expression relaxed a little, but there was still vigilance in his eyes.

Li Yuan gritted his teeth secretly and tried his best to push the spatial bone energy on the spiritual pattern life-devouring bone to the extreme in an instant.

I saw a deep spatial pattern light up on the spiritual pattern life-devouring bone, like a portal leading to a foreign land.

With the full force of the space energy, the thunder flames wrapped around Li Yuan's body suddenly surged and rolled.

Under the impact of this force, the space confinement force around them, which was originally as solid as a copper wall and iron wall, finally showed signs of loosening.

At this moment, Li Yuan moved, and Lei Yan and his figure disappeared instantly.

"Rumble--"

Almost at the same time, the spatial confinement force, like a solid wall of steel, surged towards Li Yuan's original location.

Under the powerful force of confinement, cracks in space appeared and spread like a spider web.

The lightning flames that had not yet dissipated were quickly crushed into nothingness under the pressure of this force.

Shui Qing and other Tianyun Sect elders looked at the place where Li Yuan disappeared, their faces changing from gloomy to bright.

Obviously no one expected that Li Yuan could escape under such strong restraint.

At this moment, they realized that Li Yuan was not only extremely talented, but also cunning and was by no means an easy opponent to deal with.

"The air is filled with a strong smell of blood. It seems that he was seriously injured in his attempt to break free from the confinement of space."

Shui Xuan looked around, feeling the lingering blood in the air like a ghost, and speculated.

After a moment's silence, Shui Qing spoke slowly with an indescribable heaviness:
“In just seven years, he was able to improve his cultivation to such a level that he has even stepped half a step into the Half-Step Transformation Realm.” Such a terrifying cultivation speed would not have been exceeded in a single stroke even since the founding of the Tianyun Sect.

“I’m afraid the power we just used to seal off the space is not enough to seriously injure it.

"We must not let this boy escape. Once he advances to the Half-Step Transformation Realm, it will be difficult for us to capture him again."

Shui Xuan and the other six elders nodded silently.

If such a gifted enemy were allowed to escape, the consequences would be disastrous.

They immediately sensed the direction Li Yuan was escaping, and powerful forces burst out from their bodies.

The space was instantly distorted under their terrifying power, as if it was torn apart by invisible giant hands.

The eight people turned into eight streams of light and disappeared from the spot in an instant, chasing in the direction where Li Yuan fled.

.........

Dozens of miles away, a towering stone peak stood between heaven and earth.

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Suddenly, there was a violent fluctuation in the space, as if something was about to break through the air.

"boom--"

Immediately afterwards, a thunderous sound shook the entire forest.

A ball of colorful lightning flame appeared out of nowhere, rolling and roaring like an enraged beast.

Amidst the thunder and flames, an embarrassed figure gradually emerged. It was Li Yuan who had just escaped after teleporting hundreds of times in a row.

His face was as pale as paper, with blood still lingering at the corners of his mouth. His clothes were torn, revealing multiple scars, each of which was deep enough to see the bone.

As soon as Li Yuan appeared, he released a powerful soul force, carefully sweeping every inch of land and every breath of air within a radius of dozens of miles.

Under his soul's perception, everything around him seemed to become clear and transparent, and no secrets could be hidden.

Li Yuan's heart sank slightly, and he thought to himself: "These guys really don't want to give up."

He could feel the fluctuations coming from the void dozens of miles away, which was a sign that the space was forcibly torn apart.

Shui Qing and eight other Tianyun Sect elders had already locked onto his position and were approaching quickly.

Li Yuan immediately took out several pills from the ring. These pills exuded a strong fragrance, and each of them contained powerful energy.

He swallowed it without hesitation, and the pill quickly dissolved in his body.

Streams of warm currents flowed through his limbs and bones, replenishing his energy and eliminating his fatigue.

At the same time, his shoulders shook, and the wings of thunder and flame behind him flapped violently. The whole person rushed towards the sky like an arrow from a bow, and quickly disappeared into the distant sky.

Dozens of miles behind him, the space was constantly being torn apart. The cracks were like the fangs of a monster, and the figures of Shui Qing and the other eight elders gradually appeared.

Their faces were solemn, with cold light in their eyes, and they stared at the direction where Li Yuan disappeared.

.........

An hour later.

Suddenly, a sharp sound broke the silence above the mountains.

Li Yuan, tightly wrapped in the colorful lightning flames, was flying rapidly towards the lush forest below as if carrying a heavy burden.

In the mountains and forests, there are towering ancient trees with lush branches and leaves.

When Li Yuan landed, the ground shook slightly, as if even the earth could feel his heaviness.

He immediately sat cross-legged, took out a few pills from the ring, swallowed them without hesitation, and formed seals with his hands.

At the same time, he spread out his soul power, covering everything around him.

He activated the spiritual pattern in his body to devour his life bones. The life energy surged out of the bones and merged with the medicinal power of the elixir, quickly repairing the scars on his body.

After just a few dozen breaths, Li Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, stood up, dusted himself off, and said to himself, "Like a maggot on the tarsal bone, it's really hard to deal with."

Before he finished speaking, his soul power sensed a strong fluctuation.

Eight powerful auras suddenly appeared and swept towards him at an incredible speed.

The wings of thunder and flame behind him instantly spread out and flapped violently. With a bang, his figure soared into the sky like a rocket and disappeared over the mountains and forests.

Not long after, eight figures, one in blue and seven in white, appeared in the sky above the forest where Li Yuan had originally stayed.

They looked around with sharp eyes, looking for any trace of Li Yuan.

However, except for the sound of the breeze blowing through the treetops and the occasional bird song in the distance, the forest was completely silent, as if everything that had just happened was just an illusion.

"This kid seems to have an immortal body."

Shui Xuan looked into the distance with a frown on her face, her tone filled with depression and confusion.

Every time they tried their best to catch up with Li Yuan, injure him, and then watched him escape again with injuries.

When Shui Xuan and others caught up with Li Yuan again, they were shocked to find that Li Yuan's injuries had recovered by more than half and he was still alive and well, as if those injuries were only temporary for him.

Shui Qing took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "After all, we are not strong men in the Huawen realm, and we cannot fully control the power of space like them.

“And this boy’s control over the power of space is not inferior to that of the Huawen realm at all.

"It seems that with the strength of only eight of us, it would be extremely difficult to seal off the space and capture him alive."

Shui Qing paused for a moment, and scanned the crowd, finally fixing his gaze on the four elders, and said:
“Next time, when we catch up with him, I, Shui Xuan, Shui Zhengji, and Shui Chonghui will lead the attack.

"Shui Yi, Shui Chen, Shui Muying and Shui Yanjun are responsible for casting the White Chain Soul Binding Formation to directly imprison his soul."

Upon hearing this, Shui Yanjun frowned and looked worried.

He is the thirty-fifth elder of Shuiyun Peak and is well aware of the power and cost of the White Chain Soul Binding Formation.

This magic array not only requires a huge amount of energy to support it, but also consumes a great deal of the caster's soul power.

He turned around and exchanged glances with the other three elders, who also looked embarrassed.

Seeing this, Shui Qing explained again: "Even if the eight of us work together to seal off the space, it will be useless to that kid.

"Then we can only take more direct measures and imprison his soul.

"As long as we can capture this guy, you four will take the credit."

When Shui Yanjun and the other four elders heard this, they still had concerns in their hearts, but they also understood that the arrow was on the string and had to be shot.

They looked at each other and finally nodded, indicating that they agreed with Shui Qing's proposal.

.........

Time passed slowly, and another hour passed.

A vast black stone forest spread out like an endless maze.

Shadows intertwine between the stone forests, as if hiding endless secrets.

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the sky, and a colorful thunder, like a furious whip of God, suddenly shot out from the clouds, breaking the silence of the stone forest.

Amid the thunder, a figure in a blue robe loomed.

(End of this chapter)