Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2324 - 175: Audience (Part 3)
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Although aware that the crimson-clothed youth intended to interfere with their efforts, they hesitated to challenge him directly and chose to steer clear instead.
Such caution was expected, but the Bodhisattva down below, busy assaulting the formation's key point, caught sight of this and exploded in rage:
"Seize and kill this individual right away—don't sabotage the grand undertaking!"
Meanwhile, the Long-Armed Arhat and the burly Arhat were closing in fast. Upon hearing the command, their faces grew stern, though they didn't dare to argue, and with icy stares, they rushed forward to trap the crimson-clothed youth!
Tension gripped the crimson-clothed youth's features in an instant!
As someone at the early Crossing Tribulation stage, his strength was far from feeble, and he stood close to breaking through to the mid-stage, yet confronting five equals in a tight siege posed a deadly threat.
Without delay, the sword-light twisted sharply, aiming to break free and escape.
Yet on this occasion, the five Arhats refused to allow an easy getaway, as each one pinched a hand seal and unleashed a deep roar together.
In a flash, five "卍" glyphs shot forth like streaks of radiance and swiftly enclosed the space!
The sword-light tried to burst through, only to smash against the wall created by the "卍" glyphs!
The true form of the crimson-clothed youth emerged into view.
Right then, the five Arhats launched their assault as one!
Whether through Dao Treasures, finger seals, or chanted sutras...
But precisely then as well.
Down below, inside the wavering barrier of light, the gaunt elder gripped the compass tightly, his gaze burning with resolve.
From above his Xin Gate, a see-through Primordial Spirit abruptly soared out, pressed its hands in a mudra, and spat a stream of Primordial Spirit Essence Blood down onto the compass.
Next, it stretched toward the five Arhat figures manifesting over the compass!
Though divided by the light barrier, up at the ceiling, the five Arhats shuddered violently, as though some unseen power was clutching their Primordial Spirits inch by inch!
Every one of the five Arhats twisted in evident agony on their faces!
Buzz!
Right then, the crimson figure whirled about, eyes like frost, while the azure-purple sword-light erupted into countless blade shadows, surging toward the five Arhats!
Bang bang bang!
The protective glow encasing the five Arhats' forms flared up in a hurry, then crumbled even quicker!
Soon after, it smashed into their Golden Bodies!
Clang clang clang!
The noise echoed like striking iron.
As the sword-light hammered down, fissures rapidly spiderwebbed across the Golden Bodies.
It seemed they might soon demolish the Golden Bodies of all five Arhats, but in that instant, the Primordial Spirits hovering over the Arhats' heads snapped back into their bodies, igniting a fierce golden radiance around them!
The azure-purple sword-light grazed this golden blaze and vanished in a heartbeat.
Witnessing this, the crimson-clothed youth's eyes bulged with frustration!
He swept his Spiritual Mind downward at once, spotting the gaunt elder inside the light barrier now clutched desperately by numerous disciples, his visage drained and weary, the Primordial Spirit wavering like a flame in a gale...
For the first time, a wave of reluctance and hopelessness surged through him!
So near, yet so far!
Had those five Arhats only taken a moment longer to reclaim their Primordial Spirits...
Still, he understood his senior had given everything he had.
Absent his senior's hold, and facing them solo, flight was out of reach now.
Therefore, only one path remained: fight to the death!
The crimson-clothed youth's eyes cleared of emotion, filled solely with fierce determination.
Against the five Arhats swiftly regaining their full power, he didn't back away but instead plunged ahead fearlessly!
The azure-purple sword-light danced with deadly grace, its aura chilling.
The mighty, hulking Arhat facing him smirked and thrust out a hand to snatch the crimson-clothed youth, trying to clamp down on the sword-light again, but the second his fingers made contact, his look twisted in alarm!
The sword-light cut clean like threading silk, in a blink piercing his palm and thrusting straight into the burly Arhat's forehead. He failed to evade; the azure-purple sword-light gleamed, cracking the golden hide at his brow like a shell splitting open, as fractures spread!
Before the Demonic Qi could pour forth, yet another azure-purple sword-light darted inside!
Whoosh—
The robust Arhat's body stiffened, and the dark Demonic Qi flickering in his gaze faded away.
At nearly the same instant, a set of elongated arms whipped in from the side, slamming exactly against the azure-purple sword-glow protruding from the burly Arhat.
The crimson-clothed youth lurched back just in time!
He narrowly evaded a flung Dao Treasure and a massive hand seal.
Before he could vanish into the emptiness, those long arms exploited his evasion, bearing down once more!
The crimson-clothed youth weaved and dodged nonstop, soon boxed in, his gaze blazing as the Undying divine tree sprouted above him, absorbing a blow squarely!
The long arms crashed down, draining the color from the crimson-clothed youth's face, but he channeled the impact to spin around, redirecting the momentum against itself, and swung the Purple Thunder Bamboo Sword at the approaching big-eared Arhat!
Bam!
The sword-light landed true on the big-eared Arhat's forehead in a flash!
Demonic Qi gushed from the Golden Body, yet before it could expand, a limb of the Undying divine tree, sharp as a blade, stabbed right after the sword-light into the forehead!
In the blink of an eye, even the Bodhisattva below scarcely had a chance to respond, as the crimson-clothed youth had already felled two Arhats!
But before he could relish the victory, three raging blows hammered into him in succession.
Though guarded by the Undying divine tree, in that split second all his surrounding treasure glows shattered in a frenzy, even his Dao Domain...
Down below.
The light barrier quaked, as the Bodhisattva outside scowled darkly, yet pressed on with the remaining two Arhats against the barrier, drawn inexorably toward the cultivators trapped inside.
Within the light barrier.
Hui Yunzi kept a calm facade, peering into the distance without spotting the expected silhouette, his heart already churning with worry.