C145 Obstacle Breaking!!

The bronze monument was shrouded in many mysteries, undoubtedly a high-tier rare treasure. Qin Yun and Lee Yuchan both recognized its significance. The Stormcrowned Emperor had made it clear that he was only interested in the soul of the Indigo Wraith and had no desire to claim the artifact for himself. He entrusted Yu Yuan with the task of deciding how to distribute the artifact. However, Yu Yuan's current level of cultivation was too low to wield the power of the bronze monument effectively.

Acknowledging this, both Qin Yun and Lee Yuchan felt a surge of desire for the monument. With Yu Yuan's nod of approval, Qin Yun initiated his assault. He launched four Dawn Arrows in succession, each one blazing through the air like a fiery flame meteor, all converging on the bronze monument.

Qin Yun's Lunar Spirit emerged from the void, gradually taking on a more tangible form. Another version of Qin Yun materialized, nearly thirty meters tall, seated in the sky like an ancient deity. This towering figure, with white hair at his temples, resembled an elderly scholar more than the youthful Qin Yun. His long, drooping eyebrows were like slender white dragons, and his face, etched with wrinkles, housed a pair of deep, inscrutable eyes. This aged scholar-like Lunar Spirit seemed to reveal the true visage of the Midnightshields' sect master, with the younger appearance merely a facade created by theurgy.

With a breath, Qin Yun's Lunar Spirit appeared to be perusing a series of golden scrolls. Ancient golden characters sprang forth from his palm, swiftly integrating into the Dawn Arrows. The arrows, transformed into four incandescent flame meteors, seemed to pulsate with newfound life and infinite divine strength.

A cascade of golden lightning crisscrossed from the flame meteors as they burst forth. "Go!" Qin Yun whispered, and four phantoms detached from his towering Lunar Spirit. Each phantom merged with a flame meteor, amplifying its fiery power to an even more fearsome degree. Meanwhile, Qin Yun's Lunar Spirit began to diminish in size, eventually shrinking to less than half its original stature.

"Hmm, there's some skill here!"

Even the Stormcrowned Emperor, who had been relentlessly pounding the bronze monument with powerful blows, looked on with surprise. He offered his praise without reservation, "It seems I've underestimated you."

Inside the bronze monument, the Soul of the Indigo Wraith, which had emerged quietly, sensed danger and attempted to move the monument to safety.

Lee Yuchan, gripping the Gutrender with a straight back and an air of solemnity, was also present.

Yu Yuan gave a slight nod. "You've really put your heart into this."

The four Dawn Arrows, infused with the Indigo Wraith's spiritual energy, vitality, and remnant soul, were refined to an extreme degree. This transformed them into flame meteors of utmost sharpness.

As they soared towards the bronze monument, they continually diminished in size.

They condensed into fine, needle-like beams of fire.

"Chi!"

An intensely refined beam from a Dawn Arrow struck one of the inscriptions on the bronze monument.

The inscription vanished in a flash, igniting a small flame on the surface of the monument.

The Indigo Wraith let out a muffled groan.

Then, in quick succession, the remaining three Dawn Arrows disappeared in a flash.

"Chi! Chi! Chi!"

All four Dawn Arrows struck the same spot, one after the other.

The flames, like the spark of a star, began to glow brightly once ignited.

The four Dawn Arrows, acting as one, drilled deeper and deeper into the monument.

Meanwhile, in the outside world, Qin Yun's Lunar Spirit, already reduced by half, continued to shrink.

Its once-clear form rapidly became faint and ethereal.

"Sect Master!"

The elder from Midnightshields, standing by in distress, called out repeatedly.

The four Dawn Arrows were rare treasures critical to Qin Yun's survival. Items tempered with vitality, spiritual energy, and soul shared a connection with one's being.

Qin Yun could endlessly empower the four Dawn Arrows.

Likewise, the severe depletion of the Dawn Arrows would also drain Qin Yun's physical body and Lunar Spirit.

The diminishing Lunar Spirit, becoming vague and ghostly, was a vivid sign of its frantic consumption.

In this battle, it appeared that the sect master of Midnightshields had given it his all.

"Enough!"

The Stormcrowned Emperor, after a long bout of hammering with his fists atop the bronze monument, suddenly bellowed.

In the next instant, a burst of five-colored light erupted from the depths of the Stormcrowned Emperor's brow, piercing straight into a fiery point opened by the Dawn Arrow. As the colossal figure of the Stormcrowned Emperor released the light from his forehead, his emerald eyes extinguished.

"Crack! Crack! Crack!" His bones shattered with a resounding echo.

He seemed to employ a technique to contract his bones, and before the eyes of the onlookers, the Stormcrowned Emperor, hastily assembled, shrank inch by inch, slimming down by the foot. It was as though all his vitality, the intense spiritual energy, and the torrential remnant soul were absorbed into the five-colored light.

At that moment, the many inscriptions on the bronze monument, no longer under the control of the Indigo Wraith, began to converge towards another corner of the monument. Beneath these inscriptions, another formidable soul let out a sinister chuckle as it rapidly took shape. The laugh, wild and domineering, unmistakably belonged to the Stormcrowned Emperor.

"Hantian!" The Indigo Wraith's roar echoed from within the bronze monument, the inscriptions flickering between brightness and dimness.

"Did you not foresee this?" The Stormcrowned Emperor's soul had also entered the bronze monument, engaging in a direct confrontation with the Indigo Wraith, a Sky Fiend from beyond this realm, within the splendid inner world of the monument. "You have this monument as your vessel, allowing you to extend and unleash your power at will."

"You're correct; my makeshift body couldn't contain my full strength."

"But you, this monument that has been tempered for millennia, can indeed hold my power. Our battlefield is no longer outside; it is now within this monument!"

With a whoosh, the Stormcrowned Emperor's soul, as if enveloping a myriad of inscriptions, infused his will and remnant soul into them, transforming the inscriptions into lethal weapons at his command.

He lunged at the Indigo Wraith.

"Pfft!" Beams of fiery light that had been absorbed by the Stormcrowned Emperor were forcibly expelled.

The four points of light morphed into four slender Dawn Arrows.

The Dawn Arrows reversed their flight and vanished at Qin Yun's brow.

Qin Yun's Lunar Spirit snapped back into place, and he opened his eyes, his face quivering as he fixed his gaze on Yu Yuan and demanded, "Stormcrowned Emperor, what is your intention?"

Lee Yuchan, gripping the Gutrender sword and ready to intervene, watched the bronze monument within the pit as it spun, casting a spray of sparkler-like light. She whispered to Yu Yuan, "By the looks of it, both the Indigo Wraith and the bronze monument seem intent on claiming it for themselves."

Yu Yuan's brow furrowed in silence.

He harnessed his connection to the enchantment, unleashing lightning and thunder, sword light from beneath the earth, and combining them with the glyphs and secret patterns on the rock walls to exert an external force on the bronze monument.

He then allowed Qin Yun to witness the wonder of the bronze monument, prompting Qin Yun to voluntarily assist in carving out an opening.

Yu Yuan, for his part, abandoned the physical vessel he had constructed, blending his spiritual energy, vitality, and remnant soul into a unified force before slipping through the newly made aperture into the interior of the bronze monument.

Upon entry, he seized a portion of the inscriptions, diluting the Indigo Wraith's control while simultaneously bolstering his own power.

Deprived of the monument's edge, the Indigo Wraith was at a clear disadvantage within the monument's bizarre inner realm.

Should Yu Yuan emerge victorious, the Indigo Wraith would be consumed by the Shadow Curse, and the bronze monument would inevitably end up in his possession.

Would he truly honor his prior commitments?

Or had he been manipulating everyone from the start, using them to defeat the Indigo Wraith and claim everything for himself—the souls and the monument included?

"Damn it, not one of these old fiends is straightforward to handle," Yu Yuan grumbled under his breath.

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