Chapter 694: Frozen

Chapter 694: Frozen

Han Li's brows furrowed slightly upon seeing this, and a sense of foreboding welled up in his heart.

In the instant that the tip of Shi Chuankong's came into contact with the silver lute, its strings abruptly shuddered slightly, seemingly having been strummed by an invisible hand.

A melodious note rang out as a burst of silver light erupted out of the lute before sweeping forth in all directions.

Shi Chuankong was the closest to the lute, so he was struck first by the silver light, and his eyes widened in surprise as he was sent flying back, only to then be suspended in mid-air in a complete still fashion.

Before anyone else had a chance to do anything, the burst of silver light swept through the entire palace, and everyone rose up involuntarily into the air like Shi Chuankong. Regardless of how they struggled, they could only flounder on the spot, unable to move forward or descend back down onto the ground.

Immediately thereafter, the golden plate at the center of the array also seemed to have been triggered by this burst of power, and it began to revolve rapidly while a burst of golden light erupted out of its center, then also spread through the surrounding area like the wave of silver light.

Everyone could only look on helplessly as the wave of golden light washed over, following which they were all immobilized in mid-air.

In that instant, it was as if time had completely stopped. Even the vast cloud of gray mist outside the palace had fallen completely still, standing on the spot like a dirty gray wall.

Everyone had dazed looks on their faces, as if even their consciousness had been frozen, and only Han Li's eyes were still trembling slightly, but he was unable to move them at all.

Even so, he was already in a much better state than everyone else. At the very least, his consciousness hadn't been frozen, so he was still able to think, albeit only very slowly.

This wasn't because there was anything special about Han Li. Instead, it was simply because his compressed time spirit domain had acted as a barrier around his body to help him somewhat withstand the detrimental effects of the waves of silver and golden light.

A strange silence descended upon the entire palace, and everyone was hovering in mid-air in a completely still fashion.

Right at this moment, the space within the palace suddenly began to tremble violently, and a black spatial rift that was several dozen feet in length suddenly appeared behind the gray-robed elderly man, releasing bursts of formidable spatial fluctuations.

At the same time, another black rift that was around three feet in length abruptly appeared beside Feng Lin's neck, and it extended further to slice a gash into her ear.

However, both of them remained completely immobilized, and it seemed that they were oblivious to what was happening around them.

Han Li knew that there was a very good chance that the spatial balance in the entire set of ruins had most likely already been broken, and that this space was going to completely collapse soon.

With that in mind, he began to channel his Mantra Treasured Axis with all his might, but under the dual time and spatial restrictions, his consciousness and immortal spiritual power were both moving extremely slowly. As a result, his Mantra Treasured Axis was also failing to respond.

Right at this moment, a burst of dull rumbling rang out within the palace, and the two spatial rifts shuddered in unison before expanding at a far quicker rate than before.

Immediately thereafter, the black rift behind Feng Lin's ear abruptly swelled to several times its original size, forming a flat black hole that decapitated her in the blink of an eye.

Right at this moment, two of the time law threads wrapped around his Mantra Treasured Axis lit up at his behest.

Initially, they were only glowing very faintly, but the light quickly began to grow brighter and brighter until it appeared like a smoldering golden flame.

The flame analogy was quite apt here as Han Li really was burning his time law threads in order to release the time law powers imbued within them.

As the two time law threads were set alight, the Time Dao Runes on the Mantra Treasured Axis began to light up one after another, glowing far brighter than they ever had as they released bursts of extremely formidable time law power fluctuations in all directions.

Han Li attempted to move his own body, only to discover that everything still felt incredibly heavy, and even the slightest movement felt downright impossible.

He looked down at the spatial rift below, which was close to reaching the underside of his feet, and he gritted his teeth as a third time law thread around his Mantra Treasured Axis was set alight at his behest.

With the release of the time law powers that it contained, the golden light radiating from the Mantra Treasured Axis grew even brighter, and it began to tear at the surrounding space like a golden saw.

A hint of elation appeared on Han Li's face upon seeing this, and he began to move to the side with immense difficulty.

The invisible barriers formed by the time and spatial law powers in the palace were torn apart bit by bit in the face of the Mantra Treasured Axis, and Han Li began to move with great difficulty, as if he were trudging through a swamp.

After finally escaping from the spatial rift down below, Han Li immediately began to make his way toward the three treasures at the center of the palace without any delay.

At this point, the rumbling in the surrounding space was becoming more and more frequent, and Han Li's brows were furrowed tightly with concern, but there was a determined look in his eyes.

He had chosen to venture deeper into the palace instead of immediately fleeing as the three immortal treasures were extremely alluring, and on top of that, he really had no choice.

He had no idea just how large an area these restrictive time and spatial law powers encompassed, so blindly fleeing the palace would be no different from suicide. Hence, it was a much better course of action to try and secure the three immortal treasures, then attempt to disable the restriction from there.

Even if these ruins were about to completely collapse, at the very least, he could try to flee through a spatial rift.

Upon arriving by Immortal Lord Hot Flame's side, Han Li hesitated momentarily, then decided to take the time to grab onto Immortal Lord Hot Flame's shoulders before moving him several feet to the side, out of the way of the black rift that was posing an imminent threat to his life.

Thanks to the influence of the Mantra Treasured Axis, Immortal Lord Hot Flame's consciousness was temporarily restored during the brief moment in which he was in close proximity to Han Li, but he was still completely unable to move or even speak.

As Han Li continued onward, his consciousness was frozen once again.

After what seemed like an eternity, Han Li finally arrived in front of the three immortal treasures.