After hearing Gong Chenying's introduction earlier, what Li Yan feared most was encountering a chaotic "Sky Eye Wind."
One moment you could be in the midst of yin-cold, bone-cutting wind, and the next you could enter the scorching heat that could melt gold and forge iron. That was the kind of attack that was even harder for a cultivator to guard against.
For now, Li Yan could still defend against these extreme cold attacks. So, he just had to focus on how to find clues to Gong Shanhe and the others.
Li Yan felt that when Gong Shanhe and the others encountered danger and were trapped, the problem probably occurred after they had descended to this position.
Even with Li Yan's powerful Divine Sense, it was severely compressed at this moment. To find some suspicious clues would really require a lot of effort.
Just as Li Yan had rapidly descended another thirty zhang, a scene that Li Yan had not expected appeared. The faces that had been rotating rapidly around him suddenly detached from the wall of the wind pillar, as if they had been thrown out.
The ashen-white faces, covering the sky and earth, rushed towards Li Yan. Li Yan, though in chaos, was not flustered. He raised a hand and fiercely waved his large sleeve. A scorching crimson red rolled towards the surroundings.
At the same time, the spiritual power shield around him had turned a crimson red color, with rolling heat waves, burning a part of the world.
In this moment, his five elements had become one. The magical power in his Dantian instantly converted to the purest yang and hardest fire attribute. To deal with yin and gloomy things, of course, the best way was to use the hard and purest yang fire attribute to restrain it.
As this sleeve was thrown out, a crimson fire circle formed around Li Yan. With Li Yan as the center, it rapidly expanded in all directions.
As expected, as soon as the ashen-white faces came into contact with the fire circle, they were like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun. Amidst expressions of terror, they turned into nothingness.
As the fire circle continued to spread, more and more empty spaces were illuminated by the scorching firelight around Li Yan. But Li Yan's expression became more and more solemn.
"The combined power of these ashen-white faces' pounce is already something only a Nascent Soul cultivator can withstand."
Li Yan thought in his heart, but his body was still continuing to descend. He felt that he should descend to his planned position, otherwise this trip down would be in vain.
Li Yan felt that if there were more such continuous attacks, to reach his pre-opened video position, at least a Mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator would be needed to withstand it, but he could still handle it.
But suddenly, another problem occurred to Li Yan.
"No, am I wrong? Even if Gong Shanhe's cultivation has reached the Mid-stage Nascent Soul, to continue descending with the Sixth Elder would be very risky, truly unwise..."
And Gong Shanhe would not just put the Sixth Elder into his Spirit-Storing Pouch at a moment's notice. This would be a disrespect to a Nascent Soul cultivator. And if he did that, what was the point of the Sixth Elder coming to assist?
Li Yan, while thinking, also observed the power of the fire circle he had thrown out. The fire circle had only expanded thirty zhang before it was submerged by the more numerous ashen-white faces that were rushing over.
Although Li Yan's attack seemed casual, the power it contained was not something even a Nascent Soul cultivator would dare to underestimate. Li Yan estimated that he could only throw out about a hundred such attacks.
So, Li Yan felt that his judgment might be wrong.
"I can't continue to sink..."
As soon as this thought occurred to Li Yan, he was about to fly up. But another change had already happened. Just as the outer fire circle was about to disappear, the swarming, twisted ashen-white faces suddenly turned into wisps of black smoke.
Stirred by the surrounding strong wind, they quickly merged into the wind.
And the wind pillar that Li Yan had entered also suddenly shattered. More black wind pillars appeared all around.
Those wind pillars, some large and some small, rotated so fast that they were like monstrous dragons stirring up wind and waves. The pressure emanating from each wind pillar gave Li Yan a bad feeling.
Li Yan's expression changed slightly. Without the slightest hesitation, the dark red "Primordial Chaos Earth-Suppressing Talisman" in his palm was already on his body.
Almost at the same time, several nearby wind pillars, like black monstrous dragons, instantly crashed in front of him. Each wind pillar carried a world-destroying power, equivalent to several masters attacking Li Yan at the same time.
Although he was shocked in his heart, Li Yan's expression had already returned to normal. Having walked on the edge of death for many years, the more dangerous the situation, the calmer Li Yan would become.
His figure quickly shot upwards, and at the same time, his two fists, towards the two wind pillars that were already close on his left and right, each threw a punch.
These two wind pillars were not rotating straight up and down as they crashed over. Instead, the entire wind pillar was horizontal, with one end aimed at Li Yan, like two black monstrous dragons opening their mouths wide to bite down.
"Boom! Boom!" Amidst two loud bangs, Li Yan's rising body suddenly came to a halt.
"Hmm?"
Li Yan's heart tightened. Although he had sensed the immense power of the attacking wind pillars, he did not think that just these wind pillars could suppress him.
But as soon as his two fists came into contact with the wind pillars, he felt as if he had been caught between two boundless, heavy mountains. Not only did he fail to shatter the wind pillars with one blow, but there was not even the slightest sign of them being shaken open.
At once, his two fists were pressed against the "big mouths" at the top of the wind pillars, and his body was immediately pinned in place.
On Li Yan's two sides, it was as if two sky-swallowing monstrous dragons with their mouths wide open were crazily rotating in opposite directions, one towards Li Yan's front and the other towards his back.
A world-churning power was born from their large "mouths," as if they were trying to tear Li Yan apart in opposite directions. At the same time, waves of bone-chilling yin-coldness continuously invaded through Li Yan's arms.
In just an instant, the black ice on Li Yan's body was over six feet thick. And before Li Yan could react further, another four wind pillars crashed over from the top, bottom, front, and back.
In the thick black ice, a gloomy light suddenly erupted from Li Yan's eyes, and the "Primordial Chaos Earth-Suppressing Talisman" on his body burst out with a blood-red light.
For a moment, the churning force on Li Yan's arms seemed to be fixed. At the same time, the magical power in Li Yan's body was no longer reserved, and it gushed out like a bursting flood.
The small golden figure in his Dantian had also stood up. With its two eyes flashing with golden light, its two small hands were raised at the same time to form a hand seal. The Dantian sea immediately churned up towering waves that rushed towards his eight extraordinary meridians.
Just as the four wind pillars were about to reach him, with a "peng" sound, like a mirror shattering, the thick black ice on Li Yan's body turned into a sky full of ice shards that shot out in all directions.
Taking this opportunity, Li Yan's body in the air fiercely spun, his two feet kicking out in a chain of lightning-fast kicks, and a thunderous sound came from his two fists. This was the second breath of the wind pillar's attack.
The huge churning yin-cold force generated by those wind pillars was still mostly fixed by the "Primordial Chaos Earth-Suppressing Talisman," but the red light on the "Primordial Chaos Earth-Suppressing Talisman" was also rapidly dimming at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The "Primordial Chaos Earth-Suppressing Talisman" was a supreme defensive talisman against black holes and astral winds. But under the combined churning of the six wind pillars, the speed at which its power was consumed was already astounding.
As Li Yan's body rotated and attacked, the first thing that broke was the spiritual power rope around his waist. Li Yan had deliberately done this. With such a powerful tearing force, he was afraid of implicating Gong Chenying.
At this moment, to deal with these six black wind pillars, he had at least erupted with eighty percent of his power. The force transmitted through the spiritual power rope could instantly pull Gong Chenying down.
Li Yan already felt that this place was extremely dangerous. If Gong Chenying came down, it would only be more difficult for him to protect her.
Li Yan also hadn't expected it to be so dangerous below, and for everything to happen so abruptly. Before, the ashen-white human faces and the churning of the wind pillars had all had a pattern, but the attack had come without any warning.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
Amidst a series of dull, heavy bangs, Li Yan sent the six wind pillars tumbling back. Li Yan also took the opportunity to rush upwards.
But the six wind pillars, with a spin, crossed each other at an even faster speed. Instantly, some of the surrounding wind pillars, which had still been swaying rhythmically, became agitated and chaotic.
Seeing that the six wind pillars couldn't catch up in time, and that the other wind pillars, though chaotic, were not attacking him, Li Yan shot up into the sky at an even faster speed...
Gong Chenying had been watching below all along. Although her Divine Sense could no longer detect Li Yan's aura, the spiritual power rope in her hand allowed her to feel his presence, which put her somewhat at ease.
Fifteen breaths later, the few wind pillars below, which had been swaying rhythmically, suddenly trembled violently. Immediately, a dull, heavy "long, long" sound came from below.
"Not good!"
Gong Chenying's reaction was faster than her consciousness. The power in her body instantly erupted, and she fiercely pulled on the spiritual power rope in her hand. But in the next moment, something she had not expected happened.
The spiritual power rope in her hand, just as she was about to exert force, had already shattered inch by inch, instantly turning into a shower of starlight. Gong Chenying's expression was one of stunned surprise. But before she could continue to judge what had happened, several wind pillars below suddenly shot upwards.
At once, the upward-rushing wind pillars instantly threw the wind pillars above into even greater chaos. Seeing that something was wrong, Gong Chenying's body flashed, and she immediately dodged to the side.
"Thump, thump, thump!"
Several heavy impact sounds came from behind her. At the same time, the tip of a wind pillar grazed the spiritual power shield as it swept past, causing the spiritual power shield to flash wildly with a gloomy light.
As the spiritual power shield emitted a "kaka-kaka" sound, cracks appeared on it. This was the spiritual power shield left by Li Yan. After being strengthened by Li Yan's hand, it could last for nearly twenty breaths.
Gong Chenying was horrified. The defense left by a Mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator was almost shattered by just a graze from the wind pillar below. The power of those wind pillars below was actually so violent.
The wind pillars that had shot up from below had also instantly shattered more than a dozen wind pillars above. Gong Chenying barely managed to dodge.
And just as she had dodged one blow, she suddenly felt a tightness at her feet. She quickly looked down and saw that a black wind pillar had somehow reached her feet.
The tip of the grey wind pillar was rotating rapidly, like the mouth of a rushing vortex. A strong suction force had just reached one of her feet.
This force was surprisingly great. As Gong Chenying's entire body's magical power surged, her body actually only resisted for about a breath before being pulled down...
Although Gong Chenying's physical strength was incomparably powerful, her magical power was still at the Late-stage Golden Core. Just as she felt that something was wrong, her entire person was sucked in.
The moment she was sucked in, a golden light suddenly flashed from her body. At the critical moment, Gong Chenying had already deployed a "Golden Bell Talisman."
Gong Chenying, on the other hand, was heading headfirst down towards the bottom of the wind pillar!
Her beautiful face was like ice. As she plunged down, she had already raised her two fists and continuously bombarded the two sides of the wind pillar. The fifth layer of the "Qiongqi Purgatory Art" erupted with full force. "Boom, boom, boom..."
As she fell down, the wind pillars on the side were beaten by her until they were constantly distorted, but they just wouldn't break.
Seeing this, Gong Chenying immediately stopped her attack. As the magical power in her body circulated, her body was slowly adjusted to a normal posture with difficulty.
During her descent, she had already closed her eyes, as if she didn't care at all where she would fall.
Gong Chenying's long, slender hands had their ten fingers crossed and clasped into a fist. Her two hands began to slowly rise above her head, and her body's joints erupted in a series of crisp sounds like popping beans.
Her suspended legs also faintly bulged, and streaks of vertical muscles made the trousers under her blue robes bulge. The vertical lines could even be seen clinging to the trousers.
"Break!"
As her crimson lips slightly parted, the clasped fists that had been raised above her head drew a rainbow of azure light and slammed down fiercely from front to back!
As this fist slammed down, a pillar of azure light shot out from her two fists.
"Ding, ding, ding, ding... Thump!"
At this time, a thick, grey, yin-cold ice had already appeared on the walls of the surrounding wind pillars, making the wind pillars appear even more indestructible. As Gong Chenying fell all the way down, a pillar of azure light slashed fiercely at the ice wall of the wind pillar from top to bottom.
The pillar of azure light was like a sky-piercing sharp sword streaking past. Amidst a series of crisp sounds from the ice wall of the wind pillar, the thick grey ice began to crack and fall off layer by layer.
Just as her two fists were about to hit the bottom, a deep green light flowed in Gong Chenying's eyes, and the final wave of power poured down like a tide.
As this huge force poured in, with a "thump," a gap was broken in the wind pillar before her. The moment this gap appeared, the entire wind pillar was like a deflated bag.
Gong Chenying immediately felt the pull at her feet loosen. At this moment, the "Golden Bell Talisman" around her had also turned a fiery white in the rotation of the wind pillar, erupting with its most dazzling light.
Gong Chenying did not hesitate at all. As soon as the suction at her feet loosened, her entire person turned into a streak of blue light and rushed towards that gap.
At the same time, a golden light flashed on her hand again, and another "Golden Bell Talisman" was stuck to her body.
"Whoosh!"
Gong Chenying felt a gust of "warm" wind blow against her face. She had passed through that wind pillar without any obstruction.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
A few more loud bangs followed. Gong Chenying felt herself crash into some hard objects, and her momentum continued unabated as she rushed forward!
She subconsciously released her Divine Sense, and to her pleasant surprise, her Divine Sense was no longer suppressed in the slightest here. She could already "see" everything nearby.
The magical power in her body circulated rapidly. She, who was rushing forward with great momentum, suddenly stopped in mid-air. The transition from extreme speed to extreme stillness was not awkward at all, as if everything was so smooth.
From this, one could see the terrifying degree to which Gong Chenying had control over her own power. She infused magical power into her eyes, and a greyish-white world appeared before her.
This was a wide and deep cave. After she had rushed in just now, she had directly shattered five or six huge stalactites hanging from the cave roof.
Although those stalactites were thick, under the protection of the "Golden Bell Talisman," as she charged straight through, they were instantly turned into a shower of white powder.