Chapter 223
A strange glint flashed through the eyes of the man sitting atop the golden wheel, but it quickly vanished. Instead, he put on a pained expression.
“You even dared to imprison the Dragon Lord’s soul here!” he said in righteous fury, glancing at the dragon soul on the ground before turning to glare at everyone with an air of indignation. “The mortal realm truly grows bolder by the day. Dragon Lord, rest assured—justice will be done for you!”
“Justice, my ass! Who asked you to speak for me? I don’t need anyone to avenge me—I’m perfectly fair!”
Before Yun Jiao could respond, Little Yellow exploded first, roaring furiously, “Zhu Yan! Since when were we close? Don’t you dare drag me into your schemes! You think I don’t know how many lies you’ve told about me in front of the Emperor?”
Even in death, this bastard still wanted to use him as an excuse for his plotting!
“The Dragon Lord speaks thus only because he is being coerced,” Zhu Yan ignored the denial completely, turning instead to the other immortals.
“No need to hold back—save the Dragon Lord’s soul at once!”
“Yes, sir!”
The moment the command left his lips, four or five immortals flew out from his side, diving straight down.
“Damn it, Zhu Yan, you bastard! You’re still trying to harm me!” Little Yellow’s entire body trembled with rage. He looked nervously at Yun Jiao, hurriedly explaining,
“Immortal, you have to believe me! I—I really didn’t—”
“Move.”
Yun Jiao didn’t waste time on him. She directly summoned the dragon soul back into a talisman, then stepped forward to adjust the eye of the mountain’s protective array. Ever since Little Yellow’s arrival, she had reworked the entire formation—it could now activate automatically, and she had shifted the array’s core from the main hall to the outer grounds for better control.
High above, the attacking immortals unleashed even stronger spells than before.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Their attacks rained down relentlessly, but every strike was swallowed instantly by the protective barrier. The mountain array shimmered, and in the next breath, the rebound spell activated, returning every single attack with twice the force.
The immortals were caught off guard. Unable to dodge in time, several were injured, and the rest behind them were shaken by the backlash. A few others tried to take their place, but no matter what spells they cast, they couldn’t breach the barrier—they were completely shut out.
Continuing would only hurt themselves. The battle stalled into a tense deadlock.