In an instant, several monk robes flew toward the members of the Five Elements Dao Sect, the grayish-white powder attached to them spreading rapidly under the surge of spiritual energy!
"Holy crap! No sportsmanship! They're throwing poison powder!"
Liu Qingyang was so frightened that he let out a sharp, explosive shriek, his face turning pale. He instinctively tried to back away, but the crimson elimination circle was pursuing them relentlessly from behind. There was nowhere to retreat!
"Stop screaming! Block it, quickly!" Although Duan Xianxing was itching so much he felt like he was dying, and he was being dragged down by two hangers-on, he couldn't help but curse when he heard Liu Qingyang's scream, his heart filled with despair.
Jiang Yifan and the others also had major changes in their expressions. At such close range and with the powder covering such a large area, it was almost impossible to avoid it completely!
"Defend! Quick!"
Feng Qingping reacted incredibly fast. Her hands flew as she tried to set up a spiritual energy barrier in front of the group to block the powder. Ling Suxin also activated her lotus lamp, its clear light cascading down in an attempt to purify the air.
However, they were too close!
These two from the Mingguang Sect were at the Golden Core stage. Under their full power, the shockwave carrying the grayish-white powder expanded instantly. Although most of it was weakened by Feng Qingping's barrier and Ling Suxin's lotus lamp, a portion still penetrated the defense, heading straight for the Five Elements Dao Sect members!
Just as everyone was bracing themselves to endure this wave of itching powder and the subsequent drop in combat power!
At the critical moment, various parts of the Five Elements Dao Sect members' bodies—some in their robes, some in their sleeves, others at their waists—suddenly lit up with a faint but steady milky-white light!
It was the small fragments of spirit bone from Suisui that Li Nanzhu had distributed to everyone earlier!
Immediately after, the light flared brilliantly, transforming into spherical bone shields made of countless tiny, densely packed white bones, wrapping every member of the Five Elements Dao Sect tightly within!
It was Suisui!
It had acted again!
Crack, crack...
The moment the bone spheres formed, the large amount of itching powder shaken from the Mingguang Sect's robes also descended, only to be completely blocked by the smooth and solid surfaces of the bone spheres, failing to touch anyone in the group.
"Suisui!"
Li Nanzhu was both surprised and delighted. She hurriedly touched the little bone on top of her head, which had gone soft as if its spiritual energy was exhausted.
Suisui let out a weak "ka" sound, rubbed against her finger, and then went still, as if it had fallen into a deep sleep.
The bone spheres appeared quickly and vanished just as fast.
After successfully blocking the powder attack, they rapidly became transparent and dissipated into nothingness, as if they had never existed.
Except for Duan Xianxing, who had already been affected, everyone from the Five Elements Dao Sect—including Ling Suxin and Liu Qingyang—was completely unharmed.
However, while some rejoiced, others suffered.
The only ones not protected by the bone spheres were Duan Xianxing, who was already locked in a messy struggle with the Mingguang Sect disciples, and the two young monks from the Mingguang Sect who were deathly clinging to his legs!
The three of them were completely exposed to the spreading powder!
To make matters worse, the monks from the Mingguang Sect had shaken their robes with all their might. Most of the powder that hadn't been blocked by the bone spheres and was drifting in the wind landed on the three of them!
"Ngh!"
"Ah!"
Duan Xianxing and the two young monks let out painful groans simultaneously!
The itching sensation that Duan Xianxing had barely managed to suppress with his tenacious willpower erupted through his body again like a volcano, and it was several times more intense than before!
He felt like every inch of his skin was screaming and every pore was shouting. The itch was so intense his vision went dark, and he nearly fainted!
Why... why is it always me who's the unlucky one?!
Duan Xianxing roared in indignant grief in his mind, nearly on the verge of tears.
As for the two young monks, they were in an even more pathetic state. They were already itching to death, and this was like adding frost to snow. Their eyes rolled back, and their bodies convulsed. The hands they used to grip Duan Xianxing's legs instinctively loosened slightly.
"Now's our chance! Charge!"
Jiang Yifan reacted instantly. Although he was worried about Duan Xianxing, stopping now would mean the total annihilation of the team!
He shouted loudly, and the members of the Five Elements Dao Sect immediately snapped out of their brief shock. They exploded with full power, charging even faster toward the entrance of the passage that was right before their eyes!
As they passed the slumped Duan Xianxing, who was curled into a ball from the itching, the soft Suisui on Li Nanzhu's head suddenly moved. A slender bone spike shot out like lightning, precisely hooking Duan Xianxing's back collar and yanking him back!
"Urk!"
Duan Xianxing felt his neck tighten as a massive pulling force was applied, and his entire body was dragged forward across the ground!
And because those two semi-conscious young monks were still hanging onto his legs and hadn't fully let go, it turned into a bizarre chain—Duan Xianxing was being dragged by the bone spike, and the two young monks were being dragged by him...
They formed a strange chain of human candied haws!
"Cough, cough... You're... you're strangling me..." Duan Xianxing's eyes rolled as his collar choked him, and combined with the agonizing itch throughout his body, the sensation was truly indescribable.
The people from the Mingguang Sect were both anxious and enraged to see the Five Elements Dao Sect about to charge into the entrance completely unscathed while three of their own had totally lost their fighting capacity.
Huineng roared, wanting to give chase, but the Five Elements Dao Sect was moving too fast. It looked like they would be the first to step into the passage!
However, at this final moment, just as the vanguards of both sects nearly touched the narrow entrance of One-Line Sky at the same time—
Behind them, the crimson elimination circle that had been pursuing them like a death warrant, emitting a soul-crushing hum and a destructive aura, suddenly stopped without any warning!
The red light screen, which had been advancing over everything, slammed to a halt less than three feet away from the rearmost Mingguang Sect disciple!
It was as if it had hit an invisible wall, refusing to advance even a fraction further!
The entire world seemed to have its pause button pressed at this moment.
Everyone was stunned. Their forward momentum slowed involuntarily as they turned back in astonishment.
The noise of the wild run, the collision of spiritual energies, the groans of pain... all sounds vanished, leaving only a bizarre silence.
The elimination circle... stopped?
At this final moment, it just stopped?
"Cough, cough, cough... Blech... You're... you're strangling me... It's itching... so itchy..."
Duan Xianxing's violent coughing from being choked by his collar, combined with that bone-deep itch, made his voice sound like a broken bellows, sounding exceptionally piercing in this sudden, eerie silence.
This groan was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, instantly shattering the bizarre silence and awakening the crowd frozen in place.
The Five Elements Dao Sect members were the first to react. They looked at the crimson elimination circle that was inches away yet seemingly frozen, then at the unobstructed entrance to the stone forest passage right in front of them, and finally at the Mingguang Sect members, whose formation was scattered from the pursuit and who had lost the threat of the elimination circle as their leverage...
"What are you waiting for! Do it!"
Liu Qingyang was the first to shout excitedly, his voice cracking slightly with emotion. "Take out these bald donkeys!"
Without needing another word, the members of the Five Elements Dao Sect understood instantly and launched an attack directly at the Mingguang Sect!
Huineng and the others' faces changed drastically in an instant!
It was over!
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