283: Chapter 283: Li Cang Falls for the Trap

"Family Head Zhao Tiangang, you are not my match."

Lion Cangqiong sneered.

"Whether I am or not, we'll know after we fight!" Family Head Zhao Tiangang lunged forward again.

The two clashed.

Golden claw shadows and gray palm shadows intertwined, riddling the surrounding stone walls with holes.

Family Head Zhao Tiangang's Blood Shadow Clones were shattered one by one by Lion Cangqiong's claws, but Family Head Zhao Tiangang's true body took the Opportunity to approach the law seed.

Just as his fingertips were about to touch the bead, a silver-white sword light descended from the sky, slashing across his arm.

Family Head Zhao Tiangang let out a miserable scream as a wound deep enough to see the bone appeared on his arm, blood spraying out.

He hurriedly retreated, clutching his wound and glaring at the person who had swung the sword.

Supreme Elder Jian Cangqiong.

"Supreme Elder Jian Cangqiong! You—"

Family Head Zhao Tiangang gritted his teeth.

"The Opportunity has not been decided; no one is allowed to touch it."

Supreme Elder Jian Cangqiong said indifferently, Sword Intent circulating around him like frost and snow.

"You—!"

Family Head Zhao Tiangang wanted to curse, but he couldn't.

Supreme Elder Jian Cangqiong's Sword Intent was too strong; he was not confident he could win.

At this moment, Old City Lord Li Cang moved.

He did not go to snatch the law seed; instead, he struck a palm toward Supreme Elder Jian Cangqiong.

The gray palm shadow was like a mountain, carrying the force of ten thousand jun.

Supreme Elder Jian Cangqiong turned and swung his sword, the sword light shattering the palm shadow, but he was still forced back a step.

"Old City Lord Li Cang, do you want to snatch it too?" Supreme Elder Jian Cangqiong frowned.

"In the face of an Opportunity, there is no friendship."

Old City Lord Li Cang said indifferently, striking out with another palm.

Supreme Elder Jian Cangqiong swung his sword to block, and the two clashed.

Sword light and palm shadows intertwined, and the runes in the stone chamber were shattered over a large area.

Lion Cangqiong took the Opportunity to rush toward the law seed.

His speed was as fast as lightning; his golden figure flashed in the stone chamber and appeared in front of the bead.

He stretched out his claw to grab the bead.

A black tail whipped in from the side, striking his waist.

Lion Cangqiong was whipped away, crashing into the stone wall and creating a large crater.

He struggled to climb up, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, glaring at the person who had whipped him.

Snake Emperor.

"Snake Emperor, you—!" Lion Cangqiong gritted his teeth.

"In the face of an Opportunity, there is no friendship."

Snake Emperor's seven heads spoke simultaneously, their voices hoarse and harsh, repeating Old City Lord Li Cang's words.

Lion Cangqiong roared and lunged at Snake Emperor.

Golden claw shadows and black poisonous fog collided, erupting into a harsh hissing sound.

Lion Cangqiong's mane was corroded by the poisonous fog and dimmed slightly, and one of Snake Emperor's heads was also shattered by a claw from Lion Cangqiong, black blood spraying out.

Feng Tian, Lei Tian, Chi Tian, and Sparrow Emperor also moved.

Colorful attacks exploded in the stone chamber, blowing the entire room into disarray.

Feng Tian's Nirvana Fire burned everything, Lei Tian's thunder shattered everything, Chi Tian's cold Qi froze everything, and Sparrow Emperor's Heaven-Swallowing Vortex devoured everything.

The nine big shots were locked in a chaotic battle, with none willing to yield to the others.

Spiritual power, Demonic Qi, Sword Intent, poisonous fog, flames, thunder, cold Qi, vortexes... Various attacks intertwined, and the stone chamber was in complete chaos.

The ground cracked, the stone walls collapsed, and rubble from the dome fell like raindrops.

Most of the runes in the stone chamber were shattered, with only a few in the corners still emitting a faint light.

Xiao Ran huddled behind a stone pillar, operating his Guixu Body at full capacity to devour and convert the surrounding aura.

His face was a bit pale, but the smile at the corner of his mouth grew increasingly thick.

"Fight, fight. The more chaotic, the better."

He silently recited in his heart.

The chaotic battle continued for who knows how long.

All nine big shots were injured, but not a single one stopped.

The law seed was right before their eyes; no one wanted to give up.

Finally, one person rushed out of the chaotic battle.

Old City Lord Li Cang.

His gray robe was torn in several places, and on his left shoulder was a wound deep enough to see the bone, left by Supreme Elder Jian Cangqiong's sword.

At this moment, Old City Lord Li Cang's condition was not good; blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, and his face was pale, but his eyes were very bright, like two stars.

His speed was extremely fast; his gray figure flashed in the stone chamber and appeared in front of the law seed.

He stretched out his hand, his withered fingers reaching for the bead.

"The Opportunity is mine."

Old City Lord Li Cang roared excitedly.

Behind him, the other eight in the Integration Stage did not expect Old City Lord Li Cang to be so cunning, and immediately prepared to intercept.

Just at this moment.

A black light shot out from the law seed, instantly enveloping Old City Lord Li Cang.

The black light came too suddenly; no one had time to react.

Old City Lord Li Cang's body stiffened, his fingers stopping less than an inch from the bead, unable to move forward another bit.

In the black light, countless tiny tentacles stretched out from the bead, wrapping around his arm, body, neck, and face.

The tentacles were black, with dark red patterns circulating on their surface, dense like blood vessels.

They wrapped tighter and tighter, denser and denser, wrapping Old City Lord Li Cang up like a cocoon.

"Ah—!"

Old City Lord Li Cang let out a miserable scream, his voice filled with terror and pain.

His spiritual power operated frantically, trying to break free from the tentacles, but the tentacles were like iron hoops, not moving an inch.

His aura dropped rapidly, falling from Integration Stage Peak to Integration Stage Late Stage, from Integration Stage Late Stage to Integration Stage Middle Stage, from Integration Stage Middle Stage to Integration Stage Early Stage.

"Father!"

City Lord Li Qingge's expression changed drastically, and he wanted to rush over, but was stopped by Supreme Elder Jian Cangqiong.

"Don't go over! That black light is strange!"

Supreme Elder Jian Cangqiong said in a deep voice.

City Lord Li Qingge gritted his teeth, but he knew he was not a match.

His father, Old City Lord Li Cang at the Integration Stage Peak, had been trapped by the black light; as someone at the Integration Stage Middle Stage, going over would just be seeking death.

The other big shots also stopped, watching that mass of black light vigilantly.

"What is that?" Lion Cangqiong's voice was filled with wariness.

"Don't know," Snake Emperor hissed.

"But it is definitely not a good thing."

"The law seed... is it a trap?" Feng Tian frowned.

"Doesn't look like it," Lei Tian shook his head.

"Old City Lord Li Cang was attacked by the law seed, not by something else."

"Perhaps it is a test for the Opportunity."

Chi Tian said indifferently.

"How could there be no test for a Mahayana Stage Opportunity?"

"A test? That test is too cruel, isn't it? Old City Lord Li Cang's cultivation is dropping!"

Vortexes rotated in Sparrow Emperor's blood-red eyes.

Xiao Ran huddled behind the stone pillar, looking at the mass of black light, the smile at the corner of his mouth growing even thicker.

"It's here, it's finally here," he silently recited in his heart.

Old City Lord Li Cang's screams grew weaker and weaker.

His aura had already dropped to the Void Refinement Stage.

His body was twisted and deformed under the entanglement of the tentacles, like a moth trapped in a spider web.

Just when everyone thought Old City Lord Li Cang was going to die, the black light suddenly disappeared.

The tentacles retracted into the bead, and the bead returned to its original appearance, its purple-gold light soft and calm, as if nothing had ever happened.

Old City Lord Li Cang fell to the ground, covered in wounds, his aura weak.

His cultivation had dropped from Integration Stage Peak to Void Refinement Stage Early Stage, the same Realm as Xiao Ran.

His hair had turned completely white, the wrinkles on his skin had deepened, and he looked like a piece of dead wood.

Most importantly, Old City Lord Li Cang's eyes were closed, his breathing faint and sporadic, as if he could stop breathing at any moment.

"Father!"

City Lord Li Qingge rushed over, lifted Old City Lord Li Cang up, took out a healing Medicinal Pill from his bosom, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Old City Lord Li Cang swallowed the Medicinal Pill, his complexion improved slightly, but he remained unconscious.

The stone chamber was deathly silent.

The eight big shots looked at Old City Lord Li Cang on the ground, then at the law seed, their hearts filled with mixed emotions.

The Mahayana Stage Opportunity was right before their eyes, but Old City Lord Li Cang's fate made them shudder.

"Are we still going to snatch it?" Snake Emperor hissed.

No one answered.