86: Three Spirits Battle Array 1

The spatial rift above Holy Mountain was like a festering wound, continuously oozing viscous, pitch-black energy. Pseudo-species creatures, shaped like Flame Demons but more distorted, swarmed out. The center of their featureless faces was embedded with a miniature black crystal, which was precisely the Clone of the prison world's pseudo-species!

"Activate the Mountain Protection Array!" The Grand Elder cried out hoarsely. The ancient clan warriors hastily formed their array, but everyone knew this was merely a dying struggle—the number of pseudo-species creatures was too great, already obscuring half the sky in the blink of an eye.

Xiao Yan stood at the edge of the Star Observation Platform, a blue-silver light flowing in his right eye, the Flame Lord's Fire surging within his body. His reconstructed body's capacity to withstand this ancient power far exceeded what it was before, but he knew he had not yet fully grasped its essence.

"At least three hundred of them, each with Peak Dou Zun strength," Xiao Bing stood beside his elder brother, his left arm encased in a crystalline armor of profound blue Extreme Ice, "The twelve in the front have already reached the Elementary Dou Sheng level."

Ling Xiao's silver eyes twinkled with starlight: "They are not independent entities... All pseudo-species creatures are connected through that central, large pseudo-species, like a... network."

Xiao Yan nodded, his voice low and firm: "Then we'll go for the decapitation. Xiao Bing, you're responsible for clearing the miscellaneous soldiers; Ling Xiao, interfere with their connection; I'll deal with that central pseudo-species."

"No," Xiao Bing uncharacteristically objected to his brother's plan, "Brother, your Flame Lord's Fire is of the same origin as the pseudo-species; confronting it alone is too dangerous. We should..." He paused, a flash of realization in his eyes, "Try the Fusion of the Three Spirits."

Ling Xiao's eyes lit up upon hearing this: "Right! In the prison world, we unintentionally triggered a resonance. If we can actively control that state..."

Xiao Yan pondered for a moment and then understood his brother's meaning. The three quickly formed a triangular formation, each channeling their power—azure fire, Extreme Ice, and silver light ascended, converging in the center of the trio.

Initially, the three energies merely intertwined, but as their frequencies gradually synchronized, a miracle occurred! A dazzling white light burst forth from the energy convergence point, rapidly expanding into a tricolor halo. Wherever the halo passed, the pseudo-species creatures shrieked piercingly, retreating one after another.

"It's effective!" Xiao Bing formed hand seals, continuously outputting Extreme Ice Power, "But the range is too small..."

Xiao Yan's right eye suddenly throbbed with pain, and ancient memories of the Flame Lord's Fire automatically surfaced—it was a scene of three powerful individuals joining forces against darkness, their positions and the flow of energy clearly visible.

"I understand!" Xiao Yan shared the vision with the other two through their mental link, "The Flame Lord once teamed up with the Lord of Extreme Ice and the Spirit of the Plane to fight the Chaos Devourer! We need to recreate their battle formation!"

The three immediately adjusted their positions, Xiao Yan in front, Xiao Bing on the left, and Ling Xiao on the right, forming an arrow-shaped formation. The energy flow also changed accordingly, no longer simply converging, but forming a cycle—azure fire flowing into Extreme Ice, Extreme Ice flowing into silver light, and silver light flowing back to azure fire. With each cycle, the energy grew stronger!

After seven cycles, a tricolor light pillar shot into the sky, expanding into a massive array diagram covering the entire Holy Mountain. The array diagram slowly rotated, and countless profound runes descended from it, forming a net that enveloped the pseudo-species creatures.

"Three Spirits Exorcism Array!" Xiao Yan blurted out this unfamiliar name without thinking, as if some ancient memory was guiding him.

The array diagram glowed intensely, the three energies perfectly undergoing Fusion into a pure, silvery-white power that rained down like mist. Upon contact with this energy, the pseudo-species creatures let out agonizing screams, their bodies disintegrating from within! Even the largest central pseudo-species trembled violently in the silvery-white light, countless cracks appearing on its surface!

The people of the ancient clan watched this scene dumbfounded. The Grand Elder directly knelt to the ground, tears streaming down his face: "The Three Spirit Co-Lords... The ancient prophecies were true... The Source World is saved!"

The array diagram lasted for about a quarter of an hour. When the light dissipated, the sky returned to clarity, all pseudo-species creatures turned to ash, and even the spatial rift was temporarily repaired. Cheers erupted from throughout Holy Mountain, but the three at the core of the array simultaneously collapsed to the ground—this single strike had almost exhausted all their power.

"This power... it's too exaggerated..." Ling Xiao panted, his silver hair soaked with sweat.

Xiao Bing checked his internal condition, his expression subtly changing: "My Extreme Ice Power... seems to have undergone some kind of qualitative change." What appeared in his palm was no longer pure ice crystals, but a profound blue energy that was somewhere between ice and fire.

Xiao Yan also found that the Flame Lord's Fire had become more docile, as if it had acknowledged him as its master after this Fusion. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly sensed an abnormal fluctuation coming from the direction of his father's recuperation hall!

"Father!" The three disregarded their exhaustion and immediately rushed to the recuperation hall.

Inside the hall, Xiao Zhan was actually sitting up, his withered fingers unconsciously tracing a complex pattern on the bedsheet. Surprisingly, that pattern was strikingly similar to the image of the "Starfall Land" that Ling Xiao had described!

"This is... a map of the Life Spring?" The Grand Elder exclaimed after careful identification, "The Holy Land rumored to be able to bring the dead back to life! But it dried up a thousand years ago..."

Ling Xiao leaned in to observe, his silver eyes suddenly widening: "Wait! This terrain... it's exactly the Starfall Land I saw in my dream!" He pointed to the circular depression in the center of the pattern, "The burning star fell right here, forming a huge lake!"

Xiao Yan and Xiao Bing exchanged glances, simultaneously thinking of a possibility: "Is the seed of the plane at the bottom of the Life Spring?"

The Grand Elder's beard trembled with excitement: "If the legend is true, the Life Spring was originally the most miraculous place in the Source World. It is said that the spring water came from the first dewdrop at the beginning of the world... It indeed could be the habitat of the seed of the plane!"