As the earthen yellow halo passed through, Su Wu immediately felt a heaviness all over his body. The suppression power of the surrounding space increased significantly, making him involuntarily fall downward.
Meanwhile, the cyan-black wooden vines on the ground surged upwards, entangling towards him, and those rippling blue waves caused his Divine Soul to tremble, leading to a momentary daze.
This brief lapse gave Jie Cha and the others a chance to act.
Fierce Fire Dragons and incomparably Sharp golden Sword Qi instantly enveloped Su Wu, as if to swallow him whole.
Just when the two thought Su Wu was about to be defeated, his eyes suddenly flashed with a trace of black light, immediately regaining his senses.
Facing the aggressive attacks around him, he sneered, holding a long black sword against the ground. Suddenly, a dense black light exploded from outside his body, rapidly coalescing into a black Light Domain, which was a Spiritual Domain.
Within this black Spiritual Domain stood towering black peaks, with black mist swirling at the peaks and black water surging below, turning the entire Spiritual Domain into a substantive reality, as if it were a real existing space.
Those cyan-black vines turned to ashes the instant they penetrated the black Spiritual Domain…
The heat breath of the Fire Dragons melted and disappeared in the blink of an eye…
Even the golden dragon formed by the golden Sword Qi, as soon as it dashed into the black Spiritual Domain, dispersed without a trace. Not a single Sword Qi could touch Su Wu.
Inside the World Tree, Yuan Ming's pupils involuntarily contracted, utterly shocked.
Jie Cha's face changed dramatically, exclaiming, "This is... turning virtual into reality! You have cultivated a Spiritual Domain? Impossible, you have not yet reached the Mahayana Realm, how could you have cultivated a Spiritual Domain!"
Su Wu smiled faintly and said, "As long as one has a deep enough understanding of the True Meaning of Dao, combined with sufficient Spiritual Power to drive it, evolving a true Spiritual Domain, what's the difficulty?"
Jie Cha remained silent, yet within his heart surged an indescribable envy.
Though he, as the Artifact Spirit of the Three Realms Immortal Boat, could exert power here on par with anyone else, he was handicapped by his nature as an Artifact Spirit, innately disadvantaged.
Even if he could comprehend some True Meaning of Dao with the aid of the Three Realms Immortal Boat, cultivating a Spiritual Domain was as hard as ascending to the heavens.
With this thought, Jie Cha's resolve grew even stronger.
Ignoring Su Wu's taunt, he continued manipulating the Great Array for attacks, while secretly discussing countermeasures with Yuan Ming through telepathy.
At this moment, Su Wu suddenly formed a peculiar spell with his hand and pointed it at Jie Cha across the void.
A black dot suddenly appeared between Jie Cha's brows, and his body instantly stiffened there.
The black dot rapidly spread like ink, and within a breath's time, Jie Cha's eyes were dyed black.
"What have you done..."
Jie Cha's angry shout echoed in the empty cavern, but his voice seemed suppressed by some invisible force, gradually growing weak and trembling.
His left eye was now completely consumed by darkness, as black as ink, devouring all light like an abyss.
And around the pupil of his right eye, the once-clear white had been reduced to mere threads, gradually eroded by darkness.
Jie Cha's expression underwent a tremendous change in that brief moment, transforming swiftly from anger and confusion to reverence and submission.
His body seemed controlled by an invisible force, and the Arrays that fiercely attacked Su Wu moments ago had weakened, finally coming to a complete halt.
Seeing this, Yuan Ming's heart trembled with shock, urgently calling Jie Cha through telepathy.
Jie Cha, however, seemed to lose his sense of hearing, completely ignoring Yuan Ming's call.
Yuan Ming's heart sank. Knowing things were going awry, he immediately manipulated the World Tree, sending a dozen thick roots rushing through the void, attempting to wrap around Jie Cha's body, just like the recent rescue of Nan Shangfeng, to save Jie Cha.
Just as the roots were about to touch Jie Cha, his body suddenly transformed into a green shadow, eerily escaping from the roots of the World Tree, landing lightly beside Su Wu.
"Your Excellency indeed possesses remarkable skills, subduing Jie Cha with a wave of your hand. It seems it was a method used when piercing Jie Cha's body with that Black Sword just now?" Yuan Ming asked in a deep voice, eyes intently watching the Black Sword in Su Wu's hand, not pursuing further.
The Black Sword was over three feet long, emitting an ominous aura, seemingly capable of devouring all things, with the air seemingly torn apart wherever it pointed.
Yuan Ming's expression suddenly changed slightly.
Though the aura of this Black Sword was entirely different from his Soul Destroying Sword, it gave him a familiar feeling, as if there was a subtle connection between them.
"Could this sword be..." A bold thought emerged in Yuan Ming's mind, but he immediately suppressed it.
"Fellow Daoist Wan truly has keen insight, seeing through everything at a glance. Now that Jie Cha has been subdued by me, if Fellow Daoist Wan knows what's good for him, hand over the World Tree obediently, and I can promise you a safe departure." Su Wu said solemnly upon seeing this.
Yuan Ming looked at Su Wu with a mocking smile and said, "Would Fellow Daoist Su swear by his Heart Demon to guarantee my safe departure?"
Upon hearing this, Su Wu's expression turned grim.
He had long harbored murderous intent toward Yuan Ming, especially after witnessing Yuan Ming's potential, making him all the more apprehensive. His earlier words were merely intended to lure Yuan Ming out.
"Since you refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit, you shall slumber here eternally!" Su Wu said coldly, his voice filled with intense killing intent.
Jie Cha's hollow gaze shifted, finally resting on the World Tree where Yuan Ming was hiding.
With a wave of his sleeve, the Sword Qi on the Ten Thousand Sword Cage Formation changed direction, lifting the suppression on Master Tantai and others, transforming into several golden Sword Dragons rushing towards the World Tree with lightning speed.
Then, the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon also roared and spewed True Dragon Flames, tumultuous waves of water surging around, all turning directions to attack the World Tree.
In an instant, the entire World Tree seemed to be engulfed by endless assaults.
Inside the World Tree, Yuan Ming's face turned cold as mana swirled at his fingertips.
A dazzling silver light suddenly expanded from within the tree, rapidly forming a giant spherical silver light domain space, like an indestructible silver dome, protecting almost the entire World Tree.
The golden Sword Dragon roared hideously, opening its giant mouth, spewing out dense Sword light and Sword Qi, pouring onto the silver space like torrential rain.
The Sword Qi only emitted a series of crisp metallic clash sounds before being scattered by the mysterious power of the silver space, turning into nothingness.
The Eight Desolate Fire Dragon surrounded all sides, flames blazing, its fiery Dragon Flame engulfing the entire silver space.
The flames burned fiercely, seemingly about to devour everything, yet even after exhausting more than half of its power, the silver space remained unscathed and indestructible.
Other attacks continuously rained down, but all proved futile, as the silver space seemed to possess endless defensive strength, unable to be shaken in the slightest.
Su Wu was not surprised by this.
His form moved, transforming into a stream of light shooting upwards, fingers combined like a blade, raised high.
"Swoosh"
A dazzling silver glow burst forth from his palm, instantly transforming into a massive silver Light Sword, carrying world-destroying force, slashing down fiercely at Yuan Ming's silver space.
Great Void Slash!
At the moment the silver Light Sword struck, countless black space fissures flickered like fragmented lightning outside the spherical silver space.
The chaotic Space Power interwove, constantly tearing apart the void, emitting a thrilling roaring sound.
Although the silver space held firm for several breaths under the slash of the silver Light Sword, it ultimately couldn't withstand the unmatched force.
A massive crack tore open on the silver space, revealing its deep and mysterious interior.
Su Wu's eyes showed a hint of delight, about to fly in, only to see the torn silver space quickly surging with dense silver light.
The silver light flowed like water, rapidly repairing the crack, in the blink of an eye, the silver space was restored to its original state, intact.
Su Wu's eyes twitched slightly, a wave of regret rising in his heart.
He suddenly recalled the previous battle with Yuan Ming, regretting not following Su Yingxue's advice to kill him in advance.
"Go, mobilize all the Forbidden Great Array's power to seal the World Tree, restricting its strength." Su Wu's gaze narrowed slightly, dismissing useless thoughts, sternly instructing Jie Cha.
Upon hearing this, Jie Cha lifted his foot, but then put it down again, not following Su Wu's command.
A hint of struggle and resistance flashed in his eyes, seemingly influenced by some force.
Su Wu's face sank, a clump of black light suddenly brightening at the center of his brow, containing eerie power, seemingly able to control one's mind.
"Yes..."
Jie Cha's somewhat aged voice became suppressed and low, with noticeable resistance, yet his body obediently leaped high, hovering in mid-air.
Jie Cha's sleeves waved, his body exuding blue light intensely.
Strands of blue threads extended from him, like countless tentacles connecting all the underground space's arrays.
With his movements, arrays after arrays of Forbidden Array lit up, symbolizing layers of forbidden runes extending like chains, intertwining towards various parts of the void.
Inside the World Tree, Yuan Ming immediately felt the vast sealing power rapidly spreading throughout the underground space.
The sealing power was like invisible shackles, binding the World Tree's strength, clearly weakening its connection with the Three Realms Immortal Boat.
His face darkened slightly, with a thought, the void near Jie Cha suddenly cracked open.
Twelve thick tree roots emerged from the void, each root hosting a soul crow.
The soul crows had Black Feather like ink, their eyes flashing with gloomy light, seeming to hold endless Spiritual Power.
"Awaken!"
Yuan Ming suddenly shouted, his voice carrying some mysterious power.
The twelve soul crows simultaneously opened their mouths, emitting piercing black Crow Cry.
The Crow Cry pierced the void like sharp arrows, directly striking Jie Cha's mind.
In the soul crows' cry, Jie Cha's body jolted fiercely.
In the eye yet to be completely dyed black, a dazzling light suddenly shone, as if breaking free from the abyss, gradually regaining its original luster.
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