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Lingxu Cave, despite having the word "cave" in its name, is actually a hidden world within itself, forming its own little universe.

As soon as Chen Ye stepped into the cave, he felt an aura completely different from the outside world rushing towards him. It was not the cold and dampness of an ordinary cave, but a warm, pure energy flow with strange vitality, as if he were inside a huge, life-giving spiritual jade.

The cave walls were not made of rock, but of some kind of translucent crystal that shimmered with a faint rainbow of colors, making the entire passage appear dreamlike.

Tiny, visible light particles floated in the air, like countless tiny fireflies, rising and falling gently with each breath.

"Such rich innate spiritual energy!"

In the group, Yu Xu Daoist, who was skilled in formations and perception, took a light breath. "This place is indeed nurturing a spirit of light, but this spiritual energy... seems to be several times purer and more active than recorded in ancient books."

“Something unusual is bound to happen,” Chen Ye said in a deep voice, his sharp eyes scanning the crystal-clear cave walls and floating specks of light around him. “The purer the substance, the greater the potential danger. Be alert and proceed according to plan.”

After venturing more than a hundred feet into the cave, the view suddenly opened up before us.

They arrived at an unimaginably vast underground cavern.

The dome soars high, with countless luminous, stalactite-like crystals hanging down, emitting a soft yet non-glaring white light that illuminates the entire space as bright as day.

The ground was not soil, but rather a layer of shallow, shimmering, starlight-like liquid spiritual energy that felt warm and smooth to the touch, like walking on a galaxy.

At the center of the cave was a vast lake formed from pure light energy. Its waters were crystal clear, and at its core, clusters of light of varying sizes and shapes floated, like sleeping stars. These clusters of light were their target—

Light Spirit!

The light spirits have no fixed form. At this moment, some of them resemble a leaping flame, with a bright white core and a seven-colored halo around the edges.

Some condense into the shape of small beasts, such as light deer and light fox, their bodies made of flowing light threads, making them exceptionally agile; others even transform into human-shaped outlines, with blurred features, yet exuding a pure and holy aura.

They emanate warm, peaceful, and vibrant energy, serving as the core source of the spiritual energy within the entire grotto.

“Target confirmed,” Jiufeng said in a low voice, her tone filled with barely suppressed excitement, “On the east side of the lake, the one with the most concentrated core, a form somewhere between a fox and a bird, and the longest tail feathers! Its source fluctuations are the strongest, and its potential is the greatest!”

In the direction she pointed, an elegant light spirit was lazily floating on the lake. It resembled a nine-tailed light fox, but its tail feathers were as long and gorgeous as phoenix feathers. Its body was surrounded by a flowing halo, making it more dazzling than other light spirits, and the spiritual energy it emitted was the purest and most profound.

"Okay, that's it!" A glint flashed in Chen Ye's eyes.

This light spirit gave Chen Ye the feeling that its power of law was indeed more abundant.

Wu Nian and the others wanted to help capture the Light Spirit.

The four responded in unison, then scattered instantly, their movements swift as lightning, yet completely silent.

With a low roar, Wu Nian slammed the giant shield into the starlight-like ground beneath his feet. A thick layer of earthy yellow light spread out from the shield, quickly forming a semi-circular barrier that isolated their area from the rest of the cave, while also preventing most of the potential disturbances caused by energy leakage.

The figure of Daoist Yuxu blended into the shadows behind a huge dark crystal pillar like ink painting, disappearing completely, with only extremely faint fluctuations in the airflow indicating his presence.

With a flick of her wrists, Jiufeng accurately shot jade talismans, each shimmering with specific runes, into the lake of light, where they disappeared beneath the surface. The jade talismans, upon entering the water, did not create ripples; instead, they quickly dissolved, transforming into indistinct spiritual patterns, like an invisible spiderweb, quietly spreading out in the waters beneath the target spirit.

A stagnant, heavy spatial force began to permeate the area, and the flow of light and spiritual energy in that region became noticeably sluggish.

Jiufeng sat cross-legged behind Lei Gang's barrier, took out a palm-sized, warm and translucent white jade pendant, and placed it in her palm. She closed her eyes, parted her cherry lips slightly, and an extremely soft, ethereal rhythm, as if from ancient nature, began to resonate.

This sound did not travel through the air, but acted directly on the soul and spiritual energy, carrying the intention of comfort, closeness and summoning, like a mother's gentle lullaby, slowly drifting towards the target spirit in the center of the lake.

Chen Ye did not act immediately.

He took a deep breath, and his true essence flowed slowly within his body. A sharp, refined aura, yet carrying the vastness of heaven and earth, rose from his body.

Instead of drawing his sword, he pointed his fingers together like a sword and aimed them at the target spirit!
"laugh!"

A highly condensed sword aura, as thin as a hair and almost transparent, shot out from the sky!

The sword energy was silent and stealthy, yet its speed exceeded the limits of visual perception!
This sword energy was not intended to kill, but rather to precisely cut a wisp of light escaping from the end of the Light Spirit's tail feather!
The elegant and languid spirit of light was suddenly awakened the moment the sword energy reached it!

It trembled violently, and its entire body burst forth with a blinding light, like a small sun exploding on the lake!

A powerful and furious shockwave of pure spiritual energy spread out from its center!

With a "buzzing sound!"

The shockwave struck Ray Gang's giant shield barrier with a dull thud, causing the barrier to shake violently and flash with yellow light.

Wu Nian let out a muffled groan, his legs sinking slightly into the starlight ground beneath his feet, but the barrier ultimately stabilized.

Almost simultaneously with the eruption of the Light Spirit, several nearly transparent threads carrying a viscous, sluggish power silently shot out from the Dark Crystal Cluster in the northeast corner, precisely wrapping around the core edge of the Light Spirit's eruption!
However, the Light Spirit's reaction was incredibly fast!

Its body, composed of pure light, seemed to have no physical form. Just as the binding silk was about to touch it, its entire body rippled like water and slipped out through the gaps in the silk!

The binding silk only caught a lingering, rapidly dissipating glimmer of light.

A clear, resounding cry, not a sound, but one that directly affects the soul, rang out, filled with anger and warning.

The Light Spirit lashed out with its nine tails, transforming them into nine incredibly sharp whips of light that lashed out fiercely toward the direction from which the sword energy was coming, accompanied by a shrill whistling sound that tore through the air!

That's where Chen Ye is!

Chen Ye's eyes narrowed, but instead of dodging or avoiding, he advanced!

He finally gripped the hilt of the sword with his right hand, but instead of drawing the sword from its sheath, he thrust it forward with the sheath still attached!
"break!"

The demonic blade instantly split into several blades, which swept towards the area where the light spirit was located. "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Nine beams of light struck the protective barrier in succession, producing deafening explosions!

Each strike contained immense power, causing ripples to spread across the starlight-covered ground beneath Chen Ye's feet. His sword-wielding arm trembled slightly, and his boots plowed two shallow marks behind him, but he managed to withstand the ferocious barrage of attacks!

Just as the Light Spirit's attack was blocked and its old power was gone while new power had not yet been generated, Jiu Feng instantly stepped in, immediately isolating the area where the Light Spirit was located, organizing an array to encircle and annihilate it.

hum!
Beneath the lake's surface, the jade talisman runes that had been laid out earlier suddenly lit up!

Countless crisscrossing silver-white rays suddenly burst forth from the lake water, instantly weaving together to form a three-dimensional cage that completely enveloped the angry light spirit and the space within dozens of feet around it!
As soon as this "Space-Locking and Light-Stabilizing Array" was formed, its powerful spatial confinement force immediately took effect!

The light spirit's movements slowed down several times over, as if it were trapped in incredibly viscous resin.

The aura flowing across its body also became dim and stagnant. Every attempt to move or unleash energy seemed to be a struggle with the space formed by the entire formation, resulting in enormous consumption.

"Woo..." The Light Spirit let out a low groan filled with pain and resentment. It frantically rammed against the walls of the light prison, each impact causing the silver-white light prison to shake violently, its light flickering erratically. Jiu Feng's face was slightly pale as she formed hand seals, doing her best to stabilize the operation of the formation.

"Quick! The formation is consuming a lot of power; it's too strong and can't hold out for long!"

Jiufeng said in a deep voice.

"Now!"

A fierce glint flashed in Chen Ye's eyes, and his figure suddenly disappeared from the spot, turning into a blurry afterimage. In an instant, he crossed dozens of feet and appeared outside the light prison!
Without the slightest hesitation, he spread his five fingers on his left hand, and a deep, abyss-like black light suddenly shone from his palm!

That is not evil, but a law containing powerful gravity and sealing power!

The black claw marks ignored the barrier of the light prison, penetrating directly into it and precisely grabbing the core essence of the light spirit!
Where the black claw mark passed, even the light in space was slightly distorted and collapsed.

The Light Spirit sensed a deadly threat!
It abandoned its attempt to crash into the light prison, and its nine light tails danced wildly, weaving together in front of it to form an incredibly solid diamond-shaped light shield!

"Sizzle—!"

The black claw marks slammed into the light shield!

There was no earth-shattering sound, only the ear-piercing noise of energy violently rubbing and annihilating!
The light shield shook violently, its light dimmed rapidly, and fine cracks even appeared on its surface!
Chen Ye's left hand trembled slightly, and the power of the Crimson Sun Dharma Image was being rapidly depleted.

At this critical juncture of stalemate, Jiufeng's "Spirit-Guiding Song" suddenly rose to a higher level, becoming incredibly clear and full of warmth.

Like heavenly music, it was directly poured into the core of the Light Spirit's consciousness.

At the same time, the "Spirit-Gathering Jade Pendant" in her hand burst forth with a gentle yet intense attraction. This attraction was not a physical pull, but a fatal temptation to the pure light spirit's essence, like a call to return home!
The Light Spirit was fighting against Chen Ye's terrifying Crimson Sun Dharma Form with all its might. Its own energy was being suppressed by both the Light Prison and the Claw Mark, resulting in a huge consumption of energy.

At this moment, the soothing, intimate rhythm and primal allure came over, and its violent and angry emotions seemed to be doused with a basin of cool spring water, and its resistance involuntarily became hesitant and confused.

It subconsciously turned its head to look at the source of the sound and the allure—Jiufeng and the jade pendant in her hand.

In a duel between masters, that momentary lapse in concentration is a fatal flaw!
"Collect it!" How could Chen Ye miss this fleeting opportunity?

As the Light Spirit Orb was thrown out.

Under the continuous attacks, the Light Spirit is now in a very weak state and is completely unable to resist the powerful absorption ability of the Light Spirit Orb.

"Crack!"

The protective diamond-shaped light shield shattered completely like glass!

The Light Spirit Orb transformed into a light curtain, enveloping the Light Spirit and instantly capturing the Light Spirit's condensed light core!
"Whoa—!!!"

A shrill and piercing scream echoed throughout the entire cave!

The core of the Light Spirit was held firmly by the grappling hand. Countless light threads struggled and twisted frantically, trying to break free, but most of its power had been suppressed by the formation. At this moment, with its core restrained, it was as if its lifeline had been squeezed, and its struggles quickly became powerless.

Upon seeing this, Jiufeng immediately stopped chanting, quickly formed hand seals, and uttered a soft shout.

"receive!"

A soft white light shot out from the Light Spirit Orb, precisely enveloping the struggling Light Spirit Core. The Light Spirit Core trembled violently a few times in the white light, as if making a final resistance, but ultimately could not resist the natural attraction and sealing power of the Jade Orb to its origin.

The dazzling core of light suddenly shrank, transforming into a stream of light that was sucked into the Light Spirit Orb with a "whoosh"!

The light flashed and disappeared in an instant, leaving a lifelike and incredibly lively nine-tailed fox mark on the surface of the jade pendant, as if it were a living creature flowing and swimming inside.

The moment the Light Spirit was absorbed into the Jade Pendant—

"Crack! Boom—!"

The Locking Light Array seemed to have lost its core target for confrontation, and was also affected by the last struggle of the Light Spirit, and suddenly shattered!
The massive energy impact sent towering columns of water shooting into the sky from the lake's surface, and terrifying shockwaves swept in all directions!
At the center of the lake, the balance of the strongest light spirit was lost, and the entire lake seemed to boil!
Countless slumbering spirits of light were awakened, and they let out screams of terror, anger, and sorrow, causing the entire cave space to tremble violently!
The glowing crystals on the cave walls became disordered and flickered, the huge glowing stalactites began to shake, and even broken crystals fell from the dome!
"Not good! The cave is out of balance! Retreat quickly!" Chen Ye grabbed the Light Spirit Pearl from Jiu Feng's hand, feeling the violent struggle within the Light Spirit Pearl being gradually calmed down, and roared with a solemn expression.

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, several low, greedy, and ferocious roars came from the depths of the dark cave in the distance!
Clearly, the commotion and the disappearance of the pure light spirit had awakened the other slumbering, terrifying beings in the cave who coveted the light spirit!
"Go!" Daoist Yuxu roared, and the giant shield slammed forward, briefly pushing aside some of the chaotic energy flow of light and clearing a path for everyone.

Chen Ye protected Jiu Feng and the others, and the joy of successfully capturing the Light Spirit was instantly replaced by a huge sense of crisis.

They rushed out of the cave, and the blinding sunlight made the group, who were used to the light inside the cave, squint slightly.

But the tremors behind them didn't stop, and a violent, chaotic stream of spiritual energy surged from the cave entrance, like erupting colorful volcanic ash. The group dared not linger, immediately riding their escape lights and soaring into the sky, rapidly fleeing away from the Spirit Void Cave. (End of Chapter)