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When Old Man Fu and Bai Yaoyi flew out from the long passageway, Han Li was already floating high in the air and was looking at the top of the valley wall, the source of the noise.

Just then, the two discovered that the rumbling sounds were growing weaker. If it werent for their high cultivation, they hardly wouldve heard it.

Soon, Old Man Fu frowned, The sounds seem to be coming from over there, and its source is growing further away. If it werent for the restrictions sealing the space around here, the echoes wouldnt be loud enough to hear.

Han Li turned to the two and proposed, In that case, how about we go and take a look since we arent familiar with the area. It will be better than running into something unprepared. Of course, wed best conceal ourselves, rather than letting someone else discover us first.

Naturally, they both raised no objections.

The old man formed an incantation gesture and his body shined with green light. Afterwards, it turned dim as the he gradually faded into a faint green shadow.

Bai Yaoyi raised her hand and a cold light shined from her finger, summoning a sparkling crystalline medallion. With it in hand, she began to utter a spell, and the medallion soon released a silver mist that gradually covered her before disappearing in a flash.

Because the restrictions on the mountain greatly reduced their use of spiritual sense, stealth was their ideal choice. But using concealment techniques outside of these circumstances would prove far less effective against cultivators of similar grade.

Having seen the two conceal themselves, Han Li smiled and followed suit. Without performing any visible actions, his body pulsed with light before completely erasing his aura.

The two stood in front of Han Li but werent able to detect him in the slightest, much to their alarm.

He then slapped a concealment talisman on his body with indifference, turning it completely translucent.

Lets go! Han Li let out a soft command and the three took to the air.

In this mysterious foreign land, the three didnt fly quickly in their search for the source of the rumbling, only at a speed similar to body lightening techniques.

The three travelled together past the verdant landscape filled with that dense spiritual Qi. Each place they crossed seemed to be an ideal place for cultivation. If this mountain were to be exposed to the outside, countless clans would scramble to seize it.

An hour later, though they hadnt encountered anything, none of them wore joy on their faces.

The journey had been completely lifeless. They hadnt encountered any signs of life, which was only further cause for stifling trepidation.

Bai Yaoyi hesitantly said, Brother Han, do you feel it? The spiritual Qi here is amazing, but weve yet to see any spiritual plants. Its all ordinary vegetation.

Han Li calmly replied, Ive also noticed it. As we head deeper, the spiritual Qi becomes even more abundant. It is the same as the spiritual mountains on the outside. I figured the original cultivators of this mountain grew their plants higher up to take advantage of that.

The spiritual Qi can become even denser? Bai Yaoyi spoke with amazement. She already considered the current spiritual Qi in the air to be ideal for cultivation.

When Old Man Fu heard him, his heart stirred. Brother Han, if the peak of the mountain is truly a holy ground for cultivation, we might not have to be in such a hurry to leave. Wouldnt it be better to cultivate there for a time?

Han Li wryly chuckled, Brother Fu cant consider this place to be an ordinary spiritual mountain. Why else would the ancient cultivators abandon this place if they could safely cultivate in such abundant spiritual Qi? The restriction covering this entire mountain is also very odd. If I figure a way out, I wont be staying.

Old Man Fus expression wavered for a moment before settling with a wry smile, Brother Hans words are quite reasonable. This truly is an improper place to cultivate. My excitement had clouded my judgement.

With a regretful tone, Bai Yaoyi said, I dont blame you, Brother Fu. I also possessed similar thoughts. After all, cultivating here could save us quite a bit of time.

Han Li smiled and thought to say something else when his expression suddenly dropped and he came to a sudden halt.

His eyes flashed with blue light as he turned to the side.

The other two were baffled by this sudden change of actions and followed his gaze.

At a distance far away, there was a white mist coiling in the air. Since fog often formed throughout the mountain, the three hadnt felt that it was strange.

Han Li blinked and said, Lets take a look. There could be something that we could use. Then, he changed directions towards distant object. freebovel.com

The other two felt baffled, but they knew that he wouldnt act without reason and followed after him.

When they entered the fog, they came to a sudden stop.

Within the white mist, there was a wide expanse of white stone steps stretched out to the top and bottom of the mountain without end. And at the side of these steps, there was a white stele thirty meters tall and ten meters wide.

Han Li stood in front of it with his hands behind his back as he examined it.

The old man dropped down onto the ground and curiously asked, Has Brother Han discovered something?

With a grave expression, he sullenly replied, Well, I finally know where this place is. Fellow Daoists, take a look!

Yes! With roused spirits, the two took several steps forward.

Due to the two ancient golden characters elegantly inscribed at the very top, the conclusion was obvious.

Kunwu! Could this be the legendary Kunwu Mountain!? Old Man Fu shouted out with alarm.

As for Bai Yaoyi, she covered her mouth as she gasped with surprise.

Thats right. During ancient times, Kunwu Mountain was known as the Immortal Mountain, a holy land where ancient cultivators gathered together. The mountains size and spiritual Qi are deserving of its reputation. However, legends had it that those same cultivators had brought the mountain to the spirit world or sank it to the underworld! How could it be here? Bai Yaoyi stared at the stone stele with complete disbelief.

Fellow Daoist Bai, legend and history are often far different. It seems the truth was that the mountain was sealed for some unknown reason. By a stroke of fate, we activated an ancient teleportation formation and arrived here. With recovered vigor, Old Man Fu spiritedly said, Given the mountains reputation, there are certain to be countless ancient cultivator dwellings here. If we look through a few of them, the rewards will surely be great.

Han Li shook his head and took a step forward before lightly stroking the stele. Perhaps, but since the mountain was sealed, they shouldve been prepared to leave. I dont believe there will be much to find. On that thought, this stele must be a grand treasure. After countless years, it stayed erect and absorbed unfathomable amounts of spiritual Qi, despite being crudely refined.

What? Is the stele a treasure? the other two were startled and began to silently reexamine it.

At a glance, it only appeared to be made from common stone. Although it did carry some spiritual Qi, it wasnt suitable to create even the lowest grade magic tools.

They couldnt help but look at Han Li with an odd expression.

He faintly smiled. It seems you two arent convinced, but I am completely certain. Although his demeanor was calm, in truth, he was actually greatly puzzled as well.

Even he wasnt able to tell what was different about it. The only reason he said this was because the Armored Earth Dragon that was peacefully resting in his spirit beast pouch had violently stirred when he approached it.

It cried out without end, indicating that the item was unordinary.

Even with his Brightsight Spirit Eyes, Han Li wasnt able to see anything peculiar and grew quite skeptical.

But due to his attitude of letting nothing slip him by, he was forced to speak a few profound words as a pretense. Then, his hand against the stele and covered it in azure radiance.

The stone stele trembled and the light began to quickly shrink.

When it shrunk to half its size, Han Li raised his brow and swept his hand, intending on raising the stele and putting it away into his storage pouch.

When the stele rose a foot off the ground, it underwent a strange change.

It suddenly began to hum and shine with rays of white light.

Meanwhile, Han Li felt it sink as his control had completely disappeared. With a heavy boom, it fell back to its original spot and violently shook the nearby ground.

The tremors left ringing in the trios ears and the steles surface began to slowly fracture from the bottom up.

This is… Han Lis expression stirred and he narrowed his eyes.

The cultivators of the Sacred Poison Sect couldnt have possibly known that their Junior Martial Brother Yuan had perished at the hands of the Silver-winged Nightfiend. After they chatted for a moment more, they made haste to quickly hurry on their way.

The sooner they arrived, after all, the better.

Above a small lake in the Puyun Province, there were already several hundreds of various cultivators gathered.

Many of them were flying about in the sky searching around the seven pillars of light.

There were a few cultivators skilled in earth movement techniques that occasionally burrowed into the ground, and excitedly spoke with a few of their companions standing on the surface.

It was clear that these people had already discovered the huge seal underneath.

As for the opening the Ye Clan forcefully split open, they had yet to find it.

But even so, all of the cultivators in the area were extremely excited and sent voice transmission talismans to each of their own clans and sects. There were even those that flew throughout the night to report the matter in person.

Currently, a majority of the cultivators present were at Foundation Establishment stage with sparsely few Qi Condensation and Core Formation cultivators amongst them. Most of them were also vagrants that had unintentionally discovered the pillars of light and rushed over, but a few of them were scouts sent by various powers to investigate.

There were currently no Nascent Soul cultivators.

This was no surprise. The small lake originally belonged to a desolate area with nothing of note nearby. With no large clans or sect present, there was no reason for a Nascent Soul cultivator to be there.

Even the Sacred Poison Sect, who immediately rushed over at first news of this event, was still two days away.

However, when it was discovered that there was a giant seal underground, the more experienced vagrant cultivators all made the decision to wisely depart despite their reluctance. While the seal may reap amazing profits, but the ensuing battle of high grade cultivators that would ensue over them wasnt something they could participate in. If they continued to stay and the area became a battleground for high-grade cultivators, it would end in disaster.

Of course, there were many younger, more spirited low-grade cultivators rather unwilling to depart. Not only did they want to see what laid beneath, they also had a small hope of being lucky. Their cultivation wasnt high, but if the opportunity arose, they could achieve grand rewards. It was a gamble they were willing to take.

As such, all sorts of characters gathered there, carrying their own designs and thoughts.

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In the cave at the heart of a giant mountain, Han Li and Bai Yaoyi were sitting cross-legged, staring at Old Man Fu with complete focus.

Though in reality, they were staring at the sparkling golden cauldron in front of him. It was a meter tall and slowly revolved above the ground.

Old Man Fu spat out thin strands of green Nascent Flame and held his hands in an unknown gesture, occasionally striking at the cauldron with spell seals. With each strike, more of the green flames surrounding the cauldron turned into rainbow light, making for a gorgeous display.

Medicinal scents were already bleeding from the cauldron. The aroma was rich and pleasant.

His face grew solemn and his strikes turned fervent. It was clear that he was in a crucial moment of pill refinement.

Han Li observed with a calm expression, contrary to the nervousness in his heart.

Old Man Fu had successively tossed in the Umbra Yin Horse and other rare materials into the cauldron over the past few days. This was their one shot. A second chance would be near impossible, as some ingredients simply couldnt be found again.

Although Old Man Fu was confident in his refinement of the Nascent Cultivating Pill, Han Li felt apprehensive and concerned as he watched.

Bai Yaoyi wasnt faring much better, as her eyes glistening with a burning fervor.

Then, the cauldron came to a sudden stop. Hums droned out from it and the medicinal scent grew even denser.

Old Man Fus eyes lit up, and his past actions all came to a stop. He then flipped his hand to produce a vermillion gourd that was only five inches tall.

With his other hand, he flicked his finger, sending a speck of white light to strike the lid of the cauldron.

The lid trembled before sliding off.

With the hums coming to a stop, five fist-sized balls of white light shot out with a thumb-sized green pill floating at their center. The pills themselves glowed a glistening emerald.

These wisps circled once above the cauldron before scattering towards different locations.

Old Man Fu was already prepared, and hastily shook the gourd to release a mist from it. Then in a flash, the balls of light were sucked inside.

The old man let out a long sigh and smiled, Alright! Its a success!

Bai Yaoyi shot up and happily said, Thank you for your trouble, Brother Fu. I didnt expect that youd be able to refine five. Originally, I feared that the number of pills would fall short. Her face had a rosy complexion, adding much to her charm.

When I gathered together the materials, I had enough to refine about five or six pills. Why else would I invite five fellow Daoists to assist me? It is a pity that my Junior Martial Sister and Fellow Daoist Yuan hadnt survived. The old mans smile then disappeared.

It was clear that the he and the black-robed woman had a deep relationship. Although death was common sight amongst cultivators, the joy of success in creating the medicine pills wasnt able to overcome such a loss.

When Bai Yaoyi heard him, her smile disappeared as well and she let out a sigh.

Unlike the others, Han Lis expression remained unchanged, but he did keep silent.

Then, the old mans sadness quickly faded and he said, Fellow Daoist Bai, do you have a wood-attributed container? You shouldnt use any common ones for the pill or it will lose its medicinal potency. Also, the pill will require half a year of seclusion to properly consume, or its effects will be less than expected.

Of course I do. And naturally, I wouldnt immediately take something this precious. Bai Yaoyi sweetly smiled and with a flip of her hand, she summoned a yellow wooden case.

The old man nodded and silently flicked the bottom of the gourd. Then red mist whirled out from it and released a ball of white light in Bai Yaoyis direction.

She caught it with her free hand and quickly placed it within the box.

After she closely examined the pill and clearly sensed its astonishing spiritual power, she put it away with unconcealed joy. Then, she repeatedly thanked him.

Old Man Fu smiled and he slapped the storage pouch at his waist to produce a green wooden box.

He then exacted a pill from the gourd in a similar fashion and put it away. Then after letting out a few dry laughs, he raised his hand and tossed the gourd in Han Lis direction.

He caught the gourd unconsciously, but his face betrayed surprise. He frowned and slowly asked, What is the meaning of this, Fellow Daoist? I only asked for two Nascent Cultivating Pills!

With a stern face, the old man said, I am not an excessively greedy man. It is only by luck and your strength that I was able to both escape death and create these pills. Now that my Junior Martial Sister has perished, I only have need for one. If Brother Han finds it acceptable, he may take the last three.

Han Li looked at the gourd in his hand and turned his eyes to the old man. He couldnt help but smile.

He could vaguely guess what the old man intended. It seemed the Nine Serenities Sect Elder believed that his value had greatly reduced now that the pills were finished and that Han Li would suddenly turn hostile. As such, he had surrendered an additional pill.

On one hand, he was clearly showing his goodwill, and on the other, he was giving Han Li less reason to kill him. So long as he wasnt a ruthless sort, he most likely wouldnt harbor any further malicious intent.

Since Han Li was being presented with such a valuable gift, he could hardly refuse. And if he did, he would likely cause a misunderstanding.

In that case, I will graciously accept your offer. Without further hesitation, light flashed from his hand and the gourd disappeared.

The old man chuckled and relaxed, There is no need to be so modest, Brother Han. It is something well deserved.

Of course, Bai Yaoyi came to understand what was happening and she smiled in silence.

With this, the tension eased in the group.

Since the pills are finished, we should look for a way out. Lets look toward the base of the mountain. Perhaps well find something there, Old Man Fu proposed.

Once spoken, the entire cave faintly shook, followed by the sounds of a muffled rumbling. It sounded out from all around them and without end.

The three looked at each other with dismay.

Bai Yaoyi bit her lip and spoke with an astonished tone, There are others on this mountain?

Maybe, but it might be the doing of the Silver-winged Nightfiend as well! The old man shook his head and a trace of resentment appeared. He had been reminded of his Junior Martial Sisters death.

After a moment of silence, Han Li indifferently said, Regardless, lets be careful on the way out. With our combined might, we shouldnt have anything to fear.

Then with a wave of his sleeve, azure mist spread out.

The radiant haze swept across the cave, dissolving all the restrictions and sweeping them up in one swoop. In the blink of an eye, the flags and plates returned to Han Lis sleeve and disappeared.

Lets go! Well speak further after we leave!

With light shining all around his body, he flew towards the exit in an azure streak.

Old Man Fu and Bai Yaoyi exchanged a glance before hurriedly following after, not daring to delay in the slightest.

With two puffs, light flashed again a hundred meters away from the stone pavilion and a purple mist made an appearance.

A furious howl came from within.

With two more angry roars, the mist scattered to reveal a four-winged bird with a lions head.

It had a wingspan of twenty meters and purple light coiled around its body in a fearsome display.

A Lion Hawk? The eccentric shouted out in alarm upon seeing the beasts true appearance.

The scholars expression changed and he shook his sleeve to release a red-black saber, fiercely chopping towards the beast.

In an odd display, the feral beast revealed fear upon seeing the saber and gaped open its mouth to spit out rings of purple light towards it.

A series of explosions erupted, and black-purple light shined as the flying saber cut through the dozen rings of light with unrelenting force, but with each destroyed ring, its light weakened. By the time the saber actually reached the beast, its light had greatly dimmed and was forcibly blocked by the few remaining rings. The beast rejoiced at the sight of this, and thought to employ more of its abilities to capture the saber.

But then, the scholar spat out a mist of blood essence and grasped his hands in an incantation gesture and pointed at it.

The blood essence instantly condensed crimson talisman characters before fading away from sight.

Simultaneously, the flying saber erupted in a similar light and destroyed all of the remaining rings, arriving in front of the demon beast just as it was about to cleave through it.

Alarmed, the beast quickly flapped its wings and shot backward, raising one of its claws to block the blow.

Green blood splattered through the air. The flying saber was blocked for a time, but it also began to cleave halfway through.

The demon beast suddenly raised its massive head and let out a world-shaking roar. This left them both dazed as if it shook the very heavens themselves.

An unimaginable scene followed.

Translucent golden ripples left the lions mouth and flowed towards the saber, sending it cascading through the air as if struck by an immense force.

The eccentric tried to assist the saber with his own yellow swordlights to little success. However, the further the ripples spread, the quicker they faded away.

After releasing those golden ripples, the demon beast seemed to tire.

It fiercely glared at the scholar and flapped its wings with a thunderous boom. Then its figure blurred before disappearing in a giant burst of lightning. In the following moment, it reappeared a hundred meters away.

However, it didnt dare to stop there, and flew off into the distance in a streak of purple, quickly leaving line of sight.

When the eccentric saw this, he sighed and turned to look at the scholar who now had a pale complexion. He worryingly asked, Young Third, are you alright? It already consumes a large amount of magic power to control the Black Blood Saber, but you even used blood essence to forcefully increase its might.

The scholar sighed and shook his head, Im fine, I only lost a bit of vitality. That Lion Hawk was a famous bird of prey during ancient times. Its abilities should be even stronger than late-Nascent Soul cultivators like us. If we hadnt driven it away, it wouldve turned incredibly dangerous. Now that weve injured it, it shouldnt come to easily bother us again.

The eccentric appeared relieved to hear this. As an ancient bird of prey, its body should be incredibly hardy. If you hadnt used our clans Black Blood Saber, we hardly wouldve injured it.

The scholar smiled and then turned his eyes to the green mist down below. The Ye Clan cultivators had been startled by the monsters arrival, but they managed to calm down.

He nodded at the sight of this and spoke a bit with the eccentric before heading down to the stone pavilion to rest.

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Underneath a huge mountain near Myriad Poison Valley, there were five white silhouettes standing in a row. They were facing two black-robed cultivators who were respectfully giving them a report.

There is a phenomenon in the sky? A mysterious voice sounded out intermittently from around them in an entrancing fashion.

One of the black-robed cultivators answered, Yes, Grand Elder. There are seven pillars of light directly shooting into the sky near a nameless lake in the Puyun Prefecture.

When did this happen? Did you discover what is it is? The master of the voice sounded interested.

It happened four days ago, one of the cultivators respectfully replied, One of our disciples acquired the information and immediately made a report. It is said that the pillars of light are above an incredibly large seal. Due to its size, we are unable to properly locate its position. Many of the sects in Nanjiang were alarmed by this sudden occurrence and have sent over Nascent Soul-grade cultivators to investigate.

Seven pillars of light? I heard that leakage of spiritual light can be produced from a broken restriction. How interesting, Ill have to go personally. In any case, you said that the Nine Serenities Sects Elder Fu was discovered near here, but now there is no news of him. Were you mistaken? If you cant even find this person, then how are you supposed to find that fellow named Han? Near the end, this mysterious voice turned cold.

The two black-robed cultivators were flustered by his words and one of them hastily explained, Please dont be angry, Grand Elder. We truly acquired information that Elder Wei was sighted heading in this direction, but he disappeared when he approached Myriad Poison Valley.

There truly are traces of cultivator movements, but Ive swept through all areas of the valley apart from the Yin Yang Cave. I am sure there is no one in the valley, and dont tell me that he went into the Yin Yang Cave. If he did enter, I wouldve known by now., unless that old man planned on spending the rest of his life down there. After the mysterious voice said this, the black-robed cultivators muttered and found themselves at a loss of what to say and cold sweat dripped from their faces. The mysterious voice then said, Ill leave it be. It wasnt easy for you to search for this place to begin with. Ill give you some more time. Send people to survey the valley and Ill go and take a trip to the Puyun Prefecture. Inform Elders Wu and Xiao that they will be accompanying me. It will be better with more people.

Yes, Grand Elder! The two black-robed cultivators felt a wave of relief and bowed.

Then, the five white silhouettes took to the skies, merging in position as one before tearing through the air.

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There were a group of cultivators that crossed the border into the Puyun Prefecture, approaching the small lake.

There were over twenty of them, each wearing blue robes and red headscarfs. The four at the very front possessed Nascent Soul cultivation, in particular, the middle-aged cultivator with jade lines on his face was at the peak of mid-Nascent Soul stage. His body possessed an icy-cold aura, giving others a feeling of great danger.

An old man at early-Nascent Soul stage worriedly asked, Senior Martial Brother Hua, are we truly going to muster a large number of forces? Weve brought a majority of our disciples with us. If there are any mishaps, our strength will greatly suffer.

The middle-aged cultivator replied, If a grand treasure is descending into this world, there wont be much trouble, but it is very likely this is the legendary Kunwu Mountain. We must take the risk to acquire the mountains secret treasures.

Kunwu Mountain? The spiritual mountain that our sect founder had always searched for? A different grey-haired old man gasped with alarm.

Light flashed from the green marks on the middle-aged cultivators face, Thats right. Ive said it once before when you all ascended to Nascent Soul stage. During times of antiquity, it was one of the legendary spiritual mountains of the mortal realm, but for some unknown reason, the ancient cultivators used their great abilities to seal it away. However, the mountains secret treasures are sure to be many. Our sects founder was, in fact, a descendant of an ancient cultivator that helped seal the mountain. He was certain it was sealed somewhere in Nanjiang but knew little else. I reckon he established this sect in Nanjiang to search for the mountains whereabouts, but his efforts were in vain. This was a secret that had been passed down throughout the successive generations of sect elders.

The third old man, one with thick eyebrows, puzzlingly asked, Why is Senior Martial Brother Hua certain that the pillars of light are an omen of Kunwu Mountains appearance?

The middle-aged man chuckled, Our founder left behind a spirit detecting pearl that his ancestor once possessed. It was specifically made to detect the Flying Immortal Stone on the mountain. Now that it has appeared, the pearl has reacted. Several days ago, it had begun to ring inside the founders hall. Even without the pillars of light in the sky, I wouldve dispatched all of our disciples anyways.

So it was like that! The three old Nascent Soul cultivators wore expressions of understanding and soon, excitement.

The grey-haired old man sighed and said, It is a pity that Senior Martial Brother Yuan wasnt at the sect. With all of us, this matter would be much safer.

Junior Martial Brother Yuan left on rather secretive business, and we neither know where he is, nor have any way to contact him. However, Ive given orders to the disciples that remained to have him immediately join us upon his return. For now, we need to take advantage of this opportunity to enter the mountain first and seize a majority of its treasures. And we still dont know if the seal on the mountain had broke on its own or if it was the doing of other cultivators. If it was the latter, well have to be particularly careful. With that said, the middle-aged cultivators expression turned grave.

When he returned to the cave, he found Old Man Fu and Bai Yaoyi meditating.

Han Li had no intention of bothering them. Rather, he paused momentarily before slapping his storage pouch, taking out a pile of formation flags and plates, and tossing them into the air.

Multi-colored light enveloped the entire cavern. It was a simple spell formation that had the effects of concealment and detection, allowing an early warning if anybody were to trespass.

The other two turned a blind eye to Han Lis actions and remained still in place.

Han Li smiled when he saw this and sat down cross-legged at a corner of the cave before joining them in meditation.

Over the span of a day, Old Man Fu and Bai Yaoyi gradually restored their magic power and arose shortly after.

When the two stood up, Han Lis face stirred and he opened his eyes, asking, Fellow Daoists, have you recovered your strength?

Bai Yaoyi sweetly smiled and replied, Many thanks for your protection, Brother Han. We have just about restored our magic power.

Old Man Fu looked at the center of the huge teleportation formation and asked, Has Brother Han already gone outside to see where we are?

Han Li calmly answered, Yes, but Im not sure. We are in the depths of a giant mountain and are surrounded by a gargantuan restriction.

Old Man Fus eyes lit up and he confidently said, Since Brother Han is an overseas cultivator, he wouldnt be too familiar with the famous features of the mainland. I might be able to recognize where we are.

Han Li chuckled and casually replied, Oh, is that so? In that case, please ahead and take a look.

When Bai Yaoyi heard this, her eyes lit up. From Brother Hans tone, there seems to be something peculiar about the mountain. Shall I take a look too?

Han Li nodded indifferently.

As he possessed abilities far greater than the other two, it was only natural that he became their leader.

As a result, they exchanged a glance before flying out from the cave in streaks.

Han Li remained sitting down but flipped his hand to summon the tracking formation plate.

When he looked at it, he could clearly see a white and a black dot.

He narrowed his eyes and continued to watch in silence. Not long after, he raised his brow and put it away in a flash of light.

Following that, light glowed from the stairs and the two cultivators made a return. However, the two now wore an unsightly expression.

Well, did you discover anything? Han Li asked with a mysterious smile. Although he wasnt familiar with the Great Jin, he would know if there was a spiritual mountain as large as what he had seen.

Old Man Fu wryly smiled, Brother Han, now is not the time for jokes. Ive never even heard of a mountain that large. We are no longer certain that were in the Great Jin. With that said, his face revealed a trace of worry.

Bai Yaoyi tightly frowned. Thats right, if this huge mountain was located in the Great Jin, we definitely wouldve heard of it before.

Perhaps, Han Li calmly said, Although I dont know much about the outside restriction or the circumstances surrounding the mountain, I am certain that this teleportation formation was something that was placed down by ancient cultivators. The formation couldve been activated from the battle or even something else entirely. But that isnt important, for now lets first refine the Nascent Cultivating Pill and then proceed from there.

Old Man Fu smiled after a moment of silence and said, Brother Hans words are reasonable, the spiritual Qi here is abundant and there is no harm in staying a bit longer. Furthermore, we dont have anything to fear with Brother Han here. Maybe this is an opportunity?

Bai Yaoyi was also looking forward to the Nascent Cultivator Pill and nodded.

Brother Fu, your praise is too much! Han Li then changed his tone and said, Im not sure if you two have noticed, but the outside restrictions have greatly suppressed our spiritual sense, only allowing us to see a couple of kilometers out. Im not sure how long it would take for us to search through this giant area.

Bai Yaoyi replied, It is also quite strange how there is no life on this mountain. This doesnt seem to be a place where we can rest easy.

Old Man Fu dryly chuckled and said, Regardless, the spiritual Qi here is abundant, and will be greatly beneficial to refine the pills here. Ill go ahead and get started.

The other two raised no objections, and they all placed down a spirit gathering formation and several more protective restrictions before Old Man Fu began the refinement process.

For the time being, Han Li and Bai Yaoyi had remained in the cave and were standing on watch.

After all, the Nascent Cultivating Pill was an item greatly important to them, and they had to be prepared for anything strange happening in the mountain.

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Halfway up an enormous mountain, the group of Ye Clan cultivators were gathered at a stone pavilion. Most of them were sitting cross-legged with their hands holding spirit stones.

The Ye Clan Grand Elder, the white-robed scholar, floated above and was looking at the stairs in front of him with indifference.

They were constructed of pure white jade. At a distance, it looked as if it were the stairway to heaven.

However, the white steps were nearly twenty meters wide, and as he looked up, he only saw the stairs ascend into a white mist with no end in sight.

Soon, a light flashed from the horizon and streaked over before flying in the direction of the stairs.

The scholar stirred and he turned to face the approaching light.

It arrived before him in the blink of an eye and disappeared to reveal the eccentric with a large head, the Ye Clans Seventh Uncle.

The eccentric solemnly said, Young Third, Ive already followed the stairs several tens of kilometers and found a decorated archway. It appears to be the Myriad Cultivator Gate from legend, but unless the restrictions sealing it are removed, there is no way to proceed.

The scholar let out a sigh and said, If thats true, then over ten thousand ancient cultivators mustve lived on Kunwu Mountain in the past. Well only be able to access their residences after we enter.

The eccentric looked down to the cultivators resting in the pavilion and frowned, However, the sealing restrictions are quite unordinary. We should work on dispelling it as soon as we can. We dont have the time to waste.

The scholar helplessly said, Of course, but the magic power of our elders are lacking as of current, and they will need time to rest. We cant split from them. Though we might be fine, this place cant be safe.

The eccentric could only respond with a sigh, That is so. I didnt expect that passing through the opening in the seal to Kunwu Mountain would prove so difficult. It is fortunate that we are all at Nascent Soul-stage or someone wouldve surely died.

The scholar smiled and was about to say something else when his expression sank and he turned around.

What is it? The eccentric asked with a puzzled tone.

There seems to be a sound coming in that direction, the scholar solemnly replied.

A sound? The eccentric circulated the magic power throughout his body and could faintly hear the snarls of a beast. It was feline-like and grew stronger as it went on.

What? Something is coming! A glacial light flashed from the Eccentrics eyes and he flipped his hand to summon an item flickering with silver light.

The scholar looked into the distance with complete focus.

Soon, a purple cloud appeared and was flying in their direction.

In the blink of an eye, it arrived near them and stopped three hundred meters away.

The scholar and the eccentric could faintly see a black figure within the mist along with a pair of scarlet eyes. The eyes brimmed hostile fury. frewebovel.cm

The eccentrics bearing sank and he raised his hand, releasing a silver streak from his hand. It disappeared from sight, but at that moment a pair of huge bird talons suddenly emerged from the purple mist. Following a bang, silver light flashed.

A loud beastly snarl sounded out and the huge talons were rigidly grasping onto the object, an exquisite silver blade. It was several inches long and brilliant.

However, the talons did drip with green blood, and the monster was howling with pain.

With an ominous glint shining from its eyes, the purple mist suddenly faded away, leaving only two vicious demon eyes left in sight. But even they disappeared after a few blinks.

Both the cultivators air then quickly shifted.

The monster was proficient in concealment techniques! Given how their spiritual senses were limited on the mountain, it would be greatly troublesome to fight it.

The two exchanged a glance before casting their techniques.

The eccentric spat out a yellow flying sword and circled once into the air before expanding to three-meters-long. Afterwards, swordlight flourished from it as it danced in the air and released several streaks of dazzling sword Qi, surrounding a perimeter of thirty meters.

With a cold snort, the scholar shook his sleeve and summoned a small green flag into his hand. He tossed it to the ground and a green Qi rushed out from it, creating a fog that protected the Ye Clan cultivators that were resting nearby.

Han Li had no intention of chasing after the Silver-winged Nightfiend in this new place. Without the barrier trapping the nightfiend, he wouldnt be able to easily slay it with the Triflame Fan. Also…

He turned to look at the Weeping Soul Beast, who was now waving a white object in its hand, and smiled.

Upon closer inspection, it was a small delicate horse with two green eyes and was half a foot tall.

It was the Umbra Yin Horse, the objective of their dangerous journey.

Just as the teleportation began, it concealed itself once more on the Corpse Wolfs body. As a result, it was captured when the Weeping Soul Beast had used its yellow mist to extract the Corpse Wolfs Qi.

If Han Li hadnt noticed and commanded the Weeping Soul Beast to stop, the Umbra Yin Horse mightve been devoured.

As for the two flying swords that the nightfiend had captured, it paid them no mind after the teleportation, and Han Li was able to easily take them back. Unfortunately for the black-robed womans Nascent Soul, the nightfiend had swallowed it before escaping.

The sole thing that left him gloomy was that his crystal flying needle had been captured by the Silver-winged Nightfiend.

Fortunately, the nightfiend shouldnt be able to erase his spiritual marks in a short time. There could be an opportunity to seize it back.

Having settled these thoughts, Han Li looked around him. It closely resembled the underground cavern they were in, but no Yin winds were present and the air was filled with an abundant spiritual Qi. It appeared this cave was located above a top quality spirit vein.

He then looked at the spell formation he was stepping on.

From his knowledge and experience, he was able to tell that it was clearly a receiving spell formation. In other words, there was no way to return using the formation.

Han Li frowned in thought for a moment before turning his attention to the huge cocoons.

They contained strong pulses of spiritual Qi, clearly indicating that Old Man Fu and Bai Yaoyi were still alive.

Han Li hesitated for a moment before waving at the Weeping Soul Beast and summoning the Umbra Yin Horse into his hand. Then, he placed it in a spirit beast pouch after sticking several restrictive talismans on it.

With that done, Han Li raised his hand and released two dense bolts of golden lightning at the grey cocoons.

An explosion sounded out as the lightning wrapped around the cocoons in a huge net.

This battle between the lightning and the threads lasted for a time.

Without the control of the Silver-winged Nightfiend, the Ghostfiend Threads began to disperse layer after layer within the lightning.

Eventually, the cocoons burst to reveal Old Man Fu and Bai Yaoyi.

The two had pale complexions and unsightly expressions.

After spending so much time trapped by the Ghostfiend Threads, they were certain to have gone through excruciating pain, considering their magic power had been forcefully absorbed by the threads.

Old Man Fu relaxed and saluted him. Many thanks for your rescue, Brother Han!

Bai Yaoyi gave a bow and wryly smiled, If it werent for Brother Hans great abilities, I fear we wouldve all perished. Who couldve known the Yin Yang Cave was home to a Silver-winged Nightfiend. We werent able to defend ourselves when that monster ambushed us. In the struggle, Fellow Daoist Yuan lost his Nascent Soul and perished.

Han Li faintly smiled when he heard their thanks.

Although the two appeared grateful, Han Li noticed a trace of fear deep within their eyes.

After all, the two were able to clearly sense the battle as they were trapped.

Han Li not only had the power to contend against the Silver-winged Nightfiend, but was even able to force him to flee. The two absolutely wouldnt stand a chance against him, and given the fact that they were teleported to some mysterious place were no one else was around, they couldnt help but feel greatly uneasy.

If Han Li possessed malicious intentions, things wouldnt end well for them.

Without any regard to this, Han Li tossed a spirit beast pouch to Old Man Fu, The Umbra Yin Horse is in there. If you manage to produce extra pills, give me two of them. Is this acceptable?

Old Man Fus heart relaxed and he said, Of course. If I produce enough, they are yours.

Bai Yaoyi smiled, I also have no objections. I am quite ashamed to have entirely relied on your power. It is only natural for you to receive a higher share.

Han Li then looked in the direction of the caves exit and narrowed his eyes, Good! Fellow Daoists, you should rest here. Ill scout ahead and see how it looks outside.

Brother Han, please go ahead. We could use the rest. Old Man Fu raised no objections.

Bai Yaoyi nodded and sat down cross-legged.

Han Li smiled, and azure light glowed from his body before he streaked forward. At the same time, he fully released his spiritual sense in case the Silver-winged Nightfiend was hiding anywhere nearby or if the two cultivators planned on sneaking away. His tracking markers on the two still had a few days before they expired.

As Han Li was no saint, the thought of killing them for their treasures briefly appeared in his mind.

However, he knew too little about the Nascent Nurturing Pill. Even if he were able to acquire the formula for it, his odds of creating it werent very high. The two had also given him a favorable impression, so he had no desire to kill them.

As such, he had taken the initiative to release them after a moment of thought.

When he left the main chamber, he found a flight of stairs that went up. He wasnt able to see where it ended.

Strange, could it be they were deep underground?

Feeling somewhat surprised, he flew directly up.

Not long after, Han Li grew astonished. He had flown up the stairs for a while, but it still kept going.

Although he had only flown for a short time, his speed was quite impressive. If it werent for the fact that his spiritual sense was able to clearly see his surroundings, he wouldve suspected he had fallen into a restriction of some sort.

How could a passage possibly be so long?

Han Li had flown several kilometers before finally seeing the light at the end.

When he flew out from the passage, his environment lit up and he found himself in a large paved area. The entire floor which spanned over three kilometers was made of stone bricks. And he could smell the sweet fragrance of plants.

The spiritual Qi was even more dense than down below at the teleportation formation.

However, this all paled in comparison to what he saw when he swept his gaze forward.

At the end of the paved area, there was a tall cliff face, and when he looked up, he only saw a mountain without end.

There was also a tall mountain wall behind him. It appears that he was lying at their valley.

Han Li looked to the sky for a long while only to find a few winding cliffs.

Then without another thought, and he took to the skies.

After flying several kilometers, Han Li eventually flew out from the valley, revealing a sight he couldnt believe. Soon, he hastily shot forward and circled his surroundings before returning to his original place.

The only word that came to Han Lis mind was Big.

Han Li had seen countless mountains over his lifetime, the largest of them being the Heavenly Star Islands sacred mountain.

The huge mountain before him appeared to be a pillar reaching for the heavens, and what he saw alone could even be divided into eighty-one stories to house a vast number of cultivators to his lowest estimate.

He was currently at the base of the huge mountain, and couldnt make an accurate comparison in size to the Heavenly Star Islands sacred mountain, though he could take a guess at which was larger.

When he raised his head, he saw a deep turquoise sky without end. The valley he emerged from was nothing but an insignificant crack in the mountains.

But what especially troubled Han Li and rendered him speechless was that the mountain had a huge restriction placed on top of it.

When he looked to the outskirts, he saw a white light-barrier appearing to cover the mountain in its entirety.

Such a massive sight left Han Li in awe, This was definitely the doing of ancient cultivators.

With some hesitation, he hastily flew over and arrived in front of it by the time it took to finish a cup of tea.

He was nothing but a mere speck in comparison to the massive barrier.

He examined it for a long while but flew back, unable to see precisely how thick it was.

There is no point in testing its power, he thought. Let alone a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator, even a Deity Transformation cultivator wouldnt be able to destroy it with brute force.

When Han Li looked back at the mountain, he couldnt help but notice the distinct lack of any sound. He couldnt even hear the birds chirping, as if the mountains had no life at all.

This was quite odd with the fiercely abundant spiritual Qi surrounding the mountain, giving Han Li a bizarre feeling.

With a gloomy expression on his face, he returned to the valley and arrived back at the teleportation formation.

Not long after, the others returned from examining the concealment formations and they all found the same result. The formations were annihilated and the disciples in charge had disappeared.

With this, all those present felt that there was something greatly amiss and they fell silent.

The scholar bitterly laughed and said, There are no other cultivators within fifty kilometers. And it is too timely an occurrence for someone to break our concealment while we are dissolving the seal. It seems this is the doing of one of us.

One of us?

How is that possible? There are only Ye Clan members here. What is going on?

No, there is someone that doesnt truly belong to our clan!

After some discussion, it was obvious who came to mind.

A majority of the cultivators all turned to look at a single person.

He had a common appearance and a calm face, he was the disguised Elder Devil.

The Ye Clan Grand Elder said, Elder Han is someone that I personally invited, and he has always remained at Seventh Uncles side.

Thats right! The large-headed eccentric said, Fellow Daoist Han has always stayed close.

When the other cultivators heard this, their suspicions were dispelled.

Then, the scholar turned to the square-faced cultivator and said, Second Brother, can you check the bottom of the lake and see if there is anyone missing apart from the disciples that have disappeared.

Yes, the square-faced man readily agreed. Afterwards, he flew deep underwater in a radiant streak.

The scholar solemnly said, Clan Elders, lets all make our preparations. Although an astonishing change had occurred and we can no longer conceal this matter, there will be no threats to us during this short time. Nanjiang has no extremely powerful sects and it will require at least half a month for those who could contend with us to arrive. We may not know what lies in Kunwu Mountain, but we will need to excavate its hidden treasures as soon as possible. The two Divine Spirit Treasures in particular must be acquired first, or we will not have the power to defend ourselves against the coming storm. Those parasites have been plotting against us for thousands of years, and will exterminate our clan given the opportunity. Failure is not an option.

The others felt their hearts tremble at his words and replied in sync, As you command, Grand Elder!

…

Soon, the square-faced cultivator, the Grand Elder, and the old formation grandmaster were gathered above the lake.

Third Brother, there are two spell formation masters missing: the nephews of Old Fifth and Twelfth. Could it be they betrayed us? The square-faced cultivator sullenly spoke.

The scholar snorted, It is more likely they were killed and had their souls scoured. When did they go missing?

With a face lined in cold sweat, the white-haired old man answered, About two days ago, Grand Elder. They were in charge of the spell formations farthest away, so their disappearance hadnt raised any suspicions. We only discovered they were missing after the disciples had gathered.

The scholar coldly replied, It seems the problem stemmed from those two. But what happened to them is no longer important. When we enter Kunwu Mountain, we will have all our disciples and spell formation masters depart. Have we verified the location of the seals opening?

Yes, it is ten kilometers north and three kilometers deep. The opening itself should be a hundred meters wide.

Lead the way, we set off now, The scholar spoke without hesitation.

Yes, Grand Elder! The white-haired old man bowed.

The party of nine was led north and soon arrived above a verdant jungle.

The white-haired old man swept his gaze down below before summoning a silver plate with a flip of his hand.

After muttering an incantation, the old man struck it with a spell seal, causing its surface to glow with argent light and talisman characters.

Its here! The old man looked at the spell plate for a moment before confirming its location.

Good! The scholar then turned to the old Daoist Nun and said, Ninth Sister, release your spirit beast. Were descending.

The nun uttered a brief acknowledgment and a slapped a spirit beast pouch by her waist. A yellow light shot out from it and expanded to reveal a thirty-meter-long, thousand-legged centipede. Green Qi leaked from its mouth in a rather sinister fashion.

Apart from the white-clothed old man, all the Ye Clan cultivators flew onto the centipedes back.

The nun shouted out a command and a layer of yellow light surrounded the centipedes body, covering all of the cultivators that sat on it. Then, it dug straight down, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

The old man floated above around for a moment. After seeing no sign that the Ye Clan cultivators would return, he let out a long sigh and flew back.

…

Meanwhile in the sky a hundred kilometers away, there were several blue-robed cultivators wearing red headbands. They were looking at the pillars of light in the distance and exchanged looks of dismay.

A twenty-year-old youth amongst them asked, What could possible cause such an astonishing scene!

The tan middle-aged cultivator in charge spoke with a grim expression, It certainly isnt ordinary. Junior Martial Brother Yu, quickly report back to the sect. I will bring the rest of the disciples to take a look.

When he heard this, he flew off on his magic tool.

The others then travelled towards the light.

…

In place further away, there were over a hundred variously-dressed cultivators gathered together on a tall mountain. They all possessed lesser cultivation, with a majority of them at Qi Condensation stage.

Although their cultivation was low, they clearly saw the pillars of light in the distance. They all stood up and gazed in the direction of the light.

…

Underneath a desolate mountain, there stood a plump old man at a half-open stone gate. He was looking at the pillars of light in the distance with a pensive expression.

…

The exposed pillars continued to attract flocks of cultivators from all backgrounds as time passed.

Not long after, information of a grand treasure appearing in the world spread across Nanjiang at a shocking speed.

Several days later, this news spread to the nearby regions, stirring the entirety of Nanjiang with activity.

As this all happened, Han Li found himself standing at the center of a huge teleportation formation within a giant stalactite cave.

He was gloomily looking beneath him, catching sight of the shattered rings that glowed with sparkling red light.

They were the magic tools that were restraining the Silver-winged Nightfiend.

With those rings shattered, he had no idea where the nightfiend couldve gone.

With that thought, he took a gander at his waist.

There was a jade talisman that glowed luminescent.

It had familiar markings. They belonged to a rarely seen teleportation talisman, one he last saw them in the Scattered Star Seas.

He frowned and flipped his hand to produce a glowing blue medallion: the Greater Teleportation Medallion he acquired long ago.

Fearing that he could be completely torn apart from the spatial pressure, he had summoned the medallion into his hand before the teleportation had finished.

Of course, he couldnt have expected that just as the formations light was about to absorb him, a similar talisman would suddenly appear at his waist.

It was unknown if there was something odd about the formation itself, or if the creators had made peculiar arrangements.

Regardless, this formation was quite different from current designs and was worth researching.

As Han Li thought this, he reached for the talisman at his waist, but before he could even touch it, it shattered into specks of light.

Han Li bitterly smiled after a brief moment of surprise.

It was quite painstaking to refine a teleportation talisman, and it would only have enough spiritual power for a single use. It appears this applied to other teleportation talismans as well.

As for the others, he looked nearby to find the Weeping Soul Beast and the two suspended grey cocoons, also attached with now-shattered jade talismans.

As for the Corpse Wolf, it was dead, and the ten-meter-tall Weeping Soul Beast was jumping on top of it and pounding its chest with excitement.

Because of Han Lis immense spiritual sense, he was able to quickly recover from the dizziness of the teleportation and used the opportunity to lethally injure it with a bolt of Divine Devilbane Lightning.

Then, the Weeping Soul Beast followed up with a snort of yellow mist, absorbing all of the Corpse Qi from the wolfs body and easily finished it off.

The Silver-winged Nightfiend, however, didnt seem to care, neither did he had any intention of continuing the fight.

He had finally gained his freedom, and decided to immediately use this opportunity to depart with the wind.

Within the tri-colored phoenixs halos of light, the vast barrage of Ghostfiend Threads trembled before evaporating into wisps of grey smoke.

At that moment, the tri-colored phoenix began to launch its true attacks and expanded its wings before turning into a huge fireball. The halos of light around it pulsed for a moment and suddenly surged in size all around it.

A wheel of gold, red, and silver light took form within the giant surrounding net of Ghostfiend Threads. Talisman characters of various sizes roamed around it, each one incredibly profound and awe-inspiring.

This gorgeous scene captured Han Lis and the Silver-winged Nightfiends attention.

Under the glow of colorful radiance, the giant wheel of light disappeared in a pulse. freewebnvel.cm

Soon after, the hundred-meter-wide net of Ghostfiend Threads had disappeared as well.

The Silver-winged Nightfiend unconsciously fanned his wings with a blank expression of disbelief.

That giant net consisted of nearly all the Baleful Corpse Qi he had ever cultivated. Now, he only had barely enough to control his corpse incarnations, and they were no longer capable of any significant attacks.

A single wave of a fan had decimated countless years of dedicated cultivation. Given its immense power, if he were trapped in that tri-colored wheel of light, his death would be certain.

The wheel of lights flames strangely also made no changes in temperature. It operated underneath other worldly laws, accessing cosmic power that should only belong to Deity Transformation cultivators.

Although he had never encountered cultivators on the same level as a true Gold-clad Lunar Corpse, he had experienced countless years in this world.

The recent strike contained a very slight amount of cosmic power, but it was enough to inspire fear in the Silver-winged Nightfiend.

What treasure is in his hand, and how can it be so fearsome?

Given his cultivation, if he had a suitable top-grade treasures on hand, he wouldnt be completely at this attacks mercy. But ever since he gained awareness, he has been trapped in the spell formation and never had the opportunity to refine such a treasure.

Were it not for the cultivators that entered the cave, he wouldnt have been able to turn them into corpse fiend incarnations and his actions wouldve been incredibly restricted.

Although he acquired a large assortment of treasures from the cultivators he killed, there were none that caught his eye apart from the Evil Moon Mirror. With only one treasure being of acceptable quality, he had invested great time and effort into it, resulting in many exclusive abilities requiring it. As such, Han Lis destruction of the mirror that thrown the nightfiend into a rampage.

As of current, the endless strikes from the golden needles had destroyed nearly half of Han Lis ice wall. Under these circumstances, only one thing came to Han Lis mind. He summoned a small bottle from a slap of his storage pouch and he poured a drop of Myriad Year Spirit Milk into his mouth.

With abundant magic power flowing through his meridians, Han Li put the bottle away and coldly glared at the distant nightfiend. He tightly grasped the fan once more and spun it in his hand.

Radiant light blossomed from the fan and shining talisman characters began to flicker.

This time, Han Li planned on exterminating him.

Fortunately, the Silver-winged Nightfiend was restrained to this area and couldnt escape. No matter how powerful the attack, it wouldnt have mattered if it didnt land.

The nightfiends expression betrayed horror.

Given the scope of the fans recent attack and the limited area within the light barrier surrounding them, he had no choice but to resist the attack.

Cursing in his mind, the nightfiend gritted his teeth and pointed to the golden ball of light floating in the sky.

It immediately stopped releasing rays of light and shot into his body with a crackle. A layer of sparkling golden light then emerged around his body.

In that same moment, his mouth and spat out a cloud of black corpse Qi that strangely twinkled with an inky light, and soon merged with his golden light barrier.

When Han Li saw this, he coldly chuckled and began to pour the entirety of his bodys magic power into fan, but suddenly, the spell formation beneath them began to violently tremble. The entire light barrier fluctuated before disappearing in a brief flash of grey.

This sudden surprise forced Han Li to pause.

Before he realized what had happened, the earth around the spell formation began to break and release blinding light from underneath. There were nearly a hundred spirit stones embedded in the ground, and those began to fuse with the original formation to create an entirely new one!

This is…

Han Li recognized what had appeared after just a moment. A huge teleportation formation was activating.

This caused his heart to sink.

Who knew where this could take him? He flusteredly put away his wall of ice and thunder rang out, immediately moving to escape from the range of teleportation, but Han Li was clearly too late.

The formation suddenly began to drone and blinding white light covered hundreds of meters out, starting at the center of the spell formation. When the light faded away, there was nothing left behind. Han Li, the Silver-winged Nightfiend, and the other cultivators had completely disappeared.

No one couldve known that this also happened in three other rarely-known places in the Great Jin, all trapping unknown and dangerous monsters.

…

The high-grade cultivators of the Ye Clan were all gathered above a small lake in Nanjiang, currently in a fluster.

The square-faced middle-aged cultivator had grabbed the clothes of an aging old man. With an ashen complexion, he shouted, Whats going on!? Wasnt the spell formations we placed supposed to conceal the spectacle of the seals destruction? Is there something wrong with them or did they just not activate? All cultivators within several thousands kilometers will be able to see what is happening. Countless cultivators will gather here, and it will result in the extermination of our entire clan!

Behind him, the other Ye Clan cultivators were looking particularly grim.

At the heart of the small lake, there was a hundred-meter-wide white pillar shooting up to the sky as far as the eye could see. There were six other various-colored light surrounding it.

The white-haired old man, the spell formation grandmaster responsible for dissolving the seal, felt panicked and said, I-I dont know. I clearly examined the concealment formations yesterday and commanded my disciples to activate it this morning.

Second Brother, release Nephew Long! He had put meticulous effort into dissolving the seal. Quickly, activate the concealment spell formations if they are dormant. If there are any mistakes, immediately correct them. If we can repair the issues soon, at worse we can resolve this problem by killing all the cultivators in the surrounding thousand kilometers. The one who spoke was a Confucian scholar in his thirties. He had white robes and flawless skin, but his words were completely ruthless.

As soon as that was said, the square-faced cultivator immediately let go of the old man. Then, the Confucian scholar pointed to the other Ye Clan elders, and they bowed, following his orders, Yes, Grand Elder! They promptly departed.

With the orders given, the scholar turned to the white-haired old man and asked, The concealment spell formations have gone awry, but what about the seal destruction?

The scholars emotionless voice caused the old man to tremble. He replied with a respectful tone, Grand Elder, there should be no problems. The seal on Kunwu Mountain has already begun to crack and is only growing weaker. In about a years time, the entire seal should disappear.

The young scholar indifferently said, Yes, that will do. Immediately gather together the lower-grade disciples and prepare to depart. Conceal yourself where we planned. If anybody dares to show themselves in that year, they will be subject to the clans punishments.

The old mans heart trembled once more upon hearing this and he quickly acknowledged the order. Then, he dropped down to the ground and went out of sight.

The other cultivators had regained their calm at this point and were calmly floating in the air.

The location of the concealment spell formations wasnt far away and given the speed of the Nascent Soul cultivators, it only took a short moment before they returned.

One of the Ye Clan elders that went to investigate had returned with expressions of furious alarm.

Grand Elder! The concealment formations have all been destroyed, and the disciples that managed them have disappeared without a trace.

When this was said, the scholars expression sank and a cold glint flashed from his eyes.

When the other cultivators heard this, they were thrown into panic.

Leaving thunder in his wake, Han Li flickered over sixty meters away.

When he reappeared, he looked in the direction of the dazzling eruptions with a solemn expression.

With his Brightsight Spirit Eyes, he was able to clearly see what was happening through the blinding display..

The Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords shouldve been incredibly sharp considering they were tempered with Auric Essence, but when they struck the Silver-winged Nightfiends golden barrier, they were easily repelled. It almost felt as if the swords were being deflected before they could even strike.

As for the python formed from Divine Devilbane Lightning, it simply shook the barrier with its attacks, but it didnt appear to cause any damage.

The purple flames on the other hand…

With a cold glint flashing from his eye, he saw that a huge chunk of faintly purple ice had covered the golden light barrier and was slowly freezing it over.

The Silver-winged Nightfiend was still safe within the light barrier, but there was clear astonishment on his face. He hadnt expected the purple flames to be this potent.

But since the ice was freezing the barrier rather than himself, it was an easy matter to escape it.

The Silver-winged Nightfiend pressed his hands against the golden barrier and had it shine with countless rays before creating a slender hole in the ice.

The entirety of the purple ice then slowly began to break apart.

Han Lis heart trembled. With a wave of his hand, he had all of his flying swords return to revolve around him.

Soon, the nightfiend blurred and reappeared outside the scope of the purple ice.

He looked at Han Li with a gaze that could almost kill and raised his hand, summoning a ball of gold in a flash.

Han Li then finally spoke, I am now certain that apart from earth and wind movement, you are also capable of metal-attribute techniques. Sparsely few cultivators are capable of them. Legend has it that Gold-clad Lunar Corpses are the only refined corpses capable of these techniques. Could it be youve already begun to evolve?

With that said, Han Li took a long gaze at the faintly golden scales on the nightfiends body.

The nightfiend was somewhat surprised by Han Lis question, but he soon snorted and maliciously grinned, I begun my evolution ten thousand years ago. If all of you had fought me together at the start, you mightve had a chance. But now you are alone, a single tree standing against a storm.

The Silver-winged Nightfiend lightly waved his wings and were shed of their disguise, revealing a faintly golden color. An astonishing heavenly Qi then erupted, shaking even the light barrier that trapped them.

Han Li narrowed his eyes at the sensation. This spiritual Qi was even stronger than what he experienced from late-Nascent Soul cultivators. Even the three grand cultivators of the Heavenly South couldnt compare. The only ones close to this pressure would be the two Elder Devils he encountered in Devilfall Valley.

Inwardly shocked, Han Li maintained a calm expression and probingly said, Even if youve begun to evolve, you are trapped in this skyless place. No matter how long you cultivate, your evolution will not be completed without Moon Yin Essence. At most, you can only display a superficial level of metal-attribute techniques. Unless you encounter magic tools and treasures refined with metal-attributed materials, you wont be able to employ them.

With that said, Han Li thought of the black-robed womans shield and his own flying swords. He felt that this would be quite troublesome as magic tools and treasures of this age would almost always be refined with some sort of metal.

Hehe, is that so? Ill have to properly educate you on the matter…

The Silver-winged Nightfiend brought the conversation to a close and held out his hand, summoning a ball of blinding golden light. Then, he raised his other hand into the air and released beams of grey light to the dried corpses chained to the stone pillars.

In the blink of an eye, the beams entered the many corpses without a trace.

Han Li wasnt able to stop this and his heart sank, knowing that matters were far from good.

The chains all fell to the ground with reverberating clings. The freed dried corpses all opened their dark green eyes before taking several unsteady steps towards Han Li.

When the corpses came to a stop, they all stared at Han Li without emotion.

Standing in place with arrogant bearing, the nightfiend imposingly said, These incarnations were refined with Baleful Corpse Qi. You have no chance of winning. If you obediently hand over your life, I might spare you the pain of having your soul refined!

Han Li looked at the dried corpses all around him in silence before eventually letting out a long sigh.

I truly didnt expect that there would be an opportunity to use this treasure. I dont know if you are just unlucky, or if I am! With that muttered, Han Li slapped a particularly exquisite storage pouch that hung from his waist. Wind blew, followed by a fist-sized ball of light flying around him before falling into his hand.

The Triflame Fan was made of feathers, several inches large, and colored gold, silver, and red. Talisman markings and spirit patterns densely covered its surface in multiple layers, resulting in intermittent fluctuations in the color of its spiritual aura. Whenever multiples of these many markings appeared simultaneously, it made for an entrancing sight.

At that moment, the Silver-winged Nightfiend had already finished casting his technique and rushed to be the first to attack.

With a shout, he launched the ball of light from his hand into the air.

As it spun, it released golden rays in every direction.

When these rays of light emerged, they immediately took the form of needles, circling once around the ball before rushing towards the crown of Han Lis head.

Golden light filled the air and struck down at Han Li like falling rain. However, Han Li made no attempt to dodge.

As for the dried corpses, they simultaneously raised their hands and gathered together countless Ghostfiend Threads, weaving together near the ground.

In the blink of an eye, a huge net suddenly appeared below him and moved to trap him.

Such a large net contained an astonishing amount of baleful Qi. Ordinary cultivators would lose control of their magic power and bodies from the sheer proximity to such great baleful Qi. But since Han Lis body was previously afflicted with baleful Qi and tempered with the Bright Jade Arts, it hadnt affected him in the slightest.

Regardless, the net closed on him with such great momentum that even Han Li was surprised.

Then, his expression turned grim and he clasped his hands together, expanding the Triflame Fan to the size of a meter in a flash.

Holding the fan with a single hand, Han Li concentrated the entirety of his bodys magic power into it and firmly waved it.

What followed left him in complete astonishment. He sensed the fan absorb most of his bodys magic power in an instant, nearly causing him to throw it away in fear.

Fortunately, the fan eventually ceased absorbing his magic power and let out a phoenixs cry. The fan trembled and a tri-colored flame surged out, condensing into a meter-wide phoenix with feathers of gold, silver, and red.

This strange scene left Han Li at a loss. He originally thought to wave the fan once more at the golden needles, but his current magic power was quite lacking. Instead, his flying swords flared with golden light and quickly fluttered in the air, creating the image of a blooming lotus around him.

Not stopping there, he spat a mouthful of blood essence on the Snow Crystal Pearl above him. It violently trembled before releasing a deep purple flame.

Under the control of a spell seal, the deep flames nimbly formed a circle around him, crackling as temperatures suddenly dropped.

The flames dispersed to suddenly form a thirty-meter-tall wall of ice. It glowed with purple light and surrounded him.

At that moment, the countless golden needles struck the ice wall.

Upon impact, gold and purple light flared together with each impact letting out a clear ring. Specks of golden light lit the wall and holes that were several inches deep riddled it, but continued to hold firm against the repeated waves of assault.

While the wall was only three-meters-thick, the damage had already shredded a foot, much to Han Lis concern.

Although Han Li didnt know it, the nightfiend was quite astonished as well.

Although his golden needles were refined with metal-attribute spiritual Qi, they werent created from replenishable materials. They were slowly refined from a chunk of unknown metal he had found long ago.

After being tempered for several thousands of years in corpse flames, their might was quite significant. They were much more penetrating than other needle-type magic treasures.

Now that his overwhelming attack was being effectively resisted, he was dumbstruck. Not long ago, he had managed to break a piece of purple ice with his golden light.

Of course, the Silver-winged Nightfiend couldnt have known that the flames Han Li had summoned with his blood essence werent ordinary Purple Apex Flames. Rather, it was a thread of ice flame essence he had purified with the assistance of the Snow Crystal Pearl after he took the Snow Soul Pills.

As the coldness of these flames couldnt be compared to his ordinary Purple Apex Flames, they also required significant magic power to control, but under the circumstances, Han Li had to resort to blood essence.

Then, the tri-colored phoenix struck the huge grey net underneath him. fгeewbnoel.cm

The huge net flashed and released a myriad of grey threads of capture the phoenix, instantly covering it from view in a dense volley.

Upon seeing the incoming attack, the phoenix let out a melodic cry and circled once in the air, leaving mysterious halos of light around it. Then, tri-colored light continuously glowed from within the halos, bursting with profound colorful talisman characters in a gorgeous display.

When the Ghostfiend threads entered the halos, an inconceivable event resulted!

The black-robed woman released a pair of sheers in a streak of golden light, clearly intending on freeing Old Man Fu from the cocoon of Ghostfiend Threads.

Han Li looked on with a frown. He would be able to save them, but they were too far away.

Bang. When the sheers approached, a green silhouette emerged from the ground and arrived in front of the cocoons in a blur. Then, it swiped at the air with a red hand and released several claw-streaks towards the sheers, blocking its path.

When they saw this, they had believed it was the Silver-winged Nightfiend, but when light faded away, they were thoroughly shocked.

The green silhouette had a wolf head, a human body, and scarlet eyes. It was the giant Corpse Wolf from before, but it had taken human form through some unknown method. Now, it was glaring at the black-robed woman with clear malice.

But what Han Li noticed in particular was that the Umbra Yin Horse had disappeared. Could it be underground, or conceal itself elsewhere?

As these thoughts ran through his mind, blue light flickered from his eyes and he looked downward.

His face twisted with alarm and he hurriedly shouted, Behind you!

Then, he flicked his fingers, releasing an azure swordstreak in the direction of the black-robed woman.

When she heard him, she felt her heart tremble and instantly reacted, pointing to the small azure shield in front of her. It arrived behind her in a blur and she concentrated all of her magic power into the dharmic wheel floating above. Radiance shined from it, strengthening her protective barriers with its seven-colored light.

Just as she strengthened her defenses, a golden silhouette flashed close behind her. It was the Silver-winged Nightfiend!

He had underwent a massive transformation. He no longer had any of his green fur and was instead covered in faint golden scales. As for his silver wings, they now glowed with azure and white light. Even his stark silver eyes also had faintly golden irises, but what was most astonishing of all was that he no longer emitted any corpse Qi from his body, rather, he appeared to lack any Qi at all as if he were a spiritless existence.

As soon as the nightfiend appeared, he raised his arm and it surged several times in size.

His pitch-black claws flared with golden light before swiping at her, but the small azure shield had rushed behind her as well.

As soon as it appeared, the shield wildly grew several times in size and brilliantly glowed in a display of fortitude.

The nightfiend, however, paid this no heed. With his golden glowing arm, the claw passed through as if it didnt exist and moved onto the womans protective barrier.

Then, the clear sound of an explosion sounded out. The glowing claws trembled for a moment before tearing through the protective barrier.

Following the sounds of tearing flesh, the claw tore into the womans chest and destroyed her heart before penetrating the entire way through.

Han Lis heart sank at the sight.

As soon as the corpse had approached her, disaster was unavoidable.

It was only then that his azure sword Qi had arrived from the distance, but with a simple wave of nightfiends wings, the light easily absorbed the sword Qi.

However, Han Lis actions hadnt been in vain. The strike had given the woman an opportunity to save herself.

Red light flashed from the crown of her head, followed by the appearance of her Nascent Soul holding onto an inch-large sword. As soon as it appeared, it instantaneously moved over thirty meters away in a flash, terror struck its face.

After teleporting several more times, it managed to make a clean escape.

The Silver-winged Nightfiend sinisterly grinned and flung away the womans corpse before disappearing again.

Then, a faint silhouette appeared at the Nascent Souls side and spat out a net of grey threads, capturing the Nascent Soul just as it attempted to teleport once more.

Please, save me!

Her Nascent Soul loudly cried and attempted to use her sword to cut through the net, but without a body, she was without strength, and her strike was repelled.

The nightfiend didnt give the woman another opportunity. He reached out to the Nascent Soul and a grey hand appeared, grabbing her out of the net.

Then in a flash, a foot-long grey cocoon took shape and floated in the air.

When the nightfiends figure became fully visible, he turned his eyes from the cocoon to Han Li and let out a chilling laugh, I thought you wouldve tried to save her, but it seems youre not as selfless as I thought.

With a calm expression, Han Li indifferent said, I wouldve saved her if I could, but wouldnt that just put me into your trap? You can put that huge net away now.

Huh, so it wasnt a coincidence you were able to see through my illusions, the nightfiend uttered with some surprise.

A huge grey net appeared thirty meters above him. It was unknown what sort of technique he had used to wonderfully conceal it.

If it werent for Han Lis well developed Brightsight Spirit Eyes, he wouldnt have been able to see through such a sinister trap.

But even if he hadnt detected the net, he still likely wouldnt have taken action.

The new form of the Silver-winged Nightfiend was truly weird. His wind movement techniques were far more powerful as if he had reached the stage of obscuring windflow.

If it werent for the spirit eyes, he wouldnt have been able to detect any trace of him.

Additionally, his recent strike was able to easily penetrate the black-robed womans defenses, a display that left him stunned.

The demon coldly snorted and raised his hand, beckoning to the Corpse Wolf.

It immediately flew over and arrived at the nightfiends side in the blink of an eye. It then maliciously glared at Han Li.

However, a howl sounded out from beneath and the Weeping Soul Beast pounded its chest in a display of might.

In their last battle, the Weeping Soul Beast had remained still as per Han Lis orders. It was only able to observe the battle and felt stifled at its inactivity. Now that the Corpse Wolf arrived, it bared its might without reservation.

The wolf instantly revealed an expression of terror and cowered in the face of the Weeping Soul Beasts stare.

When the Silver-winged Nightfiend saw this, he sullenly spat out a grey pearl. He then flung it into the Corpse Wolfs mouth.

After it swallowed the pill, its body began to emit grey corpse Qi and its fear was suppressed.

Han Li used this opportunity to observe the black-robed womans azure shield.

Now masterless, the shield floated in the air, its dim surface as smooth as ever.

He frowned at the sight and turned his attention to the faint gold scales on the nightfiends body. His expression suddenly stirred as something came to mind.

Then, the Silver-winged Nightfiend raised his head to the sky and let out a long screech. His body blurred and disappeared into wind. The Corpse Wolf let out a snarl as well and spat a stream of corpse flame at the Weeping Soul Beast down below.

It snorted out a cloud of yellow light without another thought.

The wolf blurred and began to circle around the Weeping Soul Beast with multiple copies of itself, not daring to touch the mist. Additionally, while far more nimble due to its smaller size, but the wolf didnt dare to rashly approach the Weeping Soul Beast.

The Weeping Soul Beast had snorted out more light, cleverly turning the yellow mist into a protective barrier around itself, then sweeping its large fists around in a wild fury.

Given the giant form of the Weeping Soul Beast, its fists covered a large area and possessed great strength. If struck, the damage to the wolf would be quite severe.

For a time, the two beasts found themselves in a deadlock.

Meanwhile, the Silver-winged Nightfiend and Han Li were intermittently blurring across the air.

Arcs of lightning twisted from Han Lis back and thunder roared without end as he shifted location without pattern. In one moment, he was west before arriving at the eastmost corner. In another, he was at the very top before arriving only ten meters above the ground.

As for the Silver-winged Nightfiend, he was using an unknown technique to become nearly incorporeal. He was able to relentlessly pursue Han Lis lightning movements.

Soon, Han Li found the affair difficult to manage.

The nightfiends wind movement technique was far swifter than his own and as time passed by, the gap between them was only shrinking. As of current, the nightfiend was arriving as soon as he departed.

When Han Lis figure blurred once more, he didnt immediately set off. Instead, he pointed to the Snow Crystal Pearl in front of him and had it spin, immediately releasing a sea of purple flames around him. Then, he had his tens of small golden swords erupt, creating a barrier of swordlight over thirty meters wide around him.

With all this arranged, he looked at a place twenty meters away, and the air warped, followed by the appearance of a faint silhouette.

The purple flames and golden swordlight then surrounded the nightfiend.

Han Li raised his hand and thunder boomed. A dense bolt of lightning coiled around his arm, becoming like a python of lightning.

The nightfiend felt alarmed as soon he realized what was happening, and the scales around his body blazed with golden light.

Soon after, a dazzling barrier of gold appeared around him.

For a time, deafening explosions sounded out as swordlights, purple flames, and lightning erupted in a blinding display, completely submerging the nightfiends golden barrier in their attacks.

Stop the assault, Han Li shouted at the black-robed woman, Your wind flood dragons have shrunk significantly.

In truth, she didnt need the warning, having already felt that something was amiss. When she heard Han Li, she had immediately formed an incantation gesture in alarm. The wind dragons ceased releasing blades of wind and shot away from the vicinity.

As the dragons coiled in the air, it was clear to see that their size was reduced by nearly half.

The balls of light had been repeatedly split by the blades of wind but condensed back together in the instant the winds dragons left.

The huge ball now had also reached a hundred meters wide, nearly taking up a third of the space inside the spell formation.

The Silver-winged Nightfiend reappeared in the ball of light with a cold laugh and sneered.

Han Li sighed, having saw this in the past when he fought against Wen Tianren, Archsaint Six Paths disciple, back in the Scattered Star Seas. At the time, he had used a peculiar treasure to warp himself in a purple cloud, preventing Han Li from injuring him with his flying swords. Han Li had relied on the overbearing might of the Yin Devil Execution to break through it and destroy Wen Tianrens arm.

The ability that the Silver-winged Nightfiend was using was the same in nature but clearly far more powerful.

Though Han Li had busied himself with cultivation ever since and didnt have the time to condense another Yin Devil Execution, he did have other techniques that could produce similar tyrannical power.

It was a pity that his Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were unable to form the Aureate Sword Formation, else the Silver-winged Nightfiend would be dead for certain, no matter how bizarre the technique.

Having thought this, a plan came to mind.

He took a deep breath and slapped his storage pouch, summoning a scarlet talisman into his grasp. Flame-like characters flickered on its surface along with the image of a life-like flood dragon.

This was a Spirit Subjugation Talisman that Han Li had refined with the Scarlet Flame Flood Dragons soul after he was done creating the Triflame Fan, and the reason why Han Li was late in his meeting with the others at the entrance of Myriad Poison Valley.

Because he had experience in refining the talisman once before, it was now far stronger and could produce even more power.

He slapped it onto his body and the talisman entered his body, followed by the appearance of an illusory flood dragon above him.

Glowing in red light, horns grew from his head and scarlet scales emerged all over him. In only a moment, he assumed a half transformation of the flood dragon and his magic power had risen to the peak of mid-Nascent Soul stage.

Fellow Daoist Han!

Yi!

Upon seeing this transformation, both the black-robed woman and the nightfiend couldnt help but shout out in shock.

When the nightfiend in particular sensed Han Lis rapid rise in cultivation, his smile disappeared.

Then, Han Li grasped his hands in an gesture and the tens of flying swords surrounding him began to spin. After letting out a clear ring, they blurred, turning into six identical copies of themselves.

These hundreds of golden swordlight gathered together, flaring with the light of a scorching noon sun.

As the flare disappeared, a giant thirty-meter-long sword materialized above the nightfiends regenerative ball of light, releasing an astounding pressure that caused even the demon to betray a trace of shock. freeebnovel.com

With the huge sword formed, Han Li then pointed to the Snow Crystal Pearl, having it shoot towards the sword in a purple streak.

At that same time, he activated a technique on the giant sword with a mental command.

A terrifying explosion sounded out!

Bolts of lightning as dense as an arm began to arc across the surface of the sword, wrapping around in intertwining radiance as thunder roared without end.

Then, the Snow Crystal Pearl arrived at the swords handle.

Purple light flashed and the pearl merged into it without a trace. Soon after, purple flames blazed on the hilt and gradually spread across the blade, fusing together with the golden lightning.

The nightfiends expression turned unsightly and his complexion turned pale.

Currently, the huge ball of light had expanded to nearly half of the area within the barrier, forcing them to slowly retreat. As the giant sword floated, both the black-robed woman and the nightfiend awaited to see what would happen with bated breath.

Even a late-Nascent Soul cultivator wouldnt dare to receive such a strike.

Destroy, Han Li commanded.

The giant sword rang with a deafening boom before cleaving downward and flaring with a blinding golden aura.

Before the sword even made contact, its surface trembled from its spiritual pressure.

In a flash, the weapon struck the giant ball and thoroughly annihilated it with resounding vibrations of spiritual pressure.

Once the light from the impact faded away, the ball of light was nowhere to be seen. As for the nightfiend, he appeared in a place not far away and was staring at the huge sword with a grim expression.

The nightfiend hadnt dare to test the huge swords might and used his wings to escape.

However, the Evil Moon Mirror in his hand had stopped emitting any radiance as the ball of light was now fully wiped away and could no longer regenerate.

Just as the nightfiends gaze roamed and plotted his next move, he suddenly heard a sharp howl of wind and a red line suddenly appear three meters behind him, intending to piece through the back of his head.

As monster who possessed equivalent power to a late-Nascent Soul cultivator, his spiritual sense was able to easily detect it. Although the attack came as a surprise, he simply folded his wing and blocked it.

Bang. Much to his alarm, as soon as the red line struck his wing, it suddenly burst into a huge fireball.

He soon found that the fireball was nowhere close to the threat it appeared to have been, and his alarm quickly faded away, but when the flames disappeared, the red line had as well.

Just as he thought to search for it, he heard thunder ring out in front of him. The huge sword was cleaving down towards him.

Additionally, the flood dragons had moved above the nightfiend at an unknown time. With a command, the black-robed woman had them swing their heads with a gaping mouth, releasing a dense barrage of wind blades.

The nightfiend immediately abandoned any thought of pursuit it and hung the Evil Moon Mirror on his chest. He then solemnly reached out to the incoming sword, summoning two fists of Ghostfiend Threads. They were each three meters large and moved to block the weapon.

Of course, it wasnt that he couldnt move but that he wished to test the swords strength.

Meanwhile, his wings grew twice in size and formed into a silver screen above his head, easily repelling the blades of winds.

The fists and the sword collided, resulting in two explosions. The sword had cleaved through one of the fists with great strength, but it was clearly weakened from the strike and was blocked by the second fist.

But just as the sword collided with the second fist, the red line made a sudden appearance, positioned to strike at the nightfiends chest.

NO! The monsters heart trembled and he hastily moved his hand forward, but was too late.

In a blur, the needle pierced through the Evil Moon Mirror, causing it to shatter in a flare of black, but he was able to quickly catch the needle afterwards.

YOU DARE DESTROY MY MIRROR!? The nightfiends body trembled and his face twisted with rage. The needle he held in his hand was set aflame and burning red as hot iron though he completely ignored it.

Han Lis purpose in destroying the mirror was quite simple. Because it was troublesome when paired with the strange bewitchment techniques, he decided to eliminate it altogether. Han Li felt somewhat baffled by the rage it displayed, but he wasnt about to cease his attacks. With an incantation gesture, the dimmed giant sword split apart.

Nearly two hundred swordlights immediately created a huge net and swept down at the nightfiend without mercy. If it dared to use his wings to block the strike, the swords would split the nightfiend to pieces as they were reinforced with Auric Essence.

As for the Snow Crystal Pearl, it spun in the air, releasing several fist-sized fireballs that floated down towards the nightfiend.

But no matter how enraged it may be, he wasnt about to be fooled into receiving Han Lis attacks. With a flap of his wings, he moved elsewhere and glared at him with fury, his silver eyes turning blood-red.

With pure hatred, the nightfiend uttered, I hadnt intended on wasting strength and wanted to only use illusions to deal with you lot, but no more. I will personally extract your soul and take my time savoring it.

His body blurred once more before appearing above the Corpse Wolfs head. He then wordlessly stepped on it and fanned his wings, producing a layer of yellow light

Afterwards, he sank into the ground and brought the wolf with him.

Earth movement! Han Li immediately frowned and pointed to his magic tools, recalling them.

The ground began to tremble and the entire spell formation around them shook. It began to glow with yellow light and release black Qi, followed by the painful and blood-wrenching howl of the Silver-winged Nightfiend.

The black-robed womans expression wavered and looked at Han Li before turning her gaze to the spell formation below. With some hesitation, she bit her lip and headed in the direction of the cocoons.

Along the way, she raised her hand and released a shear-shaped magic treasure towards them. It glowed with radiant light.