Chapter 1031: Eight-Spirit Ruler

"I was indeed seriously injured. In order to fend off the enemy, I released the Profound Ice Cold Qi that I had painstakingly cultivated for many years in my life-bound flying sword. At that time, it was quite chaotic, and the others, including the person who injured me, all wanted to enter the next level as quickly as possible, which is how I luckily escaped a disaster," Bai Bai Yaoyi said with lingering fear.

"Oh, judging by your words, Daoist, it seems you aren't very familiar with the person who attacked you either!" Han Li asked, his brows twitching.

"That person should be one of the cultivators who opened the seal. I was locked in a stalemate with another person at the time, which is why I was sneak-attacked by that person. Unless a late-stage cultivator personally destroys the giant ice formed by this Profound Ice Cold Qi, it cannot be broken in a short time. However, being seriously injured, I was also unable to break out of the trap. This is all thanks to Daoist Han for your rescue. Otherwise, if time had dragged on, the consequences would have been unthinkable. Speaking of which, Brother Han is truly powerful; you dissolved my cold energy with just a wave of your hand," Bai Bai Yaoyi said, a hint of strangeness appearing on her face.

"It's nothing, just a small effort. I wonder how you ended up here, Daoist Bai?" Han Li said indifferently.

"At that time, after Daoist Fu and I parted ways with Brother Han, we searched a secret pavilion on Mount Mount Kunwu and managed to obtain some benefits. We were originally satisfied and intended to withdraw. But we never expected that such an astonishing treasure phenomenon would suddenly appear here at the Demon-Suppressing Tower. It was our own greed that led us to run over to join the fun. As a result, we encountered many cultivators chasing each other toward the Demon-Suppressing Tower on the way. Among them were the Yin Luo Sect members we knew, another batch of cultivators who opened the seal, as well as the Silver-Winged Winged Yecha and those few loose cultivators. In fact, seeing so many people with great divine abilities in the arena, we both regretted it and had thoughts of retreating. It was just that someone attacked us without a word, and we were dragged into it. I was chased by someone all the way and was forced to flee here. Daoist Fu, on the other hand, disappeared along the way. It seems he found an opportunity to escape this chaos." Bai Bai Yaoyi very tactfully recounted her experience to Han Li, while her gaze swept over the ugly woman on the side, and her face became somewhat uneasy.

Clearly, she had sensed Gui Ling's demon beast body and the terrifying demonic energy on her.

"Daoist Bai, there is no need for concern. This Daoist Gui Ling has already agreed to join forces with me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have dared to come here alone," Han Li said with a smile, seeing the woman's surprise.

Gui Ling also squeezed out a smile at this moment.

"So that's how it is. I was wondering how Brother Han's wisdom could be as muddled as ours!" Although Bai Bai Yaoyi didn't believe that the relationship between the ugly woman and Han Li was as simple as it appeared on the surface, she still felt relieved.

"However, on the way here, I already saw the remains of Daoist Fu. He has already perished," Han Li said with a serious expression, delivering the news of the Fu-surnamed elder's death.

"Daoist Fu is dead?" Bai Bai Yaoyi was greatly shocked, a look of horror flashing in her eyes.

"I personally handled his body. It seems he didn't even have time to escape with his Nascent Soul. By the way, while you were in the ice, did you sense anyone else passing through here?" Han Li suddenly remembered the person holding the blood blade and asked, cold light flashing in his eyes.

"Others? I didn't sense anyone. Why, have other cultivators entered?" Bai Bai Yaoyi was stunned, not knowing why Han Li would ask this.

"Since that's the case, then it's fine. Daoist Bai, your vitality has been significantly damaged. What are your plans now?" Not knowing what consideration he had, Han Li pondered for a moment before turning his head to look at the entrance to the lower level and asked the woman indifferently.

"What else can I do? Regardless of what kind of strange treasure is here, I won't harbor any delusions. I plan to leave this place immediately and wait outside for the rift to reopen," Bai Bai Yaoyi said without hesitation.

"That's fine too. Then I will part ways with you here, Daoist Bai. I am still quite interested in this treasure." Han Li did not show the slightest surprise at Bai Bai Yaoyi's retreat and spoke his farewells.

"Since Brother Han is so confident, then I won't try to persuade you further. Take care!" Bai Bai Yaoyi said with a bitter smile after hearing Han Li's words.

"Take care, Daoist Bai!" Han Li cupped his hands, his body flickered, and he headed toward the entrance in the distance.

Gui Ling followed behind without a word.

Bai Bai Yaoyi looked at their retreating backs, sighed lightly, then took out a medicine bottle from her storage bag and swallowed a fiery red pill.

Han Li, who had already walked more than twenty zhang away, seemed to remember something and suddenly turned his head to ask from afar.

"Daoist Bai, I have long heard of the reputation of the Northern Night Small Extreme Palace. Might I have the honor of visiting in the future?"

"Brother Han is joking. Our palace would naturally welcome Daoist Han to visit," Bai Bai Yaoyi replied with a bright smile after being stunned for a moment.

"With those words from you, Daoist Bai, I can rest easy." Han Li smiled slightly, then truly walked away without looking back.

After Bai Bai Yaoyi watched Han Li's figure disappear into the entrance, the smile on her face gradually faded, and a look of contemplation appeared on her beautiful face.

Although the woman had agreed readily, she was naturally greatly surprised by his words just now, not knowing why Han Li had suddenly brought up the Small Extreme Palace.

The seventh level was where the ancient demons and others had fought the fierce ghosts; it was empty, without a single shadow.

Han Li and Gui Ling easily found the small stone chamber leading to the eighth level, where the black and white small teleportation arrays were still there.

Looking at the teleportation arrays before him, Han Li rubbed his chin, a look of contemplation in his eyes.

"Yin Yue, do you have any sensing? These two arrays are both short-distance teleportation arrays and should lead to the next level. It's not that something is summoning you. Can you sense anything?" Han Li asked Yin Yue secretly through his spiritual sense.

"Strange, in both of these teleportation arrays, there seems to be something I'm familiar with. However, the white one seems stronger," Yin Yue replied slowly.

"That's enough. Then let's take the white teleportation array. The black one has a faint aura of evil that makes me uncomfortable." After pondering for a while, Han Li said calmly to Yin Yue.

Afterward, without a word, he walked into the white teleportation array. Seeing Han Li's action, Gui Ling followed him in without asking any questions.

A spell was cast at the edge of the array, and spiritual light flashed all around. They disappeared amidst the flashing white light.

Almost the moment their figures appeared on the eighth level, Han Li and Gui Ling immediately busied themselves; one offered up the Meta-Essence Shield, while the other manifested blood-red battle armor on her body.

After all, who knew if someone was lying in wait at the teleportation array. With the experience of the two, they naturally wouldn't overlook this point.

The expected attack did not appear, but the sound of rumbling came like a raging sea. As soon as the slight discomfort of teleportation vanished, Han Li swept his eyes around and was immediately stunned.

The situation before him was truly too chaotic.

In the sky and on the ground, flying swords and magic treasures danced everywhere, spiritual light exploded everywhere, and escape lights shot through the air.

Han Li only took a hurried glance and saw more than a dozen figures, among whom were the two Silver-Winged Winged Yecha demons, the Xu-surnamed cultivator, the Heavenly Profound Saintess, and the two women from the Transformation Immortal Sect. There were also several unfamiliar cultivators; it seemed they must be the so-called Ye family cultivators.

However, Ge Ge Tianhao and the others were nowhere to be seen; it was unknown if they had been wiped out by someone on the way or if they hadn't arrived here at all.

These cultivators were not attacking each other at the moment but were scattered around a palace. Near the palace, there was a huge magic array and dozens of altars, each with a white jade stone man several zhang tall.

These stone men were clad in golden armor, holding huge golden blades in both hands, and had all come to life. Coordinating with the restrictions of the huge magic array, they slashed out golden light beams several zhang long, attacking the cultivators, seemingly not falling behind at all.

But the gazes of the cultivators nearby were not entirely on these stone puppets; many of them, while attacking, would look toward the sky above the palace from time to time.

Ten zhang above the palace, a peculiar emerald-green wooden ruler was floating, emitting a pale green spiritual light.

This ruler was half a zhang long, with an ancient design, rotating slowly and incessantly.

If it were just an ordinary treasure, there would naturally be nothing strange about it, and it wouldn't attract the attention of so many cultivators. The key was that every time the wooden ruler rotated, countless pale silver lotus flowers would suddenly appear nearby, looking both real and fake, drifting slowly. And among these lotus flowers, there were eight phantom images of spirit beasts of varying sizes, appearing and disappearing, raising their heads to emit clear cries toward the ruler, as if they were worshiping it.

"Suan-Horned Beast, Eight-Qilin Deer, Golden-Scaled Dragon..." After identifying them, Han Li couldn't help but gasp.

These spirit beast phantoms were all famous demon beasts from ancient times!

"Eight-Spirit Ruler! I never expected that the Three Elders of Mount Kunwu wouldn't have brought this Spirit Treasure back to the Spirit Realm!" Before Han Li could react, Gui Ling muttered in surprise on the side.

"Eight-Spirit Ruler?" Han Li's expression shifted.

"The Eight-Spirit Ruler is also one of the Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures. It's just that it wasn't used many times in ancient times, so its reputation isn't prominent. But since it can become a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, its power must be extraordinary," Yin Yue said slowly.

"What's wrong, are you alright?" Han Li frowned, his keen ears catching the strangeness in Yin Yue's voice.

"I don't know, it's very strange. I clearly didn't recognize this Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure before, but just now, detailed information about it suddenly appeared in my mind. And there seems to be something in that palace summoning me. No, not something, it's a very close person summoning me. No, that's not right either; it's my other half inside there." Yin Yue seemed to be in a trance, speaking somewhat incoherently.

Han Li frowned. Just as he wanted to listen carefully to what Yin Yue was saying, the Xu-surnamed youth and the Silver-Winged Winged Yecha and other demons in the distance all discovered Han Li's arrival. Immediately, more than a dozen gazes filled with hostility or surprise shot toward him.

With a tightening in his heart, Han Li naturally couldn't afford to ask Yin Yue for details anymore. Instead, with a flash of brilliance in his eyes, he strode out of the teleportation array and then rose into the air.

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