Chapter 1041

The Gui Ling who appeared did not feel surprised by the youth surnamed Xu, the Silver-Winged Winged Yecha, and the others who appeared nearby. However, after glancing at Han Li, she moved her lips and transmitted a few words. Net

Han Li's originally calm face suddenly showed a trace of surprise.

"What is it? Did Fellow Daoist Gui discover something below?" Lin Lin Yinping, the Tianlan Saintess, asked with bright eyes upon seeing Han Li's expression.

"It's nothing, just that the two fellow daoists from the Transformation Immortal Sect seem to be looking for a way out below as well." Han Li's expression immediately returned to normal as he said indifferently.

"Oh, is that so!" The woman's eyes swirled, and a half-smiling expression appeared on her lips. Clearly, she didn't believe a word Han Li said.

But Han Li remained expressionless, clearly looking like he didn't want to say more.

Although the others were also suspicious, they were about to join forces, so they naturally didn't want to cause more trouble.

The few of them immediately discussed how to proceed.

They were all experienced in battle. After a brief discussion within the sound-insulation barrier, they immediately came up with specific steps. The others' bodies flashed with spiritual light, and they vanished into the gale, beginning their actions.

Han Li nodded to Gui Ling, and the woman dived into the ground again.

As for Yin Yue, under his order, she transformed back into a small fox and flew into his sleeve.

Han Li looked toward the direction of the black teleportation array, rubbed his chin, and patted the storage bag at his waist with one hand. With a flash of silver light, a pale silver figure appeared before him.

It was the humanoid puppet.

He waved his hand lightly.

The light around the puppet shifted, instantly turning into an inconspicuous yellow light. Then, purple light suddenly burst from its eyes, and its figure vanished into thin air, as if it had never appeared at all.

This battle was no small matter. To be safe, Han Li could no longer afford to hold back.

With this puppet supporting him from the side, he could fight with peace of mind.

Moreover, given the puppet's previously displayed high-level concealment methods, he assumed the ancient demon would be unable to detect it. As for the black-robed woman, Han Li had never encountered a demon of Yuan Sha Saint Ancestor's level, so he didn't have much confidence in being able to deceive her spiritual sense.

He gripped the Three-Flame Fan with five fingers, pinched a spell with the other hand, and the Wind-Thunder Wings appeared behind his back.

With a flash of silver light, Han Li also vanished from the spot.

In another corner of the space, above the black teleportation array, the two-headed ancient demon hovered in the air with its four arms crossed, shrouded by a set of gray-glowing array flags below.

One of the demon's heads stared toward the palace with a solemn expression, while the other scanned the surroundings, vigilantly guarding against something.

Its four demonic claws held a pair of purple rings, a cyan long-spear, and a crimson fire-brick treasure, respectively.

Although the evil wind stirred up by the Black Wind Flag was fierce, it seemed to have little effect on the demon, which stared at the palace without blinking.

Suddenly, a strange light flashed in the demon's eyes. A loud boom came from the distance, and a golden blade Qi soared into the sky from the center of the space, slicing through the thick clouds wherever it passed. The momentum was extremely astonishing, and even the howling wind seemed to pause for a moment.

The brows on the ancient demon's head twitched, and a trace of hesitation appeared on its face. It seemed to want to go over to assist, but it was also full of concerns.

But it immediately felt at ease.

Because after the astonishing blade light flashed in the distance, an exceptionally thick wind pillar also swept out. The wind pillar was over ten zhang in diameter, like a black wind dragon. Wherever it passed, even the lightning in the sky was rolled into it, and because it was so violent, the surrounding air hummed and twisted, as if it were about to tear this realm apart.

Seeing this, the ancient demon's expression relaxed. The other head, without any warning, widened its eyes and waved a giant hand forward.

A red light broke through the air, vanishing in a flash before transforming into a giant brick several zhang in size, smashing down fiercely.

Before it even hit the ground, it was wreathed in crimson flames, and several fire pythons with bared fangs and brandished claws emerged, looking extremely aggressive.

"Hmph! I didn't expect you to be so alert!" A cold snort came from the gale, and two figures appeared.

One of them raised a hand casually, and a blue rainbow shot out, transforming into a jade umbrella a zhang in size to meet the attack in the air.

"Boom!" A series of explosions occurred. The jade umbrella was actually a cold-attribute ancient treasure, and as a result, it held off the falling fire brick amidst a blue, icy mist.

Blue light and crimson flames surged between the two treasures. Although the fire pythons bit and tore incessantly, they were extremely fierce, but because of the attribute conflict, they couldn't do anything to the jade umbrella.

The two figures stood motionless, staring coldly at the ancient demon in the sky. It was none other than the youth surnamed Xu and Lin Lin Yinping.

The ancient demon's two massive heads moved, and four eyes stared simultaneously at the man and woman below.

"I recognize you. You are cultivators from the Tianlan Grasslands. What, you want to leave now? It's a pity it's already too late!" One head grinned and let out a thunderous roar.

Upon hearing this, murderous intent appeared on the youth surnamed Xu's face. Without a word, he flipped his hand and patted the spirit beast bag at his waist.

Immediately, a phoenix cry rang out, and amidst flashing rosy light, a five-colored peacock flew out, hovering above the youth's head with its wings spread.

It was incredible! Wherever the five-colored spiritual light from the peacock shone, all the evil winds ceased, and it became calm immediately.

This scene was all seen by the ancient demon.

"Spirit Rhinoceros Peacock! You actually have such an ancient spirit bird. It's a pity its cultivation is too shallow. If it were an adult, this Venerable One might truly fear it a little." The ancient demon seemed somewhat surprised.

"Is that so? Then taste the power of the five-colored spiritual light first." The youth surnamed Xu was not moved by the ancient demon's words at all. With a clear cry from his mouth, the peacock above his head raised its neck in response, and then its wings flapped violently.

Ten thousand rays of rosy light and five-colored spiritual light rolled out.

The ancient demon snorted coldly. The two giant hands holding the purple rings came together, and as the rings touched, they emitted a harsh buzzing sound, making one feel restless and dizzy.

Then, the two rings shot out, transforming into heavy purple shadows, covering the nearby sky and creating an astonishing momentum. The demon was still unwilling to give up; pinching spells with both hands, its body was covered in layers of black demonic Qi, seemingly intending to use demonic arts to assist the treasure's attack.

The youth surnamed Xu and the Tianlan Saintess opposite also took out their own treasures. One raised a hand, and a ball of cyan light smashed over, while the other lit up a silver silkworm brocade, spraying out countless silver threads.

Just then, in the sky, two faint wisps of smoke—one purple and one cyan—surged in the wind, quietly sneaking to the top of the ancient demon's head. Their movements were silent, showing the high level of their concealment arts.

The purple phantoms and the five-colored spiritual light collided, splashing out flowers of light, while the demonic Qi on the ancient demon transformed into several black pythons, pouncing out aggressively.

Blinding spiritual light suddenly erupted from the two wisps of smoke. Two shadows pounced out, and two sharp claws and a mass of gray, misty fine threads covered the demon from above. In an instant, they reached the top of the ancient demon's head. Just then, the treasure attacks released by the youth surnamed Xu and his companion also arrived in front of the ancient demon, their timing perfect and seamless.

Having someone sneak so close and launch a sudden ambush naturally surprised the ancient demon, but it wasn't truly panicked. With a thought, the black pythons formed from the nearby demonic Qi circled, immediately turning from offense to defense to block the cyan light and the dense silver silkworm threads. At the same time, both heads raised simultaneously; one spat out pitch-black demonic flames, and the other flashed a black light that vanished in an instant.

But immediately, another surprise occurred. Just as the ancient demon's attention was fully drawn to the ambush above, at the edge of the barrier set up by the gray array flags at its feet, a golden light flashed. A giant sword emitted a thunderous sound as it shot out from the ground, slashing straight into the sky.

Its speed was so fast that the giant sword arrived in front of the ancient demon almost at the same moment it was startled. The purple flames and golden electric arcs on the sword were clearly visible to the demon.

"It's you!" The ancient demon recognized the master of the giant sword in an instant and couldn't help but roar in shock and anger. But because the giant sword was coming too fast and he was entangled by the other attacks, he had no choice but to wave his four arms downward in a hurry. With a "chi-chi" sound of tearing air, dozens of crystal claw-shadows formed a large net, grabbing toward the giant sword.

Such a hastily formed interception naturally couldn't truly block the giant sword.

In an instant, the giant sword pierced through the net and slashed toward the ancient demon.

But in that brief delay, almost at the moment the giant sword reached him, a layer of pitch-black demonic armor appeared on the ancient demon.

With a loud boom, a massive ball of light suddenly appeared on the ancient demon, its brilliance so blinding that one couldn't see a thing inside.

On the ground, silver arcs flashed. Han Li emerged from below using the Lightning Escape, looked up at the sky, and frowned.

He had sensed clearly just now that although the giant sword had struck the demon, it hadn't landed solidly, as if it had been deflected by something.

Just as he was secretly suspicious, something moved within the dazzling ball of light in the sky. Then, with a "puchi" sound, a black shadow shot out like a crossbow bolt, flickered, and vanished, only to appear above Han Li's head the next moment.

"Go to hell!" The giant figure let out a thunderous roar, and a pitch-black giant blade emitting a buzzing sound slashed straight down at Han Li, as fast as lightning and giving him no time to react.

Although Han Li was startled, he had been prepared. As the giant blade slashed down, his Wind-Thunder Wings flapped a step early, and he vanished from the spot amidst electric arcs. The black blade missed by a hair's breadth.

A muffled sound came as a giant blade mark several feet deep was left on the ground.

More than twenty zhang away, the sound of thunder rang out, and Han Li's figure appeared again, gazing toward the original spot.

The giant figure was indeed the ancient demon.

Only now, it looked extremely disheveled. Of its four demonic arms, only three remained intact; the other had been severed by more than half, and a fist-sized hole had appeared on its shoulder for no reason, while there were several thick claw marks on its chest, nearly disemboweling it.

It seemed that under the joint attack of Han Li and the others, the demon had ultimately been unable to resist and had suffered a significant loss.

Seeing Han Li escape from before it, the ancient demon's four eyes flashed with murderous intent. It glared fiercely at Han Li and suddenly spread its hands.

With a flash of black light, the buzzing giant blade split into two, transforming into two slightly smaller light blades, still emitting a sharp, shrill sound.

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