Chapter 1151

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Space fluctuated a few feet to the side, and Han Li appeared with purple flames flickering. Without a word, he flicked his sleeve at the turtle demon.

Suddenly, thirty-six small swords shot out from his sleeve, transforming into hundreds of golden sword lights in a flash. With a loud sound of breaking air, a dense sword net covered the turtle demon from above.

"It's you?"

The turtle demon turned its head and finally saw Han Li's true face. It let out a shrill cry as if it had seen a ghost, actually recognizing Han Li in an instant. But when it saw so many sword lights slashing toward it, its face turned pale and bloodless in a flash.

It had seen from afar that Han Li had easily killed another Rank 8 demon beast of the same rank as itself with just a single golden sword light, and even the treasure the opponent relied on most could not block it in the slightest.

In its fear, the demon roared a few times, suddenly tearing at the long robe on its body. It transformed into a patch of black clouds that lunged straight toward the sword net, while it condensed its pitch-black demon energy, intending to use a secret technique to escape. But just at this moment, a bone-chilling cold snort suddenly came from Han Li's mouth.

In an instant, the turtle demon felt a tearing pain in its spiritual sense. It clutched its head with both hands and let out a miserable shriek, with black blood flowing from its ears and nose simultaneously.

The demon fell from mid-air.

The black clouds and golden sword light collided, and amidst the clashing sword qi, they were slashed into countless pieces. The tattered black clouds instantly transformed into fingernail-sized turtle shells that fell one after another.

With golden light erupting, the sword net covered the turtle demon below without stopping.

The turtle demon finally recovered somewhat from the tearing pain in its spiritual sense, but it had nowhere to hide and was completely trapped within the sword net.

In despair, the demon gritted its teeth and shouted loudly:

"Brother Jiao, he is that person surnamed Li from back then..." But before it could finish shouting, Han Li, who was on the side, sank his face and suddenly activated his sword technique.

The sword net tightened suddenly, and countless golden lights flashed across the turtle demon's body. The demon was slashed into countless pieces, and even the green fire transformed from its soul was drowned out by the rolling sword light after a single flash, leaving no trace behind.

The act of killing the turtle demon only took a few breaths. Han Li's figure flickered, transforming into a blinding escape light once again and breaking through the air to leave, reaching several hundred feet away in the blink of an eye.

A speck of green light flickered a few times on the horizon, and the green rainbow vanished completely without a trace.

The Golden Jiao King was naturally unwilling to give up, chasing Han Li until he left Bi Ling Island. Seeing that it was completely unable to catch up, and also realizing it had no confidence in winning a one-on-one fight, it could only give up the chase helplessly and return to the stone peak, though its expression was naturally extremely gloomy.

"Surnamed Li..." When the Golden Jiao King returned to the sky above the stone peak, its expression suddenly shifted, and it muttered a few words to itself.

At this time, the other transformation-stage demon beasts also gathered around, their expressions also looking quite unpleasant.

"Brother Jiao, who is that late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator? His appearance doesn't look like the rumored Six Paths, and the Heavenly Star Sages cannot leave Star City, so that's even more impossible. Could he be a newly advanced Great Cultivator among humans?" A demon cultivator whose entire body was wrapped in flames and whose true face could not be seen was the first to ask impatiently.

"I'm not too sure. However, although we didn't fight, both his magic treasures and cultivation techniques were completely unfamiliar. It seems that none of the famous Nascent Soul cultivators in the Chaotic Star Sea are this person," the Golden Jiao King replied in a low voice.

"This person's divine abilities are truly not small. Fellow Daoists Lan and Wu didn't even last a single exchange in his hands. I'm afraid his magic power is several points stronger than even the Six Paths or the Sages," another green-robed demon cultivator said with lingering fear. The other demon cultivators also revealed traces of fear on their faces.

After all, most of the demon cultivators present were Rank 8 demon beasts, and they knew their cultivation was not much stronger than the turtle demon's. Since Han Li could kill the two demons so easily, if they encountered him, wouldn't they also have no choice but to wait for death? Many demon cultivators immediately made up their minds: if they encountered Han Li again, they would have no choice but to run for their lives first.

"I fought the Six Paths Extreme Sage once years ago, and this person seems even more troublesome than the Six Paths. At the very least, without a sneak attack, the Six Paths would have no way to kill our Sea Clan's transformation-stage peers so cleanly. However, fellow Daoists, you don't need to view this person as overly powerful. This was our first time fighting him, and we were too unfamiliar with his divine abilities. Otherwise, this human cultivator wouldn't have succeeded so easily," the Golden Jiao King said calmly.

The other demon cultivators revealed expressions of sudden realization, while others remained silent.

But just at this moment, a Rank 9 demon cultivator—the fat man who had been fighting the thin, elderly man at the beginning—suddenly asked:

"Brother Jiao, what did Fellow Daoist Wu mean by the words he shouted before he fell? Does Brother Jiao have any clues? He suddenly shouted the surname Li, as if he recognized the person. If I remember correctly, some years ago, the Jiao Dragon Clan and the Suanni King Clan joined forces to attack human cultivators and islands near the Ten Thousand Zhang Sea, searching everywhere for a cultivator surnamed Li. I wonder if this person has any connection to the person just now?"

Upon hearing this, the nearby demon cultivators were in a stir. The Golden Jiao King frowned.

"There shouldn't be any connection. Years ago, one of my children was ambushed and harmed by a human cultivator at the Core Formation stage. That was why we sent people to search everywhere for the culprit. But this person is a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator; how could he be the same person? Unless this person is a cultivation genius seen once in a hundred thousand years, otherwise, in a mere two hundred years, how could he have his current divine abilities?" The Golden Jiao King pondered for a moment before finally shaking its head.

"That might not be certain. I once killed a human Nascent Soul cultivator years ago, and after searching his soul, I learned that the Heavenly Void Cauldron, known as the number one secret report among humans, had already appeared, obtained by a Core Formation cultivator surnamed Han. But later, after the investigation of human Nascent Soul monsters, this person had used the pseudonym Li in our Outer Sea for a long time. And the Heaven-Mending Pill in the Heavenly Void Cauldron has quite a reputation. With this pill and the other unknown ancient spirit pills in the cauldron, it wouldn't be impossible for this person to advance to the late stage so quickly," the fat man said with a chuckle.

After the fat man said these words, all the demons were stunned, and some could not help but whisper to each other immediately.

Upon hearing this, the Golden Jiao King also pondered for a long time before flashing a cold light in its eyes and saying:

"If what Fellow Daoist Nie says is true, then this person really might be the cultivator who killed my child back then. If that's the case, this King will absolutely not let him off easily. Whether it's the revenge for Brother Jiao's child or the death of Fellow Daoists Wu and Lan today, we must sacrifice this person in blood. Not to mention that this person snatched away the top-grade spirit stone and possesses such a supreme treasure as the Heavenly Void Cauldron."

"This person is a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator with extraordinary divine abilities. Unless we force him into a desperate situation and have more than three peers with cultivation like Brother Jiao, I'm afraid we won't be able to do anything to him at all. Let alone talk about seizing treasures or taking revenge," the fat man said cautiously, shaking his head.

"This person truly cannot be underestimated. Dealing with him requires long-term planning, and we must invite Brother Suan and Fellow Daoist Bi to join us. However, there is no rush for this matter now. As long as this person remains in the Star Sea, we will always have a chance. On the contrary, although we lost two fellow Daoists on this trip, we also killed six human Nascent Soul cultivators, and the spirit mine on Bi Ling Island now belongs to our Sea Clan. Even if that top-grade spirit stone was snatched, there might be other top-grade spirit stones in the mine vein that haven't been mined yet, so there's no need to be too concerned. Our top priority is to re-establish the barriers and gather manpower to prevent the human cultivators from killing their way back. The Starfall Alliance and the Star Palace will not be willing to admit defeat just like that. They will likely make a comeback, and we must..." The Golden Jiao King seemed to have no interest in revenge, turning the topic back to the current spirit mine in the blink of an eye.

This matter, which involved the interests of all the demon cultivators present, successfully drew their attention, and they listened to the Golden Jiao King's words with solemn expressions. Only the fat man frowned, his gaze flickering, looking somewhat restless.

At this moment, ten thousand miles away, after Han Li sensed with his spiritual sense that there were no pursuers within several hundred miles, he slowed his escape light, changing to a leisurely pace.

Of course, Han Li would not return to that so-called "Thunder Void Island." After confirming the direction, he flew straight toward Silver Shark Island, where he had come from.

While in his escape light, Han Li could not help but reach into his bosom and take out the pale green storage pouch, shaking it with excitement in his eyes.

Suddenly, a stream of white mist surged out from the pouch's mouth, and a thumb-sized spirit stone, dripping with verdant green, appeared in his palm.

Han Li held the spirit stone with one hand and examined it carefully.

The spirit stone's surface had spiritual light flowing incessantly, the green light flickering, as if it were a living thing. On the spirit stone's surface, there seemed to be tiny, white, fuzzy things emerging incessantly, but because they were too small, he could not see them clearly for a moment.

Han Li was surprised in his heart. His pupils constricted, and blue light flashed in his eyes, finally allowing him to see the things in the green light clearly.

They were actually milky-white light spots that looked like snowflakes or runes.

These light spots emerged incessantly from the verdant green spirit stone, then burst on their own, transforming into specks of pure wood spiritual energy. This spirit stone was actually overflowing with spiritual energy to the outside world because it contained too much.

Seeing this, Han Li was both surprised and happy.

This must be the legendary top-grade spirit stone, and it happened to be a wood-attribute spirit stone, which was just right for him.

However, thinking about it, it was not strange that it was a wood-attribute spirit stone. The mine vein on Bi Ling Island seemed to be one that produced wood-attribute spirit stones, and it was expected that the top-grade spirit stone would also be wood-attribute.

Han Li closed his eyes and sensed the wood spiritual energy emitted by the spirit stone slightly.

After a while, he hesitated, then green light flashed on his five fingers as he attempted to absorb the vast spiritual energy within the crystal stone.

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