Chapter 1286

From the giant python's pounce to its slaughter, only a few breaths passed, leaving the soldiers and body refiners who had wanted to help staring in stunned silence, but they immediately rejoiced.

With such astonishing performance just now, anyone could see that Han Li was no ordinary body refiner. Having such a skilled helper by their side naturally ensured their 'lives' were well protected. After shouting loudly, they continued to slay the ordinary red pythons on the ground.

The human-python battle below intensified further, and the appearance of mutant giant pythons increased more and more.

Han Li was not fully aware of other places, but while defending this section of the city wall, in a short time, he had slain five or six mutant giant pythons with his own hands.

He had learned the lesson of the mutant pythons' tenacious vitality—whenever he struck, he would dismember the giant python into over a dozen segments in a ghostly flash.

This left them no chance to retaliate at all.

Thus, other body refiners and soldiers, focusing all their efforts on ordinary pythons, found things much easier.

However, on the nearby sections of the city wall, there was no expert of Han Li's terrifying skill to assist.

Amid the intertwined hissing and trembling sounds, mutant giant pythons swayed their heads and tails, wreaking havoc on those city walls. Aside from a few body refiners wielding heavy weapons, most people dared not block them head-on and fell into bitter struggle.

However, Han Li's effortless slaying of several giant pythons seemed to have drawn the attention of the python horde below. After a few hisses, red shadows flickered continuously, and three giant pythons appeared simultaneously on the city wall, reeking of bloodlust as they lunged fiercely at Han Li.

Han Li's brow twitched slightly in surprise, but the corner of his mouth immediately curled into a cold smile. He swung one arm, and his broadsword actually flew toward one of the pythons.

If an ordinary broadsword were thrown, it likely couldn't even pierce the python's scales in the slightest, but Han Li's throw contained astonishing strength, making the blade as sharp as a divine weapon. The sword turned into a streak of cold light, piercing directly from the python's head and slicing out from its tail.

The entire giant python was neatly split into two halves.

Han Li then shifted his form, and as if using a body duplication technique, he instantly manifested two figures to meet the other two giant pythons.

A continuous rumbling sound like "Boom—" echoed, and golden light flickered across the bodies of the two pythons, instantly submerging their true forms within it.

The two figures then flickered and strangely merged into one, and the golden light likewise retracted.

The 'exposed' two giant pythons went limp like boneless creatures, collapsing to the ground, unable to move an inch.

In an instant, Han Li shattered every segment of bone on the two pythons' bodies into powder with precise force, completely depriving them of mobility.

Nearby soldiers, seeing this, rushed forward without a word and hacked the python's corpse into pieces.

Immediately, three mutant pythons were lost at Han Li's position on the city wall, and the python horde no longer bothered with this spot—for a time, no more giant pythons appeared near Han Li.

Thus, not only did others breathe a sigh of relief, but Han Li also relaxed, silently returning to his original position, watching for changes in the sky.

At this moment, above the city wall, the cultivators and leopard-like beasts finally broke the stalemate, and a new change appeared.

Only seen, in the green 'color' mist, the demonic feathers shot out paused suddenly, as if these demon birds' plumes were not truly endless.

Human cultivators rejoiced, but before they could immediately activate their spiritual artifacts to attack, a strange cry echoed, the demonic mist violently churned, and in the blink of an eye, it condensed and transformed into a colossal mist-formed leopard beast, its body covered in emerald-green feathers and fur, leopard head terrifyingly fierce, and immediately spreading its wings, exuding a sky-rushing killing intent, it charged toward the cultivator horde with overwhelming momentum.

The opposing cultivators were shocked and lost their 'color'—such a massive demon bird flying in, even two late Foundation Establishment cultivators with false golden cores, unaware of the danger, would not dare to block it head-on in the slightest.

Instantly, they scattered in temporary avoidance, simultaneously recalling their spiritual artifacts, preparing to form a strict array for a hard battle.

But what happened below left the cultivators utterly astonished.

The mist-formed demon bird actually shot through the cultivator crowd without pausing to chase the cultivators, instead streaking downward like a meteor straight toward the city wall below, its escape speed astonishingly swift.

"Not good! Ambushed—quickly stop it!" The gold-robed man from the Jin Yu Sect saw this, a flash of inspiration in his mind, his face 'color' drastically changing as he shouted angrily.

The other cultivators likewise suddenly understood, frantically activating their spiritual artifacts to pursue the mist-formed leopard beast in anger and surprise.

But the massive creature below paid no heed to the cultivators' spiritual artifact attacks, merely flapping its wings desperately downward.

After a moment, although the rear half of its body had been scattered by over half from the pursuing spiritual artifacts behind, it had reached above the city wall below, at ten or more zhang in height. The foul wind it carried even blew the human defenders on the city wall east and west, unable to stand upright in the slightest.

Han Li gazed at the green haze above his head; his originally calm and expressionless face finally showed some emotion.

He too was unlucky—the very spot where this mist-formed demon beast fell was directly beneath the section of the city wall he was defending.

This made Han Li curse inwardly.

Under such a terrifying attack, not to mention ordinary body refiners, even mid-level cultivators might not be able to withstand it head-on.

Although he possessed the fourth layer of the Jin Gang Sutra, under such high-intensity attack, he had no full confidence in escaping unharmed.

Without hesitation, he shook his sleeve, and a rolling, jet-black sphere strangely rolled into his hand, but as his eyes flickered, a hint of hesitation appeared on his face.

This Extinction Immortal Pearl was his only life-saving treasure when facing strong enemies; using one now made him reluctant after careful thought.

Moreover, according to his estimation, his fourth-layer Jin Gang Technique's formidable strength was not yet enough to truly endanger his 'life'—at most, it might cause serious injury.

After countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, Han Li's face 'color' tightened, the bead in his hand flickered and vanished. At the same time, facing the descending massive object, he showed no intention to dodge—instead, he took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and golden light flashed across his face, arms, and elsewhere, instantly turning into a radiant golden hue.

Immediately, he shouted loudly, slightly crouched his body, and struck first, slamming fiercely into the ground beneath the city wall.

Although this strike was mighty and imposing, facing the mist-formed leopard beast's colossal fog-like form, it was naturally insignificant. Before the punch's power could manifest, Han Li was engulfed by the green mist in an instant.

The mist-formed demon beast slammed heavily onto the city wall.

A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering boom rang out—although An Yuan City's city wall had been specially constructed, facing an attack no less than that of a Golden Core cultivator, how could it truly withstand it?

The city wall immediately crumbled inch by inch and collapsed entirely.

As for the ordinary soldiers and body refiners on the city wall, they now had nothing to worry about.

Because even before the wall collapsed, they had been crushed into meat paste by the demon beast, already dead—'life' extinguished.

Although the mist-formed demon beast perished together with the city wall, the thick demon mist it carried rapidly spread in all directions. Anyone nearby who was swept into this green mist immediately screamed and collapsed, unable to rise, and within moments, turned into a corpse of emerald green.

Thus, the nearby soldiers who had originally wanted to rush over to seal the breach instantly fled in extreme terror, retreating backward.

Almost simultaneously, strange cries rose from the green mist, and vast numbers of leopard beasts surged out from within. The red python horde already waiting outside the city wall also raised their heads and hissed, then swarmed in like a tide through the breach, seemingly utterly unafraid of the leopard beasts' toxic mist.

This batch of red pythons that surged forward actually contained hundreds of mutant giant pythons, and in an instant, they scattered the hastily built secondary defense line behind the city wall. The red python army surged into An Yuan City like a 'tide'.

An Yuan City was thus truly breached.

"Quickly act—if we can seal this breach, we can still save the city!" The cultivators in the air naturally turned pale with fear. The bald, burly man at the false Golden Core stage unwillingly shouted loudly, then activated a treasure resembling an axe in his hand, preparing to strike downward. "

"Forget it! Brother Wang, it's already too late. Even if the city wall hadn't collapsed, An Yuan City couldn't be held. Being overrun by the beast horde is merely a matter of time." The gold-robed man from the Jin Yu Sect nearby suddenly spoke up to stop him, then calmly glanced toward the distant horizon outside the city.

"What do you mean by that! Huh, what's that?" The bald man, hearing the gold-robed man's words, was first startled, but as the other's gaze followed, his face 'color' suddenly turned iron-green.

Because in the distance behind the red python horde, unknown when, sheets of yellow 'color' dust mist had appeared, and the ground faintly transmitted rumbling tremors, like ten thousand horses galloping.

"This... this is the sand worm beast—it must have come from the Qing Luo Desert. This beast 'tide' is actually four waves of demon beasts joining forces—An Yuan City is truly doomed." A well-informed cultivator exclaimed loudly from outside.

Other cultivators hearing this turned grim-faced.

With so many demon beasts, not to mention a small city like An Yuan, even a medium-sized city would struggle to resist.

Since things have come to this, we'll each go our own way. Qin Mou still has someone to save, so I'll take my leave first." The man in the brocade robe suddenly cupped his hands toward the other cultivators, gestured with his hand, and summoned the young male and female cultivators of the Golden Jade Sect. Together, they shot off in a streak of light toward the city, completely ignoring the beast horde below.

I never thought the Tian Yuan Mirror would see its seventh city fall to the beast horde so quickly. Once this is settled, Tian Yuan City will surely send people to investigate the exact cause of the city's fall, to see if any high-level demon beasts were involved. Everyone, tell the truth when the time comes. Wang Mou is taking his leave as well." After giving a bitter laugh, the bald, burly man exchanged a few polite words with the other cultivators, then departed on his magical device—but in the opposite direction outside the city.

The other cultivators exchanged glances, then similarly scattered in all directions.

Some hurried back into the city to rescue their loved ones, while others, like the bald, burly man, simply left An Yuan City outright.

At that moment, the yellow mist in the distance swept toward the vicinity of An Yuan City, and from within it emerged a colossal insectoid beast, each about ten zhang in size, with eyes glowing bright red, ferocious and vicious...

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