Chapter 1317: First Battle Against Void Refinement

The blood clouds churned, instantly condensing into a blood lotus. With a spin, it sucked all ten or so sword lights into itself.

The small bottle shot out more than ten zhang, flashed, and vanished into the void.

This scene stunned Cai Huan Hua Tianqi, who was flying over, but he immediately became furious. He opened his mouth and spat out a hazy gray demon wind. With flying sand and rolling stones, it swept directly toward the place where Han Li was hiding.

Although this demon could not see Han Li's figure, based on his combat experience, he naturally saw at a glance that someone was casting a concealment spell on the side, which was why they had taken the small bottle.

Han Li's expression changed slightly when he saw the wild wind attacking.

Given his concealed state, he could not immediately fly away from the attack range of the wind. Once swept into this demon wind, the divine ability of the Taiyi Cleansing Talisman would be broken immediately.

At this critical moment, Xu Tian on the side sank his expression. He formed a hand seal with one hand and pointed solemnly at the incoming demon wind.

With a "Pfft—" sound, a blood-red sword light that seemed like a rainbow from beyond the heavens shot out from Xu Tian's hand. With a flash, it actually slashed the demon wind in half and shot directly toward Cai Huan Hua Tianqi.

Cai Huan Hua Tianqi was startled and hurriedly grabbed at the void with one hand.

A gray demon claw emerged above his head and grabbed at the blood light. Gray and red lights intertwined, reaching a stalemate for a moment.

Han Li was overjoyed to see this. While still concealed, he floated lightly toward the high altitude.

But just at this moment, Han Li suddenly heard a cold snort from behind:

"Where do you think you're going!"

Following this, he suddenly felt a flash of yellow light in the air, and a white jade seal appeared bizarrely above his head. It swayed, transformed into a size of more than ten zhang, and smashed down, just happening to shroud Han Li within it.

This strike was as fast as lightning, so fast that even Xu Tian didn't have time to help, letting out a low cry.

Han Li had long since witnessed the power of this jade seal; it could even collide head-on with the stone club that was half the size of the single-eyed giant and remain completely unscathed.

He absolutely could not easily take this strike.

His expression changed several times, and he sighed lightly.

Just as the place beneath the jade seal appeared empty, a flash of silver light revealed Han Li's figure.

He patted his own crown, and a small tripod wrapped in cyan light emerged. Then, the tripod lid opened, and a clear ringing sound issued from within. Countless cyan threads shot out, intertwining and flickering, instantly forming a light net that just happened to catch the seal smashing down toward his head.

The large seal fell onto the cyan light net without mercy.

A series of explosive sounds rang out. The jade seal was indeed extraordinary; the cyan net began to break inch by inch upon contact. However, the Void Heaven Tripod was a Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure after all. The light threads it sprayed out swayed, still causing the downward momentum of the jade seal to pause for a moment.

Taking this opportunity, Han Li formed hand seals with both hands. Thunder rumbled behind him, and cyan-white feathered wings emerged.

Then, his figure twisted, transforming into a white thread, and vanished along with the small tripod above his head.

When the seal finally broke through the cyan net and smashed down, it naturally fell into empty space.

At this moment, cyan electric arcs flashed more than thirty zhang away, and Han Li's figure revealed itself silently.

"How can you drive these treasures? You are not Shi Yan!"

Xu Tian's voice of disbelief suddenly rang out from the blood clouds. Then, the blood clouds churned, and a figure several inches tall emerged on the clouds.

He looked at Han Li with a face full of shock and anger; it was indeed the Xuan Spirit Xu Tian.

"You are not a Spirit Race member, you are a human cultivator!" Behind the position where Han Li had originally been, light flickered, and Spirit Lord Huang Liang's figure also appeared, his face full of surprise.

Cai Huan Hua Tianqi also took the opportunity to manipulate the demon claw, scattering the blood-red sword light. At the same time, he flashed several times and appeared beside Spirit Lord Huang Liang, also looking at Han Li with suspicion.

Facing the three Void Refinement-level existences who were all shocked, Han Li didn't intend to say another word. He just formed hand seals with both hands and opened his mouth, spitting out a mass of essence blood.

With the thick blood mist, his figure was immediately submerged within it.

"Trying to run!" Xu Tian saw this scene and immediately recognized it as a high-level escape technique, saying angrily.

Following this, the blood clouds beneath him moved, intending to pounce over.

"Hmph, Fellow Daoist Xu Tian, why be so impatient? Let me, Cai Huan, experience your Blood Fiend Spirit Lotus again. Brother Huang Liang, since it's a human cultivator, I'll leave that person to you." Cai Huan Hua Tianqi instantly semi-demonized, his figure swayed, transforming into a streak of light that pounced toward Xu Tian, while at the same time issuing a sinister voice.

"Rest assured, a mere Deity Transformation cultivator, even with a Spirit Treasure, will never escape my grasp." Spirit Lord Huang Liang stared at Han Li without blinking, saying indifferently.

He had actually seen at a glance that Han Li's Void Heaven Tripod was a Spirit Treasure.

Just as Spirit Lord Huang Liang's words fell, he opened his mouth, and a small green sword spat out like a dragon. With just a sway, it arrived above the blood mist and slashed down without mercy.

With a light "Clang—" sound, a streak of golden light also shot out from the blood mist. Although it was flicked away, it blocked the green rainbow in one strike.

A golden flying sword about a foot long was revealed.

Spirit Lord Huang Liang sneered and pointed a finger at the green rainbow.

The green rainbow pounced down, immediately intertwining with the golden flying sword. The brilliant light suppressed the golden light until it was dim. Subsequently, the green rainbow spun, transforming into a green sword wheel about a zhang wide, rotating at extreme speed, intending to grind the flying sword in the middle into powder.

A harsh sound of metal friction rang out. The golden flying sword was dimmed until only a wisp remained, but under the wild slashing of the sword wheel, it remained completely unscathed.

Instead, this flying sword stubbornly entangled the cyan rainbow, making it unable to fall.

"Eh?" Spirit Lord Huang Liang let out a light "Eh," somewhat moved.

Although this flying sword of his wasn't refined from any heaven-defying materials, it was something he had spent immense effort to refine when his Great Dao first took shape, and after thousands of years of cultivation, its power was no less than an ordinary Spirit Treasure. But at this moment, it couldn't even break a Deity Transformation cultivator's flying sword; it was truly bizarre.

Spirit Lord Huang Liang was shocked in his heart, but his face remained expressionless. He just flicked his sword seals rapidly with both hands. The cyan rainbow let out a clear ringing sound, and with a blur, it actually conjured thirty-six identical cyan lights, densely shooting toward the blood mist below, appearing as if they wanted to hack Han Li into pieces.

But what Spirit Lord Huang Liang didn't expect was that Han Li in the blood mist just swayed his shoulders, and dozens of small golden swords flew out from behind him, transforming into streaks of golden sword light, also blocking those cyan lights in the air, making them completely unable to fall.

At this time, the blood mist was already churning violently. Han Li was chanting incantations, his ten fingers changing hand seals incessantly, looking as if he were about to finish casting a spell.

Spirit Lord Huang Liang saw this scene, his surprise even greater, but then cold light flashed in his eyes. Immediately, yellow hazy light erupted from his body, and his entire person vanished from the spot.

Han Li took a deep breath. Suddenly, a blood-red scar flashed between his brows, revealing a pitch-black eyeball that immediately spat out a thin, pitch-black beam of light, which vanished in a flash.

A loud sound suddenly rang out in the void more than ten zhang away. Following the flashing of yellow light and black light, Spirit Lord Huang Liang's figure flashed out, and he immediately cried out in shock:

"Destruction Dharma Eye! You actually possess this treasure!"

This Void Refinement stage cultivator's expression became completely solemn, but after the shock, he became happy instead of angry.

He raised one hand and grabbed slowly at the void.

The sound of air being torn apart erupted above Han Li's head. A gust of wild wind rose nearby, and countless wisps of light appeared out of thin air. In the blink of an eye, they condensed into a crystal jade axe about a zhang long that appeared bizarrely.

Spirit Lord Huang Liang closed his five fingers and waved his hand downward, spitting out a single word "Slash" lightly.

The five-colored jade axe trembled and slashed down slowly. Before it even approached the blood mist, a low thunderous sound issued from beneath the axe blade.

Masses of cyan electric light flashed and jumped, and at the same time, the surrounding space twisted and deformed. It was evident that the power of this axe was unimaginable!

Han Li, who was closing his eyes and casting spells in the blood mist, naturally saw this scene and his expression changed drastically.

Without thinking, he opened his mouth and spat out a pitch-black small mountain. With a slight sway, it released rings of hazy gray light. Strangely, wherever the light rings passed, those cyan sword lights that were suppressing the golden flying sword without any resistance all let out a wail and trembled unsteadily, as if their power had greatly diminished in an instant.

The giant jade axe was clearly not comparable to those cyan sword lights. After being swept by the rings of light, it just swayed and easily slashed through the first few rings, its downward momentum completely unaffected.

Han Li was extremely anxious. Urging his spiritual sense, the dozen or so rings of light exploding behind the small mountain suddenly paused and condensed together, transforming into an incredibly thick ring of light. It trembled and vanished, but the next moment, it suddenly appeared near the jade axe. With a tighten, it actually circled the jade axe within it.

The five-colored spiritual light on the surface of the jade axe flickered, and it involuntarily paused in the air, appearing as if it were about to lose control.

Spirit Lord Huang Liang in the distance was horrified, but without thinking, he let out a low shout and performed several hand seals in succession.

Immediately, thunder rumbled on the jade axe, and streaks of cyan electric arcs erupted. After a fierce slash, it finally shattered the gray ring of light into fragments.

With this delay, Han Li's figure in the blood mist blurred, and his entire person suddenly transformed into a streak of blood light that shot out from the blood mist. With a tremble, he appeared incredibly more than a hundred zhang away, transforming into a black dot.

And those flying swords and the pitch-black small mountain also vanished into thin air.

This was Han Li's life-saving escape technique, the "Blood Shadow Escape." With his Deity Transformation cultivation and his current formidable physical body, this escape technique naturally became even more miraculously inconceivable. After a few flashes, the escape light vanished without a trace at the edge of the sky.

This time, not only Spirit Lord Huang Liang, but even Xu Tian and Cai Huan Hua Tianqi, who were fighting fiercely in the distance, were stunned.

But immediately after, the three let out angry shouts, almost simultaneously forming hand seals, and suddenly transformed into three streaks of light more than ten zhang long, following in wild pursuit.

After a few more flashes, they also vanished at the edge of the sky. The speed of their escape light didn't seem to be much inferior to the Blood Shadow Escape.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1318 =====