Chapter 1363: Alien Race Mystery

One hand flicked its five fingers lightly, and five thick golden arcs sprayed downward, while the other hand flashed with spiritual light, and a square brocade handkerchief covered downward, with a strange rune faintly appearing on its surface, looking extremely mysterious.

The Green Shadow saw this situation, and although startled, it wasn't overly panicked, instead just shaking its shoulders, and suddenly two more gray shadows shot out from behind it, flashing and meeting the golden arcs and the brocade handkerchief in the sky respectively.

And the Green Shadow itself twisted its body, seemingly wanting to retreat temporarily.

The winged figure above its head suddenly let out a cold snort that chilled to the bone.

An incredible scene appeared!

The Green Shadow heard this snort, and its body shook violently, its retreating momentum suddenly pausing, actually standing dazed on the spot.

Booming sounds erupted, and the five golden arcs first collided head-on with a shadow puppet.

As a result, after just a slight contact, the gray shadow dissolved like ice melting in the golden light, and clusters of gray mist rose instantly.

At the same time, on the other side, the strange rune on the brocade handkerchief shone with silver light, suddenly bursting open, transforming into thousands of thin silver threads, covering the gray shadow, then suddenly retracting, restoring to the brocade handkerchief shape, forcibly wrapping this puppet within it.

Thunder sounds erupted on the surface of the brocade handkerchief, and countless thin electric arcs flickered and jumped; the shadow puppet couldn't break free at all.

At this time, the winged figure's wings moved, and it transformed into a silver thread, disappearing on the spot.

The next moment, the silver thread appeared above the Green Shadow, and without using any magic treasure, just extended a palm and patted downward slowly.

The palm was crystal clear, and then five fingers flashed with spiritual light, simultaneously revealing five bone rings of different colors.

These bone rings were as white as jade, each inscribed with an exquisite skull the size of a grain of rice, and the skull's eyes moved, actually opening their mouths simultaneously as if they had come alive.

Five kinds of cold flames of different colors sprayed out, merging into one, and transforming into a piece of gorgeous five-colored light flame that covered downward.

The Green Shadow had just woken up from the shock of that cold snort, and before it could be shocked and angry enough to cast a spell, it felt a flash of light before its eyes, and was again swept into the five-colored light flame.

Its body condensed, and all its movements actually became extremely sluggish.

This time, the Green Shadow was terrified.

But it was also a high-level existence in the Shadow Race; without thinking, it let out a shrill scream, and its green, hazy body burst open, transforming into countless green threads that shot out in all directions, wanting to break free from the five-colored light flame's restraint.

The figure in the sky seemed to have long expected this move of the Green Shadow, and the other hand pressed downward in the same way.

This hand flashed with spiritual light, and a black mountain-shaped pattern faintly appeared on its back, but after flipping, circles of gray light surged from the palm.

Wherever the gray light passed, the green threads were like encountering a nemesis, all swept in, and in the blink of an eye, they were stirred into powder, transforming into clusters of green mist again.

These mists seemed to be squeezed by a formless force, slowly condensing into a ball, and in the gray light, they were restored to that green light shadow again.

At this moment, the light shadow's blood-red eyes were already full of shock and horror.

But it itself felt as if it were being pressed by ten thousand mountains, and despite having such great divine abilities, it could no longer cast any of them.

With a few "whoosh" sounds, streaks of light of different colors shot down from the winged figure's hand, actually a series of restriction talismans sticking onto the Green Shadow's body.

The Green Shadow's figure flickered, and the blood light in its eyes immediately dimmed.

Then an incredible scene appeared.

Under the restriction talismans, the Green Shadow's body began to shrink and deform, finally transforming into a green round ball the size of a fist, flickering with faint spiritual light.

The figure wasn't surprised by this, retracted all divine abilities with both hands, and then grabbed toward the void again.

The round ball immediately broke through the air and flew upward, being easily taken into his hand.

Then this person turned his head, smiled at the dumbfounded green-armored old man:

"Fellow Daoist Yue, Han was a bit late in taking action. Are you alright?"

"What are you saying, Brother Han! If it weren't for your rescue, I'm afraid I would have been in big trouble this time. I've long heard that Brother Han's divine abilities are extraordinary; seeing it today, it's truly well-deserved! Even a high-level Shadow Race wasn't a match for you in one strike." The old man's expression finally returned to normal, and after putting away the flying sword in front of him, he cupped his hands toward the figure above his head with a full face of smiles.

The winged figure in the sky was indeed another young man wearing green armor.

It was precisely Han Li!

However, at this time, he had actually advanced from the early stage of Spirit Severing to the mid-stage cultivation base.

Han Li smiled slightly when he heard the old man say this:

"Brother Yue's words are too much. This is just because the divine abilities I cultivate happen to be able to restrain the Shadow Race; if it were any other alien race, Han wouldn't have been able to succeed so smoothly."

"Haha, Fellow Daoist is too modest. Who doesn't know that the small team led by you is the only patrol team that hasn't lost any personnel in these decades. And I heard that during these years, Brother Han has killed or captured quite a few alien spies. Tsk tsk, in terms of achievements alone, Yue is far behind." The old man smiled bitterly and shook his head repeatedly.

"Fellow Daoist praises me too much. Are the other fellow Daoists alright?" Han Li smiled indifferently, swept his gaze all around, and asked.

"They won't have any problems. Since that Shadow Race person was restricted, the shadow puppets they controlled will also dissipate simultaneously. Even if my subordinates were possessed earlier, it was only for a moment, and at most they will lose some vitality, with no major problems. However, how did Brother Han appear in this place, and where are your subordinates?" The old man was also very sensible, and seeing that Han Li didn't want to talk more about the previous words, he immediately changed the topic.

"Hehe, this is also a coincidence. I just obtained a high-level Alien Spirit Plate, and the warning range is slightly wider. It just so happened that I was patrolling in an area not far from here, so I came over to take a look. As for those subordinates, I didn't call them to follow, and they are still waiting in the original place." Han Li said calmly while taking out a jade box from his storage bracelet and putting the restricted round ball into it.

"So that's how it is; it seems I escaped a disaster this time, truly lucky!" The old man sighed with emotion.

At this time, two other Black Iron Guards also stepped forward to pay their respects to Han Li, thanking him for his help.

And from the ground and the distant horizon, other cultivators also flew back, and after arriving in front of Han Li, naturally, there were words of gratitude.

Han Li responded indifferently, said his farewells, and transformed into a green rainbow, breaking through the air and leaving.

"I heard that Senior Han only had an early-stage Spirit Severing cultivation base when he first arrived in Tianyuan City, but his divine abilities were already not inferior to mid-stage cultivators. He advanced to the mid-stage ten years ago; wouldn't his divine abilities be even more unfathomable now?" The fierce-looking big man muttered after Han Li's escape light had completely disappeared at the end of the horizon.

"Not only that. I heard that in the decades since this senior took on the patrol mission, he has killed seven or eight high-level alien races, which is not comparable to ordinary Qingming Guards. Are flying-up cultivators really such terrifying existences?" Another Black Iron Guard also said with envy.

"Hmph, flying-up cultivators are indeed a bit stronger than our local cultivators in fighting and contention, but this Senior Han is probably an anomaly among flying-up cultivators." The middle-aged female cultivator said coldly.

This made the other cultivators pause slightly.

The green-armored old man looked in the direction where Han Li disappeared, but stroked his beard and fell into silence. After a long while, he suddenly waved his hand and led the team away from this place.

Several hundred miles away, above a hill, the green rainbow shot over from the distance, suddenly paused, and Han Li's figure floated out.

At the same time, more than ten escape lights flew out from the hill, and in an instant, ten men and women wearing black armor appeared in front of Han Li.

"Captain!"

"Senior Han!"

Several different forms of address came from the mouths of these ten cultivators, all standing with their hands tied in the void.

Decades passed, and people like the big man with green eyes and Fairy Xu were still safe, but at this time, the respect they showed toward Han Li was clearly from the heart, with no more dissatisfaction at all.

Thinking about it, this was also normal!

Anyone who discovered that the other three small teams executing the same mission and patrolling the same area had suffered astonishing casualties in these decades, and some small teams had even changed most of their members, while their own small team, although encountering many dangers, had all been resolved lightly by the person in front of them, would be wholeheartedly convinced by this captain.

Of course, under Han Li's leadership, people like Zhuo Chong also received many rewards, so naturally, there was even less dissatisfaction.

"Let's go, that alien race was a Green Shadow of the Shadow Race, and has already been resolved." Han Li nodded and said lightly.

"Green Shadow! Haha, this one truly had bad luck. Captain's Yuan Magnetic Divine Light is the best at restraining this Shadow Race. Not to mention Green Shadow, I'm afraid even the higher-level Red Shadow would be no match for the Captain." The cultivator who looked like a youth said with a smile.

"Hmph, Red Shadow is not easy to deal with even for Void Refinement stage cultivators, so how could a Spirit Severing stage cultivator deal with it. Alright, let's set off quickly. After patrolling the last area, we can rest for another half a year. Last time we just discovered the high-level existence of the Void Hole race, and this time even high-level Shadow Race appeared. The situation is truly not right!" Han Li snorted, his gaze flickering as he said.

"Yes. The last ten years have indeed not been normal! It is said that although alien spies often appear in the Fuli Swamp, they wouldn't be so frequent. Even those high-level existences are appearing in the swamp one after another as if they don't want their lives. I heard that the Burial Bone Desert, which the demon race is responsible for, also has a large number of alien spies. The Spirit Severing stage demon race patrolling there has also suffered heavy casualties. Could it be that some alien race really wants to target our human and demon races and intends to attack Tianyuan City?" Daoist Ma's face twitched, his expression becoming gloomy.

Hearing Daoist Ma's words, the group of cultivators all had their expressions change drastically, and their smiles faded away.

"No way, it's only been less than thirty thousand years since the last alien attack on the city; usually, it wouldn't erupt for sixty or seventy thousand years, right?" Fairy Xu, who still looked beautiful, asked with a frown.

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