Chapter 1393

"Dragon head, the head of a true dragon, absolutely not some flood dragon skull!" Gazing at the colossal object in the distant sky, Han Li's heart was startled.

Only the giant skull in the sky, identical to the true dragon skull he had seen in ancient texts, and the entire skull was golden, as if forged entirely of pure red gold, with a pair of golden horns on its head like two small trees, shimmering spiritually, inspiring awe.

"Not a true dragon? Although the aura is indeed that of a true dragon, the spiritual power within this thing is at most comparable to that of a mid-stage Body Integration demon cultivator. How could a true spirit-level existence possess only this much spiritual power?" Ye Chu suddenly exclaimed, his expression changing.

"Not a true spirit-level existence, yet able to manifest the form of a true dragon—this must be the result of forcibly activating true dragon blood, creating a true dragon soul." Upon hearing Ye Chu's words, the white-robed girl's eyes flashed with a hint of cold light as she murmured.

"True dragon blood! It must be the Long family causing trouble." Ye Chu raised his eyebrows, and a murderous aura instantly appeared on his face.

"Indeed, that must be it. I had sensed something strange earlier; I had only just joined this mission when the Long family arranged for their young master to participate as well. It seems he came specifically for me." The girl coldly snorted.

"Coming for the young master? Could it be for that rumor..." Ye Chu thought of something, and his expression drastically changed.

"What rumor?" After Han Li's Dayan Technique circulated within his body, he finally recovered from the inexplicable shock and asked with an extremely unpleasant expression.

"Hehe, Han brother knows this true dragon soul was conjured by the Long family's young master to plot against my heavenly phoenix spirit blood. But since he chose to ambush my younger sister here, he naturally won't let any living witnesses escape. We true spirit families have long had an agreement, strictly forbidding clans from seizing each other's true spirit bloodlines. Violators will be exterminated by all families united. This Long family young master, though bold, would not dare act against me within human territory, hence he lured me here under false pretenses to launch a sudden attack. However, activating true spirit blood alone is beyond the capability of a mere Soul Transformation cultivator like him; most likely, Long family has other Void Refinement cultivators present." The white-robed girl gazed calmly at the distant giant dragon head.

After hearing these words, Han Li recalled the Long family's eastern representative's unusual attention to the girl along the way, and inwardly believed it was likely so.

"If it were ordinary true spirit blood, it would be fine. But we Ye family and the Long family, as ancient true spirit clans, have had our spirit blood deeply interwoven in our bloodlines for hundreds of thousands of years. Theoretically, it should be impossible to seize. The Long family should be aware of this." Ye Chu's expression turned solemn, a flicker of doubt crossing his face.

"I am not entirely clear on this either. Since the Long family dared to act here, they must have devised some method. Nevertheless, even if they have some means, they must first defeat my heavenly phoenix soul. Soon, when my younger sister activates her spirit blood, she will need Elder Sister Chu's assistance. Han brother, I will trouble you with guarding the law." The white-robed girl's expression darkened.

"Since I cannot remain detached, Han Li will naturally do his utmost." Han Li glanced at the slowly approaching dark clouds and the giant dragon head, forcing a bitter smile.

This so-called true dragon soul seemed to pay them no heed at all, appearing completely unhurried.

"Han Li understands. I will first set up a formation, then activate the spirit blood to battle this true dragon soul. Let us see whether our Ye family's heavenly wind power is stronger, or the Long family's true dragon blood purer." The girl spoke with a relaxed expression.

Afterwards, she stroked her storage bracelet, and instantly a thick stack of colored formation flags appeared. With a wave of her hand, dozens of beams of light shot out, sinking into the nearby ground and vanishing.

In the blink of an eye, a layer of purple misty radiance appeared out of thin air nearby, swirling uncertainly in the low sky.

Han Li could not at first discern what power this formation possessed.

At this moment, the girl sat cross-legged in the center of the formation, then opened her mouth and spat out five clusters of differently colored light orbs, which orbited around her body.

Each light orb was only the size of a fist, inside each faintly contained an object of different form, namely the "xiao," "qin," "pipa," "knife," and "ring"—five small "mi" objects.

Among them, the pipa within the yellow light orb was indeed the Spirit-Defying Pipa Han Li had seen before. Its terrifying power, he had witnessed firsthand—it was a rare imitation spirit treasure.

Thus, the remaining four objects should be of equal standing to the Spirit-Defying Pipa. If so, the white-robed girl's wealth is truly astonishing.

As Han Li pondered uncertainly, the girl solemnly produced a flawless white jade bottle from her person, opened the lid, and emitted an unusually pleasant phoenix cry, whereupon a tiny, inch-sized colorful phoenix flew out, about to flee after a brief circle.

However, the white-robed girl opened her small mouth, and a stream of five-colored radiance sprayed out, instantly enveloping the white phoenix.

The radiance flared, and the colorful phoenix's body flashed with spiritual light, transforming back into a five-colored spirit pill, its fragrance assailing the nostrils.

The girl expressionlessly pointed at the spirit pill; the five-colored spirit pill instantly flew on its own into her mouth, and she swallowed it, closing her eyes.

At this moment, Ye Chu flashed to the girl's side, sat down similarly, formed hand seals, and opened his mouth, spraying out a column of yellow misty light filled with the purest wood spirit energy, which poured into the girl's body.

Almost simultaneously, the girl's body emitted a green misty radiance; above her head, a flash appeared, and a circular light halo several feet in diameter emerged, slowly rotating.

This halo was not only perfectly round, but its edge also flickered with white flames about a foot high, while at its center hovered a humanoid phantom seated cross-legged, whose appearance vaguely resembled the girl's, though several times smaller, with eyes slightly closed and hands forming seals.

The female phantom within the halo suddenly opened both eyes, and five-colored streams of light flashed, appearing extremely mysterious.

At this moment, the distant dark clouds were already within a few li of them, and just then, the white-robed girl's skin began to flush abnormally red, her face covered with an abnormal layer of blood light, which transformed into streaks of radiance that wildly surged into the halo in the sky.

Instantly, the green halo in the sky trembled, as if dyed red, and immediately turned into a vivid, dripping red.

As the halo's phantom came into contact with this blood light, it instantly absorbed it into its body, while simultaneously emitting inch-long five-colored spiritual light.

With the influx of vast blood light, the five-colored spiritual light surged and began to blaze dazzlingly.

The entire phantom transformed into a cluster of five-colored blazing sun, its light blinding.

Suddenly, a phoenix cry piercing the nine heavens rang out; the halo spun, and all sank into the central blazing sun. Immediately, the blazing sun's five-colored spiritual light burst forth, instantly transforming into a zhang-sized five-colored phoenix, which let out a resonant clear cry, spread its wings, and flew straight toward the opposing dark clouds.

Along the way, the phoenix's body swelled without cease; with each flap of its wings, its size doubled; after a few flaps, the entire phoenix transformed into a giant a hundred zhang in length, exuding an aura no less stern than that of a giant dragon, appearing out of thin air.

The giant phoenix's pair of silver eyes stared coldly at the dragon head within the dark clouds, its massive body suspended not far opposite it.

The golden dragon head, at the instant the giant colorful phoenix appeared, let out a dragon cry that broke off, revealing an expression as if facing a great enemy. After the dark clouds and lightning trembled, a golden body over two hundred zhang in length finally emerged.

This true dragon's body was actually several times larger than the five-colored phoenix.

Although its size was clearly much smaller than the opponent's, the phoenix showed no fear, merely flapping its wings once.

Instantly, a violent gale erupted beneath one wing, with thick wind pillars shooting into the sky, while near the other wing, countless white light points appeared, followed by successive "puchi" sounds, after which the points instantly transformed into blooming white flames that rapidly expanded, turning in an instant into a vast, surging sea of white flame.

Thus, a strange scene appeared.

With the phoenix's wings as boundary, one half of the sky was filled with howling fierce winds, violent gusts, and completely dominating blue violent wind power, while the other half was a rolling sea of fire, white flames nearly igniting that half of the sky, the temperature so high that the air became blurred.

Facing this, the golden dragon's aura suddenly changed, becoming violently frenzied; thunder roared in the black clouds above, countless bolts of lightning struck down simultaneously from the clouds, instantly intertwining into countless ten-plus-zhang-long silver lightning flood dragons, shaking their heads and swaying their tails, densely clustered around the golden dragon, so numerous that one could not tell their number at a glance.

As Han Li stared agape from below, the sky simultaneously echoed with dragon cries and phoenix calls; the golden dragon opened its maw, and suddenly a golden column of light erupted wildly, while the surrounding silver lightning flood dragons immediately rolled forward in a mad charge toward the opposite side. Meanwhile, the colorful phoenix in the sky simultaneously swung both wings forward, and instantly the blue hurricane and white sea of fire pressed downward together.

With a thunderous boom, the sound echoed throughout heaven and earth, and the two true spirit souls finally clashed.

Han Li narrowed his eyes as he gazed at the sky, but he placed most of his spiritual sense near the formation, guarding against any mishap.

In the sky, silver lightning arcs, blue violent winds, and white flames—three utterly different forces of heaven and earth—interwove together, within which the massive bodies of the golden dragon and five-colored phoenix appeared and disappeared intermittently, and, like ordinary beasts, clung tightly together in close combat.

However, their divine powers were by no means trivial; the golden dragon's claw often left five white marks tearing through the void, while the phoenix's wing strike instantly distorted and deformed the space ahead.

Between them, earth-shaking sounds rang out continuously, as if the entire sky might be torn apart at any moment.

Seeing this, Han Li's heart surged with shock and turmoil like a raging tide.

This is what is called a "true spirit soul," yet it possesses such heaven-shaking, earth-moving divine powers—what then must be the incomparable, heaven-destroying, earth-annihilating capabilities of the true true dragon and heavenly phoenix?

It seems the records in those ancient texts, claiming that heaven-defying existences like true dragons and heavenly phoenixes fear not the true immortals of the true immortal realm, may indeed have some truth to them.

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