Chapter 1410: Sudden Change

These two fat insects were two zhang long, their skin crystal white and segmented, resembling giant silkworm pupae, but one end had a small head. Not only did it have six small red eyes, but while gnawing on the moss, a large mouth full of fangs opened and closed from time to time, and it was surprisingly huge.

Han Li had already employed the Void Transformation Technique, which even Void Refinement cultivators could not detect, so naturally, he did not worry about being discovered by two Spirit Transformation-level insect beasts. He drifted grandly above one of the insect beasts, and only then did he sweep his gaze in a certain direction.

Under his Bright Clear Spirit Eyes, a faint red shadow was standing near the other Profound Vortex Beast.

It was the beautiful woman who had employed her escape technique.

And several feet behind this woman, another blurry green light drifted uncertainly; it was the old man surnamed You, who had used the power of the wind to conceal his figure.

But at this moment, both of them were looking around with some surprise, completely unable to sense Han Li's existence.

Han Li did not care; after moving his lips slightly, he transmitted a few words silently to point out his location.

These two were naturally extremely surprised, but the green light transformed by the old man flashed to Han Li's side, though he absolutely did not dare to approach within ten feet of the insect beast on Han Li's side.

Clearly, if he were too close, he would have no confidence in not being discovered.

The beautiful woman, however, was worthy of being a Void Refinement cultivator; after her surprise faded, she drifted directly to a spot five or six feet away from the other insect beast and stopped her figure silently.

For a time, all three stood motionless in place, with only the "sha-sha" sound of the two Profound Vortex Beasts gnawing on the moss.

A cold light flashed in Han Li's eyes; one of his palms suddenly turned pitch-black and shiny, and he grabbed into the void toward the insect beast beneath him.

Immediately, gray light shot out from his five fingers, and a small black mountain appeared strangely amidst the gray light, falling downward.

The insect beast below was startled, and as its body moved, it instantly swelled into a giant meatball, while blue and white spiritual light flashed on its body surface.

But it was already too late!

At such a close distance, the gray light only flashed once before sweeping the insect beast into it. The blue and white light flashing on the Profound Vortex Beast vanished instantly as if it had encountered its nemesis.

Seeing the situation was bad, the insect beast's round body shook violently, and an invisible ripple appeared on its body surface, spreading in all directions.

Han Li sneered and gently closed his pitch-black fingers.

Immediately, gray light shone brightly below, and after a few "shua-shua" sounds, seven or eight waves of gray light rolled toward the insect beast's body. As soon as the invisible ripples touched these gray lights, they were weakened layer by layer, and finally vanished completely in the Meta-Magnetic Divine Light.

The Profound Vortex Beast twisted its body, wanting to employ some other divine ability, but a black shadow appeared above its head.

With a loud "boom," the black small mountain, which had transformed into seven or eight zhang in size, smashed fiercely onto the Profound Vortex Beast's fat body, pinning it so it could not move a fraction.

However, this beast was truly worthy of being famous for its thick skin and flesh; under such giant force, it was not pressed into meat paste, but kept twisting its body, wanting to struggle free.

But at this moment, Han Li shook his sleeve, and a ball of silver flame flew out, striking the bottom of the black mountain peak.

After a muffled sound, the insect beast turned into ashes in the flames without even a whimper.

The power of the Devouring Spirit Heavenly Fire was naturally not something such an insect beast could resist.

From Han Li's attack to resolving this Profound Vortex Beast, it was only the time of a single breath.

When he finished all this, he looked back behind him. He saw the old man surnamed You standing a few feet away, looking at him with a trace of horror.

Clearly, Han Li's divine ability to resolve the Profound Vortex Beast so easily had stunned this Spirit Transformation late-stage cultivator.

Han Li smiled slightly and cast his gaze toward the other side.

He saw that the other insect beast had already been split into two pieces.

The beautiful woman was floating above the insect beast's corpse, with a fire-red small sword about a foot long suspended in front of her, also looking over with an expression of surprise.

"Fellow Daoist You, these two insect beasts have been resolved. Notify Senior Zhu and the others," Han Li said to the old man without changing his expression after bowing slightly to the beautiful woman.

"Naturally! Fellow Daoist Han, Senior Qing, please wait a moment." The old man surnamed You did not show any dissatisfaction at being ordered around; instead, he agreed with a face full of smiles. Immediately, he shook his sleeve, and a sound transmission talisman flew out, vanishing into the void in a flash.

As a result, a moment later, everyone else arrived.

The silver-haired youth saw the situation here, and after listening to the old man's rough account of the process, he naturally revealed a satisfied expression. After praising Han Li and the others a few times, he did not dare to delay and led the group to continue on their way.

Han Li walked to the tail of the team once again.

But this time, the gazes cast by the other cultivators were naturally different. Being able to kill a Profound Vortex Beast in one strike was something none of the Spirit Transformation late-stage cultivators present had confidence in.

Fairy Ying, who wore a veil, and the petite female cultivator surnamed Xiao also could not help but cast several glances over.

Han Li ignored these, just following behind without saying a word.

After walking through this section of the passage for not long, after a turn, the sound of rushing water came from ahead, and a more chilly and thick water vapor rushed toward them.

An underground river about several tens of zhang wide appeared ahead, the river water flowing past with a gurgling sound, and it was surprisingly quite rapid.

"Everyone, listen well. By passing under this river, we can go straight to the True Toad Beast's nest. I have already told everyone about the situation in the nest; it is enough to accommodate us. But those Shadow Insect Beasts are very troublesome, and it will all depend on you, Fellow Daoists," the youth surnamed Zhu looked at the river water, turned his head to say to Han Li and the others, his expression becoming solemn.

"Please rest assured, Senior Zhu! With the Heavenly Capital Profound Thunder Array, plus the assistance of Fellow Daoist Han and Fairy Xiao, even though the Shadow Insect Beasts are famous for their strangeness, they will absolutely not be able to escape," a yellow-robed middle-aged cultivator promised, patting his chest.

The other few cultivators who had been assigned the Profound Clarity Heavenly Thunder Flags also agreed.

After Han Li and the female cultivator surnamed Xiao exchanged glances, they did not say anything.

But the youth surnamed Zhu was very satisfied upon seeing this; after nodding, he waved his hand and led the beautiful woman to fly into the river water first.

The others followed one after another.

At the same time, outside the giant mountain, the old man and middle-aged man responsible for keeping watch, who were hiding in a white cloud high in the sky, were chatting casually about something.

"Old Zhao, you say Senior Zhu and the others should have reached the True Toad Beast's nest by now, right? Tsk tsk, two adult Green-Eyed True Toads; even with many people, everyone can still get quite a bit of spiritual blood. Although the spiritual blood of the other young beasts is not as useful as that of the adult True Toads, it still has some effect. It really wasn't in vain for us to rush here through all the hardships. It's just a pity that the two of us were assigned to the outside. I'm afraid the amount of spiritual blood we get will be the least," the middle-aged cultivator in blue robes complained to the white-robed old man beside him.

"Hehe, Fellow Daoist Xun is feeling a bit unwilling. Don't just look at the benefits obtained by those entering the nest; perhaps some people will lose their lives," the old man gave a dry laugh and replied nonchalantly.

"Fall? That can't be! I see that Senior Zhu and the others have prepared very thoroughly; it should be easy to succeed. What danger could there be?" The middle-aged cultivator frowned, looking somewhat disbelieving.

"It seems this is Fellow Daoist Xun's first time deep in the Savage World. You had best remember that in the Savage World, there is absolutely no such thing as a sure thing. Just like us keeping watch here; even if a large group of Spirit Transformation or Void Refinement-level ancient beasts or foreign races suddenly ran out of the fog, it would be very possible," the old man sighed and said leisurely.

"Haha... Old Zhao, you are exaggerating too much! This place is so hidden, how could such a thing happen..." The middle-aged cultivator laughed loudly upon hearing this.

The old man shook his head and wanted to say something more earnestly, but suddenly, a sudden change occurred opposite them.

A bright light slice appeared without the slightest warning at the middle-aged cultivator's neck, flashed past, and his head immediately rolled down, with a blood pillar several feet long spraying out.

"Not good!"

The old man reacted quickly enough; almost at the same time the change appeared, his figure shot backward, and he shook his sleeve, causing a small green shield to shoot out, transforming into a light barrier to protect his entire body. In addition, he opened his mouth, and another silver rainbow sprayed out, circling and dancing near his body.

But all of this was futile!

Space ripples appeared above the old man's head, and a giant blue-black claw about a zhang in size flashed out from the void, grabbing down like lightning, grabbing the old man along with his barrier and flying sword into its palm, and squeezing hard.

Immediately, a scream was emitted, and the old man turned into a pool of blood, not even his Nascent Soul able to escape.

The headless body of the middle-aged cultivator trembled, and a ball of green light shot out, wrapping a Nascent Soul about two inches tall, which held a command-arrow-shaped treasure in its hands, wanting to flee in panic.

But as soon as the Nascent Soul teleported thirty zhang away, a black light shot out from the void, and in a flash, it rolled the Nascent Soul into it, and then it vanished strangely.

Two high-tier Spirit Transformation-level cultivators had been killed in one strike just like that.

The next moment, black and green light flashed nearby, and suddenly two giant figures, one big and one small, flashed out from the void.

One was a giant existence about ten zhang tall, with a green face and fangs, and two horns on its head, resembling a giant evil ghost. The other was only about a zhang tall, but her figure was graceful and slender; she was surprisingly a young and beautiful woman, but she held a blue giant axe as tall as herself in one hand, looking extremely strange.

Both of them had a pair of crimson flesh wings on their backs, with some strange runes of various colors flashing on them, shining brightly and looking exceptionally gorgeous.

"Not bad, the Nascent Soul of a human Spirit Transformation-level cultivator is indeed a great tonic. You squeezed that one directly, which is a bit too wasteful!" The beautiful woman holding the axe swept her gaze over the headless corpse floating in the air, licked her crimson upper lip with a fragrant tongue, and said with some reluctance.

"I have just made a breakthrough recently, and my strength is not easy to control. Besides, what is the Nascent Soul of a mere human Spirit Transformation cultivator? If we want to find them, we should find the Nascent Souls of those Void Refinement cultivators; those are the truly great tonics. If we are lucky enough to swallow the Nascent Soul of a Body Integration-level cultivator, it is not impossible for us to advance directly to Nightshade King," the evil-ghost-like monster emitted a buzzing sound like thunder from its mouth.

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