Chapter 1446

After all the copper pillars hummed, white light burst from their tops, manifesting ferocious dragon heads. Following a movement, they all opened their mouths and spat out black electric arcs.

The target was precisely the mass of black mist in the restriction.

A low roar came from the mist, and suddenly a mass of silver light popped out. After a flash, the thunder beast appeared eerily in a blind spot within the electric net. But those black electric arcs seemed to have locked onto the beast, all turning and flashing to strike the thunder beast again.

The thunder beast was startled and let out an angry low roar, but it was clearly terrified of these black arcs and once again used its thunder-escape to flee wildly in all directions.

For a time, one could only see a mass of silver light flickering in the restriction, fleeing like a ghost, while behind it, dozens of black electric arcs chased incessantly, never leaving its side.

Suddenly, thunderous sounds erupted in the restriction, and the shopkeeper began chanting incantations again, driving the entire restriction from the outside.

The speed at which the black electric arcs shot out became faster and faster, finally manifesting afterimages, as if all the space in the restriction were shrouded under black electric light.

Han Li watched from the outside, secretly astonished.

He didn't know what kind of thunder divine ability these black electric arcs were, but their escape speed was truly shocking. If he were trapped in this restriction, even with his Wind-Thunder Wings, he wouldn't be able to escape for long.

This thunder beast, even if it were proficient in thunder-escape, likely wouldn't be able to hold on.

Sure enough, just as he had predicted, after only a short while, the silver light transformed by the thunder beast, due to a slight negligence, was struck by several black arcs.

After a scream, the thunder beast's figure trembled violently, appearing in mid-air, its body pausing.

With this, the other black arcs, like countless black ribbons, all struck the beast's body.

With a "Boom," a furious sound came from the thunder beast's mouth, and its body simultaneously manifested four completely different electric arcs—red, white, blue, and gold—desperately resisting the attack of the black electric arcs.

Seeing this, the gaunt man outside his eyes brightened, took a deep breath, and stepped forward, slapping his palm onto a copper pillar in front of him.

In an instant, streams of milky-white spiritual power were injected wildly into the copper pillar through his palm.

The somewhat thin electric arcs spat out from the dragon heads thickened by more than double amidst the rumbling sound.

On the other side, the thunder beast, trapped by the black arcs, finally couldn't hold on and fell from the air, the four-colored electric arcs on its body becoming dim and lusterless.

Those black electric arcs burst with light in an instant, manifesting into black chains, binding the beast tightly so it couldn't move at all.

"Good, fellow Daoists, you can go in now." The gaunt man said loudly.

He withdrew his palm from the copper pillar and cast a spell into it.

The copper pillar shook, and the massive electric net shattered inch by inch, finally dissipating and vanishing.

Han Li and the other two looked at each other and, without hesitation, each transformed into a mass of spiritual light and flew in. As the spiritual light flickered, the three of them were positioned about a zhang away from the bound thunder beast, not getting too close.

And the gaunt man himself, after withdrawing his spell, also flashed to the side of Han Li and the others.

"I will immediately use a secret technique to lock the thunder source within this beast's body. You three just need to follow my orders and inject your thunder power into the beast's body. Remember, you must persist until I say you can stop." The shopkeeper didn't say much, just quickly urged them a few more times.

Then he flipped his hand, and suddenly five black daggers appeared in his hand.

They were light, as if made of wood.

"Black Star Daggers!" Seeing these five daggers, the black-armored man and the youth's expressions changed drastically.

Han Li frowned, feeling strange in his heart.

But although the black-armored man and the youth showed strange expressions, they didn't ask anything this time.

And the shopkeeper didn't explain, just flicked his hand.

With a few "Swish" sounds, several black lights flashed, and the five daggers were shockingly stabbed into the thunder beast's limbs and heart.

The thunder beast let out an earth-shattering roar, its body trembling violently within the black chains, but not a drop of blood flowed from where the daggers pierced it.

The five daggers flickered with spiritual light, the thunder beast's eyes dimmed, and the four-colored electric arcs on its body vanished.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper spat out another mass of white light, which was a milky-white rhombic crystal, only the size of a fist.

But it was milky-white throughout, filled with an astonishing spiritual pressure.

Han Li narrowed his eyes slightly.

Unlike the high-level cultivators of the human race, the high-level existences of the Flying Spirit Race did not cultivate Golden Cores or Nascent Souls, but rather something called a "Crystal Core." In terms of importance, it was no less than the human race's Golden Cores or Nascent Souls.

With a "Puff," a large mouthful of essence blood was spat onto the crystal core, and the shopkeeper pointed at it solemnly.

Otherwise, he would rather take the extreme risk of trying to escape than truly serve as some Holy Son for an alien race.

"Do it!" Almost at the same time, the gaunt man shouted.

The youth and the others immediately began to cast spells.

Han Li rubbed his hands together, and golden arcs emerged between them.

The black-armored man opened his mouth wide, and white thunder light faintly emerged in his mouth, while the effeminate youth flapped the wings on his back, and silver arcs appeared on them.

With a loud "Boom," the three different electric arcs flashed and struck the thunder beast's body simultaneously.

A strange scene appeared.

Whether it was Han Li's Divine Thunder of Purity or the electric arcs driven by the other two, the moment they touched the thunder beast's body, they all "Sizzled" and were sucked into the five black daggers.

Following that, the five daggers flickered with layers of eerie light, then transformed into black electric arcs, silently merging into the thunder beast's body.

The black-armored man and the youth were startled, but the electric arcs in their hands didn't stop, surging wildly.

Suddenly, the eerie black light emitted by the five daggers became even more blinding, and the daggers even began to tremble slightly.

After witnessing this, Han Li glanced at the shopkeeper on the side.

He saw the gaunt man sitting cross-legged on the side, eyes closed, hands forming an exceptionally strange spell, seemingly casting some secret technique. White light burst from his body, clearly a sign that he was pushing his spiritual power to the limit.

Seeing nothing unusual, Han Li withdrew his gaze and ignored the other for the time being, focusing on driving his Divine Thunder of Purity.

He didn't know if the thunder beast's body was strange or if these "Black Star Daggers" had some other peculiarity. After the time it takes to eat a meal, the daggers, having absorbed a large amount of electric arcs, were only trembling incessantly on the thunder beast's body, with no other abnormalities.

The shopkeeper, who was sitting on the side casting spells, had become pale, his forehead covered in tiny beads of sweat, and thick veins and tendons were bulging on both sides of his forehead and neck, looking exceptionally strained, with even the spiritual light on his body dimming by three parts.

Between his brows, a fist-sized white shadow of a crystal appeared at some point, shockingly the phantom of his Crystal Core, flickering incessantly.

"You three, increase the thunder power injection!" After another while, the man, who had no blood left on his face, suddenly said in an exceptionally hoarse voice.

Hearing this, Han Li, the youth, and the others frowned.

They knew that the continuous injection just now had almost exhausted nearly half of their thunder power. If they increased the injection, they likely wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.

But hearing the shopkeeper's tone was so certain, they didn't hesitate for long and followed his instructions.

Suddenly, the thunderous sound surged, and the three-colored electric arcs almost submerged the entire thunder beast.

Under the full power of the three, the five daggers stabbed into the thunder beast's body finally underwent some changes after a moment.

As they continuously absorbed the thunder, their bodies turned red as if they were absorbing blood, and they gradually became bright red and dripping.

At this moment, the Crystal Core phantom between the shopkeeper's brows also turned blood-red and began to expand and contract incessantly.

With a low shout, the man suddenly opened his eyes and spat out another object from his mouth.

It was a jade-green wooden plaque. It was covered in layers of complex patterns, looking exceptionally mysterious.

The moment the wooden plaque appeared, it flashed to the thunder beast's head and shook slightly downward.

With a "Puff," a cluster of thin green threads shot out and vanished into the thunder beast's head.

The thunder beast, which seemed to have fainted, shook its body. Under the gentle humming of the wooden plaque, a miniature green thunder beast phantom, wrapped in countless green threads, was pulled out of the thunder beast's head by half its body.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper showed joy, his ten fingers moving incessantly, while he silently chanted some incantations.

The humming of the wooden plaque became even louder, and as those green threads were driven, they continued to forcibly pull out the thunder beast's soul-like phantom bit by bit.

Suddenly, the thunder beast's lusterless eyes flashed with golden light, thunderous sounds erupted on its body surface, and the five black daggers stabbed into various parts of its body shook violently, being ejected from its flesh by half.

Four-colored electric arcs manifested on its body surface once again.

The shopkeeper was startled. Before he could take any measures, the thunder beast's soul, which had been pulled out for the most part, emitted blinding green light and sank back into the thunder beast's body once again. At the same time, the thunder beast let out a wild roar, and as the electric arcs on its body burst forth, it began to struggle desperately.

"Can you three increase the thunder power again?" The gaunt man, in shock and anger, hurriedly asked Han Li and the other three.

"No, it's already at the limit." The effeminate youth's face was also somewhat pale.

"I also don't have the ability to inject greater thunder power at once." The black-armored man's situation was slightly better, but he also indicated he couldn't.

Han Li shook his head directly.

"Good, it seems I have to take a risk. You three fellow Daoists, just maintain the current thunder power, and I will cast a spell to bring down the Five-Colored Heavenly Thunder. I believe that with the power of this thunder, there should be a great hope of succeeding at once." The shopkeeper was disappointed but then gritted his teeth and said.

Hearing the shopkeeper's words, Han Li and the other two's expressions changed slightly, but in the end, no one voiced any opposition.

The shopkeeper no longer cared about the thunder beast's struggle, and after the pair of wings on his back flapped, he slowly flew toward the high sky.

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