Chapter 1463

The Weeping Soul Beast had already awakened its spiritual intelligence, and after a brief communication, Han Li learned that the beast had suddenly sensed a terrifying yin soul force deep within the mountain range, as if some powerful ghostly entity had appeared, so threatening that even the beast felt greatly endangered, making it agitated and restless.

The Weeping Soul Beast naturally possesses the ability to restrain souls and spirits; the fact that it felt threatened by this yin soul force shows how terrifying this ghostly entity must be.

Although the Weeping Soul Beast seems not to be entirely powerless in a fight, Han Li would never take such a risk.

Therefore, he immediately abandoned the idea of entering the mountain range, preferring to spend extra time taking a detour via other routes.

These matters involved the Weeping Soul Beast's secrets, so Han Li naturally would not explain them in detail to Lei Lan and Bai Bi, instead giving vague, half-hearted excuses to get by.

As a result, the two Tian Peng clan holy sons felt slightly displeased. Han Li inwardly sneered a few times but paid no attention.

He had no intention of staying long with the Tian Peng clan, so why should he care about their opinions? As long as they didn't hinder him during this trial, that was enough.

With this mindset, Han Li thereafter gave little explanation to Bai Bi and Lei Lan, and the two holy sons had no interest in saying more either.

The spirit carriage fell into an unusual silence for a time.

Among the three, Han Li stood on the carriage gazing into the distance, Bai Bi lowered her head in silent 'chant', while Lei Lan simply closed her eyes and meditated.

Under Han Li's full power, the spirit carriage deviated from the mountain range in a moment, flying farther and farther, re-entering the desolate wilderness of alternating darkness and light.

After an unknown period of time, Han Li's expression 'shifted' suddenly; he withdrew his gaze from the distance, turned his head to look at the void behind the carriage, and his eyes suddenly narrowed slightly.

Han Li's movement naturally drew the attention of Lei Lan and Bai Bi.

One of them raised her head, the other opened her eyes.

Following Han Li's gaze, the surroundings of the spirit carriage were everywhere a hazy gray, with nothing unusual to be seen. Moreover, due to the suppression of divine sense by the earth abyss, neither could release their divine sense to search carefully. After looking for a while, they only stared at Han Li in bewilderment.

Han Li stood in the carriage with a blank expression, but blue light flickered hiddenly in his pupils, continuously flowing, without uttering a word.

"Han brother..." Bai Bi finally could not hold back and wanted to ask what exactly had happened, but just as he opened his mouth, Han Li suddenly extended two fingers and lightly traced in the void.

With a "puff" sound, a bolt of golden light flashed like lightning and swept past from behind the spirit carriage.

A startling scene appeared that startled Bai Bi and Lei Lan.

Where the golden light swept, suddenly a flash of green air appeared, materializing out of nowhere into a cluster of green 'color' mist, which was then split in two by the golden light.

Yet from the mist came a series of startled and angry low growls; the two clusters of green mist 'shot' backward, then suddenly converged toward the center, actually merging again into one cluster.

The green mist rolled for a moment, transforming into a strange demon monkey with yellow 'hair' all over its body.

It was precisely the resentful ape beast that had slain a Tian Peng clan holy son.

It had finally caught up to the spirit carriage not long ago; overjoyed, it had intended to sneak up quietly, then envelop the flying carriage in poisonous mist to kill Han Li and the others in one fell swoop.

But it never expected that Han Li's divine sense far surpassed the Soul Transformation 'realm', and his Ming Qing Ling Mu divine ability could easily see through its illusory form; a single slash dispelled its concealment ability, forcing it to reveal its true form.

Upon seeing this demon monkey, Lei Lan and Bai Bi were startled; with two soft sounds, they flew out in two directions, positioning themselves on either side.

Although their divine sense could not be projected outward, the demon monkey was so close to them that it should have been detectable, showing how formidable its transformation technique was. But how did Han Li, also a Spirit General-level cultivator, manage to detect it?

The two stared at the demon monkey with wary expressions, feeling greatly puzzled in their hearts.

At this moment, the spirit carriage came to a gradual stop under Han Li's ***vertical descent, and Han Li silently gazed at the beast behind the carriage.

"Are you three earthly people who destroyed the master's sacrifice?" The resentful ape beast's eyes widened, staring coldly at the three as it asked.

"Sacrifice? What sacrifice? When did we three ever do such a thing?" Bai Bi felt a great jolt in her heart, but she smiled and countered, not minding the ape beast's ability to speak human words.

"In the desert ahead, didn't you destroy a giant spirit flower? That was what the master used for sacrifice!" The ape beast's pupils flashed with cold light, and it asked sternly.

"No!" Upon hearing the ape beast mention the giant spirit flower, Han Li's heart stirred, but he spoke without blinking an eyelid.

The calm and straightforward tone even made the ape beast pause for a moment. But its gaze then swept over Lei Lan and Bai Bi's faces, noticing their unusual 'color', and upon a shift in thought, it instantly flew into a rage.

"You clearly carry the blood and food aura of the giant spirit flower sacrifice on your bodies, yet you dare to deceive me. I will now suck you into my belly to restore the master." The ape beast said viciously, its body spinning rapidly, transforming into over ten zhang of thick green mist that directly enveloped the three.

"Courting death!" Bai Bi's smile faded, and she fiercely flapped her wings toward the mist.

A tremendous sound of breaking space erupted, countless golden threads shot out, instantly piercing the mist, leaving it riddled with holes.

But the mist merely flowed with green light for a moment, then seamlessly recombined as if nothing had happened.

"Boom—boom—boom" successive loud noises.

On the other side, Lei Lan saw the situation was unfavorable, clenched her hands into a seal, and shot two thick silver arcs from her sleeves, striking the green mist and causing it to burst apart in the middle.

After the two clusters of Lei Guang flashed and vanished, the green mist paused momentarily, revealing two astonishingly large Kong Dong, each about a zhang in size.

Lei Lan's mouth corner had not yet just 'revealed' a smile when the mocking laughter of the ape beast came from within the mist.

The green mist spun rapidly, then immediately returned to normal, then expanded in volume, still radiating a fierce aura as it descended upon them.

Bai Bi and Lei Lan's faces 'color' changed slightly; they never expected that a mere spiritually aware resentful ape beast would be so troublesome. One hastily turned her hand, producing a green 'color' wooden comb in her palm, while the other clenched both hands into a seal, and lightning arcs suddenly coiled around her body, as if preparing to cast another spell.

Han Li let out a cold snort and acted at this moment.

Behind him, a flash of azure mist appeared, and a huge azure Peng phantom emerged, opening its beak wide toward the sky.

With a "boom" sound, a dull resonance, a pillar of azure 'color' light sprayed from the bird's mouth, flashed once, and pierced through the center of the green mist.

Immediately, the light pillar dispersed, transforming into countless azure threads that then exploded outward.

A great wind arose!

A violent hurricane swept up within the mist, drawing all the green mist into the wind, after a intense spinning, it shot up into the sky and vanished without a trace.

This cluster of green mist seemed to have been swept away completely, leaving no trace.

Lei Lan and Bai Bi witnessed this scene, both somewhat stunned.

Could it be that this extremely troublesome demon beast had just been eliminated like this?

But Han Li, watching this scene, saw his expression 'color' flash, then suddenly his shoulder trembled, and from behind him erupted eight thick golden 'color' sword qi.

In a flash, they slashed toward eight places in the void behind him.

Eight strange cries rang out simultaneously from the air, followed by eight clusters of green shadows flashing out from the void, actually managing to barely dodge these sword qi.

"You truly can see through our movements!" Eight indistinct blobs, each individually shorter than the original ape beast by a head, of green light hovered in midair, one of them even exclaimed in surprise.

"A mere trifling blindfold technique—what's so remarkable about seeing through it? What kind of demon beast are you, if not the resentful ape beast? The resentful ape beast could not possibly possess this kind of divine ability." Han Li's figure blurred slightly, his face instantly facing the green shadows, and he asked calmly.

Meanwhile, Lei Lan and Bai Bi finally realized the danger and hurriedly turned around.

This shows that although these two are not weak in cultivation and divine ability, they clearly lack experience in true life-and-death combat against others. No wonder the several elders of the Tian Peng clan previously did not hold high hopes for the success or failure of these two's solitary trial.

"Hehe, ground dweller. You want to pry into this deity's origins. Don't even dream of it! You don't look like an ordinary flying spirit race person, so on the ground I might not be able to do anything to you, but in this earth abyss, even if your cultivation is several times higher than mine, you are absolutely no match for me." This time, it was another green shadow who spoke, and immediately eight green shadows burst into loud laughter toward the sky. Then, with a flash of green light, eight demon apes with completely ordinary appearances suddenly condensed into being.

A flash of green light appeared in the hands of these demon apes, and simultaneously, a greenish-black saber materialized, its entire body emerald green, the blade inverted, rushing straight at Han Li and the three others.

Han Li's brow twitched, and suddenly he raised one hand, pointing with a palm as white as jade, his five fingers spreading apart.

Instantly, a five-colored flame erupted from his five fingers, incredibly fast—just a sweep, and it swept all eight demon apes into it at once.

Then, within the flame, the five-colored spiritual light blazed forth, and the eight demon apes' movements slowed by more than ten times, becoming extremely sluggish.

Seizing the opportunity, Han Li opened his mouth and spat out a cluster of silver-bright flames.

Under the stimulation of his spiritual sense, with a "pound" muffled sound, the silver flame instantly exploded, immediately transforming into eight silver-colored fire arrows that shot out in a flash.

With a few "puff" sounds, the eight silver-colored fire arrows flashed and pierced through the demon apes bound by the five-colored flame. Though these demon apes possessed considerable cultivation, they never imagined that such a strange divine ability existed in the world to hinder human movement.

Caught off guard, the eight demon apes clearly saw the fire arrows approaching, but their bodies were restrained and they could not dodge at all, only managing to let out a startled angry cry before fist-sized holes appeared all over their chests. The edges of the holes flashed with silver-colored flame, which then flared up violently.

The demon apes turned into strands of green smoke in the silver flame light, and in the blink of an eye, vanished into nothingness.

This demon creature didn't even manage to unleash one-tenth of its divine abilities before dying in a daze, unable to escape even a trace of its soul.

When all the silver flames gathered again into a mass, transforming into a fire bird that vanished into Han Li's body, Lei Lan and Bai Bi nearby had already stared wide-eyed in shock.

Although these two had only exchanged a single move with the demon apes, they could still see that its ferocity and danger were truly extraordinary, and they should have expected a fierce battle.

But the result was that this demon was easily slain by Han Li with a casual gesture—this contrast left them shocked, and how could they not be utterly astonished?

Only then did the two truly realize the real gap between themselves and Han Li, their gazes toward him unconsciously taking on a strange quality.

"Let's go! This demon mentioned something about a master—probably not so easy to deal with." Han Li said calmly, stepping once with his foot on the spirit carriage, which instantly emitted a milky-white light.

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