Chapter 1527

The purple-blood puppet appeared, its six eyes turning simultaneously, flashing strange blood light. Suddenly, it grasped at empty air with both hands, and a blood-colored giant axe appeared in its grasp, slashing toward the opposite side.

The giant axe, as large as a small mountain, pressed down with tremendous force. Though it had not yet struck anything, a terrifying wind pressure surged forward first, violently shaking the silver-colored electric arcs below, as if it would cleave them apart.

A beast's roar erupted from the Lei Guang, and the electric arcs below instantly came alive, intertwining. Amidst the rumbling, they transformed into a silver-colored thunder sword, which shot upward to meet the attack.

After a heaven-shaking, earth-rumbling boom, the blood light and electric arcs collided. The two giant blades trembled and instantly shattered inch by inch, vanishing into nothing.

Lei Guang flashed, and several zhang-long green claw lights appeared, shooting straight at the purple-blood puppet.

Seeing this, the blood-robed person standing on the puppet's shoulder snorted coldly through the nose, opened their mouth, and spat out a mouthful of essence blood. Then, with a backhand grab, they hurled it forcefully.

That essence blood spun around and transformed into a blood-colored spear, shooting forth.

With a few "puchi" sounds, the blood spear instantly pierced through several claw lights, flashing past and about to sink into the lightning below.

But suddenly, silver light flashed. A phantom of a Ming Lei beast's skull enlarged several times emerged from the lightning, opened its mouth, and swallowed the blood-colored spear whole. Then it spat back, and an extraordinarily thick electric arc transformed into a silver flood dragon charging toward the blood-robed person.

The two blood eyes of the purple-blood puppet flashed, and two streaks of blood light shot out, striking the electric flood dragon directly. Both simultaneously dissipated and vanished.

The purple-blood puppet, the blood-robed person, and a Ming Lei beast clashed with lightning speed, yet neither side gained the upper hand.

But immediately, countless green threads shot out from the blood mist into the air, instantly converging at a point. Amidst flashing green light, they transformed into a slender figure stepping on golden flowers. It was Mu Qing.

At the same time, a sinister wind raged nearby, revealing the figure of a white-haired beautiful woman.

Both wore unusually solemn expressions, their eyes unblinking as they stared at the beast's head opposite them.

Seeing this, the Ming Lei beast's skull opposite revealed a ferocious expression. Lightning surged below, and another phantom of a single-horned skull appeared, slightly smaller than the first, with a finer horn.

Upon seeing the two Ming Lei beast skulls, the white-haired beautiful woman's expression turned somewhat unpleasant. She murmured:

"There are actually two Ming Lei beasts here. I say, even if the Ming Lei beast is formidable enough, how could that Zhu Daoist friend who intruded last time have fallen so easily?"

"What's the use of saying this now? The divine liquid and the spiritual veins of this place are interconnected. To sever their connection and take them away, we must buy him more time. We three have no choice but to fight desperately." The blood-robed person snorted coldly and spoke in a gloomy tone, seemingly in no good mood.

Mu Qing and the white-haired beautiful woman exchanged a glance upon hearing this.

The blood-robed person's reaction was not strange. Anyone who suddenly learns their external incarnation has been destroyed would not be considered unreasonable if they did not immediately explode in rage on the spot.

"Earth Blood Daoist friend, it has already been quite some time since your incarnation left outside was destroyed. Moreover, it happened before the other Ming Lei beast returned. It seems that besides these two Ming Lei beasts, something else has arrived here. They are either lying in wait outside to ambush us, or they have already sneaked into this place. Perhaps they are even watching us fight these two Ming Lei beasts." Mu Qing's beautiful eyes flashed with cold light as she spoke slowly.

"Even if we knew how? These two Ming Lei beasts are already so difficult to deal with—where would we find the energy to worry about anything else? As for me, I have continuously failed to sense Han Xiaozǐ's mark. It seems he was truly slain by the other Ming Lei beast. This is truly regrettable." The white-haired beautiful woman sighed.

"Since the Ming Lei beasts returned so quickly, Han Xiaozǐ's life is surely in danger. Still, dealing with the Ming Lei beasts before us is urgent! Though these two ferocious beasts lack high intelligence, their entire bodies possess thunder-attribute divine abilities, which largely restrain us. Only Liu Zu Daoist friend can match them in strength, but unfortunately, only he can sever the spiritual veins and cannot divide himself. It seems we too have no choice but to fight desperately. As for the one who destroyed my incarnation outside—since they have not dared to show themselves until now, their strength is clearly not enough to fear. As long as we remain more cautious, prevent them from sneaking in and exploiting an opening, we will be fine." The blood-robed person also suddenly spoke up.

Opposite the phantom skulls, one suddenly swelled violently in size, opened its mouth wide, and lunged to devour the three. The other lowered its head, the horn on its head flaring with blinding electric light. Amidst a thunderclap, several thick silver arcs shot wildly toward the group.

Below, the two Ming Lei beast bodies simultaneously activated their thunder power, conjuring more silver-colored lightning balls, which surged wildly toward the opposing blood mist.

The white-haired beautiful woman's expression darkened. With a shake of her shoulders, a ghostly hair-abiding apparition appeared above her head. A thick, murky yin wind gushed wildly from the ghost's mouth.

Mu Qing's body flashed with green light, and countless green threads shot forth. She did not dare to be negligent!

As for the blood-robed person, they stood motionless in place, but the six eyes of the purple-blood puppet beneath their feet all opened wide, spewing six columns of red light. Simultaneously, the blood mist below surged turbulently, not willing to yield, rolling back against the lightning balls.

In an instant, the battle between the three great demon kings and the two Ming Lei beasts erupted suddenly.

Blood mist rolled, thunderous roars rose, and numerous strange phenomena instantly engulfed Mu Qing and the others once more.

Han Li stood silently near the entrance, brows tightly furrowed, concentrating deeply on how to rescue the two women, Yuan Yao and Yan Li.

If not for that strand of green qi, everything would be simple. As long as he seized the moment when the several demon kings and thunder beasts were locked in their fiercest combat, unable to divide themselves, he could suddenly strike and abduct the two women. The white-haired beautiful woman and others, for the sake of the Ming River divine milk, would likely not abandon their pursuit of him.

But now, an additional strand of green qi of unknown origin has appeared. If he makes a move and is intercepted by it, would he not be courting great misfortune?

Han Li is unwilling to lightly court such danger.

Han Li's eyes flickered nonstop, various thoughts racing through his mind without cease.

As time passed bit by bit, the Ming Lei beasts in the battle and the white-haired beautiful woman, among others, each displayed their divine powers. The intensity of the fighting grew increasingly violent. The two thunder beasts seemed to realize that delay would be extremely disadvantageous to them. Anxious and restless, their ferocious aura intensified, and their attacks, accompanied by beastly roars, became frenzied and abnormal.

The beasts' bodies were surrounded by myriad thunder arcs. The horns on their heads suddenly thickened several times over. Each bolt of lightning shooting forth from above resembled a divine spear from beyond the heavens. One strike would inevitably send one of the three demon kings retreating several steps. The two beasts clearly held the upper hand, overwhelming Mu Qing and the two other demon kings.

Yet, to say they could immediately defeat the three demon kings and drive them from the water pool below in a short time seemed rather difficult.

Han Li observed this scene, narrowed his eyes slightly, and his illusory form began to move slowly toward the distance.

Regardless, he would first reach Yuan Yao and Yan Li's side before saying anything else. Other matters would have to be dealt with as circumstances arose. He was determined to rescue them.

To avoid detection by the few individuals and Ming Lei beasts in the battle, Han Li moved naturally and extremely slowly during the process. Any existence in the great hall possessed a cultivation realm far surpassing his. Even if he used the Taiyi Hua Qing Fu, a Mahayana-level being, if they fully unleashed their divine sense to scan him, still had a considerable chance of detecting him. Fortunately, the combatants were locked in a life-or-death struggle and generally would not divert attention to such matters.

After Han Li exhaled a long breath, he finally circled around to the other end corner of the great hall from near the battle group and arrived beside the two women.

His gaze swiftly swept over Yuan Yao's body.

At such close range, Han Li saw that on this woman's originally jade-fat-like face, faint traces of blood threads appeared, hidden and revealed. These blood threads were as fine as hair; without such close proximity and the aid of spiritual-eye divine abilities, an ordinary person would see nothing at all.

Han Li furrowed his brows.

The two women were restrained by the Earth Blood Qiong Laoguai using strange blood seals. This is clearly an extremely vicious evil art. Using Subduing Evil Divine Lightning or Spirit-Eating Heavenly Fire should be highly effective. However, the Spirit-Eating Fire Bird has been placed by him at the entrance. To break this seal, one can only use Subduing Evil Divine Lightning.

Of course, now is not the time to act. Breaking this seal would not only reveal one's own form, but the Earth Blood Qiong Laoguai would also immediately sense it.

Han Li thought thus, withdrew his gaze, and glanced once more toward the location of the green qi.

This thing is certainly related to those ghostly entities outside. He does not believe the other party would merely observe without acting. Now is absolutely not the time for him to act; he can only compare patience with the other party.

Han Li, after turning over countless thoughts in his mind, could only make such a conservative decision.

Moreover, the main reason he must act this way is that the Six-Legged One, the one with the greatest divine power among the Earth Abyss Demon Kings, has left no trace at present.

He dares not act rashly without knowing the other party's whereabouts.

However, when Han Li shifted his gaze away from the green qi and glanced again at the strange water pool below the battle group, he naturally suspected that the Six-Legged Demon King might be hiding beneath it.

After all, the palace is so vast that besides this pool, there is nowhere else to hide a person.

But unfortunately, the mist floating in the pool possesses the divine ability to block spiritual sense. After Han Li's spiritual sense lightly swept over it, he found he could not penetrate it at all. He merely felt that the pure spiritual essence contained in the white-colored spiritual mist was something he had rarely seen in his life—as if inhaling a single mouthful of this white mist could save him several days of arduous cultivation.

This is also why Han Li instantly concluded that whatever was in the pool must be the Ming River divine milk.

Han Li began to feel strangely puzzled: why did Mu Qing and the others not immediately take water from the pool and leave? Even though the two Ming Lei beasts are extraordinarily formidable, they should not have deprived the three of even the chance to secretly take the divine milk.

Especially since the three have already occupied the air above the green pool, it should not be difficult at all.

After thinking more carefully later, Han Li came to understand. Either the green pool contains some formidable prohibition preventing the three demon kings from acting rashly, or the method of obtaining the Ming River divine milk involves some peculiarity that makes it difficult for them to acquire easily.

Perhaps the Six-Legged One's failure to appear is related to this matter.

Han Li thought this way, and became even more unwilling to act rashly.

He simply stood honestly beside the two women, waiting quietly for the battle formation above the green pool to decide the victor, or for that streak of green energy to make some move.

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