Chapter 1549: Leaving

Two days passed in a flash!

In the gray-white mountain range, on top of a nameless giant mountain, a giant magic array with a radius of a hundred feet was set up.

The edge of this magic array was composed of eight high platforms, each with a tall giant banner inserted, and the golden and silver runes on the banners flickered non-stop.

In the center of the magic array, Han Li stood motionless.

Outside stood a few people, the old man surnamed Jiang, Yuan Yao, and Yan Li.

At this moment, the old man's long robe fluttered, and he looked up at the hazy sky.

In the high sky, a giant white mark more than a hundred feet long floated in and out of sight.

"Fellow Daoist Han, although I can use the space cracks of the Underworld River and the power of the magic array to teleport you outside, I cannot guarantee where I will teleport you to. But don't worry, I won't teleport you to other continents; it will mostly be in the area near the Flying Spirit Clan." After a while, the old man lowered his head and said to Han Li.

"Thank you for the reminder, Senior, the junior knows." Han Li felt a chill in his heart and replied respectfully.

"Very good, it's about time. I will cast the spell now to send you away from the Underworld River. By the way, keep this thing well. When you have collected enough things and want to enter this place again, you can enter the Underworld River again according to the method described on it. I only have this one piece, and it is a one-time consumable." The old man raised his hand, and two things shot out.

Han Li hurriedly raised his hand to catch them, focused his gaze, and gasped:

"Reverse Star Disk! Senior actually has this thing?"

In his hand was a round basin emitting white light and another blue jade slip.

"Eh, you also know this thing, that's truly not easy. However, this is not a real Reverse Star Disk, just a replica. But the materials for refining this thing are extremely hard to find. I originally refined a few, but most of them were used up. Now only this one is left. The jade slip contains the method for you to use this thing to enter the Underworld River. You can take a careful look later. Also, take back the Gold-Devouring Beetles you used for scouting." The old man's expression showed surprise, but he said this lightly, and then flicked his sleeve again.

Immediately, a green, hazy treasure flew out from his sleeve, which was a wooden pagoda that looked emerald green.

After this treasure spun, two golden flowers shot out from the bottom of the pagoda.

It was the Gold-Devouring Beetles that had been taken by the old man.

Han Li was happy to see this and reached out to beckon. The two Gold-Devouring Beetles immediately spread their wings and shot back.

"Fellow Daoist Han, you were actually able to cultivate mature Gold-Devouring Beetles, that is truly a great fortune. However, let me give you a piece of advice. Although mature Gold-Devouring Beetles are terrifying, they belong to group-type spirit insects and can only truly exert their power when they reach a certain number. With only a few, they are easily restrained by high-level cultivators using wood and stone treasures and can only be used for surprise attacks. If you spend your energy on these Gold-Devouring Beetles, it would be better to use it on your own cultivation. Of course, if you can cultivate thousands of mature Gold-Devouring Beetles and drive them like an arm, then most of the Spirit World will be yours to roam. Even ordinary wood and stone treasures won't be able to trap so many mature Gold-Devouring Beetles. However, the divine sense consumption for so many Gold-Devouring Beetles is something even Body Integration stage cultivators like us cannot bear. Hehe, if you can cultivate the legendary Gold-Devouring Beetle King, don't say Body Integration stage cultivators like me, even true immortals in the sky would have to retreat three feet." The old man reminded with a few laughs.

"Gold-Devouring Beetle King!" Han Li was stunned; this was truly the first time he had heard this name.

"Why, you don't know? Oh, that's right. Only a few of the Mayfly Clan who have a great relationship with insects know about the Gold-Devouring Beetle King, so it's not strange that you don't know. I won't say much about this. If you have a chance, you can find relevant information yourself. This Beetle King is just a rumor that has been circulating for I don't know how long; I've never heard of anyone who has truly cultivated it. You don't need to think too much about it." The old man smiled and didn't want to say much more, forming a hand seal with one hand!

"Boom!" With a loud sound, a thunderclap rang out in the clear sky, and dark clouds suddenly gathered in the nearby sky, and a strong wind blew.

In the wind, intermittent chanting sounds were spat out from the old man's mouth. Although the sound was not loud, it was exceptionally clear.

A shocking scene appeared.

Without any other movement from the old man, the giant banners on the eight high platforms trembled simultaneously. As the banners fluttered in the wind, the entire magic array began to hum.

Five-colored spirit threads appeared near the magic array, transforming into strands of light glow that swept towards the eight giant banners.

The eight giant banners flickered with spirit light, and waves of astonishing spirit pressure were faintly revealed.

Every part of the magic array lit up, and one rune after another popped out from the magic array.

Han Li, who was in the center of the magic array, could clearly feel the terrifying power contained in these runes.

If these runes were to explode together, even with his current copper-clad and iron-boned body, he would absolutely be unable to resist.

Han Li's expression changed slightly, and he took a deep breath.

Yuan Yao, who was outside the magic array, also changed her expression upon seeing this, and the look of concern in her eyes when looking at Han Li flashed.

Just then, the old man suddenly let out a low shout.

The eight giant banners spun, and eight light pillars as thick as bowls shot out simultaneously, disappearing into the high sky in a flash.

Immediately, the white mark in the sky brightened several times more than before.

Seeing this, the old man flicked his sleeve at the sky.

A muffled sound came from above the magic array, and then green light dazzled, and a green, hazy light sword about several feet long appeared.

"Slash!" The old man shouted sharply with an expressionless face and pointed two fingers at the light sword.

The green light sword stood up instantly and slashed at the white mark in the sky.

A buzzing sound rang out in the nearby sky, and the air tightened, as if the heaven and earth energy nearby had been sucked dry by this sword.

The giant sword expanded countless times in an instant, covering most of the sky like a heaven-supporting divine weapon.

"Clatter!" A tearing sound resounded through the entire sky.

The green giant sword actually slashed open the white mark.

In the white mark, a long, thin black crack appeared.

The old man waved his hand, and the giant sword dissipated and disappeared.

At the same time, eight giant runes appeared near the black crack, each the size of a house, turning non-stop with golden light.

Han Li felt the air around him tighten, and then the runes in the magic array under his feet floated towards him simultaneously.

He was startled and felt a bit creepy, but the runes transformed into five-colored glow, spinning rapidly around Han Li.

He felt the surroundings blur slightly, and his whole body felt dizzy.

After a strange scream, a five-colored light pillar shot up from the center of the magic array and disappeared into the black crack in a flash.

At the same time, the light of the entire magic array converged, and it stopped running.

And in the center of the magic array, it was empty, and Han Li was nowhere to be seen.

"Master, was Brother Han really sent out?" Yuan Yao witnessed all this and could no longer hide her concern, asking the old man.

"Yao'er, don't worry. This spellcasting was very successful; now he should have returned to the Spirit World. If there is fate, short in a few hundred years, long in a thousand years, he will naturally return to the Underworld River. You will have a chance to see him again." The old man laughed and replied.

It seems this old man also saw some things, and his words were a bit teasing!

Yuan Yao's face turned red, but she didn't argue, unable to help but look at the sky again.

She saw that the black crack in the high sky had now gradually merged, turning back into a white mark, and gradually blurring.

"Junior Sister, let's go back. Didn't Senior Jiang say, if there is fate, we can always see each other. Don't look at Junior Sister's current cultivation and divine abilities being far inferior to Fellow Daoist Han, but with Senior Jiang as a master, I believe in a few hundred years, Junior Sister's cultivation realm will definitely not be below his." Yan Li also walked over, put a white wrist on Yuan Yao's shoulder, and said with a smile.

"Hehe, this girl is right. Although Han kid is not simple. But with my personal assistance, it is almost certain that Yao'er will enter the Refining Void stage, and even for you to enter the Body Integration stage, I have a 40-50% chance." The old man surnamed Jiang said with confidence.

"Master is so kind, Yao'er will definitely cultivate with all her heart!" Yuan Yao was not an ordinary woman after all. After hearing this, she withdrew her mind and bowed to the old man with gratitude.

Just as Han Li was sent away from the Underworld River by the old man surnamed Jiang, in a wilderness area tens of thousands of miles away, the Six-Footed, the white-haired woman, the blood-robed person, and the purple-blood puppet were trapped in a sea of insects, struggling to support themselves.

All around them, whether in the sky or on the ground, there were countless strange insects that looked like centipedes but had wings on their backs and hooks on their tails, besieging them.

These strange insects were three or four feet in size, ferocious, and fearless of death.

At this moment, the Six-Footed had transformed into a black giant insect, and countless black light rays shot out from its body from time to time, piercing and shattering those insects.

And the purple-blood puppet, under the urging of the blood-robed person, grew a thousand times larger, with golden arcs swirling on its body, and six-eyed blood-colored light pillars spraying non-stop.

The white-haired woman had put on the black battle armor again, and the strange hammer she was urging above her head turned the area around her into a sea of green fire, blocking the strange insects outside.

The Six-Footed and others clearly had the upper hand, but their expressions were all furious.

Because no matter how many they killed, the strange insects rushing from all around were endless, as if they were infinite.

And more than ten miles away from the battlefield, a strange insect with a human face and a body like a mantis floated in mid-air.

This insect stared coldly at the battlefield of the Six-Footed and others, flashing with cold light.

And above this insect, a semi-circular object with a diameter of a hundred feet floated there, and as the silver light flickered, countless strange insects surged out from it, rushing towards the Six-Footed and others in the distance.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1550 =====