Chapter 1561

The bone bird was startled, but it did not panic. A pair of claws, each the size of a house, suddenly lunged forward and seized the blue light with fierce force.

A sharp "chi chi" sound rang out as dozens of streaks of black claw-light appeared in the void, slicing through the air like dozens of sword beams.

In an instant, they struck precisely against the blue light.

Boom—

As soon as the blue light and the black light made contact, it was as if torn cloth—dozens of rips split open simultaneously.

But after a flash of spiritual light, the blue light healed itself as if nothing had happened. The dozens of black claw-lights were instead trapped within the blue light, and as the blue light flickered, they were frozen into chunks of blue ice.

The blue light surged again, wrapping around and descending upon the head of the giant bone bird with overwhelming force.

The central skull of the bone bird let out a furious, piercing cry, and its two massive bone wings suddenly flapped upward in unison.

Two streams of gray energy shot from the bone wings, striking the descending blue light head-on.

Upon impact, the blue light and gray energy intertwined briefly, emitting a dull thunder-like roar. Then the blue light suddenly flared, rolled several times, and swallowed the gray energy whole, transforming it into irregular chunks of ice that floated suspended in midair.

However, due to this, the blue light could not descend and was held aloft in midair by a continuous stream of gray energy.

But then, an unexpected development occurred!

Amidst the nine-headed bone bird's eerie, shrill cry, all the ice chunks flashed with strange light. Their smooth surfaces suddenly sprouted countless tiny pores, from which the gray energy surged out wildly, instantly devouring the ice chunks and reducing them to nothing.

This gray energy possessed an intensely abnormal corrosive property. In just a few breaths, it completely devoured the ice chunks in the air and even the fist-sized portions of the blue light.

"As expected, it still retains the ferocious aura of the nine-headed bird from its lifetime. Let me see how much of that remains." A cold voice came from the blue light in the distance—the voice of the fish-eyed person.

Immediately, the blue light there began to tremble violently, radiance flaring as a cracking sound rang out. Countless blue light spheres shot forth from within.

Each sphere was the size of a fist, appearing solid and crystalline. Upon being fired, they emitted a strange, droning whistle and streaked straight toward the bone bird.

Having already witnessed the terror of the blue light, the giant bone bird naturally did not underestimate the enemy's attack. Its central skull opened wide, and a stream of ordinary gray energy spewed forth.

As the bone wings on either side flickered, three streams of gray energy merged and rolled forward. Upon contact with the opposing attack, the blue light spheres flickered and were swallowed whole, followed by a loud explosion.

Inside, the light spheres transformed into clusters of spiritual light resembling ice lotuses, but in an instant, they flickered and vanished without a trace, swallowed by the gray energy.

They seemed unable to unleash much power at all!

Yet the blue light spheres were densely packed, seemingly endless. As so many exploded together, the momentum of the gray energy's whirl was halted, and it was forcibly held in place.

"Indeed, there is still much ferocious aura. Let me try again!" The voice of the horned youth came from within the blue light. Immediately, the spiritual light within flickered, and a figure slowly emerged.

It was none other than the handsome horned youth.

At this moment, he formed a seal with both hands. The white horn on his head instantly elongated several times, and simultaneously, a flicker appeared behind him as the phantom of a giant monster he had previously transformed into surfaced.

Crack—

A blue arc of electricity appeared from his horn.

The youth lowered his head slightly, and the blue arc shot forth from his horn, instantly thickening to the width of a bowl and stretching over ten zhang in length.

As he tilted his head again, the massive electric arc blurred slightly, then in an instant split into two, then four, then eight.

In the blink of an eye, half the sky was filled with these blue electric arcs. Amidst deafening thunder, they all surged wildly toward the bone bird.

Seeing this, the giant bone bird was startled, but without hesitation, it shifted the direction of the gray energy spewing from its central skull to meet the terrifying electric arcs head-on.

At the moment their forces collided violently, most of the electric arcs flickered and transformed into numerous blue electric nets.

Thunder roared loudly.

Blue light and gray energy became entangled in midair—on one side, misty gray energy and gusts of yin wind; on the other, flickering electric arcs and continuous thunderclaps.

The two divine powers were locked in a stalemate.

But after a moment, a hint of strange color appeared on the distant youth's face. He formed a seal with one hand, and another arc of electricity shot forth from the horn on his head.

The same scene unfolded again—hundreds of blue electric arcs shot forth simultaneously in an instant.

The fragile balance was shattered in an instant.

With the blue electric light surging in power, it instantly forced the gray energy into a relentless retreat. As the blue electric light thundered, it began to transform into coiling electric dragons and thunder serpents, rolling and lunging wildly through the gray energy without cease.

Seeing this, the giant bone bird's nine heads suddenly rose in unison and cried out. Then, opening their mouths wide, they simultaneously spewed forth streams of black light.

The speed was astonishingly swift!

Five of the streams shot toward the blue electric arcs in the sky, while four shot downward toward the blue light.

Wherever the light pillars passed, the nearby air emitted a hiss of destructive energy—whether electric arc or blue light, they all dissipated upon being swept by the pillars, as if unable to withstand a single blow.

In a flash, the nine light pillars appeared before the horned youth and the fish-eyed person hidden within the blue light, piercing straight through.

Yet, at the instant the two foreigners' bodies were pierced by the light pillars, they vanished like bubbles—

They were nothing but two illusions.

The next moment, over a hundred zhang away, space fluctuated, and two faint figures flickered into view.

They were indeed the true forms of the two foreigners.

"How is it? How much of its ferocious aura from life remains?" The horned youth exhaled deeply and asked his companion.

"No more than a third—about one-third at most!" The fish-eyed person narrowed his eyes, answering without hesitation.

"Hmm, that matches what I thought. If it had sufficient ferocious aura to support it, it wouldn't have extinguished the Soul-Exterminating Divine Light so early." The horned youth said solemnly.

"It seems Min brother isn't preparing to abandon the true spirit yin energy, but instead readying himself for a great battle." The fish-eyed person let out a low chuckle.

"Since the ferocious aura left behind by this nine-headed bird corpse is insufficient, I naturally won't give up these true spirit yin energies. However, it's strange—judging by this corpse, it seems it shouldn't have been able to generate such a vast quantity and such pure true spirit yin energy." The horned youth gazed at the endless black mist sea, furrowed his brow, and said.

"There's something suspicious about it. But as long as there isn't a second corpse hidden within this true spirit yin energy, what does it matter to us? If it's too little, we still can't divide it properly." The fish-eyed person chuckled softly.

"What you say is true. I'll exert my full strength. I'll try to kill this wretch in the shortest time possible." After thinking, the horned youth nodded in agreement.

"I share that intention." A flicker of grim color passed across the fish-eyed person's face and vanished.

At this moment, seeing its attack fail, the distant nine-headed bone bird flew into a rage. Its wings slammed downward violently, its massive body plunged into the mist sea, and after a long cry, a huge black shadow shot upward from below.

The mist within a radius of several li was entirely lifted by the bone bird, forming a coat of black feathers, and it surged forward with overwhelming force toward the horned youth and his companion.

Seeing this, the two foreigners, who had been confident of victory, couldn't help but feel a jolt of alarm in their hearts.

Without a word, the horned youth slapped his own celestial crown, instantly transforming into a hundred-zhang-tall bronze-armored monster. Countless blue electric arcs crackled across his body as he fearlessly advanced to meet the attack.

The fish-eyed man, however, with a single hand made a grasping motion in the void, and instantly a golden trident appeared in his hand.

He merely raised the trident with one hand and gave it a light shake.

Instantly, at the three prongs of the trident, there appeared three distinct kinds of spiritual light: blue, white, and yellow.

The fish-eyed man's body surface then burst forth with a flash of blue light, suddenly transforming into a huge monster with a fish's head and a human body; immediately afterward, his body and the trident in his hand both swelled countless times in size, turning into a colossal giant half the size of a mountain.

This giant monster merely waved the trident in his hand slightly, and instantly the surrounding space was filled with three-colored light that howled into view, which then transformed into blue-colored waves, white-colored gales, and green-colored lightning, manifesting three kinds of power.

As its body moved, the one holding the trident lunged toward a battle group ahead.

Instantly came a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar, like a thunderclap, shaking the air and ground into a constant humming, and the sounds of battle carried straight out for ten thousand li...

Unless Han Li were deaf, it would be nearly impossible for him not to notice all this.

Without much thought, Han Li once again activated the Wanlong Pearl restriction in his cave dwelling, allowing him to see the distant battle from over a hundred li away.

Upon seeing the nine-headed skeleton's massive form faintly appearing and disappearing in the black mist sea, Han Li drew in a sharp breath of cold air.

To find such a terrifying existence hidden within this black nether mist—his previous emergence from this mist had not startled it, which could only be called a great stroke of luck.

Otherwise, given the bone bird's divine power capable of matching two beings of the Deva Union level, if it were to attack him, he would certainly die and have no chance of survival.

Gazing at the distant colossal spiritual wind vortex, constantly expanding due to the battle among three Deva Union-level beings, and the misty sea below, affected and churning endlessly...

Han Li's pupils contracted as he fixed his stare on the three colossal giants in the battle group, his expression suddenly shifting between overcast and clear.

With his eyesight, it was naturally easy to see that the two foreign beings seemed to have gained a certain advantage, and the battle group appeared to be slowly moving toward the direction of his cave dwelling.

"This won't do—I can't stay here any longer. Regardless of whether their battle will truly affect my cave dwelling, now is the perfect opportunity to leave. Otherwise, once they truly decide the victor, leaving then would be too late." Han Li's thoughts raced, and he finally made up his mind.

Without further hesitation, his form flickered, instantly transforming into a streak of green light that shot forth; after a single circle, he vanished without a trace from the hall.

After a moment, the green light faded, and Han Li suddenly appeared in the medicinal garden.

Before him, row upon row of ten-thousand-year-old golden Lei bamboo grew lush and verdant, dripping with vitality.

Han Li drew a deep breath, then shook his sleeves vigorously toward these bamboo stalks.

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