Chapter 1682

When the fiery clouds filling the sky vanished along with the crimson flames, the heavens cleared, and the giant toad became a bizarre, crimson-hot iron-like entity, its semi-transparent body emitting piercing fiery light.

Like a blazing red sun hanging motionless in the air, the intense heat made everything within several li feel as if immersed in a furnace.

Han Li, standing directly beneath it, felt the temperature soar to terrifying levels—even the air emitted a low, droning hum, hazy and indistinct.

Ordinary low- to mid-stage cultivators in such heat would likely have their flesh roasted through, instantly bursting into flames and reduced to ash, their Primordial Spirits unable to escape.

Yet Han Li, amidst the scorching heat, merely furrowed his brows slightly, then sharply slapped his own Tianling Gai.

With a "puff," a layer of silver-colored flame instantly surged from the crown of his head down to his feet, completely enveloping his form.

The surrounding scorching heat, as if drawn by immense magnetic force, rushed into the silver flames.

The air within a radius of over ten zhang around Han Li instantly turned unusually cool.

Han Li then hovered in place, arms crossed, gazing upward at the crimson giant toad in the sky without blinking, his expression utterly calm.

In truth, he did harbor a few doubts in his heart.

Fire-attribute spiritual power inherently possesses a certain ability to repel evil and destroy demons; thus, demonic beasts wielding such pure-attribute divine abilities are exceedingly rare.

Moreover, this high-level demonic beast has mastered fire spiritual power to such an astonishing degree.

Yet even so, does this demon truly believe this bit of divine ability can kill him?

Han Li smirked inwardly, then suddenly rubbed his hands together and pulled them apart.

With a thunderous "Boom—rumble—rumble," a layer of golden-colored electric arcs suddenly appeared, swirling around his body unpredictably, gradually thickening and surging outward in all directions.

Amidst the astonishing thunderlight, a massive circular electric net formed, enclosing him within.

At the same time, Han Li flipped both palms upward, and strange golden-glowing runes surged wildly from his hands, vanishing into the surrounding electric arcs without a trace.

An astonishing sight appeared.

The instant the runes vanished into the golden arcs, the arcs shattered inch by inch. After bursts of golden light exploded, they flashed and merged together once more.

In an instant, a golden-colored halo several zhang in diameter appeared.

Within the halo, Han Li's figure blurred, but a chanting voice slowly emerged.

As the halo rotated, the runes tumbled unpredictably, emitting a humming sound that gradually grew piercing!

After a thunderclap, Han Li revealed his form by making a hand seal with one hand.

The other hand raised five fingers upward, a golden, radiant sphere hovering about a chi above his palm.

The sphere's surface was uneven, its light dim, appearing merely as an ordinary object.

"Divine Thunder of Evil-Banning, Thunder-Summoning Art!"

The moment the sphere transformed from the Divine Thunder of Evil-Banning appeared, the giant toad in the air instantly recognized it with a start.

Han Li chuckled lowly, the five fingers holding the golden sphere trembling slightly— the sphere spun rapidly in his palm, as if about to be unleashed at any moment.

The giant toad, having expended great effort preparing some fearsome secret technique, saw this scene, its face drastically changing. It no longer bothered with anything else, almost without thought, its form shifted and instantly transformed into a surging fire column, flying downward.

Seeing this, Han Li's mouth twitched slightly; the golden sphere in his hand leapt, instantly vanishing from sight. He himself then abruptly retreated backward.

Behind him, what had seemed like empty void suddenly burst with azure light, and clusters of azure lotuses blossomed into view.

Han Li's seemingly casual step back into the azure lotuses caused him to vanish from sight within them.

The fire column crashed down with a thunderous boom, striking the azure lotuses below.

The sky-full of lotuses, however, seemed as fragile as paper paste, instantly dissolving into scattered specks of azure light.

But when the crimson flames surged into the azure light, they vanished like an ox entering the sea—gone in a flash.

The fire column then exploded outward, forming a sea of fire over several mu in size. Within it, a flash of red light revealed the giant toad's massive form, still with eyes tightly shut, yet gazing at the specks of azure light ahead, filled with astonishment.

But the next moment, suddenly, Han Li's voice echoed from the surrounding void:

"Since you've already come down, don't even think of leaving. Taste my Spring Dawn Sword Array properly!"

As his words faded, spiritual light flickered in the void within a radius of over a hundred zhang, and a layer of hazy azure light curtain suddenly appeared, enveloping this entire sea of fire beneath it.

The giant toad, which had originally seemed off in the darkness, upon seeing this, let out a tremendous roar from its maw, and a pillar of red light shot forth.

With a "puff" sound.

The light pillar struck the azure-colored light curtain, easily piercing through, but then instantly vanished without a trace upon entering it.

Seeing this, the toad's brow flared with a flash of gray light, one forelimb lifted, and it slowly swung toward the distance.

With a thunderous "Boom—rumble—rumble," a sheet of crimson light and shadow rolled from the beast's forelimb, then condensed into a massive crimson claw, which it slammed down hard upon the light curtain ahead.

This claw was no ordinary mystical transformation—before it even made contact, the sound of tearing space erupted suddenly, several red glows, each about a chi long, flashing and bursting from the claw.

With a "hiss—crack," the crimson claw instantly tore a large hole in the azure light curtain.

Yet behind the curtain, a pitch-black, deep void appeared, as if unfathomably profound.

The crimson claw hesitated not, swinging again—several claw-glows flashed instantly, slashing into the void.

Azure light blazed forth; in the previously empty void, suddenly clusters of azure lotuses appeared, thick and dense, spreading throughout the void in just a few flashes.

The red glows, upon slashing into them, were instantly submerged and drowned within.

Seeing this, the toad's face showed surprise, but it immediately activated its magic seal.

Instantly, the crimson claw's volume expanded several times over, then with a humming sound, it actually split open.

A wheel of radiant crimson halo appeared, accompanied by thunderous roars, spreading wildly outward, and in an instant expanded to over ten zhang in size.

The nearby azure lotuses, upon touching this halo, instantly turned into strands of azure smoke, vanishing without trace.

This crimson halo was overwhelmingly dominant, and as it spun, it flew forward, aiming to obliterate all the azure lotuses in one sweep.

But just then, above the halo, silver flame flashed—a silver-colored firebird, about a chi in size, flashed into view, wings spread, and dove headfirst into the red light below.

The halo trembled all over, a strange "crackle—pop" sound emanating from its center. Then, at astonishing speed, the halo began to shrink strangely.

After a moment, the halo had shrunk to several chi in size, and the red light finally dissipated, revealing once again the silver-colored firebird.

This firebird absorbed the remaining red light into itself, then proudly raised its neck and let out a clear cry—but immediately, with a "bang," it turned into specks of silver flame and vanished from sight.

Seeing this, the giant toad below flushed with anger, let out another low roar, and suddenly, its pair of ink-black wings behind it flared violently.,

Suddenly, a black demonic wind appeared out of nowhere nearby, swirling around the demon beast and rapidly expanding. In just a few flashes, it turned into a violent, abnormal hurricane.

At the same time, the giant toad chanted incantations, and rolling flames burst forth across its body.

Wind aided fire, fire aided wind—unbelievably, the two merged into one, forming a black-red wind-fire pillar that shot straight into the sky.

The giant toad didn't stop there; as its incantation voice abruptly cut off, it suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a mouthful of purplish, misty flying swords.

The flying sword flashed once, then transformed into countless palm-sized thin blades, which flickered and plunged into the wind pillar.

Instantly, sharp cries rang out from within the wind pillar, countless purple lights suddenly appeared on its surface, and it rapidly thickened at an astonishing speed.

It seemed that with every passing second, the wind-fire pillar thickened by another layer.

The momentum was astonishingly great!

But just then, on Han Li's side, the scene was quite different.

He was seen making a single-handed seal, activating the entire Chunli Sword Formation.

Outside the formation, countless five-colored light points gathered densely, desperately surging into the blue light curtain.

In the nearby sky, the five-colored light formed from heaven and earth's spiritual energy spread across the entire sky, endless to the eye.

Han Li had somehow gathered all nearby heaven and earth spiritual energy to the fullest extent; at this moment, a cold glint flashed in his eyes as he suddenly urged the sword formation forward.

Inside the sword formation, a strange scene appeared.

Above, the light curtain blurred slightly, then suddenly a vine-like plant sprouted upside down.

When it first appeared, it was only a few inches in size, but in a moment it wildly grew to several zhang in length, its vines rapidly bending, blooming and bearing fruit, condensing into a small, dripping emerald-green gourd.

At this moment, the light curtain around flickered with strange light, transforming into countless blue lotuses.

The lotuses bloomed simultaneously, then trembled and spat out inch-long sword shadows, which flashed and plunged into the gourd, disappearing within.

The gourd's surface suddenly displayed a faint blue sword mark—almost imperceptibly faint—but immediately, vast five-colored light and radiance emerged from the light curtain, winding down along the vines and pouring into the gourd.

The sword mark instantly became exceptionally clear, flashing with five-colored light.

This was indeed the killing move of the Chunli Sword Formation—the Sword of Spiritual Energy.

Such a great divine ability requires a massive supply of heaven and earth spiritual energy to barely manifest.

That is why, at first, he did not activate the Chunli Sword Formation's signature illusion technique, but instead focused his spiritual sense to draw nearby heaven and earth spiritual energy for his own use.

Originally, he had prepared for the opponent to seize partial control of the heaven and earth spiritual energy. But he never expected the opponent to be entirely focused on preparing their own divine ability, making no move against this.

As a result, the Sword of Spiritual Energy condensed smoothly and continued to continuously absorb external heaven and earth spiritual energy to ensure its power grew rapidly.

The giant toad sensed the thick heaven and earth spiritual energy outside the sword formation and witnessed the strange scene unfolding in the sky, feeling somewhat alarmed!

Yet it seized this opportunity to complete its secret technique preparation; thus, letting out a low shout, it first condensed a point of solemnity in the high sky.

But just then, a faint voice came from the high sky—Han Li's:

"Slash"

The gourd flipped upside down, light flowing within its mouth, then flashed and spat out a blade of light.

About a chi in length, five-colored spiritual light flickered unstably!

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