Chapter 1687: Volume Nine: The Hundred Clans of the Spirit Realm, Chapter 1653: Corpse and True Blood

Volume Nine: The Hundred Clans of the Spirit Realm, Chapter 1653: Corpse and True Blood

Volume Nine: The Hundred Clans of the Spirit Realm, Chapter 1653: Corpse and True Blood

Just as Han Li returned to Cloud City and swaggered through the city gates.

Far away, tens of thousands of miles away, in a humid and cold swamp within the Demon Gold Mountain Range, a hideous, dark-skinned man in a black robe was sitting cross-legged on an unusually emerald-green rock, closing his eyes to regulate his breathing.

With each of the man's inhalations and exhalations, the pale black demonic Qi nearby swirled and danced around him, as if it had gained a spirit of its own.

The hideous man was clearly cultivating some profound technique and appeared extremely absorbed.

After an unknown amount of time, the man took a deep breath, opened his mouth, and inhaled all the swirling demonic Qi nearby into his abdomen, then opened his eyes with a look of satisfaction.

However, after sweeping his gaze casually around, the expression on his face froze the very next moment.

Because, just a zhang away from him, a black-haired woman in a snow-white dress with bare feet was looking over with a smile.

This woman might not have been a peerless beauty, and her mouth was even slightly large, but that pair of crystal-clear eyes as black as stars, a nose as straight as if carved from jade, and delicate skin as white as snow were enough to make her grace far surpass those so-called "fairies" of the mortal world.

"Lord Saint Ancestor! Hei E pays respects to you, my Lord." Once the hideous man saw the woman's true appearance clearly, he was terrified and immediately rolled off the rock to perform a grand kowtow to the woman.

This man was precisely that Black Abyss Crocodile who had just successfully advanced.

Although he had caught up to the old man surnamed Yan that day and killed him, he had not obtained the Ginseng Immortal, so he naturally returned the way he came.

As a result, not long after, he received news that the Giant Toad had instead been killed by Han Li. In this situation, the demon was dumbfounded and could only leave in low spirits.

Later, he sought out this place to cultivate first, so as to thoroughly consolidate his yet-unstable cultivation base.

But he never expected that in just over a month, the white-clad woman, who in his mind should have been sleeping all along, would actually come knocking at his door.

And with the other party's unfathomable power as a Saint Ancestor, killing him would be no more than a flip of the hand. This made the demon's heart thump with fear, not knowing if this was a disaster or a blessing.

"Get up. Hmm, you really have advanced to the Saint Stage. Not bad, not bad. It seems that little sister Ming Luo did not waste countless spirit medicines on you back then in vain; unless you were truly beyond saving, advancing to the Saint Stage was only a matter of time. It seems the True Blood of the Evil Dragon in your body has also been awakened," the woman said with a light smile.

"The Lord also knows of this matter!" The hideous man's expression shook, and he then gave a bitter smile.

"Of course I know. If it weren't so, even if Ming Luo was quite fond of you back then, she wouldn't have fed you so many spirit medicines. That Evil Dragon has the most powerful demonic nature among all True Spirit bloodlines. If it were a fully adult and awakened Evil Dragon clan member, they could even directly devour Heavenly Outer Demon Lords and contend with Heavenly Outer Demon Sovereigns without falling behind. Although you have only inherited the Dragon clan bloodline, I imagine your divine abilities are by no means inferior to those at the mid-Saint Stage. Even if my three subordinates were to fight you personally, in a one-on-one duel, I imagine they would absolutely not gain the upper hand," the woman said with deep meaning.

"Lord Saint Ancestor overestimates this small one's abilities. How would this small one dare to be mentioned in the same breath as fellow Daoists like Blood Arm and Iron Wing?" The hideous man appeared extremely humble at this moment, saying repeatedly.

"Little sister Ming Luo disappeared for some reason during the Great War in the Saint Realm. I am as close to her as a sister. Since you have successfully advanced, follow me for the time being. I am preparing to go out for a period, so you should prepare as well," the white-clad woman changed the subject, bringing the matter to the main point of this trip.

"The Lord is leaving the Demon Gold Mountain Range!" The man was startled upon hearing this.

"That's right. What, you are unwilling to follow me?"

"Being able to stay by Lord Baohua's side is a fortuitous opportunity that this small one has cultivated for who knows how many lifetimes. As long as the Lord gives the order, this small one can set off at any time." The white-clad woman's calm question made the hideous man break out in a cold sweat, and he hurriedly opened his mouth to explain.

"Since you think so, then there is no need to pack anything, just come with me," the white-clad woman seemed to find the man's expression quite interesting and said with a hint of a smile in her eyes.

"Yes, this small one has always been alone, so there is really nothing to pack," the man nodded and bowed, smiling apologetically.

The white-clad woman revealed her pearly white teeth in a light laugh and shook her sleeve.

A patch of pink scattered, and instantly a strange fragrance assaulted the nostrils, and a brilliant light flared, submerging both the woman and the man within it.

When the spiritual light converged and disappeared, the vicinity was empty, with no sign of anyone left.

The white-clad woman had actually used a great divine ability to directly teleport herself and the man from this place.

In Cloud City's Mount Mount Yunmeng, the moment Han Li returned to his cave dwelling, he first checked the barriers throughout the dwelling. After confirming there were no signs of anyone having snuck in, he felt at ease and threw himself onto the large bed in the bedroom, falling into a sweet, deep sleep.

Although this trip to the Demon Gold Mountain Range did not last long, the dangers within were still not small. It left him not only with greatly depleted magic power but also feeling extremely exhausted, so he had to regulate himself well.

As a result, this sleep lasted for two days and two nights.

When Han Li woke up on his own, he felt refreshed, and his entire person had recovered to a state of full vigor.

He immediately walked out of the bedroom without hesitation, heading straight for the secret chamber.

This time, his trip to the Demon Gold Mountain Range had yielded quite a few benefits, and he needed to handle them well first.

A moment later, Han Li was in the secret chamber, which was several tens of zhang wide. He shook his sleeve and flicked it toward the stone door; not only did the large door close on its own, but layers of cyan light also emerged on the surrounding stone walls, shrouding the entire secret chamber tightly.

After doing all this, Han Li sat cross-legged on the cushion in the center and pondered for a moment while supporting his chin with one hand.

With a flash of his gaze, he suddenly shook his wrist, and a streak of black light flew out with a whir, circling once before hovering in mid-air.

It was precisely his storage bracelet.

Han Li tapped lightly toward the air with one hand without hesitation.

Instantly, a streak of light rolled out, and a pitch-black object flashed and appeared from high above.

With a "thud," the object fell to the ground, emitting an extremely heavy muffled sound.

It was precisely the mummy-like withered body of that Saint Stage Demon Ape, with a huge hole in its dantian, yet not a drop of blood, appearing extremely striking.

Han Li looked at this withered corpse, which was several zhang long, and a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.

Although the demon core within the Demon Ape's corpse had already been removed by him, and it seemed to have lost nine-tenths of its essence blood, its body's toughness was still extraordinary. Whether it was its tendons or bones, they were all unusually rare materials, which could be of great use in artifact refining.

But he had not taken this corpse away for artifact refining; it was for the trace of True Blood of the Mountain-Moving Giant Ape contained within the Demon Ape's body.

However, since this object had become so withered, he did not have a hundred percent certainty that he could still extract the True Blood from it, and could only try his best.

If it were an ordinary person, they might have a great headache over how to extract the blood of a True Spirit, but for Han Li, who possessed the Art of Great Expansion, this was not a problem at all.

As long as it was True Spirit blood belonging to one of the twelve transformations of the Art of Great Expansion, he naturally had ways to use the secret techniques of this cultivation technique to forcibly extract it from the bodies of other spirit beasts that inherited True Spirit bloodlines.

Of course, the amount and purity of the True Spirit blood extracted naturally depended on the thickness of the bloodline inherited by the True Spirit spirit beast itself and its own strength. After all, even if the innately inherited bloodline was extremely scarce, it could become purer and thicker through the improvement of its own cultivation.

Among the several types of True Spirit blood he had obtained previously, in terms of purity, it was naturally the Kunpeng True Blood from the Sky Roc clan, while in terms of quantity, it was the True Blood of the Five-Colored Peacock.

The least were the True Spirit bloods of the True Dragon and Heavenly Phoenix.

The latter two spirit bloods were obtained by chance, and because they were obtained from a True Spirit family of the human race, and both had cultivation bases of only the Spirit Severing stage, they naturally could not be considered pure.

Although the True Dragon and Heavenly Phoenix ranked far above the first two among True Spirits, after Han Li mastered these two transformations, their power after transformation was far inferior to the Kunpeng and Five-Colored Peacock transformations. In addition, the various insights into transformations he obtained from the divine sense of the late Great Elder of the Sky Roc clan were also mostly Kunpeng and other avian True Spirit transformations.

Therefore, Han Li rarely used the True Dragon and Heavenly Phoenix transformations, instead using the Kunpeng and Five-Colored Peacock transformations the most when fighting others.

And right now, the Mountain-Moving Demon Ape was a genuine mid-Body Integration stage existence. Even if the Mountain-Moving Giant Ape bloodline it originally inherited was scarce, having cultivated to this point, both its purity and quantity were absolutely extraordinary.

This naturally made Han Li greatly expectant.

Of course, the premise for all this was that the True Spirit blood within this Demon Ape corpse still existed.

At this time, Han Li had already closed his eyes, began to chant incantations, and flicked his ten fingers continuously toward the huge corpse in front of him.

Instantly, streaks of magic techniques of various colors surged from his fingertips, then flashed and vanished into the corpse.

The originally still Demon Ape corpse suddenly began to have light of various colors emerge on its surface, and runes of different sizes emerged and floated.

As the incantation sound grew louder, the entire corpse was thoroughly enveloped in light, as if it had put on a gorgeous colorful garment, appearing unusually vibrant.

"Rise!"

Han Li suddenly opened his eyes with a flash of brilliance and let out a low shout.

The corpse that had been lying still suddenly had a flash of light on its surface and slowly floated into the air.

Following this, a bizarre scene appeared.

The unusually vibrant light suddenly tightened.

Amidst ten thousand streaks of light, the light seemed to contain an inconceivable great force, causing the Demon Ape corpse to emit "creaking" sounds and begin to shrink bit by bit.

From three or four zhang, it became two zhang, and from two zhang, it transformed into the size of a zhang.

Seeing the several-zhang-long Demon Ape corpse, after the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, it became three or four feet in size, like the corpse of a dwarf.

Seeing this, Han Li curled his lips and revealed a smile. But the very next moment, he suddenly patted his own crown.

Instantly, a flash of gold and cyan light appeared, and a chubby three-inch-tall Nascent Soul emerged.

The moment it appeared, its eyes flashed, and it stared at the Demon Ape corpse in the air. It then grinned, and a streak of cyan fire as thick as a finger was sprayed from its mouth, shooting straight toward the Demon Ape corpse.

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