Chapter 1701: Return Journey and the Mystery of the Demon Clan

Han Li's return journey was very smooth. 【Web】

Flying at full speed, he returned to the yellow desert area a day later and saw the small Demon Clan "node" again.

Looking from afar, the "exit" floating in the high sky remained the same, and the dozens of Demon Clan guards were still honestly guarding the buildings below, without the slightest change.

Han Li didn't feel too surprised when he saw this.

The black energy on his body dispersed, and he rolled into the Heavenly Phoenix again. With a flap of his wings, he turned into a faint light and shot toward the "node."

After flickering a few times, the escape light became blurry and finally disappeared.

The process of entering the spatial node was also unusually smooth, and he entered the node without anything happening.

Not long after, the Heavenly Phoenix turned into a ball of five-colored light and reached the exit on the Spirit Realm side.

But the moment he flew out of the node, Han Li's divine sense probed out first.

As expected, he actually sensed something, and he couldn't help but sneer a few times in his heart.

With the Heavenly Phoenix light shining brightly, he disappeared into the passage with a flash.

The next moment, outside the exit in the void, fluctuations arose, and a cyan human figure appeared silently.

Han Li had unexpectedly transformed into human form and appeared there.

Almost at the same time he appeared, a shout of "Attack!" rang out nearby.

Immediately, "chi chi" sounds erupted all around, countless black lights shot over from all directions, and at the same time, fierce winds rose high above, and more than a dozen two-headed demonic birds swooped down from the sky.

Below, there were also two cyan war boats dozens of feet long, which trembled and spat out two pitch-black light pillars from their front, reaching before his eyes in a flash.

Near this node exit, hundreds of Demon Clan guards had appeared out of nowhere, and taking advantage of the moment Han Li appeared, they launched a fierce siege like a storm.

Han Li seemed to have expected this, and facing such a fierce attack, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth instead.

He waved one sleeve violently in front of him.

Grey light surged out from the void and turned into a crystal-clear light curtain, completely protecting his figure within it.

Then, he ignored the attacks of the light pillars below and the black light all around, while his other hand's five fingers flicked casually at the giant demonic birds swooping down from the sky.

A piercing sound erupted!

More than a dozen cyan sword lights shot out from his fingertips in a flash.

Those swooping demonic birds only felt a dazzling bright light flash before their eyes, and their bodies were cut into two pieces with a cold sensation.

A rain of blood, along with the remains of the demonic birds, immediately spilled down from the sky.

Several high-tier Demon Clan members watching from afar were shocked.

One had to know that these two-headed demonic birds had bodies as hard as steel, and ordinary techniques couldn't hurt them at all, but now they were easily cut to pieces.

It was truly too shocking.

What made them even more dumbfounded was that the dense black light all around, along with the two unusually thick light pillars, disappeared into the grey light curtain on Han Li's body as soon as they hit it, without any reaction.

It was as if they had been completely swallowed by the grey light curtain.

"Not good, it's an old monster at the Body Integration stage, let's retreat quickly!" One high-tier Demon Clan member blurted out.

These several high-tier Demon Clan members were the four Deity Transformation stage Demon Clan commanders and the two-horned Demon Clan member at the Void Refinement stage who had just led the army to repel the Wood Clan's attack a few days ago.

After they defeated the Wood Clan's attack, they naturally discovered that the guards stationed at the "node" here had disappeared strangely, which naturally shocked them.

Although they didn't know what had happened, if this node really had an accident, they naturally couldn't escape responsibility.

So, after discussing it, not only did they send messages to other Demon Clan camps stationed nearby, but they also personally led elite forces to re-seal the exit here.

This approach was somewhat like mending the fold after the sheep had been lost; they originally didn't expect to catch anyone at all.

But they never expected that Han Li would return after staying in the Demon Realm for only two or three days, and actually run headlong into the ambush circle they had just set up.

These several high-tier Demon Clan members were first shocked and happy, but after the two-horned Demon Clan member saw Han Li's true cultivation, they were naturally scared out of their wits again.

After the several high-tier Demon Clan members looked at each other, demonic energy rose on their bodies, and they turned into black lights and shot away at the same time.

In order not to alarm Han Li, they didn't even notify their subordinates at all.

But Han Li's divine sense was so powerful that since he had discovered the ambush outside early, he had naturally locked onto these leading Demon Clan members early on.

The moment the escape lights of these Demon Clan members rose, his gaze swept over coldly.

"Want to leave? Don't dream about it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Han Li moved his arm, and a white jade-like palm reached out into the void.

These Demon Clan members only felt fluctuations in the sky, and a five-colored giant hand more than ten feet long appeared abruptly, grabbing down fiercely.

These Demon Clan members were shocked, and while desperately accelerating their escape, they released various treasures such as flying knives and flying swords to attack the giant hand.

They didn't expect their treasures to defeat the giant hand, but as long as they could block it slightly, they would have a few more chances to escape.

But what these Demon Clan members never expected was that the moment their treasures hit the giant palm, a "bang" sound came.

The five-colored giant hand burst open, and amidst the flashing spiritual light, it turned into a large patch of five-colored cold flames, each covering an acre.

As the five-colored cold light rolled down, the five high-tier Demon Clan members were instantly turned into blocks of floating ice.

At this time, the other ordinary Demon Clan members surrounding Han Li reacted, and a commotion broke out.

But before they could retreat, Han Li shook his sleeves, and dense cyan small swords surged out, turning into cyan sword lights with a flicker.

After Han Li let out a low shout and formed a hand seal with one hand, the sword lights shot out in all directions, covering the sky and earth.

After a cup of tea's time, there was not a single living Demon Clan member left in the entire Demon Clan fortress.

A cyan rainbow circled in the sky and flew straight toward the Human Clan direction.

A few days later, several scouts of the Wood Clan discovered the shocking change here, and were naturally surprised and happy.

After investigating and determining that this was not a trap, these scouts flew back to report.

Seven or eight days later, this Demon Clan fortress was forcibly occupied by the swarming Wood Clan, and they began to deploy some mysterious grand array at the "node" exit, intending to completely seal this array.

However, all of this had nothing to do with Han Li.

At this moment, he was silently refining the Chaos Qi in his body while flying fast toward the Human Clan direction.

That Chaos Qi was worthy of being a spiritual object of heaven and earth. Although he had only refined a small part, it had greatly increased his magic power, and he had benefited greatly.

It is estimated that by the time he returns to the Human Clan, he should be able to refine it almost completely, allowing his cultivation at the mid-stage of Body Integration to reach the Great Perfection realm.

In this way, he could proceed to the later breakthrough.

It is a pity that this breakthrough must be assisted by the power of Ice Phoenix. Otherwise, according to Han Li's original intention, it would be better to break through somewhere in the wild world.

After all, the current Human Clan is full of demonic shadows, and it is really not a very stable place.

Pondering in his heart, Han Li could only fly on helplessly.

At the same time, on the city walls of the Human Clan's Tianyuan City, teams of Human Clan cultivators were standing in rows, desperately urging the treasures in their hands to attack the Demon Clan army outside the city restrictions.

A fierce battle was being staged.

A similar scene was being staged in other parts of the Human Clan, and even in the more distant cities of the Monster Clan.

Recently, the Demon Clan army had become unusually fierce, and began to launch fierce attacks on the important cities of the two clans regardless of losses.

This caused the manpower of the Human and Monster clans to suffer great losses, and many low- and mid-tier existences fell in the fierce battle.

Even high-tier existences above the Deity Transformation stage began to suffer casualties in batches.

This made the nerves of the two clans tense.

According to the practice of previous demon calamities, if these cities could really withstand the fierce attacks of the Demon Clan army for several years, they should be fine afterward.

Therefore, these cities naturally used all means to hold on, hoping for the early arrival of that glimmer of hope.

But no one knew that on a mysterious island at the border of the Human and Monster clans, more than a dozen Body Integration existences of the Human and Monster clans were sitting in a hall surrounded by heavy restrictions, solemnly discussing a very secret matter.

"So, the Ancient Demons really intend to occupy the territories of our clans this time, and then station a large army and never leave." An old man with snow-white hair but eyes as clear as water said, frowning.

"Not only that. This time, the scouts we sent to the Demon Realm also discovered that a large number of low-tier Ancient Demons seem to have been mobilized, and they will soon forcibly break through the boundary to come to the Spirit Realm." Another middle-aged man with a red feather on his head also said with a gloomy face.

"Low-tier Ancient Demons, about how many?" After someone sighed, they asked again.

"It's not easy to find out the exact number, but there are at least one billion, and it may be much more than that." The feathered man replied after thinking for a while.

"One billion!"

Upon hearing this, most of the people here gasped, revealing a look of horror.

"That can't be wrong, right? Pure Ancient Demons are not that many in the Demon Realm. A number of one billion occupies almost one-tenth of the entire Demon Realm. How could those Demon Clan Sacred Ancestors be willing to take such a risk?" Another old woman wearing a white fur robe asked, her eyes flashing.

"It won't be wrong. Many towns inhabited by Ancient Demons in the Demon Realm have now been abandoned. This number is a relatively conservative estimate." The feathered man said very affirmatively.

"Hmph, it seems that this time, the Demon Clan is coming for real. It is a pity that although many people have been sent to the Demon Realm to investigate, it has always been impossible to find out the real reason for the Demon Clan's mutation this time. Otherwise, if we could respond with targeted measures, we could achieve twice the result with half the effort." The snow-white-haired old man gave a bitter smile.

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