Chapter 1888

The massive formation spanning thousands of zhang in area, upon impact, instantly rippled with waves, its center violently trembling as if it might shatter at any moment.

The Fan Sheng Golden Body's full-force display of the Cavern Vortex Jin Guang was indeed extraordinarily domineering, unable to be resisted even slightly by this seemingly profound and extraordinary light formation.

Seeing this, Han Li couldn't help but reveal a look of joy on his face, but immediately his expression changed.

Because in the next moment, the strange crying sound from the center of the light formation suddenly rose sharply, and then, as the eighty-one massive light formations trembled, they simultaneously shattered and disappeared inch by inch.

A terrifying aura, as if it could swallow heaven and earth, surged skyward from within the light formation.

Then, amidst the frantic rolling of five-colored light clouds, a huge silver-colored hand eerily emerged slowly from the center of the light formation, and with a spread of its fingers, it actually gently supported the golden-colored vortex. It appeared to completely ignore the immense power emanating from within the vortex—a strange sight indeed.

Han Li sensed the terror of this aura, his face turning pale as blood drained from it in an instant.

"Mahayana stage! Impossible—this realm simply cannot possess such heaven-defying divine powers!"

As his words fell, the weeping sound in the light formation abruptly ceased, and the entire massive light formation let out a dull thud before vanishing like an illusion.

Yet at the center of the light formation, another colossal entity, three to four hundred zhang in size, appeared.

It had two heads and eight wings; the upper body resembled a human, the lower body a bird.

Upon closer inspection, the two skulls were revealed to be those of a thunder beast's dove-like head and a fish shop owner's head. The eight wings behind it: six were the thunder beast's original feathered wings, while the other two were peacock-support wings of five-colored appearance.

Even more terrifying, though this creature was covered in silver-white feathers, when thunder roared across its body, arcs of five-colored lightning crackled and coiled all over it.

Against the dazzling thunder light and the creature's ferocious visage, it appeared extraordinarily strange.

The newly appeared strange bird's fish shop owner skull opened its mouth and let out a hey-hey strange laugh. The silver-colored hand holding the golden vortex twitched its fingers, and five-colored lightning surged outward in a frenzy.

With a heaven-shaking thunderclap, the golden vortex was torn apart and shattered into countless fragments amidst the interweaving of innumerable five-colored thunderbolts.

Standing beside Han Li, the Fan Sheng Golden Body's three heads suddenly simultaneously showed a trace of panic on their faces, then its golden light flashed wildly a few times before it let out a muffled groan and began to sway unsteadily.

Obviously, the Cavern Vortex Jin Guang had been broken, and as the caster, the golden body inevitably suffered backlash. Fortunately, being a golden body, these minor injuries were naturally insignificant.

Yet precisely because of this, Han Li's heart filled with even greater shock, and he became even more certain that the appearance of this strange bird before him indeed possessed Mahayana-level cultivation.

Otherwise, even a being at the late stage of Body Integration, perfected, could not possibly so easily shatter the Cavern Vortex Jin Guang.

With certainty in his heart, Han Li almost instinctively arose with the intention to flee.

Even though he had just endured that battle, his confidence in his own strength had greatly increased, and he even believed he still had an unused killer move, he would not think himself capable of opposing a Mahayana-stage existence.

However, as his thoughts turned, his gaze swept over the eight feathered wings behind the giant bird, and his face again turned slightly bluish.

This giant bird actually possessed eight wings and could command that strange five-colored heavenly thunder—without question, its evasion techniques would certainly not be weak. Attempting to escape using ordinary evasion techniques would likely fail.

Before the strange laughter from the giant bird's mouth below could cease, Han Li made an instant decision; the giant ape he had transformed into swiftly formed a seal with both hands, a booming sound echoed behind him, and in an instant, a pair of crystalline feathered wings appeared.

As the wings flapped, silver-colored thunder balls appeared out of nowhere beneath the giant ape's feet, and with a roar, they exploded apart.

Amidst the flashing silver-colored lightning arcs, a huge thunder formation appeared out of thin air; the giant ape Han Li had transformed into was enveloped by countless lightning arcs, its form blurred, and it seemed about to instantly teleport away.

But in the next moment, his face drastically changed.

From below, the dove-headed head of the twin-headed strange bird suddenly let out a cry, and then, as its eight wings flapped simultaneously, a vast power of law emanated from its body, instantly enveloping the space within a radius of over ten li.

Almost simultaneously, the light of the thunder formation beneath the giant ape's feet retracted, and it suddenly stalled in midair, the teleportation immediately halted.

Han Li sucked in a breath of cold air!

At this moment, the fish shop owner's head of the strange bird, with a mocking gaze, coldly stared at the giant ape and spoke in human speech:

"Hmph, though this thunder beast differs somewhat from the true thunder beasts of the True Immortal Realm, after I infused it with true spirit power and possessed its body, it is sufficient to 'manipulate' some thunder and lightning laws. You dare to wield thunder and lightning before me—truly seeking your own death!"

As his words fell, the other head of the giant bird let out another piercing, sharp cry!

Instantly, the thunder formation let out a tremendous boom, and over ten thick arcs of lightning shot out with crackling sounds, like a flash of several thick silver chains, unexpectedly wrapping the giant ape tightly in an instant.

Immediately after, the bursting sound rose, and all the silver-colored lightning arcs exploded simultaneously.

In an instant, clusters of electric light completely engulfed the giant ape's body.

The next moment, a tremendous roar came from the golden-colored giant ape's mouth; with both hands clenched into fists and raised upward, countless golden rays shot wildly from its body, the silver-colored lightning instantly pierced through with countless holes, and finally, as the thunder sound subsided, it dissipated and vanished.

But the golden-colored giant ape, having broken free from the bonds, without hesitation rolled downward, its size rapidly shrinking, and in the blink of an eye, it returned to human form.

Han Li's body flickered, and he stood upright again, glancing down at the twin-beast giant bird, his face extremely grim.

But the next moment, he suddenly exhaled a long breath; as one palm flickered, a damaged golden-colored broken blade suddenly appeared in his palm, and at the same time, the other sleeve shook, producing a loud buzzing sound as thousands of golden flowers surged out from within.

These were precisely the mutated gold-eating insects.

When these gold-eating insects first flew out, they were only thumb-sized, but after circling Han Li's body a few times, they transformed into fist-sized giants; when thousands gathered together, from afar they truly appeared ferocious and terrifying.

At this moment, a sudden stream of black air flew out from the Fan Sheng Golden Body, flashed, and then sank into Han Li's body.

As for the Fan Sheng Golden Body itself, it let out a muffled sound and transformed into specks of golden light that vanished into thin air.

The next moment, golden light flashed behind Han Li, and a phantom image of the Fan Sheng Dharma Aspect reappeared.

At the same time, a green shadow and a cluster of white light flickered strangely, appearing blurred from Han Li's body, respectively transforming into another green-skinned "Han Li" and a beautiful white-clad woman floating gracefully.

These were precisely the spirit body Han Li had previously stored, and the spirit puppet "Wawa."

Han Li held the golden-colored broken blade horizontally before him, then gazed downward at the two-handed strange bird without any change in expression.

"Eh, the gold-eating insects are still mature! Fellow Daoist's killer move indeed still has plenty left. But Fellow Daoist truly thinks these thousands of flying insects can do anything to me? If you had tens of thousands of these insects here, perhaps I would still fear you three parts, but relying solely on these before me, hahaha..." came the fish shop owner's wild laughter from one of the giant bird's heads, but upon close inspection, one could see that although the human skull appeared outwardly arrogant, its eyes fixed on the golden-colored broken blade in Han Li's hand, revealing a faint trace of doubt.

Although Han Li had not yet unleashed the Profound Heaven Broken Blade, through the subtle sensing of law power, this fish shop owner seemed to detect that this blade was extraordinarily unusual.

All of this naturally did not escape Han Li's notice; his face showed no change, but his heart sank once again.

In that case, his original plan to suddenly attack using the Profound Heaven Broken Blade was naturally greatly reduced, and his chances of victory dropped by another two points.

However, the opponent certainly could not imagine that he still had tens of thousands of gold-eating insects on his person, and that his arm still bore the Profound Heaven Sword sealed within.

These two things, he could use to find an opportunity to deliver a deadly blow, and he was not without a sliver of chance to escape.

After all, though the opponent, after fusing with the thunder beast, had cultivation directly approaching early Mahayana existence, this power was not cultivated through bitter practice, and compared to a true Mahayana existence, it was naturally much weaker.

Moreover, if he truly used the Profound Heaven Treasure to contend with the opponent, he might possibly alarm that Qing Yuanzi hidden in the Yellow Springs region. If he could delay until this great aid arrived to assist, naturally his safety would be assured.

After Han Li instantly weighed the gains and losses before him, he immediately hardened his resolve, held the broken blade horizontally before him, and prepared to truly exert his full strength and decide the outcome with his opponent.

Seeing this, the twin-headed giant bird below raised both heads simultaneously, respectively emitting a sharp cry and a scornful laugh.

The two sounds, one high and one low, intertwined with yin and yang, giving rise to a strange sensation that made one feel a chill run through the body.

At the same time, the giant bird's eight wings flapped fiercely, and the silver 'colored' feathers on its body instantly stood on end, followed by a deafening roar as it transformed into countless five 'colored' electric arcs that shot wildly in all directions.

These electric arcs were initially only as thick as an arm when they left the body, but after a few flickers, they all turned into the thickness of water tanks, each one hundreds of zhang thick.

For a moment, the sound of thunder surged straight into the clouds beyond the nine heavens, and the vast expanse of empty space was filled with flashing five 'colored' lightning, as if the opposite side had instantly become a lightning domain.

A mighty force of law filled the entire void.

Even though Han Li had witnessed countless grand scenes, seeing the violent spectacle of these five 'colored' lightning bolts now finally caused a trace of alarm to 'appear' on his face, but immediately a cold light flashed in his eyes, he made a hand seal with one hand and was about to directly cast out the Xuan Tian残blade in his other hand by shaking it.

But just then, something happened that Han Li never could have imagined!

In the sleeve robe where he held the残blade, a monkey's cry suddenly rang out without the slightest omen.

The sound was loud and urgent!

Then, with a flash of black light, a black 'colored' spirit beast ring shot out from within, and after a flicker, it plunged headfirst into the lightning domain opposite.

This scene even caused the double-headed giant bird to be stunned!

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