Chapter 1914

On the flanks of the battle group, a thousand li or so to the rear, there were some transformed demon beasts and some high-ranking demons, likewise staring each other down from afar.

They did not make a move, coldly watching the battle below, merely restraining each other.

On a stretch of sea, a boundless black mist rolled toward a city towering on a certain giant island.

Within the black mist, countless demonic shadows swayed incessantly, as if tens of thousands of troops were hidden within.

But suddenly, from the deep seabed near the giant island, a roar like a dragon's chant erupted, echoing through the entire sky.

Next, on the sea surface beside the giant island, fierce winds rose, waves surged, and following a colossal wave, a blue-green beast ten thousand zhang long slowly emerged from the seabed.

The beast's head was pitted and pocked, covered with green seaweed and rubble, making its original appearance indiscernible, but when the two turbid eyes on either side opened, they swept coldly toward the distant black mist, and its bottomless maw yawned wide.

A thunderous boom rang out, and the entire sea surface trembled.

A surge of azure misty light burst from the maw, then in a flash transformed into a blue hurricane that swept along the sea surface, engulfing the black mist from heaven to earth.

Even though the black mist contained tens of thousands of demonic beasts, under this hurricane resembling the power of heaven and earth, they had no strength to resist and were involuntarily sucked in.

Moreover, due to the vast amount of seawater being sucked into the maw, the nearby sea surface suddenly dropped by several degrees.

After that colossal skull swallowed so many demonic beasts, its eyes closed and it slowly sank back into the seabed.

In an instant, the sea surface returned to calm, as if the previous tumultuous demonic aura had never appeared.

On a high tower on the distant giant island, a tall figure stood, gazing coldly into the distance at all this!

Tian Yuan City!

Han Li sat cross-legged on the highest level of the tower, his hands forming seals, before him hovering a golden gourd and a dazzling golden myriad swords diagram, his eyes slightly closed, as if his entire being were immersed in a certain artistic conception.

Suddenly his eyes snapped open, the hand seal shifted, and a finger pointed at the golden gourd above.

The gourd trembled, spiritual light flashed on its surface, and actually revealed extremely gorgeous five-colored runes.

Then a buzzing sound rang out!

The gourd's mouth opened, rosy light swirling downward, and from within flew out five flying swords of different colors—gold, yellow, green, red, and blue.

Each was only about an inch long, but their bodies were crystalline and sparkling, emitting a dreamlike hue, appearing extremely mysterious.

Han Li pinched the sword seal, the five flying swords let out a clear chime, and then each shot upward into the high sky, simultaneously manifesting divine powers.

Only hearing a muffled "puff" sound, the crimson flying sword's flames rolled, actually transforming into a fire snake about a zhang long, dancing unpredictably.

While the blue flying sword circled and flew about, it actually emitted strands of blue water vapor, which in an instant formed clouds and mists in the nearby void, making the sword's body and trace hard to discern.

However, the most astonishing in momentum was still that originally inconspicuous yellow flying sword.

This sword trembled and transformed into over ten zhang in length, while its surface spiritual light flowed, revealing layer upon layer of hard yellow substance; from afar, it seemed to have become a huge earth-yellow stone sword, swinging it caused the nearby void to hum incessantly, its power obviously astonishing to the extreme!

As for the golden and green flying swords, aside from their dazzling brilliance, they underwent no major changes.

The five flying swords chased and danced in midair, appearing incredibly spirited!

Han Li's gaze upon these five flying swords was exceptionally cold and clear, and after controlling them to dance for a short while, the sword seal in his hand was withdrawn.

The five flying swords immediately let out a long cry, returning to their original forms, and with a howl were sucked back into the golden gourd.

At this moment, Han Li turned his gaze to the myriad swords diagram beside him, his expression becoming somewhat solemn.

But in the next instant, he suddenly raised his hand, issuing several hand seals in succession, which flashed and vanished into the diagram, leaving no trace.

The originally stationary sword diagram immediately emitted sharp ringing sounds, then as golden light blazed across its surface, the countless tiny swords inscribed upon it began to twist and sway, starting with a few, then dozens, then hundreds, then thousands.

In the blink of an eye, the tiny swords on the diagram all seemed to come alive.

Han Li let out a low shout, opened his mouth and spat out a clump of azure misty spiritual energy, which in a flash sank into the sword diagram and vanished without trace.

Immediately, the myriad swords diagram burst forth with the sound of Jin Ge slaughter, countless golden-colored sword shadows surged out from the diagram like a tidal wave, and in an instant, a pressing, chilling sword aura enveloped the entire hall beneath it.

Han Li's expression shifted, black light flashed between his brows, the Destruction Law Eye actually emerged on its own, piercing black radiance flowed within his eyes, and a vast divine sense power burst forth from it, immediately sinking into the myriad swords diagram.

In that instant, the myriad sword shadows in the hall flashed with golden light, were actually driven by a single impulse, and began to slowly revolve around Han Li.

At first they moved as slowly as a snail crawling, but after just a few breaths, the sword shadows became as agile as little fish, wandering freely throughout the hall, and faintly forming a vast sword formation.

Han Li's eyes flashed, his hand seal shifted, and he was about to mobilize the vast ** power within his body to again impel all the sword shadows.

But just then, the myriad swords diagram suddenly trembled and emitted a low hum, its spiritual light retracted, and instantly became extremely dim.

The originally flying golden sword shadows in the hall let out a mournful cry, one after another becoming indistinct, and finally flashing and vanishing away.

Almost simultaneously, the third black eye between Han Li's brows also flashed and disappeared.

His complexion changed slightly as he gazed at the myriad swords diagram, his brows furrowing.

That golden gourd was obtained by him from the forbidden land of the Guang Han Realm; since it might be a divine artifact crafted by immortals, he naturally did not dare to underestimate it, and thus had been slowly studying and comprehending it.

Fortunately, he had now mastered the golden seal script and silver tadpole script, so although this artifact's forging method greatly differed from that of the human and spirit realms, and the flying swords within the gourd appeared not yet fully refined, he still managed to grasp a few of its principles.

As a result, following what he had comprehended on his own and using some rare materials of the five elements' attributes, he finally managed to completely refine this set of treasures.

However, the originally pure metal-attribute flying swords within the gourd actually enabled him to refine a set of five-element flying swords.

Thus, although this treasure's power certainly cannot compare to what its original owner envisioned, it can at least be used for defense, and its power is not inferior to that of ordinary spirit treasures.

However, this set of swords within the gourd, though not bad, is of little use to Han Li given his current wealth and status.

He plans to bestow it upon his disciples after verifying that this treasure has no problems whatsoever.

As for the myriad swords diagram's recent manifestation, it was Han Li's inspiration from a certain foreign tribe's secret technique; he took the astonishing sword aura contained within this diagram and refined it with a special method, so that it could be activated like an ordinary treasure to resist enemies.

The sword aura left within this diagram is indeed from the True Immortal Realm; if it could be fully driven, its power can be imagined.

Even if a Body Integration cultivator were to stir the myriad sword auras within the diagram, there would be absolutely no chance of survival.

But unfortunately, this refinement method is too time-consuming, and he had previously spent all his time enhancing his magic power, so this diagram has only been half-refined. Moreover, since the sword aura within the diagram is sourceless, once exhausted, the myriad swords diagram will be completely destroyed.

And he has not yet fully comprehended the 'Nian Sword Jue' contained within this diagram, so even if the diagram's refinement is completed, he will absolutely not use this object unless in a dire emergency.

Otherwise, once the Nian Sword Jue is destroyed, for Han Li it would truly be a loss not worth the gain.

Now, after Han Li once again attempts to control the myriad swords diagram and fails, his thoughts turn as he considers whether to try again, when suddenly his expression shifts, and a hand shoots out to grab behind him.

With a "swish", a mass of firelight shot out from the gate and, in a flash, landed in his palm.

Five fingers closed, the firelight burst open, but simultaneously from the flames came the urgent voice of Hai Da Shao.

"Master, the Elder Council just sent someone to summon you to the Observation Platform. It seems the demon race has begun to encircle, and there appears to be a high-ranking demon race appearing."

"High-ranking demon race……, well then, let's go see for ourselves!"

Han Li was startled upon hearing this, revealing a thoughtful expression, but immediately a flash of killing intent appeared on his face as he muttered a few words to himself.

Just as he shook his sleeve, he took in the golden gourd and the myriad swords diagram, and simultaneously golden light flared across his body, transforming into a golden rainbow that shot away.

The golden rainbow that escaped from the tower showed no intention of lingering; after a few flashes, it shot toward the edge of Tianyuan City.

With Han Li's current escape speed, naturally he could cover a thousand li in an instant, and in just a little over half an hour he could see the distant high city walls.

At this moment, outside the city walls, the sky was filled with rolling demonic qi, not a single ray of sunlight visible, as if someone had used some obscure power to obscure the originally radiant sun in the sky.

From beneath the demonic qi, even more waves of soul-stirring war drum sounds faintly transmitted.

And on this side of Tianyuan City, horn sounds rose and fell continuously, as teams of warriors and cultivators clad in various colored armor surged forth from the giant towers, either running or flying.

They either held weapons or cradled magical artifacts, directly flying to the pre-arranged defensive positions, each and every one with extremely solemn expressions.

On the massive city walls, altar-like high platforms emerged one by one from the magic arrays amidst rumbling sounds, slowly floating into view.

Upon these high platforms, enormous round disks or giant conical brushes stood upright, with nearby seven or eight robed cultivators circling and standing with hands bound.

Besides this, the originally existing great light curtain enveloping the sky above Tianyuan City now displayed myriad rays of rosy light, and a miniature city-like white jade palace appeared out of nowhere.

Countless silver-colored runes churned ceaselessly around the palace, and as shadows flickered above it, countless armored soldiers could be vaguely seen standing upon it.

And atop the highest treasure-tower-like structure of the palace, a golden-colored ancient mirror ten zhang in diameter was inlaid.

This mirror now blazed with dazzling light, transforming into a cluster of golden-colored blazing sun, illuminating over half of Tianyuan City below.

Whether human warriors or cultivators, at the moment this golden light shone upon them, their spirits were instantly uplifted, and an inexplicable courage surged in their hearts, greatly boosting their confidence to overcome the enemy.

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