Chapter 1951: Battle of Yitian (Part 9)

The next moment, a flash of golden light rippled across Han Li's body. With a low shout, his figure suddenly swelled, and golden fur sprouted from his skin, transforming him in an instant into a giant golden-furred ape!

He had actually used the Great Hibernation Art to transform into a Mountain-Crushing Ape!

Without a word, the giant ape swung both arms, and the two Extreme Mountains in his hands shot through the air with a thunderous boom, reaching the stone gate in a flash and slamming heavily into it.

Two earth-shattering roars rang out.

A layer of golden light emerged on the stone gate, followed by two blinding, sun-like balls of light that exploded with a thunderous rumble.

The barrier formed by the golden light shattered into pieces almost instantly.

Under this terrifying power, the stone gate itself vanished into dust without a sound.

Han Li's face was somewhat pale, but his spirit remained quite good. After a sweep of golden mist rolled from his hand,

that seemingly unfathomable barrier was also instantly reduced to dust under the brute force of the giant ape and the terrifying power of the two Extreme Mountains.

Seeing this, the giant ape stomped his feet, and his entire body transformed into a gust of wind, rushing behind the stone gate.

With a "Whoosh," a massive silver fist flashed out from the void ahead and struck heavily toward him.

Before it even hit the giant ape, an invisible, overwhelming force surged forward to envelop him.

Han Li, who hadn't yet steadied his stance, was startled, but he didn't show the slightest fear. With a loud roar, he raised his arm, and a furry hand of his own reached out to meet it.

Golden light flickered at the tips of his five fingers, and the entire hand instantly became as if cast from refined gold.

With a "Crack!", the silver fist and the golden fist collided.

After a crisp sound, the surface of the silver fist was covered in countless cracks, and it was actually shattered by the giant ape's punch!

But just then, a fierce wind rose above the giant ape's head, and another silver claw reached down to grab him.

Without hesitation, the giant ape moved his other arm, and a golden palm swatted out to meet it.

The silver claw exploded into fragments with a thunderous roar.

Having done all this, the giant ape showed no intention of stopping. Blue light flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly opened his mouth, spitting out a beam of cyan light.

In a flash, it pierced through a spot over ten zhang away.

With a thunderous boom, a silver shadow stumbled and fell from the void.

It was a silver puppet with missing hands.

It stood two zhang tall, its entire body inscribed with mysterious black runes!

The giant ape reached out toward the puppet in the void, and with a loud, piercing "Swoosh," ten cyan sword beams crisscrossed and slashed down.

The silver puppet was torn to pieces in an instant!

Just then, ripples appeared in the nearby void, and "Swoosh, swoosh" sounds followed one after another.

Seven or eight identical silver puppets flashed into view.

Han Li felt a slight shock, but these puppets didn't hesitate; they moved, transforming into seven or eight balls of silver light and pouncing on him.

Half an hour later, the golden-furred giant ape let out a long howl, and the two mountain peaks he was wielding were simultaneously released and shot out.

After two thunderous booms, two silver puppets were blasted into nothingness.

With a flicker, the two Extreme Mountains vanished from where they were, only to reappear strangely in the giant ape's hands before he flipped his palms and made them vanish again.

On the other side, over a dozen purple-patterned beetles circled and danced around several other puppets.

The silver puppets fell one after another without a sound, and in the blink of an eye, not a single one remained.

Seeing this, the giant ape formed a hand seal with one hand, and the golden light on his body receded, his size rapidly shrinking until he returned to his human form.

On the bluestone ground below, there were broken remains of silver puppets everywhere, numbering at least twenty.

Han Li glanced downward, frowned, and then quickly shifted his gaze to the void not far away, a hint of solemnity flashing in his eyes.

Although these silver puppets each had strength only at the early stage of Spirit Severing, their numbers on this level were truly staggering.

The first level of this tower didn't look very large from the outside, but he had actually flown for quite a long time to reach this point.

Along the way, he had killed over a hundred of these silver puppets.

If he hadn't transformed into the Mountain-Crushing Ape, these silver puppets would have been unable to withstand a single blow of his brute force, and he had even used his thirteen spirit insects; otherwise, dealing with these things would have taken quite some time.

Even so, Han Li no longer dared to underestimate them.

After all, this was only the first level!

Thinking this, Han Li glanced up at the high sky.

About sixty or seventy zhang above the ground, a layer of gray mist obscured everything.

In his previous attempts, he had considered taking a shortcut and directly breaking the barrier to the second level. However, fearing that a forced destruction would affect the nodes hidden here, he had to abandon that idea.

If the nodes were already integrated with the tower's barrier, acting so recklessly would be more trouble than it was worth.

Han Li pondered, but he didn't hesitate any longer. His escape light rose, and he shot toward the staircase ahead.

The thirteen purple beetles followed closely behind with a buzz.

After a few flashes, the cyan rainbow vanished without a trace.

A short while later, in the seemingly empty void, a flash of golden light suddenly appeared, and a graceful figure emerged silently.

The figure wore a pink palace dress, her eyes like water; it was the middle-aged beauty among the Yin-Yang Duo.

The woman looked at the staircase where Han Li had vanished, a hint of wariness appearing on her face.

"This person truly has some tricks, actually knowing the True Spirit Transformation and having such powerful spirit insects to command! It's fortunate I followed; otherwise, with this person's cultivation, it might have been impossible to stop him from escaping." After the beauty muttered to herself, she raised a hand, and a silver formation plate appeared. After it spun in her palm, a sheet of silver mist rolled down.

Amidst the flickering silver light, the beauty's figure blurred and vanished like a gust of wind.

On the second level, a flash of cyan sword light!

Two silver puppets, slightly larger than those on the first level, were swept up by the rolling sword light and scattered into a pile of scrap metal.

These puppets were basically the same in appearance as those on the first level, but their strength was not much different from a human cultivator at the mid-stage of Spirit Severing.

Han Li pondered silently, and with his thirteen spirit insects, he continued to fly forward expressionlessly, leaving behind a ground full of puppet remains.

On the third level, at the staircase, over a dozen puppets with strength at the late stage of Spirit Severing once again surrounded Han Li, pouncing on him expressionlessly.

Fourth level...

On the sixth level, Han Li drifted forward with long strides, a hint of strangeness appearing on his face.

The puppets that appeared on the fourth level had turned a reddish-gold color, each possessing the cultivation of the early stage of Void Refinement, but their numbers had greatly decreased.

On the fifth and sixth levels, the golden puppets possessed strength sequentially increasing to the mid and late stages of Void Refinement.

The golden puppets on the sixth level were much more troublesome than the previous ones; even he had spent quite some effort and used several great divine abilities to kill his way to this level in one go.

If the arrangement followed the previous regular pattern, the puppets guarding this level should very likely have had the strength of the Body Integration stage.

This made Han Li raise his guard to the maximum, preparing to deal with it properly.

As a result, since entering this level, there had been no movement at all, and he hadn't encountered the slightest obstruction.

While he felt strange, he became even more cautious.

Fortunately, with the guidance of the Destruction Eye technique, he was certain that the space node was on the seventh level, likely not far ahead.

This made Han Li feel a bit of joy.

Suddenly, the thirteen spirit insects following him let out a sharp cry simultaneously, circling and dancing up and down around him.

Han Li felt a jolt in his heart, his figure paused, and he suddenly stopped in place.

At the same time, blue light flashed wildly in his eyes as he stared fixedly in one direction.

In the void over there, seven-colored light rolled, and two tall figures flashing with seven-colored spiritual light appeared, their bodies radiating blinding light. They were two puppets whose bodies were almost translucent, like glass!

These two glass puppets were about the size of normal people, but their faces were blurred, and their bodies were exceptionally crystal clear and smooth. The moment they appeared, they gave Han Li a feeling of extreme, terrifying oppression.

"Truly interesting, but wanting to stop me with just two early-stage Body Integration puppets without a shred of intelligence is too delusional!" Han Li carefully examined the two puppets from head to toe for a moment, then the sharp light in his eyes receded, and he let out a cold laugh.

He immediately shook his sleeve, and the two Extreme Mountains were thrown out with a roar. The thirteen purple-patterned beetles circling nearby spread their wings and shot toward the two puppets.

Then, with a flip of his hand, a silver ruler appeared. With a flick of his wrist, it shot out, vanishing in a flash and transforming into a silver ribbon over ten zhang long, rolling forward with overwhelming momentum.

Although Han Li seemed disdainful, his attack was fierce, as he didn't want to waste any more time with these two puppets.

Seeing this thunderous attack, the two glass puppets had seven-colored light swirling in their four eyes. Their figures suddenly flashed together, and their four arms blurred, their four palms strangely pressing against each other.

"Puff!"

Two balls of seven-colored light erupted between the four palms, twisting and strangely transforming into a seven-colored ball of light that began to swell wildly.

It started only the size of a head, but after a few wild flashes, it suddenly transformed into a layer of seven-colored light shield!

The gorgeous light submerged both their figures, and a low humming sound suddenly erupted.

The light shield actually began to vibrate at a frequency invisible to the naked eye, while countless runes of various sizes surged from its surface, emitting an extremely gorgeous light.

With a "Bang!", the silver ribbon, whose speed far exceeded anyone's imagination, arrived above the light shield and slashed down heavily.

A strange scene occurred!

Almost half a chi away from the light shield, the void nearby suddenly blurred, and the silver ribbon trembled, unable to get any closer.

A moment later, the ribbon let out a mournful cry, revealing its original form, and was bounced high into the air!

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