Chapter 2013

"Good, very good. This time you were lucky, but my avatar will easily conjure another heart demon—it's nothing difficult. Your method absolutely cannot destroy your second heart demon." The voice of that androgynous demon head came, somewhat annoyed and angry.

Following a flash of black light ahead, a mass of black qi condensed out of thin air, then rolled and vaguely coalesced into a humanoid figure.

"Next time? There is no next time! Since you cast a spell in my presence and still want to hide your form, that's simply wishful thinking." The three-headed, six-armed giant ape Han Li transformed into let out a low, buzzing roar, then suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a mass of green light.

The green light was indeed the pure spiritual energy from within Han Li's body, but inside it wrapped a remnant incense of pale yellow color, emitting a faint sandalwood scent.

The giant ape's central head blinked with blue light, then its two large hands suddenly grabbed and seized the incense, and with both hands it rubbed vigorously.

"Puchi"~

A mass of silver-colored flame appeared between the two hands, and a mass of pale yellow-colored light smoke instantly dispersed from the two giant hands.

Almost simultaneously, another head of the giant ape opened its mouth wide, puffed out its cheeks, and blew hard.

A booming sound rang out1

The pale yellow light smoke condensed into a crossbow bolt, which flashed and shot through the air, then vanished in an instant.

The next moment, not far from Han Li, a yellow light flashed, the crossbow bolt appeared, and it pierced into the void like lightning.

After a fierce snort!

At that spot, which originally appeared empty in the void, a mass of black light twisted and emerged, and the yellow-colored crossbow bolt struck exactly at its center.

"Hmph, human brat, you really think a mere treasure can harm me? To me, such things are utterly insignificant." A tiny figure, a few inches tall, stood within the black light, facing the crossbow bolt that had pierced straight through its body, yet it let out a sound of contemptuous laughter.

The tiny figure's face was blurred, indiscernible in detail, but it emitted a strange, evil aura that made one shiver upon seeing it, as if fallen into an ice cellar.

"When did I say this was an ordinary treasure? Regardless of whether your true form is truly the Heavenly Outer Demon Lord, a mere demon thought—this thing can easily drive you away." Seeing the crossbow bolt hit its target, the giant ape's expression relaxed, and it spoke in a cold, human voice.

"What, this thing is……" The tiny figure in the black light shuddered, suddenly recalling something from its long memory, and its voice rose sharply in surprise.

But all this could not change anything—the yellow-colored crossbow bolt, the next moment, exploded with a muffled bang.

A rich sandalwood scent spread with the dispersal of pale yellow light smoke, enveloping an area of several mu beneath it.

"Impossible, this is Black Underworld Ice Incense, this kind of demon-repelling divine incense! Such a thing should have long vanished from this realm—how could you possibly have it? But don't get too happy too soon—next time you attempt to reach the Great Ascension stage, I will personally descend and certainly won't let you escape so easily." The black-colored tiny figure, enveloped in the yellow light smoke, could no longer maintain its form; after a reluctant, piercing cry, its body shattered into a thousand holes and vanished into thin air.

Obviously, this thread of demon thought from the Heavenly Outer Demon was forcibly expelled from Han Li's sea of consciousness at this moment.

Witnessing this, the three-headed, six-armed giant ape quickly formed hand seals, its size rapidly shrank, and in an instant it shed its double transformation, returning to its original human form.

At this moment, Han Li's complexion was slightly pale, his chest heaved slightly—just now the consumption of divine sense and magic power from using his divine ability was indeed significant, which is also the main reason he did not initially employ this divine ability.

Han Li glanced at the spot where the demon vanished, his face showing no relaxation at all; instead, without a word, he made a hand seal with one hand, and his body turned into specks of green light that dispersed.

Earlier, to prevent the heart demon from taking advantage and affecting his divine sense outside the sea of consciousness, he had completely severed the connection with his physical body; now that the heart demon was gone, he naturally could not wait to return to his body immediately.

The moment Han Li opened his eyes, he saw that the surrounding gray-colored light points had, at some point, condensed into five blurry, mirage-like figures about three zhang tall, with ever-changing forms, desperately assaulting the protective treasure light surrounding his body.

Each strike from these five mirages caused the treasure's light to tremble violently, shrinking the protective light by more than half.

Moreover, the five mirages emitted strange, piercing cries from their mouths, circling Han Li without retreating half a step, and their bodies exuded an astonishingly violent aura.

"Hmph, just a few evil-qi-congealed fiends dare to show off before me? Begone!"

Han Li's complexion darkened; without thinking, he let out a piercing cry, and golden-colored electricity flashed across his body, as countless golden-colored arcs shot out from his form.

After the five fiends, condensed from killing qi, were enveloped in a mass of golden light, they vanished in ashes and smoke amid the thunderclaps, offering not the slightest resistance.

Having dealt with the five fiends, Han Li's face showed no joy at all; instead, his expression grew increasingly grim.

For at this moment, the several restrictions and spell formations he had specially prepared to face the heavenly tribulation had all been triggered, transforming into several layers of giant light curtains that enveloped the entire stone tower.

Now, above his head, under the wind and rain summoned by the eighty-one black flood dragons, violent arcs of five-colored electricity spewed forth.

These bolts of electricity were small—only about a chi in length—but the large ones reached up to a li in size, pouring down from the sky like a violent rainstorm.

Amid the flashing electricity, the restrictions immediately showed signs of failing, emitting strained, low groans.

At this moment, the various-colored electric arcs falling from the sky suddenly gathered in midair, instantly condensing into a massive electric arc as thick as a water column, which flashed down and struck hard against the light curtain.

A crisp sound!

The entire light curtain trembled and shattered inch by inch.

With no obstruction from the five-colored electric arcs, they vanished from above the tower's summit, and the next moment appeared horizontally in the void above Han Li's secret chamber, then struck downward.

Han Li, without hesitation, flicked his sleeve, and more than ten golden arcs shot out simultaneously.

A deafening roar!

Upon contact, the golden arcs and the five-colored electricity annihilated each other simultaneously.

But this was merely a beginning—more five-colored electric arcs appeared within the secret chamber, covering the sky and earth as they wildly bombarded Han Li's body.

Han Li narrowed his eyes, then suddenly made a grasping motion in the void with one hand; a mass of green light flashed and appeared in his palm, spun around, and transformed into seventy-two green beams that shot out in four directions.

A dragon's roar rang out! 、

Innumerable green-colored sword qi broke through the air, intertwining and appearing, filling every corner of the secret chamber densely, but as they gathered toward Han Li's head, they coalesced into a mass of green-colored light.

This ball spun, countless piercing sword beams flickering in and out, and after a sound of breaking, a huge emerald-green coiled dragon bared its fangs and claws and lunged out.

Han Li not only seized the green-colored sword lotus from afar with one hand, but in an instant transformed it into dozens of small swords and redeployed the Azure Coiled Sword Formation.

This sword formation truly lives up to being one of Han Li's trump cards—the azure-colored coiled dragon, soaring and dancing above the secret chamber, when struck by the five-colored electric arcs, suffered not the slightest damage; instead, swaying its head and tail, it scattered all the electric arcs with a single blow.

But just then, the fire clouds in the sky, which had originally shrunk, not only returned to their original size, but after the fire spiritual energy underwent a disturbance, clusters of red molten lava the size of heads fell from the fire clouds, transforming into clusters of red-colored fireballs that dropped straight down.

But Han Li naturally felt no fear—after taking a deep breath, the two Extreme Mountains appeared before his eyes with a flick, and he separately struck upward with one hand on each!

The grayish magnetic divine light and countless invisible sword qi instantly transformed into layers of light waves that surged wildly out from the two Extreme Mountains……

……

One day and one night later, when the eighty-one black dragons in the sky emitted a low groan and self-destructed, finally turning into masses of black qi that lingered nearby without departing, the high-ranking cultivators who had remained were already stunned by the might of the heavenly tribulation and Han Li's means of resistance, their mouths agape.

Though they had never seen such a terrifying heavenly tribulation before, Han Li's divine powers were so great that, with one man's strength, he could actually resolve each one in turn—this left these high-ranking beings staring, swallowing their saliva uncontrollably.

And as the black dragons dispersed in an instant, a clear, long whistle suddenly echoed from within the stone tower, soaring straight to the heavens beyond the clouds,

At the same time, a mass of greenish light column flashed and shot out from the tower; wherever the green light passed, whether fire clouds or black qi, they were all swept clean, leaving only the sky filled with various-colored runes.

After the light column flashed and retracted, a towering illusory figure a thousand zhang in height appeared, its aura astonishing as it hovered in the high air; looking at its face and features, they were exactly the same as Han Li's.

"Eh, isn't this Daoist Han?"

"It turns out Senior Han is in the late-stage bottleneck of his breakthrough—truly an unimaginable feat!"

……

After clearly seeing the phantom's face, nearly half of the nearby cultivators recognized Han Li, and instantly a great commotion arose.

After the azure phantom swept its gaze over the dense, multicolored runes all around, the corner of its mouth revealed a faint smile, and it suddenly opened its mouth and inhaled with great force.

All the runes trembled, then instantly transformed into countless points of light that surged wildly, like rivers returning to the sea, being sucked into the phantom's vast maw.

With so many points of light, each inhalation drew in nearly tens of thousands.

The azure phantom immediately began to grow at an astonishing speed, frenziedly expanding; and when the nearby multicolored points of light were nearly all sucked in, even farther away, more radiant clouds began to fly toward it like moths to flame, drawn by some mysterious force, and were likewise swallowed whole by the azure phantom.

"Not good—everyone, retreat! Fellow Daoist Han has already passed the late-stage tribulation and is now devouring the heavenly and earthly qi to reforge his Primordial Spirit. Our current position lies within its sphere of influence! We had best scatter immediately, lest we disturb Fellow Daoist Han." The silver-haired elder, whose face had hitherto shown only disbelief, upon seeing the scene in the distance, suddenly exclaimed in alarm and shouted loudly.

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