Chapter 2065: The Power of Devouring

In the blink of an eye, nearly half of Blood Crow City was empty.

"Perfect. With these Demons as cover, our risk will be reduced quite a bit. But it's a bit strange! With such a major event, why hasn't the Blood Crow City Lord appeared yet? Otherwise, if he had taken the lead to organize manpower, these Demons wouldn't have fallen into such chaos." The disheveled-haired man furrowed his brows and muttered two sentences.

The Long Clan ancestor heard this and showed a thoughtful expression.

Han Li's expression remained calm, without the slightest abnormality.

Below, the group didn't delay any longer. Following a large team of tens of thousands of Demons, they also quietly fled Blood Crow City.

These Demons split into over a dozen smaller teams after leaving the city wall, transforming into a black, dense long dragon and rushing away in the same direction.

Clearly, these Demons hoped that there would be gaps in the encirclement of the Demon ant sea, wanting to escape with their lives through the gaps or weak points.

These Demons had varying cultivation levels, and their escape speeds naturally varied. Without anyone to command them, the team scattered into a mess after a short while.

The various escape lights and demonic energy transformed by the crowd of Demons stretched for a hundred miles.

The high-level Demons in the front, however, didn't slow down at all, instead forming another team and flying forward blindly.

Other mid-level Demons with slightly lower cultivation had no choice but to follow far behind, watching those high-level Demons go further and further away, until they finally vanished from sight.

Han Li and the others didn't follow those high-level Demons closely, but quietly mixed into the second group, moving forward at a leisurely pace.

After a cup of tea's time, booming and exploding sounds suddenly came from the sky ahead, and a large purple cloud appeared at the edge, which was a large group of Demon-Absorbing Ants.

In the purple ant cloud, balls of black gas and thunder fire roared incessantly, which were the high-level Demons who had arrived a step earlier.

Getting a bit closer, one could see that the ant sea was over a hundred acres large. But under the desperate urging of these hundred-plus high-level Demons, the Demon ants were turned into balls of ash and fell from the high sky, and in the blink of an eye, the area had shrunk by nearly half.

The Demons behind saw this and were overjoyed, emitting long whistles and joining the attack by urging their Demon artifacts.

In this way, this wave of Demon ants was swept away by the group of Demons in just a few breaths.

Many Demons saw this and couldn't help but feel refreshed, feeling for a moment that these Demon-Absorbing Ants were not as famous as they were rumored to be, and not as terrifying as they were rumored to be.

But among them, there were also many experienced Demons who still had gloomy expressions, and after discussing a few words, they immediately wanted to continue flying away.

Just at this moment, the originally cloudless sky suddenly darkened. A layer of purple gauze appeared strangely without any warning and fell slowly downward.

This purple gauze was unexpectedly composed of tens of millions of Demon ants, covering the entire sky and dyeing the void below a pale purple.

These Demon ants had unexpectedly hidden in the high places, using a small group of Demon ants to temporarily delay the group, and then completed the encirclement from above, beginning to reveal their ferocity.

"Not good, we've been ambushed."

"Run quickly! Only by escaping first can we have a hope of survival!"

For a time, the Demons below fell into chaos. Various shocked and angry shouts rose one after another, and hundreds of escape lights scattered in all directions.

As for how many of them could truly escape, only heaven knows.

"Brother Han, Fairy Ye! No need to hide your cultivation anymore, let's break out separately." The Long Clan ancestor's expression sank as he gave a low shout. He raised his hand, and a phantom shot out, expanding in the wind to transform into a snow-white dugout canoe. He flickered onto it and broke through the air.

Elder Hui and the Lin Clan man looked at each other, then transformed into a golden and a black streak of light, shooting away in other directions.

"Fellow Daoist Han, this concubine will also take her leave first." The feathered-clothing girl smiled sweetly at Han Li, then five-colored light radiated from her body, unexpectedly transforming into a five-colored phoenix phantom over ten feet large, wrapping the woman and flashing into the void, vanishing.

The next moment, light flashed in the void hundreds of feet away, and the phoenix phantom emerged silently, then flickered again, vanishing strangely.

Han Li watched all this, sighed lightly, and formed hand seals with one hand. A thunderclap sounded behind his back, and a pair of crystal-clear wings emerged.

With a slight flap of his wings, he transformed into a cyan-white light thread and shot out, vanishing in a flash, appearing strangely at the edge of the horizon, then flashing again, vanishing without a trace.

In this way, the group of humans split up and broke out in an instant, all acting alone, no longer caring about those Demons.

With their Demon Venerable-level strength, their escape speeds were naturally far beyond what ordinary high-level Demons could compare to.

Even before the ant sea above their heads had completely fallen, Han Li and the others had managed to break out with incredible speed, and without any intention of stopping, they continued to fly wildly.

And the group of Demons behind was instantly drowned by the purple cloud, and the roaring and exploding sounds rose again...

Han Li, transformed into a cyan-white light thread, flew for over thirty or forty thousand miles in one breath. Suddenly, his expression changed, and he stopped his escape light. After looking ahead for a few moments, a bitter smile appeared on his face.

In the sky dozens of miles away, another ball of purple cloud appeared strangely, rolling toward this side.

"I didn't expect to have to force my way through now. I hope I don't provoke the attention of that Ant Queen."

Han Li muttered a few words, formed hand seals with one hand, and shook his wings. Balls of cyan thunder fire surged out, exploding one after another, unexpectedly condensing into a silver thunder array several feet large beneath his feet in an instant.

A thunderclap!

Countless electric arcs shot out from the array, and silver electric light flashed wildly.

Han Li's incantation changed, and he chanted a low incantation. After a thunderclap, he vanished from the array without a trace.

In the ant sea a thousand miles away, an identical thunder array emerged strangely.

Silver electric snakes flashed wildly, and a large area of Demon-Absorbing Ants nearby vanished into ashes instantly.

But more Demon ants surged toward him like a tide, and they swallowed the electric light flickering on the thunder array in large gulps.

Within a few breaths, the area of the thunder array shrank by nearly half, and it was about to collapse and vanish.

Just at this moment, cyan-white electric light flashed in the center, and Han Li's figure emerged with a booming sound.

As soon as he appeared, he swept his gaze coldly around, while shaking both sleeves.

Seventy-two cyan small swords shot out simultaneously, and under the urging of his incantation, they transformed into a sword curtain, protecting his entire body.

The thunder array finally let out a mournful cry and collapsed. Dense Demon-Absorbing Ants pounced toward Han Li.

Han Li's expression was calm, but the sword curtain on his body rippled with a clear sound, transforming into a blooming cyan lotus.

Wherever the cyan cold light passed, thousands of Demon-Absorbing Ants were stirred into meat paste, completely unable to approach Han Li.

However, Han Li's expression sank at this moment.

He clearly sensed that in just this short time, the spiritual power in the flying swords he had released had vanished by a portion. Clearly, those Demon-Absorbing Ants he had killed had swallowed it before they were killed.

Although this spiritual power was only a tiny bit compared to all the spiritual power in the flying swords, if it continued for a long time, the loss would still be significant.

Han Li's brows jumped. Without a word, he opened his mouth, and a ball of silver flames was spat out, transforming into a silver fire bird over ten feet large, circling and dancing beside him.

It was the Devouring Spirit Heavenly Fire he had nurtured in his body for many years!

This Heavenly Fire had long since possessed a trace of spirituality. Without Han Li's urging, it immediately let out a clear cry, and the feathers on its body shook simultaneously. Countless silver glows shot out in all directions, flashing and vanishing into the ant sea.

Explosions rose!

Balls of silver light exploded in the ant sea instantly, transforming into rolling silver flames.

The nearby void was instantly shrouded in a scorching aura. As long as the Demon-Absorbing Ants were stained with a trace of silver flame, they vanished into thin air as if vaporized.

The originally sky-covering purple ant sea unexpectedly had a void of several miles cleared out.

But when Han Li pointed with one hand, and strands of silver flames transformed into countless fire feathers and returned to the fire bird, his expression changed again.

But at the same time, the demon beast beneath him, which had originally wanted to spring forward, also suddenly stayed obediently in place, motionless.

Clearly, although these Heavenly Fires could easily kill the Demon-Absorbing Ants, they couldn't avoid being swallowed by the Demon ants by a portion.

With the power of the Devouring Spirit Heavenly Fire, Han Li naturally didn't want this fire to be consumed in vain like this.

His expression gloomy, he flicked his sleeves at the silver fire bird, and a stream of cyan mist flew out.

The fire bird let out a cry and vanished in the void.

And just because of this delay, the originally empty void was filled again by dense Demon-Absorbing Ants, pouncing toward Han Li aggressively once more.

This time, Han Li didn't say a word, grabbing into the void with one hand.

Immediately, a stream of gray mist and a stream of five-colored cold flames surged out from his body, and after a flash, they transformed into giant waves and rolled toward all directions.

On one side, gray light flashed, and the Demon ants trembled and transformed into balls of powder. On the other side, five-colored cold light flashed, and thousands of Demon ants were instantly transformed into blocks of ice by the five-colored cold power, falling wildly from the high sky.

But when Han Li retracted these two divine abilities, he shook his head and sighed again.

Then he didn't test anything else, but focused on urging the seventy-two Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords, transforming into a dazzling cyan rainbow, soaring into the sky, circling slightly, and forcing his way in a certain direction.

Wherever the cyan sword light passed, countless Demon ants fell and died, completely unable to block Han Li's path.

Han Li's current escape speed was not a bit slower than before!

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 2066 =====