Chapter 2066: The Wilderness of the Demon Realm

However, Han Li's magic power was flowing away faster than before.

Although it was only a negligible amount compared to all the magic power he possessed, the long-term loss was still significant.

But with his true essence cultivation far exceeding that of existences at the same stage, as long as he maintained the consumption at an extreme state, it should be enough for him to escape safely.

Han Li thought to himself while flying, and the cyan sword light radiating from his body suddenly converged, shrinking from the original ten-plus feet to about a foot in size.

Then, after a few flashes, his escape light plunged into the depths of the ant sea, completely drowned by the dense Demon ants.

At the same time, in other parts of the ant sea, the Demons were also trapped in the heavy encirclement of the Demon ants.

All sorts of demon artifacts were successively unleashed, and waves of diverse divine abilities transformed from demon arts raged and whistled among the demon ants.

Large swaths of Demon-Absorbing Ants were swept away.

But this situation was like drinking poison to quench thirst for those ordinary Demons with lower cultivation, and their magic power would be exhausted in no time.

By then, these low-level Demons would only face the fate of being devoured clean by the Demon ants.

But facing the dense Demon-Absorbing Ants pouncing toward them, these Demons could only urge their magic power to protect themselves in terror.

Those Demons who had reached the Nascent Soul realm and had condensed a Demon Nascent Soul could support themselves for half a day or even a whole day.

As for demons with higher cultivation bases at the Spirit Transformation or Void Refinement stages, even under the continuous attacks of the demon ants, they were fully capable of holding out for several days or even half a month.

And the number of Demons and Demon beasts from Blood Crow City trapped in the ant sea was astonishing.

The ant sea naturally couldn't surround everyone with full force, so it wasn't impossible to escape from it.

Time passed bit by bit!

Several hours later, those low-level Demons finally exhausted their magic power and could no longer urge their demonic arts to protect themselves. The power released by those Demon artifacts also grew weaker and weaker, and they finally began to emit shrill screams.

After half a day passed, the only Demons who could still struggle to support themselves in the ant sea were those at the Nascent Soul stage or above.

Because the Demons and Demon beasts fled in all directions, the giant ant sea that had originally surrounded this area tightly could not avoid splitting into dozens of parts, spreading outward slowly along with these prey.

In a sea of ants not small in area, ten million miles away from Blood Crow City, six Demon men and women were flying silently in the same direction.

Among them, two younger Demon men, one radiating sky-high fire light, the other emitting wisps of white gas.

All the Demon ants approaching the two were either turned into balls of ash or frozen into ice blocks in a flash.

As for the Demon woman, she was dressed as a matron, with a pitch-black ancient mirror hovering above her head, spraying balls of cyan light that vaguely carried the sound of wind and thunder, exploding all the nearby Demon ants.

These three Demons were precisely the three Hai Clan Demons who had blocked Han Li on the street in Blood Crow City.

As for the last three Demon men, they were about forty years old, and their faces were vaguely five or six parts similar, making it clear at a glance that they had a certain blood relationship.

These three Demons didn't use any Demon artifacts, but instead formed hand seals with one hand, jointly urging a pitch-black demonic energy to dance wildly in the surroundings, sweeping away numerous Demon ants.

These six Demons were all at the Void Refinement stage. Joining forces, the momentum was truly astonishing, and they broke through hundreds of miles in the ant sea in the blink of an eye.

The Demon ants ahead gradually became sparse, as if they had reached the edge.

The six Demons saw this and were naturally overjoyed.

But just at this moment, a change occurred!

The ant sea on one side split open, and over a hundred giant ants, each over ten feet large, rushed out.

These Demon ants were all emerald green, with crystal-clear wings on their backs, their fangs exposed, looking incredibly ferocious.

As soon as the giant ants appeared, they pounced toward the three Demon men with similar faces with aggressive momentum.

"Three Fellow Daoists of the Nangong Clan, be careful. These are mutated Demon ants, not comparable to ordinary Demon-Absorbing Ants." The Demon woman saw this and her expression changed drastically, hurriedly reminding them.

The three Demon men were startled, but immediately joined forces to urge their demonic arts.

The demonic energy, originally the thickness of a bowl, flickered and thickened by several times, transforming into a black dragon that met the giant ants.

Piercing sounds of breaking through the air rang out!

Those giant ants opened their mouths and spat out balls of purple liquid, striking the body of the black dragon accurately.

Low booming sounds rose instantly!

The places where the black dragon was struck by the liquid emitted wisps of yellow smoke, and its body vanished by nearly half.

The giant ants spat out even more purple liquid without mercy.

This time, the targets of these liquid balls were mostly placed on the three Demon men.

The three Demon men's expressions changed slightly. The leader took a low shout and spat out a miniature shield several inches large, while simultaneously pouring his magic power into it.

The shield expanded a hundred times instantly, transforming into a giant white shield several feet tall. Its surface was uneven, and there were faint sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling, unexpectedly refined from countless white bones.

Under the urging of the demonic arts, black demonic patterns surged on the surface of the bone shield, transforming into a layer of black light curtain, protecting the leader and the two men beside him within.

The purple liquid balls struck the black curtain like a downpour, and yellow smoke rolled up.

The surface of the black light curtain trembled violently, and at the same time, it shrank and thinned rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Not good, you two help me. I cannot block them alone." The leader saw this and shouted in terror.

The two Demon men behind him were terrified, and with a flicker, they arrived behind the leader, each pressing a palm onto his shoulder.

Immediately, streams of black gas surged into the leader's body from the arms of the two behind him as if they had life.

The originally trembling light curtain thickened again, but the magic power in the three men's bodies flowed away at an astonishing speed, and they could no longer make any other powerful counterattacks.

"Fellow Daoist Hai, please help!" The leader turned his head and shouted for help to the Demon woman.

"Three Fellow Daoists, don't be afraid. This concubine will kill them immediately." The Demon woman responded without hesitation, pointing her finger at the ancient mirror in the air.

The Demon artifact spun, the mirror surface turned toward the giant Demon ants, and cyan light condensed on the surface, as if it were about to release some divine ability.

Piercing screams rose again, and the Demon ants on the other side surged, and even more cyan giant ants flew out, dense and numerous, numbering five or six hundred.

The Demon woman, who was about to attack, was startled. Without a word, her hand seals changed, and the ancient mirror transformed into a ball of cyan light and dropped downward, wrapping her figure within.

A buzzing sound was heard!

Cyan light flashed on the Demon woman's body, and she immediately transformed into a ball of spiritual light and fled through the air. This woman not only ignored the three trapped Demon men but also didn't care about her two subordinates.

The two Hai Clan men saw this, their hearts filled with panic, and they also transformed into a red and a white streak of light, shooting away.

In the blink of an eye, only the three Nangong Clan men were left in place, cursing loudly in their shock and anger.

The same scene was frequently erupting in other parts of the ant sea.

The appearance of the mutated high-level Demon ants caused the majority of the Demons who were still struggling to support themselves to fall and die on the spot.

And the high-level Demons who could escape this disaster either had strange treasures for protection or had cultivated special divine abilities, or they were lucky enough to have their companions act as scapegoats, allowing them to escape.

As for Han Li and the others, and the few Demon Venerable-level Demon people and Demon beasts, they relied on their own cultivation to forcibly carve out a bloody path from the giant ants.

However, even so, the Demon-Absorbing Ants still didn't intend to let go of the survivors, following them closely like maggots on a rotting bone.

As long as they relaxed slightly, the survivors would fall into the encirclement of the ant sea again, having to bite their teeth and fight bitterly once more.

In this way, time passed day by day, and the insect tide formed by the Demon-Absorbing Ants lasted for a full half a year before gradually disappearing and collapsing.

But even so, seven or eight cities around the grassland were destroyed, and the number of Demons devoured by the Demon ants was in the hundreds of millions. After this, many Demon people were terrified whenever they mentioned this insect tide.

The fierce name of the Demon-Absorbing Ants became something people turned pale at the mention of in this region.

One year later, above a pitch-black forest filled with towering giant trees hundreds of feet tall, a streak of faint cyan light was flying through the air at lightning speed.

And over ten miles behind the cyan light, a group of giant birds with red feathers and pigeon faces were chasing closely, emitting strange cries.

Suddenly, the cyan light ahead paused slightly, and dozens of bright sword lights sprayed out, flashing and vanishing, slashing over a dozen of the leading giant birds into two halves.

Following this, the cyan light flashed and flew through the air again.

Those red giant birds were shocked and angry, emitting a few unpleasant "gua gua" cries around the remains of their companions below, but finally gave up and didn't chase anymore.

The cyan light ahead flew for over ten thousand miles in one breath before its speed slowed down.

"Not bad, to be able to find such a large piece of Wind Flame Crystal in this place, I imagine it will be of great use in the future."

In the cyan light, a young man held a red crystal the size of a head in one hand, a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth as he muttered to himself.

This person was Han Li.

One year ago, relying on his powerful divine abilities, he flew non-stop into the wilderness of the Demon Realm to truly shake off those Demon-Absorbing Ants.

Then, following the plan he had discussed with the others, he didn't look for the Long Clan ancestor and the others again, but headed straight for the Illusion Howling Desert.

This wilderness was naturally an extremely dangerous place for ordinary Demons, but with Han Li's divine abilities, he didn't take it too seriously.

Instead, he had continuous gains along the way, discovering over a dozen rare materials and spirit medicines that were hard to find in the Spirit Realm.

This made him overjoyed.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 2067 =====