Chapter 2250

After the original phoenix cry, a burst of five-colored light and rosy clouds suddenly erupted from the shattered jade token, completely enveloping the precious flower within.

The nearby space fluctuated, and the precious flower's body blurred, about to vanish directly into the void.

But at this moment, a cold, delicate voice suddenly came from below, far away:

"Since you have already arrived here, do not rush to leave."

As the words fell, the water surface below suddenly split, and an illusory figure flickered into view with a blurred flash.

With a loud "Boom!", the precious flower's delicate body trembled, and it was struck by an irresistible immense force and sent flying; the layer of five-colored rosy light wrapping its body instantly shattered and vanished.

This woman was flung forty or fifty zhang away before barely stabilizing her stance, but her face flushed with an abnormal crimson, and she could not help but spit out a mouthful of bright red essence blood.

She seemed to have immediately injured her vital energy from this blow.

This woman was unusually quick-witted; at the moment the immense force reached her, she immediately poured all her magic power into her protective spiritual light; otherwise, though she might not have fallen on the spot from that blow, she would certainly not have merely spat out a mouthful of blood and been done with it.

Others witnessing this scene were naturally shocked and dismayed!

After Han Li's gaze narrowed, he saw a short, dark-skinned figure standing where the precious flower had originally been.

A girl appearing to be about eleven or twelve years old was slowly retracting a small fist, and with a half-smiling expression, she gazed at all the Mahayana beings present.

This girl had slightly dark skin, wore an extremely ordinary black tight-fitting garment, her features were unremarkable, but her eyes were entirely grayish-white, as if she were born blind; yet between her eyebrows was embedded a pitch-black, lustrous crystal stone, which at first glance seemed extremely similar to the crystal left behind when the giant worm in the high sky disappeared, only much darker and profound, as if it could absorb all light into itself, and its volume appeared to have shrunk by several times.

The precious flower just now had actually been sent flying by her single punch.

The moment the girl's gaze fell upon Han Li, his heart gave a sudden jolt, a strange chill rose from behind, and his eyes involuntarily narrowed slightly.

As for the other few Mahayana beings, when the girl's gray eyes swept over them, they all felt a sudden jolt in their hearts.

Although the girl did not reveal her identity, being able to appear in this void and with a single blow send the precious flower—this former holy ancestor—flying, there was no need to think; she was almost certainly the true mother of the winged insects.

As for what the giant worm that had just disappeared actually was, no one cared anymore; everyone stared fixedly at the girl, daring not to lose focus in the slightest.

After all, the punch that had just sent the precious flower flying—including Han Li—no one had been able to see it clearly.

This shows how strange and swift the girl's movements were.

Among those present, the only one who showed not the slightest change in expression was probably the Crab Daoist.

But as he stared blankly at the girl in the sky, his body emitted bursts of thunderous sounds, and silver electric arcs sparked spontaneously, forming a robe of lightning that enveloped him.

"Immortal puppet, quite interesting. I did not expect that after so many years, I could still see this object in the lower realm!" The girl's gaze swept over Han Li and the others, then finally settled on the Crab Daoist, and she said with a hint of interest.

"You are the true mother of the winged insects!" The precious flower finally resolved the blood energy in her chest, slowly approached the girl, and asked. Her expression remained fairly composed.

"Hmph, what is called 'true'? What you just destroyed was a shed shell I discarded a hundred thousand years ago, originally still useful, but now ruined in your hands. Now, how do you intend to compensate?" The girl raised her eyebrows, let out a cold snort, and spoke in an unusually delicate voice.

"Shell. So your true body was originally hidden underwater. A fine cicada shedding its shell! However, I never expected that you could even directly break the great translocation technique of the Phoenix Spirit Treasure Disk—this is truly the power of the celestial phoenix!" The precious flower's expression changed slightly before she sighed and said.

"Phoenix Spirit Treasure Disk! That is the thing containing a trace of the celestial phoenix's lawful power! A mere dead object. Even if it can manipulate some spatial power, attempting to use it before me is utterly laughable. Although I have never fought the true celestial phoenix, the strong ones of the phoenix clan have devoured no fewer than seven or eight of them by now." The girl pursed her lips, showing a hint of disdain as she spoke.

This remark caused the black-robed woman, who had already secretly grasped another Phoenix Spirit Treasure Disk in her hand, to feel a chill in her heart; although she knew the other's words should not be fully trusted, for a time no one dared to act rashly.

Han Li also felt his heart sink slightly.

However, some people simply did not believe the other's words, decided to keep far away from her, and fully believed in the power of the Phoenix Spirit Treasure Disk.

This person was precisely the red-faced burly man; just see his eyes flash with strange light, then he shook his sleeve, and a Phoenix Spirit Treasure Disk flickered into appearance in his palm, instantly shattering and opening.

A flash of the same five-colored light and rosy clouds enveloped the burly man, and simultaneously a spatial fluctuation appeared on his body.

Upon seeing this, the girl originally standing in the high sky immediately darkened her small face; her body merely moved, and she shot forth as a blur of black shadow.

The red-faced burly man had anticipated this; he let out a loud shout, and the bone blade in his hand suddenly slashed forth.

With a sound like heaven and earth collapsing, a mountain-like giant blade suddenly enveloped the opposing black shadow and instantly tore it into countless fragments.

"Hahaha..." The burly man laughed loudly, not caring whether his blow had truly injured the opponent; the five-colored light on his body suddenly condensed, and his body was about to blur and directly teleport away.

He naturally had the right to laugh so!

Others were all subdued by the terrifying words of the mother of the winged insects, daring not to use the Phoenix Spirit Treasure Disks to teleport out of this space, but only he had managed to do so.

Moreover, it was very likely that among those present, only he could escape with his life—how could this not make the burly man feel a bit proud?

Suddenly, the burly man let out a miserable cry, and his laughter ceased abruptly.

A slender arm reached out, passing through his protective spiritual light and close-fitting battle armor as if they were nothing, piercing from behind; the girl had ghostly appeared right behind the burly man within arm's reach.

The girl's arm seemed like an indestructible divine weapon; the five-colored light and rosy clouds emitted by the Phoenix Spirit Treasure Disk could not obstruct her silhouette in the slightest.

After the girl let out a clear, crisp laugh, she turned her small palm, and a half-foot-tall crimson figurine was easily pinched between her five fingers, struggling desperately to wriggle free, but to no avail.

This was indeed the Nascent Soul of the red-faced burly man, cultivated to great completion over many years.

The girl immediately opened her mouth; a black line flashed out and struck squarely against the burly man's physical body.

With a "Pfft!", the burly man's body instantly flashed with black light, aged and decayed, and finally turned into flying ash that vanished into thin air.

"No! It is the law of time, several Dao friends, save me!"

Upon seeing this, the burly man's Nascent Soul showed an expression of extreme terror on his face, and he struggled even more desperately in the girl's hand, while frantically crying out for help.

Upon hearing the words "law of time," the precious flower was greatly startled, her expression showing disbelief.

While the old man and the black-robed woman had originally been somewhat eager to try and rescue, upon hearing this, they exchanged a glance and showed expressions of extreme fear.

As for Han Li, upon hearing this, his face twitched slightly, revealing a thoughtful expression.

At this moment, the girl stared at the figurine in her hand; after a strange light flickered in her eyes, her face suddenly showed an expression of drooling desire; she moved her arm and actually bit off half of the burly man's Nascent Soul from the middle, as if chewing a delicious morsel, swallowing it in a few bites.

The burly man's Nascent Soul let out a miserable cry and fainted on the spot; although his Nascent Soul body blurred and then recovered as before, the light on its surface dimmed by more than half, and his breath became as if present yet absent.

The precious flower's expression changed slightly; she raised her arm slightly, as if wanting to do something, but it was already too late.

After the girl let out another clear, crisp laugh, her arm moved swiftly, and she actually swallowed the burly man's Nascent Soul whole in a few gulps; she then raised her small face, stuck out her tongue a few times, and showed an expression of lingering satisfaction.

This expression, which should have looked quite adorable, appeared in the eyes of the other Mahayana beings present as utterly terrifying, like that of a demon.

Not only did the simple old man and the black-robed woman's faces turn deathly pale, but the precious flower also fell silent, her face alternating between overcast and clear.

Han Li remained fairly composed on the surface, but his heart was also shaken; he beckoned to the Crab Daoist, signaling him to instantly teleport to his side, then fixed his thoughts on the girl, spinning rapidly.

The situation seemed to have become very unfavorable!

This insect's eye is actually so formidable—just one strike wounded the treasure flower, and it easily killed a fellow Mahayana cultivator and directly devoured his Nascent Soul.

This is far stronger than I originally anticipated.

Wrong—this vicious insect has only just awakened; how could it have recovered such immense power so quickly?

Isn't the sealing spirit already using all its strength to suppress this insect's power!

If even the mother insect, under the suppression of the sealing force, still possesses the power to effortlessly slay Mahayana cultivators, then in ancient times it should have long roamed countless realms—how could one or two true immortals possibly have truly suppressed and sealed it?

Han Li, after all, is no ordinary cultivator; he instantly thought of the suspicious point.

But before he could even think to contact others, his ear suddenly trembled, and he heard the treasure flower's clear voice:

"Han brother, the person before you is not the true body of the mother insect, but merely an incarnation formed by its Primordial Spirit projecting outward. Therefore, aside from Profound Heaven treasures that can harm its body, other treasures find it difficult to injure it. Its grasp of temporal laws is only a superficial understanding—it cannot easily employ them, and each use causes its Primordial Spirit to instantly weaken by a fraction. As long as we protect ourselves with Profound Heaven treasures, we need not be intimidated by it."

"How do you know all this in such detail!" Han Li startled inwardly, unable to help but send a mental reply.

"The sealing spirit secretly communicated with me and just informed me. Now, you and I join forces to entangle it, allowing the other fellow cultivators to go underwater and completely destroy its true body. As long as the true body is gone, the remaining Primordial Spirit of the mother insect will be nothing to fear." Baohua replied with a bitter smile. To be continued.