Chapter 2268

Han Li actually raised his hand and collected all three Gold-Devouring Beetles into his spirit beast ring, then quietly closed his eyes to regulate his breathing.

There was no doubt that only the strongest one would remain after the three Gold-Devouring Beetles finished swallowing.

But whether this final quasi-beetle king could truly become the legendary Gold-Devouring Beetle King after such evolution, he actually did not have much certainty in his heart.

After all, according to legend, the Gold-Devouring Beetle King was so powerful that even a True Immortal from the heavens would have to retreat a step or two upon encountering it.

Of course, this was just a rumor, and there were no records of a Gold-Devouring Beetle King ever appearing in the ancient texts of the various races in the Spirit Realm.

Just how powerful this beetle king could become was truly a difficult thing to say.

Han Li could only secretly hope for it in his heart.

However, compared to his current astonishing divine abilities, the help of an ordinary Grand Ascension existence would no longer be of much use to him.

Therefore, he had already made a decision in his heart: after returning this time, he would let the Leopard-Scaled Beast, which had always stayed by his side, begin closed-door cultivation as well.

Although such spirit beasts generally relied on long years to slowly accumulate cultivation and strength, with his pills assisting, he believed that a great increase in cultivation was just around the corner.

As Han Li pondered this, his spiritual sense gradually sank into the deepest part of his spiritual sense sea.

The white flying boat sped along the wasteland without any concealment, and the faint Grand Ascension aura radiating from it was enough to make the nearby vicious demonic beasts tremble with fear, not daring to harbor the slightest intention of provoking it.

Half a month later, the continuous black-green color below finally disappeared completely, replaced by an endless, vast white snowfield.

In the void ahead, cold winds howled, and goose-feather-sized snowflakes swirled wildly, occasionally mixed with crystal-clear ice chunks the size of fists.

But shrouded in a layer of milky-white light, the flying boat remained as steady as a rock during its flight.

The two giant ape puppets continued to manipulate the flying boat forward without the slightest abnormality.

Several days later, the flying boat entered the depths of the snowfield, and the vast white thick snow below disappeared, replaced by a land of crystal-clear glaciers.

As far as the eye could see, there were transparent mountain peaks of various sizes, and even some unknown furry little white beasts running on the ice, appearing to turn a blind eye to the flying boat in the sky.

Clearly, these demonic beasts were too low-tier to even possess the qualifications to perceive the flying boat's powerful aura.

Suddenly, a flash of silver light appeared on the flying boat, and a brilliant rainbow shot downward, circling once among a herd of beasts before breaking through the air and returning to the flying boat in a flash.

With a flash of silver light, Yin Yue appeared at the front of the flying boat with a smile, examining a little white beast in her hand.

At first glance, this beast looked seven or eight parts like a white bear, but it had a short blue horn on its head and unusually long ears, making it look very cute.

The little beast was grabbed by the neck, its four limbs kicking wildly. At the same time, faint crackling sounds came from its forehead, and some blue electric threads flickered, making it look extremely clumsy.

"Interesting. This beast actually isn't tainted with the slightest demonic Qi, but instead looks a bit like a spirit beast from the Human Realm." Yin Yue raised her hand to stroke the little beast's furry head, a moving smile appearing on her face.

"This is an Ice-Horned Bear, one of the few low-tier demonic beasts in the Demon Realm that can survive and reproduce in this world without relying on demonic Qi. It is born with the ability to use both ice and lightning attributes," a clear male voice suddenly came from behind Yin Yue.

Yin Yue was delighted. Turning her head, she saw Han Li walking out from the cabin unhurriedly.

"Oh, Brother Han also has an understanding of this beast?" Yin Yue pursed her lips and smiled, asking.

"I once specifically collected ancient texts on various demonic beasts in the Demon Realm, so I have a rather deep impression of this kind of demonic beast that is similar to a spirit beast," Han Li said gently.

"So that's how it is. But since you've come out of seclusion now, could it be that we are not far from our target?" Yin Yue nodded, then suddenly asked with a hint of excitement.

"According to Fellow Daoist Lan Ying, we are at most half a day's journey from the place on the Weeping Spirit Secret Map," Han Li said casually, his spiritual sense sweeping rapidly through the area within ten thousand li.

"Half a day? That's indeed not far. Giggles, that Weeping Spirit Ancestor is said to have been a famous existence in the Demon Realm in the past. The secret treasure left behind by his painstaking efforts should have quite a few good things inside, right?" Yin Yue said happily.

"That's hard to say. The techniques cultivated by the Demon race are mostly different from ours, the Human race. Perhaps the things they view as treasures are of little use to us. But I heard that the flying exotic treasure 'Ink Spirit Holy Boat,' which was once claimed to be in the top three of the Demon Realm, was owned by him. If we can obtain this treasure, it will be worth the trip," Han Li said with a faint smile.

"Top three in the Demon Realm? Then this treasure must be extraordinary. I would also like to see it," Yin Yue said with a beautiful face like a flower.

Han Li smiled faintly and was about to reply when his expression shifted, his gaze sweeping toward the horizon in another direction with a "swish."

"What is it, Brother Han? Did you discover something?" Yin Yue asked, naturally surprised.

"Interesting, it seems we've encountered an old acquaintance," Han Li said, blue light flickering in his eyes as he looked at the distant horizon for a moment, a smile suddenly appearing at the corner of his mouth.

"An old acquaintance? Do I know them too?" Yin Yue was truly surprised.

"That's right. You and I have both had a good deal of dealings with her back then. Let's go and see this old acquaintance now," Han Li said, withdrawing his gaze and turning his head to look at Yin Yue with a mysterious smile.

"I really know them... Then I must go and take a look." Yin Yue's spiritual sense also swept toward the same direction, but unfortunately, the range she could scan was limited, and she didn't actually detect any human presence, her face filled with interest.

Han Li smiled and said nothing more. With a tap of his toes, the flying boat trembled, its direction changed, and it shot toward another direction.

In an instant, the white flying boat crossed tens of thousands of li and arrived near an ice mountain several thousand zhang high.

Directly above the ice mountain, thunderous roars shook the sky, and astonishing waves of air rolled toward all directions from time to time.

That giant ice mountain, which seemed to have existed for who knows how many years, had actually had more than half of its upper section sliced off from the waist, and the ground around it was pitted and scarred, with countless ice chunks of various sizes scattered densely across the ground.

At the center of the loud noise, vast white cold Qi and blue mist were intertwined, forming rolling clouds and fog.

It was as if two behemoths were locked in an inseparable and intense battle inside! Witnessing this, Han Li narrowed his eyes. Without any action, the flying boat beneath his feet stopped on its own, hovering silently in the nearby void.

Yin Yue also blinked her beautiful eyes, gazing at the distant battle. Unfortunately, the heaven and earth Qi there had been stirred into a mess, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

But judging from the astonishing momentum, it seemed that an ordinary Demon race Venerable could never reach such a level.

"It's her!"

When Yin Yue's spiritual sense probed over and suddenly touched a somewhat familiar aura, a look of surprise appeared on her beautiful face.

Han Li smiled faintly and said nothing, just standing on the flying boat watching the confrontation in the distant battle.

With his vast spiritual sense, everything in the battle could naturally be seen clearly, as if it were right in front of him.

After a full cup of tea's time, a heaven-shaking loud noise suddenly came from the battle, and a blue halo erupted from within, appearing to want to destroy everything nearby.

A shrill beast roar!

Spatial fluctuations arose, and a white dragon over ten zhang long broke through the halo and pounced out, ignoring its scarred body, its spirit light rising as it prepared to break through the air and escape.

But just at this moment, after a flash of the halo, a graceful figure appeared.

A delicate shout!

Spatial fluctuations arose above, and a blue giant claw suddenly flashed out, grabbing downward like lightning and slicing the white dragon's body into several pieces in one go.

Then, with a "puchi" sound from the giant claw, rolling black flames surged out, wrapping the white dragon's broken body completely within them.

Even though the white dragon screamed repeatedly, its several pieces of body struggling left and right in the black flames like living things, it was strangely unable to shake off the entanglement of the demonic flames.

In an instant, the dragon's several pieces of body, along with its soul, were reduced to nothingness.

Seeing this, Han Li raised an eyebrow and said calmly to the figure in the blue halo:

"Fellow Daoist Yuan Sha, it seems you and I truly have some fate, to be able to bump into each other in such a remote place. But looking at your appearance, it seems things aren't going too well."

The figure standing in the halo was none other than a woman with a face like white jade and an exceptionally beautiful appearance.

It was precisely the Yuan Sha Holy Ancestor who had once fought him in the Wood race territory.

However, this Demon race Grand Ascension cultivator, although wearing blue battle armor, had armor with dim light, a face that was exceptionally pale, and an aura that fluctuated between strong and weak, appearing extremely unstable.

But strangely, judging from the level of her aura, Yuan Sha only had the cultivation of the Body Integration stage!

"So it's Fellow Daoist Han. Could it be that Bao Hua changed her mind and sent you to hunt me down?" Upon seeing Han Li clearly, Yuan Sha did not show a surprised expression, but instead asked with a miserable look on her beautiful face.

"Hunt you down? How is that possible. Although I helped Bao Hua once back then, it was limited to that one transaction. Don't tell me you've mistaken me for one of Bao Hua's subordinates?" Han Li's expression sank, and he said unceremoniously.

"So it was me who misunderstood. I hope Fellow Daoist Han will be magnanimous. It's just that with your divine abilities after advancing to the Grand Ascension stage, you are probably not far behind Bao Hua, so why would you listen to her orders and hunt down a half-crippled person like me?" Yuan Sha was stunned for a moment, but immediately said with a bitter smile.

"Half-crippled person! Your aura is indeed wrong. How did you fall below the Grand Ascension stage? Was it Bao Hua who made a move?" Han Li narrowed his eyes and asked with a guess.

"No, I crippled most of my own cultivation!"

After Yuan Sha pondered for a moment, she actually said something that took Han Li by great surprise.