Chapter 2270

Only to see a wisp of exceptionally blurred gray thread twisting incessantly within the silver flames, but no matter how it struggled, it could not fly out of the palm.

"This is..." Yin Yue was shocked upon seeing this.

"This is Filthy Yin Qi. Although it looks like a living thing, its body is formless and shapeless. It can invade the physical body invisibly and is the most vicious thing to use against an enemy. Even if a Body Integration stage existence encounters this, they generally cannot detect it, and can only know of its existence after it has accumulated a certain amount in the body and erupts," Han Li said unhurriedly.

"What? There's such a thing? Then haven't I already..." Yin Yue was startled and hurriedly scanned her body with her spiritual sense.

"Don't worry.

Since I know of this thing's existence, how could I let these things get near us? I already used my spiritual sense power to isolate them," Han Li said with a dumbfounded smile.

"That's good, you gave me a big scare! Brother Han, you didn't do that on purpose to not tell me earlier, did you?" Yin Yue calmed down upon hearing this, but couldn't help but roll her eyes at Han Li, revealing a trace of astonishing charm.

Han Li swept a glance at Yin Yue's beautiful face. Although his state of mind had long since reached a level where he was unmoved by external objects, a trace of strangeness still emerged, but he immediately moved his gaze away.

"It's not that I didn't want to say it earlier. It's just that although this thing is vicious, its power lies in being formless and colorless. Since it has already been discovered, it naturally poses no threat at all. As long as you use your spiritual sense power to protect yourself, even a Void Refinement existence can easily isolate this thing."

"So it's that easy to deal with, then I'm relieved," Yin Yue said, overjoyed, and hurriedly released her spiritual sense power as well.

"Since this thing is so powerful, then once we walk out of this maze hall, we should be at the Weeping Spirit Ancestor's treasure storage, right? The previous two so-called treasure pavilions, although they had some things inside, could only fool those ordinary Demon race members. They couldn't enter your or my eyes," Yin Yue said with a smile after rolling her eyes a few times.

"If it were an ordinary Demon Realm Holy Ancestor, the methods left behind would likely only be at this level. But the Weeping Spirit Holy Ancestor's reputation is that of someone who was almost comparable to the Progenitor existences in the Demon Realm back then. Besides this maze hall, he should have left behind even more powerful countermeasures," Han Li thought for a moment and replied.

"Even more powerful countermeasures? What could they be? Likely just some more powerful restriction arrays," Yin Yue said with a pursed-lip smile.

"Perhaps," Han Li said noncommittally.

Just as the two were talking, they each made a move to destroy another batch of conjured phantom beast phantoms.

And at this moment, the dense pillar forest ahead finally reached its end, and at the edge, a vermilion gate several tens of zhang high appeared, covered in pitch-black demonic patterns, appearing exceptionally heavy.

After Han Li swept his spiritual sense over the vermilion giant gate, a trace of blue light flashed in his pupils, and he said somewhat unexpectedly:

"Fire Origin Crystal. This gate is actually refined from this kind of material. It seems the Weeping Spirit Ancestor's family wealth is even higher than I originally imagined," Han Li said, suddenly pointing a finger at the vermilion giant gate.

With a "puchi" sound, a silver flame shot out from his fingertip, vanishing into the giant gate in a flash.

The previously silent giant gate roared with a "bang," and countless crimson flames surged out, instantly transforming into a giant flame gate.

However, the previously tightly closed double doors also slowly opened amidst muffled rumbling sounds.

A wave of scorching heat rolled out from behind the gate in an instant. Yin Yue, who was standing more than ten zhang away, had her expression change drastically upon contact, her body's spirit light flashing wildly as she hurriedly retreated several steps to barely avoid the scorching heat wave.

Behind the giant gate, red light filled the area; it was a world of rolling crimson flames.

These flames were clearly not ordinary fire. The temperature was so high that even Yin Yue, a Body Integration stage cultivator, did not dare to let her physical body touch them directly, having to exert her full protective spirit light to resist them.

Seeing this, Han Li furrowed his brows slightly, but his body didn't move an inch from where he stood.

With the Spirit-Devouring True Flame he cultivated, these flames naturally couldn't harm him in the slightest.

But some restriction fluctuations appeared and disappeared in the sea of fire ahead, clearly not as simple as what was seen before them.

After Han Li's thoughts turned, he pinched a seal with one hand without hesitation and spat out a mouthful of fire.

With a "pu" sound, a silver fireball shot out, and after growing in the wind, it suddenly transformed into a silver firebird a zhang in size.

This firebird was covered in rolling silver flames. Spreading its wings and letting out a clear cry, it was the first to dive into the sea of fire.

A strange scene appeared!

Wherever the firebird passed, the rolling crimson fire waves suddenly split apart, yielding a path a zhang wide.

"Yin Yue, if not now, when!" Han Li greeted Yin Yue, his figure flickering, and he appeared strangely on the small path.

Seeing this, Yin Yue smiled beautifully and followed him with a movement of her graceful body.

Just like that, the two of them followed behind the firebird, walking openly through the sea of fire.

Beneath the parted sea of fire, there were actually fist-sized crimson crystal stones covering the ground.

Each one flickered with red light, spraying out wisps of crimson flames.

Han Li and Yin Yue both flew slowly behind the silver firebird, hovering a zhang above the ground, and in the blink of an eye, they reached the center of the sea of fire.

A loud noise!

The crystal stone ground beneath the silver firebird suddenly burst open, and an arm as thick as a bowl, holding a crystal-clear giant blade, rolled out from below, flashing and slicing the firebird in two.

If an ordinary spirit beast suffered such a heavy blow, even if it didn't die on the spot, it would naturally suffer heavy injuries.

But this firebird was conjured from a wisp of true flame with slight spirituality nurtured by Han Li; it wasn't a physical body to begin with, so after suffering an attack, its two halves simply twisted suddenly and reconnected as if nothing had happened.

Furthermore, the silver firebird suddenly dove, its two wings flapping fiercely downward simultaneously.

"Chi chi" sounds rang out!

The silver domain transformed into dense silver light, shooting downward and shrouding the entire patch of crystal stone ground that had shot out the blade light.

"Boom boom boom" loud noises rang out continuously.

That patch of ground was completely shrouded in silver light, and countless crystal stones shattered and burst open under the piercing silver light.

That crimson arm instantly became riddled with holes, looking as if it would turn into a pile of fragments and be unable to maintain its original form.

Just at this moment, another loud noise came from another patch of crystal stone ground nearby, and another massive crimson fist shot out, striking the silver firebird's body fiercely, exploding with countless crimson runes and shattering the firebird into countless silver flames that scattered, unable to gather and recover its original form for a time.

Seeing this, Han Li stopped his forward progress in the low air, his eyes narrowing subconsciously.

A look of surprise flashed across Yin Yue's face.

The flames in the sea of fire began to surge and roll, and after the crystal stone ground trembled violently, a humanoid puppet over ten zhang tall crawled out from beneath.

This puppet wore crimson armor that covered its body completely, holding that crystal-clear giant blade with a broken arm, wisps of crimson flames coiling around its body, and a crimson crystal stone embedded in its brow, its face expressionless.

"Demon Crystal Puppet!" Upon seeing the appearance of the giant puppet, Han Li let out a light "Yi" of great surprise.

The puppet's appearance was quite different from other Demon Crystal Puppets he had seen before, but the unique aura fluctuation radiating from it was indeed that of a Demon Crystal Puppet, but it was clearly not an ordinary-tier puppet.

"Demon Crystal Puppet!" Yin Yue raised her brows and looked at Han Li with surprise.

"This is a unique puppet technique from the Demon Realm that I studied briefly when I entered the Demon Realm back then. But this puppet is close to the late Body Integration stage, far beyond any Demon Crystal Puppet I've seen before," Han Li explained quickly.

And just at this moment, the giant puppet had completely crawled out from underground, and after a flash of cold light in its eyes, the giant blade in its hand transformed into cold light and slashed down toward Han Li.

Don't look at the puppet's giant size; its blade light was like thunder and lightning, flashing and arriving at the top of Han Li's head in an instant, a chilling intent that made one's hair stand on end shrouding down first.

Wherever the chill passed, it made one's blood freeze instantly.

"Innate Freezing Light, interesting. No wonder it could disperse my Spirit-Devouring Firebird!" Han Li's spiritual sense touched that chill, but his eyes brightened, and he raised an arm upward with a blur.

A muffled sound, countless air waves rolled and scattered!

The entire sea of fire shook again.

That giant blade was actually blocked by a single finger, lightly and casually!

Han Li remained indifferent, letting the cold light from the giant blade roll down, appearing as if he viewed this strange chill as nothing.

This was only natural; with the strength of Han Li's current physical body, a mere bit of strange chill truly couldn't harm him in the slightest.

However, the giant puppet naturally couldn't just have this one trick. Seeing the crystal blade blocked, cold intent flashed in its eyes, and it suddenly opened its giant mouth, spraying out a milky-white light pillar. At the same time, its other arm waved, and a crimson giant hand appeared in the air, surrounded by countless runes, and viciously grabbed down toward Han Li.

Before the giant hand had truly fallen, a scorching red light rolled out first, and a burnt smell came in an instant.

The red light seemed to want to pierce and melt the void directly; its power could be imagined.

Han Li's expression sank, and he suddenly waved a sleeve in front of him, and a sheet of gray light mist rolled past.

The milky-white light pillar that had arrived first vanished in a flash, as if it had been directly teleported away by the gray light mist.

At the same time, a palm as white as jade reached out from his sleeve, and unhurriedly, he slapped toward the incoming red light and the following crimson giant hand.