Chapter 2301: Volume 11: Descent of the True Immortal, Chapter 2282: Battle of Asura (Part 1)

After the blood-colored light flashed past, the beams of light vanished into the sand without a trace.

The next moment, the earth below began to tremble, and cracks appeared, growing wider and wider.

Seeing this, Hei Lin chuckled, and with a grab into the void, a purple-gold long staff appeared in his hand, which he shook violently.

A sudden clap of thunder rang out!

Amidst a myriad of rays, a thousand-foot-long giant staff phantom descended from the sky, smashing into the ground like a divine weapon.

With a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering boom, the entire earth shattered completely.

A vast stretch of desert within a hundred miles sank into a massive crater amidst a deafening roar.

Hei Lin laughed wildly, shaking his purple-gold staff again, preparing to strike down with even greater power.

Just then, after the rumbling in the sunken sand subsided, countless beams of multicolored light erupted from below.

Then, the entire desert bulged, and a stone city rose from the ground, shielded by layers of light, slowly ascending into the high sky.

On a high stone wall at the front of the stone city, the Asura Spider Matriarch, the black-robed old man, and others looked at Han Li and his group on the flying ship with extremely ugly expressions.

"So it is you. I do not know how my Asura Spider clan has offended you, fellow Daoists, that you would come to trouble us again and again." Although the Asura Spider Matriarch was furious, as the stone city stabilized in the void level with the flying ship, she still asked, suppressing her anger.

After all, Han Li's immense spiritual sense from last time had left a deep impression on her.

If it were not necessary, she truly did not wish to fight this group of people.

Even though they were clearly here with malicious intent.

Of course, a deeper reason was that the woman wanted to stall for time, allowing some of her reinforcements who had not yet returned to arrive in time.

"Hehe, offense is not the word. But we entered this realm for the sake of the Asura Spider clan. If your clan is willing to offer up the crystal cores voluntarily, then we can naturally turn hostility into friendship." Han Li did not answer, but Hei Lin sneered and spoke first.

"What? You want the crystal cores of my clan. So, you have also come for the power of time within our clan." The Matriarch's expression changed drastically upon hearing this, and she spoke without any trace of a smile.

"Although that is not the entire meaning, it is close enough. Tell me, is your clan willing to hand over the crystal cores voluntarily?" Xue Ran said indifferently.

"Hand over the crystal cores? You are dreaming! Since you dare to say such things before me, then it is a life-and-death struggle between us. Attack!" The woman shouted sharply, and without looking back, she beckoned to those behind her.

Her clansmen and subordinates flashed with light and vanished from the city walls, leaving only a dozen people behind.

Among these dozen, all emitted the spiritual pressure of the Void Refinement stage, and four men and women among them had auras that were nearly at the level of the Great Ascension stage.

They were the four adult Asura Spiders.

Mo Jianli's expression changed slightly upon seeing this.

Han Li also narrowed his eyes slightly.

When he came to scout last time, there were only three adult Asura Spiders in their nest.

At this moment, hearing the Asura Spider Matriarch's impolite reply, Xue Ran and Hei Lin exchanged a glance and attacked without the slightest hesitation, their expressions gloomy.

Xue Ran flicked a finger toward the giant incense burner before him.

With a low boom, a thick stench of blood rose from the burner, and dots of green light flickered more and more frequently above it.

As these green lights swirled, they transformed into ghost-faced bees the size of a fist.

These giant bees not only had ghost-face patterns on their heads, but their bodies were also blurry and indistinct, as if they were not physical entities.

"Go!"

Xue Ran flicked his sleeve toward the opposite side and shouted in a low voice.

With a loud buzzing sound, tens of thousands of ghost-faced bees transformed into a pale green cloud of insects and pounced directly toward the opposite side.

Xue Ran himself took a step forward, and with eight balls of blood-colored light, he appeared in the void between the flying ship and the stone city.

Within the blood light, the eight infants revealed eerie smiles, opened their mouths simultaneously, and sprayed eight blood-colored beams of light directly at the Asura Spider Matriarch.

The Asura Spider Matriarch had wanted to say a few more words to the old man beside her, but seeing this unscrupulous provocation, she was furious. Silver light flashed over her body, and she also appeared in the void, waving a single hand, causing a ball of golden light to bloom before her.

As this golden light swirled, it blocked all eight blood beams in a series of "puffs."

Only then did the golden light subside, revealing its true form.

It was a giant golden shield two zhang tall, blocking the woman firmly behind it.

Han Li and the others and the Yi-surnamed old man saw the two fighting, and all watched from the side, without the intention of intervening in the struggle for the time being.

At this moment, the group of ghost-faced bees flew over the woman like the wind, transforming into a pale green cloud and covering her from above.

The Asura Spider Matriarch snorted coldly and flicked a long sleeve toward the sky.

A white light more than ten zhang long slashed through the air, and with a flash, it split the green bee cloud in half, then circled and flew about like a rainbow.

A sound like popping beans erupted from the bee cloud.

It was unknown what kind of treasure or ability that white light was, but after circling the bee cloud a few times, all the ghost-faced bees trembled and exploded, turning into dots of green light floating in the void.

Xue Ran was not surprised, but instead revealed a cruel smile, and opened his mouth.

Several balls of blood essence were sprayed out, vanishing into the giant incense burner in a flash.

The ghost wailing from the burner became clearer, and the incense candle above began to flicker with strands of blood-colored light.

An incredible scene occurred.

After the dots of green light condensed, the dense ghost-faced bees reappeared as if nothing had happened.

Before the Asura Spider Matriarch's expression could sink and she could try to use the white light to wipe them out again, these ghost-faced bees vanished simultaneously in a blur.

The next moment, violent winds erupted in the nearby void, and the whistling sound grew intense!

Blades of wind, nearly transparent, appeared in the wind and shot toward the woman with a "chi chi" sound.

These seemingly ordinary attacks made the Asura Spider Matriarch's expression tighten as they entered her eyes. She slapped the golden shield before her with lightning speed, and a sound like a bell tolling erupted.

The giant golden shield blurred and transformed into a layer of golden light, shielding the woman within.

The next moment, the dense wind blades slashed against the light screen like a storm.

In an instant, the golden light screen rippled with spiritual light, but it stood firm, blocking all the wind blades outside.

Not only that, after the Asura Spider Matriarch used her secret technique to activate the golden shield, she brushed her hand over her hair bun, plucked a small strand of long hair, and then sneered and blew on it.

With a loud boom, the long, jet-black hair vanished from the woman's hand, the sky darkened, and more than a dozen black giant pythons over a hundred zhang long broke through the air, pouncing directly at Xue Ran.

Xue Ran's expression moved slightly, and he did not dare to be negligent. He pinched a secret technique with one hand, and the eight infants in the blood light beside him let out low roars that did not sound human. Strange patterns on their bodies lit up, and amidst the surging blood light, they transformed into eight ferocious ghosts with single horns on their heads, meeting the dozen black giant pythons head-on.

These eight ghosts moved about, their bodies flickering with blood-colored flames, their ten fingers transformed into sharp blades, and with a grab, they tore large patches of scales and flesh from the black giant pythons.

These giant pythons, relying on their massive bodies and terrifying strength, swept or coiled their bodies, passing through like a hurricane, while biting wildly at the ghosts with their bared fangs, spraying balls of highly toxic green gas.

For a time, the high sky shook, whistling and low roars intertwined, and rolling green gas and balls of blood-colored flames fought or chased each other across the sky.

However, from the scene, the eight ghosts were clearly suppressed by the black giant pythons.

Xue Ran's expression was ugly, and he retracted one hand into his sleeve, intending to summon another treasure, when the Asura Spider Matriarch opposite him flashed with a fierce light in her eyes. She slapped the top of her head with one hand, and a ball of green light shot out, transforming into a giant spider the size of a small mountain as it shook in the wind.

This spider was not only entirely emerald green, but its body was covered in hard hairs like steel needles. With a slight movement of its six legs, it vanished from its original spot with a "puff."

Xue Ran was startled, and just as he was about to react, the woman who had released the giant spider opened her mouth.

With a "chi chi" sound, countless green threads shot out, and after a blur, they appeared right in front of him.

At the same time, the void above Xue Ran's head fluctuated, and a pair of hooked claws covered in hard hair reached out from the void, stabbing down at the top of his head with lightning speed.

Xue Ran's heart tightened, and without thinking, he reached into his sleeve with one hand and pulled out a pale yellow short whip, striking violently toward the high sky.

With a sound of wind and thunder, a phantom of a pale yellow mountain over a hundred zhang tall appeared, blocking the front of the two sharp claws.

With two "pa pa" sounds, the yellow light on the surface of the mountain phantom flashed, and the claws were easily repelled.

Those green threads had no obstruction, and after a slight tremble, they erupted with strange light, preparing to pierce directly into Xue Ran's protective spiritual light.

But at this moment, a purple-gold light flashed before Xue Ran, and a thick staff shadow appeared out of nowhere, shaking slightly and transforming into a curtain of purple-gold light, blocking all the green threads outside.

At this moment, the void beside Xue Ran fluctuated, and Hei Lin appeared, holding a purple-gold long staff, his face revealing a cruel smile.