Chapter 2458

The small bottle spun around in the wind, then suddenly flashed and vanished into thin air from its original spot.

The next moment, a gale blew over the dense forest, and five-colored spiritual clouds rolled out.

With a clap of thunder in the clear sky, a bottle mouth as large as to cover the sky and sun suddenly emerged from the spiritual clouds, and after shaking slightly downward, countless ink-green talismans sprayed out from within.

The moment these talismans flew out of the bottle mouth, they each transformed into clusters of azure Qi and exploded.

In an instant, a massive ripple of laws shrouded the entire land.

A rumbling sound rang out!

The air trembled slightly, and countless trees and soil surged into the sky like a tidal wave.

At first, it was just individual trees and clumps of mud, but in the blink of an eye, they turned into large swaths of dense forest and chunks of land.

No matter how much matter was sucked within a thousand feet of the bottle mouth, it would shake and turn into powder, all being sucked away completely.

The void for ten thousand miles around became blurred and distorted for a time, all shrouded in a layer of faint azure light, while a huge, pitch-black basin appeared out of thin air on the ground, its bottom incomparably smooth, devoid of grass or trees, and still deepening at a very eerie speed.

With an angry shout, a ball of white light suddenly surged out from under the soil somewhere in the basin, and after a flash, it transformed into a ferocious giant elephant a thousand feet tall.

This elephant was crystalline and snow-white, and on its back grew a pair of purple-red fire wings. With just a slight flap, circles of purple thunder-fire immediately arose, and it shot toward Han Li's location with a menacing momentum.

"So it is the Venerable Heavenly Elephant; no wonder you possess the divine ability to turn wood into spirits."

Han Li's pupils shrank slightly upon seeing the white flying elephant, but he merely pointed a finger at the bottle mouth high in the sky and began to chant silently.

With a "Bang."

The huge bottle mouth flashed with azure light once more, and something vaguely flashed out from within.

The white giant elephant let out a mournful cry, and an ink-green chain appeared on its body like a ghost. In a blur, it was bound tightly.

The giant elephant flapped its wings wildly, its entire body shimmering with a layer of white crystalline light, and waves of astonishing air pressure rolled out, but the ink-green chain stuck to its body like a maggot on a bone, and as the surrounding air blurred, it suddenly tightened.

With a low roar!

The giant elephant shattered into pieces like porcelain, revealing a middle-aged monk draped in a white kasaya.

This monk had delicate features, but his face was full of panic at this moment. Seeing the chain flicker and wrap around him again, he gritted his teeth, shook his sleeve, and drew out a blood-red, long, thin, strange blade, which he slashed fiercely at the chain with a flash.

With a "Boom!"

A thick, fishy stench rolled out within the blood light, and an extremely dazzling blood-colored flower bloomed in the sky, almost drowning the monk's figure entirely.

The ink-green chain, however, remained unscathed amidst the rapidly rolling blood flowers, and after a blur, it was once again firmly looped around the monk.

At the same time, patches of green light emerged in the nearby void, and after gathering in the center, a green, hazy hurricane surged into the sky, and an incredible force surged out from within, tearing the blood flower into countless fragments.

Then, amidst a burst of crystalline light, the hurricane transformed into countless azure blades that rolled toward the monk in the center.

Each of these flake-like azure blades was as thin as paper, their surfaces covered in eerie ink-green spiritual patterns, while emitting a faint aura of laws.

The monk, bound and scanning these azure blades with his spiritual sense, turned pale and bloodless. Before they could truly strike, he shouted fiercely:

"Stop. This monk admits defeat and is willing to hand over the Dao tablet voluntarily." As soon as he finished speaking, he hurriedly opened his mouth and spat out a pale silver tablet.

Han Li's incantation stopped abruptly, and after glancing at the silver tablet, he said expressionlessly:

"One? What about the others? If you are unwilling to give them all up, Master, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Fine, I will hand them all over! Since I have encountered someone as powerful as you, Fellow Daoist, it is my bad luck; I can only withdraw from the competition entirely." The middle-aged monk's pupils shrank slightly upon hearing this, but after a moment of consideration, he said with a bitter smile.

Then he opened his mouth again and spat out two more silver tablets.

This time, the moment the two tablets left the monk, fluctuations arose beneath him, and a five-colored light array appeared out of thin air.

The light array spun around, and he vanished from the void along with the monk in a flash.

Only three silver tablets and an ink-green chain were left behind.

Han Li witnessed this scene without the slightest surprise; instead, he smiled and raised his hand to beckon.

After a "Puchi" sound, the ink-green chain and the bottle mouth in the sky both vanished in a blur, and after the surrounding green light screen and the dark clouds in the sky dissipated into nothingness, a small green bottle slowly descended from high in the sky.

At the same time, the three silver tablets also trembled and shot toward Han Li on their own.

Han Li waved his large sleeve, and a green, hazy glow swept past in front of him, causing the silver tablets and the small green bottle to vanish without a trace.

After his body moved again, he transformed into an azure rainbow and shot into the sky, leaving the area after a few flashes of his escape light.

A moment later, several streaks of escape light flew in from other directions, and after scanning the area from afar with their spiritual sense, they cautiously departed one after another.

Several days later, above a crimson desert.

The three-headed, six-armed golden giant ape transformed from Han Li smashed a ferocious giant insect over a hundred feet long into pieces with a single punch, and a silver tablet actually fell out from its body.

The giant ape's middle head opened its mouth and inhaled, taking the silver tablet into its mouth, then withdrew its Dharma form transformation, restored its human form, and soared into the sky.

Half a month later, above an endless ocean.

Han Li stood in a triangular formation, facing a yellow-robed old man and a red-robed woman from afar.

The other two had solemn expressions, while only Han Li's face remained expressionless.

Between the three of them, a golden giant whale a thousand feet long floated in the air, its body covered in various scars, its aura flickering, looking like it was on the verge of death.

"This illusionary beast is so troublesome; there must be more than one Dao tablet inside. It seems you two don't intend to withdraw either. Since that's the case, don't leave; just leave your harvest behind together." Han Li finally spoke, but his voice was cold and bone-chilling, making one feel terrified upon hearing it.

"Even if your divine abilities are extraordinary, Fellow Daoist, to fight two against one is to look down on me and Lady Huarong too much. The two of us will have to contend with you," the yellow-robed old man said, his heart trembling, but he let out a cold snort through his nose.

As soon as he finished speaking, he grabbed into the void with both hands, and a pitch-black giant sword and a verdant green pagoda appeared.

The black giant sword shook slightly, and immediately, black sand filled the sky!

After the green pagoda was sacrificed, it shook in the wind and transformed into something as huge as a mountain, its bottom emitting layers of gorgeous glow as it pressed directly toward Han Li.

The red-robed woman beside him didn't say a word; she pinched a spell with one hand, and waves of crimson flames surged from her body into the sky. After rolling on the ground, she transformed into a giant fire phoenix with a crimson body.

After the phoenix raised its head and let out a clear cry, it flapped its wings violently, carrying a rolling sea of fire as it charged toward the opposite side.

"Well come!"

Han Li let out a low shout and waved one hand, causing three mountain peaks of different colors to appear in front of him, which shook and protected him behind them. At the same time, he flipped his other palm, and the small green bottle flashed into view.

He chanted incantations and tossed the small green bottle high into the sky...

A month later, at the center of the mysterious space, on a high platform reaching into the clouds, several Dragon clan elders were standing and gazing in a certain direction.

Suddenly, a streak of escape light appeared in the distance, and a dazzling azure rainbow shot over. After a few flashes, it arrived above the high platform, and after the escape light converged, a person landed lightly, appearing right in front of the Dragon clan elders.

This person was none other than Han Li.

After scanning the opposite side with his gaze, he paused on one of the golden-robed old men and revealed a faint smile.

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Han is indeed the first to collect enough Dao tablets and arrive at the Dao platform," the golden-robed old man said with a laugh.

"Senior Jin, you flatter me. I was just lucky to collect enough Dao Fruit tablets so quickly. Please have the elders check if the number is sufficient," Han Li replied. His sleeve moved, and over a hundred silver tablets flew out, all of them hovering steadily in front of the Dragon clan elders.

"Hmm, a total of 108; these are enough to exchange for one Guangling Dao Fruit. Elder Feng, take out a Dao Fruit and give it to Fellow Daoist Han," Elder Jin said after scanning the tablets with his spiritual sense, nodding slightly and speaking very straightforwardly to another white-robed middle-aged man beside him.

The white-robed man smiled upon hearing this, reached into his sleeve with one hand, and took out a box as white as jade. After opening it, it revealed a purple-red crystal fruit the size of a fist.

The fruit was as translucent as jade, vaguely emitting an indescribable, fragrant scent.

Han Li smelled it lightly from such a distance, and he immediately felt a coolness in his brain, his ears and eyes becoming sharp.

"It is worthy of being called the number one spiritual fruit of the thousand realms; it is truly extraordinary," Han Li said with some emotion after reaching out to take the jade box without being modest and examining the object inside for a long while.

"Hehe, I don't need to say much about the effects of this spiritual fruit; I believe Fellow Daoist Han is well aware of them. It is a pity that one can only consume this fruit once in a lifetime, otherwise, how would our clan be willing to take it out to host such a grand assembly? By the way, the Guangling Dao Fruit should not be exposed for too long; it would be better for Fellow Daoist Han to put it away quickly," Elder Jin said proudly, then added a well-intentioned reminder.

"Many thanks for the advice, Senior, but I don't need to go through such trouble," Han Li smiled at Elder Jin, grabbed the spiritual fruit from the box, lifted it, and sent it directly into his mouth. After a few crisp chewing sounds, he swallowed it all into his stomach without a drop left.

This scene left all the Dragon clan elders present dumbfounded.

Han Li smacked his lips a few times, looking as if he still wanted more.