Chapter 341: Surprise and Suspicion

Under Han Li's breath-holding gaze, the giant mantis flew back and forth several times within a radius of several miles, then suddenly shot straight toward Han Li's hiding place at high speed.

Han Li's face turned ashen!

With a cold expression, he gripped the "Blood Spirit Drill" in his hand tightly and began to inject spiritual power into it; immediately, the item became slightly hot.

Looking expressionlessly at the monster beast that was about to fly down, Han Li had already decided to release the magic tool only when the other party was relatively close to him. Only by doing this would the chance of injuring or killing the other party be greater.

Of course, the consequences of doing this would definitely increase the danger exponentially, but Han Li couldn't care about that now.

Fifty zhang, forty zhang, thirty zhang...

Han Li's heart was pounding violently, and he couldn't help but take a deep breath, about to shake his hand and release the Blood Spirit Drill.

But a scene that left Han Li dumbfounded appeared.

The mantis monster beast, when it was twenty zhang away from Han Li's head, suddenly circled and changed direction, shooting diagonally toward another place not far from Han Li. As a result, after one or two miserable beast roars, the giant mantis actually clamped a huge wild boar with its forelimbs, flew up from the forest again, and flew away along the path it came without any hesitation.

Seeing the monster beast's figure gradually disappear from his line of sight, Han Li let out a long sigh of relief and sat on the ground, no longer caring about the demeanor of a cultivator.

The situation just now was truly a matter of life and death!

If he hadn't held the intention of launching an attack at close range, he would probably have become the monster beast's meal just like that wild boar.

Being safe and sound this time was truly incredibly lucky!

Han Li secretly rejoiced, feeling for the first time that his luck was really not bad.

After calming his mind slightly, Han Li thought of the culprit who caused all this, the Spirit Beast Sect cultivator who occupied Qu Hun's body, and couldn't help but be filled with anger!

It was very clear that the letter in the mountain cave was a trap set by the other party.

Despite his extreme caution, he still couldn't match the other party's old cunning, and was thoroughly framed by them, almost losing his life.

"Good, very good! Now that I'm not dead, I'll have something for you!" Han Li, who was angry for the first time like this, sat and rested while cursing hatefully to himself.

In his mind, the "Qu Hun" who had been stuck with three "Spirit-Stabilizing Talismans" in a row could absolutely not break free with their cultivation base. As long as he went back, he would naturally take the other party's life easily.

Feeling that his physical strength and spiritual power had recovered, Han Li immediately flew up and drove the magic tool, flying back in the original direction.

However, this time he didn't dare to fly in the high sky in a grand manner, but flew very cautiously at a low altitude of more than ten zhang above the ground, fearing that he would attract the attention of that monster beast again.

On the way back, Han Li was blown by the cold night wind, which extinguished most of his raging anger, and his brain cleared up a lot, and he began to re-examine the process of his contact with "Qu Hun."

After pondering the words and deeds of this Spirit Beast Sect cultivator and the terrifying nature of the mantis monster beast, Han Li began to doubt their original identity as a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.

Such a powerful insect-type monster beast appearing within a hundred miles of Jiayuan City could naturally not be wild.

Thinking of their identity as a Spirit Beast Sect cultivator, this giant mantis was ten to nine likely their tamed spirit beast.

Such a terrifying spirit beast, Han Li really couldn't imagine a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator being able to tame it. According to his view, this mantis spirit beast could definitely deal with three or four late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators by itself, which was truly ridiculously powerful.

"Could it be that 'Qu Hun's' original identity was not just a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, but a Core Formation stage..." He couldn't help but guess this.

Han Li was startled by his own guess!

Seeing that he was approaching the original small hill, he couldn't help but stop moving forward and fell into deep thought while floating in the low sky.

How could a Core Formation stage cultivator end up in the miserable state of having their body destroyed and their Primordial Spirit leaving their body? You must know that if they encountered a cultivator of the same Core Formation stage, even if they couldn't beat them, they should still be able to escape! Unless they encountered the Nascent Soul stage old monsters of the Yue Kingdom?

But the Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the seven sects had long since stopped asking about worldly affairs, and it seemed that two or three of them were not in the Yue Kingdom. Even in the several clashes between the Demonic Dao and the seven sects this time, Han Li hadn't heard of Nascent Soul stage cultivators from either side taking action.

This made it very difficult for him to imagine what kind of mountain-collapsing and sea-turning scenes would occur if these people took action.

However, Han Li was somewhat dissatisfied with these Nascent Soul stage cultivators watching the low-level cultivators fight while they stood by and watched coldly, and he secretly slandered them several times. He didn't know what kind of tricks these level of cultivators on both sides were playing?

"Could it really be such a coincidence that this guy who might be a Core Formation stage cultivator encountered one of those old monsters?" Han Li guessed.

If the guy who invaded Qu Hun's body was truly a Core Formation stage cultivator, then it would be completely understandable that he knew so many secrets about the Demonic Dao invasion and possessed a spirit beast as powerful as the mantis monster beast.

After pondering for a while, Han Li had to admit that the possibility of "Qu Hun" being a Core Formation stage cultivator was as high as sixty or seventy percent, which made him break into a cold sweat and reveal a strange expression.

Both somewhat afraid and a trace of excitement.

"Is the other party playing the pig to eat the tiger? Deliberately pretending to have such a low cultivation base and playing with him all along?" Han Li desperately thought about how high the possibility of this worst-case scenario was.

"No, the other party is definitely not deliberately showing weakness!" Han Li pondered secretly for a while, and finally had a definite judgment in his heart.

If nothing else, the other party did indeed invade Qu Hun's body only a few years ago, which was certain. As such, his unfathomable cultivation base naturally went down the drain as he had previously said.

Even because his Primordial Spirit was still there, there were no bottleneck restrictions for re-cultivation, but his current cultivation base was indeed his true performance.

And Han Li also saw at a glance that the other party couldn't control the mantis spirit beast either, otherwise, why wouldn't he let such a powerful bodyguard follow him closely?

You must know that he was at his weakest now, and what he lacked most was powerful protection, so he had no choice but to trick himself into that mountain cave, wanting the out-of-control giant mantis to kill him.

Han Li's mind was extremely clever; just by thinking about the whole thing, he understood seven or eight out of ten of the truth, and his courage grew a lot again.

This was not because Han Li wanted to take advantage of someone's precarious position, but because he knew that he had already formed a deep enmity with this Spirit Beast Sect cultivator.

If the other party escaped his hands, then after recovering their Core Formation stage strength, they would definitely hack him into ten thousand pieces.

Therefore, he absolutely could not let this person leave here alive.

Understanding the severity of the situation, Han Li no longer hesitated and drove the magic tool under his feet, flying straight toward that small hill.

In the blink of an eye, Han Li arrived at the top of the hill and saw "Qu Hun" honestly staying in place, with the few talismans on his body still safely present.

Immediately, Han Li was overjoyed and landed safely more than ten zhang away from the other party, while holding a magic tool in each hand.

Seeing Han Li descend from the sky, "Qu Hun's" face revealed a look of shock, as if he hadn't expected Han Li to survive at all.

So he forced a smile and moved his lips as if to say something.

But Han Li only stepped forward a few steps and unceremoniously raised a hand, and two black lights emitted a strange whistle and attacked straight over.

Since he intended to kill them all, Han Li didn't like to talk nonsense with someone who was about to die.

Seeing the Black Dragon Snatch shooting over with great momentum, "Qu Hun's" expression changed greatly.

Just when Han Li thought the other party was about to be torn to pieces, "Qu Hun" actually swayed his body and jumped several zhang to the side, dodging the attack path.

"What are you doing? Have you forgotten the poisonous oath you made?" This Spirit Beast Sect cultivator said in a flustered and exasperated manner.

Clearly, he hadn't expected that as soon as he saw Han Li, he would be attacked so fiercely.

Han Li ignored "Qu Hun's" words, just staring fixedly at the three Spirit-Stabilizing Talismans on the other party's body, almost not believing his eyes.

"The talismans haven't been removed, how can the other party move?" Han Li was full of suspicion.

However, now was not the time to ask or entangle, so Han Li snorted coldly, and without saying a word, pointed a hand at the Black Dragon Snatch. Immediately, the magic tool expanded several times, turning into two thick black lights, and flashed toward the other party.

He had already made up his mind that even if he sacrificed Qu Hun's zombie body, he would eliminate the Primordial Spirit of this Core Formation stage cultivator without a trace.

"Qu Hun" seemed to see Han Li's intention of not stopping until death. Seeing the Black Dragon Snatch pressing down on him fiercely, he opened his mouth in a hurry, and a green light shot out, actually blocking Han Li's full-force strike.

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