Chapter 451: The Thunderous Strike

Han Li only felt that the magic power within his dantian was as if it had solidified, unable to extract even the slightest bit. Clearly, these inexplicable Yin Soul Threads had restricted his true qi.

A wave of horror could not help but rise in his heart, and he hurriedly focused his spiritual sense to look closely at these black threads.

The black threads were densely wrapped around his entire body, pitch-black and oily, emitting a faint Yin Qi. At a glance, one could tell they were extremely sinister and evil objects.

Han Li's facial muscles twitched involuntarily!

When he had first obtained the golden net, it wasn't that he hadn't suspected the other party of having played some tricks on it. However, after carefully inspecting it several times later, he had not discovered anything abnormal.

He did not carry any other pure gold magic treasures on him, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and use this item.

But once he had truly used the golden net to capture the Spirit Ginseng incarnation, he had temporarily cast his suspicions to the back of his mind.

Yet he hadn't expected that now, the moment he turned against the other party, he would immediately be ambushed by them using this very item, to the point where he couldn't even mobilize his magic power and true qi for the time being.

However, the green hue on Han Li's face only lingered for a moment before immediately returning to normal.

Because he immediately thought that since there was a formation protecting the outside, the other party wouldn't be able to do anything to him for a while. This was enough time for him to employ methods to break this restriction.

Thinking of this, Han Li let out a cold laugh. Just as he was about to summon the Gold-Devouring Beetle swarm above his head, a "pfft" sound came from behind him.

This sound was extremely faint. If Han Li's spiritual sense hadn't already been fully expanded, covering the entire grand formation, he likely wouldn't have been able to discover this anomaly.

Han Li's hair stood on end, and without a second thought, he spun around violently. At the same time, he let out a sharp cry from his mouth, and the Gold-Devouring Beetle swarm in the air surged toward his back, covering the sky and earth.

A loud "Boom" came from behind, and Han Li's expression turned gloomy.

He saw that behind him, the Gold-Devouring Beetle swarm was blocking a bizarre, emerald-green human figure, desperately attacking the other party.

Although this figure's features were blurred and its body was filled with ghost energy, its two hands had transformed into two giant emerald-green pythons that danced wildly, swatting away all the Gold-Devouring Beetles that approached, refusing to let these flying insects get within half a step of its body. The Gold-Devouring Beetle swarm was actually unable to achieve any success for the moment.

What made Han Li even more incredulous was that the formation barrier behind him was still completely intact. How had this ghost shadow broken in behind him without triggering the restriction?

Before Han Li could recover from his shock, a voice cursing loudly came from the green shadow.

"What kind of ghost insects are these? They can actually even devour my Formless Dharma Body. This is too sinister." Listening to the voice, it was precisely the stranger from before. At this moment, he appeared quite flustered and exasperated.

Only then did Han Li notice. Although the green shadow's two green pythons had knocked those Gold-Devouring Beetles away, the moment they made contact, they had still been bitten once or twice by those beetles, which swallowed tiny specks of green light into their bellies. No wonder the other party was so shocked and angry.

It was just that this person had been speaking in the clouds just a moment ago. When had he snuck behind him to launch a sneak attack?

Han Li was somewhat puzzled.

However, this question flashed through his mind and was gone; now was not the time to consider it.

He had no intention of chatting with the other party at all, and the sharp whistling sound from his mouth rang out once again.

Immediately, a small portion of the Gold-Devouring Beetles broke away from the battle and flew toward his body, instantly covering him from head to toe, biting hard at those black silk threads.

Because of the loss of his magic power, Han Li could only rely on sound to barely command the Gold-Devouring Beetles.

He had to break free before the other party found a way to deal with the Gold-Devouring Beetles. After all, he still had fresh memories of the Gold-Devouring Beetles being severely injured by a burst of ghost roars in the Ghost Mist.

He was terrified that the other party would do the same thing. That would be absolutely disastrous.

Just at this moment, the surrounding barrier seemed to have been struck by some heavy object. After the yellow light flickered a few times, the light wall began to sway.

Seeing this, Han Li glanced back indifferently.

It was actually that Xuan Gu in mid-air, who had launched an attack at this moment to echo the green light shadow's actions.

From the dark clouds, giant black energy clusters, each a zhang in diameter, shot out and struck the light barrier fiercely. It looked as if the restriction wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.

With a flicker of strange light in his eyes, Han Li actually stopped paying attention and turned his head back.

He stared at the wildly dancing green shadow blocked by the Gold-Devouring Beetles more than ten zhang away, his lips tightly pressed, his face expressionless.

In just this short moment, nearly half of the Yin Soul Threads on his body had been bitten through by those flying insects. Han Li already felt his true qi and magic power beginning to stir, and he couldn't help but reveal a trace of joy.

As long as his magic power could be restored, he would have numerous methods he could employ.

But at this moment, the green light shadow let out a low roar, and its figure suddenly spun around, transforming into a giant, rapidly rotating spinning top. It plunged headlong into the insect swarm in front, rushing out several zhang and getting a few steps closer to Han Li.

Nearly ten thousand Gold-Devouring Beetles rushed up one after another. Although most were flung away by the giant spinning top, a small portion still stuck to it. This caused the spinning top's speed to drop sharply.

Seeing this, the other flying insects swarmed up without the slightest politeness.

A moment later, the green shadow was covered from head to toe by the numerous Gold-Devouring Beetles and could no longer rotate even a fraction. It looked like it was about to repeat the scene of the insect swarm devouring the ghost from the Ghost Mist.

But Han Li became suspicious!

Facing this near-"suicidal" scene of the green ghost shadow, not only did he not feel happy, but he felt that something was very wrong.

And what happened next immediately confirmed Han Li's premonition.

The green shadow, covered in Gold-Devouring Beetles, expanded out of thin air in the span of a single breath. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a bulging giant sphere, simultaneously emitting a dazzling green light.

"Not good!" Han Li secretly cried out, wanting to recall the Gold-Devouring Beetles, but before he could make a sound—

"Bang!" After a deafening explosion, the sphere burst apart.

An incomparably cold aura instantly submerged all the flying insects within it.

Then, at the center of the explosion, where the green light was most dazzling, a faint green line shot out, flashing and disappearing under the cover of the explosion. In the blink of an eye, it arrived in front of Han Li, who was still bound by the remaining black threads.

"Your body, I, this great one, shall accept it!"

With this wild laughter, the green line flashed abruptly, suddenly transforming into a ferocious ghost head several feet in size, pouncing wildly.

Seeing this scene from the sky, Xuan Gu revealed a trace of a smile on his face, and the attack in his hands stopped immediately.

Although it looked like the barrier would be broken after just a few more attacks.

Han Li stared at the ghost head pouncing toward him, his expression ice-cold!

But when it had shot to a distance of only a zhang away, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and a powerful baleful aura suddenly erupted from his body.

This baleful aura was so fierce that it was as if it were tangible, actually causing the ghost head that had flown right up to him to pause involuntarily, stalling for a moment.

Han Li suddenly opened his mouth, and a thick golden electric arc actually sprayed out wildly from his mouth, instantly piercing through the ghost face that was close at hand and unable to dodge.

The ghost head let out a wail, and was immediately struck by the golden arc into a mass of green energy. With a shocked and angry wild roar, it immediately fled for its life toward the back.

But at this moment, how could Han Li let it leave so easily?

Immediately, pale golden electric arcs erupted wildly all over his body, and the black threads on his body were shattered completely in this instant.

Han Li did not hesitate in the slightest; with a flicker of his figure and a few blurred afterimages, he actually managed to overtake the green mist, arriving behind it.

Then, with an expressionless face, he raised a hand and fiercely grabbed forward with his right hand.

Pale golden electric arcs suddenly appeared upon his five fingers, and the green mist instantly vanished into thin air. In Han Li's hand, however, there was now a jade-green crystal bead, flickering with an eerie light as if it were alive.

Han Li merely glanced at it coldly before closing his five fingers without the slightest courtesy.

With a "snap," the crystal bead was shattered into powder under the strike of the electric arcs.

For Han Li, who could use the Evil-Warding Divine Thunder without restraint, even a Ghost King-level green shadow could be killed in an instant, provided it had no physical body.

The ease of it was something even Han Li himself found somewhat unexpected.

However, Han Li raised his head at this moment and looked at Xuan Gu in mid-air, saying with an unchanging expression:

"Hand over the Nine-Curved Spirit Ginseng to me, and I can pretend nothing ever happened and continue to cooperate with you! Otherwise, either you die or I die!"

Han Li's voice was very calm, but the chill within it made the expression of Xuan Gu in mid-air look extremely ugly!

"Good! Good! Good!" Xuan Gu Shangren stared straight at Han Li, and after a long while, he actually blurted out three "good" words.

This made Han Li narrow his eyes involuntarily, staring fixedly at the other party without letting go.

"Since he failed to seize the body, it just means his skills were lacking. Naturally, I will only cooperate with the victorious side. Here, take this Nine-Curved Spirit Ginseng." Xuan Gu in mid-air retracted the dark clouds surrounding his body, revealing his form.

Then, he raised a hand, and a golden box shot straight from the air toward Han Li.

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