Chapter 491

Seeing the Asura Fire was so powerful, Han Li's expression changed several times, and he gasped.

However, after the gray-white flame had completely consumed Xuan Gu, it re-condensed into a small, delicate spark and floated gently.

But just at this moment, whether it was due to the abnormality caused by Xuan Gu's death, all the falling gray-white sparks simultaneously emitted a burst of black-green Qi. Then, after some hair-thin black electric arcs flashed, the sparks instantly turned blue, restoring the form of the Dry Blue Ice Flames.

Immediately, Han Li felt the surroundings tighten. The entire space was filled with pale blue cold Qi, and a freezing sensation struck him. Transparent thin ice began to appear all over his body, looking very much like the entire barrier was about to be completely frozen.

Han Li couldn't help but be shocked!

He hurriedly poured magic power frantically into the Spirit Rhinoceros Pendant, and the scorching white light pushed away the surrounding cold Qi, preventing them from getting within half a foot of his body.

However, the Dry Blue Ice Flames, no longer controlled by Xuan Gu, seemed to truly unleash their power only now. In this short moment, the entire high platform was frozen into a huge iceberg, with only Han Li struggling to resist with the white light around his body.

But the rapid loss of magic power made Han Li secretly groan.

Only now did Han Li understand that the Dry Blue Ice Flames controlled by Xuan Gu, perhaps because Xuan Gu's cultivation was insufficient or they hadn't been truly refined, had only unleashed a small portion of their true power when attacking him just now.

If the Dry Blue Ice Flames had erupted with such terrifying power from the beginning, Xuan Gu wouldn't have needed to fuse any Asura Sacred Flame; it would have been more than enough to destroy him several times over.

In that case, the even more powerful Asura Sacred Flame couldn't possibly have had only that much power; it must not have revealed even one or two tenths of its true power!

Han Li was horrified as he pondered these thoughts in his heart, and he had already figured out seven or eight tenths of the truth.

However, he wouldn't let himself be destroyed by the masterless Dry Blue Ice Flames so unjustly after finally managing to destroy Xuan Gu.

So, gritting his teeth, Han Li pressed one hand onto a spirit beast pouch at his waist.

This spirit beast pouch contained thousands of Gold-Devouring Beetles.

At this moment, he could only rely on the devouring ability of these insects to see if he could risk escaping.

But regardless of whether the escape was successful, these Gold-Devouring Beetles, which had not yet fully evolved, would certainly be unable to resist such terrifying extreme cold. If he were not careful, they would all be wiped out!

But now, for the sake of his life, Han Li couldn't care about so much.

Han Li's palm moved, about to open the mouth of the spirit beast pouch.

But at this moment, another change occurred!

The Dry Blue Ice Flames floating around simultaneously flashed a few times and emitted a clear ringing sound. As if receiving some order, they all began to shoot toward the high sky, and all the ice flames condensed and fused into one at a certain place.

A moment later, a blue, hazy light sphere floated in the air. And within this light sphere, a blue ice bead the size of a fist appeared.

And the icy cold Qi that had filled the high platform was instantly swept away, vanishing completely, as if it had never appeared.

Han Li, who had already opened the spirit beast pouch halfway, was stunned, but then his face revealed a look of surprise and joy.

He didn't care why the Dry Blue Ice Flames had undergone such a strange change; this had allowed him to escape a disaster!

Now, the blue ice bead slowly fell from the sky, falling right past Han Li's eyes.

Han Li looked at this ice bead, a strange light flashing in his eyes, and a look of contemplation appeared on his face.

Suddenly, he raised a hand, and a slender electric arc remaining in his body flew out from his single hand, wrapping around this ice bead and controlling its downward trend.

No abnormality occurred with the ice bead; it was honestly pulled by the electric arc.

Seeing this scene, Han Li's expression was solemn, and he still didn't dare to be careless in the slightest.

He carefully flicked his wrist, and the golden electric arc bound the ice bead and slowly flew toward him.

Looking at the round bead that had stopped a foot away in front of him, Han Li revealed a look of hesitation.

He solemnly reached out a hand, a layer of green brilliance wrapping his entire palm tightly, and then cautiously reached out to grab it.

Although separated by thick True Essence, Han Li still clearly felt that it was a bit cold, but it could by no means be called freezing, as if those Dry Blue Ice Flames had retracted all that extreme cold after condensing into this bead.

Only then did Han Li truly feel relieved.

He withdrew his True Essence, pinched the bead with three fingers, and brought it before his eyes to gaze at it carefully.

This blue bead had a pale blue, hard outer layer, but inside, light and flames flickered incessantly, seeming somewhat unstable.

Han Li hesitated for a moment; these Dry Blue Ice Flames were rare treasures in the world, and it was highly likely they were even more precious than the Heaven Void Cauldron.

Although he currently had no idea how to utilize or refine these ice flames, it was absolutely impossible for him to abandon them.

One must know that after witnessing the sharpness of several demonic secret fires like the "Azure Yang Demonic Fire" and "Heavenly Capital Corpse Fire," Han Li had long had a wish to possess a powerful demonic flame himself.

He had seen the power of these Dry Blue Ice Flames with his own eyes. They were absolutely far above those two types of demonic fires.

Han Li would never refuse such a benefit that had been delivered to his doorstep and could fulfill his long-cherished wish. Even if it meant taking a small risk, Han Li was willing to accept it.

Thinking of this, the pale golden electric arcs in Han Li's hand erupted and shot out again, and then one after another, slender electric threads wrapped around this ice bead, layer after layer.

A moment later, something resembling a golden thread ball appeared in Han Li's hand. Only, on this ball, some tiny electric lights flickered incessantly.

Seeing this scene, Han Li finally felt truly at ease.

After his previous contest with these ice flames, he also knew that the Evil-Warding Divine Thunder could barely restrain this fire.

If this ice ball were to explode again, these Evil-Warding Divine Thunder electric nets could temporarily bind it, winning him some time. He didn't need to fear a sudden backlash from this Dry Blue Ice Bead.

However, at this moment, the Evil-Warding Divine Thunder within his body was truly gone; not even a single electric arc could be flicked out.

But Han Li didn't care about this at all. With an excited look on his face, he took out a square jade box from his storage pouch, carefully placed the ball inside, and then stored it away properly.

Only then did Han Li have time to fly a circle over the altar and collect the severely injured Blood Jade Spider into his spirit beast pouch.

The other spider corpse had long since transformed back into a corpse, not moving at all!

But when Han Li flew past the place where Xuan Gu had been destroyed, his figure couldn't help but pause. With a look of surprise, he reached out a hand, and something emitting a faint white light on the ground flew into his hand.

This object was as white as jade and only a few inches long. After a brief glance, Han Li recognized that it was just a small section of a rib.

It was just that this rib hadn't been refined into ashes by the Asura Sacred Flame and could still remain intact, which surprised Han Li quite a bit.

He immediately recalled the day in the underground cave when Xuan Gu the Old Demon took the "Heaven Void Residual Map" out of a rib.

"Could this rib also be storing something?" After this thought crossed his mind, Han Li no longer hesitated and threw it into his storage pouch. Now was not the time to carefully study this object; it was more important to flee and escape this place as soon as possible.

Han Li was about to fly toward the stone steps when he inadvertently caught sight of the emerald green small arrow lying motionless several feet away, as if it had lost all its spirituality.

Han Li frowned, raised a hand, and a sheet of green light shot out from his hand, sweeping the treasure into his hand.

After glancing at it casually, just as Han Li was about to put the treasure into his pouch, a strange "hissing" sound suddenly came from a spirit beast pouch at his waist.

Han Li's heart stirred, and he couldn't help but reveal a strange look.

After thinking about it with furrowed brows, he suddenly slapped that spirit beast pouch, and a yellow light sprayed out from the pouch, circling once before revealing the figure of a small monkey; it was precisely the Soul-Devouring and Ghost-Eating Soul-Crying Beast.

And Han Li opened his mouth again, spraying out a gray-black bead that fell into his other palm; it was the "Soul-Crying Bead" that controlled the Soul-Crying Beast.

Initially, Han Li felt that the situation in which Yuan Yao handed this bead to him was truly a bit strange, so he had never really started refining this bead.

But erasing the other party's spiritual sense on this bead and using this bead to control the Soul-Crying Beast for a short time was something he could easily do.

Holding the Soul-Crying Bead in his hand and staring tightly at the emerald green small arrow, Han Li suddenly opened his mouth, and a cluster of green pill fire suddenly wrapped around the arrow, beginning to slowly refine and burn it.

But after a moment had passed, the small arrow still had no reaction, as if it were a dead object.

A cold light flashed in Han Li's eyes. After licking his lips, he threw the arrow into the air and secretly gave an order to the Soul-Crying Beast.

The Soul-Crying Beast immediately snorted, and a sheet of yellow rosy light shot out, sweeping directly toward the small arrow in the air.

The originally motionless small arrow, upon seeing the rosy light attacking, suddenly flashed with green light and emitted a shrill whistle, transforming into a streak of emerald light and shooting directly toward the stone steps.

It seemed to be terrified of that rosy light!

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