Chapter 501

Upon hearing this, Han Li fell silent. His expression began to flicker, seemingly pondering something.

The two Star Palace cultivators, seeing Han Li's appearance, exchanged a tacit glance and stared at him even more vigilantly.

"Fine! Since I have nothing else to do, I will go with you two fellow Daoists!" Han Li smiled and said suddenly, without any rush.

Upon hearing this, the scholar and the burly man's tense faces immediately relaxed. A trace of smugness flashed across the old scholar's face, and he looked as if he wanted to say something.

But just at this moment, Han Li made his move.

His right hand, which had been tucked into his sleeve, suddenly flicked, and six streaks of green light shot silently toward the burly man. At the same time, his left hand flipped, and five copper rings of different colors suddenly appeared in his palm, emitting a low, buzzing sound.

"You dare to attack?" The scholar reacted extremely quickly. Upon seeing Han Li attack, he immediately opened his mouth, and a square magic treasure the size of a few inches was spat out.

This object was flat and pitch-black like ink; it was actually a strange magic treasure resembling an inkstone.

The burly man was not slow either; he flicked his hand, and a white jade seal flew out. The treasure then expanded several times in size, surrounded by white light, and met the six streaks of green light.

"Careful, those copper rings are ancient treasures!"

At this moment, the scholar saw the copper rings in Han Li's hand clearly and warned him in shock.

The burly man was slightly stunned by these words, but before he could react, the six incoming streaks of green light emitted clear chirps, and after a blur, they transformed into twelve identical sword lights.

Six of them instantly merged into a giant green sword, fiercely slashing at the white-light-shrouded seal.

The other six changed direction, drawing six arcs and shooting rapidly from the sides.

The burly man was greatly alarmed and, without time to think, hurriedly pinched a spell gesture with both hands. A burst of blue light flared, and several clearly visible runes floated out from his body. These runes glowed with brilliant blue light, instantly expanding to the size of a bucket, forming a pale blue light barrier that protected the burly man inside.

The burly man actually intended to use this to block Han Li's Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords head-on.

With the burly man making his move, the scholar on the side naturally would not stand idly by.

After giving his warning, he hurriedly pointed at the inkstone magic treasure floating in front of his chest.

The inkstone began to spin rapidly.

Black, misty fog sprayed out from it, instantly spreading several feet wide, and then a scent of ink filled the vicinity.

The scholar did not hesitate to drive his spell, and the black fog rapidly condensed, forming dozens of pitch-black strange birds in the blink of an eye.

These strange birds were each half a foot long, and amidst strange cries, they flew toward Han Li, their eyes flashing with red light.

Han Li, opposite them, turned a blind eye to all of this. After the copper rings in his hand shook rapidly, they disappeared into the glow.

Then, his palm flipped again, and an ancient-style flower basket appeared in his hand.

Seeing that his opponent was indifferent to his attack, the scholar was not angry but happy.

This "Illusion Inkstone" of his was refined using an ancient technique, and he had luckily succeeded only after exhausting all his efforts.

For this, he had spent almost all his savings from half his life, but he did not regret it at all.

Because ever since this Illusion Inkstone magic treasure was successfully refined, he had rarely encountered an opponent among cultivators of the same stage, and could even contend with Core Formation mid-stage cultivators.

As long as the cultivator's cultivation base was not too much higher than his, once they were surrounded by this illusionary ink fog, they would immediately fall into an illusion and be unable to extricate themselves.

Seeing those strange birds charging at Han Li like arrows, he couldn't help but reveal a ferocious grin, and pinching a spell gesture with both hands, he prepared to make these strange birds explode.

But just at this moment, a faint, low buzzing sound suddenly rang in his ears, and then five copper rings appeared simultaneously on his neck and limbs. After they tightened suddenly, he felt his entire body's magic power disperse, and he was completely unable to gather it again.

At this, the scholar was extremely terrified.

He had naturally been on high alert for the strangely vanished copper ring ancient treasures. But for them to be placed on him without any warning was truly beyond his expectations.

For a moment, the scholar was scared out of his wits, and various escape plans raced through his mind.

At this time, a loud noise came from the other side; green light and white energy intertwined, and the giant green sword finally collided with the seal.

The brilliant white energy easily overwhelmed the green light, and the giant sword only held on for a moment before breaking apart inch by inch.

At the same time, the other six green rainbows arrived late and struck the strange rune barrier.

"Bang," "Bang," muffled sounds rang out in succession.

After the blue light flashed, the runes actually withstood the six streaks of green light, not allowing them to break the barrier.

Han Li let out a soft "Eh," feeling quite surprised.

It seemed that without the Evil-Warding Divine Thunder, the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords indeed lacked great power due to the short cultivation time.

But before he could think further, those black strange birds had already shot in front of him.

Although they lacked the scholar's magic power support, the inkstone magic treasure was, after all, connected to his spiritual sense, and it still drove these strange birds to attack with undiminished power.

Han Li let out a cold snort, and the flower basket in his hand flared with light. A large expanse of white light surged out from the basket, instantly sweeping all the approaching strange birds into it without exception.

Seeing this scene, the scholar's face turned bloodless.

"Impossible, you have other ancient treasures. Who exactly are you?" He looked at him with an expression of disbelief!

For an ordinary cultivator to have one ancient treasure on their person was already an extremely lucky thing. After all, whenever an ancient treasure appeared, most would fall into the hands of those Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

For an ordinary Core Formation stage cultivator to possess an ancient treasure was truly an extremely difficult task!

Yet Han Li had successively brought out two completely different treasures, the copper rings and the flower basket; how could the scholar not be terrified to the extreme?

But Han Li had no intention of answering him, instead throwing the flower basket straight out.

Instantly, white light flashed, and the flower basket wrapped the incoming seal inside, making it struggle incessantly within the white light, yet it remained unable to escape.

Then, Han Li did not hesitate to flick his ten fingers in succession, and over ten streaks of green sword qi shot out fiercely, targeting the scholar who was locked by the Five-Element Rings.

"No..." The scholar only had time to let out a scream before over a dozen large holes were pierced through his body. His figure swayed a few times, and he breathed his last.

It was a pity that he hadn't even displayed half of his cultivation techniques before his true essence was locked by the Five-Element Rings; even with a belly full of tricks, he was completely helpless.

Han Li reached out and beckoned, and the Five-Element Rings transformed back into a patch of glow, automatically leaving the corpse and flying back into his hand.

Only then did he turn his cold gaze to the other side.

The burly man was sweating profusely as he pinched spell gestures, trying to retrieve his seal, but how could he succeed in a short time? Meanwhile, the six green streaks of light outside were incessantly striking his rune light barrier.

Now that the burly man saw the scholar die so easily, his heart couldn't help but shake violently!

Seeing Han Li's attention shift to him, his entire body turned icy cold.

He gritted his teeth and suddenly transformed into a streak of blue light, fleeing away. He didn't even want his life-bound magic treasure, which was connected to his primordial spirit.

This person was indeed exceptionally decisive!

Han Li's eyes narrowed slightly, and the copper rings instantly disappeared from his hand again.

But the next moment, they appeared strangely above the fleeing burly man's head amidst the five-colored glow.

Then, in the burly man's incredulous gaze, the five copper rings appeared all over his body, treating those runes as if they were nothing.

Instantly, the blue escape light stopped abruptly, and the burly man fell straight over.

A cold glint flashed in Han Li's eyes, and a streak of green light descended from the sky, circling the burly man several times before cutting him into several pieces at the waist.

With this, the two Core Formation cultivators of the Reverse Star Alliance had all perished at Han Li's hands.

Below, Han Li easily searched out the storage bags on the two, and after scanning their contents with his spiritual sense, he put them away unhurriedly.

Han Li also unceremoniously collected the seal from the flower basket and the inkstone magic treasure that was floating in the air without an owner.

"Fellow Daoist, you have been hiding here and watching for so long. Isn't it time to come out and get some air?" Han Li stood in mid-air with his hands behind his back, looking down at the sea below and saying indifferently.

Although his voice was not loud, it resounded across the entire sea surface for several miles.

A sea breeze blew past suddenly, and the surroundings remained silent.

Seeing this, Han Li sighed slightly.

"Your Excellency is hiding in the sea below; do you really want me to drag you out?" Han Li's expression sank slightly, and his tone became somewhat unfriendly.

"Fellow Daoist, wait a moment; I am coming out now." Seemingly because his hiding place had been pointed out by Han Li, this hidden person finally lost their composure and spoke up.

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