Chapter 517: Tribulation of Transformation

In Han Li's newly built cave dwelling, there was naturally a specialized refining room.

After setting up a secret formation inside, he entered it with the refining crystals and the bottle of ten-thousand-year spirit liquid.

Once he entered, the stone door of the secret room closed tightly and was not opened again for a whole year.

All other operations in the cave dwelling were handled by several giant ape puppets left outside the secret room.

In this way, the cave dwelling was also in good order without any trouble.

However, an accident occurred on this day.

A rumbling sound suddenly came from outside, and then the ground shook without any warning, and even the walls of the secret room trembled constantly. At the same time, faint sounds of thunder and giant waves came from outside, and the sound grew louder and louder, as if the entire island was in the midst of a storm.

With a muffled "bang," the stone door of the refining room was pushed open from the inside.

Then, a figure flashed, and Han Li rushed out with a cold expression, but a look of suspicion and uncertainty appeared in his eyes.

He tilted his head to listen to the rumbling sound outside the cave dwelling, pressed his hand on the storage bag at his waist, and a yellow light shot out from the bag, circled once, and landed in Han Li's hand.

It was a light yellow formation flag embroidered with some runes, about two or three feet long.

Han Li didn't think much, opened his mouth, and sprayed a mouthful of green energy onto the flagpole.

Immediately, yellow light shone brilliantly, and then cold light flashed in Han Li's eyes as he flicked his wrist.

A streak of yellow light shot directly into the ground, and in a flash, the formation flag drilled into the ground and vanished without a trace!

Low incantations were transmitted from Han Li's mouth, sometimes light and sometimes heavy.

A shocking scene appeared.

All the ground and walls turned golden in the sound of the incantations, as if they had completely turned into pure gold. At the same time, the trembling, shaking, and the heart-shaking thunderous sounds also subsided instantly.

Everything returned to normal.

Seeing this scene, Han Li's expression relaxed. However, the suspicion in his eyes didn't diminish by half. He suddenly turned into a green light and flew toward the entrance of the cave dwelling.

A moment later, Han Li appeared above the small island in green light. Although there was mist covering it below, this formation was arranged by Han Li himself, so it naturally couldn't block his gaze at all.

But the scene before him made his expression change several times.

Due to the activation of the formation restrictions, the mountain range where his cave dwelling was located was as steady as Mount Tai. But the places outside the formation coverage were trembling and wailing!

Not only were mud and stones rolling down from some hills and high slopes, but huge cracks several zhang wide also began to appear on the ground due to the violent shaking, and those flowers, plants, and trees were overturned on the ground in a flash.

But all of this was not enough to make Han Li lose his composure to such an extent!

What shocked him even more was that on the sea surface on one side of the island, raging waves were actually rising.

Those giant waves, over a hundred zhang high, hit one side of the island wave after wave, constantly washing away everything on the island, almost turning a small half of the island into a lake and swamp.

From the direction the giant waves came, outside the vast sea mist, a low and strange roar came from the thunder, as if some ferocious beast was raging there. And with the high-pitched roar, the thunder and giant waves also rose even higher.

"Could it be that some high-level monster beast is stirring up trouble in the nearby sea?" Looking at the direction of the giant waves, Han Li pondered in his heart.

Looking at this momentum, it must be a monster beast of a certain size; otherwise, it would be impossible to have such momentum.

Thinking of this, Han Li's curiosity rose.

He pondered for a moment, then his body flashed with light, dived into the mist sea, and flew directly toward the direction of the roar.

However, for the sake of caution, Han Li restrained his aura and breath, and his flying light also became dim. In a flash, his entire person vanished without a trace.

As soon as he flew out of the sea mist, Han Li saw his target without needing to search at all.

Just as he had guessed, there was indeed a monster beast stirring up trouble on the sea surface not far away.

But this monster beast was too big!

Although he had been prepared, Han Li was still shocked by its size and gasped.

This was a type of turtle monster beast he had never seen before, with a size of nearly a thousand zhang, floating on the sea surface like a giant mountain.

The pitch-black hard shell, the dragon-like green head roaring at the sky, the four limbs as thick as giant pillars, and a silver giant tail dozens of zhang long were constantly sweeping the nearby seawater. Waves of heaven-reaching giant waves and white demon wind swirled and danced around the monster turtle with the roar. This piece of sea surface was completely caught in a frenzy.

But what shocked Han Li even more was not these; above the turtle's head as it roared wildly, the sky for ten thousand miles was covered with dark clouds, and lightning bolts as thick as arms crossed and descended from the rolling clouds, forming giant thunder nets that covered the monster beast and struck it constantly.

And this turtle relied on the giant waves and demon wind it stirred up to actually take these heavenly thunder strikes head-on, remaining unharmed. It was just that this giant turtle became even more irritable, and a pair of originally emerald-green eyes began to turn red gradually.

"Transformation Thunder Tribulation"

Han Li muttered with a strange look on his face, his gaze somewhat flickering.

The so-called "Transformation Thunder Tribulation" refers to a heavenly thunder tribulation that a Level 7 monster beast must experience when advancing to a Level 8 monster beast.

Only after experiencing this tribulation can the monster beast shed its form and change its body, transforming part of its body into a human form. And as its cultivation deepens, the degree of the monster beast's transformation also varies.

It is said that Level 10 monster beasts can be exactly the same as humans.

Although Han Li had seen information related to the transformation tribulation many times in the classics, he witnessed this scene with his own eyes today, and he didn't know whether to say he was lucky or unlucky.

What was lucky was that the appearance of this monster beast showed that there were indeed Level 8 monster beasts in the sea area near Qiyuan Island. In the future, his Thousand-Leaf Dew was not without hope.

What was unlucky was that the monster turtle was undergoing the tribulation in this sea area, so its nest was very likely in this sea area.

Han Li had no interest in being neighbors with a Level 8 monster beast!

Even if it was a Level 8 monster beast that had just advanced, Han Li would avoid it if he could.

This turtle was still a Level 7 monster beast now, so it naturally couldn't discover the existence of his cave dwelling. But once it advanced to Level 8, Han Li had no confidence in hiding from the other party's spiritual sense.

Perhaps one day when he was cultivating in the cave dwelling, this monster turtle would come looking for him. The territorial consciousness of high-level monster beasts was not just a little bit strong.

"Could it be that the cave dwelling I just built has to be abandoned again?" A wave of irritability rose in Han Li's heart, and the flying swords in his body also stirred.

He had finished refining the seventy-two Azure Bamboo Cloud-Swarm Swords when he came out of the secret room.

The difficulty of refining the refining crystals this time was far beyond his expectations. He originally thought that half a year would be enough, but it actually took nearly a year to truly finish refining.

During the remaining time, Han Li took the opportunity to go into seclusion and specifically cultivated the flying swords.

If it weren't for the disturbance of this monster beast, he would have liked to go into seclusion for a few more months.

"Why not take advantage of the monster beast finishing its tribulation and its vitality being greatly damaged to launch a sneak attack? If I can take the opportunity to destroy the other party, it would naturally be a happy ending. If not, then immediately leave the island and look for another place." This thought popped up, making Han Li's heart tighten! But after a moment, he shook his head and denied it himself.

Even a Level 8 monster beast with greatly reduced strength was not something he could deal with alone.

Han Li didn't know how powerful a Level 8 monster beast was, but he had witnessed the divine abilities of Nascent Soul stage cultivators with his own eyes.

With such great danger, he would rather move his current cave dwelling.

It's a pity that those Gold-Devouring Insects had finished devouring and laid new eggs. Otherwise, if he had them on him, he might have tried it.

Han Li looked at the numerous thunder lights weaving and flashing on the giant turtle, sighed lightly, and prepared to return to the cave dwelling.

He didn't want to wait for this monster beast to finish its thunder tribulation, discover him peeping from the side, and then invite disaster upon himself!

But just as Han Li turned around, a sharp whistle came from the distant sky, and then faint golden light flickered on the horizon.

Then, from the opposite direction, the pleasant sound of a phoenix cry rang out, and a piece of fiery red glow also flew toward here.

Seeing this scene, Han Li was stunned, but before he could react.

Raging winds rose on another sea surface not far from the giant turtle, dozens of thick water pillars sprayed out, and then the large sea water rose and bulged rapidly, as if something massive was about to come out of the sea.

Han Li was naturally startled, hurriedly retreated a distance while hiding his figure, and then looked at the scene before him in astonishment.

After a flash of blue light, a giant beast that was completely bright red broke through the waves and emerged from the sea. After floating to the surface, it let out a strange cry like the neighing of a horse, which made Han Li's ears buzz.

Han Li was startled, almost fell from the air, and hurriedly lifted his magic power before standing firm again.

The Great Development Technique circulated rapidly in his body, and Han Li stared at the monster beast with a pale face, full of shock.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 518 =====