Chapter 558: Strange Misidentification

Feng Xi also saw Han Li in the teleportation array at a glance, and his expression changed drastically.

Although he had some suspicions about Han Li seeking his own death by hiding on the small island, he never expected there to be a teleportation array here. Seeing Han Li strike a magic seal mixed with a mouthful of essence blood, not hesitating to consume a large amount of true essence to instantly activate the teleportation array, a humming sound arose.

"No!"

He roared in anger, and without thinking, opened his mouth, shooting a ball of green light directly at a corner of the teleportation array.

As long as the teleportation array was destroyed, Han Li would naturally be in his grasp.

While launching the attack, the demon cultivator's figure swayed, and he pounced toward the teleportation array with a ferocious face, like a whirlwind.

He was trying to interrupt Han Li's teleportation.

However, his actions were clearly a bit late.

Apart from flicking more than ten sword qi strands at the green light to delay its approach, Han Li showed no intention of dodging the Wind-Splitting Beast that was pouncing on him viciously.

Because the array had already emitted a milky-white light, wrapping Han Li's figure within it.

By the time Feng Xi flew to the array like a gale, Han Li had already blurred in the light and disappeared without a trace.

The Wind-Splitting Beast was left in the hall, jumping with rage.

It didn't know where this array led, and it didn't have a teleportation talisman, so it naturally didn't dare to rush into the array to follow and pursue.

At this time, Miaohua rode the white crane and flew into the hall through the shattered roof, also seeing the fading white light of the array, and wearing a look of astonishment and annoyance.

But at this moment, Feng Xi suddenly turned its head, staring at the Daoist with its blood-red eyes, cold murderous intent flashing across its face.

"Everyone here must die!" The Wind-Splitting Beast had been driven into a frenzy by the fact that Han Li had escaped from its hands. Seeing Miaohua rush in, it immediately vented all its tyrannical resentment onto the opponent.

Then, the demon cultivator's whole body shone with green light, instantly transforming into a green rainbow, rushing toward Miaohua aggressively.

Miaohua's face changed upon seeing this, and without thinking, he sacrificed both the ancient mirror and the jade hammer in his hands.

Various colors of light intertwined in the air...

More than a month later, rumors spread among human cultivators in the nearby sea area. Miaohua True Person, a Nascent Soul cultivator, had actually had his physical body destroyed by a ninth-level demon beast, and only managed to escape back to his cave dwelling with his Nascent Soul after exhausting all his means.

For a time, humans were once again terrified by the ferocity of the demon beasts.

What they never expected was that this was just the beginning.

Only a few months later, the flood dragon clan in the abyss suddenly sent a large number of high-level members to fly out of the deep sea, hunting down human cultivators above the Core Formation stage everywhere.

Although it only lasted for a few short years, the casualties of high-level cultivators caused were comparable to the casualties in the beast tide.

Among them, two other Nascent Soul old monsters were also besieged by several eighth-level flood dragons and similarly ended up seriously injured.

This made the cultivators in the nearby sea area tremble at the mention of flood dragons, and no one dared to easily leave their cave dwellings for activities. This situation continued for more than ten years before it gradually returned to normal.

However, what made some cultivators who had luckily escaped from the demon beasts puzzled was that these demon beasts would ask once before making a move, whether there was a Core Formation cultivator surnamed Li among them. If they couldn't answer, they would attack without hesitation.

As such, these cultivators also guessed that this large-scale attack by the flood dragon clan was likely caused by this cultivator surnamed Li.

They didn't know how this person had angered the flood dragon clan!

The consequence of this spreading was naturally that everyone cursed this person for bringing disaster. If they could find this cultivator surnamed Li, they would probably tie him up and send him to the flood dragon clan to apologize.

However, what made them puzzled was that although there were still some damaged high-level cultivators, there was truly not a single one surnamed Li.

Even if they wanted to hold someone accountable, they couldn't find this culprit at all.

Han Li, who was being cursed by ten thousand people later, appeared in an unfamiliar place amidst a flash of white light, holding the Great Teleportation Token.

With Han Li's cautious personality, he had naturally made preparations for the possibility of encountering enemies attacking long before teleporting, and had once again transformed his appearance into that of a stranger.

But before he could recover from the dizziness of the teleportation, a lazy voice suddenly came from the side.

"Fellow Daoist, it seems you are also an impatient person. The two of us are considered the earliest to arrive. The others haven't arrived yet!"

Hearing this voice, Han Li felt a shiver in his heart, but his mind turned quickly, and he gave an "En" before looking to the side.

Not far from the teleportation array at his feet, a black-clothed person with a drooping head was sitting cross-legged on a blue stone.

Seeing Han Li look over, he raised his head and grinned at him, revealing a set of white, shining teeth.

But after seeing the person's appearance clearly, Han Li was immediately startled.

This person was terrifyingly thin, as if he were a living skeleton. And after smiling at Han Li, his two eyes flashed with ghostly blue light.

However, while feeling horrified inwardly, Han Li didn't dare to underestimate this person too much.

Because with a scan, this person was actually a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator. This was already a rare high-level cultivator in the Chaotic Star Sea.

At this moment, the skeleton-head clearly also saw Han Li's late-stage Core Formation cultivation, and after shooting a look of surprise, his tone became much more polite.

"Fellow Daoist, rest for a moment on the side. Others should be arriving soon. This time, we should all be able to gain quite a few benefits from the operation." The skeleton-head laughed and said.

Han Li felt strange, but in a situation where he didn't know what was going on, he nodded without revealing any flaws, his expression remaining unchanged.

At this time, Han Li also saw the situation around him clearly, and felt a bit relieved inwardly.

This was a cave-like place, twenty or thirty zhang wide, long, and high. And apart from the ancient teleportation array at his feet, there were two other teleportation arrays set up nearby.

Everything here was exactly the same as the teleportation array location on Huangming Island that Madam Fan had described to him. He hadn't encountered any accidents during the teleportation and had truly returned to the Inner Star Sea.

Knowing that the Miaoyin Sect disciples had said the teleportation array hadn't been tested, Han Li had been somewhat uneasy inwardly.

Now it seemed his luck was not bad.

Just as the skeleton-head was talking to him, another array shone with yellow light, and a tall human figure appeared on it.

The black-clothed person's eyes lit up, and he stood up immediately, walking over.

Taking this opportunity, Han Li secretly shot a strand of green sword qi from his feet, creating a crack in the teleportation array at his feet that was invisible to the naked eye.

In this way, the ancient teleportation array at his feet lost its effectiveness. He didn't need to fear that Miaohua or the Wind-Splitting Beast might have a teleportation talisman and follow him over.

Han Li's small movements were extremely secretive, and neither the black-clothed person nor the fierce-looking big man who had just teleported out discovered what Han Li had done.

The two seemed to know each other, laughing and chatting.

Seeing this, Han Li walked off the teleportation array without changing his expression and walked toward the cave exit.

However, he only walked a few steps when the skeleton-head's somewhat surprised voice came from behind.

"Fellow Daoist, the people haven't arrived yet. The instruction I received is that five people are to act together. Now that the person conveying the order and the other person haven't arrived, we'd better wait in the cave for a while. Otherwise, it won't be easy to explain when the time comes! Could it be that Fellow Daoist is participating in this kind of operation for the first time? I say, Fellow Daoist's face is a bit unfamiliar!" The black-clothed person was a bit surprised at first, but finally relieved himself and said.

For some reason, he had never doubted Han Li's identity from beginning to end.

Han Li frowned, but then deliberately muttered with some dissatisfaction:

"Why is it so troublesome? When I came, no one mentioned these rules."

"Hehe! It must be because Fellow Daoist's cultivation is too high, so those who gave you the teleportation instructions naturally didn't dare to say anything more. However, Fellow Daoist, bear with it. As long as the mission is completed, you can naturally be carefree for a while again." The skeleton-head smacked his lips, laughing lightly without knowing what his intention was.

Hearing this, Han Li had already guessed seven or eight parts of what was going on here.

His eyes turned slightly, and just as he wanted to ask more, another array shone with light. This time, two people teleported out together.

One was a gray-robed old man with white hair and beard, and the other was a lean and capable big man.

Han Li noticed with a flash of strange light in his eyes that the old man had a green flame-shaped mark embroidered on his wide sleeves. It was lifelike and faintly flashed with spiritual energy, seemingly not an ordinary mark.

These two arrived, and there were five people in the cave.

Among them, Han Li was late-stage Core Formation, the skeleton-head was mid-stage Core Formation, the big man and the old man were early-stage Core Formation, and the lean big man was late-stage Foundation Establishment.

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