Chapter 609: Fox Transformation

Thinking of the rumors that Corpse Xiao's body is hard to damage with gold or iron and can only be slowly refined with true fire or sealed with soul-extraction techniques, Han Li couldn't help but feel a headache.

The Corpse Xiao before his eyes clearly hadn't truly died; it was only temporarily restrained by the unknown golden talisman. He estimated that it would be no short time before this Corpse Xiao regained its vitality.

Thinking of this, Han Li's gaze shifted, looking at the jade box that had fallen beside the Corpse Xiao, a hint of suspicion flashing in his eyes.

Since the Corpse Xiao was suppressed here without being refined to ash, it must have been sealed using a soul-extraction technique.

Seeing how much the Corpse Xiao cared about this jade box and how it was sealed with a golden talisman specifically meant to restrain it, it was logically certain to be the Corpse Xiao's essence soul.

But if that were the case, why could the Corpse Xiao's physical body still move freely and talk to him, and even have high enough intelligence to try to trick him into opening the jade box? Could it be that the soul extraction wasn't thorough, and a remnant soul remained in the body?

Furthermore, why did the Corpse Xiao possess such a supreme treasure as Spirit Eye Jade? Was it obtained after being trapped here?

Thinking of these confusing points, Han Li frowned, his head full of unsolved mysteries.

But after a turn of his brain, he simply stopped thinking about these unanswerable questions and began to scan the surroundings, preparing to find a way to escape.

The true fire required to refine a Corpse Xiao would require at least a Nascent Soul stage cultivation, and without several months of persistent refining, it would be impossible to do so easily.

And even if Han Li had such cultivation, he wouldn't be bored enough to do such a thing as slaying demons and eliminating evil.

What he needed to do was to leave this place far behind and let this Corpse Xiao continue to be imprisoned here alone.

As for whether some other unlucky person would bump into this place in the future and continue to be deceived by it? That was not something he needed to consider.

Anyway, when the time came for the Corpse Xiao to break free and appear, there would be plenty of experts from the major sects to deal with it.

But after Han Li's gaze turned around, it returned to the jade box.

After staring at the golden talisman for a few moments, he hesitated, then reached out to suck the jade box into his hand, and then calmly put it into his storage bag.

The runes drawn on the golden talisman were truly peculiar; he planned to take it back and study it carefully.

As for whether he would open this box, that would naturally only happen when his Nascent Soul was fully formed and he felt absolutely certain of success.

If there really were a Corpse Xiao's essence soul or other fierce ghosts inside, with the Evil-Warding Divine Thunder and the Soul-Sucking Beast to restrain them, plus his cultivation at that time, he naturally wouldn't need to fear them at all.

Han Li shook the jade Jade Ruyi in his hand, and the light shield on his body vanished, and the small yellow wolf jumped out.

He prepared to execute the Earth Escape Technique and tunnel directly out of this stone chamber.

After all, no matter how hard and rare this Green Gold Stone was, it should still belong to the category of earth and stone and shouldn't be able to stop the Earth Escape Technique.

With his mind made up, he was about to urge the wolf tool spirit when he suddenly moved, turned his head, and looked at the motionless Corpse Xiao.

After tilting his head and thinking for a moment, he sighed, walked a few steps to the Corpse Xiao, and raised his foot to kick it.

As a result, the Corpse Xiao's body flipped over, revealing an inconspicuous pit, and in that pit, the Snow Cloud Fox was staring at Han Li with its pitch-black eyes, looking pitiful.

Han Li smiled slightly and muttered to himself:

"You're quite clever, knowing how to find a place to hide."

After saying this, Han Li waved his large sleeve, and a green glow rolled toward the little fox.

The white fox seemed to know something was wrong and hurriedly jumped, wanting to escape.

But Han Li's green glow was extremely fast; it had only just jumped into mid-air when it was rolled up by the green mist and quickly collected into Han Li's hand.

Han Li held the white fox by the back of its neck with one hand, turned around, and walked toward the stone wall behind him without hesitation.

While walking, he subconsciously muttered to himself:

"You little thing are quite lucky, not only unharmed just now, but also able to live until now while staying with something like a Corpse Xiao. Truly inconceivable!"

"Eh!... Inconceivable?" Han Li stopped in his tracks as he said this, suddenly remembering something.

Afterward, his expression changed drastically, and he waved his hand, throwing the white fox in his hand fiercely toward the opposite stone wall.

But in that instant, a hint of resentment flashed in the fox's eyes.

Instantly, it raised its front paw and grabbed fiercely at the spot inches away.

That originally short front limb expanded rapidly in mid-air, and a huge, snow-white sharp claw grabbed at Han Li's chest.

A harsh, loud "clang" sounded.

Amidst Han Li's roar, a white shadow flickered, and the Snow Cloud Fox was thrown away by the extremely shocked and furious Han Li, looking as if he wanted to smash it into meat paste.

But the little fox's body rolled nimbly in the air, twisted, and landed steadily in another corner of the stone chamber.

Then, it looked at Han Li, who was standing unharmed, with cold eyes, a hint of surprised disappointment faintly appearing in its emerald green fox eyes.

And Han Li was looking at the large tear in his upper garment with lingering fear, where a green light was faintly flickering.

It was precisely the green inner armor of the Six-Paths descendant, Wen Wen Tianren.

Ever since that piece of Imperial Scale Armor was destroyed, Han Li had been wearing this inner armor of unknown origin, but whose quality was not at all inferior to the Imperial Scale Armor.

The white fox's claw strike just now, although fierce and strange, naturally couldn't break through this piece of precious armor that even ordinary magic treasures couldn't easily destroy.

"Who exactly are you? That transformation attack just now is definitely not something an ordinary low-tier demon beast could do." Han Li, who had finally calmed down, stared at the white fox and asked with a dark face.

At the same time, he waved the jade Jade Ruyi in his hand, wanting to release a light shield to protect himself.

But what shocked him was that the jade Jade Ruyi was like a dead object, completely unresponsive. Han Li was stunned for a moment, but then looked suspiciously at the small yellow wolf on his side.

But this small yellow wolf stood blankly in place, showing nothing unusual.

With a powerful enemy before him, Han Li couldn't care about the reason for a moment. With a thought, the flying swords above his head hummed loudly, rapidly transforming into a screen of green sword light, blocking in front of him.

Han Li's expression eased slightly.

But at this moment, a human voice that stunned Han Li came from the Snow Cloud Fox opposite him.

"Who am I? Didn't you just greet me a moment ago? Why, you don't recognize me so quickly?" With the familiar woman's voice, a hint of mockery appeared in the fox's eyes, and it suddenly stood up on its hind legs.

Then, a scene of a demon beast transforming into human form was vividly performed before Han Li's eyes.

Watching the white fox before his eyes, its body expanded several times in a few breaths, and it instantly shed its white fur, transforming into a charming young woman, completely naked, dragging a fox tail.

Han Li licked his lips, unable to maintain his calm expression anymore, his face filled with shock and astonishment.

"How is it? My demon fox incarnation's appearance isn't bad, right!" The woman, who had the exact same face as the black-clad young woman, puffed out her full, snow-white chest, with two crimson points trembling slightly, looking at Han Li with extreme fox-like charm. However, deep in her bright eyes, there was an opposite, extreme coldness, without a trace of a smile.

"Are you it?" Han Li took a deep breath and finally returned to his normal, cold tone.

Afterward, he subconsciously glanced at the stone platform, where the Corpse Xiao's body remained motionless.

This made him feel slightly relieved, and then he stared at the woman whose cultivation had soared.

Logically speaking, to be able to transform into human form, one would need at least the cultivation of an eighth-level demon beast. But this white fox, which claimed to be the Corpse Xiao's incarnation, only had the cultivation of a seventh-level demon beast when he swept it with his spiritual sense.

This made Han Li full of surprise, but he didn't feel much fear.

However, he had been deceived by this demon's spiritual sense earlier, and he dared not be certain of his judgment anymore, so his face still showed a solemn expression.

At the same time, he remembered the legends of high-tier demon foxes recorded in the classics.

Once any spirit fox reaches a high cultivation level, almost all of them are experts in casting illusions, and can even play cultivators of the same rank in the palm of their hands without the other party knowing. As for their innate ability to conceal their form, it is among the best in the demon beast world.

Previously, he had some doubts about this statement. But now, seeing that even his own powerful spiritual sense had been easily deceived by this demon, he finally believed it a few points.

But come to think of it, since the Corpse Xiao's incarnation had such cultivation, why didn't it go and remove the golden talisman on the jade box itself? Could it be that this demon also feared that golden talisman? But even so, with its cultivation, it could have completely kidnapped a low-tier cultivator and forced them to tear off the golden talisman.

Han Li's face was expressionless, but his heart was filled with surging doubts.

He vaguely felt that the demon fox opposite him was definitely not as simple as just being the Corpse Xiao's incarnation; there must be some unspeakable hidden reason inside.

Thinking of this, he became even calmer. His gaze toward the naked young woman opposite him began to reveal a trace of sharp killing intent.

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