Chapter 790: Heaven-Extinguishing Demon Corpse

The Corpse Ghoul's appearance had not changed in the slightest; it was still covered in green fur, possessed a single arm, and its entire body remained bound by thin silver chains.

Han Li carefully examined the entire stone room, confirming that everything here was indeed the same as it had been when he was last here. Only after confirming there was nothing amiss did he place the jade box in his hand onto the ground. He then patted a certain spirit beast pouch at his waist, and immediately, a streak of black light shot out from the pouch.

The figure of the Soul-Devouring Beast, about a foot tall, emerged. As soon as this beast appeared, it immediately caught sight of the Corpse Ghoul on the stone platform and began to squeak and shriek wildly. Before Han Li could even give an order, black light flickered around its body, and its form suddenly expanded drastically.

Fortunately, the beast knew that this place was cramped, so its form stopped growing once it reached about a zhang in height. However, it stared at the Corpse Ghoul without blinking, looking as if it were eager to have a go.

Seeing this, Han Li frowned. With a movement of his spiritual sense, the Soul-Devouring Beast immediately quieted down, crouching on the ground with its back to Han Li, becoming extremely well-behaved.

"Eh?"

When Han Li saw the back of the Soul-Devouring Beast clearly, a look of surprise flashed across his face.

On the back of the Soul-Devouring Beast, which was facing away from him, the blood-colored ghost image was clearly much clearer than before, and the ghost image on it had even begun to bulge slightly. It gave one the feeling that this ghost image might actually come to life.

This caused Han Li's heart to stir.

It seemed that after the last two times it had devoured, this Soul-Devouring Beast was about to undergo some strange changes again.

While Han Li was surprised, he also felt an extra sense of anticipation in his heart.

However, now was not the time to study the Soul-Devouring Beast in detail. He had released the beast merely to prevent any accidents.

Afterwards, Han Li patted his storage pouch with one hand again. With a flash of yellow light, an antique-looking jade slip appeared in his hand.

Han Li looked at this object, and his eyebrows twitched.

This item was something he had found in the hair bun of the black-robed youth's head only after searching the youth's spiritual sense.

Inside, it recorded over ten different methods for refining various types of corpse puppets. Most of these methods had been snatched or stolen by the Yin Luo Sect from other minor sects, and the black-robed youth had copied them inside.

This elder of the Yin Luo Sect seemed to have studied the art of corpse refining very deeply. In these dozen or so corpse-refining techniques, he had put forward his own unique insights.

Many of them, if improved according to his suggestions, would be enough to increase the power of a corpse puppet by thirty percent for no reason.

It was just a pity that this person had hoarded these things as treasures, never sharing them with other fellow sect members. He had been single-mindedly wanting to refine a few top-tier corpse puppets that he could rely on to run rampant, but he had never found a suitable corpse, which was why he had never taken action.

Among them, a corpse-refining method called the "Heaven-Extinguishing Demon Corpse" was one of the top-tier corpse puppets the black-robed youth had been determined to refine. The corpses selected for this method were various powerful walking corpses that had already developed spiritual intelligence on their own. After wiping away the spiritual sense of these walking corpses and refining them with various secret techniques, it was possible for them to become this type of Heaven-Extinguishing Demon Corpse.

Naturally, the degree of power of this demon corpse was determined by the type of walking corpse with spiritual intelligence and its original cultivation base.

According to the corpse-refining technique, this Corpse Ghoul was one of the best choices. A demon corpse refined from such a high-tier Heaven-Earth Spirit Corpse would have a ferocity that could even surpass what it had before refining.

Therefore, as soon as Han Li read the corpse-refining technique on the jade slip, he immediately thought of the Corpse Ghoul trapped here.

Han Li would naturally not let such an excellent opportunity pass by.

However, before refining the demon corpse, he had to do the same as he did with cultivating his second Nascent Soul: he had to completely wipe away the Corpse Ghoul's original spiritual sense first.

Therefore, he had specially brought the jade box that might contain the Corpse Ghoul's primordial spirit here together, so he could use it to cast his spells!

Now, Han Li glanced at the giant silver nails in front of him and beckoned with his hand. All the giant nails immediately floated up lightly, and following the incantation in his mouth, they began to emit a pale silver light.

He rubbed his hands together, and a thunderous sound rang out. Several thick golden arcs covered both his palms; the golden light was dazzling, and the momentum was astonishing.

Han Li raised both hands with an expressionless face.

A dozen or so tiny golden arcs shot out from his palms, striking the dozen or so giant nails one by one.

The golden and silver lights intertwined, and the giant nails trembled simultaneously.

Seeing this, Han Li's expression sank. He spat out the word "Go," and a spell technique followed immediately.

All the giant nails transformed into streaks of silver light and shot out. After circling around the Corpse Ghoul on the stone platform, they aimed at its limbs and vital points, hovering downwards and remaining motionless.

After finishing all this, Han Li took a deep breath. His gaze swept over the jade box in front of him that was plastered with a golden talisman. He opened his mouth, and a sheet of azure rosy light sprayed out.

This rosy light swept across the surface of the jade box, and after the golden talisman trembled a few times, it finally drifted down from the surface of the box.

With a "whoosh" sound, the box lid flew off diagonally for several zhang, as if it had been forcibly struck away by someone.

Han Li's pupils shrank instantly. He stared fixedly at the jade box, his lips pressed tightly together.

A thick green mist rolled out from the box, and several bursts of wild, extremely pleasantly surprised laughter could be heard.

"Haha! I am finally free. Which idiot let me out? Since you let me out, then first lend me your flesh and blood to satisfy my hunger. Eh, a Nascent Soul cultivator?"

The green mist condensed into a woman's face in an instant; it was exactly the same as the demon fox face of Silver Moon, only the eyes were green and ferocious. Furthermore, after seeing Han Li clearly, the ghost face was stunned for a moment.

Han Li looked at this unusually familiar face and was similarly surprised for a moment, but his expression returned to normal immediately after.

Silver Moon's demon fox transformation had been controlled and changed by the Corpse Ghoul from the very beginning. It was indeed the Corpse Ghoul's main primordial spirit that was sealed in this jade box.

After the green ghost face was stunned for a moment, it sneered. Suddenly, it opened its mouth and blew, and a sinister wind rose. Following that, the ghost face expanded wildly to a zhang in size, lunged forward, and intended to possess Han Li's body.

However, Han Li, who had already prepared a complete strategy, would never let it succeed.

Even if the Corpse Ghoul's cultivation base had been vast and magical during its lifetime, it was now just a primordial spirit that had been trapped for many years. Han Li would not fear it in the slightest.

He stood where he was without moving an inch. After a cold light flashed across his face, the Soul-Devouring Beast to one side seemed to have received some order. Suddenly, it snorted with its large nose, and a sheet of yellow rosy light swept out.

Wherever the rosy light passed, it immediately wrapped around a small portion of the ghost face, intending to pull the whole thing back.

"What is this?" The ghost face was also unusually clever. Once it realized something was wrong, it struggled desperately, tearing backwards and trying to break free.

Unfortunately, this divine ability of the Soul-Devouring Beast was specifically designed to restrain primordial spirits and demon souls. Not only did the ghost face fail to break free, but it was gradually submerged into the rosy light bit by bit.

The ghost face was scared out of its wits. However, it was also ruthless and decisive enough.

Immediately, the ghost face formed by the green mist shook violently. It actually severed the part wrapped by the yellow rosy light on its own, and while the yellow rosy light was retracting, the remaining ghost mist rolled and condensed into a smaller ghost face again. At this moment, it hurriedly turned around and shot fiercely toward the Corpse Ghoul in the middle of the stone platform.

After knowing that Han Li was not someone to be trifled with, it intended to return to its own physical shell first, and then come back to tear Han Li apart alive.

Seeing the ghost face turn around, Han Li's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a hint of mockery.

He unhurriedly pointed a finger at the dozen or so giant nails wrapped in golden electric arcs. Just as the ghost face was about to submerge into the Corpse Ghoul's body, the giant silver nails plummeted down like lightning.

With loud "pop, pop" sounds, just as the Corpse Ghoul's body wanted to move, the giant nails fiercely pierced into its limbs, lower abdomen, and other vital points simultaneously. Although the Corpse Ghoul's body was as hard as iron, these silver nails could not damage the surface in the slightest.

However, the golden arcs on them were not at all polite as they struck it. Immediately, a large golden net unceremoniously shrouded the Corpse Ghoul within it.

Suddenly, a burnt and fishy smell wafted from the Corpse Ghoul's body. The Corpse Ghoul's primordial spirit, which had just possessed the body, was actually knocked out of the Corpse Ghoul's body again under this strike. And at this moment, the green ghost mist was strangely a circle larger than when it had just possessed the body. Furthermore, two ghost faces, one large and one small, were faintly hidden within the green mist.

The two ghost faces tried desperately to possess the Corpse Ghoul's body again, but they were struck by the flickering golden arcs on the silver nails, causing them to shriek incessantly, unable to enter it at all.

"Sure enough, there was still a hidden split spirit inside this Corpse Ghoul. This didn't make me waste my efforts after all."

Seeing this scene, Han Li was overjoyed. After the last trace of concern was removed, he immediately gave a fierce order to the Soul-Devouring Beast with his spiritual sense. Immediately, this strange beast snorted fiercely with its large nose again, and a yellow rosy light, twice as dazzling as before, sprayed out, directly covering the two ghost faces.

This time, the two ghost faces were not as lucky as last time. After the brilliance swept over, the two ghost faces only had time to let out a miserable shriek before they were rolled away by the yellow rosy light and brought back into the Soul-Devouring Beast's mouth.

The Soul-Devouring Beast swallowed wildly a few times and patted its belly excitedly, looking extremely satisfied.

Seeing this, Han Li also revealed a hint of a smile on his face. He was not in a hurry to retrieve those giant silver nails, but instead walked calmly toward the Corpse Ghoul's body.

Arriving before the stone platform, Han Li looked at those thin silver chains tied to the Corpse Ghoul. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly flicked his finger, and a streak of golden sword Qi slashed down.

With a crisp "clang" sound, the silver chains remained unscathed.

Han Li's expression did not change, as if this scene had been expected long ago. He opened his mouth, and a small golden sword sprayed out.

After casting a spell to drive it, the small sword instantly became dazzlingly sharp and struck silently at one of the silver chains.

The same crisp sound came, and after the golden light flashed, a notch the size of a grain of rice appeared on the silver chain.

Han Li's expression changed slightly, and he was somewhat moved.

Although he knew that these silver chains could bind the immensely powerful Corpse Ghoul and were certainly not ordinary magic tools, the fact that even the Green Bamboo Cloud Swarm Sword, which had been infused with Geng Gold, could only cause such a small amount of damage still greatly surprised him!

However, although Han Li felt amazed in his heart, the spell technique he was driving with his hands did not stop for a moment. That flying sword continuously slashed down at the same spot.

After a long while, this silver chain was finally severed by Han Li.

Han Li curiously beckoned to the silver chain. Immediately, this object that had bound the Corpse Ghoul was as flexible as a silver snake, transforming into two streaks of silver light that fell into his hand.

He gently stroked the silver chain with his fingers, only to discover that the seemingly smooth surface of the silver chain was actually engraved with dense, tiny runes. The details were so fine that they were almost invisible to the naked eye.

Han Li's eyes twitched, and a hint of shock flashed through them.

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