Chapter 982: Silver-Winged Winged Yecha

In terms of speed, it was clear that the golden light Han Li spat out was a fraction faster than the grey threads. After a few 'Puff, puff' sounds, the three small, glittering golden swords were each embedded into the chests of the three corpses.

At the same time, the Evil Soul Threads had also reached Han Li and were about to wrap around his body.

But Han Li let out a low shout, and a layer of seven-colored light suddenly appeared on his body. As soon as the grey threads struck it, they were immediately isolated on the outside.

"Seven-colored Spirit Light!" The black-clad beautiful woman in the distance couldn't help but be stunned at the sight.

Han Li, however, pointed at the three corpses from afar with an expressionless face.

Three peals of thunder rang out, and three small swords simultaneously shot out golden arcs. A web of electricity instantly enveloped the three corpses, and for a time, electric arcs shot in all directions.

Immediately, the three corpses didn't even let out a groan before their bodies turned into nothingness amidst the exploding golden arcs. However, three pitch-black gas clouds appeared within the golden light.

These gas clouds were constantly torn apart by the golden arcs, yet they constantly fused back together on their own, as if they were immortal bodies under the Evil-Warding Divine Thunder.

Han Li frowned at this.

"These are their true bodies. They actually fused the Corpse Fiend Qi with themselves. I'm afraid we can't kill them for the time being. We can only use a restriction technique to temporarily seal them." The black-clad beautiful woman was overjoyed the moment she saw Han Li succeed. She immediately put away her light screen and flew over. Seeing this situation, she offered a suggestion.

"No need to go to such trouble. I don't know what strange divine abilities these ghost things have. I'm afraid ordinary restrictions won't be able to seal them. It's better to end it once and for all."

"End it once and for all?"

The beautiful woman looked surprised, not yet understanding the meaning of his words. Han Li suddenly patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist, and a streak of black light flew out. After circling once, it landed on the ground, revealing a small, oily-black monkey.

It was precisely the Soul-Crying Beast!

Ever since this beast was awakened by the corpse qi, it had been in a state of excitement. Now that it had appeared, before Han Li could issue an order, it immediately snorted with its large nose toward the front.

Suddenly, a sheet of rosy light sprayed out from its nostrils. The rosy light swept up all the black gas within the golden arcs, and then, with a contraction, easily brought it back into the beast's large mouth.

After the Soul-Crying Beast swallowed a few times, it immediately hammered its belly with both hands and began to jump around joyfully, appearing exceptionally excited!

The beautiful woman on the side was stunned into a daze!

Although there were not many spirit beasts in this world that could devour ghosts, they were not non-existent. However, she had never heard of a spirit beast like the little monkey before her that could easily swallow ghosts possessing Corpse Fiend Qi. Moreover, the only spirit beast that resembled a small monkey and had the ability to eat ghosts seemed to be the legendary Green-Eyed Spirit Ape, but it didn't match the little monkey before her at all.

While the beautiful woman was in a daze, Han Li looked at the Soul-Crying Beast and, finding that it was completely fine and showed no abnormalities, he felt relieved. He didn't immediately put the beast away, but after thinking for a moment, he beckoned to it.

Immediately, the Soul-Crying Beast cleverly did a backflip and then squatted on Han Li's shoulder, not moving.

"Let's go. I wonder if Brother Fu and the others have finally caught the Yin Spirit Horse?" Han Li looked at the black-clad beautiful woman and said indifferently.

"It should be about time. The Corpse Wolf has already been injured by Brother Han and cannot run too far. Not to mention, there are still Fellow Daoists Yuan and Bai helping." The woman surnamed Chang forcibly suppressed her curiosity about the Soul-Crying Beast and replied with a smile.

Han Li smiled and was just about to say that they should set off immediately when his body shook, and he and the beautiful woman opposite him suddenly changed expressions.

After the two looked at each other in surprise, Han Li flicked his sleeve, while the woman touched her storage pouch. With a flip of her palm, each of them revealed a formation disk and looked at them.

"Fellow Daoist Yuan's mark is gone. Fellow Daoist Chang, how is yours?" Han Li took a deep breath, raised his head, and asked solemnly.

"The mark I placed on Fellow Daoist Yuan has also disappeared. Could something have happened to Fellow Daoist Yuan? But they only parted ways with us not long ago!" The black-clad beautiful woman looked incredulous.

"I'm not sure. It's very likely that Brother Fu and the others encountered a powerful enemy, or Fellow Daoist Yuan was trapped by some restriction before he could react. Some restrictions can block our magic power marks," Han Li replied calmly.

"Fellow Daoist Han is right. Let's hurry over and take a look. Judging from the marks, Brother Fu and the others haven't gone very far," the black-clad beautiful woman said with some anxiety.

Han Li naturally nodded in agreement.

Afterward, the two turned into two streaks of light and left the place, flying toward the passage ahead.

After turning through seven or eight corners in the passage and flying for more than ten miles, the two suddenly saw a bright light ahead. A large, open area appeared, filled with piles of abandoned ore.

Being cautious, the two immediately slowed their flight speed.

But after flying only a hundred feet further, the piles of ore suddenly disappeared, and a small plaza appeared.

In the middle of the plaza was a giant emerald-green bamboo. The top of the bamboo went straight into the top of the cave and disappeared from sight, while the bottom was arranged in a giant formation that covered almost every part of the plaza. All around, sparsely scattered, were a dozen tall stone pillars. On each stone pillar, a pitch-black dried corpse was bound with iron chains, all of them disemboweled just like the three Han Li had seen earlier.

What shocked Han Li and the beautiful woman was that under the emerald bamboo sat a humanoid monster covered in green fur. This monster sat there, holding a headless corpse in one hand, and was lowering its head, chewing on something with relish. Looking at the clothing and attire of the corpse, it was clearly the big man surnamed Yuan without a doubt.

Beside the green-furred monster was a behemoth, which was the Corpse Wolf they had seen earlier. This wolf was also eating something, and under its sharp claws was clearly the spirit turtle belonging to the big man surnamed Yuan. At this moment, the spirit beast had no breath left and had also perished.

And the Yin Spirit Horse was still lying motionless on top of the Corpse Wolf's head.

Seeing this, Han Li felt a chill in his heart!

The black-clad beautiful woman scanned the surroundings with a pale face, and then couldn't help but let out a low, involuntary cry.

"Brother Fu!"

The woman stared into the air, her face full of fear.

Han Li looked over as well, only to discover that on both sides of the plaza, in mid-air, two grey, cocoon-like objects were floating there motionless. The outer layers were covered in grey threads, clearly the Evil Soul Threads he had seen before. But the density of these cocoons was something the previous dried corpses couldn't even compare to.

And within the two cocoons, one was filled with constant rumbling explosions, while the other was silent, though threads of crystal light would occasionally permeate out.

It seemed that the old man surnamed Fu and Bai Bai Yaoyi were only trapped inside and were still alive.

But in just a short moment, three mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators had ended up with one dead and two trapped. Han Li maintained his composure on the surface, but the shock in his heart could be imagined.

Even though the black-clad beautiful woman was worried about the old man surnamed Fu's situation, she also knew that now was definitely not the time to save anyone. After glancing at the grey cocoons twice, she withdrew her gaze. However, her sleeve flicked inadvertently, and one hand once again gripped the Buddhist dharma wheel.

But the green-furred monster ignored the two of them, just burying its head in eating non-stop.

After two crisp 'Crack' sounds, an arm was easily torn off by the green-furred monster and chewed into its belly in a few quick bites.

Looking at the bloodied corpse of the big man surnamed Yuan, Han Li's pupils constricted, and blue light flickered in his eyes.

And just at this moment, the Soul-Crying Beast on his shoulder suddenly let out a sharp cry, its fur standing on end, and it stared fixedly at the green-furred monster, striking an attacking pose.

But through the Soul-Crying Bead in his body, Han Li faintly sensed that while the beast was extremely excited, there was also a great deal of fear, as if it had encountered some natural predator.

Han Li became increasingly cautious.

But at this moment, as soon as the green-furred monster heard the sharp cry of the Soul-Crying Beast, its movements stopped abruptly. Afterward, it threw its hand, and the remains of the corpse flew straight out for more than twenty feet before falling heavily to the ground with a 'Whoosh'.

Seeing this, Han Li and the beautiful woman's expressions changed slightly again.

This green-furred monster had such great strength!

The green-furred monster stood up unhurriedly and looked over.

Only then did Han Li clearly see the appearance of the green-furred monster.

At first glance, the monster's face looked sharp-mouthed and monkey-cheeked, as if it were an ape, but upon closer inspection, it was quite different.

None of those apes had fangs that would be exposed for several inches and were also extremely sharp. Moreover, the monster's mouth was full of fresh blood, while its eyes were silvery-white and bright, as if it had no pupils, making its image truly strange.

What Han Li paid most attention to was that after the monster stood up, two high bulges appeared on its back, as if they were two lumps of flesh.

The green-furred monster only scanned the two of them before its gaze fixed, staring fixedly at the Soul-Crying Beast on Han Li's shoulder, a strange expression appearing on its face, as if it were surprised, yet also confused.

Being stared at by the green-furred monster, not only the fur on the Soul-Crying Beast's back, but all the fur on its entire body stood on end.

Following that, with a leap, it jumped several feet in front of Han Li. After hammering its chest hard with both hands, its body began to swell wildly amidst a burst of black light.

In the blink of an eye, a ferocious giant ape over ten feet tall appeared in the cave, and the blood-colored evil ghost pattern on its back was even clearer, appearing so lifelike that it seemed to have come alive.

After the Soul-Crying Beast transformed, the green-furred monster opposite seemed to have sensed something, its body suddenly retreating several steps while its shoulders shook.

With two 'Zzz' sounds, two fleshy wings over a foot long extended from the two lumps of flesh, shimmering with silver light and dazzling to the eyes.

"Silver-Winged Winged Yecha!"

The black-clad beautiful woman almost groaned the name of the green-furred monster, her beautiful eyes filled with panic.

Han Li's face also turned somewhat pale.

A Silver-Winged Winged Yecha was the existence second only to the Golden-Bodied Moon Corpse among known refined corpses in the mortal world. In other words, this was a terrifying existence with divine abilities comparable to a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

It was rumored that if a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator were to fight one, the human side would most likely be defeated.

Because this refined corpse, which evolved from a flying corpse, could ascend to the nine heavens or descend to the underworld with a flap of its silver wings. It was born with the great divine abilities of wind and earth escape techniques. Moreover, not only was its body impervious to swords and spears and possessed infinite strength, but it was also proficient in illusion techniques.

A pair of pupil-less silver eyes could easily make a cultivator with weak mental fortitude lose their mind and obey orders without knowing it.

Information about the Silver-Winged Winged Yecha flashed rapidly through Han Li's mind. For every bit more he remembered, his lips pressed tighter.

"I didn't expect that after three came, two more would deliver themselves to my door. I don't even remember how many years it's been since I've eaten fresh blood and flesh. It seems I can eat my fill this time." After the Silver-Winged Winged Yecha revealed its wings, it no longer feared the aura of the Soul-Crying Beast, instead grinning and speaking in human language.

Its words were exceptionally clear, almost identical to those of a human.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 983 =====