He saw that the huge Green Wood Demon had unknowingly retreated a kilometer away. When the dwarf saw that Han Li was looking at him, he felt his heart pound and whistled without another thought.
The silent wood demon suddenly glowed with green light and began to run away with large steps without any regard to stealth.
As a colossus, the demon blurred several times before disappearing into the darkness.
“You want to leave?” Han Li muttered. He then opened his mouth and summoned a small cauldron glowing with azure light.
At that moment, a weak beast howl sounded from underneath the spirit carriage.
When Han Li heard this, he was overjoyed, but he looked to the distant wood demon with some hesitation before taking back the Heavenvoid Cauldron back into his stomach. Afterwards, his figure blurred and he appeared on top of the spirit carriage.
A short moment later, he nimbly stepped onto the ground and stood next to his spirit beast which was still wrapped in white light.
At that moment, the fragrance being emitted had grown much dimmer.
Through his spiritual sense connection with the beast, he already sensed that its advancement was on the verge of completion. He now had another source of strength.
He took a deep breath and stretched his hand forward into the white light, putting it on the Leopard Kirin Beast within it.
At that same moment, a wave of pure spiritual energy entered the small beast’s body.
Azure light brightly shined from Han Li’s body and his expression turned grave.
The other three in the spirit carriage all let out a long sigh, seeing that matters had concluded. They looked at each other with a face of deep relief.
Chapter 1456: Mu Qing and the Blood Wyrm
What shocked Lei Lan and the others the most was how Han Li faced two powerful enemies, slaying one with ease and sending the other running away in fright.
The three hadn’t known that the blood puppets were actually as strong as low-grade Great Spirit Generals, or they would’ve been even more shocked.
As for the other demons, they no longer came. Han Li was simply spending this time assisting his spirit beast in the last step of its advancement while Lei Lan and company recovered their strength in the spirit carriage.
Two hours later, white light wildly flashed from the ground and a roar crossing between a dragon and a tiger sounded out.
As for Han Li who stretched his hand through the light, his expression changed and his figure blurred as he shot away in a chain of afterimages.
Immediately after, a golden figure flew out from the white light. It spun in the air and revealed a thirty-meter-long phantom. Its body sparkled gold from the scales covering its body. It was a golden Kirin beast.
Although the Kirin beast was only a phantom, when it raised its head, it let out a majestic roar, releasing an astonishing pressure into the air. Even Han Li, who originally stood firm, couldn't help but take a step back with a changed expression.
However, the phantom was short-lived as it slowly faded away.
And the small beast emerged from the white light underneath.
As of current, the Leopard Kirin Beast didn’t look much different than it did before, but there were now golden stripes on its fur and its eyes shimmered with sparkling silver.
In a blur, the Leopard Kirin Beast vanished from its original location.
At that same moment, Han Li felt a slight weight on his chest and something quite soft.
He lowered his head to find that the newly advanced demon had leaped on top of him.
It beamed at him with its enchanting eyes and licked the back of his hand with its pink tongue.
Han Li wordlessly swept his spiritual sense past the small beast and joy soon lit up on his face.
As expected, the small beast succeeded in its advancement and now possessed Deity Transformation cultivation.
As for the beast’s innate abilities and its Kirin Bloodline, it proved far stronger than other beasts of the same cultivation and would prove to be a rare helper.
The small beast yawned inside Han Li’s embrace, appearing quite tired. Its recent advancement had been quite difficult for it and it needed to quickly rest.
With a flip of his hand, Han Li produced a red medicine pill in his hand and put it in its mouth before lightly patting it.
Then in an azure flash, the beast vanished back into his storage bracelet where it soundly slept.
The three in the spirit carriage unconsciously glanced at each other when they saw the Kirin phantom and wore awed expressions.
Although the Flying Spirit Tribe believed in the true spirit of birds, Kirins and other existences were held in reverence by the other tribes as they were True Spirit level existences.
They were truly shocked that Han Li’s spirit beast had the bloodline of a Kirin True Spirit.
At that moment, Han Li’s expression stirred and he soared into the air as an azure streak. Rainbow streaks flew out from the ground as the formation flags and plates in the surrounding area flew up.
With all the formation tools in his sleeve, the ten crimson pillars emerging from the ground vanished and completely disappeared.
In an azure flash, Han Li appeared inside the spirit carriage and calmly said, “We don’t have much time. Let’s head to the third level as quickly as we can.”
Bai Bi and company raised no objections, all nodding in agreement.
As for the triangular spirit carriage, Han Li tapped his foot on its floor, commanding it to streak forward. With several white flashes, the carriage blurred and vanished into the darkness.
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In the deepest level of the earth abyss, when the three blood puppets were devoured by the Spirit Engulfing Flames, a crimson-robed person sitting in a hidden room in the mountain suddenly sensed something. He opened his eyes and let out a yelp.
With a harsh expression, a trace of malice appeared from his eyes, “My blood puppets are exterminated along with my threads of spiritual sense. How can this be? Could it be that others have involved themselves with my bounty?”
The man stroked his chin and muttered, “No matter, I fear it’ll be too late to send more puppets. I won’t let a meager spirit general-grade existence have me personally have me go to the upper levels.”
A short while later, he shook his sleeve and released a ball. It spun in the air as it floated in front of him.
He formed an incantation gesture and pointed at the ball with his free hand. It quickly surged with crimson light and began to softly hum.
Eventually, a cold woman’s voice spoke, “Di Xue, why did you contact me?” The voice spoke without a trace of politeness.
“Hehe, I wish to perform a trade with Fellow Daoist Mu Qing.” The crimson-robed man chuckled.
“What is it?” The woman said with surprise.
‘It’s nothing,” the man casually said, “I want to borrow your subordinates, the high Great Spirit General grade blood wyrm.”
The woman astonishedly asked, “The blood wyrm? What are you doing with them? I need them to find me blood feed for the sacrifice.”
The man said, “I need them to exterminate a few spirit general-grade Flying Spirit Tribe beings. They’re at the second level so it's too late for me to personally deal with them. There is no teleportation formation that can send me there so I can only rely on you.”
After some silence, the woman snorted and indifferently said, “Why do you need the blood wyrm for a few spirit generals? I don’t care what you’re planning to do with my blood wyrm, but it’ll be fine if you give me that spirit concealing wood. Otherwise, consider the matter null.”
The man calmly said, “That’s fine, but I do have one request. I want the soul of the flying spirit tribe beings. After you kill them, have the blood wyrm deliver them to me.”
“That is a small matter. Send their appearances and locations over to me,” the woman said with a softer tone.
“Of course. It’ll just be a mo
ment.” The man extended his finger to the pearl and gently closed his eyes, sending the information with his spiritual sense.
A short moment later, the man withdrew his fingers and opened his eyes, “I have you their most recent location. You should be able to easily find them with your blood wyrm. I will be awaiting good news.”
“As they are only spirit general existences, it won’t take up much time. But if your information isn’t accurate...” The woman then coldly laughed with a deep tone.
“If it isn’t accurate, Fairy Mu can cancel the trade.” The man said with a smile.
With his abilities, he naturally wouldn’t mistake the cultivation of spirit general grade beings.
“Since you are certain, then so be it. I will directly send the blood wyrm to the second floor. You should receive news in three days,” The woman calmly said. Then with a red flash from the ball, the connection was severed.
When the man saw this, he appeared satisfied rather than anger. He withdrew the ball and muttered, “With the high Great Spirit General grade blood wyrm, they shouldn’t fail. If they truly fail, then it shows that those old fellows from the Flying Spirit Tribe have truly infiltrated the earth abyss. It is better to deal with this carefully.”
The man sat in his chair and quickly drifted off to sleep.
...
On the third level of the earth abyss, in a large hall constructed from black wood, there was a vague silhouette that sat on top of a three-meter-large golden flower. They motionlessly held their chin in hand.
Sitting not far away from them were two rows of black figures of varying heights. There were sixteen of them.
A short moment later, the black figure sitting on the flower raised their hand, releasing a green streak, quickly disappearing into the air.
A short moment later, a rumbling thunder sounded from the outside. Crimson light flashed from the hall gates and a hazy blood mist shot inside.
The blood mist vanished to reveal a demon with a wyrm’s head and a human’s body. It respectfully bowed to the figure sitting on the golden flower and hoarsely spoke, “May I ask what Master has called Xue Du for?”
The black silhouette spoke with a cold woman’s voice, “Xue Du, you’ll temporarily give up on collecting blood feed and will go to the second floor.” She had the same voice as Mu Qing, the woman who spoke with Eccentric Di Xue.
“As the master commands!” The wyrm-headed demon had an incredibly red head and its eyes contained indescribable savagery, but it spoke to the black figure with the utmost respect.
The woman waved her hand and tossed a black bamboo tube at him, “There are several spirit general-grade Flying Spirit Tribe beings on the second floor. Teleport over, kill them, and deliver their souls to Eccentric Xue. Those are their last known locations and their appearances. Take note that the Flying Spirit Tribe beings might be odd. If there is something amiss, quickly report it back to me. Move quickly!”
“As you bid!” The wyrm-headed demon accepted the tube and blurred, shooting out in a blood mist. It flickered several times before disappearing.
The woman glanced at the hall gates for a moment and withdrew her gaze. With a cold tone, she said, “Alright, tell me about the progress with the blood feed captured on the various levels. The next blood sacrifice will occur soon. Hei Zhuo, it’s your turn.”
A tall silhouette stood up and said, “The fourth level’s four-winged serpents and the bright cloud scorpion are the largest blood feeds and have been completely captured. Only the three-eyed grey mouse and several other beasts are hiding in Black Crow Mountain. We temporarily can’t reach them.”
Chapter 1457: Heavenly Blood Lightning, Golden Crow Spirit Fire
On the second level of the earth abyss, there were four faint white-winged figures with disheveled hair. They were fighting against black meter-long scorpions as they were moving away.
Although the scorpions didn’t have any wings, they were able to fly through the air with swift movements and could spit acid from their mouths.
Over an hour later, one of the Flying Spirit Tribe resolved themselves and employed much of their magic power to cast a formidable technique, releasing balls of sparkling blue flames and turning four of the surrounding black scorpions into ashes. Finally, the black scorpions had reluctantly retreated.
The four Flying Spirit Tribe beings let out a long sigh and felt at ease.
But before they could say anything, light flashed from the distant sky and a bloody mist roiled through.
The blood mist was silent and was as fast as a ghost. With several flickers, it drew near the four Flying Spirit Tribe beings and circled around them several times.
The four Flying Spirit Tribe holy disciples were alarmed and hastily assumed a guarded posture.
The blood mist coldly snorted and looked at them with crazed eyes. After its gaze passed the holy disciples, they heard an icy hoarse voice, “Although you aren’t the ones I’m looking for, you’re still out of luck to have come across me.”
With that said, thunder rang from the blood mist and the nearby sky turned blood-red. Bloody clouds began to strangely form and roil in the sky.
“No, run! It’s Heavenly Blood Lightning!” When one of four holy disciples saw this, their expression turned bloodlessly pale and he loudly shouted. Then, he flew off in a yellow streak in panic.
When the other three heard this, they scattered in fright and quickly flew off as well.
But in that instant, thunder clapped in the air and four blood-red lightning bolts flashed down from the sky, strangely bending in different directions before they disappeared from sight. A moment later, the blood-red lightning appeared above the four fleeing holy disciples and struck down.
Four miserable screams sounded and the streaks of light were instantly dispersed by the lightning.
The corpses of the disciples wildly flickered in the lightning before they turned to ash. Their protective treasures and light didn’t pose the slightest resistance.
The blood mist let out a howl of insane laughter, and in a flash of bright blood light, the mist shot off into the distance, soon to disappear without a trace.
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An unknown distance away, Han Li took a shallow breath and looked in front of him. Seven ill-intentioned holy disciples surrounded them and Han Li asked, “Aren't you Fellow Daoists going to find the Infernal Flame Fruit? Why are you blocking us?”
“Our Tian Peng race and yours has no grudges,” Bai Bi sullenly said at the side. His face appeared calm.
The group of people had both dark wings and dark skin. A taller man among them held his hands behind his back and arrogantly said to Han Li, “There truly are no disputes between our races, but the Chi Ron and several other powerful branches have secretly issued a reward. So long as you perish, we’ll acquire very significant benefits. If we hadn’t encountered you, we wouldn’t go looking for you either. But now that we’ve met, the Black Spirit Race won’t refuse the opportunity.”
Black Spirit holy disciples surrounding Han Li’s group all looked at them without emotion.
This came as no surprise. The Black Spirit Race wasn’t among the top branches in the tribe, but they were in the upper half, far beyond the weaker branches like the Tian Peng.
“A reward?” Han Li frowned, finding this somewhat surprising.
“That’s all to be said. Now your souls won’t be confused in the afterlife, so die.” Their leader was unwilling to speak any further and waved his hand with a hostile expression.
When the other Black Spirit Race disciples saw this, they opened their mouths and spat out a black feather.
The feather was only an inch initially, but when they slapped their hands together, the feathers instantly expanded to a foot long. The feather glowed and black talisman characters roamed across them.
The six Black Spirit disciples surrounding them all acted together, waving the feather to release waves of black flames from them and enveloping him from every side.
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bsp; Boom. The black flames turned into a huge flame barrier and trapped the four inside.
These Black Spirit disciples were ruthless in their attack and planned to kill the lot of them in a single strike. As for Green Night Race’s Qin Xiao, they didn’t care enough to spare her.
When Lei Lan saw the flames, her expression vastly changed and silver lightning rose from her body to create a protective barrier for herself. Then, she shook the golden gourd on her necklace, releasing thin silver lightning to turn her lightning purple, producing an astonishing pressure.
When all of this was done, Lei Lan quickly spoke to Han Li with a voice transmission, “Brother Han, this is the Black Spirit Race’s Golden Crow Spirit Fire. It is fearsome as it can absorb our magic power and cultivation. We cannot allow it to catch onto our bodies.”
Bai Bi and Qin Xiao both appeared astonished and quickly released their defenses.
A brilliant flash of golden light and strands of green light from dark jade badge were released to block the black flames.
“Golden Crow Spirit Fire! How interesting!” Han Li smiled, seemingly taking no action. Then, rainbow flames appeared from his body. Even as powerful as they were, when the black flames touched the rainbow flames, they began to crackle with muffled thunder. A violent reaction occurred similar to icy water and boiling oil.
The Black Spirit disciples were stunned.
Their leader narrowed his eyes and shouted, “Increase the flame’s power! We have more people! Even if this person has the ability to temporarily block the flames, he can’t hold out much longer!”
The others promptly acknowledged the order and waved their feathers even quicker. Each of them even produced a large black crow projection from their backs. Most of them appeared vague, but those that were clearer still pulsed dimly, clearly showing that they were unstable.
When the true spirit projections appeared, the black feathers might greatly increased and the flames turned pitch-black. As the flames swept through the air, they faintly warped the air and summoned a soft crow’s cry.
The flames were clearly being used to the extent of their power.
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