Up above, Han Li glanced at what was happening but didn’t betray the slightest emotion from his face.
Although the demon appeared fierce, it would be defeated given enough time. Rather, the main enemy was the blood figure; he would have to deal with him carefully.”
Han Li stared at the blood mist and asked, “What relation do you have with the blood puppets that appeared before?”
“Hehe, blood puppets? You mean Eccentric Di Xue already sent people over here? They should’ve slaughtered you. Good, very good! It seems My trip was worth it.” The blood figure let out a cold laugh. He clearly had no intention of answering Han Li.
Han Li frowned, feeling the swords in his body shake with anticipation.
At that moment, a sharp whistle sounded, causing his ears to ring dully.
Han Li was startled. Before he realized what happened, a cold wind attacked him. A hair-thin blood needle had attacked from a foot away and was about to bore into his skull.
At such a distance, Han Li could hardly react.
He simply saw a bloody glint and the needle devilishly arrived in front of him.
The blood figure’s lip stirred and formed an evil grin.
He had killed countless strong opponents with this ability and it had yet to fail.
A metallic clang sounded. The thin penetrating needle spun through the air, repelled.
Han Li’s expression vastly changed and his arm blurred as he stretched it forward, grabbing the blood needle in his hand. The smile on the blood figure’s face froze.
“Your physical body is able to block my Blood River Infernal Spike?” The blood figure spoke with disbelief.
Han Li wordlessly retracted his fingers and saw a blood needle jumping in his palm as if it were alive. Layers of rainbow flames were wrapping around his needle.
Han Li’s face was unsightly and his complexion was ashen. An extreme cold gripped his heart.
He was caught in a sneak attack that had truly left him on the verge of death.
If it wasn’t for a body that was far stronger than demon beasts of the same grade with flesh as durable as magic treasures, anybody else would’ve died in that strike.
Even so, Han Li felt cold sweat cover his body.
It had been many years since he felt that he had this close a brush with death.
The figure in the blood mist was no less shocked than Han Li.
His opponent had a body that was sturdy to untold degrees. He couldn't help but doubt Han Li’s identity as a Flying Spirit Tribe being, or as a powerful demon that took the form of one.
His expression wavered.
At that moment, Han Li slowly raised his hand and a strange light flickered from his eyes. Then, he let out a cold snort.
The figure in the blood mist felt an attack shake his mind as if it were being pierced with a needle. He was overcome with acute pain.
Although the figure’s spiritual sense was far stronger than demons of the same grade, his body couldn't help but sway from the pain, nearly bending down as a result.
At nearly the same time, his last trace of clarity sensed a wind blow behind him and he felt a strange coldness approaching his waist.
The figure was greatly alarmed and attempted to dodge, but his suffering spiritual sense distracted him, causing his movements to become delayed.
He could only let out a shout as blood light brightly shined from his body, summoning a strange azure scale armor around him.
Crackle. A golden light struck his armor. It penetrated only a few inches before it stopped entirely. The gold light faded away to reveal a foot-long sparkling golden sword.
It was one of Han Li’s Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.
Ten meters behind the blood mist, Han Li stood there with an astonished expression.
At the same time he used his Soulfright Thorn, he used lightning movement to turn to wind and strike at the figure from behind.
But he didn’t expect that the figure would regain a trace of clarity and summon a strange scale armor that could block his incisive Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword.
‘What kind of armor is so durable?’
Han Li felt amazed.
“You’re courting death!”
In that instant, the figure in the blood mist recovered from the Soulfright Thorn. He felt a lingering fear from Han Li’s strike and in his rage, he turned around and released a crimson beam from his mouth.
However, Han Li wasn’t so easily hit. With a wave of his wings, he vanished in a flash of azure-white lightning.
A short moment later, Han Li stood in his original place
His expression was calm as if nothing had happened.
At that moment, he heard a roar and the blood mist dissipated in a roil.
The figure’s true appearance was revealed, a blood-red demon with a wyrm’s head and a person’s body!
“A blood wyrm!”
Han Li narrowed his eyes.
Chapter 1460: Heavenly Blood Lightning
Staring at the recognizable demon, Han Li felt greatly surprised and apprehensive.
This wasn’t the first time he had seen this demon.
He had killed a metamorphosed venomous flood dragon back in the mortal world’s Scattered Star Seas and it looked exactly the same as this demon. However, this blood wyrm wasn’t a grade eight demon beast, but a fearsome existence at the high Spatial Tempering stage.
After exchanging an attack, he knew that the demon’s abilities were extremely fearsome. He was no ordinary Spatial Tempering-stage being.
Han Li’s thoughts quickly churned, pondering if he could deal with the opponent before him.
The blood wyrm glanced at Han Li and solemnly said, “It is truly odd for a spirit general to be capable of injuring me. It is no wonder my master had given me a warning.”
“Your master?” Han Li felt his heart tremble.
Behind this fearsome high-Spatial Tempering grade demon was a greater demon at Body Integration stage. How could such an existence in the earth abyss set their eyes on him?
This was the first time he’s arrived here.
Bewildered, Han Li’s expression sank.
The blood wyrm wore an odd expression and mysteriously smiled, “If you can block my next strike, I will immediately turn around and spare you for the time being.”
Afterwards, the demon cared no for Han Li’s amazed expression. He formed an incantation gesture and crimson light flashed from his body as a large blood mist spread in every direction.
The blood mist that earlier dispersed has returned, roiling as it concealed the crimson wyrm’s body.
With a strange incantation, the large blood mist began to form a huge blood cloud in the sky.
The cloud loudly roared with thunder and blinked with crimson light.
“What ability is this?” Han Li’s heart was greatly shaken.
Although the cloud’s lightning had yet to drop, it gave him a feeling of dread.
Without another thought, he slapped the black of his head and released a large mist of grey light above him.
Following that, azure light flashed from the top of his head, summoning the Heavenvoid Cauldron. It released countless twinkling azure threads and formed a net below the grey screen.
Even so, Han Li still didn’t feel safe. He spun his body to release seventy-two flying swords. They formed a sword screen as they rushed in circles around him.
As for his gold-silver lightning robes, they turned into layers of gold-silver talisman characters in front of him. Black mist also surged and he summoned his baleful armor.
In an instant, Han Li erected five layers of impenetrable defense.
Han Li then raised his arms and the black figure on his hand blurred, releasing a small foot-tall mountain. He flicked the fingers of his other hand to release five pulsing white skulls, each with a different colored flaming wandering around it.
When the blood wyrm saw this, he felt his heart jump and he hesitated briefly. He quickly circulated the blood es
sence in his body and pointed at the blood cloud in the sky.
The cloud flashed blindingly. Nine flaring bolts of blood lightning fiercely cleaved down from the sky, striking at Han Li in three waves. Each wave striking down with even greater lightning. Thunder rang trice. The first wave struck down on the grey light mist with two bolts of lightning.
Even the might of the Divine Essensefused was scattered away by the two bolts of blood lightning.
The second wave struck down with three bolts. In an explosive flash, the azure net was easily dissolved and struck down on the sword screen.
The seventy-two Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords seemed to form an imaginary defense.
The blood lightning directly struck through it and attacked the talisman characters formed from the lightning robes.
Worldshaking thunder clapped and the talisman characters turned into lightning balls, blocking the blood lightning.
The three lightning bolts were like snakes, attempting to spread down, but the gold-silver lightning furiously exploded in an astonishing display of power, unresigned to defeat.
But it was clear the blood lightning was more powerful. The blood lightning wildly flashed, scattering the silver-white lightning. The thinned three bolts of blood lightning continued to strike down on Han Li’s baleful armor and released two muffled explosions.
Han Li effortfully released protections were destroyed in an instant. At that moment, the last wave of the thickest four lightning bolts was about to strike.
Han Li’s expression sank. Without making any other movements, he released a bright golden light from his body. A three-headed six-armed projection appeared.
It moved and six sparkling golden arms directly reached up to the four blood bolts.
Although the Provenance True Devil Projection was hollow, it possessed might beyond imagination. Its six arms stirred and turned into balls of blurred golden lightning.
Four crimson bolts of lightning flashed, directly striking at the golden lightning.
The two sides struck and silence followed.
Two flashes of blood lightning flashed, and the six balls of golden light were no more.
Two unobstructed bolts of blood lightning directly struck the top of Han Li’s head.
Han Li’s figure blurred and he clenched his hands together. Then, he reached for the sky with his bare hands and met the two bolts of lightning with his fists.
His black-white fists suddenly expanded several times in size before the lightning struck them.
A grey mist and a roaming rainbow flame both spiralled around the fists and seemed to compress the nearby air.
Two explosions roared. Brilliant light radiated and Han Li’s sleeves turned to ash, revealing the sparkling golden scales on his skin. His fist projections and the lightning erupted, turning into grey ash.
Han Li tumbled back and began to fall before he held himself up and regained his bearings. He raised his head and looked to the blood wyrm in the distance. Han Li’s cold eyes seemed to express he suffered no injuries.
The blood wyrm felt his blood run cold and he couldn't conceal his surprise.
At that moment, the blood cloud flashed several more times before it faded away, exhausted of its power.
Although the blood wyrm was beyond astonished, he was unresigned and sullenly said, “You were actually able to receive my twelfth fold Heavenly Blood Lightning. However, that wasn’t my true cultivation art. And once I cultivate this to a deeper level, I’ll be able to unleash four waves of blood lightning. Nevertheless, you won’t be receiving any more.”
When Han Li heard this, blue light flickered from his eyes, and his body blurred before he vanished.
In that next moment, a gale blew above the blood mist, following Han Li’s bizarre appearance. He violently struck down with tens of sword light.
As the swordlight weaved through the air, the nearby space droned as white streaks were left in their wake. In the blink of an eye, the blood mist was submerged by the swordlight.
With the stir of so much sword Qi, the vague figure instantly sliced into countless pieces, but when the blood mist faded away, nothing was left, let alone the corpse of the blood wyrm.
Han Li was stunned. Before he looked around, the wild laughter of the blood wyrm sounded three hundred meters away. “Since you’ve received my Heavenly Blood Lightning, I won’t take the risk of further battling with you. Once I report this back to my master, they will certainly be interested in you. I believe we’ll see each other soon.”
Han Li quickly turned around and only heard the sound of fluctuating space and a faint blood-red flicker. Then, light flashed and the blood-red streak flashed through the sky.
Using some strange movement technique, the blood wyrm was able to travel over three hundred meters in only a few blurs with seemingly normal movements. In a few flickers, he was at the horizon, and with another, he was gone.
This speed exceeded even the full abilities of his Thunderstorm Sings.
A flicker of astonishment appeared on Han Li’s face, but he remained still in the air.
A short moment later, he raised his hands and brought them in front of him.
His crystalline white hands was now faintly black and scorched.
He looked at them in silence.
The blood wyrm had to be the top subordinate of a Body Integration-stage demon.
If he truly fought to the death against the blood wyrm, his chances of victory was no greater than seventy percent, even if he used his Gold Devouring Beetles.
The Heavenly Blood Lightning was truly terrible. Furthermore, his treasures weren’t able to block it. His Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were particularly useless against it.
From the wyrm’s words, this ability wasn’t even fully cultivated. This caused Han Li’s heart to stir.
However, what caused Han Li the most unease was the ‘master’ that the blood wyrm mentioned. Needless to ask, he definitely wouldn’t be a match against them.
Although Han Li felt greatly doubtful about how he provoked such a fearsome enemy, he didn’t have the time to ponder over the matter and could only return as quickly as he could.
So long as he returned to where the Flying Spirit Tribe elders were, this great enemy wouldn’t be able to do anything to him.
Han Li finished his thoughts after a moment of time.
He then turned his head and saw that the three were still battling the giant octopus-like demon. With a cold glint in his eye, he sent a golden streak downward.
When Lei Lan and the others saw the first streak, countless others began to rain down.
This originally fearsome octopus along with its dozen tentacles were instantly turned into countless pieces, scattering blood in every direction.
The golden light faded and Han Li appeared above the demon’s shredded corpse. He glanced at the three and coldly said, “You have the time of thirteen breaths before I return. Hurry, collect the Infernal Flame Fruits! I won’t wait for any of you!”
Han Li spoke without any emotion in his voice.
Chapter 1461: Escape
Upon hearing Han Li's cold words, Lei Lan and the others could naturally see that Han Li wasn't kidding. As such, they didn't dare to delay as they hurried over to the Infernal Flame Fruit trees, pulling out wooden boxes within which they could store the fruits.
Qin Xiao even took an extra fruit and handed the wooden box to Han Li with both hands.
Han Li accepted the box without any hesitation, sweeping a sleeve through the air, and the box disappeared amid a flash of azure light.
At this moment, Lei Lan and Bai Bi had also collected their Infernal Flame Fruits and gathered nearby.
"Let's go! Don't pause or delay for anything; we have to get back to the surface as quickly as possible," Han Li said in a grave voice before flying away as a streak of azure light without providing any additional explanations.
Bai Bi and the others didn't know why he was suddenly in such a hurry to leave the earth abyss, but they c
ould guess that this most likely had something to to with the blood wyrm. Even the unfathomably powerful Han Li was in such an urgent state; the other three were feeling even more uneasy.
Thus, Lei Lan and the others immediately set off in close pursuit.
The four of them disappeared into the distance in the blink of an eye.
Two days later, the giant golden flower still stood within that wooden hall on the third level of the earth abyss. The black shadow woman down below was stroking her chin, seemingly in deep thought.
At this moment, there was no one else in the hall aside from a pair of green-robed female servants.
All of a sudden, a streak of crimson light shot forth from outside the doors, following which the crimson light faded to reveal a crimson demon beast half-knelt within the hall.
It was none other than the blood wyrm that had just faced Han Li in battle!
"I pay my respects to my mistress!" the blood wyrm said in a respectful manner.
The woman turned an indifferent gaze toward the blood wyrm, and asked, "How did it go? Were you able to kill those people and take their souls?"
"My Mistress, I was too useless and was unable to kill those people," Xue Du replied as it lowered its wyrm head even further.
"Oh? So that means those people really are quite out of the ordinary." Not only was the woman not enraged, she was quite intrigued.
"Yes, My Mistress. The others were quite ordinary in that they were only normal Spirit Generals, but one of them was able to take the full power of my Heavenly Blood Lightning head-on as a mere late-Spirit General as well as an attack from my Blood River Infernal Spike with his physical body alone, yet remain completely unscathed. You told me to return immediately if I encountered any mishaps, so I returned after my failed attacks," Xue Du recounted.
"He was able to withstand your Heavenly Blood Lightning and Blood River Infernal Spike?" The black shadow was already aware that she would be hearing some interesting news, but Xue Du's words still came as a surprise to her.
The blood wyrm paused momentarily before replying, "That's right, not only that, but that man's movement techniques and other abilities are also quite extraordinary. Even if I were to engage in battle with him and fight with all my power, I would still most likely have been defeated."
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