Upon seeing this, Han Li’s expression flickered, and a thunderous roar erupted behind him as he transformed into an arc of lightning and vanished.
Meanwhile, a flash of green light appeared in the low air above the attacked teleportation array, revealing a woman shrouded in a green haze—none other than the Yellow Spring Ghost Mother.
Faced with the five sword auras and chilling cold energy rushing toward her, the woman let out a sinister laugh. With a single hand, she lightly waved toward the sword auras and cold energy, her movements seemingly weightless.
The five sword auras shattered into fragments a few feet away, dissipating into nothingness with the wind. As for the cold energy descending from above, it was as if blocked by an invisible force, halting abruptly before recoiling back, leaving the four-winged centipede in disarray.
At that moment, a silver flash appeared, and Han Li materialized within the smaller teleportation array. Without hesitation, he raised a hand and struck the edge of the array with a spell seal, while his other hand swiftly formed incantation gestures, murmuring a few low chants.
Almost simultaneously, a figure flickered behind him—the humanoid puppet appeared right beside Han Li. With a flash of its red bow, a storm of fiery arrows rained down upon the silver-robed woman.
Meanwhile, the skeleton that had been desperately attacking the child in the distance suddenly flashed with bloody light in its eyes. Without warning, it transformed into five ghostly heads before vanishing amid a surge of demonic energy.
The next instant, five streams of gray-white energy emerged above Han Li’s head, reforming into five ghostly heads the size of wagon wheels. They had been forcibly recalled by Han Li’s spell seals.
By now, the entire array began to glow with white light, activating. Standing within it, Han Li fixed his gaze on the distant silver-robed woman, his face grave.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye.
Han Li’s actions clearly took both the beautiful woman and the silver-robed woman by surprise.
The beautiful woman’s expression darkened, and without a word, she transformed into a streak of silver light, shooting forward with a sharp cry: “Destroy the array! Don’t let him escape!”
Though her words didn’t specify whom she meant, it was obvious she was referring to Han Li standing in the array. After all, regardless of whether Han Li truly had any ulterior motives, allowing him to escape would leave the Small Extreme Palace’s Palace Master—even with the Yellow Spring Ghost Mother’s aid—utterly incapable of handling two great demon beasts at once.
Hovering in the low air above the array, the Ghost Mother let out a low chuckle upon hearing this. She opened her mouth toward the array below, preparing to unleash some technique.
But at that moment, Han Li suddenly raised his hand, revealing a green wooden ruler in his palm. A silver lotus seemed to bloom faintly upon it, and a seven-colored Buddhist radiance surged upward.
“A Buddhist spiritual treasure!”
The previously indifferent Yellow Spring Ghost Mother shrieked as if scalded, transforming into a wisp of green silk and vanishing from the spot.
Meanwhile, the entire array erupted with white light.
Though the beautiful woman’s escape light was swift, it was clearly too late.
A hint of joy flashed across Han Li’s face, but it was quickly replaced by alarm.
Under everyone’s gaze, the silver-robed woman, who had been engulfed in fiery arrows, suddenly tore through space and disappeared.
Han Li’s heart sank. He spun rapidly on the spot, releasing countless golden sword auras from his body, turning him into a golden porcupine in an instant. If the tenth-grade Ice Phoenix dared appear near the array, she would be instantly ensnared, forced to fend off the sword auras and unable to stop Han Li’s teleportation.
But to Han Li’s utter surprise, the silver-robed woman did not appear within the sword aura’s range. Instead, she materialized in the air above a much larger array dozens of feet away.
A cold smile curled her lips as her body erupted with blinding white light. She reached out toward Han Li with a single hand, making a grasping motion.
Above Han Li’s head, space twisted, and a translucent, massive halo eerily appeared, slowly descending.
Han Li’s expression darkened as he focused his spiritual sense.
The golden sword auras shifted direction, all slashing upward, turning the small space above his head into a dazzling golden storm of intersecting blades.
Yet something bizarre occurred.
Every golden sword aura passed through the translucent halo as if slicing through an illusion, leaving no effect whatsoever.
Han Li was stunned. He was about to channel the Eight Spirit Ruler in his hand to see if it could halt the halo’s descent when the silver-robed woman in the distance paled. Her outstretched fingers clenched slowly, as if pulling back an immense weight.
The halo vanished in midair, only to reappear right above Han Li’s head, enveloping the entire teleportation array in an instant.
Han Li shuddered, realizing the danger, but before he could react, a buzzing filled his ears as blinding white light erupted around him.
In an instant, Han Li vanished from the small teleportation array—along with the five ghostly heads formed by the Five Devils and the humanoid puppet.
The array stood empty, the white light fading.
This bizarre turn of events startled the Small Extreme Palace’s Palace Master, who had been closing in. Her escape light halted abruptly as she turned a questioning gaze toward the silver-robed woman, trying to discern what had happened.
At that moment, the woman transformed from the Ice Phoenix was still slowly retracting her outstretched hand, her cheeks flushed an unnatural red, her body flickering with unstable white light—clearly exerting immense effort.
Seeing this, the beautiful woman hesitated no longer.
With a flick of her hand, over a dozen silver streaks shot forth, transforming into razor-sharp silver nails aimed directly at the silver-robed woman.
The silver-robed woman seethed with anger, but the secret technique she was employing was no trivial matter. Even with her innate spatial abilities, it was something she should only have attempted after advancing to the Deity Transformation stage. She had used it in desperation upon seeing Han Li about to escape.
Now, with the beautiful woman attacking, she couldn’t simultaneously defend herself. Reluctantly, she clenched her fingers and abruptly flung them downward.
A deafening boom erupted.
Below, the large teleportation array flashed with white light, and the vanished halo—along with Han Li, the puppet, and the Five Devils—reappeared within it. The onlookers were both shocked and relieved. But the halo flickered once before dissipating entirely.
Han Li swayed slightly, as if still disoriented from the abrupt spatial displacement.
Meanwhile, the silver-robed woman had already summoned a brilliant blue robe, intercepting the silver nails. Without pause, she flicked her sleeves downward, releasing a torrent of crystalline flying swords that blotted out the sky, engulfing Han Li beneath a storm of dazzling blade light.
Han Li steadied himself and opened his mouth, spitting out a small, ancient-looking tripod.
The tripod spun rapidly, releasing countless fine green threads that wove into a massive luminous net, shielding him within. The five ghostly heads screeched, spewing gray-white demonic energy as they struggled to break free from the white light and lunge skyward. The humanoid puppet, meanwhile, vanished without a trace.
At the same time, the child in the distance—now free of opponents—raised the Ten Thousand Demon Banner into the air once more. The banner expanded, churning within demonic energy as shadowy beast phantoms emerged from its surface, seemingly on the verge of materializing.
But Han Li had no time to concern himself with this. His Wind and Thunder Wings flared behind him as he prepared to use Thunder Escape to return to the small teleportation array.
Even if the optimal moment for teleportation had passed, he needed to secure control of the array to prevent its destruction.
Yet fate had other plans. Just as Han Li resigned himself to another entanglement with the two demon beasts and the Small Extreme Palace cultivators, an unexpected twist occurred.
The Void Heaven Cauldron, which had been spewing countless green threads, suddenly trembled violently without Han Li’s command, emitting a blinding green light. In an instant, Han Li lost his spiritual connection to the treasure. The green threads meant to block the sword light abruptly plunged downward, vanishing into the large teleportation array beneath him.
A thunderous roar erupted as the large teleportation array glowed with green spiritual light, forming a green barrier that enveloped Han Li, the Five Devils, and the rest.
“The Void Heaven Cauldron!” The Small Extreme Palace’s Palace Master gasped in disbelief upon seeing this. Abandoning her attack on the silver-robed woman, she frantically unleashed ten dazzling silver streaks toward Han Li’s array, her demeanor bordering on madness.
Above the array, the silver-robed woman was equally stunned. Though she didn’t know where the array would send Han Li, she couldn’t simply let him escape. Without hesitation, she activated her spell.
A deluge of crystalline sword light cascaded downward.
Yet the green barrier covering the large teleportation array proved unnaturally resilient. Neither the ten silver streaks nor the hundreds of sword strikes caused even a ripple, as if it were utterly indestructible.
Both the beautiful woman and the silver-robed woman were dumbfounded.
In fact, even Han Li, trapped inside, was at a loss. He hastily summoned several golden flying swords, but they failed to breach the barrier.
After searching Frost Li the Transcendent’s Nascent Soul, he recalled that this teleportation array had been unused since the three Void Spirit Halls appeared in the Small Extreme Palace—an ancient one-way array. Though its destination and activation method were unknown, Han Li had no intention of risking a one-way trip. If it led to a dead end like the Ghost Mist, he’d be in dire straits.
Thus, upon finding himself trapped, he desperately tried to break free. When his swords proved ineffective, he gritted his teeth and summoned a tri-colored glow in his hand, which coalesced into a feather fan.
He was prepared to use the Three Flames Fan to attack the barrier.
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**Volume 7: Roaming the Human Realm**
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