The Blue Venerable was being relentlessly pummeled by Han Li with two small mountains, striking him over a dozen times in succession. Sweat poured from his body as he staggered backward in a desperate retreat. Upon hearing the bald Venerable’s words, his spirits lifted instantly, and without hesitation, he immediately agreed. His eyes darted around as he quickly sought a way to escape and lure the enemy away.
The giant ape transformed by Han Li opposite him flashed blue light in its pupils, clearly seeing the strange expression on the demon’s face. With a cold snort, Han Li suddenly hurled the two mountains in his hands with a whooshing sound.
The two mountains, one black and one cyan, radiated brilliant spiritual light. Once released, they expanded several times in size, transforming into peaks over a hundred zhang tall, hurtling toward the Blue Pattern Venerable at an unbelievable speed.
Before they even struck, two hurricanes howled forth, distorting the nearby void and filling the air with explosive roars.
Seeing this, the Blue Venerable’s expression changed, but a fierce glint flashed in his eyes. Gritting his teeth, he suddenly pointed rapidly at two treasures hovering before him, then swiftly retreated with the rest of his treasures in tow.
The two pointed treasures, however, did not retreat but instead charged forward, directly confronting the two mountains. Just before impact, they let out mournful cries and self-destructed.
Two deafening explosions later, massive halos of light erupted beneath the two mountains. The swirling flames momentarily halted the mountains’ descent, suspending them mid-air.
But the next moment, the two mountains glowed brilliantly and sank downward, crushing the halos into nothingness.
A flash of golden light later, the giant ape transformed by Han Li appeared ghostlike beneath the mountains. With a casual lift of its massive hands, it effortlessly caught the two peaks again.
The ape’s cold gaze fixed on a spot in the void several hundred zhang away.
There, the Blue Pattern Demon had seized the brief opportunity created by the self-destruction of the treasures to temporarily escape Han Li’s relentless pursuit, now diving toward a small mountain below.
At the same time, the thirteen true demons, chased into a frenzy by over a dozen purple-striped beetles, suddenly erupted with demonic flames several times stronger, transforming into thirteen black orbs as they fled in the same direction.
The purple-striped beetles buzzed loudly, turning into specks of purple light as they gave chase.
As for the blue flying snakes, under the crisscrossing sword threads, only a scant few remained.
These flying snakes, though rare and extraordinary beasts of the demon realm, were no match for the razor-sharp Emerald Swarm Swords, which could effortlessly phase through solid forms. The snakes were swiftly cut to pieces.
Under normal circumstances, these snakes, combined with the Blue Venerable’s techniques, would never have been so easily defeated. But with the Blue Pattern Demon himself unexpectedly entangled by Han Li, they barely had a chance to unleash even a tenth of their power.
Though the Blue Pattern Demon was deeply aggrieved by this, to lure Han Li away, he had no choice but to plunge headlong into the small mountain below without a backward glance.
The golden-furred giant ape transformed by Han Li let out a thunderous roar. With a single stride of its massive legs, it crossed several hundred zhang in a few flashes, arriving above the small mountain.
With a flip of its hands, the two mountains were hurled downward once more, while the ape itself clenched its fists and descended like a hurricane.
As the terrifying attack loomed overhead, the Blue Venerable below showed no panic. Instead, a trace of wild joy flashed in his eyes. Suddenly, he flicked his sleeve, and a pitch-black formation disk flew out, transforming into a dark cloud that completely obscured his figure.
With two loud thuds, the two mountains crashed down, dispersing the dark cloud into scattered motes of light—but the Blue Venerable had vanished without a trace.
Not only that, but with this small mountain as the center, nearby peaks rumbled as black light pillars erupted from them, transforming into massive formation flags in an instant.
Each flag was as thick as a water vat, pitch-black, piercing the clouds like towering pillars.
With these peaks as the formation’s nodes, a demonic array spanning several li emerged from the ground with a deafening roar.
The sky darkened, the void trembled, and torrents of black demonic energy surged from the formation nodes.
The giant ape transformed by Han Li suddenly found black runes flashing around it. The air tightened, and its body froze mid-air, unable to move.
The black runes spun rapidly before exploding with a series of pops, transforming into strands of black light.
These strands flickered wildly, condensing into pitch-black chains that crisscrossed and instantly bound the ape tightly.
Simultaneously, the roiling black demonic energy below formed massive tentacles that lashed toward the ape.
The ape’s blue-glowing eyes showed no fear. With a low growl, its protective fur bristled straight, and its body swelled dramatically.
The black chains trembled violently, straining taut before snapping apart with a series of cracks.
A fierce expression crossed the ape’s face as its arms thickened severalfold, raising high. Its fur erupted into countless golden rays, piercing the air with sharp hisses. Where the golden light passed, ripples spread through the void, shattering an invisible barrier. Then, with a single grasp, a massive silver ruler materialized in its hand.
Swinging it mercilessly around, a silver pillar of light roared forth like a celestial dragon, slicing through the demonic tentacles, which fell severed to the ground.
Meanwhile, above another mountain peak, the Blue Pattern Demon silently reappeared. Witnessing the ape’s display of power, his expression darkened. With a cold snort, he flicked his sleeve, releasing a glossy black gourd. Inverting it, the gourd’s mouth opened, and several streaks of green light shot out, vanishing into the surrounding demonic energy.
With his other hand, he produced the black formation disk again, spitting a mouthful of blood essence that dissolved into a mist and seeped into the disk.
Instantly, the severed tentacles writhed violently before reconnecting and surging forward once more.
But this time, before reaching the ape, the tentacles emitted sharp shrieks as several bone forks shot out from within.
Each fork was only about a foot long, their tips glistening green and reeking of a foul stench—clearly laced with deadly poison.
The giant ape snorted, then slammed its fists against its chest.
A thunderclap echoed as golden threads erupted from its body, transforming into arcs of lightning that wove into a net, encasing the ape’s massive form.
The thunder roared incessantly.
The bone forks struck the golden lightning, trembling before halting momentarily.
Seizing the opportunity, the ape threw back its head and let out a mighty roar.
The thunderclaps shook heaven and earth as the golden lightning flared, expanding to the thickness of bowls before sweeping outward.
The bone forks were struck by over a dozen thick arcs simultaneously. Though forged with demonic secret arts, they could not withstand the explosive might of the Divine Annihilation Lightning, dissolving into wisps of green smoke.
As for the massive tentacles, they evaporated into mist upon contact with the golden arcs.
The distant Blue Pattern Demon stared in shock before exclaiming, “Divine Annihilation Lightning! You actually possess this power!”
The Blue Venerable was both astonished and furious, his voice tinged with panic.
Those seemingly unremarkable bone forks were artifacts even ordinary demon venerables feared. Few things in the world could counter them—Divine Annihilation Lightning being one of them.
No wonder the demon was beside himself with rage!
The giant ape transformed by Han Li let out a wild laugh, clenching its fists and delivering a powerful punch toward the demon’s mountain.
A spatial ripple spread as a golden fist the size of a mu appeared above the peak, crashing down with devastating force.
The Blue Venerable’s expression changed. Without a word, he slapped another formation disk.
With a puff, demonic energy erupted beneath him, swallowing his form.
A deafening explosion followed as the massive golden fist struck where the demon had stood. The entire mountain trembled violently before collapsing into rubble.
On a nearby peak, demonic energy surged as the Blue Pattern Demon reappeared.
Glancing back at the destroyed mountain, his face grew even grimmer.
Meanwhile, the golden-furred ape moved without pause. With a grasp at the air, the black and cyan mountains reappeared in its hands, hurled toward two other peaks.
Two more thunderous crashes later, those mountains also crumbled into nothingness.
The demonic energy beneath the formation thinned noticeably, becoming sparse.
“You think you can break the formation? Dream on! I won’t let you escape!” the Blue Venerable snarled, his eyes narrowing with malice.
With a fierce expression, he bit down hard, forming a seal with one hand while flicking his sleeve with the other. Over a dozen crimson pills flew out.
The surrounding black energy churned as thirteen pale skeletons materialized, swallowing the pills before dancing wildly around the Blue Venerable, their eye sockets burning with black flames.
The Blue Pattern Demon then slammed his palm onto his own skull. A bloody light flashed as chunks of his flesh began to peel away.
In moments, a ghastly white skeleton stood amidst the thirteen others.
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