In the blink of an eye, nearly half of Blood Crow City had emptied.
“Perfect. With these demon clansmen as cover, our risks will be significantly reduced. But it’s strange—why hasn’t the Blood Crow City Lord shown up despite such a major incident? If he had taken the lead in organizing resistance, these demons wouldn’t be in such chaos,” muttered the long-haired man with a frown, his expression puzzled.
Upon hearing this, the Long Family Ancestor’s eyes flickered with a thoughtful gleam.
Meanwhile, Han Li remained as calm as ever, revealing no hint of emotion.
Without further delay, the group quietly followed the massive demonic army, tens of thousands strong, and slipped out of Blood Crow City unnoticed.
Once outside the city walls, the demons spontaneously split into over a dozen smaller groups, transforming into dark, elongated formations that hastily flew in the same direction.
Clearly, they hoped to exploit any gaps or weak points in the encirclement of the Soul Devouring Ant swarm to escape with their lives.
Given the varying cultivation levels among the demons, their flight speeds differed, and without unified leadership, their formations quickly dissolved into disarray.
The demonic auras and streaks of light stretched for nearly a hundred miles.
The higher-ranking demons at the front showed no intention of slowing down. Instead, they formed their own group and surged forward relentlessly.
The mid-tier demons, left with no choice, could only trail far behind, watching helplessly as the high-ranking demons vanished beyond the horizon.
Han Li and his companions did not follow the high-ranking demons but instead discreetly blended into the second group, advancing at a steady pace.
After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, thunderous explosions erupted from the sky ahead. A vast expanse of purple clouds rolled into view—a massive swarm of Soul Devouring Ants.
Within the purple ant cloud, bursts of black energy and thunderous flames raged, revealing the earlier group of high-ranking demons who had arrived first.
Upon closer inspection, the ant swarm spanned over a hundred acres. Yet, under the relentless assault of the hundred or so high-ranking demons, the ants crumbled into ashes, raining down from the sky. In moments, nearly half of the swarm had been obliterated.
The demons behind them cheered and joined the attack with their demonic artifacts.
Within a few breaths, the ant swarm was completely annihilated.
Many demons felt a surge of confidence, thinking the Soul Devouring Ants were not as fearsome as rumored.
However, some of the more experienced demons remained grim-faced. After a brief discussion, they immediately resumed their flight.
Just then, the previously clear sky darkened abruptly. A layer of purple gauze—countless ants forming a swarm of millions—descended without warning, enveloping the sky and dyeing the air below in a faint purple hue.
The ants had hidden at higher altitudes, using a smaller swarm to delay the group while completing their encirclement from above. Now, they revealed their true ferocity.
“Ambush! We’ve been ambushed!”
“Charge! Only by breaking through can we survive!”
Chaos erupted among the demons below as panicked shouts filled the air. Hundreds of streaks of light scattered in all directions.
How many would actually escape remained unknown.
“Brother Han, Fairy Ye! No need to hide your cultivation anymore. Break through separately!” the Long Family Ancestor barked, raising his hand to summon a phantom that expanded into a snow-white canoe. He boarded it and shot into the sky.
Elder Hui and the Lin Family man exchanged glances before transforming into golden and black streaks, fleeing in opposite directions.
“Fellow Daoist Han, I’ll take my leave first,” the feathered maiden said with a smile. A five-colored radiance enveloped her, forming the illusion of a massive phoenix that carried her into the void.
Moments later, the phoenix reappeared hundreds of feet away before vanishing again.
Han Li sighed softly, forming a hand seal. With a thunderous crack, crystalline wings unfurled from his back.
With a single flap, he transformed into a green-white streak, vanishing to the horizon in an instant.
In moments, the human group had scattered, each acting alone and abandoning the demons.
With their Demon Venerable-level strength, their speed far surpassed that of ordinary high-ranking demons.
Before the descending ant swarm could fully engulf them, Han Li and the others had already broken free, racing onward without pause.
Behind them, the demons were swallowed by the purple cloud, their roars and explosions echoing once more.
Han Li, now a green-white streak, flew tens of thousands of miles before suddenly halting. His expression darkened as he spotted another wave of purple clouds rolling toward him.
“So soon? I’ll have to force my way through. Let’s hope the Ant Queen doesn’t notice me,” he murmured.
Forming another seal, his wings trembled, releasing fist-sized green thunderballs that exploded beneath him, forming a silver thunder array.
With a thunderclap, arcs of lightning erupted, and Han Li vanished.
A thousand miles away, an identical array appeared amidst the ant swarm. Silver lightning annihilated nearby ants, but more surged forward, devouring the array’s energy.
Within moments, the array shrank by half.
As it collapsed, Han Li reappeared, his sleeves flicking to release seventy-two small green swords that formed a protective barrier.
The array shattered, and ants swarmed him.
The sword barrier transformed into a blooming lotus, its green light shredding thousands of ants. Yet Han Li frowned—his spiritual energy was being drained.
Without hesitation, he spat out a silver flame, which morphed into a fiery bird. It unleashed silver rays, incinerating swaths of ants.
But even the flame’s energy was being consumed.
Reluctant to waste it, Han Li recalled the bird.
The void quickly refilled with ants.
This time, he summoned gray light and five-colored cold flames, annihilating more ants. Yet he shook his head—these methods were unsustainable.
Focusing solely on his swords, he transformed into a dazzling green streak, carving through the swarm with unstoppable speed.
His pace remained undiminished.
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