A loud shout suddenly erupted from the halo of light.
Then, two massive purple-gold hands reached out from within, forcefully tearing it apart.
With a piercing screech, the halo was ripped open by the two hands.
A giant ape, radiating purple-gold light, strode out from within. Though its body was slightly charred, it appeared largely unharmed.
“So it wasn’t a true Mother-Child Corpse Yin Thunder—its power is only a tenth of the real thing. Such feeble force can’t harm me. This must be the legendary Division and Condensation Technique—quite intriguing,” the ape rumbled, its mouth twisting into a grin.
“Hmph! If one won’t do, how about ten or a hundred?”
The surrounding void fell silent for a moment. Huang Yuanzi seemed momentarily stunned by the ape’s physical resilience but quickly snapped back with a vicious retort.
As soon as the words left his mouth, the remaining orbs trembled slightly before shooting toward Han Li like a torrential downpour.
“Foolish. Since I know this is the Division and Condensation Technique, breaking it is as easy as flipping my hand.”
With a low growl, countless runes surged across the ape’s body. Several beams of spiritual light shot out, transforming into the illusory forms of a Kunpeng, a True Spirit, a Heavenly Phoenix, and a Peacock. After circling briefly, they vanished back into the ape’s body.
In the next instant, the ape’s body swelled monstrously within the purple-gold radiance. Golden light flashed at its shoulders and sides as two additional heads and four more purple-gold arms sprouted forth. Golden scales covered its body, and a short, straight horn emerged on its forehead.
Han Li had directly activated the Threefold Nirvana Transformation.
The transformed ape exuded an aura so terrifying it was nearly suffocating. With a fierce expression, a burst of emerald light erupted from one of its arms, coalescing into a dark-green wooden sword that it grasped firmly.
This was none other than the Profound Heavenly Slaying Sword.
With a mere flick of the sword, countless five-colored runes surged forth. A blinding flash later, a dark-green halo erupted from the ape, sweeping outward in all directions, accompanied by a powerful surge of law fluctuations.
The next moment, the dark-green halo collided with the incoming orbs.
A series of muffled pops resounded.
An astonishing sight unfolded—all the orbs buzzed violently, their surfaces flashing with bloody light before crumbling into dust like withered leaves.
“Destruction Power! A Profound Heavenly Treasure! No… impossible!” Huang Yuanzi’s voice shrieked from above, filled with desperation.
But at that moment, the ape’s three faces twisted into a sinister grin. Black mist rose from their brows, revealing a third pitch-black Dharma Eye on each. After scanning the nearby archways with a flickering gaze, the ape raised its wooden sword and slashed toward one of them. A verdant sword light flashed forth.
Simultaneously, its other arms blurred as it threw two punches each toward the remaining eight archways.
Over a dozen golden orbs, each the size of a human head, shot out, striking the archways before the sword light could arrive.
A thunderous explosion followed as the golden orbs detonated, transforming into rolling golden waves that instantly engulfed the archways.
Under the terrifying force of the golden shockwaves, the archways shattered into fragments without resistance. Within the wreckage, eight shadowy figures flickered into existence, struggling briefly before being pulverized by the shockwaves.
Meanwhile, the verdant sword light blurred as it cleanly bisected the final archway.
With a soft pop, a faint yellow shadow darted out from the split archway, vanishing into the void before reappearing over a thousand feet away.
“Brother Sanquan, act now! My clones have all been destroyed! If you don’t intervene—ah!”
The yellow figure was none other than Huang Yuanzi’s true form. But before he could finish his plea, the space above him rippled as a colossal purple-gold hand tore through the void and slammed down.
Huang Yuanzi’s face paled. He tried to teleport away, but silver arrays spiraled across the descending hand, releasing an invisible force that locked the surrounding space.
His body stiffened—his magic power faltered, and his teleportation failed as if the void itself had solidified.
Terrified, Huang Yuanzi roared, rubbing his hands together before flinging them upward.
A dense barrage of yellow streaks shot skyward, while multicolored light erupted from his body as over a dozen treasures flew out and self-destructed, unleashing waves of energy.
Huang Yuanzi was fighting for his life.
From afar, Sanquan Daoist hesitated upon hearing Huang Yuanzi’s plea. Seeing his comrade’s dire straits, his expression shifted before he finally made a decision. With a hand seal, he transformed into a three-colored rainbow and fled the valley at breakneck speed.
Within moments, he vanished without a trace.
Meanwhile, the purple-gold hand, now covered in even more silver arrays, descended with radiant brilliance.
No matter how sharp the yellow streaks or how violent the explosions, they were all crushed effortlessly by the hand.
Huang Yuanzi desperately spat out over a dozen mouthfuls of essence blood, unleashing several life-saving techniques—but to no avail. He could only watch as the hand crushed him like a mountain.
A burst of blood mist exploded in the air. A yellow glow flickered, slipping free from the hand’s grasp and darting hundreds of feet away.
Within the glow was a foot-tall yellow-robed infant, identical in appearance to Huang Yuanzi—his Nascent Soul.
Only a Nascent Soul at the Great Completion stage, capable of soul projection, could ignore spatial restraints and escape so easily.
Realizing Sanquan Daoist had abandoned him, Huang Yuanzi cursed inwardly. Without hesitation, he formed hand seals and began teleporting away in the same direction.
From afar, the three-headed, six-armed ape watched coldly. With a casual flick of its wooden sword, a green crescent-shaped sword light shot forth, vanishing into the void.
Just as Huang Yuanzi’s Nascent Soul flickered into the void, the sword light reappeared beside him, following him in.
A moment later, a blood-curdling scream echoed.
A burst of blood mist erupted midair, filled with floating chunks of flesh—none of which fell to the ground.
With a bang, a crimson fireball streaked in, exploding within the mist and reducing everything within an acre to ashes.
“Finally dealt with. The Nine Illusions Ruyi Gate was quite troublesome—I even had to use the Nirvana Saint Body. But that Sanquan Daoist escaped fast enough to save his own skin.”
The three-headed, six-armed ape rapidly shrank, reverting to human form. Han Li glanced coldly in the direction Sanquan Daoist had fled before murmuring to himself.
He then raised his arm, summoning a pristine white storage bracelet from the distance. It landed neatly in his palm.
After a quick scan with his spiritual sense, he nodded in satisfaction and stored it away before turning his gaze to the other battlefield.
Several dozen miles away, near a small hill, a mountain of dismembered limbs and flesh had formed, rivers of blood flowing beneath it, the stench of gore permeating the air.
Above the carnage, the transformed Gold Devouring Immortal King hovered silently, holding a fist-sized, furry head—none other than the Immortal Slayer’s shrunken skull.
Despite his near-immortal regenerative abilities, the Immortal Slayer’s remains showed no signs of revival—clearly, he had been truly slain.
“Goldie, return.”
Han Li smiled faintly and issued the command.
The tiny figure stirred at the call, turning and vanishing with a whoosh.
A muffled sound later, it reappeared beside Han Li, expressionless.
“Well done. Even an immortal body can be weakened by severing the head and expelling the Nascent Soul. It seems you’ve mastered combat instincts without my guidance. Excellent.” Han Li praised, eyeing the skull.
The tiny figure bowed slightly before tossing the head and a black storage bracelet to Han Li.
With a flick of his sleeve, Han Li caught both. After a brief glance at the head, he shook his head and tossed it aside. Opening his mouth, he unleashed a thick golden lightning bolt.
A thunderclap later, the skull was obliterated in a flash of golden light.
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