After destroying all the flying swords with a single strike, the golden-horned youth showed no intention of stopping. The small white bell chimed twice more, and another wave of misty white energy surged forth.
At the same time, the Dharma Form behind the youth raised its two treasures, unleashing a torrent of three-colored flames and billowing fire clouds into the sky.
The youth’s true form, his face twisted with ferocity, spat out a thick black mist that coiled around his body. The air filled with eerie wails as countless emerald-green threads flickered within the black mist, exuding a foul stench.
With this attack, the golden-horned youth unleashed multiple techniques simultaneously, clearly aiming to obliterate Han Li in one strike.
Han Li’s heart chilled at the sight.
While he remained unfazed by the other attacks, the spatial power emanating from the small white bell filled him with deep apprehension.
However, with his spiritual power still recovering, he had no intention of prolonging the battle. Gritting his teeth, he focused his will.
The golden body beside him suddenly radiated violet-gold light, accompanied by the resonant hum of Buddhist chants. Amidst the golden glow, faint purple runes drifted like ethereal wisps.
One of its arms blurred as it reached into the void, summoning a broken golden blade into its grasp.
With a clear chime from the broken blade, the spiritual energy within several miles of the area erupted violently, as if summoned, transforming into countless streaks of five-colored light that coalesced into a vast curtain covering most of the sky.
Such a phenomenon was only possible in the Moon Realm, where the spiritual energy was exceptionally dense.
The sheer concentration of spiritual power in the curtain caused the youth opposite to pale slightly.
Before he could react, the golden body’s light pulsed erratically as golden energy surged along its arm into the blade. The once two-zhang-tall golden body shrank unnaturally by several feet.
The broken blade flickered wildly with golden light before blurring and reforming into a complete weapon.
With a slight flick of the wrist, the blade’s chime abruptly ceased. The five-colored curtain above swirled downward, pouring into the blade like a torrent.
In mere moments, the blade absorbed the entire curtain as if it were a bottomless pit.
Originally only a foot long, the blade now stretched to a full zhang in length. A few runes flashed on its surface before it silently slashed downward.
A streak of golden light shot from the blade, initially only a few feet long, but with a single flicker, it transformed into an endless golden river, crashing toward the youth.
The sight of the golden torrent filled the youth with terror, but at this point, there was no turning back.
With a sharp cry, he pointed a finger solemnly at Han Li. The white waves, fire clouds, three-colored flames, and black mist surged forward to meet the golden tide.
Upon contact, the fire clouds, black mist, and flames erupted with deafening explosions before dissipating instantly, utterly powerless to resist.
Only the white waves managed to penetrate the golden light, producing strange bursts of sound as the two forces clashed in a deadlock.
“Profound Heaven Sacred Artifact!” The youth’s heart sank as he witnessed this, mistaking the broken blade for an artifact on par with his small bell.
Though not entirely accurate, the fragmented Profound Heaven blade did resemble a Sacred Artifact in power, capable of mimicking only a fraction of the true artifact’s abilities.
Seizing the moment, the youth hurled the small white bell into the air, flicking it with blood-tipped fingers.
Each chime drained his vitality, leaving his face deathly pale after seven or eight tolls.
The tolling consumed an unimaginable amount of energy, even for someone at the peak of the Void Refining stage.
The effects, however, were devastating.
At the first chime, Han Li’s vision blurred as an unseen force threatened to drag him into the void.
Startled, he activated his black demon armor, which erupted with layers of black runes. These runes swirled and burst, forming a dark hurricane that shielded him.
Though the spatial force warped the hurricane, it could not breach the barrier.
But with the second chime, the hurricane shattered, leaving Han Li exposed.
By the third chime, his armor flared with blinding black light as the void around him trembled violently.
Knowing the lethality of spatial forces from past encounters, Han Li swiftly formed a hand seal.
With a thunderous crack, crystalline wings sprouted from his back.
As the third chime echoed, the armor’s light solidified before shattering like glass.
Without hesitation, Han Li flapped his wings, vanishing in a bolt of azure-white lightning.
A black void yawned where he had stood, narrowly evading the spatial attack.
But the fourth chime ruptured his escape, hurling him back into reality.
The fifth chime ensnared him in an inescapable grip, the spatial force threatening to tear him apart.
With a thunderous roar, Han Li’s body erupted in golden light, transforming into a towering golden ape.
Standing five to six zhang tall, the ape flexed its limbs, shattering the spatial bonds with sheer brute strength.
With a single stride, it closed the distance to the youth, its massive hand descending like a meteor.
The youth, stunned by the failure of his attacks and Han Li’s transformation, barely had time to react.
His Dharma Form conjured blue blades, one blocking the ape’s strike while the other slashed at its chest.
But the ape ignored the attack, focusing all its strength into its crushing grip.
The blocking blade shattered like glass, while the other bounced harmlessly off the ape’s golden fur.
In desperation, the youth spat black mist and prepared to strike the bell again.
But the ape’s power was overwhelming. Its fist obliterated the Dharma Form and dispersed the mist effortlessly.
With lightning speed, the ape seized the youth’s head and crushed it like a melon.
The headless corpse swayed before collapsing to the ground.
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