Chapter 1035: Five Demons Unite

Although he hadn't expected to kill the old devil so easily, he also hadn't anticipated this strangeness: his body seemed to have been cultivated to an intangible state. However, it clearly wasn't a ghostly spirit form, but rather a temporary transformation into this nearly immortal demonic state using some kind of demonic art.

Han Li had heard of such demonic arts before. It was said that many ancient devils from primordial times existed in this form, having caused considerable trouble for ancient cultivators.

Now, seeing it firsthand, it was indeed extraordinary.

Han Li was secretly surprised, but his offensive didn't falter. He opened his mouth, and a purple fireball shot out, rolling slightly before expanding to the size of a carriage wheel, heading straight for the bloody shadow.

With one hand, he conjured a spell, making the massive net formed by the Arctic Primordial Light expand further and continue to descend. With the other hand, he flicked his sleeve, and a golden arc of lightning leaped out with a cracking sound, instantly reaching the opponent and striking down.

The ugly woman, Gui Ling, also brandished her black staff artifact. With a solemn expression, she repeatedly swung the staff towards the bloody shadow. A flurry of staff shadows reappeared around the bloody shadow, transforming into a raging tide that swept towards it.

Speaking of which, in the realm of the Arctic Primordial Light, neither side dared to easily release flying swords or flying daggers. Otherwise, a slight misstep could lead to the treasure being pierced and shattered by the Arctic Primordial Light before even reaching the opponent, effectively destroying it for nothing.

This was why Han Li hadn't used his Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword, instead directly employing the Evil-Dispelling Divine Thunder and the Purple Luo Extreme Flame.

The old devil Gan saw that he had just been trapped, and numerous attacks were relentlessly assailing him again, with an even greater momentum than before.

A vicious glint appeared on his face as he gritted his teeth, biting his own tongue until it bled. He then spat out a grey light sphere wrapped in streaks of blood, which precisely blocked the descending golden lightning arc.

The divine thunder struck it, emitting only a muffled sound, and then transformed into an eerie green smoke that drifted upwards, completely neutralized.

Witnessing this, Han Li was startled.

Meanwhile, the old devil Gan spun around, and five greyish-white pillars of energy suddenly erupted around him.

Five two-zhang-tall, gaunt human skeletons materialized from the demonic energy. Each was tall, with bones as crystalline as jade, emanating faint traces of cold air.

The old devil had actually directly summoned the true forms of his Five-Son Co-Essence Devils.

As soon as the five skeletons appeared, each opened its mouth and spat out a phosphorescent green flame.

These green flames looked unassuming, like ordinary ghost fires. However, when two of them directly struck the fireball formed by the Purple Luo Heavenly Flame, they surprisingly stalemated in mid-air.

The other three streams sprayed upwards, forming a verdant curtain of fire that resisted the massive net of Arctic Primordial Light, preventing it from descending closer.

The staff shadows from all directions also swept towards the center with whistling sounds, just like before. Before the staff shadows could strike, an invisible immense force emerged around them, clearly intending to bind the old devil once more.

This time, the old devil did not detonate his body again. Although that divine ability was exceptionally powerful, each time his body split and reformed, it consumed a significant amount of spiritual power. Unless absolutely necessary, he naturally didn't want to use that method again.

Moreover, since he had summoned the true forms of his Five-Son Devils, he naturally had a countermeasure.

With a mere thought, one of the skeletons flickered and appeared nearby. Simultaneously, with its back to the old devil, its hands extended straight, and a layer of greyish-white light emerged from its palms, instantly shielding both the old devil and itself within it.

Thunderous roars continuously echoed as shadows and grey light flickered. Each heavy strike sounded like thunder, making one's heart pound.

Han Li was somewhat awestruck by the immense power of the staff shadows.

This Level 10 Profound Rock Turtle demon beast truly possessed considerable divine abilities. It seemed that during their previous confrontation, due to insufficient spiritual power, it probably couldn't even unleash half of its true abilities. Otherwise, even within this Arctic Primordial Light, subduing the opponent would definitely not have been as easy as before.

However, the resilience of the shield released by the Five-Son Co-Essence Devils far exceeded Han Li's expectations.

When the thunderous roars ceased and the staff shadows finally vanished, the greyish-white light shield remained intact, supported by the five skeletons. Such an astonishing attack had failed to break through this thin layer of protection.

Gui Ling's face darkened upon seeing this.

After a sinister glance at the shield, she snorted coldly. She opened her mouth, and a black and white essence suddenly sprayed onto the dark staff in her hand.

The staff let out a long cry, and amidst a burst of spiritual light, its form abruptly changed, transforming into a sharp black axe.

With a flick of her wrist, Gui Ling raised the axe above her head. She stared at it intently, muttering incantations.

The surface of the black axe suddenly emitted a layer of blinding silver light. As the artifact rapidly expanded in size, its color abruptly changed.

In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a silver giant axe over ten zhang long.

Not to mention its dazzling, door-like axe blade, even its handle was as thick as a human thigh.

After it became enormous, this colossal blade seemed to have had some seal released, and an astonishingly fierce aura surged skyward.

Even from such a distance, Han Li could clearly sense the giant blade's bloodthirsty intent.

This was truly an unadulterated savage blade!

At this moment, a fierce expression flashed across Gui Ling's ugly face. She formed a hand seal, and her body also surged in size.

In an instant, she transformed into an eight-zhang-tall giant.

"Giant Transformation Art!" Han Li murmured with a strange expression, "I didn't expect this demon to be able to unleash such a powerful divine ability without revealing its true form. It seems its cultivation has neared the peak stage of the Late Nascent Soul realm."

At the same time, his gaze inadvertently drifted towards a certain spot in the Arctic Primordial Light, then calmly retracted. With a flash of cold light in his eyes, he flicked his sleeve, and the hand hidden within silently gripped the Three Flames Fan.

The ugly woman extended her palm, like a cattail-leaf fan, and grasped the silver axe. She then lowered her head, glanced at the distant old devil Gan, and holding the axe with both hands, slowly swung it through the air.

A silver crescent axe-light, several zhang long, screamed as it shot out from the axe blade. Wherever it passed, a white trace appeared in the air, as if it were tearing through the surrounding space.

The old devil, hidden behind the shield, watched this scene with a drastic change in expression.

No matter how confident he was in his Five-Son Co-Essence Devils, he would never dare to directly withstand such a terrifying attack.

Without time to think, the old devil suddenly raised his hand, and a snow-white short blade materialized in his palm, which he immediately gripped.

A cold glint flashed, and the blade fell!

A small section of a finger from his other hand was actually severed by the blade.

But before the severed finger could fall to the ground, the old devil spat a mouthful of vital blood onto it, completely engulfing it.

In a flash, blood light surged, and the finger, merging with the vital blood, astonishingly transformed into a several-foot-long blood saber, narrow, sharp, and exceedingly bizarre in shape!

The old devil wielded the saber with one hand. Seeing the enormous crescent coming, he immediately swung his hand solemnly. The long saber in his hand vanished into thin air, only to mysteriously reappear an instant later in front of the Five-Son Devils, meeting the axe-light head-on.

To Han Li's surprise, when the blood light and silver light collided, their radiance flickered erratically, yet eerily, not a single sound was emitted. One could only see the slender blood saber bending little by little, trembling rapidly as if in anguish, immediately showing signs of failing.

However, at this very moment, the Five-Son Devils suddenly lunged inward. Amidst flickering grey light, the five skeletons astonishingly condensed and merged into a single colossal skeleton, no smaller than the giant Gui Ling had transformed into, appearing unbelievably in front of the old devil Gan.

Just as the blood-red long saber finally shattered with a crisp 'crack' and the dazzling axe-light was about to follow through with its strike,

the colossal skeleton of the Five-Son Devils let out a strange cackle from its huge mouth. It raised its neck, and a cloud of grey mist spewed forth.

The mist was small but thick, almost tangible. When the crescent axe-light struck it, it didn't cut through at all; instead, it seemed to fall into a viscous liquid, involuntarily halting.

Immediately, the silver axe-light dimmed from bright to dark, turning greyish-white in the blink of an eye. Then, it was completely absorbed as the mist enveloped it.

The mist swirled once more before flying back into the skeleton's gaping mouth.

"Impure Yin Demonic Qi!" Gui Ling's giant form rumbled, "For the Five-Son Co-Essence Devils to possess such a divine ability, it seems their predecessors must have been Nascent Soul cultivators. Otherwise, demonic entities refined from the bones of ordinary cultivators wouldn't wield such great powers!"

"What this old man uses to refine Co-Essence Devils is none of your demonic business!" the old devil Gan sneered. With a low cry, he raised his hand and struck several spell seals onto the colossal skeleton.

The colossal skeleton emitted a buzzing growl from its mouth, and its originally emotionless eyes suddenly blazed with blinding blood-red light. The demonic entity took a step, moving directly towards the giant formed by the ugly woman, each stride causing the ground to tremble slightly.

Han Li's eyes flickered a few times. He glanced at the massive skeleton, his fingers holding the Three Flames Fan in his sleeve tightening slightly, then relaxing a bit.

With his other hand, he swiftly tossed the Yang Ring, releasing it to float above his head.

In an instant, the silver waves formed by the Arctic Primordial Light began to hum loudly. At the same time, silver specks of light flickered ceaselessly, and countless threads of light shot out from the sound waves, densely covering the colossal skeleton.

The skeleton let out a piercing shriek, and a layer of grey light immediately appeared on its body.

Numerous silver threads struck it, but they merely scattered in splashes, having no effect whatsoever.

Han Li's expression was stoic, but secretly, he suddenly channeled a massive amount of spiritual power into the Yang Ring.

An anomaly instantly occurred!

The subsequent threads of light abruptly converged mid-flight, congealing into dozens of silver chains that vanished in a flash.

'Puff, puff' sounds continuously rang out.

More than a dozen thumb-sized holes appeared on the skeleton's body in response. One slender hole even pierced directly through its forehead.

The Impure Yin Demonic Qi had astonishingly failed to block this attack!

By manipulating the Yang Ring to concentrate the Arctic Primordial Light, its power had indeed greatly increased.

However, just as a hint of joy appeared on Han Li's face, his expression darkened the next moment.