Chapter 1153: Extreme Yin News

## Volume Six: Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasures

A strange scene unfolded!

The moment the white silk threads touched the purple flames, they immediately halted as if struck by a heavy blow, revealing countless fine, white, hair-like needles.

Han Li waved his arm, and the purple flames on his body flared up about a foot high, instantly engulfing the needles. A purple glow flickered on them. Several needles, encased in layers of purple ice and stripped of their spiritual energy, plummeted to the ground. As for the emerald jade hammer that had also struck, Han Li simply flicked his sleeve. After a flash of purple light, the hammer rolled away as if hit by an immense force.

True Lord Miaohe hurriedly formed a hand seal, trying to stop the hammer, but it had no effect whatsoever. Instead, a shimmering light flashed on its surface, and in the blink of an eye, it was sealed within a block of purple ice.

The Taoist's face immediately turned extremely grim!

Meanwhile, the yellow-robed old man could barely believe his own eyes. His normally reliable and powerful treasure was shattered with such ease. It was truly incredible to him!

Seeing Han Li charging straight at him from within the purple flames, he frantically shook his arm, and a silver Dharma wheel shot out.

But Han Li moved like the wind. With a roll of purple flames, he was already in front of the yellow-robed old man. The moment the silver wheel flickered twice, a golden light flashed, and it silently split into two halves, plummeting straight to the ground.

The yellow-robed old man's pupils contracted. He opened his mouth, a yellow glow flickering, about to spit out his core treasure. But in that brief moment of delay, Han Li gave a sinister smile. One of his arms suddenly blurred, then vanished from sight after a swift movement. Almost simultaneously, the yellow-robed old man suddenly felt a tightening around his neck. A cold hand had eerily clasped it. A purple light flashed before his eyes, and the treasure he was about to unleash instantly lost all connection with his spiritual sense.

"Ah!"

The old man was scared out of his wits, but he only managed to let out one scream before his entire body was encased in purple ice that spread from his neck. He could no longer move an inch. His face, sealed within the crystalline ice, held an expression of extreme, frozen terror.

Han Li scoffed coldly. He held the human-shaped ice sculpture with one hand, and his gaze shifted expressionlessly to the others.

The four Core Formation cultivators knew they couldn't interfere in a Nascent Soul cultivator's battle. Although they had long since released their protective treasures, they merely watched nervously from a safe distance. Seeing the yellow-robed old man subdued by Han Li in the blink of an eye, they exchanged glances, cried out, and scattered, each transforming into a streak of light and fleeing with their treasures.

Han Li's main target, True Lord Miaohe, had already turned and fled even faster than the four Core Formation cultivators. The instant the old man was captured by Han Li, True Lord Miaohe's shock was immense and obvious. Only then did he realize Han Li's divine abilities far surpassed his imagination. He told himself that with only himself left, there was no chance of victory, so he decisively transformed into a green rainbow and shot towards the Stone City.

The old Taoist had initially worried that the golden beetles scattered around would come to entangle him. But to his surprise, these spiritual insects remained motionless in the air, like puppets, allowing him to flash away and break out of the encirclement. This filled Miaohe with both surprise and joy. After a few thoughtless flashes, his escape light appeared more than a hundred zhang away.

Seeing this, Han Li wasted no words. He first flicked his long sleeve towards the four Core Formation cultivators. Four streaks of golden light shot out, their escape speed so fast that they almost instantly caught up with the four individuals.

Screams rang out consecutively!

After the four Core Formation cultivators, along with their protective treasures, were enveloped by the golden light, a large shower of blood rained down. Mutilated corpses and the remnants of shattered treasures fell from the sky.

At this moment, Han Li glanced at True Lord Miaohe's escape light, which was almost disappearing over the horizon. He sneered and surprisingly made no move to pursue him. Instead, as he held the ice sculpture, a thunderous sound emanated from his palm. Several thick golden arcs emerged, instantly transforming into a golden net that enveloped the ice sculpture.

Amidst the wild flashes of lightning, the ice sculpture disintegrated into golden fragments, revealing a yellow Nascent Soul about an inch tall. Its face was identical to that of the yellow-robed old man. The Nascent Soul's face was filled with panic. It quickly formed a hand seal, and after a flash of spiritual light on its body, it vanished from the spot.

But the next moment, a thunderous sound erupted from a part of the golden net. The Nascent Soul reappeared amidst the flickering golden arcs. Its instant movement technique was utterly incapable of penetrating the restriction formed by the Divine Lightning of Exorcism. Han Li remained silent. With one hand, he made a grasping motion towards the golden net. The golden net suddenly shrank, and in the space of a single breath, it transformed into a golden orb, forcefully trapping the Nascent Soul within. With another flick of his hand, several talismans shot out and stuck to the Nascent Soul's body. The spiritual energy the Nascent Soul was trying to gather immediately solidified, and it could no longer move it in the slightest.

Han Li clasped his hands behind his back, no longer paying attention to the Nascent Soul. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and looked once more in the direction where True Lord Miaohe had disappeared.

At this moment, True Lord Miaohe was already several hundred zhang away. With spiritual power rapidly circulating within his body, his escape speed was almost as fast as lightning. Even so, this early Nascent Soul cultivator still occasionally glanced back, as if afraid Han Li would pursue him. When he saw that the area behind him remained completely dark, Miaohe's heart slightly relaxed. But his escape speed did not decrease in the slightest. Instead, with a turn of his hand, a green talisman appeared. He formed a hand seal with one hand, ready to activate it.

But what Miaohe didn't know was that the instant he turned his head, a faint silver light flashed behind his escape light, and a ghostly green figure emerged. This figure appeared to float lightly, yet it closely followed his escape light, not falling behind by an inch. It was, of course, the humanoid puppet Han Li had secretly released earlier.

The old Taoist, however, remained oblivious to all this. His attention was still focused on the talisman in his hand. The puppet numbly raised its hand, and a silver fist silently shot forward.

With a crisp "zila" sound, the protective shield formed by the red shield on the old Taoist's body was like paper. It was penetrated by the silver fist, which struck directly at the old Taoist's back. His body-protecting spiritual light shattered and dispersed instantly.

By the time True Lord Miaohe noticed the abnormality behind him, his heart sank, but he had no time to react. With a "poof," the fist, stained with fresh blood, appeared from the old Taoist's chest. Then, with a sudden pull, a blood-soaked hole, the size of a bowl's mouth, appeared. True Lord Miaohe let out a world-shaking scream, but his body slumped and fell helplessly.

The humanoid puppet coldly rubbed its hands together. Then, with an upward sweep, a silver net of light descended to cover the head. A short while later, Han Li, who had leisurely landed on a nearby hilltop after finishing his task, saw a silver rainbow appear from the horizon and shoot towards his location. A faint smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

With a dull thud, the old Taoist Miaohe, covered by a shimmering silver light and multi-colored talismans, was dropped from a low altitude, landing heavily right in front of Han Li's feet. Then, with a flash of the figure, the humanoid puppet stood behind Han Li.

Only then did Han Li re-examine the half-dead Miaohe, whose body was covered in bloodstains. An unreadable, half-smiling expression appeared on his face...

Two hours later, a green rainbow quietly shot out from Thunder Empty Island, then sped directly towards a certain direction, vanishing into the horizon in the blink of an eye. Han Li, within the escape light, was weighing two emerald-green storage bags in his hand. His face was filled with contemplation.

The bags were precisely the two storage bags obtained from Miaohe and the yellow-robed old man. Each contained over a hundred high-grade spirit stones. They were originally meant to be secretly sent back to Azure Spirit Island. It turned out that Miaohe, who seemed to be on good terms with other forces on the island, had long secretly pledged allegiance to the Starfall Alliance. He intended to secretly control several islands near Azure Spirit Island with the Alliance's support, and Thunder Empty Island was one of his targets. The high-grade spirit stones sold by Miaohe's sect on Thunder Empty Island were secretly supplied to Miaohe by Starfall Alliance cultivators who directly mined them on Azure Spirit Island. This was to support him in secretly developing his influence and expanding his power on Thunder Empty Island. The yellow-robed old man was another rogue Nascent Soul cultivator bribed by the Starfall Alliance. He was originally in charge of controlling another island, and his status was similar to Miaohe's.

The reason this person appeared on Thunder Empty Island was similar to Miaohe's situation. He had suddenly received an incredible order: They were to immediately gather all the high-grade spirit stones they possessed, then rush to Azure Spirit Island as quickly as possible. An extremely important matter required the aid of these high-grade spirit stones and the power of them, the Nascent Soul cultivators. And they were to try their best not to alarm cultivators from other forces. Because this matter was quite strange, and the island where the yellow-robed old man resided was very close to Thunder Empty Island, he was surprised and decided to meet up with Miaohe first. They would then depart together for Azure Spirit Island to look out for each other.

However, what they never expected was that their conversation in the market about collecting spirit stones was overheard by Han Li. Although he didn't hear every detail, Han Li understood that the two had pledged allegiance to the Starfall Alliance, carried a large amount of spirit stones, and were about to leave Stone City.

Han Li already had an old score to settle with Miaohe. Upon hearing that the two also had high-grade spirit stones on them, and considering he had been relentlessly pursued by many old monsters from the Starfall Alliance for quite some time, he naturally wouldn't hold back. He immediately left Stone City and performed the secret art of Divine Sense Transformation into a Thousand, releasing tens of thousands of Gold Devouring Beetles, scattering them around Stone City to closely monitor the movements of Miaohe and the others. As a result, that very evening, he indeed managed to intercept several individuals who intended to leave the island. With his late Nascent Soul stage divine abilities, subduing two mere early Nascent Soul cultivators was naturally effortless.

Originally, at this point, he had achieved his objective for this trip and could immediately return to the Inner Star Seas. But it so happened that after he performed soul-searching on Miaohe and the other man, he obtained an important piece of news: Grandmaster Jiyin, who had almost taken his life back then, had also arrived in the nearby sea area. He was one of the Starfall Alliance elders stationed on Azure Spirit Island, guarding the spirit stone mine.

Needless to say, Grandmaster Jiyin was definitely one of Han Li's most loathed enemies in the Scattered Star Seas, grating on his nerves. Back in the Void Heaven Hall, if it weren't for his quick wit and fortunate coincidences, he would probably have been tormented to death by that old devil and ultimately wouldn't have escaped falling and dying. Therefore, Grandmaster Jiyin was absolutely one of Han Li's must-eliminate targets.

Now that he heard the old devil was on Azure Spirit Island, not far from here, Han Li naturally wouldn't let go of this excellent opportunity for revenge. Through soul-searching, he already knew that there were four Nascent Soul cultivators from the Starfall Alliance on Azure Spirit Island: one in the mid Nascent Soul stage, and three in the early Nascent Soul stage. This manpower might be enough to deter the other two forces on the island, but to the current Han Li, it was naturally insignificant.

He had absolute confidence that he could secretly infiltrate the island, kill Grandmaster Jiyin without anyone knowing, and then quietly leave without alerting anyone. Thinking this, Han Li naturally wouldn't hesitate any longer. He immediately headed straight for Azure Spirit Island.

Three days later, Han Li finally arrived in the sea area near Azure Spirit Island.