Chapter 1370: Alien Race Suspicion

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With a flick of one hand's five fingers, five thick golden arcs shot down. The other hand flashed like light, and a square brocade handkerchief descended, covering something. A strange, eerie rune subtly emerged on its surface, making it appear exceptionally mysterious.

Upon seeing this, the green shadow was startled but not overly panicked. Instead, with a sudden shrug of its shoulder, two more grey shadows shot out from behind it, fleetingly meeting the golden arcs and the brocade handkerchief in mid-air.

The green shadow itself twisted, seemingly attempting to retreat for a moment.

The winged figure overhead suddenly let out a bone-chilling snort.

An incredible scene unfolded: upon hearing the snort, the green shadow's body trembled violently, its retreat abruptly halted, and it stood dazedly in place.

A thunderous roar erupted as the five golden arcs first collided head-on with one of the shadow puppets.

With just a brief contact, the grey shadow, amidst a burst of golden light, began to melt and dissolve layer by layer, instantly giving rise to clouds of grey mist.

At the same time, on the other side, the brocade handkerchief's strange rune glowed with silver light, then suddenly burst open, transforming into thousands of delicate silver threads. These threads instantly enveloped the grey shadow, then abruptly retracted, reverting to the handkerchief's form, trapping the puppet within.

Thunderous sounds resonated from the handkerchief's surface, and countless fine electrical arcs flickered and danced. The shadow puppet was utterly unable to break free.

At this moment, the winged figure's wings moved, transforming into a silver streak that vanished from its spot.

The next moment, the silver streak reappeared above the green shadow. Without seeming to employ any magical artifact, it simply extended a palm downwards and gently clapped. The palm was exceptionally crystalline, and then, with a flash of spiritual light from its five fingers, five bone rings of different colors simultaneously appeared.

These bone rings were as white as jade, each inscribed with a delicate, bean-sized skull. As their eye sockets moved, the skulls seemed to come alive, simultaneously opening their mouths wide.

Five streams of cold flame, each of a different color, erupted. They then merged into one, transforming into an exceptionally vibrant five-colored fiery glow that enveloped the target.

The green shadow had just recovered from the chilling snort's shock. Before it could even register alarm or anger, or cast a spell, its vision flashed, and it was swept into the five-colored fiery glow.

Its body stiffened, and all its movements became incredibly sluggish... At this, the green shadow was greatly alarmed. However, being a high-ranking existence among the Shadow Tribe, it instinctively let out a piercing shriek. Its verdant body then burst apart, transforming into countless green threads that shot out in all directions, attempting to escape the five-colored fiery glow's restraint. The figure in the air had almost certainly anticipated the green shadow's move, and with a sudden gesture, pressed its other hand downwards in the same manner.

With a flash of spiritual light, a small, black, mountain-like pattern faintly appeared on the back of this hand. But as soon as it flipped over, a confining cloud of grey light immediately surged forth from its palm.

Wherever the grey mist passed, the green threads, as if encountering their bane, were all swept in and instantly pulverized, turning once again into masses of green mist.

At this moment, the glowing figure's bright red eyes were already filled with a mixture of shock and horror.

However, he himself felt as if countless mountains were pressing down on him. Despite possessing immense supernatural powers, he could not unleash even a shred of them.

With a few whooshing sounds, streaks of light of various colors shot down from the winged figure's hand. They were a series of restrictive talismans that attached themselves to the green shadow's body.

The green shadow's body swayed, and the bloody light in its eyes immediately faded to nothing. Then, an incredible scene unfolded.

Under the talismanic restrictions, the green shadow's body began to shrink and deform, ultimately transforming into a fist-sized green orb, faintly shimmering with spiritual light.

The figure showed no surprise at this. Withdrawing its powers, it then made a grasping motion in the air with a single hand. The orb immediately shot through the air upwards and was effortlessly drawn into the figure's hand. Only then did the figure turn its head and smile at the dumbfounded green-armored elder, saying, "Fellow Daoist Yue, I was a little late in my intervention. Are you alright?"

"Brother Han, what are you talking about! If it weren't for your timely assistance, this old man would truly have been in great trouble this time. I've long heard of your exceptional supernatural powers, and seeing them now, they truly live up to their reputation! Even a high-ranking Shadow Tribe member was no match for you in a single encounter." The elder's expression finally returned to normal. After retrieving the flying sword in front of him, he bowed with a smile to the figure overhead.

The figure in the air with two wings on its back was, in fact, another young man dressed in a green robe.

It was Han Li, but at this moment, he had evidently advanced from the early stage of Soul Transformation to the middle stage of cultivation.

Hearing the elder's words, Han Li smiled faintly. "Brother Yue, you exaggerate. It's just that the supernatural power I cultivate happens to be effective against the Shadow Tribe. If it were other alien races, I wouldn't have been able to succeed so smoothly."

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Han, you are too modest. Who doesn't know that the team you lead is the only patrol squad that hasn't suffered any casualties in decades? Furthermore, I've heard that over the years, Brother Han has eliminated or captured many alien scouts. Tsk, tsk, in terms of achievements alone, I couldn't even catch up to you." The elder gave a wry smile and shook his head repeatedly.

"You flatter me, fellow Daoist. Are the other fellow Daoists alright?" At this moment, two nearby Black Iron Guards also stepped forward to bow deeply to Han Li, thanking him for his life-saving assistance.

From the ground and the distant horizon, other cultivators also flew back. Upon reaching Han Li, they naturally expressed their gratitude in similar terms.

Han Li responded calmly with a few polite words, then bid them farewell and departed, transforming into a streak of green rainbow that shot through the sky.

"I heard that when Senior Han first arrived at Sky Abyss City, he was only at the early stage of Soul Transformation cultivation, but his supernatural powers were already comparable to those of middle-stage cultivators. Now that he advanced to the middle stage ten years ago, aren't his powers even more unfathomable?" The fierce-looking burly man murmured after Han Li's escape light had completely vanished into the distant horizon.

"More than that. I heard this senior has only been on patrol duty for a few decades, yet he has already eliminated seven or eight high-level alien creatures. How can an ordinary Azure Underworld Guard compare to that? Are ascended cultivators truly such terrifying beings?" another Black Iron Guard remarked with great envy.

"Hmph, ascended cultivators are indeed a cut above us native cultivators in terms of combat, but Senior Han is probably an anomaly even among ascended cultivators," the middle-aged female cultivator said coldly.

These words made the other cultivators slightly taken aback.

The green-armored elder gazed in the direction Han Li had vanished, stroking his beard in silent contemplation. After a long moment, he suddenly waved his hand and led the team away from the area.

Hundreds of miles away, above a hill, a green rainbow shot through the air from afar. Suddenly, its escape light halted, and Han Li's figure floated down. At the same time, over a dozen streaks of light flew out from the hill. In an instant, ten individuals, men and women clad in black armor, appeared before Han Li.

"Captain!""Senior Han!"

They stood at attention.

Decades had passed, and the green-eyed burly man, Fairy Xu, and the others were all still safe and sound. However, their reverence for Han Li was now clearly heartfelt, devoid of any hint of defiance.

It was only natural to feel this way. Anyone who saw that the other three teams performing the same patrol duties in the same areas had suffered astounding casualties over the decades, with some even having nearly all their members replaced, while their own team, despite encountering numerous dangers, had each one effortlessly resolved by the person before them, would be utterly convinced and deeply respectful of their captain.

Naturally, under Han Li's leadership, Zhuo Chong and the others had also received numerous rewards. This, of course, left them with no complaints whatsoever.

"Let's go. That alien, a green shadow of the Shadow Tribe, has been dealt with," Han Li said nonchalantly after nodding.

"A green shadow! Haha, that one was truly unlucky. The Captain's Primordial Magnetic Divine Light is the most effective against this Shadow Tribe. Not to mention green shadows, I bet the Captain could even contend with a higher-ranked red shadow," the seemingly youthful cultivator said, chuckling.

"Hmph, even a Refined Hammer cultivator would find a red shadow difficult to deal with; how could a Soul Transformation cultivator manage it? Alright, let's get going. After we patrol the last area, we can rest for half a year. Last time, we just discovered a high-level Void Clan member, and this time, even a high-level Shadow Tribe member has appeared. Things are really not right!" Han Li snorted, his gaze flickering as he spoke.

"Indeed. The past decade or so has been truly abnormal! Even if the Floating Dawn Marsh is frequently frequented by alien scouts, they shouldn't appear this often. And even high-level existences are showing up in the marsh one after another as if their lives don't matter. I heard that the Bone Burial Desert, managed by the Demon Race, has also seen a large number of alien scouts. Many shapeshifting demon cultivators patrolling that area have also fallen. Could it be that some alien race truly intends to target our human and demon races, planning to attack Sky Abyss City?" Daoist Ma's expression darkened as he spoke, his face twitching slightly.

Upon hearing the Daoist's words, all the cultivators' expressions changed dramatically, and their smiles instantly vanished.

"No way. It's only been about thirty thousand years since the last alien attack on the city. Doesn't it usually happen only once every sixty or seventy thousand years?" Fairy Xu, still beautiful as ever, asked with tightly furrowed brows.