Chapter 1394: Six-Armed First Appearance

Those several Wood Spirits were startled. Some glowed green, manifesting a wooden shield, while others opened their mouths, spitting out a cloud of green mist, attempting to block the blood threads. However, it was unknown what these blood threads were made of; they seemed to be mere illusions, piercing through the defenses and instantly embedding themselves into the Wood Spirits' bodies. A reddish glow enveloped the Wood Spirits, and they were instantly covered by crimson webs, unable to break free for a moment.

At the same time, the two ancient tree remnants, previously severed by Han Li's sword qi, suddenly transformed into two faint golden shadows and lunged at Mu Rui. Mu Rui snorted coldly and pointed a finger. Immediately, two flashes of silver light shot out, striking the golden shadows. With two dull thuds, the golden shadows exploded, scattering countless golden specks that enveloped the silver-ranked Wood Spirit.

With a loud roar, a formation composed of golden runes suddenly appeared around Mu Rui, enclosing the high-ranking Wood Spirit in a burst of spiritual light. The purple light in Mu Rui's eyes contracted. He brought his hands together, and a dazzling ball of silver light formed in his palms, from which countless silver beams shot out in all directions. A thunderous roar echoed as silver beams and golden runes intertwined and flashed. Those golden runes, powered by an unknown, strange divine ability, forcefully blocked the silver-ranked Wood Spirit's attack, with only a small portion of the runes being dispersed. This scene filled the tall Wood Spirit named Mu Rui with a mix of shock and fury.

Without hesitation, silver light reappeared between his hands, forming a glowing orb that was noticeably more dazzling than the previous one. However, upon seeing the silver-ranked Wood Spirit and other high-ranking Wood Spirits all surrounded, Han Li and Long Dong, though somewhat surprised and doubtful, had no intention of waiting for death. Filled with wild joy, they immediately activated their life-saving divine abilities and shot off in all directions.

The young woman, forming a hand seal, rolled on the ground and instantly transformed into an extraordinarily vibrant fiery phoenix. Enveloped in rolling black demonic flames, it charged into the group of Wood Apes. Wherever it passed, regardless of the giant apes' weapons striking its body, everything instantly turned to ash. In the blink of an eye, the phoenix had covered a distance of over a hundred zhang.

Long Dong, with a grave expression, swallowed a five-colored pill. He then chanted an incantation, and the winged battle armor reappeared on his body. As its wings unfolded, a phantom image of a five-clawed golden dragon emerged on the armor. The dragon let out a long roar, soared into the sky, then circled and merged into Long Dong's body. Immediately, golden light burst forth from the blood-mole youth, and he abruptly transformed into a golden rainbow over ten zhang long, tearing through the air. Within the golden light, a five-clawed golden dragon could faintly be seen wagging its tail. Wherever the golden light passed, everything in its path instantly turned into a spray of blood raining down.

Compared to the earth-shattering escapes of the previous two, Han Li's movements were quiet and subtle. After a clap of thunder from behind him, a pair of azure-white feathered wings materialized. Next, he opened his mouth and spat out several clumps of crimson essence blood. These spun around his body, transforming into a large cloud of blood mist that enveloped him. After the blood mist churned a few times and then contracted, a blood-colored shadow shot out from within. After a few flashes, it seemed to penetrate the dense ranks of Wood Apes like an incorporeal entity, appearing at the edge of the sky. After one more flash, the blood shadow completely vanished.

Han Li's Blood Shadow Escape, performed at the Transformed Deity level, was more than twice as fast as the fiery phoenix's flight and Long Dong's golden light. Seeing this from a distance within their escape lights, the two couldn't help but stare in dumbfounded astonishment.

The white-robed young woman, however, presented a different sight. With a flick of her hand, a dazzling red broken blade appeared in her grip. She made no hand seals, simply gesturing the blade lightly towards the direction with the densest concentration of Wood Apes. Immediately, the elemental energy in the nearby space trembled. A crimson blade light, over a hundred zhang long and resembling a towering pillar, slowly emerged from thin air and gradually descended. Wherever the blade light fell, the enveloped Wood Apes descended into chaos, attempting to flee in extreme panic. Incredibly, the moment any Wood Ape moved, its body trembled and spontaneously combusted. In a blink of an eye, over a hundred Wood Apes were incinerated into ashes by the red flames. A wide, straight path opened up ahead. Meanwhile, the enormous blade light mysteriously flashed and vanished before it even fully descended.

Just then, from the roots of the incomplete ancient tree that concealed the jade slip, a fist-sized green firebird suddenly shot out. In a flash, it transformed into a green streak of light and entered the young woman's body. Seeing this, the white-robed young woman's face lit up with joy. She took a deep breath, and with a movement, her figure vanished from her spot. Immediately after a flash, she appeared in the middle of the passage, then with another movement, she vanished and reappeared, bizarrely appearing at the end of the passage. Without another word, the young woman transformed into a white rainbow and streaked through the air. Her escape light flickered intermittently, and within a few breaths, she too vanished into the horizon. This woman's peculiar escape art seemed to be in no way inferior to Han Li's Blood Shadow Escape.

At this moment, Mu Rui, still surrounded by the golden rune formations, unleashed another burst of silver light from his hand. This time, the power of the silver light was clearly incomparable to the last. With a single strike, it shattered and dispersed most of the golden runes. Only a few remained, revolving ceaselessly around the Wood Spirit. The Wood Spirit's face remained expressionless, but the purple light in its eyes flickered wildly. Suddenly, it let out a clear, piercing shriek.

Immediately, the Wood Apes in the nearby sky stirred, swiftly transforming into nimble streams and splitting up to chase after Han Li and the others. At the same time, in several distant locations within the Night Forest, similar piercing shrieks echoed in response.

Han Li did not maintain the Blood Shadow Escape for long. Once he had shaken off the beasts until they were out of sight, he immediately retracted the blood light and transformed into an azure rainbow, continuing his escape. Despite this, his complexion was noticeably paler than before. It seemed that using the Blood Shadow Escape twice in quick succession had genuinely depleted his vital energy.

However, considering the possibility of a silver-ranked Wood Spirit giving chase, how could he dare to relax even slightly? That was an existence equivalent to a human Soul Integration cultivator. Even if he possessed heaven-defying divine abilities, with such a vast difference in cultivation realms, he would never dare to hope for victory in a confrontation. Even if the opponent was only a low-tier silver-ranked being.

If it hadn't been for someone else secretly intervening and suddenly using a secret technique to trap the silver-ranked Wood Spirit, they likely wouldn't have even had a chance to escape. However, it was clear that the golden rune formation couldn't hold such an existence for long. With them scattering in different directions, anyone could become the silver-ranked Wood Spirit's target. He didn't dare to stop for a moment!

Although he no longer used the Blood Shadow Escape, Han Li continuously flapped his Wind-Thunder Wings behind him, shrouded in an azure escape light. Each flap instantly accelerated his escape speed a notch. After more than ten such instances, his speed was already comparable to that of an ordinary Void Refinement cultivator. Even so, Han Li dared not look back, simply rushing forward with his head down.

Several whooshing sounds came from below, followed by several swift gusts of wind that shot towards him with surprising speed. Han Li's expression darkened, and his escape light abruptly halted in mid-air. Three streaks of green light flashed past from below, less than a chi away from his body. If Han Li hadn't stopped his escape light just now, he would have been instantly pierced through by these three green lights.

Now, the three streaks of green light circled and transformed into three Wood Tribe members, each holding a green wooden spear. Han Li's gaze swept over their waists, noticing that the belts of these three Wood Spirits were light yellow, and he immediately felt a sense of relief. This indicated that the three were merely equivalent to human Nascent Soul cultivators, and he naturally wouldn't take them seriously.

Han Li showed no sign of using any magic treasures. With just a flap of his Wind-Thunder Wings, he shot out as an azure-white electric arc. How swift lightning was! With a mere flash, he bizarrely appeared before the middle Wood Spirit. The Wood Spirit's face was expressionless, but the purple light in its eyes rapidly swirled. Without any fear, it gripped its wooden spear and thrust it directly towards Han Li's lower abdomen.

Before the wooden spear even reached him, it erupted with countless azure stinging rays, seemingly intending to instantly pierce Han Li full of holes. Han Li's eyes turned cold. Golden light burst forth from his face and hands, and in an instant, a layer of seemingly transparent golden scales appeared. When the azure rays struck his body, they produced a harsh metallic scraping sound and were all forcefully deflected, having no effect whatsoever. At the same time, one of Han Li's arms strangely extended, seizing the incoming spearhead. No matter how desperately the Wood Spirit in front of him tried to pull back, the spear remained motionless.

A flash of green qi appeared on the Wood Spirit's face. Without hesitation, it released the wooden spear and shot backward with meteoric speed; its movement was undeniably swift. However, Han Li's other arm suddenly extended about a chi with a "snap" and appeared before the Wood Spirit's chest as if teleporting. His five fingers, like swords, blurred slightly and then plunged into it. With an extremely crisp sound, the Wood Spirit's body was torn open like paper by Han Li's formidable physical strength. His five fingers, emerging from the Wood Spirit's back, were clutching a pale yellow, gem-like crystal.

From Han Li forcefully taking the middle Wood Spirit's attack to closing in on it and tearing open its chest, it was but an instant. Seeing this, the two other Wood Spirits on either side let out strange shrieks. One opened its mouth and spat out a stream of yellow mist that shot towards him, while the other waved its green spear, conjuring countless phantom images that enveloped most of Han Li's body.

Han Li sneered, intending to withdraw his arms to counter-attack. However, something unexpected happened. The Wood Spirit's body, which his single hand had pierced, and the wooden spear, which his other arm had grasped, simultaneously burst forth with green light, generating an incredibly powerful suction force out of thin air. His arms, despite his attempts to pull them, remained completely motionless; he couldn't withdraw his hands.

In that brief moment of hesitation, the yellow mist instantly reached his face, and countless azure rays shot out from the phantom images, striking directly downwards. A peculiar expression flickered across Han Li's face. At the same time, his lips moved, as if he uttered something. Immediately, golden light erupted from his body. Phantom images flashed beneath his ribs, and four remarkably blurry golden arms bizarrely emerged.