Chapter 1401: Power Over Black Phoenix

The white silk net, though somewhat miraculous, violently vibrated within a few breaths under the relentless sword strikes. Its light flashed wildly, showing immediate signs of collapse.

Meanwhile, the surrounding black flames and five-colored light flames only resisted momentarily. As the light flames rolled, they became sluggish and ineffective, then were swiftly engulfed.

The five-colored light flames once more surged towards the young woman.

The black light spewing from the ancient mirror in front of the young woman erupted in a series of muffled thuds upon contact with the gray light, immediately scattering into pieces.

The gray light swept in; the struck mirror spun, then immediately dimmed completely within the gray light, as if it had lost its spiritual essence.

The Primordial Magnetic Divine Light, now completely unobstructed, also surged downwards.

The young woman was utterly horrified!

Although she knew Han Li possessed extraordinary divine abilities, she never imagined he would be this formidable. The moment they engaged, it became clear she was no match for him.

Gritting her teeth, the young woman rolled to the ground without hesitation. With a flash of spiritual light from her body, black flames, over thirty meters high, surged skyward.

Within the flames, a black phoenix, several meters in size, proudly materialized. With a phoenix cry that soared to the heavens, it spread its wings, and a gleaming, white-coal-like rift immediately appeared before it.

The phoenix’s form flickered, and it vanished into the rift.

As a result, the dense sword lights that had just shattered the silk net, along with the surrounding five-colored light flames and the high-altitude gray mist, all missed their target.

"Void Splitting Divine Ability!" Han Li snorted coldly. A black light flashed between his eyebrows, and his third demonic eye emerged.

As this eye moved, a slender black thread shot out, flashing and vanishing into thin air.

Han Li’s wings on his back moved, vanishing with a clap of thunder. Immediately after, a blue-white electric light flashed in the void thirty meters away, and Han Li's figure reappeared.

Almost simultaneously, a muffled rumbling sound suddenly echoed from several meters below Han Li. Space fluctuated, and the black phoenix stumbled into view, its phoenix eyes filled with extreme astonishment.

"Eye of Destruction!" A voice of disbelief emanated from the phoenix.

Before the black phoenix could regain its balance, an icy, bone-chilling snort resonated from above.

The black phoenix heard the sound, and its body suddenly trembled violently, nearly falling from the sky.

Almost simultaneously, Han Li opened his mouth, and a small green cauldron shot forth.

After a clear chime from the cauldron, its lid flew off, and countless dense green threads spewed from within, emitting a brilliant green light as they spread out to encompass the area.

The black phoenix clearly sensed danger, but its wings felt impossibly heavy, unable to move an inch. Filled with terror, it was swiftly and securely bound by the green threads.

Han Li’s figure flickered, eerily appearing directly beside the black phoenix. With a shake of his sleeve, an ink-black hand shot out like lightning, its fingers spread, firmly grasping the black phoenix's neck.

At this moment, the black phoenix finally regained some consciousness after Han Li's soul-stabbing attack. Seeing its predicament, it naturally erupted in a frenzy. Not only did its body twist desperately within the green threads, attempting to break free, but a layer of black flames also emerged on its surface, burning fiercely.

The green threads immediately began to melt and dissolve within the black flames.

Seeing this, Han Li's eyes flashed with blue light. Suddenly, a layer of golden scales appeared simultaneously on the arm and cheek gripping the black phoenix's neck. He squeezed with immense force. A surge of immense power immediately bore down on the black phoenix’s neck.

Instantly, the black phoenix, which had been struggling desperately, felt its vision go black and nearly fainted.

Then, Han Li let out a loud roar that caused the nearby air to hum. Immediately, his wings on his back flapped violently, and holding the black phoenix with one hand, he instantly transformed into a plummeting meteor, hurtling towards the ground.

The black phoenix, its vital spot firmly grasped by Han Li’s immense strength, was utterly unable to resist or break free.

Moments later, a deafening crash, as if the sky and earth were splitting, echoed. The meteor slammed fiercely into the ground, and a huge crater, over thirty meters wide, immediately formed.

With a flash of green light, Han Li's figure appeared above the massive pit, and at its center, the black phoenix lay limply at the bottom, motionless.

Even though this demoness possessed a demonic avian body, she still completely lost consciousness after suffering such a heavy blow.

Han Li gazed coldly at the black phoenix below for a few moments. After his eyes flickered, he surprisingly did not immediately release sword light to end the woman's life. Instead, he simply made a grasping motion in the air with one hand.

A white light flashed on the black phoenix’s body, and a storage bracelet flew off, caught by Han Li.

With his other hand, he flicked his fingers, and several talismans shot out, vanishing instantly into the black phoenix's body. Then, with a backhand press in the air, space fluctuated, and a small black mountain appeared above the massive pit. With a flash of gray light, it immediately swelled to dozens of meters in size, slowly descending.

With a rumbling crash, the black mountain completely suppressed the black phoenix beneath it.

Given the immense weight of the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain and the mysterious Primordial Magnetic Divine Light it possessed, once firmly suppressed, the black phoenix, no matter how great its divine abilities, could not escape from under the mountain on its own.

She was effectively sealed alive by Han Li in this spot.

From the moment Han Li made his move until he subdued this Black Phoenix clan demoness, whose cultivation was one level higher than his, it only took a few breaths' time.

As for not delivering a fatal blow, it wasn't due to any tender feelings on Han Li's part. Rather, with others present, he did not wish to truly form an irreconcilable, life-and-death feud with a colossal power like the Seven Great Demon Clans.

He was not a True Spirit family with immense power among humans, like the Ye or Long families; temporarily sealing this woman would suffice for now.

In fact, as a direct descendant demonic cultivator of the Black Phoenix clan, Xiao Hong naturally possessed more treasures and divine abilities than she displayed. However, Han Li's attack was simply too fast, and his divine abilities were too strange and difficult to guard against. Caught by surprise, she was easily subdued in such a helpless manner.

Otherwise, in a true face-to-face combat, even if Han Li could win without resorting to several of his trump cards, it would naturally require significantly more effort.

A surprised "Oh?" clearly emanated from the other battle group.

Han Li raised his head, immediately meeting a stunned gaze.

It was the Mid-Deity Transformation cultivator from the Long family, who was operating the black scroll. He was looking over with a hint of surprise. Clearly, the bizarre situation of Han Li, a Mid-Deity Transformation cultivator, defeating a Late-Deity Transformation opponent in just a few exchanges, had been fully observed by this person.

Hearing his companion’s surprised exclamation, the other Long family cultivator also glanced over from within the purple miasma.

Seeing Han Li quietly hovering in the low sky, with a massive black peak inexplicably appearing on the ground and Xiao Hong's aura appearing beneath it, becoming abnormally weak, a hint of surprise also flashed in this person's eyes. But then he snorted coldly, and suddenly slapped a blood-red bag at his waist. Immediately, a buzzing sound came from the leather bag, and a ball of blood-red light flew out, heading straight for Han Li below.

The Long family's actions naturally allowed Ye Chu to see Han Li's situation. Overjoyed, she opened her mouth, and a blue lightning bolt struck out, hitting the blood light first despite being launched later, causing it to tremble. It suddenly transformed into a huge ghost head with a brutal expression, turning around and lunging straight at the woman, completely abandoning its original target.

Seeing this, Han Li naturally would not waste such a prime opportunity. With a clap of thunder from behind him, his figure shot out as a blue-white electric arc.

After several successive flashes, he approached the colossal blood sword in the air, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

At this moment, the Blood Crystal Maha Sword still hummed, suspended in the air, gleaming with eerie blood-red light. It was tightly protected by that layer of white light barrier.

The other Long family cultivator frowned. He made a seemingly light, casual pat with his hand towards Han Li's position, but with a sudden whoosh, a shimmering, milky-white light hand appeared above Han Li. It was several meters in size and grabbed down like lightning.

Before this colossal hand truly descended, a massive wind had already howled in, and the wind pressure was so intense it caused a sense of suffocation.

Han Li's eye twitched slightly. Without releasing any treasures, his body suddenly burst with golden light. He clenched both fists and struck fiercely at the void.

The moment his fists struck, they suddenly transformed into black and white, shimmering with mysterious spiritual light.

He actually intended to withstand the strike of the colossal hand, condensed from a Void Refinement cultivator's secret technique, relying solely on his physical body.

The distant Long family cultivator was delighted by this. He immediately furiously activated his magic art, and the shimmering hand instantly glowed with spiritual light, expanding by another third.

After a "hum" sound like a bell chime, the immense, mountain-like pressure of the milky-white hand abruptly trembled and halted. Then, with a crisp sound like breaking porcelain, the light hand shattered piece by piece, finally dissolving into scattered points of spiritual light and vanishing.

Han Li held his fists high, his body flickering with golden light, but he appeared completely unharmed.

The Long family cultivator, who had initially been sneering, immediately changed his expression upon seeing this.

Han Li had no intention of lingering there. With a wave of his sleeve, two silver beads immediately flew out, flashing and expanding to the size of a bowl. They spun rapidly, shooting straight towards the white light barrier.

A faint thunderous sound emanated from the silver orbs. These were the two Thunder Orbs refined by Han Li.

Just as the Thunder Orbs flashed and struck the white light barrier, the previously empty space before the barrier suddenly rippled like water, and a pitch-black ghost arm stretched out.

The silver orbs immediately struck the arm and exploded.

With two rumbling crashes, countless silver arcs intertwined and flashed, instantly engulfing an area of over sixty meters. Although the white light barrier was not directly struck by the thunder, it trembled violently under this astonishing power, as if it could shatter at any moment.

A small portion of the arcs from the two Thunder Orbs still struck the barrier.

Han Li's eyes narrowed. Before the distant lightning power dissipated, his ten fingers continuously flicked towards it.

Immediately, the sound of tearing air intensified, and numerous golden sword qi densely shot out, fiercely slashing towards the white light barrier.

Given the state of the light barrier, if all these sharp sword qi were to hit it, they would surely tear it open instantly.

A strange roar suddenly echoed from within the lightning. Immediately, over a dozen black shadows shot out, flashing and disappearing, all accurately striking the sword qi.