Chapter 1510: The Bait

**A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Volume 3**

Witnessing this, Six-Legged immediately swept his divine sense towards Wood-Green's hidden location, and his eyes lit up.

"Excellent! Fellow Daoist Wood's 'Scattered Petals Sky-Flower Restriction' is indeed miraculous," Six-Legged exclaimed, visibly pleased. "As long as the Nether-Thunder Beast isn't actively searching this area, it certainly won't detect us." He then motioned to the others and flew towards the green light barrier.

The two blood-robed figures, the Purple-Blood Puppet, and the white-haired beautiful woman, among others, all followed closely.

With a flash of green light, the group mysteriously vanished into thin air.

Only Han Li remained, standing alone.

A moment later, a black spherical bead flashed between his eyebrows, and he slowly ascended towards the top of the black light barrier. There, he conspicuously hovered high in the air, completely still.

Meanwhile, Six-Legged and the other demon kings, concealed by the restriction, each retrieved a blood-red short blade from their person.

The blades were no more than three feet long, with serrated edges and an unusually peculiar design.

At a signal, they all poured their demonic power into the blood blades. Instantly, brilliant crimson light erupted from the blades, which trembled ceaselessly, like blood-red serpents writhing in their hands.

The blood blades hummed with a low resonance, and all the demon kings seemed poised for action.

Unnoticed by anyone, Han Li, who appeared unresponsive in the air, quietly moved his hands concealed within his sleeves.

A spiritual light flashed in one of his hands, revealing a silver talisman, while from his other hand, seven or eight green spherical beads silently rolled out.

Han Li had not, in fact, lost his divine sense; he still retained his independent consciousness.

However, at this moment, he was inwardly grumbling and extremely indecisive.

Earlier, when Wood-Green and the others had restricted his body and a trace of black light had shot into him, he too had believed his fate was sealed.

To his utter surprise, the black light only blurred his divine sense for a brief moment. Once the black spherical bead embedded itself between his eyebrows, the 'Destruction Eye Art' hidden within his head suddenly activated, completely absorbing all the soul-capturing black threads continuously emitted by the black spherical bead.

His divine sense immediately became clear as it was before.

Han Li himself was somewhat bewildered, but he suddenly understood when Six-Legged mentioned that the bead had been refined from the third demon eye of a 'Cilie fierce beast.'

For him, possessing the 'Destruction Eye Art,' it was only natural that he could counteract and absorb the divine abilities released by treasures of the same origin.

Even though Six-Legged was cunning and ruthless, he had absolutely no idea that Han Li himself cultivated the 'Destruction Eye Art.'

With a shift in his thoughts, Han Li immediately decided to play along, hoping to use his controlled appearance to find an opportune moment for escape.

However, he never anticipated that Six-Legged and the others would want him to lure some 'Nether-Thunder Beast.'

Although it was the first time Han Li had heard this name, the unusual fear displayed by Six-Legged and the others indicated just how ferocious this beast was.

Naturally, he absolutely did not want to be a scapegoat. However, with several demon kings watching him intently, even the slightest unusual movement would likely be instantly detected by Six-Legged and the others.

They certainly possessed other methods of controlling divine sense beyond just the 'Cilie's Eye.' If they resorted to other secret arts for control at that point, things would truly become dire.

Although the 'Sanskrit Saint True Devil Art' could tightly lock his divine thoughts within his soul, if the others became enraged and embarrassed, the fate of his soul being scattered would be no better.

Han Li showed no expression on his face, but his mind raced incessantly, while he simultaneously felt the unusually surging spiritual power within his body.

He was unsure what kind of blood art the Blood Old Monster had bestowed upon him, but it caused his blood to warm and his spiritual power to instantly surge by almost half. This startled Han Li! Although such temporary cultivation-boosting secret arts usually came with side effects, given the critical situation, a slight increase in his cultivation wasn't necessarily a bad thing.

And besides that…

There was another flash in the hand Han Li used to grasp the silver talisman, and a pure white, inch-long small banner also appeared.

It was precisely the "Heaven-Earth Rod"! This banner appeared unremarkable, yet judging by Six-Legged's words and the white-haired woman's reluctance to part with it, its rarity was evident.

He was unsure if this treasure itself couldn't be refined, or if the white-haired woman had deliberately refrained from doing so, as there were no traces of divine sense remaining on it. When Han Li swept his divine sense over the small banner, he found it was extremely simple to control and its power could likely be unleashed with ease.

Since Six-Legged had the white-haired woman hand him this treasure, it was clear that the item could withstand the Nether-Thunder Beast to some extent.

Otherwise, it would have been an unnecessary gesture.

With this treasure and a few contingency plans he had prepared, if he focused solely on escaping, it wasn't impossible to escape the Nether-Thunder Beast. This beast's movement speed shouldn't be exceptionally fast, allowing him enough time to gain some distance.

Otherwise, why would Six-Legged and the others bother with this extra effort?

And if he made any unusual move and his disguise was exposed by the demon kings, while it wasn't to say there was no chance to escape, with the mark still inside his body, where could he truly flee? It was better to risk it and continue the disguise.

As long as he could escape the Nether-Thunder Beast's pursuit and separate from these demon kings, he could temporarily suppress the mark and switch from being openly exposed to operating in the shadows. Then, he could seize the opportunity to rescue Yuanyao and Yan Li and flee, ultimately saving his own life.

Han Li's face remained impassive, but he had finally made up his mind.

Just then, Six-Legged and the others below finally made their move. After a low shout, several blood blades trembled, simultaneously emitting thick streams of blood light that fiercely slashed onto the black light barrier.

These blood blades were clearly treasures specifically prepared by the demon kings to counter this restriction.

As soon as the blood light made contact with the barrier, it was as if several stones had plunged into water.

The entire light barrier suddenly rippled, and as the blood light continuously struck it, the barrier itself began to hum! Suddenly, a low beastly roar emanated from behind the barrier, followed by intense thunder that grew louder, approaching from a distance. "It's coming, stop now!" Six-Legged's face fell. He ceased the blood light in his hand and quickly issued a low command. The blood-robed figures and the beautiful woman, their hearts tightening, also flicked their wrists and stopped their attacks.

Almost simultaneously, after the blood blade in Wood-Green's hand flashed and vanished, he formed a hand seal. The lower half of his body, which had transformed into a large tree, flashed with green light, activating the restriction beneath his feet.

An invisible force surged, completely obscuring all of their auras without a single trace escaping.

From a distance, the area appeared empty, as if everything was exactly as it had been when Six-Legged and the others first arrived! At that moment, a flash of light between Han Li's eyebrows indicated that he had received Six-Legged's command through his refined 'Destruction Eye Art.'

Han Li, maintaining an utterly blank expression, joined his hands, and with a clap like thunder, a layer of golden electric arcs emerged from his body, shielding him completely. Then, with a flick of his sleeve, the white small banner flew out.

The banner, without needing an incantation to activate it, immediately transformed into a pure white aura that swirled around Han Li. Amidst the interwoven black and white colors within the spiritual energy, Taiji patterns of varying sizes faintly appeared. Simultaneously, green and white light flashed behind him as his feathered wings instantly unfurled, becoming unusually translucent. Han Li subtly adopted a posture of complete readiness.

The surface of the black light barrier not far away flashed with silver light, then was suddenly torn open by a thick silver arc, as wide as a water vat.

This silver arc hovered in the air, faintly appearing to contain something within it.

Before Han Li could examine it closely, he immediately received an anxious urging from Six-Legged through his divine sense.

The command was to flee immediately at any cost.

As soon as Han Li received this command, he spread his wings without a second thought. A gentle breeze blew, and he vanished from his original spot as if carried away by the wind.

It was only then that the silver arc retracted its light, revealing a black monstrous beast the size of a colt.

This monster was not very large; its appearance greatly resembled a wolf, but its back was covered in scales, it had a single silver horn on its head, its eyes were golden yellow, and silver electric arcs coiled around its four thick limbs.

This was precisely the "Nether-Thunder Beast" that Six-Legged and the others greatly feared. Its appearance wasn't particularly ferocious, but as soon as it appeared, its eyes were immediately drawn to Han Li, who had fled several hundred feet away. No, it should be said it was attracted by the Evil-Ward Lightning on Han Li's body.

The Nether-Thunder Beast's originally unusually gloomy gaze immediately became fervent after seeing the golden electric arcs appearing on Han Li's body.

The beast swept its eyes around, and finding nothing unusual, it let out a low growl, moved its four limbs, and instantly transformed into a silver arc that shot out.

Han Li did not know what kind of art this beast used, but silver arcs erupted from its four limbs, and thunder roared incessantly. With a single leap, it covered several hundred feet, and in just a few flashes, it appeared poised to catch up to Han Li.

Although Han Li didn't look back, he naturally sensed the beast's fierce approach.

His heart immediately tightened, and he couldn't help but curse under his breath.

The beast's movement speed might not have been fast in the eyes of Six-Legged and the others, but it certainly was for him.

For him, it certainly still posed a fatal threat.

He immediately dared not conceal anything further. One of his originally snow-white feathered wings suddenly transformed into a five-colored spiritual light, while the other became a vast expanse of hazy green. With both wings flapping simultaneously,

Han Li instantly transformed into a five-colored crystal thread, flashing into the nearby void and disappearing.

With another flash, he emerged from the void, already at an extremely distant location.

In terms of escape speed, he was no slower than the Nether-Thunder Beast behind him.

The two, one in front and one behind, reached the horizon in the blink of an eye, and after several rapid flashes, they completely vanished.

After a short while, a green light flashed, and Six-Legged, the beautiful woman, and the others reappeared.

"Hurry and act! That Han kid won't buy us much time. Quickly break this restriction!" Several blood blades in their hands lit up, and several streams of blood light slashed out once more.

This time, as soon as the blood light erupted, it immediately transformed into blood-red flood dragons, lunging forward menacingly with power clearly surpassing their previous attempt.

A giant insect shadow appeared above Six-Legged's head, opening its mouth and spitting out a black pillar of light. Meanwhile, urged by the blood-robed figures, the Purple-Blood Puppet's body swelled several times its original size.

Wood-Green, meanwhile, had her lower body's roots, which had penetrated deep into the ground, instantly retract and restore themselves. In the blink of an eye, she appeared no different from a normal person.

She then quickly waved the blood blade in her hand, which blurred slightly, several times towards the void.

With a "poof" sound, several streams of blood light surged forth, but then connected together, forming a gigantic blade energy that slashed down.