Chapter 1522: Trapping the Enemy and Escaping

Volume Seven: Roaming the Human Realm – Volume Nine: Myriad Races of the Spirit Realm

These were the two shadow puppets summoned by Han Li using his armor-spirit talisman. Each possessed about seventy to eighty percent of Han Li's strength and some of his divine abilities. Even so, they were not to be underestimated.

The Blood Puppet, enraged and alarmed, could not recklessly pursue Han Li. Otherwise, as soon as it began to teleport, its spellcasting would be forcibly interrupted by an attack.

It shook its sleeves, and a gust of blood-red, foul-smelling wind surged out, instantly sweeping up all the wind blades and the giant python, sending them flying. Then, it opened its mouth.

With two 'poof' sounds, two blood-red light beams shot out. They pierced through the bodies of the two armored figures like lightning bolts accompanied by thunder, effortlessly creating large holes in their chests.

But the Blood Puppet's pupils immediately constricted, and a look of surprise flashed in its eyes.

The two golden armored figures, amidst the flashing golden light, had their large wounds effortlessly heal on their own, as if nothing had happened.

Moreover, the golden spear in one of their hands, with a clap of thunder, shot out faint golden electric arcs. With another movement, it transformed into a dozen bizarre golden electric snakes, shooting towards the Blood Puppet.

The other figure tossed its twin blades into the air.

Immediately, as the twin blades spun and danced wildly, five spectral skull illusions faintly appeared within the golden light. At the same time, a torrent of five-colored cold flames rolled down.

“Oh?”

The Blood Puppet's eyes showed an even deeper surprise. However, these divine abilities, not to mention possessing only seventy to eighty percent of Han Li's power, would not be taken seriously by it, even if Han Li himself had cast them.

It formed a spell seal with both hands, and tiny points of blood-red light appeared around its body. Following this, the blood-red light suddenly flared intensely, and dense, blood-red orbs of light emerged in the vicinity.

As the puppet urged them on, these orbs of light silently shot out in all directions.

With a series of rumbling thuds, as soon as the orbs of light touched the electric arcs and flames, they transformed into masses of blood-red flames.

Both the electric arcs and the cold flames disintegrated and vanished. The blood-red flames then rolled back towards both sides, swiftly enveloping the two armored figures.

Even though the two shadow puppets desperately swung their weapons to resist, and released swathes of gray light to shield their entire bodies.

This only caused the blood flames to briefly coalesce before being crushed and broken. The blood flames then settled upon the two armored figures.

An astonishing scene unfolded.

In the fiercely burning flames, the bodies of the two armored figures rapidly melted and dissolved, turning into two pools of blood that completely vanished within the blood flames in a blink of an eye.

The Blood Puppet did not stop at all. Its figure moved, transforming into a streak of blood-red light and shooting towards the entrance.

Although Han Li seemed to have already fled, the puppet was completely unconcerned.

As long as Han Li couldn't escape hundreds of miles in one go, a sweep of its spiritual sense would still easily locate Han Li's position, allowing it to catch up.

When the blood-red light shot up from underground, the palace above ground was empty, with no trace of Han Li whatsoever.

The puppet reappeared from its escape light. After surveying the surroundings, it emitted bursts of cold chuckles.

It closed its eyes, formed a spell seal with both hands, and released its spiritual sense from that spot to scan the surroundings.

In just a moment, the puppet opened its eyes. A long howl escaped its mouth, and along with a surge of blood-red light, it transformed back into a blood-red rainbow and shot out.

Its direction was precisely towards the exit of the blue passage. After a few flashes, the blood-red rainbow vanished without a trace within the palace.

Fleeing at full speed, the Blood Puppet's speed was truly astonishing!

After a few more flashes, the blood-red escape light appeared at the original entrance. The blue passage was still intact and safe.

Within the Blood Puppet's spiritual sense perception, Han Li had already escaped over a hundred miles away. Thus, without the slightest hesitation, it propelled its escape light and, in a flash, plunged into the blue passage.

After a few flashes of the blood-red rainbow, as it burst out of the entrance, a strange roar suddenly erupted from the opposite side, followed by an intensified thunderous rumble.

The Blood Puppet was startled and hastily looked intently.

It saw a several-zhang-sized Underworld Thunder Beast lying prostrate above the entrance, with silver arcs flickering erratically around its body.

With a roar, the beast immediately lunged downwards with imposing might.

“Impossible!”

The Blood Puppet was greatly astonished and couldn't help but exclaim.

There were already two Underworld Thunder Beasts in the palace below, so how could a third one suddenly appear here?

But facing this fierce beast, the Blood Puppet was filled with horror. How could it still bother chasing Han Li? Immediately, a spiritual light flashed on its body, and a wooden token shot out.

As this treasure spun rapidly, it sprayed out a sheet of radiant light, instantly shielding the Blood Puppet completely.

The Blood Puppet then formed another spell seal with both hands, and masses of blood mist emanated from its body, enveloping its figure, making it appear indistinct.

Facing a terrifying existence like the Underworld Thunder Beast, which could contend with a peak Integration Stage cultivator, it adopted a defensive strategy, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Only by doing so could it possibly withstand a round of the Underworld Thunder Beast's fierce attacks, and then devise another plan to escape.

However, just as the Blood Puppet's figure paused at the entrance and delayed for a moment, a buzzing sound emanated from the nearby void.

Silver talismans mysteriously appeared one by one in the nearby void. With a flash of spiritual light, they simultaneously shattered.

A brilliant silver light flared, and amidst countless swirling runes, a gigantic silver light formation vaguely began to take shape.

This was precisely Han Li's Nine Palaces Heavenly Qian Talisman Formation, which he had arranged beforehand!

It was unknown what secret art he had used. Even though he was a hundred miles away, he could still make the Blood Puppet trigger this ambush.

The Underworld Thunder Beast, however, had a strange look flash across its face. Its figure solidified, and it actually stopped directly above the light formation. The Blood Puppet's heart tensed, knowing something was wrong. Though it knew something was amiss, seeing the Underworld Thunder Beast's eyes, it hesitated slightly before its figure plummeted towards the ground.

But just as its figure descended a few zhang, a pleasant, clear cry came from below. With a flash of silver light, a silver firebird mysteriously emerged in the void.

This bird, only about a foot in size, opened its mouth and spurted out a dozen somewhat familiar green orbs. They flashed and instantly shot towards the Blood Puppet.

The Blood Puppet's heart jolted in alarm!

The power of these orbs... It had just witnessed it firsthand. How could it willingly take them head-on?

Dodge to the side? At such close range, a dozen orbs had already transformed into green light clusters, shooting simultaneously. There was simply not enough time.

Left with no choice, it could only abruptly retreat backwards, hoping to temporarily create distance and avoid these thunder orbs first.

However, what the Blood Puppet didn't expect was that as its figure once again plunged into the silver runes, the power of the formation created by the Nine Palaces Heavenly Qian Talismans instantly erupted.

It only felt a flash of silver light before its eyes. The surrounding scenery became hazy for a moment, and then it suddenly found itself in a vast expanse of bright, howling white mist.

The Purple Blood Puppet was stunned.

With its experience, it naturally saw at a glance that the surrounding restrictions were extraordinary. To break out in a short time was probably impossible.

Meanwhile, outside the light formation.

Just as the dozen or so green light clusters were about to enter the light formation, they suddenly trembled and hovered motionless, revealing their original orb forms.

After the green light flickering on the surface of these thunder orbs completely receded and vanished, they abruptly shot back and were calmly sucked back into the silver firebird's mouth.

Spreading its wings, the silver firebird let out several clear chirps, seemingly overjoyed.

The Underworld Thunder Beast in the air, however, let out several strange monkey cries. The silver electric arcs on its body disintegrated and vanished. Then, with a flash of black light, its body rapidly shrank, surprisingly transforming into a half-foot-tall black monkey.

It was Han Li's Soul-Devouring Beast.

As soon as the beast saw that the formation had truly trapped the Blood Puppet, it immediately turned its head without a word, and transformed into a streak of black light, shooting away into the distance.

After the silver firebird circled in the air a few times, its figure wavered, and it surprisingly disintegrated into specks of silver flame, vanishing from sight.

A hundred miles away, Han Li was rapidly fleeing, enveloped in a radiant light, carrying the two women.

Suddenly, his expression changed, and a look of delight appeared on his face.

He formed a spell seal with one hand, and then grabbed at the void.

With a soft 'bang', a mass of silver flames appeared out of thin air. As it spun rapidly, it suddenly transformed into the silver firebird.

As soon as this firebird appeared, it immediately opened its mouth and spat out the dozen or so thunder orbs again.

Han Li flicked his sleeve. Under the sweep of green light, the thunder orbs instantly vanished. Following this, the firebird shot towards Han Li, disappearing into his body.

A strange glint flashed in Han Li's eyes, followed by a thoughtful expression. He then slightly slowed down his escape light.

In just a moment, the sound of rushing wind came from the sky behind him. A streak of black light descended from the sky. Then, the light diminished, and the Soul-Devouring Beast, in the form of a small monkey, landed with a somersault on Han Li's shoulder.

Han Li smiled and reached out to stroke the small monkey a few times.

He had clearly understood the coordinated actions of the Soul-Devouring Beast and the Spirit-Devouring Firebird earlier, from a trace of his spiritual sense hidden within the firebird. To be able to so easily trap that unusually terrifying Blood Puppet was somewhat beyond his expectations.

He flicked his sleeve, and the small monkey also transformed into a streak of black light and shot into it, being drawn into the spirit beast bracelet hidden within his sleeve.

Next, Han Li held nothing back. His dual wings flapped wildly a few times, and amidst flashes of five-colored spiritual light and green radiance, he suddenly transformed into a crystal thread, tearing through the air.

After only a few flashes, the crystal thread vanished at the edge of the sky, leaving no trace behind.

At the same time, in the underground palace, Mu Qing was still trapped within the thundercloud. However, under her continuous attacks, the thundercloud finally began to waver precariously, appearing on the verge of exhausting its power.

And above the green pond, the white-haired beautiful woman, the blood-robed man, and the Purple Blood Puppet, were still desperately resisting the attacks of the Five Dragon Slicers.

All around them, gigantic blades stood erect.

Countless rays of chilling light swept out from these gigantic blades. Their sharpness was such that even with the combined efforts of the two figures and the puppet, they had already successively damaged over a dozen treasures. They could only struggle to activate their innate divine abilities using their own true essence, barely managing to prevent the chilling light from getting close.

The black light formation in the air was now only about ten zhang above them, appearing as if it could fully descend at any moment.

As for the white-haired beautiful woman's hundred or so ghost soldiers, they were in a chaotic battle with the high-level ghost creature from the Golden Armored Puppet's side.

Under the combined coordination of these ghost soldiers, they surprisingly gained a significant advantage and managed to trap the ghost creature within their ranks.

Meanwhile, the Golden Armored Puppet formed spell seals with both hands. The expression in its eyes was uncertain, as if it wanted to do something, but also appeared somewhat hesitant.

Amidst this extremely chaotic situation, the golden light formation sealing the green pond let out a roar. It shattered inch by inch, once again revealing the continuously churning white spiritual mist.

From within the pond came a long howl. With a flash of black light, a tall human figure flew out from within.