Chapter 1552: Blood Cloud

The sky, which had been clear and cloudless, suddenly turned a vibrant red in the distance, like a sunset.

Then, countless blood-red clouds rolled in from that direction. In an instant, they silently arrived directly above Han Li and swiftly spread further into the distance.

In a blink of an eye, everything Han Li could see was blood-red. The air was thick with the strong smell of blood, and it felt as if he had suddenly been transported to another, unfamiliar world.

Han Li lightly sniffed the odor twice, and his face paled slightly.

This smell was distinctly that of fresh blood!

So many blood clouds... how much blood must have been shed to create such a terrifying sight?

Han Li immediately became extremely cautious!

His escape light halted. A thunder-patterned robe appeared on his body, instantly transforming into a layer of crackling blue-white electric arcs. At the same time, a stable golden light manifested on his skin, revealing patches of golden scales, and behind him, the ethereal image of a three-headed, six-armed figure also emerged.

Han Li himself, however, crossed his arms and raised his head to look at the sky. His eyes narrowed, and a faint blue light flickered within them.

The bizarre situation before him made him suspect he was being targeted by something. Fortunately, with his current cultivation and newly cultivated divine abilities, even if a cultivator of the Body Integration stage were to attack, he wouldn't necessarily be without a chance to escape. Therefore, he remained remarkably calm.

At that very instant, he also released his spiritual sense, scattering it in all directions into the high sky, hoping to find any hidden enemies.

But something that made Han Li's heart sink occurred.

Despite his spiritual sense covering vast distances instantly, he couldn't find the anticipated enemy at all. Instead, wherever his spiritual sense swept, the sky thousands of miles away was identical to his location, both covered by the blood-red clouds.

Han Li drew a sharp breath.

Could it be that he wasn't being targeted by someone, but was instead within some mysterious restriction?

Han Li couldn't help but think this.

After his expression fluctuated for a while, he suddenly transformed into a streak of green light and shot forward. After a few blinks, he disappeared at the edge of the horizon.

No matter why such an anomaly appeared, it was better for him to leave this place far behind.

With Han Li's current cultivation and his escape speed fully unleashed, the astonishing green streak, after a brief moment, transformed into a piercing green thread. As soon as it appeared in one part of the sky, the next instant it was at the other end of the horizon, instantly escaping hundreds of feet away.

The speed of his escape was so astonishing it was almost on par with Body Integration cultivators.

While this was certainly due to Han Li's significant cultivation advancement, the main reason was that the seventy-two newly refined flying swords themselves had incredible escape speed, being as light as nothing.

By using one of these flying swords for sword-flight, Han Li was able to achieve such astonishing performance.

Han Li was somewhat surprised by the astonishing speed of his sword-flight escape, and was immediately filled with a mixture of shock and delight.

However, the smile that had appeared on Han Li's face did not last long. After a short while, it froze, then vanished without a trace, replaced by an expression of disbelief.

He had flown for millions of miles, yet he was still enveloped by the strange blood-red clouds, with no sign of them ending.

Han Li was utterly aghast, and he accelerated his escape light even further.

When Han Li had flown continuously for over half an hour, and the blood-red sky still persisted, the green light finally receded, and he reappeared from his escape light.

At this moment, Han Li's expression had become unusually grim.

It was clear that he was indeed trapped within some mystical restriction. It seemed impossible for such a situation to arise. However, the immense scale of this restriction was truly unheard of.

Han Li hovered in mid-air, his mind racing as he pondered a way to escape.

However, before Han Li could think of anything, the blood clouds in the sky suddenly churned violently, and one by one, fist-sized blood-red runes emerged from them. As these runes spun within the clouds, a low humming sound abruptly emanated from them.

The humming grew louder and louder, gradually becoming deafening.

Seeing this, Han Li's heart tensed. Without hesitation, he formed a hand seal. A green light flashed on his body, and seventy-two green flying swords shot out from various parts of his body in a flash. After circling around Han Li for a moment, they abruptly transformed into seventy-two green lotuses, fluttering up and down.

But Han Li did not stop there. As soon as he released his flying swords, he made a grabbing motion in the air with one hand. A dark shadow flickered, and a miniature mountain, several inches tall, appeared in his hand.

Without a second thought, he tossed it!

The small black mountain swayed and instantly grew to over thirty feet tall. It immediately blocked the space above Han Li's head, providing airtight protection from above.

Although he didn't know what would happen, Han Li instantly set up several layers of defense.

Just as Han Li prepared for a formidable enemy, the blood-red runes in the sky simultaneously sank downwards, as if they had found a target, and flashed towards Han Li at the same time.

Above his head, it was fine; with the massive Primal Magnetic Divine Mountain blocking them, the runes couldn't get through at all. However, the blood-red runes appearing from all sides and below shot towards Han Li with mad frenzy.

Han Li's expression changed. Without thinking further, he pointed at the surrounding green lotuses.

Instantly, these refined flowers spun rapidly and transformed into countless streaks of green sword light, which furiously slashed towards the surrounding blood-red runes.

Thudding sounds erupted as all the runes were instantly cut into clusters of blood mist, which immediately exploded all around him. As the blood mist rolled, it unexpectedly tried to seep in through the gaps in the green sword light.

But with a low shout from Han Li, the blue-white electric arcs on his body surged simultaneously, and in a rumble of thunder, suddenly transformed into a giant electric net, which immediately repelled the approaching blood mist.

Just as Han Li felt a slight easing of his heart, the blood mist rolled back, and in a blink of an eye, vanished back into the blood clouds above.

The blood clouds immediately began to tremble violently. After an earth-shattering boom, a massive blood-red rune, thirty zhang wide, slowly descended from the clouds and became visible.

Such a large blood rune made even Han Li's face turn ashen.

Taking a deep breath, he suddenly pointed a finger at the small black mountain above his head.

With a muffled thud, the mountain immediately shot out countless grey light threads, which densely interwoven, unexpectedly formed a large grey net above his head, ready to intercept the descent of the giant rune.

But a scene that made Han Li pause appeared!

The giant rune did not fall directly as he had imagined. Instead, the area beneath the blood clouds suddenly began to rotate slowly, while strange bloody glows flickered on the rune's surface.

Han Li stood rooted to the spot, waiting for a good while, but nothing happened!

His brow furrowed; he couldn't grasp the intention behind this giant rune.

But his expression immediately changed. Han Li seemed to have discovered something, and he abruptly slapped the storage bracelet on his other wrist with one hand.

Immediately, a flash of green light appeared. A jade box shot out, and after a single rotation, landed in his hand.

Several talismans of varying colors were affixed to the jade box. But at this moment, they were trembling incessantly on the lid, while their spiritual light flickered erratically.

Even more incredibly, the moment Han Li examined it, the blood-red rune high in the sky responded by furiously flashing its own light.

With several crackling sounds, these talismans instantly ignited spontaneously, turning into ashes and vanishing in a flash. Almost simultaneously, another boom resonated.

A strange light flashed on the surface of the jade box, and it unexpectedly burst open in a blinding white light, sending countless fragments shooting out.

If it were an ordinary cultivator, they would likely have been severely injured by this.

However, Han Li's physical body was already exceptionally powerful. The fragments that shot onto his hands and body bounced off like they had hit fine steel, falling to the ground.

But as the white light receded, after the explosion, an object hovered there motionless.

Its surface was slightly yellowish, but it was inscribed with dark green patterns, and it was slender, resembling a wooden stick.

It was precisely Han Li's Profound Heavenly Fruit!

The moment the Profound Heavenly Fruit appeared, the blood rune in the sky immediately trembled violently. Then, with a flash of bloody light and a 'bang,' it dispersed and vanished in mid-air.

Han Li's expression changed several times, revealing extreme surprise and doubt.

Everything before him was simply too bizarre! Could it be that these blood clouds were originally coming for this Profound Heavenly Fruit?

He couldn't help but think this.

But before he could fully understand the reason behind all this, a thunderous roar suddenly erupted from the blood clouds in the sky.

Han Li was startled and hurriedly looked up.

The sight that appeared startled him.

He saw that amidst the roar, the blood clouds in the sky suddenly transformed, and countless ethereal figures appeared. Most of these figures were the shadows of various demonic beasts, while a smaller portion consisted of foreign races Han Li had never seen before. Notably, many of them resembled Flying Spirit Race members.

But whether they were beast shadows or the ethereal figures of foreign races, each had distorted faces, seemingly in extreme pain.

"Blood Sacrifice!" With Han Li's experience, he recognized something after just a few glances and exclaimed involuntarily.

And at this moment, all the blood-red ethereal figures suddenly converged into the blood clouds. Then, with a burst of bloody light, a blood-red light formation, large enough to obscure half the sky, gradually took shape.

Han Li took a deep breath. He suddenly gripped the Profound Heavenly Fruit with a backhand. Then, a green light flashed on his body, and he instantly transformed into a green thread and shot out, reaching over a hundred zhang away.

The moment he saw the situation was amiss, he immediately made a run for it.

After a few flashes, the green thread vanished without a trace at the edge of the horizon.

Meanwhile, the massive light formation, several miles in diameter, in the original spot in the sky, was still slowly but steadily taking shape, showing no signs of stopping because of Han Li's departure.

After some time had passed, and with his full escape speed, Han Li had escaped millions of miles away in one go, yet he was still enveloped by the blood clouds.

However, the massive light formation had long since been left far behind, vanishing without a trace.

Han Li let out a long breath, his escape light pausing slightly as he finally slowed down a bit.

At that very instant, a thunderous roar abruptly erupted from the blood clouds in the sky!

The moment Han Li heard this familiar sound, his heart sank, and he hurriedly looked up.

He saw that the blood clouds, which had been unusually calm moments ago, suddenly dispersed at this moment. Then, the majority of the sky twisted slightly, and with a flash of bloody light, a massive blood-red light formation appeared.

As this mysterious light formation spun rapidly, it precisely enveloped Han Li, placing him directly in its center.

Han Li's face instantly turned ashen white.

Even though he still didn't know the purpose of this light formation, the fact that such a terrifyingly massive magic array was relentlessly pursuing him was certainly not a good sign.

Han Li immediately, without thinking, flashed with green light, intending to flash away again.

Just then, a sudden change occurred in the blood-red light formation in the sky!