Chapter 1553: The Battle of Xuantian

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A thick, massive beam of light, over a hundred zhang in diameter, erupted from the center of the formation and instantly enveloped Han Li, disappearing as quickly as it appeared. Its speed was so immense that Han Li couldn't evade it at all.

Han Li was greatly astonished.

The miraculous properties of this light beam were unknown; it had even pierced through the body of the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain above, appearing directly before him.

Suddenly, everything around him was a dim, bloody red.

At the same time, Han Li's body surface tensed, rendering him completely immobile, unable to even stir a small finger.

Han Li's expression changed drastically, and he immediately formed a sword incantation in his mind. Instantly, the circling green lotuses flashed, reverting into foot-long flying swords. With a tremor, they transformed into streaks of sword light, fiercely slashing in the same direction.

The sword light flashed and vanished, effortlessly piercing through and flying out, as if the massive light beam were merely an illusion.

However, Han Li still couldn't move; the air around him had suddenly become as hard as tempered steel, tightly binding his limbs and body.

Han Li gasped sharply!

Seeing bloody runes of varying sizes appear in the light formation above, seemingly portending a new change, he immediately decided to hold nothing back. With a loud shout, Han Li's body radiated a brilliant golden light, and the three-headed, six-armed Brahma Saint True Devil Form materialized above his head. This form sat cross-legged, all six hands simultaneously forming incantations. A circle of dim golden aura instantly emanated from the form. Wherever the aura passed, the unusually calm bloody light beam, which had been still, flickered with a faint spiritual light, as if a ripple had appeared on its surface.

Simultaneously, Han Li felt the air around him lighten, seemingly loosening its grip slightly. Overjoyed, Han Li muttered incantations, and the spiritual power within his body surged wildly as he prepared to push the Brahma Saint True Devil Art to its utmost limit.

However, just at this moment, the bloody light formation high in the sky suddenly burst into dazzling radiance. Immediately, the bloody runes at the center of the formation dispersed, revealing a massive, pitch-black hole, dozens of zhang wide. Inside, the sounds of wailing ghosts and howling wolves grew loud, with countless blood shadows faintly rolling and surging within. And that bloody light beam also began to spin rapidly. Han Li felt an immense force press down on his body, and the slight chance for movement he had just gained instantly vanished without a trace. Concurrently, countless runes emerged from the surrounding blood light, all surging towards Han Li.

Even Han Li, normally composed, now found his face turning ashen. Although the power of these runes was unknown, being utterly immobilized meant he was nothing more than a helpless target.

In desperation, Han Li urged the sword incantation in his mind. The numerous flying swords around him flashed, strangely reappearing in all directions. With a slight rotation, countless streaks of green sword light slashed out like mountains in every direction. However, wherever the green light passed, these runes merely flickered illusorily and remained unharmed. In an instant, they pierced through the sword light and shot towards Han Li.

Han Li gritted his teeth, and a flash of black qi enveloped his body, successfully manifesting a layer of dark, malevolent armor. Simultaneously, with a thought, he instantly communicated with the Gold-Devouring Beetles in his spirit beast pouch. A fierce glint flashed across his face as he prepared to release the thousands of Gold-Devouring Beetles from within. No matter how strange the current restriction was, it surely couldn't withstand so many mature Gold-Devouring Beetles. As for the runes, he could only rely on his malevolent armor and formidable physical body to endure them. Even though he had advanced to the Void Refinement stage, such a large number of Gold-Devouring Beetles could only sustain him for a short period. But facing such a grave crisis, he could only act one step at a time.

However, what happened next made Han Li pause, and he immediately halted his attempt to summon the Gold-Devouring Beetles. Just as the runes were about to strike him, they suddenly changed direction, transforming into points of spiritual light that merged into an object he held in one hand. Han Li felt a warmth in his palm as the Primordial Heaven Fruit, which he had been gripping tightly, suddenly vibrated, forcing open his fingers, and shot skyward as a ball of white light. In just a few flashes, the fruit, enveloped by countless blood runes, flew to a height of over a hundred zhang. However, the Primordial Heaven Fruit then spun rapidly, its volume suddenly swelling several times, shaking off countless blood runes. Following this, countless sword-qi-like white lights burst forth, instantly pulverizing the runes with a flash. As the radiance subsided, the white light vanished without a trace. The Primordial Heaven Fruit, its form greatly altered, remained suspended motionless in the air.

Witnessing everything that had just transpired, Han Li was utterly dumbfounded. But he quickly came to his senses, and his spiritual power, which had been poised for action, immediately surged like a tide towards the dharma idol above his head. Instantly, the form vibrated, and the brilliant golden aura on its body spun rapidly and erratically before suddenly expanding outwards in all directions. This time, the aura's radiance was dazzling, like a golden scorching sun rising above Han Li's head.

“Saint Devil Commands the Sun!”

A solemn utterance suddenly emerged from Han Li's lips. Immediately, the three heads of the form simultaneously raised their heads, and its six arms waved outwards. A deep, prolonged roar escaped its throat. The golden scorching sun expanded and contracted, then burst open. After an earth-shattering roar, rings of golden waves, like tangible entities, rippled outwards. Wherever the golden waves passed, the golden light, which had previously seemed utterly still, suddenly flickered wildly before rapidly receding. Centered on Han Li, the golden light within a radius of over ten zhang was forcibly pushed away. He instantly regained his freedom of movement.

This divine ability, 'Saint Devil Seizes the Sun,' was a secret technique Han Li had comprehended from the Brahma Saint True Devil Art after advancing to the Void Refinement stage. In essence, it merely harnessed the power of the dharma idol to concentrate all the might of the cultivation method into a single point, then unleashed it instantly. This seemingly ordinary strike had, in fact, already depleted a significant portion of Han Li's internal spiritual power. Of course, Han Li was unaware that if not for the Brahma Saint True Devil Art's unique dual nature, encompassing both Buddhist and Demonic cultivation properties, any other cultivation method—even one practiced by a Body Integration stage cultivator—would have been utterly unable to break free from the blood light's binding. It must be said, his luck had always been quite good.

However, just as Han Li, having expended immense effort, finally broke free from the bindings, from the black hole in the bloody light formation above, whistling sounds suddenly intensified as countless fresh, dripping red blood threads shot out. In a flash, they were about to envelop the Primordial Heaven Fruit below. The Primordial Heaven Fruit, however, seemed to have gained sentience; its surface trembled slightly, and it released countless white lights from its entire form. In an instant, as the white lights and blood threads intertwined, they produced crackling and popping sounds. Although the white lights were exceptionally sharp, pulverizing most of the blood threads, they seemed to lack sustained power. After their radiance dimmed, the remaining blood threads still tightly enveloped the Primordial Heaven Fruit, forming a gigantic blood cocoon! Even though the Primordial Heaven Fruit struggled desperately within the blood threads, trembling ceaselessly, the previous two waves of white light had clearly depleted its strength. Pulled by the blood threads, the fruit was still drawn inexorably towards the pitch-black hole.

But just then, a burst of golden light erupted from the blood light below, scattering a large expanse of it. Immediately, a green rainbow broke through the blood light and shot out. After just a single flash, it arrived near the blood cocoon. With a flicker of spiritual light, it suddenly transformed into a large green hand, reaching down to grab.

With a 'bang,' the large green hand tightly grasped the blood cocoon. Immediately, countless streaks of sword light flashed from within the hand, fiercely slashing towards the blood threads. However, a strange situation occurred: the sword light, upon reaching the blood threads, also passed through illusorily, unable to affect them in the slightest. As the green light receded, the large green hand instantly transformed into Han Li's figure. One of his sleeves, flashing with an eerie green glow, wrapped around the Primordial Heaven Fruit. However, the pulling force of those blood threads was immense, far beyond Han Li's imagination. Even so, the Primordial Heaven Fruit was still slowly ascending towards the sky. If not for the fruit itself struggling desperately and resisting the blood threads' astonishing power, it would likely have been directly pulled into the black hole in the sky within a few flashes. Even so, it was only a matter of time before the Primordial Heaven Fruit would be pulled into the black hole.

In his great urgency, Han Li suddenly pointed his other hand at a green flying sword in the air. After a long cry, that flying sword suddenly became ethereal, as if existing and yet not, transforming into merely a faint green trace, as if it had completely lost its physical form. This was precisely the divine ability known as 'Sword Spirit Transformation into Void'. Immediately, the green trace flashed, and continuous muffled 'thump-thump' sounds emanated. Those seemingly intangible blood threads were instantly severed into countless pieces. Han Li was overjoyed. Without a second thought, he shook his sleeve, instantly transforming into a green thread that shot forth. Simultaneously, his other flying swords flashed and vanished, catching up to him and disappearing into his body.

With Han Li's current evasive speed, he suddenly reached a spot two hundred zhang away in just two flashes. It seemed that with a few more flickers, he would completely vanish without a trace. Han Li, within the escaping light, let out a deep breath, fully believing that he had finally managed to escape.

But just then, an anomaly arose once more in the sky! The black hole within the bloody light formation suddenly contracted, and a blood-red ribbon shot forth. With just a slight blur, it strangely spanned two hundred zhang with immense force, pursuing Han Li. Han Li was greatly alarmed; the speed of this ribbon was simply too astonishing. He had no time to react at all; he just felt a flash of blood light before his eyes, and both he and the Primordial Heaven Fruit were instantly swept into the crimson. Immediately, the ribbon's surface flashed with blood light, changed direction, and shot back. Its evasive speed was equally unbelievably fast; after a single flash, it disappeared into the black hole.

The moment the ribbon entered the black hole, the bloody light formation in the sky emitted an earth-shattering roar. Immediately, blood clouds surged and rolled all around, as streaks of bloody lightning simultaneously appeared. After a large number of runes gushed from its surface, the light formation began to blur. Wrapped within the ribbon, Han Li felt lightheaded and instantly lost his ability to fly and escape. He shot out a flying sword to wildly slash at the ribbon, but it rebounded with no effect. This time, even after he had thoroughly transformed his flying sword using the 'Sword Spirit Transformation into Void' ability, he still couldn't break through the ribbon in the slightest. Just then, the surrounding light dimmed, followed by the howling sounds of wailing ghosts and wolves. Subsequently, an unusually strong spatial fluctuation surged into existence all around. Han Li inwardly exclaimed, 'Not good,' as his heart sank.

**Author's Note:**Feeling a bit down! Accidentally caught a cold, and my head hurts quite a bit.

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