Chapter 1673: Great Enemy Chasing Close

The next moment, a flash of silver and black light appeared in front of Han Li, revealing the miniature black mountain and silver firebird. Swept away by his sleeve, they immediately vanished.

The hundred-plus streaks of green sword light, which had been entangled with Old Man Yan and the other individual's artifacts, also chimed clearly and rapidly retreated. Shimmering in the air, the flying swords instantly returned to Han Li's side, transforming into fish-like sizes and merging into his body. Even the small yellow cauldron, which had lost its master and was floating motionless in mid-air, was snatched into his hand.

After Han Li had completely collected all the scattered treasures, he flapped the wings on his back, instantly transforming into a blue-white electric arc and shooting away. Within a few flashes, he vanished without a trace at the edge of the sky.

In the distance, only Old Man Yan and the woman enveloped in blood light remained, exchanging bewildered glances. After witnessing Han Li's method for eliminating the green-haired foreigner, both were indeed greatly apprehensive and dared not pursue him rashly. Although treasures were precious, one needed to be alive to acquire them.

However, after the old man and the woman exchanged wary glances, and then looked at the surging black water and fiery clouds approaching from afar, their reactions were distinctly different. The woman remained motionless within the blood light, seemingly oblivious to the distant phenomena, while the old man's expression darkened, and he suddenly pointed at his white cloud-shaped artifact in the air. Instantly, the artifact trembled, transformed into a bright white aura that enveloped him, and shot through the air in another direction. Its escape speed was so fast that it was not much slower than Han Li, who had used his Thunder Escape Technique.

As a result, only the woman in blood-colored palace attire remained at the scene. Her brows were tightly furrowed as she stared at the fiery clouds and black water rushing from afar, lost in silent thought.

A moment later, the fiery light and black water in the sky, accompanied by rumbling sounds, rolled in almost simultaneously and suddenly stopped directly above the woman.

"Xue Ying, you little girl, has that Spirit Ganoderma fallen into your hands?" After a surge within the fiery cloud, an object over ten zhang suddenly appeared, which was precisely the head of the giant toad. At this moment, this demonic beast had skin as red as fire and its eyes were tightly shut. A fist-sized gray sphere, emanating an eerie glow, protruded from the center of its forehead.

"Uncle Tie, you jest. You can tell at a glance whether or not I have the Spirit Ganoderma. If I had truly obtained that spiritual item, I would have fled long ago. Why would I still be waiting here for you, Uncle?" The woman in palace attire showed no fear, merely responding respectfully.

"Hmph, you little girl are like Old Man Blood Arm, seemingly honest but inwardly cunning. If I don't ask, how can I leave feeling assured? But if you're deceiving me, you should know the consequences." A cold snort emanated from the giant toad's mouth, spoken with a grim tone. This giant toad was actually the Iron-Winged Demon, possessing its body.

"Enough, why so much nonsense? It's more important to quickly go after that Spirit Ganoderma. You promised me that if I helped you seize that thing, you would give me the Glazed Water Pearl." The black water nearby surged, and a dark, hideous head emerged from it, with an unusually long, wide mouth full of sharp fangs.

"Demonic Crocodile, you've only just advanced to the Saint Tier, and your realm isn't even fully consolidated yet. You'd best speak with more courtesy. Otherwise, even if it's just a clone of mine residing here, it would be enough to knock you back into your original form." The giant toad's voice suddenly turned cold as it reprimanded the newly appeared monster.

"Heh heh, is that so? I'd like to test if you truly possess such great divine abilities right now." The Demonic Crocodile's eyes flashed with fierce light as it replied defiantly.

Upon hearing this, the giant toad's face darkened, and the gray sphere between its brows flashed, causing the surrounding fiery clouds to surge violently. The Demonic Crocodile opposite it opened its wide mouth, and the surrounding black water immediately surged, as if the two were about to clash at any moment.

"Never mind. For the sake of your former master, I won't argue with you. As long as I obtain the Spirit Ganoderma, I will naturally give you the Glazed Water Pearl. Surely, you wouldn't doubt my word, would you?" After its face twitched a few times, the giant toad seemed to be wary of the Demonic Crocodile, and forcibly suppressed its anger before speaking grimly.

"No matter what, you are a Saint-tier existence among our Saint Race, so I don't suppose you would go back on your word. Let's pursue it. Since the Spirit Ganoderma isn't on this girl, it must be on the escaping outsider. Should we ask her?" The Demonic Crocodile spoke with a strange laugh.

"Ask her? Although she indeed doesn't have the Spirit Ganoderma, do you think she and Blood Arm would want that thing to fall into my hands? In any case, there are only two of them. You and I can split up, one chasing each. That way, absolutely no one will escape." The giant toad said calmly.

"Good, let's do that. I'll go after that person first. If I get the Spirit Ganoderma, I'll return here to exchange it for the Glazed Water Pearl with you." The Demonic Crocodile let out a wild laugh, and with a movement of its head, it immediately retreated back into the black water.

Immediately, rumbling sounds resumed, and the surging black water in the sky swirled and rushed in pursuit towards the other direction where Old Man Yan had fled. The giant toad in the fiery cloud also fell silent, and the surrounding fiery clouds swirled, rolling away towards the other side of the sky. That was precisely the direction Han Li had flown.

In the blink of an eye, only the woman in blood-colored palace attire, her expression fluctuating, remained in this space. Only after she watched the fiery cloud and black water flash and disappear at the edge of the sky did she suddenly let out a bitter laugh and murmur.

"I truly didn't expect this Demonic Crocodile to also advance to the Saint Tier. In that case, I should report this to Father quickly. As for that Spirit Ganoderma, I only hope that outsider named Han can truly escape with it."

After finishing her murmur, the woman glowed with blood light, transforming into a streak of blood-red light and shooting away.

Thousands of miles away, Han Li, amidst the sound of thunder, was rapidly fleeing as an electric arc. About a hundred miles behind him, incessant rumbling sounds filled the air, half the sky was dyed crimson, and a fiery cloud was hot on his heels.

Han Li sighed. He currently didn't have much of the Evil-Dispelling Divine Thunder left and couldn't use the Wind Thunder Wings for much longer. However, judging by the formidable aura of the pursuer behind him, they were clearly someone of great importance. He feared that without dealing with this person, he wouldn't be able to escape easily.

Nevertheless, he still had no intention of stopping immediately. He planned to draw the pursuer further away before taking action, to prevent them from ganging up with others. Thus, Han Li, flashing with electric light, fled over a hundred thousand miles in one go, appearing above several tall mountain peaks.

Feeling that this distance was sufficient, he raised an eyebrow, retracted the electric arcs on his body, and revealed his figure, stopping in place. He looked back at the glowing crimson sky at the horizon, took a deep breath, and his body suddenly spun like a top. Countless streaks of green light shot out from him, and with a flash, they suddenly vanished into the surrounding void, becoming hidden.

Han Li knew that the person behind him was no ordinary being, and without hesitation, he set up the Spring Dawn Sword Array. With this sword array, as long as the incoming person wasn't an equivalent-tier existence, it would be enough to slay powerful enemies.

Han Li had barely finished setting up the sword array when the rumbling sounds from the sky behind him were already close. The fiery cloud, covering the sky and earth, instantly filled most of the sky, with faint glimmers of crimson flames within, as if a fire deity was about to emerge.

"Bring out the Spirit Ganoderma, and I'll spare your life." A startling buzzing sound emerged from the fiery cloud, like thunder exploding in the air. Then, as crimson flames billowed from the cloud, a colossal creature, like a small mountain, emerged from within.

Han Li scrutinized it and couldn't help but be startled. The monster was entirely crimson, its body resembling an enormous toad, but it had a pair of giant, jet-black wings on its back. Black mist swirled on the surface of its wings, which seemed incorporeal, and faint golden runes flickered within the black mist, making it appear extremely mysterious. On the toad's head, which was the size of a pavilion, its huge eyes were tightly closed. A gray sphere was embedded in its forehead, shimmering with an eerie gray light, as if full of spiritual energy.

Han Li witnessed the strange appearance of the monster in the air, his eyes narrowed slightly, but he calmly replied: "The Spirit Ganoderma is indeed in my possession. If you wish to acquire it, you may. Just exchange it for your demon core."

"Hahaha, you brat, you actually dare to speak like that. It's been countless millennia since I've heard anyone say such a thing. Since you've given me a good laugh, in a moment, I will surely swallow your primordial spirit and savor it properly." Upon hearing Han Li's words, the giant toad, as if it had heard the most ridiculous words in the world, immediately burst into loud, wild laughter.

But before its laughter ceased, a red light suddenly flashed from the giant toad's mouth, and a crimson shadow shot out, flashing past instantly. It appeared as if teleported directly in front of Han Li and stabbed towards his chest. If it were an ordinary cultivator, such a sudden attack would likely leave them no time to react, and they would immediately be pierced through by the crimson shadow.

But how could Han Li be an ordinary existence? Not only was he exceptionally experienced in combat, but blue light quietly flickered in his eyes, as his Spirit Eye divine ability had already been activated. Therefore, to others, the crimson shadow was almost impossible to catch with the naked eye, yet he saw it clearly: it was clearly a long tongue, as thick as a wrist, from the giant toad's mouth.

With a muffled "thud," the crimson shadow recoiled with a jolt, and a motionless black miniature mountain suddenly appeared in front of Han Li, hovering there like a shield. Although the giant toad's tongue also contained immense power, how could it shake the current Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain?

Seeing its sneak attack was ineffective, the giant toad was slightly surprised, but then it let out a cold snort and its pair of black wings on its back twitched. Instantly, the fiery clouds in the sky seemed to be pulled by some mysterious force, surging and rolling towards the gigantic demonic beast. The giant toad itself seemed to become a bottomless black hole, as the vast fiery clouds poured into its body, yet it appeared as if nothing had happened.

However, as Han Li witnessed this strange phenomenon, his expression stiffened, and for the first time, a look of solemnity appeared in his eyes.