Chapter 1740: 甲士

Qiu Shui'er saw this, a faint smile appearing in her eyes. She also raised one hand, releasing an emerald green ring.

The ring hummed, immediately transforming into a cluster of green light that shot towards the other side of the main hall. The green light flashed, similarly sweeping the weapons and armor into it. As a result, the entire main hall was empty except for a lone screen.

After quickly sweeping the entire hall with their spiritual senses, the two found no other hidden items. Without hesitation, they hurried out of the main hall. For them, Han Li being in an unfamiliar space might actually be advantageous. After all, there might not truly be treasures inside; he could even be temporarily blocked or trapped by a powerful restriction. With no one to contend for treasures in the other side halls and the vast area of pavilions, they were sure to gain a lot. Pondering this, Shi Kun calmed down. Immediately after a brief discussion with Liu Shui'er outside the hall door, they changed direction, each heading towards a different side hall.

Inside the nameless space behind the screen, Han Li had approached the giant gate. Raising both hands, a surge of five-colored cold flame and a hazy grey glow erupted from his palms, continuously striking the giant gate before him. The golden and silver runes on the gate had transformed into a brilliant glow, steadily resisting the attacks of both divine abilities. As the grey light and cold flame flickered, they continuously pierced and dissolved layers of the glow. However, the runes emerging from the gate seemed endless, instantly forming more radiant light that surged forth. He activated both divine abilities for a long time, but they had no effect on the gate's restriction.

Seeing this, Han Li frowned deeply, withdrew the spiritual light from his hands, and stopped the divine abilities. Instead, he rubbed his hands together and then thrust them forward. With a thunderous "boom," two golden arcs, as thick as bowls, shot out simultaneously from his palms. They flashed and instantly struck the radiant glow on the giant gate. After an earth-shattering roar, the golden arcs completely exploded. A dazzling ball of electric light instantly engulfed more than half of the giant gate. Just a moment later, the golden electric light receded, revealing the scene within. The giant gate still shimmered with light, completely unharmed. Such a powerful strike earlier had barely any effect. Han Li's expression darkened.

Before entering this place, when he circled behind the screen, the Demonic Suppressing Eye within him suddenly stirred, almost going out of control. If not for this, he would have had difficulty discovering the spatial restriction entrance on the screen. As a result, with a thought, he cast a spell to activate the Demonic Suppressing Eye and struck the screen, which indeed broke the restriction, allowing him to easily enter. Although he didn't know where this place was, nor whether there were truly treasures behind the gate, the Sumeru Cave Heaven itself was already a rare supreme treasure in the Spirit Realm. He figured that if immortals truly used this place to store something or hide a secret, it must be something extraordinary. Therefore, despite knowing that the gate's restriction was highly unusual, and that Liu Shui'er and Shi Kun outside might take other actions, he remained here, showing no intention of leaving.

However, previous attempts using the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light, Five Extremes Cold Flame, Evil-Expelling Divine Thunder, and other divine abilities had all failed to overcome the gate's restriction. This greatly troubled him! After some thought, he finally opened his mouth and spat out a cluster of silver flames. After rolling once, the flame transformed into a Spirit Devouring Fire Bird amidst the silver light. Han Li formed hand seals, continuously sending more than a dozen magic formulas towards the fire bird. The spiritual lights of the various magic formulas flashed, then vanished into the fire bird's body. Immediately, the bird craned its neck and let out a clear cry, followed by a resonant "Huan-la" sound, its body wildly expanding to become several meters huge. The giant silver bird spread its wings and fiercely charged straight towards the great gate. Before it even truly struck, silver light flashed on the fire bird's surface, and countless crystalline fiery feathers shot forth like an overwhelming tide, causing the golden and silver glow on the giant gate to tremble wildly.

With a "boom," the giant silver bird plunged into the glow, and the silver flames on its body surged upwards. As soon as the golden and silver glow touched the Spirit Devouring Flame, it boiled like water. Wherever the flames swept, the glow rapidly dissipated and melted away. Even though the runes emerging from the gate never stopped, they clearly thinned out quickly, unable to withstand the assault. Han Li's face lit up with joy upon seeing this.

But then, a low shout escaped his lips, and a surge of black light flowed over his body. His figure expanded several times, and a layer of golden-yellow fur grew all over him, directly transforming him into a golden giant ape with bared fangs. This was precisely the giant ape transformation Han Li had recently used. With a mere flick of his wrist, the black mountain peak formed from the Primordial Magnetic Polar Mountain appeared in his furry palm. A blue light flashed in the giant ape's eyes. With a swing of its arm, the several-meter-tall small mountain immediately shot out with a cracking sound. A hurricane instantly condensed and formed along the mountain's flight path, howling loudly. Given the sheer weight of the Primordial Magnetic Polar Mountain itself, coupled with the divine power of the giant ape infused within, the might of this throw was immense.

The thin layer of radiant glow was instantly torn apart by the small mountain, which then crashed solidly onto the black giant gate. An earth-shattering sound echoed! A black halo burst forth from the gate! The nearby void twisted and deformed, showing visible, rippling white streaks. Then, swallowed by the black halo from behind, they completely vanished into darkness. Even with Han Li's divine abilities, seeing the power of this strike, his heart tightened, and he quickly retreated several steps. A flash of black mist appeared on his body, and a ferocious black armor emerged on the giant ape's form. It was precisely the Outerworld Demonic Armor! The black halo finally flashed and dissipated. Han Li also waved a hand, recalling the Primordial Magnetic Polar Mountain into his grasp, then narrowed his eyes and concentrated on looking forward. The result left him utterly surprised.

He saw that the central part of the black giant gate before him was indented by about three meters, like the bottom of a wok, its shape identical to a corner of the Primordial Magnetic Polar Mountain. But despite being violently struck and deformed in such a way, the gate had not shattered or been destroyed. Amidst the flickering golden and silver runes, it was slowly beginning to restore its original form. It was unknown what material this gate was made of; its toughness was extraordinary! It seemed he would have to use that one move. Han Li sighed, a bitter smile secretly forming on his face as he pondered.

He no longer hesitated. With a flicker of black light, he dispelled his giant ape transformation, returning to his human form. But immediately, with a single-hand seal, golden light erupted from his body. Scales like reddish-gold appeared on his skin, and his face was vaguely shrouded in a golden mist. He then abruptly reached behind his head with one hand! Instantly, a golden silhouette flashed out, revealing a golden Dharma Idol with three heads and six arms. The Dharma Idol's six arms moved simultaneously to form seals, and its surface immediately shone with brilliant golden light, condensing into a physical golden body. The next moment, one of the golden body's arms suddenly grabbed into the void before it, and a golden broken blade eerily appeared in its hand. It was the Profound-Heaven Broken Blade!

Han Li chanted incantations, and a strange light flowed over the golden body's surface, revealing densely packed runes that surged towards the broken blade in its hand. The broken blade's surface flashed with golden light. After a slight blur, the originally missing half of the blade instantly materialized. At first, it was somewhat indistinct, but as the golden runes poured in, it instantly became indistinguishable from the rest of the blade. The golden body merely gave the blade a slight tremor, and immediately, a ripple of golden light spread from the blade, sweeping across most of the nearby void in an instant. As the golden light swept past, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi in the air suddenly boiled and surged. In an instant, countless five-colored specks of light densely appeared in the air, then flew towards the golden blade like moths to a flame, each flashing and disappearing into it. The golden blade then emitted a pleasant, clear ringing sound.

"Chop!" Han Li suddenly stopped his incantation, uttering with a formidable aura. The golden Dharma Idol immediately held the golden blade horizontally and slashed it down towards the giant gate not far away. An incredibly bright blade light flashed forth. At first, it was only about a foot long, but after flying several meters, it expanded, becoming several meters huge. Like a dreamlike golden moon, the golden blade light silently struck the black giant gate. The seemingly indestructible gate, where it was struck, flashed with black light and, without any warning, split into two, falling inwards. Overjoyed, Han Li immediately withdrew the golden Dharma Idol and shot forward with a sudden movement of his body. With a flash of afterimage, Han Li instantly passed through the broken gate and entered its interior.

As soon as he appeared, his gaze swept around, and at the same time, his vast spiritual sense also spread out. The result made Han Li's expression one of extreme surprise. The world behind the gate was surprisingly just a small plaza with shimmering green light in the air and grey barriers all around. Besides the giant gate he had entered through, there were no other entrances. The entire plaza was empty, except for a peculiar circular platform in the center, on which something seemed faintly present.

Han Li withdrew his spiritual sense, his pupils slightly contracting as he looked at the platform, and he strode towards it. A moment later, he arrived near the platform, moved with a flicker, stood at the edge, and swept his gaze over it. The platform's area was not too small, measuring over thirty zhang wide. The ground was inscribed with an exquisite pattern depicting the sun, moon, and starry sky, with stars of varying sizes, so lifelike that they covered almost the entire platform. At the center of the pattern, there was a lush green Grand Tutor's chair, exceptionally grand.

Besides this, along the edge of the platform were nine silver objects, each human-height, standing motionless. They were, surprisingly, nine silver armored warriors, fully clad in helmets and armor, each holding a long ge (halberd-like weapon). Except for a pair of dark eyes, no skin was visible on their bodies. They appeared to be either puppets or inanimate statues. However, the posture of these armored warriors seemed somewhat strange. Instead of holding their ge with both hands, one hand was placed before their chest, forming a hand seal, while the other firmly gripped the middle of the ge, with the tip pointing straight towards the sky. All nine silver armored warriors exhibited this identical pose.