Chapter 1751: The Scheme of Jiao Chi

Flesh and blood, along with the remaining true essence within the body, transformed into countless drops of blood rain that shot out in all directions like a torrential downpour.

The sound of something piercing the air resonated throughout half the sky.

Amidst the blood rain, an incredibly faint phantom suddenly flashed out and, like a ghost, darted towards the nearby snow-white bell.

This was precisely the escaping light formed by the young man's Nascent Soul!

He knew clearly that after losing his physical body, his Nascent Soul alone would certainly be unable to escape Han Li's deadly grasp. Instead, he intended to attach his Nascent Soul to the silver bell, hoping to use its mysterious power to escape with his life. The giant ape, facing the blood arrows shooting towards it, did not dodge or evade at all. Instead, a fierce glint flashed across its face, its chest swelled, and it let out a mighty roar.

This roar was like divine thunder from the nine heavens; as soon as it left the ape’s mouth, the nearby sky buzzed. A large expanse of void in front was swept by the sound waves, twisting and deforming, and countless white streaks, resembling a crisscrossing web, appeared out of thin air.

This roar from the giant ape that Han Li transformed into seemed to shatter the void itself, demonstrating the immense power it contained.

The blood drops instantly burst and vanished into nothing. At the same time, the phantom, within the range of the roar's power, only managed to let out a scream before it, too, was reduced to ashes.

But to everyone's great surprise, the snow-white bell, at the instant the young man's Nascent Soul was destroyed, suddenly hummed, flashed with light, and then self-destructed.

However, this treasure's self-destruction showed no power whatsoever. It merely transformed into a ball of white light that flickered a few times, then strangely dissolved into countless specks of light and vanished.

Seeing this, a blue light flashed in the giant ape's eyes, but without the slightest hesitation, its body moved and instantly disappeared into the void.

The next moment, the giant ape suddenly reappeared above the six-legged lizard, which was still entangled with the white giant python.

Its two massive fists pounded down like a violent storm.

Pity that lizard, which also had a cultivation base at the mid-Void Refinement stage; but under Han Li's giant ape transformation attack, it was pounded into a meat paste with almost no power to resist. In the end, even its demonic core was forcefully torn out.

The demonic soul that fled from the physical body was swallowed whole by the white python and completely scattered into oblivion.

As soon as the giant ape saw that this last enemy was also destroyed, golden light immediately flickered across its body, and its form rapidly shrank.

Han Li instantly resumed his human form in the air. Then he turned his head, staring at the spot where the snow-white bell had vanished, his eyes flickering with a thoughtful gaze.

Just as the small bell self-destructed in the Guanghan Realm, a startled cry suddenly rang out from the top floor of a pavilion surrounded by numerous restrictions, located in a mysterious palace far away in the Spirit Realm.

"How is that possible!"

The cry was filled with astonishment and fury.

At the entrance of the pavilion, several golden-armored guards stood ramrod straight, their faces expressionless, as if they hadn't heard the sound coming from inside the pavilion at all.

Meanwhile, on the upper floor of the pavilion, three Horned-Chi people of various appearances gazed at a snow-white giant bell enshrined on an emerald green jade table, all displaying solemn expressions.

The one who let out the startled cry was a beautiful middle-aged woman, around thirty years old. She had a pair of emerald green small horns on her head, and with one hand covering her mouth, her beautiful eyes showed an indignant expression.

The giant bell on the table was a full zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) tall; apart from its size, its shape and color were exactly the same as the small bell wielded by the golden-horned young man.

On the ground below the jade table, five miniature golden-glowing spell formations were inscribed side by side.

Four of these formations were empty. Only in the formation closest to the giant bell was a ball of white light suspended.

The white light and the giant bell's radiance flickered, as if they were responding to each other.

"A Profound Heaven Saint Artifact was actually destroyed, and even the True Spirit of the Divine Bell, which was its main material, flew back on its own. It seems the disciple holding this Profound Heaven Saint Artifact has undoubtedly perished in the Guanghan Realm," the beautiful woman murmured. "What's so strange about that?" said another person, an elder in white robes with a blue mark between his eyebrows, stroking his beard with an indifferent expression. "Who knows how many powerful clans have sent people into the Guanghan Realm. It's not impossible for this young man to have encountered a few incredibly powerful opponents or to have accidentally fallen victim to a native fierce beast in the realm."

"Brother Shixin, that's not quite right," the last person, a blue-robed middle-aged man with a pale face and no beard, said with a faint smile. "With a Profound Heaven Saint Artifact that replicates the Misty Heaven Bell in hand, even if he encountered a Saint-level being, he should have been able to protect himself. Moreover, it was strictly ordered beforehand that all teams must act together. I truly can't imagine what danger could have caused a core disciple, who held a Profound Heaven Saint Artifact and was escorted by so many people, to still perish. And it's already half a year later; even if they were initially teleported very far, they should have reached their destination and started acting according to the plan by now."

Hearing the middle-aged man say this, the elder's eyes flickered, and he fell silent in thought.

"Regardless of how that disciple perished, that team, having lost the Profound Heaven Saint Artifact, also lost the opportunity to obtain that item. This greatly impacts our clan's grand plan," the middle-aged beautiful woman said coldly, having regained her composure.

"It's fine, that item was divided into five parts. As long as the other four teams succeed, it still won't affect our clan's plan when the Guanghan Realm opens next time," the middle-aged man said.

"I'm just afraid the other teams might also encounter problems. If we're missing one part, we can still barely salvage it. But if we're missing one or two more, that would be a huge problem," the elder said slowly after a period of contemplation.

"How could such a coincidence happen? But if it truly does, it would only mean that the time for our clan's great resurgence is not yet destined to arrive, and there would be nothing to complain about," the middle-aged man replied with a smile.

"That's true. However, the several Profound Heaven Saint Artifacts we crafted using many rare materials from the clan, and even considering the Misty Heaven Divine Seed, would be quite a waste," the elder said with a frown. "You must know these Saint Artifacts are temporary treasures specifically refined to counter the seals on those items. Although their power is no less than that of formal Profound Heaven Saint Artifacts, they will disintegrate and vanish on their own after one year. If there are no gains, it will be difficult for us, who are in charge of this plan, to explain it to the other old fellows."

"What's there to explain? Have you two forgotten that our plan was always interconnected, killing two birds with one stone? Even if the matter in the Guanghan Realm fails, our plan for this realm will almost certainly succeed," the beautiful woman said, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.

"That's not false. It's also about time to end this battle with Tianyun." Upon hearing the beautiful woman's words, the middle-aged man and the elder exchanged glances and both smiled.

The beautiful woman said nothing more. She pointed a finger at the white light cluster floating in the golden spell formation. Immediately, a pleasant bell chime emanated from the white light cluster, and it then lightly floated and flew directly towards the giant bell, instantly merging into it.

The giant bell hummed, and silver runes appeared on its surface, layer by layer.

Han Li, of course, did not know that his act of killing the golden-horned young man had inadvertently disrupted a major plan of the Horned-Chi clan.

At this moment, his entire mind was immersed in the realization of single-punching powerful enemies after transforming into the giant ape.

Clearly, the power of the Startling Thunder Art also multiplied as the cultivator's realm improved. Unlike his previous transformation, having advanced to the late Void Refinement stage, the terrifying power of this divine ability was truly unleashed.

When he transformed into the giant ape, the increase in his physical body and divine power almost gave him the urge to even fight a Body Integration stage being.

Fortunately, his state of mind, after being tempered by years in the starry sky illusion, had finally become more composed than before. Only then could he maintain the balance of his body and mind, preventing his state of mind from losing control.

However, he also felt great regret about the snow-white bell's sudden mysterious disappearance.

This treasure, suspected to be a Profound Heaven item, was truly extraordinarily mysterious. If he could have obtained it, it would have greatly increased his strength.

But since this treasure had strangely vanished, he could only reluctantly abandon the thought. After collecting the young man's remaining treasures, he transformed into a streak of green light and departed, piercing the air.

In a short while, Han Li appeared high in the sky tens of thousands of miles away.

Within the escaping light, Han Li began to carefully ponder his next plan.

Although he had already helped Liu Shuier and the other obtain what Duan Tianren and Cai Liuying wanted, he had yet to obtain the refining materials he had originally promised to get for the Stone Cocoon Clan.

Although Duan Tianren had said that if he helped them obtain the treasures from the restriction, he wouldn't need to worry about this matter, he was unwilling to let the Stone Cocoon Clan use this as an excuse to hinder his grand plan of borrowing the super teleportation array.

Therefore, pondering the location of the mining spot and the remaining time, he felt that there was still ample time and that he still needed to make a trip to that mining spot.

However, before that, he first needed to restore the magic power he had previously consumed.

The Guanghan Realm was so dangerous; even though his cultivation had greatly advanced, he dared not be careless in the slightest.

Han Li finished his thoughts, immediately adjusted his direction, and shot off into the distance.

After less than half a day, Han Li stopped his escaping light above a seemingly ordinary small forest and revealed his figure.

He hovered briefly in the air, and after scanning his surroundings with blue light flashing in his eyes, seemingly finding no danger, he immediately transformed into a streak of green light and directly descended into the dense forest.

Han Li found a towering tree so large that several people couldn't encircle it. He entered a tree hole at its base, then raised his hand and shot out several formation flags, which vanished at the hole's entrance, forming a simple concealment formation that instantly obscured the tree hole.

With a flick of his sleeve, a yellow light flew out, and after a flash, a small, furry beast landed on the ground.

It was precisely the Leopard-Lined Beast!

After this beast had devoured several demonic cores of the Three-Eyed Dark Beast previously, it had been sleeping in the spirit beast bracelet and had only recently awakened.

Although it had already refined those demonic cores, its appearance seemed to have not changed much, only gaining some dark black patterns on its body, and the aura it emitted was slightly different, making Han Li feel a slight sense of danger from it.

This made him instinctively scrutinize the beast a bit more.