Chapter 1760: Stone Wall Spirit Script

"It seems I was just being overly cautious," the dark-robed barbarian said, a twitch at the corner of his mouth.

"Heh heh, but with this, you and I can finally be at ease," the white-robed barbarian replied with a faint smile, seemingly unsurprised by his companion's sudden action.

The dark-robed barbarian nodded, then slowly closed his eyes.

The white-robed barbarian scanned the passage ahead once more. After confirming there was nothing, he also smiled serenely and closed his eyes.

Han Li's figure moved silently, gliding between the two barbarians.

Neither of the black and white barbarians opened their eyes, allowing him to slip into the massive green gate in a flash.

Only then did Han Li truly relax.

Fortunately, the barbarian had used a physical attack, which had no effect on Han Li's current ethereal form. If it had been a spell attack, even the simplest small fireball would have revealed his presence instantly.

As his thoughts raced, Han Li, like a phantom, made a few turns in the passage behind the door before vanishing around a bend.

This hidden cave truly lived up to its reputation as a marvel of nature!

Deep within, countless passages of varying sizes crisscrossed like a spiderweb, most of them naturally formed.

This made it easy for anyone entering to become lost as if in a labyrinth.

Fortunately, Han Li had the map of the hidden cave given by Elder Xu, so he didn't have to take any detours. After flying for a short while, he finally arrived at the entrance of a natural stalactite cave.

Inside this cavern, more than thirty zhang wide, stood a pale white stone wall.

The surface of the stone wall was inscribed with rows of golden runes, flickering with a mysterious spiritual glow.

Han Li's heart suddenly stirred, but as his gaze swept across, he saw a barbarian wearing a bamboo hat seated before the stone wall, facing it.

He wore an expression of deep contemplation, as if studying the characters on the stone wall.

Han Li's eyebrows twitched slightly, sensing a tricky situation.

The contents of this stone wall were, naturally, the objective of his trip.

However, if he wanted to use a secret technique to copy the scriptures from it, it would be impossible not to alert the barbarian.

Han Li stood quietly at the entrance of the cavern, his expression shifting between light and shadow as he pondered in silence.

Meanwhile, the barbarian with the bamboo hat occasionally raised a hand to gesticulate towards the stone wall, completely absorbed in his task.

Seeing the barbarian in such a state, Han Li's mind whirred, and he finally made a decision.

He moved, silently floating towards the barbarian. In an instant, he was within four or five zhang, slowly drawing closer.

The barbarian remained focused on the stone wall without turning his head, clearly engrossed in it.

Han Li's heart rejoiced. When he was just two zhang away, he decisively made his move.

Golden light flashed around his body as he instantly materialized. With a raise of his single hand, a dark, small mountain, enveloped in a hazy gray glow, whistled forth. Simultaneously, a three-headed, six-armed golden body flickered into existence behind him. Its six arms blurred, and six golden palms pressed simultaneously into the void towards the barbarian who was now within arm's reach.

The bamboo-hat barbarian jolted awake, a green light flashing around his body in alarm. He attempted to cast a secret technique to instantly teleport away.

However, almost simultaneously, a burst of radiant light flashed from the six golden palms behind him, and an invisible, immense force enveloped him.

The barbarian felt his shoulders sink and the surrounding air tighten. He couldn't even move a finger, and his internal magic power solidified, making it impossible to circulate freely for a moment.

Above his head, the black small mountain rapidly expanded and spun, unleashing a vast expanse of hazy gray light. At its base, countless silver runes surged forth.

An expression of extreme shock and fury appeared on the bamboo-hat barbarian's face. However, not being an ordinary individual, a thought flashed like lightning through his mind. He suddenly took a deep breath, and a long howl burst forth from his mouth.

He intended to alert the other members of his tribe in the cave, disregarding the consequences.

However, the sound waves formed by his howl silently dissipated upon hitting the surrounding gray light, unable to travel even a single zhang beyond his immediate vicinity.

The barbarian's heart sank. Before he could devise another plan, a golden thread suddenly shot out from each of the six golden palms.

With a single wrap, they bound the barbarian tightly.

At the same time, the silver runes emanating from the Primordial Magnetic Apex Mountain transformed into a brilliant silver light formation and descended.

With a muffled "thud," the light formation dispersed and vanished, while the barbarian disappeared without a trace in the distance, as if he had never been there.

In reality, if someone were to use great divine abilities to peer through the Primordial Magnetic Apex Mountain, they would clearly see the barbarian unconscious within its core. His body was not only tightly bound by the golden threads, but his Nascent Soul was also covered by a layer of silver runes, forcing it into a deep slumber.

From the moment Han Li appeared and acted until he ensnared the barbarian within the Primordial Magnetic Apex Mountain, only a few breaths had passed. Both the golden body's attack and the activation of the Primordial Magnetic Apex Mountain were utterly silent, with their spiritual pressure fluctuations minimized to the extreme.

Thus, as long as there was no third person in the cavern, it would be utterly impossible to discover that a Peak Void Refinement stage existence had been silently captured alive in an instant.

Upon seeing his success, Han Li let out a sigh of relief.

It was also fortunate that only the bamboo-hat barbarian was present, and his mind was completely focused on the golden seal script on the stone wall. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to succeed so easily.

If it had been the other two pairs of barbarians outside, eliminating them would be simple, but capturing them alive would be utterly impossible.

As long as the opponent wasn't killed, the other barbarians wouldn't detect anything unusual about this place for a while.

The mountain's divine ability to directly draw people into itself was a spatial power it gained after the Primordial Magnetic Mountain was refined into an Apex Mountain.

If all five Apex Mountains were fully refined, this divine ability could even absorb rivers and capture seas, a power unimaginable to ordinary people.

Even the current single Apex Mountain possessed extraordinary power. Once an opponent was drawn inside, they would find it impossible to escape.

Han Li no longer hesitated. After retracting the golden body and the black mountain peak, he immediately flicked his sleeve.

A dark circular ring flew out. After circling once, it emitted a wave of green light that swept downwards.

Spiritual light flickered, but the stone wall merely emitted a faint golden glow, remaining unmoving. It could not be absorbed into the storage bracelet.

Han Li sighed inwardly, though no surprise showed on his face.

If this object could truly be collected so easily, it wouldn't have remained here all this time. His recent action was merely a precautionary attempt.

With a flash of white light, a palm-sized jade slip flew out from the dark ring. After circling, it hovered before the stone wall.

He formed a hand seal with one hand, and a finger quickly pointed towards the storage bracelet.

Instantly, the jade slip glowed, emitting a sheet of silver light that enveloped the entire surface of the stone wall.

The next moment, the golden runes on the stone wall twisted, seeming to come alive amid the flashing silver light. Then, clusters of golden light pulsed and flew from the stone wall, vanishing into the jade slip.

After a brief moment, once all the golden light clusters had entered the slip, Han Li's eyes narrowed, and he abruptly retracted his hand seal.

The jade slip's silver light immediately receded, transforming into a ball of white light that landed in his hand.

Holding the jade slip in one hand, Han Li swept his divine sense through it, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Indeed, the jade slip now contained golden runes identical to those on the stone wall.

He carefully put away the storage bracelet and the jade slip. Then, with a flip of his hand, a purple talisman reappeared and he lightly patted it onto himself.

Amid a flash of purple light, Han Li's body once again turned ethereal.

In this manner, Han Li continued his search through the hidden cave and successively found three more caverns, each containing a stone wall with the same golden seal script.

Aside from one that was also guarded, the other two were empty.

This greatly pleased Han Li. After similarly ambushing and ensnaring the other barbarian into the Primordial Magnetic Apex Mountain, he copied the golden seal script from these three locations onto the same jade slip.

According to the map provided by Elder Xu, only the last part of the golden seal script remained to complete the entire cultivation technique.

However, by this point, Han Li had become even more cautious.

Since he hadn't encountered the other barbarians in the preceding locations, they were likely gathered in this final cavern.

Based on the information he had overheard earlier, the restriction on this last set of golden seal script had not yet been broken. No wonder so many people were guarding this final location.

As he mused, Han Li arrived at a crossroads, a vital intersection leading to the final cavern.

Han Li scanned his surroundings, stroked his chin, then suddenly raised a hand. Instantly, countless formation flags, easily over a hundred, surged from his sleeve.

This was the most powerful set of formation tools he possessed. The formation they created was considerably strong, capable of temporarily trapping Void Refinement stage cultivators.

In addition, he released a set of Nine Palace Heavenly Qian Talismans. A colossal illusory palace flashed into existence and instantly vanished above the formation.

Although the materials for these talismans were extremely rare, he had managed to gather enough while in Cloud City to refine two more sets.

This way, even if the barbarians outside learned of the sudden disturbance, they would be temporarily trapped by these two sets of restrictions if they tried to rush back and regroup, buying him enough time.

After completing all this, Han Li nodded with satisfaction. He slapped the top of his head with one hand, and with a flash of golden light, the three-headed, six-armed golden body materialized behind him.

Then, he opened his mouth, and a cloud of black qi shot out, merging into the golden body.

"Go!"

Han Li commanded without hesitation.

A ferocious expression appeared on one of the golden body's faces. Suddenly, its form flickered, and it vanished into the nearby void like a ghost.

Next, with another flick of his finger from his sleeve, a ball of silver flame and two silver talismans shot forth.

With a few "puffs," they transformed respectively into a silver firebird and two faint silver shadows, which instantly vanished into the ground before him.

(To be continued)