Chapter 1765: Return

Countless silver runes churned forth from the base of the black mountain, forming a colossal spirit projection. An invisible, immense force instantly descended, enveloping the area.

The golden beast below tumbled after being struck by three golden light pillars. It had just managed to stand up, shaking its head, when it suddenly felt the surrounding air tighten, and its body became incredibly heavy, as if weighing tens of thousands of jin.

It immediately roared in alarm, its fur standing on end as it transformed into a golden light that shot out in all directions.

Given the golden beast's Integration stage cultivation, the golden light would normally penetrate the surrounding restrictions and break free from its restraints. But now, with its magical power less than one-tenth of its original strength, the golden light only traveled about a zhang from its body before trembling and freezing in place under the immense force.

The beast's face revealed profound fear!

Even with its immense divine abilities, without magical power, it was like a well without water; how could it possibly employ any powerful means to break free?

Just then, the silver giant ruler descending from the air swayed, and streaks of ruler shadows, accompanied by the sound of wind and thunder, flashed and struck the king-level beast one after another.

A shrill scream erupted!

The beast's physical body was instantly engulfed by countless silver electrical arcs, and a burnt smell filled the air.

With a "thwack," a giant green sword also flashed down from the void!

Bound by the electrical arcs and immense force, the golden beast was utterly unable to dodge even slightly. With a flash of green light, it was mercilessly severed into two.

The beast's body split into two halves.

A loud bang echoed.

A golden beast, almost half the size of the original, suddenly appeared between the two halves of the corpse. With a spray of blood mist from its surface, it transformed into a ball of bloody light and shot out.

A soft gasp emanated from the nearby void.

Immediately after, a "boom" resounded.

The black mountain, originally high in the sky, teleported down from the void, accurately pressing down on the escaping bloody light.

But a bizarre scene unfolded.

As the bloody light instantly scattered and dissipated, another tiny golden light remarkably shot out from within, vaguely revealing itself as a golden beast the size of a fist.

This beast had remarkably used the "Golden Cicada Escaping its Shell" technique repeatedly.

A bone-chilling cold snort descended from high above.

A silver light flashed, and a silver fire bird, the size of a human head, eerily appeared in front of the fleeing mini-beast. With a spread of its wings, it pounced, instantly devouring the golden beast, which had no time to dodge.

The mini-beast didn't even have time to utter a sound before it was reduced to ashes by the Soul-Devouring True Flame.

Just then, a low thunderous rumble sounded, and a streak of azure-white light prominently appeared near the silver flame.

The escaping light converged.

Han Li's figure emerged, and he raised his hand, swiftly grabbing something from within the silver flames.

With a "hiss," a thumb-sized golden crystalline core was snatched from the flames and landed in his hand.

It was precisely the demon core of this king-level beast.

Han Li merely glanced at the item twice, then shifted his gaze toward another direction.

A few hundred zhang away, the white tiger demon with a pair of wings on its back looked at the demon core in Han Li's hand with a mix of shock and anger, subtly revealing a hint of greed, but it hesitated, not daring to approach.

Han Li narrowed his eyes and raised his hand, beckoning to the black giant mountain and the silver ruler.

The two treasures hummed and shot back, resuming their original size, and circled around him, hovering in the air.

While he, holding the demon core, remained motionless in the air, looking at the white tiger demon with no expression on his face.

At this moment, the celestial phenomena in the sky became increasingly violent.

Within clusters of five-colored clouds, streaks of silver electrical arcs began to appear. Then, a torrential downpour plummeted from the sky, making the entire sky misty and vast.

The white tiger demon's figure became blurry in the distance, but its gaze still flickered, revealing its indecision.

Han Li snorted coldly, a hint of impatience appearing on his face. At the same time, his dual wings on his back twitched slightly, and clusters of azure-white lightning orbs began to densely appear behind him.

Loud crackling sounds suddenly erupted.

Upon seeing this scene, the white tiger's emerald pupils suddenly constricted. It let out a somewhat unwilling growl, then abruptly turned around, transforming into a ball of white light, and shot back the way it came.

Han Li did not pursue. Instead, after witnessing the white light vanish with a flash on the horizon, his dual wings trembled slightly, and the lightning orbs silently disappeared.

The black small mountain and silver ruler hovering beside him also flashed and disappeared, put away by him.

This white tiger was also at the early Integration stage, but its magical power consumption was far less than that of the other beast. With the Guanghan Realm about to close, Han Li naturally did not wish to risk pursuing it further.

Should any accident occur, the gains would not compensate for the losses.

The white tiger's intelligence was naturally not low. Seeing Han Li effortlessly kill the golden beast it was pursuing, it was greatly angered, but understanding there was no hope of defeating Han Li in its current state, it could only consider its options before reluctantly retreating.

The Leopard Scale Beast in the Spirit Beast Ring became increasingly excited. Not only did it begin to growl incessantly, but it even transmitted its eager desire for the golden beast's demon core directly to Han Li through divine sense, showing great impatience.

Han Li slightly smiled and sent the golden demon core from his hand into the Spirit Beast Ring.

Immediately, the Leopard Scale Beast hidden within let out a cheerful low growl, swallowed the demon core in one gulp, then, after transmitting a hint of gratitude to Han Li, it immediately lay down where it was and closed its eyes, becoming motionless.

Soon, sounds of deep sleep could be heard.

Having had previous experience devouring a high-level beast's demon core, Han Li showed no surprise. Instead, he felt a certain anticipation in his heart.

The inner core of a king-level beast was naturally far beyond comparison with those few high-level beast inner cores. He wondered what astonishing changes it could bring to the Leopard Scale Beast.

Next, Han Li simply hovered in the air, making no other movements.

Several hours later, after the five-colored clouds in the sky emitted a series of rumbling sounds, they descended overwhelmingly from high above.

Han Li's figure was instantly engulfed by the mist. Inside, electrical flashes furiously sparked, and an astonishing spatial fluctuation emanated.

After the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, when the sky-filling clouds and lightning eerily dispersed, the place where Han Li had been was already empty, with no trace of a human figure.

This identical scene was simultaneously unfolding throughout the Guanghan Realm. Thousands of alien beings were forcibly sent out of this realm by the power of its laws.

Han Li only felt blinding, dazzling five-colored light before his eyes, so dazzling that even his Bright Soul Eyes couldn't directly look at it for a moment. Then his feet suddenly lost ground, and he felt a dizzying sensation as the world spun.

When his feet once again landed on solid ground, a deafening explosion instantly reached his ears, followed by a strange chill that assailed him directly from above his head.

Han Li was alarmed. Immediately, without hesitation, black qi surged on his body, and the Black Spider's Outer Devil Armor instantly appeared.

With a soft "clang," he suddenly opened his eyes.

Above his head, he saw a cold, gleaming flying sword about a foot long being bounced away by a ring of black light emanating from his demonic armor, unable to breach its defense in the slightest.

The owner of this flying sword was strikingly a big man with a pair of long horns on his head, dressed in silver armor.

It was a Horned Race member.

Han Li's expression was grim. With a glance, he could see various treasures flying everywhere in the nearby sky, and colorful light clusters continuously bursting open.

Thousands of alien beings were fighting, each employing their divine abilities.

A small portion of them were strikingly Horned Race members. The rest were Heavenly Cloud Race guards responsible for guarding the spell formations.

Higher up, two Horned Race battle-boats, resembling small cities, hovered motionless tens of thousands of zhang high in the sky, where more Horned Race members and Heavenly Cloud people were engaged in a chaotic battle.

Most of the various restrictions originally set up near the two giant spell formations had been mostly destroyed.

And in various parts of Heavenly Cloud City, further from this spot, flames similarly soared into the sky, and explosions never ceased, as if the entire Heavenly Cloud City had devolved into chaos.

What was strange was that among the combatants here, there was not a single being above the Saint Race level, and the highest cultivation level was only at the late Void Refinement stage, similar to their own.

It was precisely because of this that the situation within the city appeared even more chaotic.

The giant spell formation on the ground was still flashing wildly and humming incessantly. However, of those who had already been teleported back, he was strikingly the only one, with no trace of anyone else.

No wonder as soon as he teleported back, he was immediately attacked, standing out like a prominent tree in the forest.

Han Li's face instantly turned grim. He glanced at the Horned Race big man who had attacked him with a flying sword in the air, then suddenly flicked his sleeve towards the sky, and a small green sword shot out.

The green sword light flashed and remarkably, instantly vanished into the void.

The Horned Race warrior was already greatly startled to see his flying sword bounced away by Han Li's battle armor. Upon seeing the opponent's released flying sword suddenly vanish, he inwardly cried, "Oh no..." A spiritual light flashed on his body's surface, and he immediately shot away, fleeing into the distance.

But it was already too late!

The green sword light, in the void mere inches from the Horned Race big man, flashed through, circled his neck, and his large head remarkably tumbled to the ground.

Then, a burst of golden light landed on the headless corpse, and sharp sword qi instantly shredded the corpse along with the spirit hiding within, causing it to completely vanish from the world.

Only then did Han Li, expressionless, raise his hand and recall his flying sword.

Just then, a spatial fluctuation suddenly occurred, and under flickering spiritual light, four figures appeared one after another within the spell formation.

Han Li narrowed his eyes and immediately recognized a man and a woman among them: Liu Shui'er and Shi Kun.

The other two were an ordinary-looking middle-aged man and a young man, both members of the unified team who had entered the Guanghan Realm with him earlier.

However, when Han Li's gaze swept over the middle-aged man, his pupils suddenly constricted.

The other party was strikingly emanating a faint spiritual pressure of the early Integration stage.

This previously unremarkable middle-aged man had remarkably managed to break through his bottleneck in the Guanghan Realm and succeed.

Liu Shui'er and the others' spiritual pressure was as before, clearly indicating they had all failed to break through their bottlenecks.

At this time, in another spell formation nearby, spiritual light also flashed, and four people were teleported back.

With a glance, Han Li only recognized one person: Fairy Yue.

Old Man Hua was nowhere to be seen!

Fairy Yue, on the other hand, had a faint smile on her face, and the aura emanating from her body was completely different from before; she had remarkably also successfully broken through her bottleneck and seemed to have advanced to the early Integration stage.