With a low cry from the scholar, all the demonic butterflies flapped their wings simultaneously, and streams of five-colored powder surged forth amidst the vibrations. Then, propelled by a spell, it transformed into a five-colored poisonous cloud, about an acre in size, and enveloped Han Li directly.
Simultaneously, the scholar chanted an incantation and then, opening his mouth, projected a light red bamboo slip.
As the bamboo slip glowed and unfurled, a brilliant red light instantly burst forth, and numerous shimmering red runes flew out from within it.
These runes appeared exceedingly mysterious, but the moment they flew out, they twisted and shifted, transforming into red firebirds that followed the poisonous cloud, surging towards Han Li from all directions.
Although this Lao Ai was only an early Integration Stage cultivator, his attack was quite impressive.
No wonder he still dared to step forward and challenge Han Li after witnessing Han Li's strength in confronting a mid-to-late Integration Stage cultivator earlier.
However, these methods were still negligible to the current Han Li.
Upon seeing such a fierce attack, Han Li, instead of being alarmed, smiled.
He didn't seem to use any treasures; he merely swiftly made a hand seal in front of his chest. A golden light flashed, and the golden phantom with three heads and six arms appeared behind him.
This phantom also made hand seals with its six hands, and a crystalline spiritual light flowed over its body, surprisingly transforming into a dazzling golden physical body.
Its three faces, identical to Han Li's, were all as clear as a real person's. At the same time, its six arms were covered in a layer of golden scales, with runes faintly visible on them, appearing extremely mysterious.
This was precisely Han Li's condensed Sanskrit Holy Golden Body Dharma Idol.
"Dharma Idol Golden Body!"
The Old Ancestor of the Long Family below the stage, upon clearly seeing the solidified appearance of the Three Sanskrit Holy Dharma Idols, immediately gasped aloud, and his previously expressionless face revealed a trace of shock.
Not only the Old Ancestor of the Long Family, but also the two mid-Integration Stage cultivators from the Ye and Lin families, who apparently knew something about the Golden Body, were equally greatly astonished.
The moment the Golden Body behind Han Li solidified, the poisonous cloud and the sky-full of firebirds instantly arrived before him, seemingly about to completely engulf him.
But a cold light flashed in Han Li's eyes, and he suddenly let out a loud cry.
With a flicker of the Golden Body behind him, it inexplicably appeared in front of him. With a great burst of golden light from its body, its size instantly swelled several times, becoming dozens of feet tall. At the same time, it raised its six arms and lightly swatted at the poisonous cloud and firebirds.
Muffled thuds rang out successively!
In each of the six large golden hands, a golden sphere of light appeared, spinning continuously in their palms.
Immediately, with a movement of the arms, the six light spheres shot out simultaneously, merging in mid-air to surprisingly form a golden vortex.
Simultaneously, the Golden Body's three heads opened their eyes and surprisingly emitted three distinct incantations, which overlapped as they came from its mouths.
Within the vortex, thunder rumbled, and faint Sanskrit chants emanated from it. With a flash, it instantly grew to thirty or forty feet in size.
Then, a visible golden wave surged out from the vortex. Wherever it passed, the descending poisonous cloud and the firebirds shooting in from all directions were swept in without any resistance and absorbed into the vortex.
A moment later, the original formidable and astonishing aerial assault was completely swept away, with not a trace remaining.
Seeing this, Lao Ai was naturally greatly alarmed!
The golden giant brush in his hand moved quickly, but when he tried to launch another round of attacks, there was simply no opportunity.
With a thought from Han Li, the Sanskrit Holy Golden Body in front of him suddenly waved its six arms, aiming at the scholar opposite, and each flung out a remote backhand punch.
After a few "bangs," six golden fist-shadows, flashing dazzling light, flew out from the Golden Body, but disappeared in a flash.
"Not good!"
The scholar, being an experienced cultivator, secretly cried out upon seeing this. The golden giant brush he had intended to use for attack suddenly shrank and drew a circle in the void.
With golden light flashing, a golden round shield appeared out of thin air in front of him.
Simultaneously, the red bamboo slip he had projected also transformed into a layer of red light barrier, enveloping his body within it.
Coupled with the black rainbow formed by the black ruler from the beginning, he astonishingly set up three seemingly formidable layers of defense in an instant.
However, almost the moment the defenses were formed, the six dazzling golden fist-shadows mysteriously appeared from the nearby void.
Originally only palm-sized, with a flash, they suddenly became head-sized and struck the defenses with a series of piercing screeches.
The golden light was dazzling; the first three fist-shadows instantly burst open, and the three layers of defense collapsed and vanished in a flash, revealing Lao Ai's true form.
Seeing this, the scholar was naturally scared out of his wits. Without thinking further, he brought his hands together in front of him and then separated them, and a hazy white bone hammer surprisingly appeared in his hand.
Holding it with both hands, he horizontally swept it forward like lightning.
The white bone hammer instantly grew to a size of several feet!
The latter three golden fist-shadows, amidst their piercing screeches, arrived before the scholar one after another.
A deafening "rumble" echoed!
As golden and white light intertwined, the scholar felt a tremendous force coming from the hammer, his fingers feeling like they would split apart, and he couldn't help but quickly retreat a step.
But before he could steady himself, the second golden fist-shadow also struck the bone hammer.
After the second loud bang, the scholar's face instantly turned ashen. He could no longer hold the bone hammer in his hand, and with a whoosh, he and the second fist-shadow surprisingly flew horizontally outwards together.
At this moment, the third fist-shadow gave the scholar no chance to react. With a flash, it solidly struck his protective spiritual light.
The scholar's face instantly turned deathly pale. Then he felt a flash of golden light before his eyes, and a colossal force instantly surged towards him.
With almost no resistance, the scholar's body violently shook and shot backwards. After a muffled thud, he surprisingly crashed through one side of the barrier and was forcibly knocked out of the Myriad Spirit Platform, flying dozens of feet away from the stone platform.
This Integration Stage cultivator from the Lao family finally had a flash of inspiration and regained his footing in mid-air. He hastily checked himself and let out a long breath, his expression relaxing.
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for holding back. Brother Han's divine abilities are vast; I admit I am no match." Lao Ai surprisingly clasped his hands together and expressed great gratitude to Han Li.
Clearly, given the immense power of Han Li's previous few fist-shadows, his ability to remain unharmed meant that Han Li had held back.
"It's nothing. Since it's a spar of divine abilities, this is only natural," Han Li replied casually with a slight smile.
If there was no need, he naturally wouldn't easily make enemies.
However, the True Spirit Family disciples below the stage were all dumbfounded.
Although most people had already realized that Han Li was no ordinary early Integration Stage cultivator, Lao Ai had exchanged blows with him for only one round—not even a few blinks of an eye—before his opponent was instantly sent flying out of the Myriad Spirit Platform. This was simply too exaggerated!
As for the Integration Stage cultivators among the True Spirit Families, their gazes towards Han Li on the stone platform showed a variety of expressions. Most contained wariness and awe, while a small portion revealed complex, incomprehensible expressions.
Han Li, meanwhile, flew leisurely out of the light barrier and returned to sit among the Gu family cultivators.
"Master, please have some tea!" Bai Guo'er respectfully presented a cup of spiritual tea, brewed at some unknown time, to Han Li.
Han Li glanced at the little girl, seeing her face slightly flushed and full of excitement.
No wonder the little girl had such an expression!
Even though she knew Han Li was an Integration Stage cultivator, he had never truly displayed any great divine abilities in front of her. Now, seeing that her master truly possessed such incredible magical power, her elation was imaginable.
Han Li smiled slightly, took the spiritual tea, and took a small sip.
At this moment, the Immortaless Xiaofeng and Elder Xiao beside him were astonished by Han Li's divine abilities, which were far beyond their expectations, and naturally, their faces were also full of joy.
By now, the status of the Gu family among the five great True Spirit Families would truly no longer be shaken.
Everything that followed, however, was exceptionally simple.
Because they all knew the approximate strength of each family, there were naturally few families that genuinely challenged each other.
After a few perfunctory matches, the entire ranking competition concluded.
The next matter was to distribute the numerous tokens created by the Myriad Spirit Beasts according to rank, and to reallocate some resources and benefits among the various families.
In this situation, it naturally had nothing to do with Han Li; everything was left to Immortaless Xiaofeng, the Gu family head, and Elder Xiao to handle.
Han Li sat quietly in his chair, watching the various family heads sitting together on the Myriad Spirit Platform, arguing endlessly with spittle flying. He couldn't help but let his lips curl into a slight smile.
No wonder these family heads and elders lost all their decorum. The division of these resources involved astonishing benefits, where even a slight concession would result in significant loss, so naturally, no family would give way.
This was still with the family rankings already established; otherwise, even if they debated for three days and three nights, they probably wouldn't reach a true consensus.
However, those Integration Stage cultivators naturally wouldn't lower themselves to argue on stage. Instead, like him, they sat below the stone platform, quietly waiting for the final agreement to be reached.
Among them, some Integration Stage cultivators still occasionally gazed at him with curious eyes.
Fortunately, this time, their gazes naturally no longer contained any malice, so Han Li simply pretended not to notice, resting with his eyes closed.
"A second avatar, the Dharma Idol Golden Body! Fellow Daoist Han's divine abilities are probably not just what he showed on stage earlier, are they?" Suddenly, a faint voice reached his ears; it was clearly the voice of the Old Ancestor of the Long Family.
"Oh, Brother Long's divine abilities couldn't just be mere half-dragon transformation, could they?" Han Li's expression shifted upon hearing this. He glanced at the Old Ancestor of the Long Family in the distance and, with a slight movement of his lips, calmly transmitted his voice back.
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