Chapter 1939: Battle of Heavenly Sword (V)

Chapter 10: The War of the Demon Realm

As ancient characters such as "Shield," "Bounce," and "Reflect" emerged, the black lotus in the void suddenly transformed, instantly becoming a hazy black light screen whose surface shimmered with fluctuating crystal light.

The Yuan Magnetic Extreme Mountain, which had been descending, was suddenly met with a force almost identical to its own as it landed on the black light screen. After a brief pause, it was unexpectedly bounced upwards.

As for the golden arcs and cyan sword shadows, the moment they touched the black light screen, an equal number of arcs and sharp sword shadows, though pitch-black in color, surprisingly emerged from within it. After the two sets collided with a roar, all the attacks dissipated, canceling each other out.

"This light screen actually possesses mirror-like abilities to copy and reflect attacks!" Han Li was startled by this sight, but still found it hard to believe. Almost subconsciously, he formed a hand seal and raised his foot to point fiercely at the black mountain once more. "How could such a heaven-defying treasure exist?!" he thought.

A hazy cyan glow surged from the sole of his foot, pouring into the Yuan Magnetic Extreme Mountain. The mountain immediately sank with a rumbling sound like wind and thunder. Several enormous silver characters brightly illuminated the black mountain's surface, and its entire body glowed with a vibrant gray aura. As this gray aura condensed, it surprisingly transformed into countless dense gray light threads.

A loud whooshing sound erupted! With a tremor, the gray threads shot downwards like a violent storm. As for the other cyan mountain peak, under Han Li's subtle urging, it also slammed down fiercely once again, its momentum far greater than before!

The beautiful middle-aged woman, however, merely smirked indifferently. She opened her mouth and once again exhaled a mass of pure demonic energy towards the giant purple cauldron.

After a series of thunderous roars, the same scene unfolded. Both mountain peaks were once again bounced away in vain, and the seemingly rock-shattering gray threads were shattered by black light threads that shot out from the black light screen. The defense formed by the giant cauldron below seemed genuinely capable of copying and reflecting all attacks, causing Han Li's heart to sink slightly.

Just then, the silver-robed man also made his move. He merely pointed at the seven-colored pagoda floating before him, and the seven-story pagoda roared, transforming into a thick pillar of light that shot skyward and vanished in a flash.

Han Li, standing on the thousand-zhang peak, sensed something and immediately looked up with a changed expression, scanning the sky. He saw that in the ten-thousand-zhang high void, a mass of seven-colored light had suddenly appeared. It didn't seem large, but as it slowly descended, it instantly covered most of the void.

Han Li was startled and, without further thought, waved his hands, retracting both giant mountains into his body. At the same time, his body shimmered with a cyan glow, and he shot out like a cyan rainbow. Although he didn't know what was strange about the seven-colored light, he absolutely did not want to be enveloped by it.

But at this moment, the beautiful middle-aged woman below coldly stated: "It's too late to leave now. Stay!" As soon as her words fell, she changed her hand seal and urged the purple cauldron. The black runes at the mouth of the giant cauldron transformed, suddenly forming a large character for "Absorb."

Han Li felt his body sink as an irresistible suction force enveloped him from below. His escape light paused, and he was abruptly frozen in mid-air, his figure reappearing. Han Li's expression changed slightly, and he let out a low cry. A golden light flashed behind him, and a three-headed, six-armed phantom emerged. The phantom's six arms wildly danced, instantly emitting an astonishing aura that surprisingly broke him free from the suction force below. Han Li's body shimmered with golden spiritual light, and he was about to shoot away again. But at this moment, an earth-shattering roar came from within the seven-colored light in the sky. A colossal, ten-thousand-zhang-tall pagoda crashed down from the light in a flash. Even with Han Li's astonishing escape speed, there was no way to avoid it. He only felt a flash of dazzling light before he abruptly appeared in the void of another space.

Neither touching the sky nor the ground, he was surrounded everywhere by extremely vibrant glazed light! Han Li blinked, a wry smile appearing at the corner of his mouth, as he looked at what felt like a similar experience from not long ago. "A Sumeru treasure," he murmured. "I've encountered one of these again! It seems this time, the trouble is truly significant."

Han Li muttered under his breath, then suddenly sensed something and raised an eyebrow, looking in a certain direction. The next moment, the seven-colored light there flickered, and giant black demonic beasts, one after another, silently emerged. At a glance, they were densely packed, seemingly by the thousands!

Han Li's pupils contracted, and without thinking, he shook both sleeves. Seventy-two small cyan swords surged out once more, and with a flicker, they transformed into hundreds of cyan sword lights, whirling and dancing before him.

Outside the seven-colored pagoda, when the middle-aged man saw Han Li enveloped within it, he immediately showed great delight and waved a hand at the pagoda. The pagoda blurred and instantly shrank dozens of times, returning to its size of over ten zhang. Then the silver-robed man turned to the beautiful woman beside him and said: "I have trapped this fellow within the treasure. But relying solely on the restrictions to capture him might take a considerable amount of time. Junior Sister, you infiltrate and wait for an opportunity while I activate the restrictions from outside. This way, with a two-pronged approach, we can avoid any unforeseen complications or delays. However, be careful not to get hurt by him instead."

"Don't worry, Senior Brother! With the Purple-Word Cauldron protecting me, no matter how powerful his divine abilities are, he won't be able to harm a single hair on my head. Leave this to me." The beautiful woman chuckled, casually pointing at the purple giant cauldron before her. With a whoosh, the cauldron instantly reverted to its original size and was absorbed into her body.

The middle-aged man nodded, saying nothing more. He abruptly flicked a sleeve towards the beautiful woman, and a surge of seven-colored light immediately rolled out. After being enveloped within it, the beautiful woman surprisingly vanished into thin air like a wisp of breeze.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man immediately waved both hands, and a myriad of array flags, array plates, and other artifacts flew out wildly. After whirling around nearby, they instantly formed an array, emitting plumes of white mist that engulfed the seven-colored pagoda and him within it. Below, this devil no longer cared about the battle status of his other Demon Venerable companions. He directly closed his eyes and sat cross-legged within the array, fully activating the restrictions of the treasure before him.

In the other battle zones in the distance, the human race's Integration Stage cultivators naturally noticed everything that had just happened. They were first joyful, then alarmed. They were joyful that Han Li had killed a Demon Venerable in a single exchange. They were alarmed that two more mid-Integration Stage Demon Venerables had emerged from the demon race, who then jointly suppressed Han Li into a treasure in an instant, leaving his fate unknown.

The Azure Dragon transformed from Azure Dragon True Person, facing the black-armored man, still showed no disadvantage, but inwardly, he was constantly lamenting. Just as the black-armored man had said earlier, with his normal magic power and divine abilities, he couldn't unleash such a heaven-defying Draconic Transformation. He could only barely manage it by forcibly stimulating his essence through secret arts, and naturally, he couldn't maintain it for too long. He and Lin Luan had each chosen two of the four strongest Demon Venerables as their opponents. They naturally intended for Han Li and his companion to first kill their opponents, then come back to jointly deal with the remaining two Demon Venerables. After all, he had heard a thing or two about Han Li being able to contend with late-Integration Stage cultivators, and had placed considerable hope in this. However, seeing Han Li unexpectedly trapped in a treasure by the newly appeared Demon Venerables, this plan naturally fell apart.

Azure Dragon True Person took a moment to glance at the other two battle zones, and his heart sank even further! Lin Luan, who had originally held a slight advantage, saw her tri-colored fire bees immediately suffer casualties after the white-robed youth suddenly released thirteen snowy-white flying daggers from his body in one breath. Her bees were instead forcefully suppressed by the extreme cold power released from the flying daggers. On the other side, Silver Light Fairy's situation was even worse; she was being continuously besieged by seven or eight four-armed demonic apes materialized from pink mist, under a torrent of attacks, barely holding on.

Azure Dragon True Person immediately became extremely anxious. As various thoughts raced through his mind, the Azure Dragon he had transformed into suddenly launched a furious, energy-costing assault on the black-armored man, surprisingly forcing the opponent to retreat step by step for a moment. As the black-armored man was feeling somewhat surprised, the Azure Dragon suddenly turned its head and, speaking in human tongue, roared towards the city: "Act now, release that thing!"

As soon as these words were spoken, a human cultivator on the city wall immediately responded respectfully. Then this person quickly flipped their hand, and a gold and silver token appeared in their grasp. With a furious infusion of spiritual power, they vigorously shook it several times towards the sky. Instantly, a gold and silver pillar of light burst forth from the token. With a flicker, it became as thick as a bowl's mouth, shooting straight into the distant sky and remaining undissipated.

As if in response to this, a few breaths later, nine identical pillars of light also roared skyward from a certain array. Each was as thick as a water vat, and countless runes indistinctly flowed within them. With a few "poof-poof" sounds, a surge of light rolled at the top of each pillar, and surprisingly, a white-robed cultivator emerged from each. Each of these nine held a small flag the same color as the light pillar in one hand, chanting solemnly.

The nine pillars of light then began to hum loudly and spin rapidly. With each rotation, the pillars surprisingly grew larger. In a few breaths, the pillars became incredibly enormous and rapidly converged towards the center. Combining into one, the nine pillars merged into an even more astonishing colossal entity. Various runes flickered indistinctly within it, and spiritual light pulsed wildly. Its momentum was utterly astonishing!

And at this moment, the white-robed cultivators, with a low shout, simultaneously threw the small flags in their hands towards the center of the light pillar, while themselves frantically fleeing towards the ground. After the small flags instantly vanished into the light pillar, a thunderous roar immediately erupted. After all the runes condensed, eighty-one runic arrays formed on the surface of the light pillar, each one dazzlingly bright and rapidly activating. After a clap of thunder, the entire light pillar shattered from top to bottom, piece by piece! ROAR!!