Chapter 2064: Beast Tide and Insect Tide

The elder only had time for a few screams before his body was completely devoured by the Gold Devouring Beetles. All that remained was his Nascent Soul, wrapped in a ball of bloody light, desperately sustaining eight black command tokens with a mouthful of blood.

This was already the result of Han Li holding back the Gold Devouring Beetles, not allowing them to use their full power.

The elder's Nascent Soul was utterly shattered with fear, pleading desperately with Han Li.

But Han Li paid no attention, merely beckoning with one hand.

With a "whoosh," a blood-red ring shot directly towards him and was caught in his palm.

It was the storage bracelet left behind by the swarm after the elder's body disappeared.

Han Li's spiritual sense swept through it, and his brow furrowed slightly.

Although there were some treasures inside, he found no trace of the other three sacred bricks he sought.

"Fellow Daoist, if you spare me, I will gladly offer you the sacred bricks with both hands," the Blood Raven City Lord's Nascent Soul shrieked, grasping at this last straw.

"Why do I need you to hand over those three sacred bricks? Can't I find them myself?" Han Li scoffed, his gaze sweeping over the Nascent Soul, and dazzling blue light suddenly erupted in his eyes.

The moment he finished speaking, the previously constrained Gold Devouring Beetles immediately buzzed loudly, attacking the elder's Demonic Nascent Soul with no reservations.

Even though the eight black command tokens were wondrous, how could they withstand the mature Gold Devouring Beetles, which devoured everything? In an instant, they exploded and vanished.

The Demonic Nascent Soul let out a wail before being completely devoured by the golden beetles. But when the swarm retreated, three crystal-clear bricks, several inches long, were revealed at its former location.

"He really hid them inside his Nascent Soul. If I hadn't used my Spirit Eyes to investigate first, he might have truly pulled off this deception," Han Li muttered with a smile finally appearing on his face as he saw the crystal bricks and swept them with his spiritual sense.

Then, with a flick of his sleeve, a streak of green light shot out, wrapping around the three crystal bricks and retracting them.

These four crystal bricks not only contained a complete set of cultivation techniques and divine abilities from the Demon Realm but also a map to a hidden treasure. Since he had encountered them, he would naturally not let them go.

At this moment, continuous rumbling sounds came from behind him, growing louder and louder.

Han Li's expression shifted, and he slowly turned around, his gaze briefly sweeping the area.

Just a few dozen yards away, the two demon lords, Old Man Yang and Golden Gourd Demon Venerable, were firmly trapped by a gigantic purple cauldron in the sky, which was emitting several ancient characters as large as dippers.

As the ancient characters flickered and danced in the air, countless golden and silver runes flew out, while rings of purple light spread layer by layer around the two demons.

It was the Violet Discourse Cauldron!

Han Li had quietly released this treasure when he turned to deal with the Blood Raven City Lord.

Old Man Yang and Golden Gourd Demon Venerable had originally intended to escape while Han Li was fighting the silver-eyed elder, but they were unexpectedly trapped by the Violet Discourse Cauldron before they could react.

In their shock and rage, both desperately used various methods to struggle.

One's body was engulfed in rolling green flames, manifesting into green fire dragons that continuously clawed at the air. The other held a golden gourd high with both hands, spraying out dazzling golden mist that hovered uncertainly around his body.

No matter how they unleashed their divine abilities and urged their treasures, the ancient characters flying from the purple cauldron possessed even more incredible power. With just a few flashes in the sky, they rendered all their attacks invisible and set up layers of restrictions in the nearby void, making it impossible for the two to move an inch.

Seeing this, a hint of satisfaction flashed across Han Li's face.

The Violet Discourse Cauldron truly lived up to its reputation as a treasure refined from a fragment of a Xuantian artifact, easily trapping two Integration-stage Demon Venerables with the power of a single artifact. This was even without Han Li personally activating it; otherwise, its power could have increased by more than a fold.

Old Man Yang and Golden Gourd Demon Venerable had naturally witnessed Han Li collecting the Blood Fiend and destroying the demonic insects. When they saw Han Li, having just killed the Blood Raven City Lord's Nascent Soul, begin to look their way, their hearts sank completely.

In such a situation, they dared not hope that Han Li would spare them. Han Li's divine abilities further extinguished any thought of resistance in their minds.

"Brother Jin, if we don't leave now, we really won't be able to escape!" Old Man Yang suddenly cried out loudly to his companion, his face pale.

Then, the green flames on his body suddenly surged, and over a dozen top-tier demonic artifacts of various colors simultaneously shot out from him, instantly exploding.

A series of earth-shattering explosions echoed!

The powerful ripples created by the self-destruction of the demonic artifacts forcibly shattered all the surrounding restrictions.

Old Man Yang felt his mountain-heavy body lighten. Without hesitation, he immediately transformed into a ball of green light and shot away.

On the other side, Golden Gourd Demon Venerable, upon hearing Old Man Yang's words, gritted his teeth and employed a life-saving technique.

With a shake of his arms, the huge golden gourd he held aloft transformed with a muffled sound in a burst of light into a dazzling golden Qilin phantom.

The Qilin phantom opened its mouth wide and directly spewed terrifying, misty golden flames.

Wherever the flames passed, the restrictions set by the Violet Discourse Cauldron rapidly dissolved and melted. Golden Gourd Demon Venerable, enveloped by the Qilin phantom, also transformed into a golden light and soared away.

"Oh, it actually has Qilin aura, and it's fire-attributed. This is quite interesting," Han Li murmured, his eyes narrowing slightly with a hint of surprise. Without a second thought, he formed a hand seal with one hand while flicking his sleeve.

The golden insect swarm swirled, condensing into a gigantic blade over a dozen yards long. With a tremble, it instantly transformed into a golden streak and shot after Old Man Yang.

Wherever it passed, piercing screeches soared into the sky.

At the same time, a misty green light also slashed out from Han Li's sleeve.

The light flashed and vanished, instantly cleaving the Qilin phantom and the Golden Gourd Demon Venerable within it into two.

However, Golden Gourd Demon Venerable truly possessed some divine abilities. After a tragic cry, he formed hand seals, and the expelled vital blood immediately transformed into blood mist that merged into the external phantom.

The severed Qilin phantom instantly regenerated. After a brief pause, it continued to carry Golden Gourd Demon Venerable as it broke through the air and flew away.

"Come out!" Han Li frowned, letting out a low shout.

A phantom shot out from his body with a flash, then spiraled down to the ground, revealing its true form.

It was a golden-yellow Leopard-Qilin Beast.

"Go," Han Li instructed calmly, "that treasure in his hand should be useful to you."

"Thank you, Master," the Leopard-Qilin Beast said joyfully, its gaze sweeping over the distant Qilin phantom within the golden light. "That treasure of his seems to have some spiritual bones of a Fire Qilin mixed in; it would indeed be of great benefit to me."

Then the beast's figure swayed, its body instantly growing ten times larger. With another movement of its limbs, it transformed into a blurry phantom and chased after it directly.

With the Leopard-Qilin Beast's escape speed and divine abilities, dealing with a damaged Demon Venerable like this would naturally pose no problem.

In the blink of an eye, the four streaks of light split into two directions, breaking through the air and vanishing without a trace in the nearby void.

Han Li, meanwhile, descended, landing directly on a large rock below. He sat cross-legged and closed his eyes, entering meditation.

In merely the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Han Li's expression shifted, and he reopened his eyes. At the edge of the horizon, a spiritual light flashed, and the buzzing golden insect swarm emerged, flying back like a meteor to hover above his head.

Han Li swept his spiritual sense over the insect swarm, a smile appearing on his face, and then flicked his sleeve.

The insect swarm immediately dispersed, transforming into golden blossoms that shot into his sleeve, disappearing without a trace.

Just as Han Li finished this, roaring sounds came from the other side of the sky, and the Leopard-Qilin Beast's figure flashed into view, shooting directly towards Han Li.

After only a few flashes, the Leopard-Qilin Beast's golden body appeared above Han Li. With another flicker, it transformed into a cute little girl of five or six, her small face pale as she hastily spoke.

"Master, this is bad! Hurry, let's go!" the Leopard-Qilin Beast cried out to Han Li, her face filled with terror the moment she appeared.

"What's wrong? Did the one you were chasing get away?" Han Li asked, slightly startled and surprised.

"No, the person I was chasing was already killed by me. It's a beast tide. No... not a beast tide, it's... it's an insect tide, many, many demonic insects," the little girl stammered, waving her hands repeatedly.

"Insect tide!" Han Li's heart tensed. His gaze swept towards the direction the Leopard-Qilin Beast had come from, but the distant blue sky appeared normal, without the slightest abnormality.

Puzzled, Han Li was about to ask the Leopard-Qilin Beast more questions when the scene at the horizon suddenly changed drastically.

The sky suddenly darkened, and a green line eerily appeared at the horizon. In the blink of an eye, it grew thicker, transforming into a rolling green mist that rushed towards Han Li's location.

Han Li's heart jolted. His spiritual sense immediately spread out, while spiritual power surged into his eyes, causing blue light to flicker wildly in his pupils.

Instantly, the previously indistinct mist became exceptionally clear in his sight. Within the mist, countless beast shadows were visible, filled with small yellowish-green demonic beasts.

These demonic beasts had butterfly bodies and lion heads, each only a few feet in size, but their bodies were covered in yellowish-green fur, and their eyes were blood-red.

"Butterfly-Tailed Beasts! How did they appear here? Are these what you meant by an insect tide?" Han Li's expression softened as he asked the little girl.

Although the Butterfly-Tailed Beasts' potent venom posed a great threat to ordinary Integration-stage cultivators, even beings like the elder of the Long family might fear them. However, Han Li cultivated the Myriad Poison Unification Body divine ability, making him immune to all poisons, so he was not afraid of these Butterfly-Tailed Beasts.

"Not them, it's what's behind them!" The little girl's fright did not lessen at all. Instead, she grew more anxious, pointing wildly at the green mist with her hands and feet, yelling.

"Behind?" Han Li was stunned. He couldn't help but look carefully at the distant green mist again. A moment later, his expression suddenly changed drastically.

He saw that behind the green mist, at some unknown point, another light purple cloud had appeared. At first, it was just a thin layer, a few miles in size, but after just a few breaths, the light purple cloud suddenly became vast and all-encompassing, covering most of the sky and appearing truly boundless.

The moment the green mist below came into contact with this purple cloud, a "hissing" sound was emitted!

Both diminished slightly at the same time. Tens of thousands of Butterfly-Tailed Beast remnants instantly fell from the green mist, while from the purple cloud, many fragments of slender, sharp worms, about the length of chopsticks, also tumbled down.