Chapter 2147: The Might of the Holy Crab

Although Han Li knew the Golden Crab was extraordinary, he never expected its attack to be so incredibly sharp!

The golden light, formed from the golden scissors, reached him instantly, without emitting even the slightest spatial fluctuation. It was simply too late to employ any secret technique to evade. The terrifying power displayed by the golden scissors seemed capable of penetrating any defensive treasure.

In shock and fury, Han Li's thoughts raced like lightning. He suddenly let out a loud shout, raising the arm that sealed the Profound Heaven Treasure. Dark green runes surged forth from his skin, and he struck at the void with his hand as if it were a sword, unleashing a swathe of hazy green sword light.

Against the sharp golden light attacking from the other side, Han Li flipped his other palm, and his skin instantly turned purplish-gold. His five fingers spread open, and a surge of five-colored cold flames rolled out. They condensed into a five-colored ice shield, blocking his front. Simultaneously, a hazy grey light surged from his body, and his Primordial Magnetic Divine Light transformed into a protective light screen around him. Not only that, but he also quickly opened his mouth, and a silver fireball shot out, heading directly towards the incoming golden light.

A series of thunderous roars erupted, followed by a sharp cracking sound!

Although the golden light on one side shattered the green sword light, when it struck the arm covered in dark green spiritual runes, it strangely bounced off, not harming the arm in the slightest. The golden light on the other side, however, sliced through the five-colored ice shield and the grey light screen as if they were made of paper. Only when it was hit by the silver fireball did it momentarily condense slightly, but it immediately flashed past Han Li's waist. His protective spiritual light was like paper scraps, utterly unable to resist it in the slightest.

As blood scattered, the body was severed into two halves, which immediately fell from the sky. The golden light then swept downwards, instantly pulverizing the two halves of the body, causing a shower of blood to rain down.

The Golden-Robed figure witnessed this scene and immediately burst into laughter: "Haha, I thought you had some real ability. But you still fell and died with just one strike from the Sacred Crab. It seems Baohua and Yuanyan could still be threatened by you; it looks like they've become useless after all these years."

"First strike at 50% power failed to kill the target. Second strike activating 120% divine ability!"

But at that moment, a buzzing voice caused the Golden-Robed figure's laughter to instantly cease.

As soon as the voice fell silent, the Golden Giant Crab simultaneously raised its two giant claws towards the sky. Layers of golden runes surged from its body, spinning wildly in the air before astonishingly condensing into a massive rune sphere, a hundred zhang in diameter. The sphere's size was astounding, its surface shimmering with golden light, dazzling and blinding!

Just then, about a hundred zhang away from the blood rain, the void rippled, and a faint green figure silently emerged. The figure looked at the blood rain not far away, then at the Golden Giant Crab and the golden rune sphere in the air. Its face was unusually pale. It was Han Li, who should have already perished.

The Golden-Robed middle-aged man witnessed all of this. He was startled at first, but immediately, he seemed to understand and said with a sneer: "You actually possess a treasure that can substitute for death. You're lucky this time, but with the Sacred Crab's next strike, you're still doomed. Doing this merely prolongs your life for a moment."

Han Li ignored the Golden-Robed figure's sarcastic words, merely staring at the floating sphere above the Golden Giant Crab's head, his gaze unusually grim. Although half of the massive creature's previous attack was blocked with the slight power of the Profound Heaven Sword, the other half easily shattered his defenses as if they were decaying wood. Had he not hastily activated a small portion of the essence blood within him to trigger the Calamity-Transforming Puppet refined from Crying Spirit Bloodwood, which took this half-strike for him, he might not have died, but he would have been severely maimed.

Now, the Golden Crab, without hesitation, conjured such a large golden rune sphere again. Clearly, the power of the next attack would be even more unfathomable. In his shock and fury, Han Li took a deep breath and, without further hesitation, unleashed his most powerful life-saving technique.

Han Li let out a low roar and formed a hand seal with one hand. Golden light erupted from his body, and his figure suddenly swelled enormously, transforming into a golden-furred giant ape over a hundred zhang tall. Simultaneously, golden mists swirled behind him, and the three-headed, six-armed Brahma Saint True Form instantly appeared.

In addition to this, the giant ape slapped its head with one of its arms, and after its skull opened, a half-foot tall golden Nascent Soul flew out from within. The Nascent Soul, with a taut little face, softly chanted a few incantations. Immediately, the surrounding area blazed with light, and other true forms, such as a True Dragon, a Colorful Phoenix, and a Thunder Roc, successively flashed into existence. All the true forms, including the Brahma Saint True Form, circled once in the air, then pounced towards the Nascent Soul.

After a roar, a great golden light erupted!

The giant ape's body astonishingly shrank instantly, and after the light receded, it transformed into a human figure of roughly normal height. This figure shimmered with golden light all over. Both its skin and face were covered by a layer of faint golden scales, a single green horn grew from its head, and a strange, pitch-black demonic eye eerily appeared between its brows. The face vaguely revealed behind the golden scales was precisely Han Li's!

But at this moment, he appeared alarmingly demonic, with faint golden-blue rays of light flickering within his pupils. The next moment, golden light flickered on Han Li's side shoulder, and another illusory head, that of Qingqian, eerily appeared. Simultaneously, with two 'splurt' sounds from his ribs, two more glistening golden arms forcibly extended. In an instant, he had activated his Second Nirvana Transformation, manifesting an extremely ferocious demonic form.

"Nirvana Holy Body!"

Upon seeing this extremely familiar form before him, the Golden-Robed middle-aged man involuntarily exclaimed, barely able to believe his eyes. As one of the three avatars of the Nirvana Holy Ancestor, he had arrived at Bitter Spirit Island long after Han Li had entered the Spirit Cleansing Pool's space. Therefore, he had no idea that Han Li also cultivated the Nirvana Holy Body and could perform the Second Nirvana Transformation. Now, upon seeing Han Li display a hidden divine ability that should only belong to his true body, he naturally wore an expression of disbelief.

However, neither the Golden Giant Crab nor Han Li paid any attention to the Nirvana Holy Ancestor's avatar's shock. Both made their moves the next moment.

The giant crab suddenly brought its two giant claws together, clamping the massive rune sphere tightly. Then, with a flash of golden light across its entire body and a surge of power, it astonishingly hurled the massive rune sphere violently towards Han Li.

Meanwhile, the transformed Han Li's two heads simultaneously let out a sneer, and his sealed dark green arm merely lifted. The next moment, countless dark green runes surged forth from his arm. Upon condensing, they formed a dark green sword shadow. This sword shadow was only about three feet long, but once Han Li grasped it, he unhesitatingly slashed it towards the incoming golden rune sphere.

Although due to his cultivation and limited time, Han Li could not activate the true Profound Heaven Sword—what he held was merely a sword shadow formed from a portion of its power—yet, as soon as this sword struck, it instantly shook heaven and earth, causing the winds and clouds to change color. The sky within dozens of miles suddenly dimmed! The entire void hummed in response. Five-colored light orbs, formed from the essence of heaven and earth, appeared like raindrops all around, then surged like a tide into the dark green sword shadow.

As the dark green sword shadow slashed out, the sweeping green sword light was initially only about ten zhang long, but under the infusion of heaven and earth essence, it instantly swelled to over a hundred zhang in length. After a roar, streaks of green lightning arced and appeared on the surface of the giant sword light, its momentum truly astonishing!

The gigantic golden rune sphere, however, just before it made contact with the giant sword light, also let out a muffled sound, and thousands of enormous, illusory runes suddenly emerged from its surface. Each one was hazy golden and flickered wildly as they rapidly rotated.

With a deafening roar that seemed to tear heaven and earth apart, green and golden light suddenly erupted in the void between Han Li and the Golden Giant Crab. As the shockwave swept outwards, it instantly split the entire sky straight down the middle into two halves. One half of the sky was filled with hazy green sword light, while the other half glowed with brilliant golden light and swirling runes.

But the standoff between the two lasted only a few breaths. The illusory golden runes on the golden side of the sky suddenly condensed towards the center, astonishingly transforming into over a dozen golden rune illusions, each the size of a small mountain, which then violently smashed towards Han Li's side. Although each strike caused the giant rune illusions to vanish in a flash, they contained a trace of the power of laws. As a result, after each strike, the other half of the sky violently shook. But after seven or eight such blows, the green sky completely collapsed, no longer able to resist the surging golden light.

Han Li, watching from behind, his face changed dramatically. Without hesitation, the dark green sword shadow in his hand flickered and shattered into pieces. His four newly available arms suddenly struck forward simultaneously. Immediately, four illusory golden palms, each the size of a pavilion, appeared out of thin air behind the shattered green light amidst thunderous roars, and simultaneously slammed forward forcefully. The originally collapsed green light astonishingly re-solidified in an instant, barely managing to block the pressing golden light once more.

However, this situation was merely a fleeting moment! When the remaining giant rune illusions also aggressively smashed down, the four illusory golden palms instantly shattered and vanished, and the golden light surged downwards once more.

But with this momentary obstruction, Han Li, on the other side, had already rolled onto the ground. After a thunderclap, a massive Roc, with four wings—two golden and two silver—instantly appeared. With a simultaneous flap of its four wings, it transformed into a streak of gold and silver light and vanished from the spot.

The next moment, a vast expanse of golden light swept over, instantly engulfing the void where Han Li had previously been in the high sky, and continued to surge forward at an incredible speed. In the blink of an eye, the vast void spanning a hundred miles, as far as the eye could see, was astonishingly filled with brilliant golden light.

However, this astonishing celestial phenomenon only lasted for a short while. When the Golden Crab forcefully took a deep breath with its wide mouth, the golden light filling the sky was swept back like a tide, and the sky returned to its original clarity.

At this moment, the Golden-Robed middle-aged man was hovering above the giant crab, his eyes gleaming with light, constantly scanning the surroundings.