Chapter 2277: Evil Battle

With a thunderous boom, the entire abyss seemed to flip upside down!

All the surrounding seawater vanished instantly, replaced above by clouds as black as ink, and below by a hazy gray expanse with faint white lights flickering on and off, like countless stars scattered across the ground.

Ghostly wails rose all around, and after gusts of cold wind swept through, the specks of white light began to roll upwards.

Bao Hua and the others, focusing their gaze, were greatly startled.

These white lights were, in fact, countless skulls, their eyes and mouths flickering with ghostly white flames. Their sheer density made them appear terrifyingly astonishing.

"This is also a spirit domain!"

As the skulls appeared, Han Li immediately felt the surrounding space tighten, and an extreme sense of danger descended upon him, though he experienced no other actual abnormalities.

However, after glancing at Bao Hua, a look of realization dawned on him.

Bao Hua was rapidly forming hand seals, her beautiful face etched with solemnity.

The pink flower petals that had originally encompassed an area of a thousand acres had now dramatically shrunk by thousands of times, covering only about an acre, completely enveloping herself, Han Li, and the others.

The ethereal pink flower petals of the shrunken spirit domain became crystal clear and radiant. The exotic fragrance emanating from them intensified severalfold, and their swirling speed greatly increased, protecting everyone within like a blizzard of petals.

Outside this flower domain, the colossal body of the Mother of Insect Swarms was no longer visible; only the shadows of the bone skulls remained.

As they spewed pale flames that collided with the pink petals, strange ripples erupted, like the silent clash of two opposing forces, fire and water.

However, each collision caused Bao Hua, at the center of the flower domain, to grow a shade paler.

After a short while, she was drenched in sweat, and the divine light in her eyes began to dim.

Seeing this, Han Li's heart tensed.

"Brother Han, although I've shrunk the spirit domain, I can't maintain it much longer like this," Bao Hua quickly said, a hint of nervousness appearing on her face.

"I understand. Let me try to break through. I refuse to believe it can manifest a true Profound Heaven Spirit Domain. This isn't the Immortal Realm!" Han Li replied in a low voice. After instructing Daoist Crab, he suddenly rolled on the ground, transforming into a colossal golden ape, dozens of yards tall.

With a mere shake of its shoulders, the golden ape instantly transformed into a ferocious, three-headed, six-armed form. Its six massive hands clenched into fists, and with a low roar, it punched fiercely outwards beyond the domain.

A flash of golden light! Six fist-sized orbs of light shot simultaneously from its six palms, appearing and then instantly exploding amidst the numerous bone skulls outside the flower domain.

After a deafening explosion that sounded like the heavens collapsing and the earth rending, the six orbs of light transformed into a sweeping golden mist and dispersed.

All bone skulls touched by the golden mist instantly turned to ash.

With this single strike, Han Li had forcibly cleared a void outside the flower domain.

Bao Hua immediately felt a slight loosening in the power of the laws surrounding her Profound Heaven Flower Domain, and a hint of joy flashed across her face.

Unfortunately, her joy had barely appeared before it froze the very next moment.

In the previously empty void, specks of white light reappeared, and countless skulls materialized once more. Each one was exceptionally enraged, spewing pale flames as they confronted the golden mist again, their aura seemingly even stronger than before.

"As expected, they're indestructible, but what if I do this?" Han Li murmured, showing no surprise at the sight. He then formed a hand seal with one hand and pointed towards the opposite void.

With a resounding boom, the golden mist shattered, instantly coalescing into a swirling mass of countless golden runes that transformed directly into a golden vortex about ten feet in diameter.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth violently shook, and the vortex began to spin frantically. After a series of chanting sounds, a terrifying suction force erupted from it, forcibly pulling a large number of nearby skulls into its depths.

Although these bone skulls would reappear in their original spots after a flash, and their aura seemed to grow stronger, the suction force within the vortex was equally endless and continuously grew larger bit by bit.

As a result, no matter how many skulls reappeared, they were all inexorably pulled into the vortex and mercilessly pulverized.

"Oh, the Profound Primordial Divine Light... no, it's not. It's just an imitation ability. Hehe, if it truly were that divine light, I might fear it a little, but a mere fake? Destroying it is as easy as flipping my hand!" The Mother of Insect Swarms' delicate laugh echoed through the void.

Following this, a ripple appeared in the void, and a black rune shot out. With a flash, it plunged into the golden vortex, and a surge of law power instantly enveloped everything.

With a soft *pop*!

The golden vortex, which had expanded to nearly ten yards in diameter, rapidly shrank after absorbing the black rune, eventually turning into specks of golden light that vanished into thin air.

"The Law of Time."

Han Li's expression turned grim.

The opponent's law power could almost suppress any law power of the same level, making the situation extremely difficult for him.

At the same time, Bao Hua and Daoist Crab were also busy. One desperately channeled her full magic power to sustain the flower spirit domain against the opponent's Profound Heaven Domain.

The other furiously swung his massive pincers, sending colossal lightning orbs raining upwards, preventing the grey net, which the Mother of Insect Swarms had initially conjured, from truly descending.

It was unknown what great divine ability this massive net was formed from, but a terrifying aura faintly emanated from its crystalline grey threads. Even though Daoist Crab had pushed his lightning power almost to its limit, the net remained perfectly stable and undamaged amidst the electrical flashes, merely held aloft by the fierce lightning, unable to descend for the time being.

Neither of them used other treasures or magic tools, clearly understanding that against such a formidable foe, ordinary artifacts were useless; directly employing their innate divine abilities would be more effective.

After a moment of silence, Han Li suddenly spoke calmly to the distant void:

"Your Law of Time is powerful, but I wonder how many times you can use it. I refuse to believe you can continuously employ such a heaven-defying divine ability without limit."

As soon as he finished speaking, the six-armed ape he had transformed into blurred its arms again, unleashing countless golden fist shadows that struck out like a tempest, plunging into the sea of skulls and exploding.

As countless golden runes swirled and condensed, more than a dozen shimmering golden vortices materialized in one breath. With a roar, all the vortices began to spin wildly.

A cold snort!

Following a flash of black light in the void, over a dozen black runes shot out simultaneously, striking every vortex with pinpoint accuracy.

The same scene unfolded.

After a silent flash, the golden vortices eerily dissolved into nothingness.

Han Li remained expressionless, but the giant ape he had become unleashed fist shadows like mountains. More Golden Vortex Lights condensed amidst the skulls with a flash, and without hesitation, they began to operate.

"Insolent junior, how dare you!" The Mother of Insect Swarms finally let out a piercing shriek of rage.

Black runes no longer appeared, but all the bone skulls simultaneously let out a strange wail, blurring together to form human-shaped skeletons, each a hundred yards tall.

Their surfaces were covered in countless skulls with twisted, tormented expressions, causing one's scalp to prickle upon sight.

There were hundreds of these enormous skeletons. Under the frenzied suction of the Golden Vortex Light, they formed hand seals, and faint crystalline light shimmered over their bodies, allowing them to stand firmly in place, seemingly unaffected.

Even more bizarrely, after these skeletons let out a cackling laugh, a strange wind suddenly whipped around them. Amidst countless grey and white runes, they transformed again, becoming bone armored warriors, each clad in crystalline bone armor and wielding a colossal bone trident.

Augmented by the spirit domain's power, these colossal warriors exuded an incredibly powerful aura, seemingly no less potent than that of ordinary Mahayana cultivators. With a furious roar, they directly turned their colossal tridents into eerie white streaks of light and hurled them into the vortices.

A series of muffled thuds reverberated loudly!

The golden vortices, fluctuating wildly in size, burst open one after another. With a single hand reaching out into the void, the giant skeletons made their colossal bone tridents reappear in their hands, and without hesitation, hurled them fiercely once more.

This time, their target was Bao Hua's Profound Heaven Flower Domain.

Seeing this, Bao Hua's face instantly turned ashen, but she was preoccupied with sustaining the entire spirit domain and had no time to spare.

However, Han Li, having witnessed the terrifying power of these bone tridents shattering the Golden Vortex Light, would never allow them to succeed so easily.

A green light appeared in the giant ape's hand, and the Profound Heaven Spirit Slaying Sword silently materialized. With a swift swing, over a dozen green lines of light immediately shot out in unison.

With a *boom*, the void trembled. The green lines and the bone tridents vanished between the two spirit domains, one large and one small, having mutually annihilated each other.

However, this strike consumed a considerable amount of Han Li's magic power, and the next moment, his face turned slightly green.

As the bone armored warriors waved their arms again, more bone tridents condensed into existence. Their auras surged once more, as if their cultivation had suddenly increased by a significant margin.

The tips of these bone spears faintly shimmered with black light, from which subtle traces of law power seemed to emanate.

"Brother Han, be careful! I'll lend you a hand. Even a Profound Heaven Spirit Domain cannot truly reverse the laws of heaven and earth. This is likely the opponent's last wave of attacks. As long as we withstand this assault, their spirit domain should exhaust all its power and can no longer be sustained," Bao Hua cried out loudly, a hint of alarm flashing in her eyes.

The moment she spoke, a fierce glint flashed across her face. With a sudden flip of her hand, an earth-yellow nail appeared—it was the Earth Sovereign Nail.

Bao Hua snatched the nail with one hand, and with a blur of her arm, she swiftly plunged it into the branch of the gigantic flower tree that supported the entire spirit domain, causing a dazzling yellow light to erupt.

The enormous flower tree, which had appeared somewhat withered due to the massive overdraft of spiritual energy, instantly radiated an extremely powerful vitality the moment the Earth Sovereign Nail touched it. Its branches and leaves shimmered with crystalline light, turning a vibrant, lush green once more, and its size simultaneously swelled by almost half.