Chapter 2356: Great Immortals Descend Battle Outside the Valley (Part 2)

Han Li sneered. Secretly, he performed a spell, and the surface of the grey light screen immediately surged with strange fluctuations.

Upon contact, those fine threads instantly shattered into countless pieces with a jolt.

Meanwhile, the golden fist shadows surged skyward like a tempest. Each shadow contained immense power. Even though the three giant python heads spat out various colored mists and appeared exceptionally fierce, they were forcibly scattered and defeated amidst rumbling sounds.

As for the giant's dark foot on the other side, after being relentlessly pounded by the fist shadows, it shook violently but continued to descend slowly, with runes flashing wildly across its surface.

Seeing this, a cold glint flashed across Han Li's face. He made no unusual movement, but the giant figure behind him instantly blurred and vanished into thin air.

The next moment, the void behind the giant formed by the Undying Heavenly Venerate twisted, and a tall, gleaming golden figure, no shorter than the giant, flashed into existence from it. This was the golden body formed by the Fasan Avatar.

The golden body's three faces were expressionless. Two of its arms merely blurred before strangely pressing down on the giant's shoulders.

The Undying Heavenly Venerate was alarmed, and he violently shook his shoulders, trying to break free.

However, blinding purple-gold light suddenly erupted from the golden body's two palms, as if infinite power was gushing forth from them.

The Undying Heavenly Venerate felt his body sink, and his movements unexpectedly froze for a moment.

Seizing this opportunity, the golden body's remaining four arms moved strangely, and four fists of the same color unexpectedly slammed into the giant's chest, which was just inches away.

The giant roared. Black light suddenly enveloped its body, and a dark green battle armor covered it completely. At the same time, it lowered its huge head, and the two curved horns on its head suddenly expanded, transforming into black, giant blade-like entities that fiercely stabbed forward.

Two dull thuds sounded.

Two of the purple-gold fists bounced back with a flash upon contact with the curved horns, but the remaining two fists silently struck the giant's chest.

The sound of bones shattering immediately erupted.

Han Li had nearly cultivated the Fasan True Devil Technique to its pinnacle, augmented by several other secret arts. The strength of the Fasan Golden Body he manifested was simply beyond the imagination of ordinary Grand Ascension cultivators.

The Undying Heavenly Venerate felt a burning sensation in his chest. Amidst the intertwining golden and black light, the dark green battle armor on his surface immediately caved in, forming two massive, deep craters. It then shattered inch by inch, as two immense forces surged through his entire body.

The giant's colossal body shook, and it was sent flying backward diagonally before it could even utter a sound.

Below, a tremendous roar shook the earth and mountains.

The giant formed by the Undying Heavenly Venerate was forcefully driven several feet deep into the nearby ground, with most of its body submerged in the soil.

All of this happened almost simultaneously, in a flash.

Han Li sneered, and with one hand, he made a grasping motion in the air. A flash of green light, and a shimmering green longsword immediately appeared. After grasping it with his five fingers, he slightly flicked his wrist, and a mountain-like torrent of green sword energy surged downwards.

Although the Undying Heavenly Venerate was furious and alarmed, having just been heavily struck by the golden body, his meridians were temporarily in disarray, leaving him unable to dodge. He only managed to open his mouth wide and spit out a dark, giant shield, which transformed into a layer of light screen to block the attack.

Loud "hissing" sounds arose. That layer of light screen looked unremarkable, but it managed to block most of the green sword energy unleashed by Han Li.

However, only a few streaks of green light, far sharper than the other sword energies, flashed through, forcefully piercing the light screen and fiercely striking the giant's body.

A flash of blood!

Several deep sword marks immediately appeared on the giant's body. The wounds were so large that they almost cut him into several pieces from the waist.

But a strange scene unfolded.

Faced with such severe physical damage, the Undying Heavenly Venerate only let out a low roar!

Countless blood threads immediately intertwined and gushed out from the giant's wounds, which then rapidly healed and closed up at a visible speed.

"The Undying Body!"

Han Li was momentarily stunned by this sight, but then a hint of cold mockery appeared at the corner of his mouth. After his green longsword trembled, he was about to unleash an even more powerful attack on the giant.

Just then, the air around him suddenly tightened, and several ten-foot-tall banners appeared out of thin air. After a spin, they instantly transformed into a small formation, trapping Han Li precisely in its center.

All the banners merely trembled slightly, and countless luminous runes immediately surged out from them.

Han Li felt the air tighten, and his entire body immediately became incredibly heavy, as layers of restrictions were imposed upon him out of thin air.

Han Li glanced down and saw everything clearly.

It was the Daoist priest, forming a hand seal with one hand, manipulating three giant tokens, apparently trying to trap him with a formation.

As for Huang Yuanzi next to him, he also took out a crimson crystal ring, its surface flickering with strands of red light, seemingly intending to use a spell to ambush him.

Han Li's face darkened. The green longsword in his hand and the Fasan Golden Body high above simultaneously vanished. Then, he let out a long roar, throwing his head back, and his body swelled tremendously amidst countless rolling golden runes, instantly transforming into a golden-furred giant ape over a hundred feet tall.

The giant ape merely shook its two arms forcefully, and a loud buzzing sound echoed in the nearby void, as a mighty force swept out.

Most of the restrictions collapsed and dissolved after being swept by the immense force.

The banners forming the formation also trembled violently, some even snapping on the spot.

Seeing this, the Three-Whole Daoist priest below immediately changed expression, but the hand seals he was forming did not stop at all, and he let out a piercing shriek from his mouth.

Simultaneously, ripples appeared right beside Han Li, and three thumb-thick small snakes flashed into existence. With a blur, they transformed into three distinct colored phantoms and pounced forward.

Han Li's eyes narrowed. He extended one palm in front of him, and three fingers sprang out like tempered steel.

Three dull "thud" sounds.

Two of the three small snakes trembled as if struck by lightning and flew backward.

However, the last crimson small snake twisted its body, strangely dodging the oncoming attack. Instead, after a blur, it swiftly bit the fingertip of one of the giant ape's extended fingers.

The giant ape let out a low roar, flipped its palm, and then grabbed, catching the small snake in its hand. With another squeeze of its five fingers, it forcefully crushed the snake.

Seeing this, the Three-Whole Daoist priest below was not surprised; instead, he smirked with delight.

The giant ape forcefully shook its arms again, instantly breaking all remaining restrictions. The remaining banners also snapped into two, and the formation that had bound it vanished completely.

Just then, a five-colored light rolled over the archway beneath Huang Yuanzi, and the crystal ring in his hand instantly flashed and disappeared into it.

Simultaneously, a five-colored light suddenly appeared above the giant ape's head, and a crimson fiery cloud slammed down, a red light flashing within it.

A gigantic crystal ring instantly teleported to the giant ape's waist. As it tightened forcefully, its surface glowed intensely with crimson spiritual light, and raging flames surged forth, enveloping the giant ape.

At this moment, a hint of smugness finally appeared on Huang Yuanzi's face.

This crystal ring appeared unremarkable, but it was actually a Heaven-Grade Relic, refined from a fragment of a Heaven-Grade treasure that he had obtained from an ancient cultivator's cave.

It could expand and contract at will, was incredibly tough, and the flames it spewed were refined from several different spiritual flames. Even a tiny spark of it would instantly turn ordinary cultivators into ashes.

Now, with the power of the Nine Illusions Ruyi Gate, he had instantly trapped Han Li with this ring.

In his estimation, even if Han Li didn't die on the spot, he would certainly be severely wounded.

But the next moment, a tremendous rumbling sound came from within the flames.

The entire crystal ring suddenly began to expand and contract erratically, then flashed wildly a few times before exploding. Countless crystal fragments scattered, and after the crimson flames parted, the golden-furred giant ape walked out expressionlessly, appearing completely unharmed.

Huang Yuanzi, watching from the massive archway, was utterly dumbfounded, hardly able to believe what he was seeing.

The Three-Whole Daoist priest also changed expression, revealing a hint of horror, but then remembered something and sneered. He turned to Huang Yuanzi and said:

"Fellow Daoist Huang, there's no need to worry! Although this person possesses great divine abilities, he was just bitten by my Blood-Refining Serpent and is already afflicted with blood poison without realizing it. In just a short while, his vital blood will coagulate, and he won't be able to channel a single bit of spiritual power. What can he do, no matter how unfathomable his strength?"

"Brother Sanquan, is that true?" Huang Yuanzi was naturally overjoyed and surprised upon hearing this.

"How could I talk nonsense about such a matter? If you don't believe me, once this humble Daoist counts to ten, he will absolutely be unable to hold on any longer. One, two, three..." Huang Yuanzi finished with exceptional confidence, then actually began counting aloud.

The giant ape in the air opposite witnessed this scene, its expression unchanged. It simply swung one enormous furry hand backward in a swatting motion.

With a loud "boom," a massive force, transforming into a blurry wave, struck downwards.

The Undying Heavenly Venerate, who had just recovered from his injuries and was halfway rising from the ground, was struck head-on by this immense force. His body immediately slumped, sinking back into the ground.

The giant formed by the Undying Heavenly Venerate, his face blood-red, let out a strange cry resembling a wolf's howl. Black mists suddenly flared wildly across his body, which then swelled further. Veins bulged all over him, and pale bone spurs, about a foot long, sprouted from his skin.

His appearance instantly became extremely ferocious.

As soon as the giant finished transforming, it immediately clenched both hands and slammed them hard onto the ground.

The nearby ground trembled violently, and two dark cracks suddenly split open to its left and right.

Using this force, the giant burst out of the pit, let out a fierce roar towards the sky, then stomped its foot on the ground. It immediately transformed into a swirl of black wind and charged directly at the giant ape.

Seeing this, Han Li's brow furrowed slightly. However, the giant ape he had transformed into simply pounded its chest fiercely with both hands. Immediately, a ball of golden light shot out from its body. Inside, faintly visible, was a foot-tall humanoid figure with gleaming eyes, no eyebrows or nose, and a purple-gold body – it was precisely the Devouring Gold Bug King.

As soon as the small figure shot out, it suddenly opened its round eyes towards the opponent, and two shimmering sword lights immediately erupted from them.

The shimmering light swirled, then flashed and disappeared into the black wind.

From within the black wind, a sharp, miserable scream suddenly echoed, and a shower of blood immediately rained down.