Chapter 497: Death of the Mysterious Bone

A Mortal's Journey to Immortality – Volume 4: Winds Rising from Overseas

Han Li's expression was grim.

The electric net temporarily blocked all the grayish-white flames, but these flames seemed to burn through anything, fiercely igniting on the surface of the electrical arcs. This formed a grayish-white fire shield, trapping Han Li within it.

Now, he couldn't even escape.

What worried Han Li even more was that these grayish-white flames were slowly consuming the faint golden electrical arcs. Although the process was slow, Han Li's surrounding electric net was indeed gradually shrinking.

Of course, the flames also seemed to diminish somewhat, but overall, the Asura Sacred Flame held the overwhelming upper hand.

Seeing this, Xuan Gu breathed a sigh of relief, a smile appearing on his face.

He didn't believe Han Li could escape again under the shroud of the Asura Sacred Flame. After all, given the fire's fearsome reputation, Xuan Gu was confident that even Nascent Soul cultivators caught in it would have to expend significant vitality to escape using secret techniques. And once he had his own refined Sacred Flame and recovered to his peak Nascent Soul cultivation, he was certain he could sweep across most of the Chaotic Star Sea without any problems.

Thinking this, Xuan Gu narrowed his eyes, lost in wild fantasy. At this moment, Han Li was no different from a dead man in his eyes.

The situation was indeed getting worse!

As the golden net shrank, the defense formed by the Evil-Warding Divine Thunder was on the verge of collapsing. But Han Li, his face grim, stretched out both hands, and two thin golden electrical arcs shot out from his palms, instantly merging with the golden arcs on the electric net.

Golden electrical arcs continuously flowed from Han Li's hands onto the electric net. The previously weakened electric net immediately flared up with dazzling golden light, not only returning to its original size but also rapidly shooting out finger-thick electrical arcs. For a time, it pushed the grayish-white Sacred Flame back outside and even showed signs of re-enveloping them.

Xuan Gu's eyes nearly popped out. He almost jumped up!

Only now did he truly understand the meaning of "man proposes, God disposes."

Han Li still had so much Evil-Warding Divine Thunder; this was truly testing the old demon's nerves.

Even if the Asura Sacred Flame was a higher-tier existence than the Evil-Warding Divine Thunder, if the quantity of Evil-Warding Divine Thunder was too great, it was genuinely hard to say who would destroy whom!

Xuan Gu stared intently at Han Li with a gaze that seemed to view him as a monster.

He really wanted to see how many Golden Lightning Bamboo magical treasures Han Li's small body contained. Could it be that the opponent truly had an inexhaustible supply of Evil-Warding Divine Thunder?

As this thought emerged, Xuan Gu was startled and bit his tongue sharply. The intense pain and faint metallic taste immediately cleared his mind significantly.

He shook his head lightly, erasing that absurd idea from his mind.

An inexhaustible supply of Evil-Warding Divine Thunder? Naturally, such a thing was impossible. He was just made a little unconfident by the sheer quantity of the opponent's divine thunder. But Xuan Gu believed that after Han Li had released so much divine thunder time and again, he must genuinely have very little left. He just needed to endure this crucial moment to completely obliterate Han Li. And all those Golden Lightning Bamboo magical treasures would naturally be his!

Thinking this, Xuan Gu's spirits were lifted again. After glaring at Han Li with a greedy expression for a few more moments, he looked up at the light sphere in the sky.

The opponent had Evil-Warding Divine Thunder he hadn't yet unleashed, but had he himself fused all the Cyan-blue Ice Flames into the Asura Sacred Flame? No, he had only fused a small portion of the ice flames he had obtained, to reduce the risk of backlash from the secret art.

But now it seemed that this small portion of Sacred Flame still couldn't eliminate Han Li.

Only by fusing and releasing all the remaining ice flames could he completely obliterate the opponent in one fell swoop.

Thinking this, he nodded slightly and began forming hand seals to cast his spell.

The light sphere in the air spun rapidly, once again emitting dazzling colorful light.

Han Li's heart suddenly turned cold at this sight.

Just as Xuan Gu had anticipated, Han Li's continuous deployment of Evil-Warding Divine Thunder, battling against the opponent's Cyan-blue Ice Flame and Asura Sacred Flame, had indeed consumed about ninety percent of his divine thunder. Now, seeing the opponent about to transform and attack with the Asura Sacred Flame again, Han Li knew he absolutely could not endure it with his remaining divine thunder.

The only way was to immediately break through the fire's blockade and escape first. After all, no matter how powerful the opponent's flames were, they would be useless if they couldn't touch his body.

Thinking this, Han Li hardened his resolve. In an instant, he unleashed all the remaining Evil-Warding Divine Thunder within him.

Immediately, two golden arcs as thick as arms shot out simultaneously from his palms, extending onto the electric net.

The golden electric net flickered rapidly a few times. With a low thunderous roar, it finally transformed into a sheet of golden light, exploding completely.

Countless faint golden electrical lights pushed the remaining small amount of grayish-white flames far away.

At this point, Han Li's figure flickered several times, disappearing from his original spot and reappearing a few *zhang* away.

During this movement, Han Li secretly broke out in a cold sweat.

He was terrified of accidentally touching even a trace of the grayish-white flames, which would be absolutely fatal to him.

As soon as he escaped the shroud of the Asura Sacred Flame, Han Li unhesitatingly shook his cloak. The blood-red cloak began to float without wind.

This was the sign before activating this ancient treasure.

He had made up his mind to rush to the stone steps in one go, then use the Azure Bamboo Cloud-Swarm Swords to avoid the barrier and seize the opportunity to escape.

Seeing this, Xuan Gu also guessed some of Han Li's intentions.

He immediately felt a surge of anxiety, and without hesitation, he channeled his magical power, accelerating the transformation of the light sphere.

A huge muffled sound emanated, and the entire light sphere thoroughly ignited. In an instant, the surface of the light sphere turned completely grayish-white, as if the Asura Sacred Flame was complete.

But surprisingly, there was still a small, inconspicuous blue light cluster at the center of the fireball. This light cluster pulsed continuously, seemingly unstable.

Xuan Gu was slightly startled by this sight but quickly dismissed it. Perhaps it was because his magical power wasn't high enough, and he hadn't completed the full transformation, which wasn't a big deal!

What he was concerned about was Han Li's imminent escape. He would never let Han Li get away like this.

So he immediately waved gently at the white fireball. The fireball trembled slightly, about to transform and attack as he wished.

But at this very moment, a sudden anomaly occurred!

The residual blue light in the center of the grayish-white fireball suddenly flickered a few times, then exploded right at the fireball's core.

Instantly, the fireball's surface became uneven, and a sharp whistling sound faintly echoed from within the sphere!

Xuan Gu was greatly alarmed and hastily tried to control the fireball's anomaly.

But he had already forgotten that these Asura Sacred Flames were not flames he had truly refined. He was merely using external forces to forcibly manipulate them. Now, stimulated by the explosion at the core, the fireball could no longer remain stable; it completely lost control and raged wildly. His limited magical power simply couldn't restrain it!

As Xuan Gu sweated profusely, the fireball instantly changed colors to black, green, and white, then exploded above Xuan Gu's head. Countless grayish-white sparks rained down.

Xuan Gu instantly turned pale!

Without daring to think, he quickly spun his body, and large swathes of black-green ghostly qi surged upwards, supporting the uncontrolled Asura Sacred Flames.

Then, with a flicker, he shot out like a lightning-fast crossbow bolt. If he could escape the explosion range of the fireball, he could save his life.

Although the black-green ghostly qi seemed formidable, upon contact with the falling grayish-white sparks, it dissolved instantly without a trace, like a clay ox entering the sea, completely failing to impede them in the slightest.

But fortunately, the falling speed of these Asura Sacred Flames was not very fast. Even though the explosion range was extremely wide, Xuan Gu had just surged forward with his front foot, and his back foot was about to leave the affected area.

But at this very moment, Xuan Gu's vision was suddenly filled with flashing green light. Over ten streaks of green sword light struck directly towards him.

It was Han Li, who, having noticed the situation reversing, immediately abandoned the idea of fleeing far away. Instead, he seized the opportunity, flicked his fingers repeatedly, shooting out numerous Verdant Essence Swordlights, perfectly blocking Xuan Gu's path.

Xuan Gu was both shocked and enraged, cursing inwardly!

But at this moment, he had no time to dodge. He could only clench his teeth, sharply cross his arms in front of him for defense, and conjure a thin layer of green qi to protect himself, then forcefully charge forward.

When a streak of green light reached him, he opened his mouth and shot out a green ray. It was the old demon's magical treasure, the small Golden Lightning Bamboo arrow!

This green ray shattered four or five streaks before finally being blasted away.

The remaining sword lights ruthlessly struck Xuan Gu's arms.

"Bang," "bang"... Five or six muffled thuds echoed consecutively.

Xuan Gu had clearly underestimated the power of Han Li's Verdant Essence Swordlights. Although he took the first four streaks of green light head-on without issue, the latter two finally shattered his protective green qi and struck his true body squarely. This caused his surging figure to sway a few times, retreating several steps instead of advancing.

At this, Xuan Gu was utterly terrified! His face filled with panic, he quickly fumbled in his bosom, as if to retrieve something. But a seemingly fragile, eerie grayish-white spark had silently landed on his shoulder.

With a "sizzle," the grayish-white flames flared up.

Xuan Gu didn't even have time to let out a scream. His figure disintegrated in the flames, turning into ash and vanishing into thin air.