Chapter 561: Outrage and Teleportation Array

A Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Volume 4: Winds of the Outer Seas

Two days later, near an unnamed small island west of Twin Peaks Island, a streak of blue light flew swiftly from a distance. Just as it was about to reach the sky above the island, the light dissipated, revealing a man and a woman.

It was Han Li and Lady Fan.

Han Li, finding her escape speed too slow, simply carried her with his escape light, and they flew to this location together.

"Is the teleportation array on this island?" Han Li asked indifferently, tilting his head slightly as he stood in the air and looked down at the small island.

"That's right," Lady Fan replied, her expression somewhat solemn. "There are eight Mysterious Sound Sect disciples guarding the teleportation array on the island. However, only two of them are my subordinates; the rest are cultivators of the Demonic Dao brought by Yun Tianxiao, and all of them are above the Foundation Establishment stage. I can't command them."

"Understood. Call out your people. As for the others, leave them to me," Han Li said, a flash of killing intent crossing his face.

"Very well, Senior, please wait a moment," Lady Fan agreed without hesitation. She raised her slender hand, and a sound transmission talisman appeared between her fingers.

With a flick of her wrist, the talisman transformed into a streak of fire and flew towards the island.

Han Li clearly saw the sound transmission talisman circle briefly over a patch of hills on the island before flying directly towards what appeared to be an ordinary mound of earth.

After a flash, the fiery light disappeared. It seemed to have entered some kind of restriction.

A moment later, three figures—two women and one man—flew out from the mound.

They immediately spotted Lady Fan and Han Li high in the sky, and three streaks of light shot towards them.

"Greetings, Sect Master!" two of the female cultivators, with full figures and alluring appearances, said as they arrived and bowed deeply to Lady Fan. Only then did they curiously glance at Han Li, but once they perceived his undisguised Core Formation stage cultivation, they were instantly startled and became solemn.

As for the blue-robed old man following behind the two women, he merely gave Lady Fan a perfunctory cupped-fist salute. His gaze towards Han Li, however, carried a hint of surprise and doubt, and he opened his mouth as if to ask something.

But Han Li, who had already distinguished friend from foe, gave the old man no chance to speak. After a hint of killing intent rose on his face, he flicked a finger without a word, and a streak of blue sword energy shot out like lightning.

The old man's face filled with terror, but the sword light was simply too fast. He only managed to let out an "Ah!" before a thumb-sized blood-hole appeared on his forehead. His corpse fell straight down.

This scene caused the other two women to turn pale with fright.

But seeing Lady Fan's grim and unmoved expression, the two women understood something. They exchanged glances and fell silent.

"Are the rest of them down below?" Lady Fan asked the two women, a hint of coldness in her voice.

"Yes! All five are at the array's location. This disciple will lead the Sect Master and Senior there now," one of the fair-skinned female cultivators quickly replied, understanding the situation. A grim expression appeared on Lady Fan's beautiful face as she added, "Good. Lead Senior the way. Not a single one of them can be spared."

Upon hearing this, the two women finally confirmed that Lady Fan had brought a helper and truly intended to act against Yun Tianxiao's people. Without further hesitation, they immediately led Han Li and Lady Fan directly towards the small mound.

"Open!" one of the women cried out softly towards the ground below, as she descended to the area above the mound, holding a glowing red token.

Immediately, a reddish glow shot out from the token, striking the mound.

Red ripples spread out, and a yellow stone gate, about four to five zhang tall, appeared out of thin air on the mound's surface.

"This is it," the fair-skinned female cultivator said, smiling charmingly at Han Li, "However, all five of them are at the middle Foundation Establishment stage. Senior, you should still be careful."

"Understood," Han Li said expressionlessly. Then he raised his hand, and a beam of blue light shot out from it.

With a loud "boom," the stone gate was shattered to pieces. Han Li, his expression unchanged, flew directly inside.

Seeing this, the two female cultivators couldn't help but exchange worried glances. But Lady Fan, full of confidence in Han Li, called out to the two women and followed closely.

After entering the stone gate, they found a bluestone passage about three to four zhang wide. Han Li's eyes couldn't help but narrow.

Perhaps having heard the loud sound of the stone gate shattering, two figures hurriedly flew out from the opposite end.

Han Li didn't bother to look closely at their appearance. He opened his mouth, and two glowing, crystal-clear small blue swords shot out, flying directly towards the two figures.

The two figures opposite were startled. Before they could even understand what was happening, one hastily summoned a red silk handkerchief, while the other released a small yellow shield, intending to temporarily block the attack.

As a result, with a "swoosh," the blue light pierced through. The two magical artifacts immediately lost their spiritual energy and fell to the ground. Almost simultaneously, after another flash of blue light, the two figures screamed and collapsed.

Han Li strode past the corpses and continued forward without pausing for a moment.

The two small swords automatically flew back and circled around Han Li.

Lady Fan and the others who were following saw this and naturally rejoiced inwardly. They delayed slightly to deal with the two corpses.

By the time the three women passed through the passage and reached a massive hall over a hundred zhang wide, Han Li was already standing in the middle of the hall with his hands clasped behind his back.

Beneath his feet was a small teleportation array, which he was meticulously examining, expressionlessly, seemingly studying something.

Around him, three corpses lay, hacked into several pieces. A bloody stench filled the air.

Upon seeing this scene, Lady Fan's beautiful face immediately lit up. After instructing the other two women to deal with the corpses, she herself walked over, exuding a fragrant breeze.

"It seems Senior has truly reached a profound level of spiritual power," the woman complimented, her apricot-shaped lips slightly parted, as she walked to Han Li's side. "Dealing with Foundation Establishment cultivators like us is truly like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut."

"Foundation Establishment cultivators are indeed nothing to me now," Han Li replied, seemingly preoccupied with the array. "This array, is it the teleportation array you mentioned?"

"That's right!" Lady Fan said, her bright eyes shifting. "Senior must have also noticed that this array is now about ninety percent complete. It only needs the Dreamstone components to be installed, and it will be ready for immediate use. And as for the Dreamstones, Senior saw them two days ago. This humble one certainly did not deceive you."

"Since what you said is true, I will naturally deal with Yun Tianxiao. But does this array truly lead to Emperor Bright Island in the Inner Seas?" Han Li said, frowning as he stared at the array beneath his feet. "As far as I know, that's just an ordinary medium-sized island. Why would demonic cultivators set up the other end of the array there?"

"I did hear Yun Tianxiao mention this," Lady Fan explained to Han Li with a serious expression. "I heard that on Emperor Bright Island, there was originally an abandoned teleportation array from ancient times. The demonic cultivators simply modified it slightly for their own use. However, the array there can only receive, not transmit outwards, so the demonic cultivators don't use it much. If it weren't for this being the only teleportation array capable of receiving such a long-distance transmission from the Outer Seas, Yun Tianxiao wouldn't have chosen this location. Senior, you won't encounter any trouble when you go there." She now knew that Han Li placed extreme importance on the matter of teleportation and naturally dared not treat it lightly.

Hearing this, Han Li nodded and said nothing more.

As long as there wasn't any Nascent Soul stage old monster guarding it, with his divine abilities, he wouldn't fear even the most perilous of places.

Moreover, even if it meant taking some risks, he accepted it. It was far better than constantly flying back to the Inner Seas from the Outer Seas.

Furthermore, Han Li was confident that this woman had no reason to deceive him on such a matter.

After carefully examining the teleportation array for a few more moments, Han Li turned to Lady Fan and said coldly:

"Quickly have your array master come here to complete this array. After I help you eliminate that scoundrel Yun Tianxiao, I will use the teleportation array immediately. Now, go back and wait for Elder Yun. According to you, he will arrive at Twin Peaks Island in five or six days at most to personally oversee the market."

As soon as he finished speaking, he strode out with a gloomy expression.

As time passed day by day, Han Li couldn't help but grow anxious. He knew very well that the longer he stayed in one place, the more likely the demon cultivator Feng Xi was to track him down.

What frustrated Han Li was that the dispersion of the Wind Spirit Qi that Feng Xi had spoken of had not yet occurred. He didn't know what "some time" meant; would it really take a year or even several years, or was it simply a casual lie?

He had tried several times to let the Gold-Devouring Beetles shrink and swallow them to slowly corrode the Wind Spirit Qi. But upon trying, he found that this method simply wouldn't work.

For the Gold-Devouring Beetles to corrode the Wind Spirit Qi inside him, they would first have to bite through the golden threads of the Exorcism Divine Lightning. But if even a small hole appeared in the outer layer of golden threads, the Wind Spirit Qi would immediately flare up, frightening him into hastily repairing the opening.

Therefore, if eliminating Yun Tianxiao hadn't been effortless, he wouldn't have stayed here for so many days at all.

Even so, Han Li still felt a subtle unease in his heart; a sense of foreboding kept creeping up on him.